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aborigines_n that_o be_v the_o native_n of_o the_o place_n inhabit_a latium_n who_o halycarnassus_n varro_n and_o reyneccius_n think_v to_o have_v be_v arcadian_n who_o use_v to_o vaunt_v of_o their_o antiquity_n have_v more_o constant_o keep_v their_o country_n in_o peloponesus_fw-la than_o other_o greek_n yet_o be_v fruitful_a send_v colony_n to_o other_o country_n as_o when_o evander_n be_v send_v into_o the_o same_o part_n of_o italy_n pelasgi_n a_o ancient_a nation_n after_o give_v name_n to_o all_o greece_n but_o such_o of_o they_o as_o come_v into_o italy_n lose_v the_o name_n of_o their_o tribe_n in_o a_o short_a time_n sicani_n ausones_n aurunci_n rutili_fw-la in_o after_o age_n disturb_a latium_n whiâ—h_n satâ—rn_n have_v bring_v to_o some_o civility_n and_o teach_v to_o dung_n the_o ground_n that_o latium_n take_v the_o name_n of_o saturn_n lurk_v there_o from_o jupiter_n be_v far_o fetch_v and_o questionless_a a_o fable_n yet_o many_o fable_n be_v occasion_v from_o some_o 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life_n of_o romulus_n
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the_o persian_n and_o bactrian_n as_o he_o promise_v and_o so_o weaken_a his_o sovereignty_n so_o that_o in_o time_n the_o assyrian_a encroach_v upon_o some_o town_n of_o the_o mede_n and_o extend_v itself_o to_o israel_n but_o when_o the_o assyrian_a cast_v off_o the_o mede_n yoke_n be_v uncertain_a as_o also_o when_o babylon_n and_o ninive_n become_v subject_a to_o one_o the_o opinion_n current_n till_o of_o late_a be_v according_a to_o metastenus_fw-la in_o annius_n that_o â—elosus_fw-la call_v also_o phut_v belosus_fw-la and_o in_o scripture_n pull_v or_o phul_n reign_v 42_o year_n in_o babylon_n get_v part_n of_o assyria_n into_o his_o hand_n and_o leave_v it_o to_o tiglaâ—_n pileser_n his_o son_n and_o his_o posterity_n till_o merodach_n prevail_v this_o tradition_n though_o annius_n author_n be_v suspect_v be_v justify_v by_o circumstance_n in_o other_o author_n as_o belosus_fw-la enjoy_v babylon_n dâ—â—dorus_n relate_v and_o no_o author_n speak_v of_o any_o special_a governor_n of_o assyria_n neither_o stand_v it_o with_o policy_n to_o set_v a_o particular_a king_n in_o assyria_n whâ—n_o to_o prevent_v the_o riâ—ing_n again_o thereof_o ninive_n be_v ruin_v and_o the_o inhabitant_n transplant_v upon_o the_o like_a consideration_n roâ—e_n destroy_v carthage_n and_o capua_n be_v town_n capable_a of_o empire_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v not_o then_o to_o be_v think_v that_o ninive_n and_o the_o assyrians_n can_v rise_v in_o three_o or_o four_o year_n by_o any_o oâ—her_a tâ—â—n_n beâ—osus_fw-la so_o near_o a_o neighbour_n and_o of_o so_o rich_a a_o province_n for_o hâ—rodotus_n esteem_v it_o for_o richâ—s_n and_o powâ—r_n as_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o perâ—iâ—â—_n empire_n who_o also_o join_v the_o treasure_n find_v in_o the_o palace_n of_o ninâ—ve_n §_o 5._o the_o olympian_a game_n be_v restore_v by_o iphylus_fw-la in_o the_o fifty_o fiâ—st_n of_o vzziah_n the_o first_o founder_n of_o they_o be_v hercules_n and_o be_v so_o call_v of_o the_o city_n olympia_n or_o pisa_n near_o elis_n a_o city_n in_o peloponesus_fw-la near_o the_o river_n aâ—pheus_n where_o jupiter_n have_v a_o temple_n repute_v one_o of_o the_o world_n wonder_n these_o game_n be_v exercise_v after_o every_o four_o year_n end_n which_o be_v discontinue_v loâ—g_v until_o the_o day_n of_o iphitus_n when_o lycurgus_n live_v and_o continue_v in_o greece_n till_o the_o reign_n of_o theodosius_n say_v cedrenus_n or_o to_o constantine_n after_o other_o varro_z hold_v all_o grecian_a story_n fabulous_a before_o these_o but_o pliny_n esteem_v none_o true_a before_o the_o fifty_o five_o olympiad_n when_o cyrus_n begin_v to_o reign_v many_o seek_v to_o find_v the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n when_o they_o begin_v but_o can_v set_v down_o no_o certainty_n other_o seek_v it_o from_o troy_n fall_n more_o uncertain_a than_o they_o the_o certainty_n of_o thing_n follow_v the_o olympiad_n teach_v to_o find_v their_o beginning_n to_o which_o use_n