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east_n of_o the_o red_a sea_n regama_n or_o raama_n the_o four_o brother_n and_o sheba_n his_o son_n take_v the_o west_n side_n by_o the_o persian_a gulf._n pliny_n say_v the_o sabean_o dwell_v along_o the_o persian_a and_o arabian_a sea_n where_o ptolemy_n place_v the_o city_n saba_n towards_o the_o red_a sea_n and_o regma_n towards_o the_o persian_a where_o also_o sabta_n another_o brother_n be_v find_v by_o montanus_n out_o of_o ptolemy_n beroaldus_n think_v it_o strange_a that_o any_o of_o these_o sabean_o shall_v go_v one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o mile_n to_o rob_n job_n in_o traconitis_n between_o palestine_n and_o coelosyria_n but_o guilandinus_n melchior_n find_v sabean_n near_o in_o arabia_n the_o desert_n who_o ptolemy_n call_v save_o now_o semiscasac_n from_o whence_o the_o magi_n come_v to_o worship_n christ_n as_o he_o judge_v the_o queen_n of_o saba_n which_o come_v to_o solomon_n beroaldus_n and_o pererius_n bring_v from_o east_n arabia_n i_o rather_o think_v the_o west_n next_o midian_a and_o ezion_n gaber_n then_o under_o the_o command_n of_o solomon_n 14.12_o sabeta_n have_v there_o leave_v his_o name_n in_o the_o city_n sabbatha_n or_o sabota_n iosephus_n fancy_n be_v that_o saba_n be_v father_n of_o the_o ethiopian_n about_o meros_n and_o sabta_n of_o the_o aabany_n be_v confute_v by_o the_o name_n for_o in_o arabia_n desert_n be_v the_o city_n of_o saba_n or_o save_v and_o ragana_n for_o regma_n and_o people_n call_v raabeni_fw-la of_o raamah_n in_o arabia_n the_o happy_a be_v rhegama_n and_o rabana_n and_o the_o city_n sapta_fw-la in_o the_o south_n of_o arabia_n be_v sabatta_n the_o metropolis_n and_o the_o great_a city_n saba_n towards_o the_o red_a sea_n and_o the_o region_n sabe_n more_o southern_a didan_n the_o second_o son_n of_o raamah_n who_o josephus_n and_o jerom_n carry_v to_o west-ethiopia_n but_o ezechiel_n join_v with_o father_n and_o brother_n in_o trade_n to_o tyre_n with_o precious_a clothes_n which_o naked_a black-moor_n never_o know_v till_o the_o portugal_n trade_v with_o they_o but_o jeremy_n and_o ezechiel_n will_v show_v we_o dedan_n near_o idumea_n which_o will_v remove_v all_o scruple_n §_o 14._o ludim_n elder_a son_n of_o mizraim_n father_n of_o the_o lybian_o in_o africa_n where_o the_o lydian_n be_v also_o adjoin_v as_o a_o nation_n of_o africa_n for_o 2_o chron._n 12.3_o lubim_n or_o luhaei_fw-la be_v the_o same_o with_o ludim_n in_o hebrew_n say_v montanus_n with_o some_o difference_n in_o write_v from_o the_o lyby_n misraim_n other_o son_n be_v assign_v no_o certain_a place_n in_o holy_a scripture_n only_o the_o philistine_n be_v say_v to_o come_v of_o casluhim_n and_o caphtorim_n in_o the_o entrance_n into_o egypt_n by_o the_o lake_n serbonis_n and_o the_o hill_n cassius_n caphtorim_n between_o that_o and_o pelusium_n be_v a_o tract_n call_v sithroitis_n where_o pliny_n and_o stephanus_n place_n the_o city_n sethron_n which_o ortelius_n take_v to_o be_v hercules_n parva_fw-la in_o ptolemy_n the_o philistine_n inhabit_a the_o south_n of_o canaan_n drive_v out_o the_o avim_n or_o hevite_n say_v junius_n on_o gen._n 10.14_o deut._n 2.23_o jos._n 13.3_o where_o their_o bound_n be_v set_v forth_o and_o their_o five_o principality_n §_o 15._o sem_n posterity_n moses_n reckon_v up_o last_o that_o he_o may_v proceed_v with_o the_o genealogy_n of_o the_o hebrew_n to_o abraham_n for_o which_o arpbaxad'_v age_n only_o be_v express_v and_o his_o child_n and_o of_o aram._n the_o common_a opinion_n possess_v he_o of_o what_o be_v beyond_o tigris_n to_o the_o indian-sea_n say_v jerom_n save_v india_n which_o i_o believe_v noah_n hold_v to_o who_o after_o joctan_n come_v ophir_n and_o havilah_n and_o plant_v there_o of_o who_o hereafter_o elam_n father_n of_o the_o elamites_n the_o prince_n of_o persia_n who_o seat_n be_v susan_n by_o the_o river_n vlai_n which_o ptolemy_n call_v eulaeus_n which_o run_v into_o hiddekel_n asher_n the_o second_o son_n of_o sem_fw-mi father_n of_o the_o assyrian_n disdain_v