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crown_n of_o england_n and_o disposess_v he_o of_o his_o dukedom_n and_o barbarous_o deprive_v he_o of_o his_o sight_n to_o make_v his_o own_o son_n lord_n of_o all_o but_o god_n cast_v they_o all_o male_a and_o female_a nephew_n and_o niece_n maud_n except_v into_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o sea_n edward_n ii_o being_n murder_v a_o torrent_n of_o blood_n follow_v in_o the_o royal_a race_n so_o that_o all_o the_o masculine_a prince_n few_o except_v die_v of_o the_o bloodyflux_n and_o though_o edward_n iii_o in_o his_o young_a year_n make_v his_o knowledge_n of_o that_o horrible_a fact_n no_o more_o than_o suspicious_a yet_o his_o put_n to_o death_n his_o uncle_n the_o earl_n of_o kent_n make_v it_o manifest_v he_o be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o what_o have_v pass_v nor_o great_o desirous_a to_o have_v have_v it_o otherwise_o but_o this_o cruelty_n the_o unsearchable_a judgement_n of_o god_n revenge_v on_o his_o grandchild_n and_o so_o it_o fall_v out_o even_o to_o the_o last_o of_o the_o 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216_o chap._n vii_o the_o greek_a affair_n from_o the_o persian_a war_n to_o the_o peloponesian_n 221_o chap._n viii_o the_o peloponesian_a war_n with_o the_o condition_n of_o athens_n and_o sparta_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o it_o alcibiades_z his_o victory_n his_o depose_n 224_o chap._n ix_o matter_n concur_v with_o the_o peloponesian_a war_n and_o some_o time_n after_o 230_o chap._n x._o cyrus_n the_o young_a his_o expedition_n into_o persia_n and_o the_o great_a service_n of_o xenophon_n 232_o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o greek_a affair_n under_o the_o lacedaemonian_n command_v 237_o chap._n xii_o of_o the_o flourish_a condition_n of_o thebes_n from_o the_o battle_n of_o leuctra_n to_o that_o of_o mantinaea_n of_o the_o peace_n that_o succeed_v a_o comparison_n between_o agasilaus_fw-la and_o the_o roman_a pompey_n 241_o book_n iu_o chap._n i._n of_o the_o macedonian_a kingdom_n from_o philip_n father_n to_o alexander_n the_o great_a to_o the_o race_n of_o antigonus_n 247_o chap._n ii_o of_o alexander_n the_o great_a his_o war_n with_o darius_n and_o other_o his_o cruelty_n death_n and_o character_n 251_o chap._n iii_o aordaeus_n reign_n after_o alexander_n 271_o chap._n iu_o of_o antigonus_n growth_n in_o asia_n 282_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o civil_a war_n of_o alexander_n captain_n 286_o chap._n vi_o of_o the_o war_n between_o the_o new_a king_n till_o they_o be_v all_o destroy_v 287_o chap._n vii_o rome_n growth_n and_o the_o settle_n of_o the_o eastern_a state_n 299_o book_n v._o from_o the_o settle_a rule_n of_o alexander_n successor_n till_o the_o roman_n conquer_a asia_n and_o macedon_n chap._n i._n of_o the_o first_o punick_o war._n 307_o chap._n ii_o what_o pass_v between_o the_o first_o and_o second_o punic_a war._n 326_o chap._n iii_o of_o the_o second_o punic_a war._n 336_o chap._n iu_o philip_n king_n of_o macedon_n father_n of_o perseus_n subdue_v by_o the_o roman_n 370_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o roman_a war_n with_o antiochus_n and_o his_o adherent_n 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