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death_n o_o o_o a_o a_o chap._n xxix_o of_o the_o death_n of_o the_o sicarians_n that_o have_v flee_v to_o alexandria_n and_o thebes_n after_o that_o the_o castle_n of_o massada_n be_v thus_o take_v calamity_n the_o murderer_n author_n of_o new_a calamity_n the_o general_n of_o the_o roman_n leave_v a_o garrison_n there_o go_v to_o caesarea_n because_o there_o be_v no_o enemy_n leave_v in_o all_o the_o country_n but_o not_o only_a judea_n be_v destroy_v through_o the_o continuance_n of_o the_o war_n but_o many_o of_o that_o nation_n though_o far_o distant_a from_o it_o taste_v of_o its_o trouble_n for_o it_o so_o fall_v b_o b_o out_o that_o afterward_o many_o jew_n perish_v in_o egypt_n at_o alexandria_n those_o sicarians_n who_o have_v escape_v thither_o be_v not_o content_a to_o be_v safe_a and_o free_a from_o danger_n but_o there_o also_o they_o attempt_v alteration_n and_o to_o recover_v their_o liberty_n against_o the_o roman_n esteem_v themselves_o nothing_o inferior_a to_o 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