Note 052

See a splendid and eloquent encomium of Tamerlane, p. 36 - 39
ipse enim novi (says Poggius) qui fuere in ejus castris . . . . Regen vivum cepit, caveâque in modum ferae inclusum per omnem Asian circumtulit egregium admirandumque spectaculum fortunae
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