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of_o his_o fortune_n sudden_o teach_v he_o to_o repent_v it_o for_o he_o prevail_v still_o against_o the_o locrian_n boeotian_n thessalian_n and_o other_o their_o confederate_n till_o the_o boeotian_n at_o last_o overthrow_v his_o sacrilegious_a army_n and_o slay_v a_o great_a part_n thereof_o drive_v himself_o to_o that_o necessity_n that_o to_o avoid_v the_o torture_n incident_a to_o his_o impiety_n he_o throw_v himself_o headlong_o down_o a_o rock_n and_o so_o miserable_o end_v his_o wicked_a pageant_n onomarchus_n his_o partner_n in_o the_o sacrilege_n succee_v in_o his_o room_n of_o command_n and_o impiety_n and_o after_o variety_n of_o fortune_n his_o sacrilegious_a army_n be_v overthrow_v by_o king_n philip_n of_o macedon_n and_o by_o his_o command_n the_o soldier_n that_o be_v take_v prisoner_n be_v drown_v and_o onomarchus_n himself_o as_o a_o sacrifice_n to_o his_o sacrilege_n hang_v then_o phayllus_n the_o brother_n of_o onomarchus_n be_v choose_v general_n who_o rot_v by_o little_a and_o little_a whilst_o he_o live_v die_v at_o length_n in_o most_o grievous_a torture_n for_o his_o sacrilege_n pag._n 437._o after_o he_o succeed_v phaloecus_n son_n of_o onomarchus_n who_o beyond_o all_o the_o former_a sacrilege_n wherein_o some_o account_v that_o as_o much_o be_v take_v as_o the_o whole_a treasure_n be_v worth_a that_o alexander_n the_o great_a bring_v out_o of_o persia_n add_v this_o that_o hear_v there_o be_v a_o infinite_a mass_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n bury_v under_o the_o pavement_n of_o the_o temple_n he_o with_o philon_n and_o other_o of_o his_o captain_n begin_v to_o break_v up_o the_o pavement_n near_o the_o tripos_n but_o fright_v sudden_o with_o a_o earthquake_n dare_v proceed_v no_o further_o pag._n 453._o short_o after_o philo_n be_v accuse_v for_o purloin_v much_o of_o the_o sacred_a money_n commit_v to_o his_o dispensation_n and_o be_v torture_v name_v many_o of_o his_o consort_n who_o with_o he_o be_v by_o the_o phocean_n themselves_o all_o put_v to_o terrible_a death_n pag._n 452._o and_o the_o boeotian_n by_o the_o aid_n of_o king_n philip_n put_v to_o flight_n divers_a troop_n of_o the_o phocean_n whereof_o 500_o flee_v for_o sanctuary_n into_o a_o chapel_n of_o apollo_n seek_v protection_n under_o he_o who_o temple_n they_o have_v so_o violate_v but_o the_o fire_n they_o leave_v in_o their_o own_o tent_n fire_v their_o cabin_n and_o then_o take_v hold_v of_o straw_n that_o lie_v near_o the_o chapel_n burn_v it_o also_o and_o in_o it_o they_o that_o be_v flee_v into_o it_o for_o the_o god_n say_v diodorus_n will_v give_v they_o no_o protection_n though_o they_o beg_v it_o upon_o their_o knee_n p._n 45_o 3._o now_o after_o ten_o year_n this_o sacred_a war_n come_v to_o a_o end_n phaloecus_n not_o able_a to_o subsist_v against_o philip_n and_o the_o boeotian_n compound_v with_o he_o for_o licence_n to_o depart_v and_o to_o carry_v the_o soldier_n he_o have_v about_o he_o with_o he_o the_o phocean_n without_o all_o mean_n to_o resist_v be_v by_o a_o new_a decree_n of_o the_o amphictyon_n or_o grand_a council_n adjudge_v to_o have_v the_o wall_n of_o three_o of_o their_o city_n beat_v to_o the_o ground_n to_o be_v exclude_v from_o the_o temple_n of_o apollo_n and_o the_o court_n of_o the_o amphictyon_n that_o be_v to_o be_v excommunicate_a and_o outlawed_n to_o keep_v no_o horse_n nor_o armour_n till_o they_o have_v satisfy_v the_o money_n sacrilegious_o take_v back_o to_o the_o god_n that_o all_o the_o phocean_n that_o be_v flee_v and_o all_o other_o that_o have_v their_o hand_n in_o the_o sacrilege_n shall_v be_v due_o punish_v and_o that_o every_o man_n may_v therefore_o pull_v they_o out_o of_o any_o place_n that_o the_o grecian_n may_v destroy_v all_o the_o city_n of_o the_o phocean_n to_o the_o ground_n leave_v they_o only_o as_o village_n of_o fifty_o house_n apiece_o distant_a a_o furlong_n the_o one_o from_o the_o other_o to_o inhabit_v that_o the_o phocean_n shall_v retain_v their_o 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