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call_v he_o zonaras_n sua_fw-la with_o who_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n make_v a_o vain_a league_n against_o salmanassar_n they_o say_v he_o leave_v his_o kingdom_n and_o return_v into_o aethiopia_n to_o avoid_v his_o god_n commandment_n to_o kill_v all_o the_o priest_n of_o egypt_n such_o be_v their_o zeal_n to_o their_o priest_n §_o 7._o sethom_n succeed_v in_o the_o twelve_o of_o hezekiaâ—_n and_o five_o of_o senacherib_n when_o assur_n and_o egypt_n contend_v which_o shall_v rule_v or_o serve_v hezekiah_n though_o fix_v special_a confidence_n in_o god_n hold_v it_o fit_a to_o make_v a_o league_n with_o egypt_n by_o his_o people_n rely_v more_o on_o egypt_n than_o on_o god_n egypt_n promise_v much_o but_o only_o furnish_v he_o with_o some_o treasure_n send_v to_o hire_v arabian_n which_o be_v intercept_v herodotus_n tell_v we_o a_o tale_n of_o sethom_n pray_v to_o vulcan_n his_o god_n for_o aid_n against_o the_o assyrian_n who_o lie_v before_o pelusium_n and_o he_o send_v mouse_n which_o gnaw_v their_o bowstring_n and_o strap_n of_o their_o armour_n which_o make_v they_o depart_v his_o reign_n functius_n resolve_v to_o be_v 33_o year_n give_v no_o reason_n yet_o upon_o search_n i_o find_v it_o within_o one_o yeâ—r_n by_o divide_v the_o year_n from_o rehoboam_n 5_o to_o jehâ—jakims_v four_o among_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n give_v each_o his_o set_a time_n and_o the_o remainder_n to_o sethom_n chap._n xxiii_o of_o manasses_n and_o his_o contemporary_n §_o 1._o manasses_n son_n of_o hezekiah_n succeed_v be_v twelve_o year_n old_a and_o reign_v fifty_o five_o year_n of_o who_o idolatry_n and_o extraordinary_a wickedness_n see_v 2_o king_n 21._o and_o 2_o chron._n 33._o of_o his_o put_v the_o reverend_a prophet_n isaiah_n to_o death_n with_o a_o wooden_a saw_n be_v eighty_o year_n old_a eusebius_n epiphanius_n isidore_n and_o other_o confirm_v his_o captivity_n in_o babel_n his_o repent_v prayer_n reformation_n and_o death_n see_v 2_o chron._n 33._o merodach_n have_v love_v his_o father_n may_v more_o easy_o be_v persuade_v to_o restore_v he_o §_o 2._o egypt_n after_o sethom_n be_v miserable_o distract_v with_o civil_a dissension_n two_o year_n then_o ill_o reform_v by_o a_o government_n of_o 12_o prince_n of_o which_o 11_o fall_v out_o with_o the_o 12_o the_o be_v by_o he_o subdue_v and_o the_o kingdom_n usurp_v which_o anarchy_n diodore_n put_v after_o sabacus_n omit_v sethom_n contrary_a to_o herodotus_n these_o twelve_o for_o a_o monument_n of_o their_o government_n make_v a_o labyrinth_n near_o the_o lake_n maris_n which_o heroclus_fw-la prefer_v to_o the_o chief_a pyramid_n which_o excel_v diana_n temple_n diodorus_n report_v it_o the_o work_n of_o marus_n or_o menide_n five_o generation_n before_o proteus_n or_o the_o trojan_a war_n and_o reyneccius_n take_v he_o to_o annemenes_n as_o he_o do_v amenophis_n to_o be_v amasis_n and_o sethom_n to_o be_v actisanes_n but_o he_o be_v deceive_v for_o the_o time_n we_o be_v now_o in_o show_v we_o amasis_n be_v anisis_n actisanes_n sobacus_fw-la and_o marus_n one_o of_o the_o 12_o governor_n which_o make_v this_o work_n whereto_o serve_v the_o 12_o great_a hall_n in_o it_o etc._n etc._n