eratosthenes_n have_v set_v down_o the_o year_n ensue_v unto_o the_o death_n of_o alexander_n from_o the_o olympian_a institution_n four_o hundred_o fifty_o three_o year_n so_o for_o place_v their_o beginning_n the_o 51st_o of_o vzziah_n we_o have_v cyrus_n reign_n to_o prove_v it_o be_v the_o first_o of_o the_o fifty_o five_o olympiad_n so_o alexander_n death_n the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o 144_o the_o olympiad_n so_o the_o eclipse_n when_o xerxes_n muster_v at_o sardis_n the_o last_o of_o the_o sixty_o four_o olympiad_n or_o the_o two_o hundred_o sixty_o seven_o year_n of_o nabonassar_n which_o lead_v we_o back_o to_o xerxes_n and_o so_o to_o cyrus_n whence_o we_o have_v seventy_o year_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o so_o through_o the_o reign_v of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n to_o vzziah_n 51st_o the_o solemnity_n be_v such_o by_o concourse_n from_o all_o the_o greek_n their_o exercise_n be_v all_o bodily_a feat_n and_o the_o reward_n a_o garland_n of_o
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 some_o who_o deny_v he_o have_v any_o other_o son_n than_o this_o cyrus_n son_n of_o mandane_n his_o daughter_n viginer_n also_o probable_o reason_v that_o astyages_n have_v no_o such_o son_n as_o darius_n be_v unknown_a to_o so_o many_o author_n there_o name_v but_o negative_a argument_n from_o author_n be_v of_o no_o force_n and_o necessity_n either_o astyages_n must_v be_v darius_n in_o daniel_n 9_o which_o his_o time_n will_v not_o suffer_v or_o another_o successor_n before_o cyrus_n must_v be_v grant_v who_o for_o life_n command_v all_o yet_o in_o regard_n he_o be_v old_a and_o follow_v not_o the_o war_n in_o person_n but_o cyrus_n as_o his_o lieutenant_n do_v all_o the_o greek_n who_o hear_v only_o of_o he_o ascribe_v all_o to_o he_o as_o do_v the_o persian_n in_o honour_n to_o he_o who_o short_o bring_v all_o to_o they_o §_o 3._o xenophon_n report_n of_o the_o war_n between_o the_o assyrian_n and_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n the_o assyrian_n have_v command_n of_o so_o many_o country_n desire_v to_o bring_v under_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n know_v therefore_o their_o great_a strength_n he_o persuade_v croâ—sus_n the_o rich_a and_o strong_a king_n of_o lydia_n to_o join_v with_o he_o which_o he_o easy_o yield_v for_o the_o quarrel_n to_o the_o mede_n who_o have_v war_v against_o alyattes_n his_o father_n these_o together_o compose_v a_o army_n of_o two_o hundred_o thousand_o foot_n and_o sixty_o thousand_o horse_n but_o be_v overthrow_v by_o darius_n and_o cyaxares_n king_n of_o the_o mede_n and_o cyrus_n general_n of_o the_o persian_a force_n and_o the_o assyrian_a king_n slay_v so_o that_o many_o assyrian_n revolt_v and_o babylon_n be_v glad_a for_o her_o security_n to_o get_v mercenary_a strength_n while_o cyrus_n pursue_v his_o victory_n to_o lesser_a asia_n and_o take_v croesus_n prisoner_n after_o this_o follow_v the_o attempt_n at_o babylon_n cyaxares_n bear_v the_o charge_n and_o cyrus_n be_v leader_n etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o achaemenes_n govern_v in_o persia_n when_o arbaces_n do_v the_o like_a in_o media_n and_o both_o join_v with_o belochus_n against_o sardanapalus_n and_o after_o hold_v persia_n for_o himself_o as_o the_o other_o do_v media_n and_o babylon_n yet_o arbaces_n absolute_a command_n decay_v till_o deioces_n one_o hundred_o forty_n year_n after_o when_o salmanassar_n reign_v in_o syria_n so_o that_o neither_o the_o mede_n nor_o persian_n find_v it_o fit_a to_o stir_v from_o deioces_n to_o astyages_n there_o past_a above_o ninety_o year_n in_o which_o time_n phraortes_n reign_v but_o not_o like_a to_o have_v conquer_a persia_n as_o herodotus_n write_v for_o susiana_n be_v under_o daniel_n charge_n for_o nabuchadnezzar_n who_o also_o will_v hardly_o have_v venture_v into_o syria_n and_o egypt_n leave_v such_o a_o enemy_n on_o his_o back_n it_o seem_v the_o successor_n of_o achaemenes_n do_v little_a worth_n remember_v see_v in_o the_o persian_a greatness_n nothing_o be_v publish_v of_o their_o first_o king_n xenophon_n report_v the_o crown_n descend_v