THE

HISTORY

OF THE

DECLINE AND FALL

OF THE

ROMAN EMPIRE.

By EDWARD GIBBON, Efq;

VOLUME THE SECOND.

Jam provideo animo, velut qui, proximis littori vadis inducti, mare
pedibus ingrediuntur, quicquid progreditur, in vaftiorem me alti-
tudinem, ac velut profundum invehi; et crefcere pene opus, quod
prima quæque perficiendo minui videbatur.

DUBLIN:

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M DCC LXXXI.