psamniticus_n one_o of_o the_o 12._o cast_v out_o by_o the_o rest_n upon_o a_o oracle_n as_o herodotus_n tell_v the_o tale_n which_o diodore_n believe_v not_o hire_v power_n out_o of_o caria_n and_o jonia_n with_o which_o he_o overthrow_v his_o fellow_n and_o rule_v alone_o 54_o year_n say_v hierom_n which_o mercator_n divide_v 44_o alone_a and_o 10_o before_o according_a to_o eusebius_n and_o to_o make_v the_o reckon_a fall_n even_o with_o the_o year_n from_o the_o 5_o the_o of_o rehoboam_n and_o the_o 4_o the_o of_o jehojakim_n we_o must_v confound_v the_o last_o of_o the_o 15_o ascribe_v to_o the_o 12_o governor_n with_o the_o first_o of_o psamnitius_fw-la he_o first_o entertain_v amity_n with_o the_o greek_n displease_v his_o soldier_n â—ith_o prefer_v his_o mercenary_n
that_o in_o nebuchadnezzar_n seven_o year_n of_o madness_n niglisar_n may_v govern_v by_o his_o wife_n nitocris_n mean_n nebuchadnezzar_n daughter_n and_o labassardach_n after_o he_o but_o slay_v after_o nine_o month_n present_o before_o nebuchadnezzar_n restauration_n chap._n ii_o the_o persian_n greatness_n how_o it_o grow_v §_o 1._o that_o the_o mede_n be_v chief_a in_o the_o overthrow_n of_o babylon_n the_o infallible_a witness_n of_o two_o great_a prophet_n make_v good_a esa._n 13_o 17._o jer._n 51.11.28_o according_a to_o which_o julius_n africanus_n prove_v babel_n be_v take_v before_o cyrus_n begin_v to_o reign_v so_o that_o the_o empire_n lose_v by_o balthassar_n the_o last_o of_o belochus_n line_n fall_v to_o cyaxares_n or_o darius_n medus_n the_o last_o of_o arbaces_n race_n who_o succeed_v his_o father_n astyages_n etc._n etc._n §_o 2._o cyrus_n to_o who_o alone_o the_o greek_n ascribe_v the_o conquest_n of_o babel_n be_v think_v immediate_a successor_n to_o astyages_n by_o some_o who_o deny_v he_o have_v any_o other_o son_n than_o this_o cyrus_n son_n of_o mandane_n his_o daughter_n viginer_n also_o probable_o reason_v that_o astyages_n have_v no_o such_o son_n as_o darius_n be_v unknown_a to_o so_o many_o author_n there_o name_v but_o negative_a argument_n from_o author_n be_v of_o no_o force_n and_o necessity_n either_o astyages_n must_v be_v darius_n in_o daniel_n 9_o which_o his_o time_n will_v not_o suffer_v or_o another_o successor_n before_o cyrus_n must_v be_v grant_v who_o for_o life_n command_v all_o yet_o in_o regard_n he_o be_v old_a and_o follow_v not_o the_o war_n in_o person_n but_o cyrus_n as_o his_o lieutenant_n do_v all_o the_o greek_n who_o hear_v only_o of_o he_o ascribe_v all_o to_o he_o as_o do_v the_o persian_n in_o honour_n to_o he_o who_o short_o bring_v all_o to_o they_o §_o 3._o xenophon_n report_n of_o the_o war_n between_o the_o assyrian_n and_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n the_o assyrian_n have_v command_n of_o so_o many_o country_n desire_v to_o bring_v under_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n know_v therefore_o their_o great_a strength_n he_o persuade_v croâ—sus_n the_o rich_a and_o strong_a king_n of_o lydia_n to_o join_v with_o he_o which_o he_o easy_o yield_v for_o the_o quarrel_n to_o the_o mede_n who_o have_v war_v against_o alyattes_n his_o father_n these_o together_o compose_v a_o army_n of_o two_o hundred_o thousand_o foot_n and_o sixty_o thousand_o horse_n but_o be_v overthrow_v by_o