from_o father_n to_o son_n many_o descent_n and_o that_o cambyses_n beget_v cyrus_n so_o that_o the_o story_n of_o astyages_n give_v mandane_n his_o daughter_n to_o a_o base_a man_n to_o disable_v her_o issue_n who_o greatness_n he_o fear_v be_v improbable_a two_o race_n spring_v from_o achaemenes_n the_o first_o according_a to_o reyneccius_n be_v darius_n cyrus_n first_o cambyses_n cyrus_n the_o great_a cambyses_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o second_o race_n come_v the_o seven_o prince_n who_o overthrow_v the_o magi_n and_o choose_v darius_n son_n of_o hystaspes_n one_o of_o they_o for_o king_n persia_n first_o call_v elemais_n of_o a_o son_n of_o shem_n etc._n etc._n their_o city_n call_v persepolis_n in_o the_o second_o book_n of_o maccabee_n be_v call_v elemais_n in_o the_o first_o book_n and_o now_o cyrus_n but_o build_v in_o another_o place_n for_o that_o which_o alexander_n destroy_v at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o harlot_n thais_n the_o 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 kingdom_n which_o he_o leave_v to_o atys_n father_n of_o sadiatte_n father_n of_o halyattes_n who_o beget_v croesus_n all_o their_o time_n be_v one_o hundred_o seventy_o year_n croesus_n so_o enlarge_v his_o dominion_n that_o he_o be_v inferior_a to_o no_o king_n of_o that_o age_n command_v phrygia_n bythynia_n caria_n misia_n paphlagonia_n etc._n etc._n he_o in_o confidence_n of_o his_o good_a success_n envy_v cyrus_n fame_n and_o desirous_a to_o check_v his_o prosperous_a undertake_n ask_v counsel_n of_o apollo_n then_o darius_n who_o assure_v croesus_n pass_v halis_n river_n shall_v dissolve_v a_o great_a dominion_n a_o answer_v doubtful_a because_o the_o devil_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o event_n §_o 3._o croesus_n thus_o resolve_v despise_v all_o sandanes_n his_o consellor_n argument_n to_o the_o contrary_a as_o the_o barrenness_n of_o the_o enemy_n country_n their_o hard_a manner_n of_o live_v warlike_a indefatigable_a and_o prosperous_a by_o who_o fall_n he_o can_v gain_v only_a fame_n wherein_o he_o excel_v and_o if_o he_o be_v beat_v his_o loss_n can_v be_v hardly_o tell_v or_o soon_o conceive_v croesus_n proceed_v with_o a_o powerful_a army_n but_o be_v stay_v at_o pterium_fw-la a_o strong_a city_n of_o capadocia_n which_o he_o seek_v to_o force_v while_o cyrus_n advance_v cratippus_n answer_v pompey_n well_o that_o kingdom_n have_v their_o increase_n and_o period_n from_o divine_a ordinance_n and_o so_o be_v it_o with_o these_o two_o great_a prince_n who_o force_n meet_v the_o persian_n have_v somewhat_o the_o better_a but_o night_n part_v they_o croesus_n doubtful_a of_o the_o next_o day_n success_n quit_v the_o field_n to_o cyrus_n and_o with_o all_o haste_n get_v into_o sardis_n and_o because_o of_o winter_n send_v home_o his_o force_n not_o doubt_v any_o pursuit_n cyrus_n find_v the_o lydian_n go_v follow_v slow_o after_o to_o avoid_v discover_v and_o have_v good_a intelligence_n of_o croesus_n proceed_n delay_v till_o the_o force_n be_v dispose_v to_o their_o winter_n garrison_n when_o unexpected_o he_o invest_v sardis_n and_o in_o fourteen_o day_n force_v it_o croesus_n thrust_v in_o among_o the_o multitude_n be_v ready_a to_o be_v slay_v have_v not_o his_o dumb_a son_n force_v by_o passion_n cry_v spare_v croesus_n who_o thereupon_o be_v bring_v to_o cyrus_n who_o judge_v he_o to_o be_v burn_v be_v upon_o the_o heap_n of_o wood_n he_o cry_v out_o o_o solon_n solon_n solon_n and_o upon_o urge_v to_o declare_v what_o he_o mean_v answer_v that_o he_o find_v solon_n word_n true_a that_o no_o man_n know_v his_o own_o happiness_n till_o his_o end_n cyrus_n hear_v thereof_o call_v for_o he_o remember_v his_o own_o mortality_n forgive_v he_o and_o ever_o after_o use_v he_o as_o a_o king_n and_o companion_n xenophon_n report_v that_o cyrus_n use_v he_o so_o without_o speak_v of_o the_o purpose_n of_o burn_a belike_o think_v it_o a_o cruelty_n unworthy_a cyrus_n so_o to_o use_v his_o great_a uncle_n by_o his_o grandmother_n