nimrod_n pride_n leave_v babel_n and_o build_v ninivy_n according_a to_o the_o common_a opinion_n and_o contend_v for_o the_o empire_n 3_o arphaxad_o be_v father_n of_o those_o chaldean_n which_o be_v about_o ur_fw-la the_o rest_n be_v possess_v by_o the_o son_n of_o cham._n lud_n sem_n four_o son_n josephus_n and_o jerom_n place_n in_o lesser_a asia_n but_o i_o question_v it_o aram_n his_o five_o son_n father_n of_o the_o syrian_n as_o well_o about_o mesopotamia_n as_o damascus_n padan_n aram_n or_o aram_n neharaim_n that_o be_v syria_n between_o two_o river_n which_o be_v tigris_n and_o euphrates_n strabo_n report_v it_o be_v ancient_o call_v aramenia_n or_o aramia_n and_o the_o name_n aram_n be_v change_v into_o syria_n by_o syrus_n before_o moses_n say_v eusebius_n part_v of_o it_o be_v call_v ancobaritis_n by_o ptolemy_n be_v divide_v by_o the_o river_n chaboras_n say_v junius_n we_o or_o hus_n aram_n elder_a son_n build_v damascus_n say_v josephus_n jerom_n and_o lyra._n it_o have_v jordan_n west_n mount_n seir_n east_n edrai_fw-fr south_n and_o damascus_n north_n in_o the_o east_n part_n of_o traconitis_n and_o adjoin_v to_o basan_n where_o job_n the_o son_n of_o hus_n the_o son_n of_o nahor_n dwell_v full_a of_o petty_a king_n in_o the_o day_n of_o jeremy_n 25.20_o hal_n aram_n second_v son_n father_n of_o the_o armenian_n say_v jerom_n but_o junius_n place_v he_o in_o the_o palmeriâ—n_a desert_n by_o euphrates_n where_o ptolemy_n place_v the_o city_n cholle_a gether_o the_o three_o son_n set_v down_o in_o cassiotis_n and_o seleucis_n and_o be_v seat_v where_o ptolemy_n place_v the_o city_n gindarus_n mesech_n the_o four_o son_n set_v down_o north_n of_o syria_n 'tween_o silicia_n and_o mesopotamia_n near_o the_o mount_n masius_n these_o plantation_n can_v no_o other_o way_n be_v know_v than_o by_o this_o probability_n the_o father_n have_v large_a region_n plant_v their_o own_o child_n in_o they_o for_o mutual_a comfort_n till_o ambition_n breed_v
and_o take_v a_o hundred_o private_a hostage_n the_o rhodian_n present_o erect_v statue_n for_o lysimachus_n and_o cassander_n and_o make_v a_o god_n of_o ptolemy_n §_o 3._o demetrius_n chase_v cassander_n beyond_o the_o strait_o of_o thermopilae_n and_o recover_v all_o that_o cassander_n hold_v there_o the_o like_a he_o do_v in_o peloponesus_fw-la set_v all_o free_a and_o translate_v sicyon_n to_o anâ—ther_n place_n and_o call_v it_o demetrius_n then_o he_o be_v proclaim_v general_n of_o all_o greece_n and_o athens_n decree_v all_o his_o commandment_n shall_v be_v hold_v sacred_a and_o just_a with_o god_n and_o men_n cassander_n case_n now_o oblige_v he_o to_o seek_v peace_n for_o macedon_n but_o antigonus_n will_v have_v absolute_a submission_n which_o make_v cassander_n solicit_v the_o confederate_n lysimachus_n ptolemy_n and_o seleucus_n who_o apprehend_v the_o common_a danger_n agree_v to_o join_v force_n against_o a_o common_a enemy_n lysimachus_z with_o part_n of_o cassander_n force_n begin_v and_o pass_v the_o hellespont_n make_v hot_a war_n in_o asia_n which_o antigonus_n haste_v to_o oppose_v but_o can_v force_v lysimachus_n home_o who_o stay_v for_o seleucus_n come_n and_o make_v he_o send_v for_o demetrius_n etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o seleucus_n be_v come_v and_o join_v with_o ptolomy_n force_n and_o lysimachus_n make_v sixty_o four_o thousand_o foot_n ten_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o horse_n four_o hundred_o elephant_n and_o one_o hundred_o aâ—med_a cart_n antigonus_n have_v seventy_o thousand_o foot_n ten_o thousand_o horse_n and_o seventy_o five_o elephant_n they_o meet_v at_o ipsus_n near_o ephesus_n where_o the_o only_a memorable_a thing_n be_v that_o demetrius_n encounter_v young_a antiochus_n son_n of_o seleucus_n and_o so_o pursue_v he_o in_o flight_n that_o seleucus_n interpose_v his_o elephant_n between_o demetrius_n and_o antigonus_n phalanx_n and_o with_o his_o troop_n of_o horse_n so_o force_v it_o that_o many_o soon_o revolt_v and_o leave_v 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that_o