darius_n and_o cyaxares_n king_n of_o the_o mede_n and_o cyrus_n general_n of_o the_o persian_a force_n and_o the_o assyrian_a king_n slay_v so_o that_o many_o assyrian_n revolt_v and_o babylon_n be_v glad_a for_o her_o security_n to_o get_v mercenary_a strength_n while_o cyrus_n pursue_v his_o victory_n to_o lesser_a asia_n and_o take_v croesus_n prisoner_n after_o this_o follow_v the_o attempt_n at_o babylon_n cyaxares_n bear_v the_o charge_n and_o cyrus_n be_v leader_n etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o achaemenes_n govern_v in_o persia_n when_o arbaces_n do_v the_o like_a in_o media_n and_o both_o join_v with_o belochus_n against_o sardanapalus_n and_o after_o hold_v persia_n for_o himself_o as_o the_o other_o do_v media_n and_o babylon_n yet_o arbaces_n absolute_a command_n decay_v till_o deioces_n one_o hundred_o forty_n year_n after_o when_o salmanassar_n reign_v in_o syria_n so_o that_o neither_o the_o mede_n nor_o persian_n find_v it_o fit_a to_o stir_v from_o deioces_n to_o astyages_n there_o past_a above_o ninety_o year_n in_o which_o time_n phraortes_n reign_v but_o not_o like_a to_o have_v conquer_a persia_n as_o herodotus_n write_v for_o susiana_n be_v under_o daniel_n charge_n for_o nabuchadnezzar_n who_o also_o will_v hardly_o have_v venture_v into_o syria_n and_o egypt_n leave_v such_o a_o enemy_n on_o his_o back_n it_o seem_v the_o successor_n of_o achaemenes_n do_v little_a worth_n remember_v see_v in_o the_o persian_a greatness_n nothing_o be_v publish_v of_o their_o first_o king_n xenophon_n report_v the_o crown_n descend_v from_o father_n to_o son_n many_o descent_n and_o that_o cambyses_n beget_v cyrus_n so_o that_o the_o story_n of_o astyages_n give_v mandane_n his_o daughter_n to_o a_o base_a man_n to_o disable_v her_o issue_n who_o greatness_n he_o fear_v be_v improbable_a two_o race_n spring_v from_o achaemenes_n the_o first_o according_a to_o reyneccius_n be_v darius_n cyrus_n first_o cambyses_n cyrus_n the_o great_a cambyses_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o second_o race_n come_v the_o seven_o prince_n who_o overthrow_v the_o magi_n and_o choose_v darius_n son_n of_o hystaspes_n one_o of_o they_o for_o king_n persia_n first_o call_v elemais_n of_o a_o son_n of_o shem_n etc._n etc._n their_o city_n call_v persepolis_n in_o the_o second_o book_n of_o maccabee_n be_v call_v elemais_n in_o the_o first_o book_n and_o now_o cyrus_n but_o build_v in_o another_o place_n for_o that_o which_o alexander_n destroy_v at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o harlot_n thais_n the_o first_o kingdom_n know_v to_o we_o according_a to_o the_o interpreter_n of_o gen._n 14._o be_v chedorlaomer_n with_o who_o amraphel_n or_o ninus_n join_v in_o the_o war_n against_o the_o arabian_n chap._n iii_o of_o cyrus_n the_o first_o persian_a monarch_n §_o 1._o cyrus_n say_v strabo_n be_v so_o call_v of_o the_o river_n which_o water_v persia_n herodotus_n say_v it_o signify_v a_o father_n plutarch_n say_v the_o son_n esai_n name_v he_o almost_o two_o hundred_o year_n before_o he_o conquer_a lydia_n and_o take_v croesus_n before_o babylon_n which_o he_o win_v in_o the_o fifty_o five_o olympiad_n and_o in_o the_o twenty_o eighth_n olympiad_n upon_o a_o rebellion_n subdue_v it_o again_o §_o 