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be_v attend_v with_o more_o than_o one_o woman_n abroad_o except_o they_o be_v drunken_a which_o dispensation_n woman_n be_v ashamed_a to_o claim_v §_o 6._o jerusalem_n in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o jehojakim_n be_v besiege_a by_o nabuchadnezzar_n the_o second_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n with_o his_o father_n and_o notwithstanding_o the_o assistance_n of_o neco_n king_n of_o egypt_n force_v jehojakim_n to_o become_v his_o vassal_n and_o take_v daniel_n and_o his_o fellow_n hostage_n but_o haste_v home_o not_o intend_v there_o to_o stay_v neco_n come_v with_o such_o disadvantage_n so_o far_o from_o home_n in_o a_o country_n which_o love_v he_o not_o beside_o his_o father_n death_n call_v he_o to_o possess_v his_o own_o before_o he_o seek_v other_o man_n but_o the_o next_o year_n which_o be_v nebuchadnezzar_n first_o and_o neco_n last_o they_o fight_v on_o the_o bank_n of_o euphrates_n where_o neco_n fight_v his_o last_o and_o nabuchadnezzar_n recover_v all_o syria_n pausanius_n 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such_o a_o piece_n of_o work_n to_o stop_v a_o vast_a channel_n in_o the_o sea_n use_v thereto_o the_o wood_n of_o libanus_n not_o far_o off_o and_o the_o ruin_n of_o old_a tyre_n with_o the_o toilsome_a labour_n of_o many_o thousand_o of_o man_n wherewith_o he_o prevail_v at_o length_n but_o the_o wealthy_a citizen_n flee_v by_o sea_n to_o crect_n and_o leave_v little_a wealth_n for_o booty_n therefore_o the_o lord_n promise_v they_o egypt_n see_v ezek._n 29.18_o 19_o jehojakim_n upon_o what_o occasion_n be_v uncertain_a whether_o mutiny_n among_o the_o soldier_n or_o rumour_n of_o the_o egyptian_n come_v against_o nabuchadnezzar_n renounce_v his_o subjection_n but_o be_v present_o subdue_v by_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o slay_v and_o his_o son_n jehojakim_n or_o jeconias_n put_v in_o his_o place_n and_o after_o three_o month_n remove_v to_o babylon_n and_o mattanias_n his_o uncle_n establish_v in_o his_o stead_n and_o call_v zedekiah_n who_o take_v a_o oath_n of_o subjection_n in_o his_o four_o year_n he_o go_v to_o babel_n about_o some_o business_n wherein_o it_o seem_v he_o be_v not_o satisfy_v for_o upon_o his_o return_n he_o begin_v to_o practice_n with_o the_o neighbour_a prince_n of_o moab_n etc._n etc._n what_o year_n johanan_n the_o false_a prophet_n oppose_v jeremy_n nabuchadnezzar_n hear_v of_o zedekiah_n practice_n come_v in_o the_o dead_a of_o winter_n and_o besiege_a jerusalem_n and_o though_o the_o year_n follow_v he_o raise_v his_o siege_n to_o meet_v hophra_n herodotus_n yet_o upon_o the_o egyptian_n abandon_v his_o enterprise_n he_o return_v and_o give_v the_o city_n no_o rest_n till_o he_o break_v it_o up_o zedekiah_n escape_v in_o the_o night_n through_o a_o vault_n under_o the_o earth_n be_v yet_o overtake_v etc._n etc._n and_o his_o eye_n be_v put_v out_o he_o be_v carry_v into_o babel_n but_o see_v it_o not_o as_o ezekiel_n foretell_v ch._n 12.13_o this_o be_v the_o eleven_o year_n of_o zedekiah_n and_o eighteen_o of_o nabuchadnezzar_n the_o year_n after_o the_o temple_n be_v burn_v the_o four_o hundred_o thirty_o first_o year_n after_o the_o building_n what_o follow_v be_v write_v 2_o king_n 25._o jer._n 39_o &_o 52._o the_o history_n of_o the_o world_n book_n iii_o part_v i_o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n unto_o philip_n of_o macedon_n chap._n i._n the_o time_n from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o the_o assyrian_a fall_n §_o 1._o the_o connexion_n of_o sacred_a and_o profane_a history_n §_o before_o the_o grecian_a olympiad_n and_o the_o eastern_a date_n from_o nabonassar_n the_o course_n of_o time_n have_v no_o beat_a path_n as_o after_o it_o have_v more_o certain_a mark_n yet_o from_o ierusalem_n destruction_n the_o former_a with_o the_o succeed_a age_n be_v more_o clear_o discern_v in_o their_o connection_n the_o harm_n which_o some_o have_v find_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o overgrow_a monarchy_n do_v preserve_v their_o name_n which_o otherwise_o may_v have_v be_v forget_v but_o can_v show_v the_o year_n of_o such_o a_o king_n in_o which_o any_o thing_n express_v in_o scripture_n be_v do_v neither_o can_v any_o certainty_n