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carthage_n he_o will_v also_o foloâ—…_n his_o fellow_n that_o be_v go_v before_o whereby_o his_o counâ—…ry_n shall_v perceive_v that_o he_o have_v not_o live_v to_o that_o day_n because_o he_o be_v desirous_a of_o life_n but_o to_o the_o intent_n he_o wouâ—…d_v not_o by_o his_o death_n betray_v those_o few_o that_o the_o unspeakable_a pestilens_fw-la have_v spare_v by_o leave_v they_o without_o a_o guide_n as_o besiege_v in_o the_o mid_n of_o the_o host_n of_o their_o enemy_n enter_v into_o y_fw-fr â—_o city_n with_o such_o a_o outcry_n â—…one_v as_o he_o come_v home_o to_o his_o 〈◊〉_d own_o house_n he_o dismiss_v the_o multitude_n as_o the_o last_o time_n that_o ever_o he_o purpose_v to_o speak_v to_o they_o and_o barringe_a in_o the_o door_n to_o he_o suffer_v no_o man_n to_o come_v at_o he_o no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o his_o own_o son_n he_o kill_v himself_o the._n xxi_o book_n dennis_n have_v expulse_v the_o carthaginenses_n 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o sicill_n and_o take_v the_o government_n 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