...tainted with a corrupt mixture of foreign blood, or whether a fpurious iflue, gaining admittance through the negligence of the heralds. Thefe folks, finding...to the ipfe dixit of the founder, and from thence fuppofmg he delivered his doctrines as oracular truths never to be controverted or examined, thought...

...gaining admittance through the negligence of the heralds. Thcfe folks, finding how great fubmiflion had been paid to the ipfe dixit of the founder, and from thence fuppofing he delivered his donrines as oracular truths never to be controverted or examined, thought to prove themfelves his offspring...

...with a corrupt mixture of roreisjn blood, or whether a fpurious ifliie, gaining admittance through the negligence of the heralds. Thefe folks, finding...examined, thought to prove themfelves his offspring by an air of pofitivenefs and ftlf-fufficiency : fo they fet up for oracles too, iffued their ipfe dixits...