be_v gather_v from_o the_o late_a king_n of_o the_o assyrian_n etc._n etc._n if_o nebuchadnezzar_n reign_n have_v not_o be_v precise_o apply_v to_o the_o year_n of_o jehojakim_n and_o zedekiah_n hence_o have_v we_o the_o first_o light_n to_o discover_v how_o to_o connect_v sacred_a and_o profane_a history_n for_o iudah_n seventy_o year_n captivity_n begin_v under_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o end_v the_o first_o of_o cyrus_n direct_v we_o backward_o and_o forward_o this_o first_o year_n of_o cyrus_n be_v join_v with_o the_o first_o of_o the_o fifty_o five_o olympiad_n and_o that_o he_o reign_v twenty_o three_o year_n before_o his_o monarchy_n and_o seven_o after_o be_v apparent_a and_o give_v they_o four_o hundred_o and_o eight_o year_n between_o troy_n fall_n and_o iphetus_n restore_v the_o olympiad_n we_o may_v arrive_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o 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before_o that_o jaddus_n the_o highpriest_n also_o show_v the_o book_n to_o the_o great_a alexander_n etc._n etc._n true_a it_o be_v the_o jew_n ascribe_v it_o to_o esdras_n and_o equal_v it_o not_o to_o the_o prophet_n but_o put_v it_o among_o the_o hagiograph_n or_o holy_a book_n which_o be_v daniel_n psalm_n job_n proverb_n canticle_n ruth_n lamentation_n ecclesiaste_n hester_n nehemiah_n and_o chronicle_n our_o christian_a council_n and_o father_n acknowledge_v it_o canonical_a and_o our_o saviour_n who_o cite_v no_o apocrypha_fw-la cite_v it_o as_o a_o proof_n exceed_v all_o §_o 3._o that_o the_o seventy_o year_n captivity_n begin_v at_o ierusalem_n destruction_n not_o ieconias_n captivity_n be_v clear_a jeremiah_n himself_o explain_v himself_o and_o daniel_n cite_v by_o some_o to_o the_o contrary_n compare_v chap._n 25.9_o 11_o 12._o with_o chap._n 29.10_o where_o in_o the_o first_o place_n he_o express_o begin_v the_o captivity_n of_o seventy_o year_n at_o ierusalem_n 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of_o babel_n to_o father_n son_n
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equal_a law_n give_v his_o subject_n easy_a access_n and_o be_v so_o mild_a that_o many_o nation_n offer_v subjection_n yet_o he_o lay_v divers_a tax_n on_o they_o babel_n be_v revolt_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o magi_n darius_n besiege_a it_o and_o by_o zopirus_n who_o for_o his_o sake_n cut_v off_o his_o own_o ear_n and_o nose_n flee_v to_o the_o babylonian_n and_o complain_v of_o darius_n cruelty_n for_o dissuade_v the_o siege_n of_o babel_n he_o be_v make_v their_o leader_n and_o recover_v it_o §_o 3._o he_o give_v order_n for_o building_n the_o temple_n and_o make_v a_o decree_n against_o all_o that_o shall_v hinder_v it_o ezr._n 6._o §_o 4._o darius_n have_v recover_v babylon_n invade_v scythia_n pass_v over_o ister_n or_o danubius_n by_o a_o bridge_n of_o small_a vessel_n which_o he_o commit_v to_o the_o keep_n of_o the_o jonians_n and_o aetolian_n among_o who_o miltiades_n persuade_v they_o to_o break_v it_o down_o so_o to_o distress_n darius_n but_o histiaeus_n prince_n of_o milet_n of_o jonia_n dissuade_v '_o they_o darius_n enter_v the_o desert_n country_n of_o bessaravia_n find_v neither_o people_n nor_o relief_n the_o scythian_n there_o be_v all_o grazier_n and_o horseman_n without_o any_o town_n or_o tillage_n and_o live_v in_o wagon_n which_o at_o every_o station_n they_o set_v in_o order_n of_o a_o town_n as_o do_v the_o chrim_a tartar_n their_o posterity_n at_o this_o day_n darius_n weary_v with_o seek_v and_o see_v his_o folly_n send_v to_o they_o either_o to_o submit_v or_o try_v his_o valour_n who_o for_o answer_n send_v he_o a_o bird_n a_o frog_n a_o mouse_n and_o five_o arrow_n this_o dumb_a show_n darius_n take_v as_o a_o yield_a he_o all_o even_o the_o element_n in_o which_o these_o creature_n live_v and_o their_o weapon_n but_o gobrias_n one_o of_o the_o seven_o prince_n construe_v their_o meaning_n aright_o as_o tell_v he_o he_o can_v escape_v their_o arrow_n except_o by_o flight_n dive_v or_o hide_v himself_o this_o they_o make_v good_a by_o assail_a his_o camp_n vex_v it_o with_o continual_a alarm_n and_o so_o fearless_a