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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 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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 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late_a for_o alexander_n horseman_n save_v much_o §_o 9_o darius_n force_n by_o curtius_n report_n be_v two_o hundred_o thousand_o foot_n and_o fifty_o thousand_o horse_n arrianus_n make_v they_o fourteen_o hundred_o thousand_o in_o all_o it_o be_v probable_a they_o be_v about_o four_o hundred_o thousand_o with_o which_o multitude_n they_o think_v to_o overpower_v their_o few_o enemy_n in_o the_o plain_n of_o assyria_n but_o skill_n and_o practice_n do_v more_o towards_o victory_n than_o rude_a multitude_n alexander_n army_n upon_o occasion_n of_o a_o eclipse_n of_o the_o moon_n be_v affright_v but_o be_v encourage_v by_o egyptian_a astrologer_n for_o it_o have_v be_v contrary_a to_o all_o rule_n to_o have_v a_o army_n afraid_a to_o fight_v darius_n offer_v great_a condition_n of_o peace_n in_o vain_a §_o 10._o alexander_n be_v advise_v by_o parmenio_n to_o assault_v darius_n camp_n by_o night_n that_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o multitude_n may_v breed_v no_o terror_n which_o counsel_n 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such_o as_o in_o the_o late_a war_n have_v best_a deserve_v this_o city_n and_o territory_n he_o leave_v in_o charge_n with_o three_o of_o his_o own_o captain_n grace_v mazeus_n with_o the_o title_n of_o lieutenant_n then_o he_o enter_v the_o province_n satrapenâ—_n and_o so_o to_o susa_n on_o the_o river_n euleus_n in_o persia_n which_o abulites_n give_v up_o with_o fifty_o thousand_o talent_n of_o silver_n bullion_n and_o twelve_o elopha_n which_o he_o commit_v to_o some_o macedonian_n give_v abulites_n only_o the_o title_n of_o lieutenant_n as_o he_o do_v after_o to_o teridates_n of_o persepolis_n observe_v well_o that_o traitor_n to_o their_o own_o king_n be_v never_o to_o be_v trust_v alone_o in_o great_a matter_n wherein_o falsehood_n may_v redeem_v their_o lose_a estate_n vassal_n of_o fortune_n love_v only_o their_o king_n prosperity_n not_o person_n §_o 12._o alexander_n advance_v towards_o persepolis_n be_v much_o worsted_n by_o ariobarzanes_n at_o the_o straits_n between_o the_o mountain_n which_o divide_v susiana_n and_o persia_n but_o by_o a_o lycian_a which_o live_v there_o he_o find_v another_o way_n and_o come_v sudden_o upon_o ariobarzanes_n and_o force_v he_o who_o not_o find_v entrance_n into_o persepolis_n return_v with_o a_o second_o charge_n upon_o the_o macedonian_n and_o be_v slay_v teridates_n another_o of_o darius_n trusty_a grandee_n send_v to_o alexander_n to_o make_v haste_n to_o persepolis_n before_o the_o people_n pillage_v the_o treasury_n which_o at_o that_o day_n be_v the_o rich_a in_o the_o world_n this_o place_n alexander_n commit_v to_o nicaride_n a_o creature_n of_o his_o own_o and_o leave_v the_o body_n of_o his_o army_n there_o while_o he_o with_o a_o thousand_o horse_n and_o some_o choice_a foot_n not_o able_a to_o stand_v still_o will_v in_o the_o winter_n see_v the_o part_n of_o persia_n cover_v with_o snow_n when_o his_o footman_n be_v impatient_a of_o that_o extreme_a travail_n he_o leave_v his_o horse_n to_o bear_v a_o 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