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against_o they_o of_o the_o town_n and_o this_o be_v the_o estate_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o candy_n at_o the_o same_o time_n methridates_n make_v war_n against_o the_o synopense_n mithridates_n which_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n the_o beginning_n and_o cause_n of_o his_o misfortune_n and_o when_o as_o they_o require_v succour_n of_o the_o rhodiens_n synopense_n they_o make_v choice_n of_o three_o man_n for_o this_o business_n to_o who_o there_o be_v give_v four_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o pound_n to_o furnish_v the_o synopense_n with_o necessary_a provision_n for_o the_o war._n they_o which_o have_v this_o commission_n make_v provision_n of_o ten_o thousand_o goat_n skin_n fill_v with_o wine_n of_o thirty_o six_o thousand_o pound_n weight_n of_o rope_n make_v with_o hair_n and_o ten_o thousand_o make_v with_o sinew_n a_o thousand_o arm_n complete_a three_o thousand_o piece_n of_o gold_n coin_a four_o merchant_n ship_n with_o crossbow_n and_o other_o engine_n of_o 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