forsake_v his_o camp_n by_o night_n and_o haste_v to_o ister_n whither_o yet_o the_o scythian_n come_v before_o he_o miss_v he_o as_o they_o come_v they_o persuade_v the_o jonians_n to_o depart_v assure_v they_o the_o persian_n shall_v never_o hurt_v nor_o harm_v they_o which_o have_v prove_v true_a if_o hystiaeus_fw-la have_v prove_v firm_a and_o stay_v for_o they_o there_o §_o 5._o darius_n escape_v the_o scythian_n invade_v thrace_n and_o macedon_n transplant_v the_o paeonian_o and_o possess_v chalcedon_n byzantium_n perinthus_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o best_a part_n of_o thrace_n then_o he_o send_v to_o amyntas_n king_n of_o macedon_n require_v his_o subjection_n by_o the_o earth_n and_o water_n as_o the_o persian_a manner_n be_v he_o doubt_v his_o own_o strength_n entertain_v the_o ambassador_n who_o offer_v incivility_n to_o the_o lady_n at_o a_o feast_n be_v slay_v by_o the_o device_n of_o alexander_n the_o king_n son_n send_v young_a man_n in_o the_o lady_n attire_n darius_n intend_v to_o revenge_v the_o affront_n be_v pacify_v by_o bubaris_n a_o principal_a commander_n under_o darius_n to_o who_o alexander_n succeed_v his_o father_n and_o have_v give_v gygea_n his_o sister_n who_o persuade_v he_o how_o necessary_a the_o amity_n with_o macedon_n be_v in_o the_o intend_a war_n with_o the_o greek_n §_o 6._o the_o war_n with_o greece_n grow_v upon_o occasion_n of_o pysistratus_n who_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o annual_a government_n upon_o a_o diusion_n of_o two_o great_a family_n in_o athens_n usurp_v the_o government_n as_o in_o behalf_n of_o the_o people_n who_o yet_o perceive_v he_o aim_v at_o a_o monarchy_n which_o of_o all_o form_n of_o government_n they_o can_v not_o brook_v they_o force_v he_o to_o fly_v the_o first_o and_o second_o time_n but_o the_o three_o time_n by_o hire_v force_n he_o recover_v and_o rule_v seventeen_o year_n after_o and_o leave_v it_o to_o his_o son_n hyppias_n and_o hypparâ—hus_n the_o last_o of_o which_o be_v murder_v by_o hermodius_fw-la for_o his_o unnatural_a lust_n to_o he_o hereupon_o hyppias_n doubt_v himself_o and_o fall_v to_o more_o severity_n than_o have_v be_v there_o use_v they_o raise_v army_n with_o the_o lacedaemonian_n aid_n and_o force_v he_o to_o give_v over_o and_o leave_v the_o city_n he_o be_v ally_v to_o aeantides_n tyrant_n of_o lampsacus_n be_v by_o he_o present_v to_o darius_n §_o 7._o these_o grecian_a colony_n in_o the_o sea_n coast_n of_o asia_n after_o five_o hundred_o year_n liberty_n be_v bring_v under_o by_o croesus_n and_o fall_v with_o he_o under_o the_o persian_a yoke_n and_o be_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o histiaeus_n put_v into_o rebellion_n because_o darius_n have_v take_v he_o to_o susa_n and_o they_o under_o show_n of_o honour_n hold_v he_o as_o doubt_v his_o greatness_n in_o jonia_n this_o he_o perceive_v to_o be_v practise_v with_o aristagoras_n his_o cousin_n and_o deputy_n in_o miletum_n to_o make_v a_o breach_n hope_v to_o be_v send_v to_o reduce_v they_o as_o he_o be_v for_o darius_n hear_v of_o this_o revolt_n and_o of_o the_o athenian_n join_v with_o they_o be_v exceed_o provoke_v against_o athens_n be_v excite_v by_o hyppias_n as_o for_o the_o jonians_n he_o send_v histiaeus_n who_o promise_v what_o he_o intend_v not_o but_o before_o his_o come_n artaphemes_n have_v break_v their_o power_n be_v viceroy_n in_o lydia_n so_o that_o histiaeus_n after_o vain_a attempt_n be_v take_v and_o lose_v his_o head_n §_o 8._o darius_n who_o first_o pretend_v only_o against_o the_o athenian_n and_o eritraeans_n for_o assist_v the_o jonians_n and_o burn_a sardis_n see_v the_o good_a success_n of_o the_o force_n against_o they_o send_v and_o demand_v acknowledgement_n from_o all_o the_o greek_n who_o general_o refuse_v and_o force_v the_o aegenit_n which_o have_v submit_v to_o renounce_v it_o darius_n prepare_v a_o hundred_o thousand_o foot_n and_o sixty_o thousand_o horse_n which_o as_o they_o pass_v over_o the_o sea_n take_v the_o cyclad_a island_n and_o so_o advance_v to_o eritria_n in_o euboea_n and_o sack_v it_o from_o thence_o they_o pass_v into_o attica_n conduct_v by_o hippias_n their_o