2._o lydia_n have_v lydus_n the_o son_n of_o atys_n her_o first_o king_n which_o family_n be_v extinguish_v argon_fw-la descend_v from_o hercules_n be_v choose_v by_o the_o oracle_n and_o hold_v twenty_o two_o generation_n to_o candaulus_n the_o last_o gyges_n succeed_v he_o in_o bed_n and_o kingdom_n which_o he_o leave_v to_o atys_n father_n of_o sadiatte_n father_n of_o halyattes_n who_o beget_v croesus_n all_o their_o time_n be_v one_o hundred_o seventy_o year_n croesus_n so_o enlarge_v his_o dominion_n that_o he_o be_v inferior_a to_o no_o king_n of_o that_o age_n command_v phrygia_n bythynia_n caria_n misia_n paphlagonia_n etc._n etc._n he_o in_o confidence_n of_o his_o good_a success_n envy_v cyrus_n fame_n and_o desirous_a to_o check_v his_o prosperous_a undertake_n ask_v counsel_n of_o apollo_n then_o darius_n who_o assure_v croesus_n pass_v halis_n river_n shall_v dissolve_v a_o great_a dominion_n a_o answer_v doubtful_a because_o the_o devil_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o event_n §_o 3._o croesus_n thus_o resolve_v despise_v all_o sandanes_n his_o consellor_n argument_n to_o the_o contrary_a as_o the_o barrenness_n of_o the_o enemy_n country_n their_o hard_a manner_n of_o live_v warlike_a indefatigable_a and_o prosperous_a by_o who_o fall_n he_o can_v gain_v only_a fame_n wherein_o he_o excel_v and_o if_o he_o be_v beat_v his_o loss_n can_v be_v hardly_o tell_v or_o soon_o conceive_v croesus_n proceed_v with_o a_o powerful_a army_n but_o be_v stay_v at_o pterium_fw-la a_o strong_a city_n of_o capadocia_n which_o he_o seek_v to_o force_v while_o cyrus_n advance_v cratippus_n answer_v pompey_n well_o that_o kingdom_n have_v their_o increase_n and_o period_n from_o divine_a ordinance_n and_o so_o be_v it_o with_o these_o two_o great_a prince_n who_o force_n meet_v the_o persian_n have_v somewhat_o the_o better_a but_o night_n part_v they_o croesus_n doubtful_a of_o the_o next_o day_n success_n quit_v the_o field_n to_o cyrus_n and_o with_o all_o haste_n get_v into_o sardis_n and_o because_o of_o winter_n send_v home_o his_o force_n not_o doubt_v any_o pursuit_n cyrus_n find_v the_o lydian_n go_v follow_v slow_o after_o to_o avoid_v discover_v and_o have_v good_a intelligence_n of_o croesus_n proceed_n delay_v till_o the_o force_n be_v dispose_v to_o their_o winter_n garrison_n when_o unexpected_o he_o invest_v sardis_n and_o in_o fourteen_o day_n force_v it_o croesus_n thrust_v in_o among_o the_o multitude_n be_v ready_a to_o be_v slay_v have_v not_o his_o dumb_a son_n force_v by_o passion_n cry_v spare_v croesus_n who_o thereupon_o be_v bring_v to_o cyrus_n who_o judge_v he_o to_o be_v burn_v be_v upon_o the_o heap_n of_o wood_n he_o cry_v out_o o_o solon_n solon_n solon_n and_o upon_o urge_v to_o declare_v what_o he_o mean_v answer_v that_o he_o find_v solon_n word_n true_a that_o no_o man_n know_v his_o own_o happiness_n till_o his_o end_n cyrus_n hear_v thereof_o call_v for_o he_o remember_v his_o own_o mortality_n forgive_v he_o and_o ever_o after_o use_v he_o as_o a_o king_n and_o companion_n xenophon_n report_v that_o cyrus_n use_v he_o so_o without_o speak_v of_o the_o purpose_n of_o burn_a belike_o think_v it_o a_o cruelty_n unworthy_a cyrus_n so_o to_o use_v his_o great_a uncle_n by_o his_o grandmother_n