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stand_v it_o out_o by_o force_n not_o that_o they_o have_v any_o hope_n leave_v but_o out_o of_o a_o desire_n that_o their_o country_n shall_v be_v destroy_v rather_o by_o the_o enemy_n than_o themselves_o how_o great_a the_o fury_n of_o the_o discontent_a be_v may_v be_v infer_v hence_o that_o they_o pull_v down_o â—heir_a house_n to_o build_v a_o new_a fleet_n that_o about_o â—heir_a arm_n gold_n and_o silver_n be_v employ_v instead_o of_o iron_n and_o brass_n and_o the_o matron_n parâ—ed_v with_o their_o hair_n to_o make_v cordage_n for_o the_o engine_n afterward_o mancinus_n be_v consul_n the_o siege_n be_v close_o carry_v on_o both_o by_o sea_n and_o land_n the_o haven_n and_o the_o first_o and_o second_o wall_n be_v already_o dismantle_v when_o the_o castle_n notwithstanding_o call_v the_o byrsa_n make_v such_o resistance_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v another_o city_n but_o though_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o city_n be_v in_o a_o good_a forwardness_n yet_o be_v it_o consider_v that_o the_o name_n of_o the_o scipio_n be_v fatal_a to_o africa_n the_o commonwealth_n therefore_o pitch_v upon_o another_o scipio_n be_v desirous_a the_o see_v a_o end_n of_o that_o war_n he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o paulus_n surname_v macedonicus_n and_o have_v be_v adopt_v by_o the_o son_n of_o the_o great_a scipio_n africanus_n presume_v he_o will_v be_v a_o ornament_n to_o his_o race_n it_o be_v design_v that_o the_o grandchild_n shall_v absolute_o lay_v desolate_a that_o city_n which_o the_o grandfather_n have_v bring_v near_o its_o destruction_n but_o as_o the_o bite_n of_o die_a beast_n be_v most_o dangerous_a so_o we_o find_v more_o work_n with_o carthage_n half_o ruin_v than_o when_o it_o be_v entire_a the_o enemy_n be_v force_v into_o one_o fortress_n the_o roman_n have_v also_o besiege_v the_o port._n whereupon_o the_o carthaginian_n make_v another_o port_n on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o the_o city_n not_o with_o any_o design_n to_o get_v away_o but_o even_o from_o that_o 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