king_n twenty_o year_n after_o who_o encamp_v in_o marathon_n towards_o athens_n the_o athenian_n send_v phidippidus_fw-la to_o the_o lacedaemonian_n for_o succour_n which_o he_o fail_v of_o but_o in_o arcadia_n a_o familiar_a devil_n suppose_v to_o be_v pan_n promise_v the_o god_n assistance_n which_o much_o encourage_v the_o multitude_n who_o rely_v more_o on_o blind_a prophecy_n than_o solid_a reason_n the_o athenian_a force_n be_v ten_o thousand_o and_o one_o thousand_o plataean_n with_o which_o come_v into_o the_o field_n the_o persian_n scorn_v their_o small_a number_n and_o think_v they_o void_a of_o understanding_n to_o venture_v into_o the_o field_n but_o in_o conclusion_n the_o greek_n fight_v for_o all_o they_o have_v and_o the_o persian_n for_o what_o they_o need_v not_o necessity_n provoke_v the_o one_o and_o confidence_n in_o their_o multitude_n make_v the_o other_o secure_a the_o persian_n be_v put_v to_o rout_n fly_v to_o their_o ship_n which_o will_v drive_v they_o too_o when_o courage_n be_v lose_v of_o the_o persian_n be_v slay_v in_o the_o place_n six_o thousand_o three_o hundred_o of_o the_o greek_n one_o hundred_o ninety_o two_o which_o they_o say_v fall_v out_o by_o strange_a sight_n fright_v the_o persian_n miltiades_n carry_v the_o honour_n of_o this_o victory_n but_o have_v break_v his_o thigh_n in_o a_o service_n which_o he_o seek_v against_o the_o isle_n paros_n at_o his_o return_n his_o ungrateful_a citizen_n cast_v he_o in_o prison_n where_o in_o a_o few_o day_n he_o end_v his_o life_n darius_n after_o thirty_o six_o year_n reign_v die_v chap._n vi_o of_o xerxes_n emperor_n of_o persia._n §_o 1._o xerxes_n succeed_v and_o inherit_v with_o his_o crown_n a_o double_a war_n one_o with_o egypt_n the_o other_o with_o greece_n as_o terrible_a in_o preparation_n as_o ridiculous_a in_o success_n from_o which_o war_n artaban_n brother_n to_o the_o late_a darius_n dissuade_v he_o but_o mardonius_n grandchild_n to_o hystaspis_n as_o be_v xerxes_n and_o his_o brother_n in-law_n by_o marriage_n of_o his_o sister_n persuade_v it_o herodotus_n tell_v of_o 1700000_o foot_n but_o trogus_n make_v it_o 700000_o foot_n and_o 80000_o horse_n beside_o camel_n chariot_n and_o other_o beast_n for_o carriage_n the_o commander_n be_v all_o prince_n of_o the_o blood_n of_o which_o mardonius_n cousin_n to_o the_o king_n be_v chief_a only_o the_o immortal_a regiment_n which_o be_v ever_o supply_v with_o ten_o thousand_o select_a persian_n be_v give_v to_o hydarnes_n galley_n two_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o eight_o and_o three_o thousand_o vessel_n for_o transportation_n §_o 2._o this_o world_n of_o a_o army_n make_v
twenty_o seven_o day_n after_o with_o lamentable_a effect_n §_o 9_o the_o athenian_n after_o this_o loss_n have_v also_o their_o subject_n abroad_o rebellious_a and_o which_o recover_v their_o long_a lose_a liberty_n at_o home_n also_o the_o principal_a citizen_n weary_v with_o the_o people_n insolency_n change_v the_o government_n procure_v the_o captain_n abroad_o to_o set_v up_o a_o aristocracy_n in_o the_o town_n of_o their_o confederacy_n as_o four_o hundred_o usurp_v it_o at_o home_n but_o the_o army_n at_o samos_n dislike_v that_o usurpation_n and_o alcibiades_n who_o be_v fâ—ed_v from_o the_o lacedaemonian_n who_o have_v honour_v he_o much_o till_o his_o virtue_n have_v breed_v he_o envy_n and_o be_v with_o tissaphernes_n the_o persian_a viceroy_n with_o who_o he_o be_v grow_v into_o such_o favour_n as_o he_o persuade_v he_o to_o stay_v his_o favour_n to_o the_o lacedaemonian_n yet_o his_o revocation_n be_v not_o confirm_v at_o athens_n till_o the_o four_o hundred_o weary_v with_o the_o trouble_n of_o the_o time_n and_o not_o prevail_v with_o sparta_n for_o peace_n resign_v their_o authority_n to_o five_o thousand_o which_o have_v be_v their_o assistant_n who_o present_o agree_v to_o the_o revocation_n of_o he_o and_o his_o companion_n §_o 10._o after_o this_o alcibiades_z join_v with_o the_o athenian_a fleet_n after_o a_o overthrow_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_a fleet_n command_v by_o mindarus_n take_v cyzicus_n perinthus_n chalcedon_n byzantium_n and_o with_o