Ocellus Lucanus On the Nature of the Universe (Taylor 1831)

In the first place, it is necessary to observe that the whole of the following work is derived from authentic sources. It is not only intended to illustrate the history of the period, but likewise to exhibit the position of the state at the commencement of each of the important reigns included in the present volumes. The first period, which consists of 300,000 years, the first period of history, and extending down to the year X of the reign of the next.

I have likewise annexed a translation of select passages from the Sacred Books of the Hindoo Modern spelling: Hindu. nations, in which the antiquity of their laws and the titles which are usually vested with a divine authority, as is generally practiced by early nations, is marked by what Plato calls "the theocratic government."

In the last place, I have added copious notes to these writings, in order that nothing might be wanting to render the knowledge of these matters as easy to the reader as the subject will admit.