Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

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book_n	act_n	king_n	year_n	1,689	5	4.9630	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05236	The auncient historie, of the destruction of Troy Conteining the founders and foundation of the said citie, with the causes and maner of the first and second spoiles and sackings thereof, by Hercules and his followers: and the third and last vtter desolation and ruine, effected by Menelaus and all the notable worthies of Greece. Here also are mentioned the rising and flourishing of sundrie kings with their realmes: as also of the decai and ouerthrow of diuers others. Besides many admirable, and most rare exployts of chiualrie and martiall prowesse effected by valorous knightes with incredible euents, compassed for, and through the loue of ladies. Translated out of French into English, by W. Caxton.; Recueil des histoires de Troie. English	Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.; Phiston, William.	1597 (1597)	STC 15379; ESTC S106754	424,225	623

tyrant_n bul●●●_n of_o how_o hercules_n slay_v the_o tyrant_n against_o the_o hope_n of_o ●●no_fw-la chap._n 2._o ●●●_o how_o hercules_n espouse_v megara_n and_o how_o he_o 〈…〉_o knight_n in_o thebes_n chap._n 3._o ●●●_o how_o the_o centaur_n ravish_v hippodamia_n at_o the_o wedding_n of_o pyrothus_fw-la and_o how_o hercules_n recover_v her_o aga●●●●_n vanquish_v the_o centaur_n in_o battle_n chap._n 4._o ●●●_o how_o pluto_n ravish_v proserpina_n and_o how_o orpheus_n 〈◊〉_d for_o she_o into_o hell_n and_o the_o queen_n ceres_n come_v 〈◊〉_d wedding_n of_o pyrothus_fw-la and_o theseus_n and_o pyroth●●_n fight_v with_o cerberus_n porter_n of_o the_o say_a hell_n chap._n 5._o pag._n 265_o how_o hercules_n find_v pyrothus_n dead_a at_o hell_n gate_n and_z theseus_z in_o danger_n and_o how_o hercules_n vanquish_v cerberus_n and_o how_o he_o conquer_v proserpina_n from_o plato_n chap._n 6._o 27●_n how_o andromeda_n deliver_v lyncus_n from_o his_o enemy_n and_o how_o he_o slay_v in_o battle_n the_o king_n creon_n and_o take_v the_o city_n of_o thebes_n chap._n 7._o 279_o how_o hercules_n enter_v into_o thebes_n in_o a_o unknown_a habit_n ●_o bite_v and_o how●_n he_o put_v to_o death_n the_o giant_n lincus_n and_o his_o complice_n and_o his_o wife_n megara_n chap._n 8_o 283_o how_o hercules_n put_v to_o death_n the_o king_n laomedon_n and_o destroy_v troie_n the_o second_o time_n chap._n 9_o 287_o how_o hercules_n and_o asser_n assail_v by_o battle_n the_o giant_n antheon_n and_o how_o they_o vanquish_v he_o in_o battle_n the_o first_o time_n chap._n 10._o 291_o how_o hercules_n take_v the_o king_n athlas_fw-la and_o he_o study_v astronomy_n and_o the_o seven_o liberal_a science_n chap._n 11._o 295_o how_o hercules_n assemble_v his_o battle_n against_o antheon_n king_n of_o the_o libyan_n who_o he_o put_v to_o flight_n and_o how_o he_o kill_v the_o king_n of_o cothuly_n chap._n 12._o 300_o how_o hercules_n fight_v again_o against_o king_n antheon_n and_o put_v he_o unto_o death_n chap._n 13._o 302_o how_o hercules_n and_o theseus_n fight_v together_o against_o the_o two_o damsel_n of_o scithie_n chap._n 14._o 304_o how_o hercules_n begin_v to_o wax_v amorous_a of_o deianira_n and_o how_o achelous_n and_o hercules_n have_v battle_n the_o one_o against_o the_o other_o and_o how_o achelous_n be_v vanquish_v chap._n 15_o pag._n 308_o how_o hercules_n put_v to_o foil_v the_o king_n achelous_n and_o how_o 〈◊〉_d espouse_v deianira_n chap._n 16._o 323_o how_o nessus_n ravish_v deianira_n from_o hercules_n when_o he_o pass_v with_o she_o over_o the_o river_n and_o how_o hercules_n slay_v nessus_n with_o a_o arrow_n chap._n 17._o 328_o how_o hercules_n fight_v against_o the_o serpent_n of_o palus_n of_o of_o learn_v and_o slay_v he_o chap._n 18._o 331_o how_o hercules_n go_v into_o spain_n and_o fight_v on_o the_o sea_n against_o king_n geryon_n and_o vanquish_v he_o and_o how_o he_o take_v the_o city_n of_o megidda_n and_o enter_v therein_o cha._n 19_o 336_o how_o geryon_n assail_v hercules_n the_o second_o time_n before_o megidda_n and_o how_o hercules_n slay_v his_o brethren_n and_o vanquish_v his_o army_n and_o constrain_v geryon_n to_o flee_v chap._n 20._o 341_o how_o hercules_n pursue_v geryon_n and_o how_o he_o go_v and_o vanquish_v he_o and_o put_v he_o to_o death_n at_o the_o port_n of_o corogne_n chap._n 21._o 349_o how_o hercules_n found_v the_o city_n of_o the_o corogne_n upon_o the_o tomb_n of_o geryon_n chap._n 22._o 352_o how_o hercules_n assail_v the_o king_n cacus_n and_o overcome_v he_o and_o how_o cacus_n begin_v to_o tyrannize_v in_o italy_n chap._n 23._o 354_o how_o hercules_n fight_v against_o the_o 11._o giant_n of_o cremona_n and_o vanquish_v they_o chap._n 24._o 364_o how_o cacus_n steal_v away_o the_o ox_n and_o kine_n of_o hercules_n and_o how_o hercules_n fight_v with_o he_o therefore_o and_o slay_v he_o chap._n 25._o 375_o how_o the_o queen_n of_o laurentia_n be_v enamour_v of_o hercules_n and_o how_o king_n pricus_fw-la come_v into_o italy_n with_o a_o great_a host_n and_o send_v to_o defy_v hercules_n chap._n 26._o 386_o how_o hercules_n fight_v against_o the_o king_n pricus_fw-la which_o flee_v into_o his_o city_n where_o hercules_n alone_o slay_v he_o and_o many_o mo_z with_o he_o chap_n 27._o 392_o how_o hercules_n be_v enamour_v on_o you_o will_v the_o daughter_n of_o king_n pricus_fw-la and_o require_v she_o of_o love_n and_o she_o accord_v unto_o he_o chap_n 28._o 399_o how_o hercules_n fight_v against_o diomedes_n in_o the_o forest_n of_o thrace_n and_o how_o he_o make_v his_o horse_n to_o eat_v he_o chap._n 29._o 405_o how_o deianira_n be_v full_a of_o sorrow_n forasmuch_o as_o hercules_n love_v you_o will_v chap._n 30._o 411_o how_o deianira_n send_v to_o hercules_n a_o shirt_n envenom_a and_o how_o hercules_n burn_v himself_o in_o the_o fire_n of_o his_o sacrifice_n and_o how_o deianira_n slay_v herself_o when_o she_o know_v that_o hercules_n be_v dead_a by_o the_o mean_n of_o 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