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Excerpt from History of Twelve Cæsars, Vol. 1 Hilemon holland, 'the Translator Philemon General] in his age, ' was born at Chelma ford in 1552. From the Grammar School of his native town he passed in proper ing course to finity College, Cambridge, of which august foundation he was succes sively scholar and fellow. Thereafter he gave himself to the study of medicine, graduated M.D. In 1595, andsettledatcoventryin the sameyeartothe puctioeofhisprofession. Materialsarelacking wherefrom to compose an accurate biography; anecdote for the most partwpplies theplaceof fact; and it is in hisworks that we must seek the securest evidence of his talent and dignity. Yet from these scanty branches we may throw the vague shadow of a rarely amiable career. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.