his_o son_n antipater_n and_o alexander_n fight_v for_o the_o kingdom_n and_o that_o antipater_n have_v furious_o slay_v their_o mother_n thessalonica_n for_o affect_v his_o brother_n he_o choose_v rather_o to_o go_v to_o assist_v alexander_n who_o desire_v aid_n of_o he_o and_o pyrrâ—us_n king_n of_o epirus_n §_o 7._o pyrrhus_n son_n of_o aeacides_n a_o infant_n at_o his_o father_n death_n be_v convey_v unto_o glaucias_n king_n of_o illyria_n who_o at_o twelve_o year_n old_a set_v he_o in_o his_o kingdom_n out_o of_o which_o six_o year_n after_o he_o be_v force_v and_o go_v to_o serve_v demetrius_n who_o marry_v his_o sister_n and_o after_o the_o overthrow_n at_o ipsus_n become_v hostage_n to_o ptolemy_n upon_o his_o reconciliation_n with_o demetrius_n in_o egypt_n he_o get_v the_o favour_n of_o berenice_n ptolomy_n principal_a wife_n and_o marry_v her_o daughter_n and_o be_v restore_v to_o epirus_n he_o be_v request_v of_o alexander_n to_o aid_v he_o against_o antipater_n for_o reward_n take_v ambracia_n by_o force_n acarnania_n and_o much_o more_o leave_v the_o unite_a brethren_n to_o divide_v the_o rest_n demetrius_z also_o bâ—ing_v come_v after_o all_o be_v do_v be_v discontent_v and_o pretend_v alexander_n have_v plot_v his_o death_n slay_v he_o at_o a_o feast_n and_o seize_v on_o his_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n at_o which_o antipater_n who_o have_v marry_v lysimachus_n daughter_n be_v so_o enrage_v that_o his_o father-in-law_n to_o quiet_v he_o take_v away_o his_o troublesome_a life_n thus_o the_o house_n which_o cassander_n have_v raise_v with_o so_o much_o treachery_n and_o royal-blood_n fall_v on_o his_o own_o grave_a before_o the_o earth_n be_v thorough_o settle_v demetrius_n after_o this_o access_n of_o dominion_n grow_v to_o such_o dissoluteness_n in_o wine_n women_z and_o idleness_n that_o he_o will_v not_o endure_v the_o trouble_n of_o petition_n and_o do_v justice_n so_o that_o the_o people_n grow_v weary_a of_o his_o idleness_n and_o the_o soldier_n of_o his_o vanity_n have_v lose_v all_o he_o have_v in_o asia_n and_o cyprus_n but_o his_o mother_n and_o child_n which_o ptolemy_n honourable_o send_v he_o home_o he_o go_v against_o thebes_n and_o win_v it_o twice_o then_o he_o go_v against_o pyrrhus_n with_o two_o great_a army_n of_o which_o one_o lead_v by_o pentauchus_fw-la be_v overthrow_v and_o he_o beat_v by_o pyrrhus_n upon_o challenge_n hand_n to_o hand_n which_o loss_n offend_v not_o the_o macedonian_n so_o much_o as_o the_o young_a prince_n behaviour_n please_v they_o seem_v to_o see_v a_o lively_a figure_n of_o alexander_n in_o his_o best_a quality_n this_o esteem_n of_o pyrrhus_n be_v increase_v by_o the_o dislike_n which_o he_o have_v of_o demetrius_n for_o his_o insolency_n and_o cruelty_n to_o his_o soldier_n of_o who_o he_o say_v the_o more_o of_o they_o die_v the_o few_o he_o have_v to_o pay_v in_o the_o end_n he_o grow_v sensible_a of_o their_o general_a hatred_n which_o to_o prevent_v he_o intend_v a_o war_n in_o asia_n with_o a_o royal_a army_n of_o almost_o one_o hundred_o thousand_o foot_n and_o twelve_o thousand_o horse_n and_o a_o navy_n of_o five_o hundred_o sail_n of_o which_o many_o exceed_v all_o former_a greatness_n seleucus_n and_o ptolemy_n doubt_v the_o issue_n be_v earnest_a with_o lysimachus_n and_o pyrrhus_n to_o join_v against_o he_o who_o according_o invade_v macedon_n lysimachus_n enter_v that_o part_n next_o he_o and_o when_o demetrius_n go_v against_o he_o pyrrhus_n break_v in_o on_o his_o side_n and_o take_v berrhaea_n which_o news_n put_v all_o the_o camp_n in_o a_o consternation_n few_o forbear_v seditious_a speech_n and_o many_o desire_v to_o return_v home_o but_o he_o perceive_v their_o design_n to_o go_v to_o lysimachus_n their_o countryman_n lead_v they_o against_o pyrrhus_n a_o stranger_n think_v so_o to_o pacify_v they_o wherein_o he_o be_v deceive_v for_o though_o they_o be_v as_o hasty_a as_o he_o to_o meet_v with_o pyrrhus_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o 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