this_o honour_n return_v to_o athens_n where_o he_o be_v make_v high-admiral_n but_o upon_o a_o loss_n of_o a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o fleet_n by_o his_o lieutenant_n in_o his_o absence_n fight_v contrary_a to_o his_o commandment_n he_o be_v again_o force_v to_o banish_v himself_o to_o a_o great_a loss_n to_o athens_n than_o before_o §_o 11._o after_o this_o also_o the_o athenian_n ship_n in_o a_o discomfiture_n be_v force_v into_o the_o haven_n of_o mytelene_n where_o they_o be_v beset_v so_o that_o athens_n be_v compel_v to_o man_n all_o their_o vessel_n to_o relieve_v they_o at_o argamusae_fw-la yet_o the_o ten_o captain_n which_o have_v the_o victory_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v condemn_v at_o athens_n unjust_o as_o after_o appear_v §_o 12._o lysander_n with_o the_o peloponesian_a fleet_n besiege_a lapsacus_fw-la the_o athenian_a fleet_n of_o a_o hundred_o eighty_o sail_n come_v too_o late_o to_o relieve_v it_o and_o then_o put_v in_o at_o sestos_n and_o after_o at_o aeges-potamos_a from_o whence_o they_o daily_o brave_v lysander_n not_o a_o league_n off_o and_o return_v to_o age_n potamos_n from_o whence_o the_o man_n use_v to_o go_v by_o land_n to_o sestos_n leave_v the_o ship_n alcibiades_z live_v near_o and_o see_v their_o negligent_a endanger_v the_o ship_n and_o give_v they_o warning_n which_o they_o regard_v not_o so_o lysander_n come_v sudden_o on_o they_o and_o overthrow_v they_o go_v to_o athens_n with_o pausanias_n and_o agis_n the_o two_o king_n of_o sparta_n and_o summon_v the_o city_n which_o refuse_v till_o famine_n force_v which_o fall_v on_o they_o by_o the_o lacedaemonian_n take_v the_o island_n from_o they_o which_o use_v to_o relieve_v they_o so_o all_o her_o subject_a city_n be_v free_v the_o wall_n to_o the_o port_n cast_v down_o her_o government_n restrain_v to_o her_o own_o territory_n and_o she_o to_o use_v but_o twelve_o ship_n and_o to_o follow_v sparta_n in_o all_o war_n and_o so_o end_v the_o peloponesian_a war_n after_o twenty_o seven_o year_n her_o only_a hope_n of_o recovery_n be_v in_o alcibiades_n who_o death_n the_o lacedaemonian_n procure_v lacedaemon_n abuse_v this_o good_a success_n grow_v odious_a so_o that_o many_o city_n of_o greece_n combine_v against_o she_o and_o thebes_n under_o the_o lead_n of_o epaminondas_n who_o train_v up_o philip_n of_o macedonia_n give_v she_o a_o great_a foil_n chap._n ix_o matter_n concur_v with_o this_o war_n and_o a_o while_n after_o §_o 1._o persia_n after_o have_v artaxerxes_n xerxes_n the_o second_o and_o after_o he_o sogdianus_n his_o brother_n who_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o hester_n but_o one_o year_n who_o darius_n notbus_n succeed_v who_o slay_v sogdianus_n as_o he_o have_v his_o brother_n xerxes_n he_o reign_v nineteen_o year_n amyrtaeus_n a_o egyptian_a ally_v himself_o with_o greece_n overthrow_v the_o persian_a garrison_n in_o egypt_n and_o reign_v while_o darius_n assist_v the_o lacedaemonian_n with_o money_n by_o the_o overthrow_n of_o athens_n recover_v what_o have_v be_v lose_v in_o asia_n the_o lesser_a over_o which_o he_o make_v cyrus_n his_o young_a son_n lieutenant_z but_o upon_o some_o dislike_n intend_v to_o have_v deal_v sharp_o with_o he_o have_v not_o death_n prevent_v §_o 2._o athens_n after_o her_o overthrow_n have_v thirty_o governor_n call_v tyrant_n choose_v to_o execute_v the_o law_n with_o supreme_a authority_n these_o contrive_v to_o retain_v that_o power_n put_v certain_a seditious_a fellow_n to_o death_n 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brutian_o wan_a pretilia_n by_o force_n and_o cosentia_n croton_n be_v leave_v they_o and_o locri_n yield_v but_o rhegium_n hold_v out_o rome_n at_o this_o time_n be_v bring_v so_o low_a that_o when_o the_o messenger_n from_o petilium_fw-la upon_o their_o knee_n seek_v succour_v the_o senate_n will_v they_o to_o provide_v for_o their_o own_o safety_n at_o the_o same_o time_n their_o praetor_n posthumus_n atomus_fw-la with_o twenty_o five_o thousand_o be_v cut_v in_o piece_n by_o the_o gaul_n in_o a_o wood_n through_o which_o they_o must_v pass_v who_o tree_n before_o their_o come_n be_v so_o cunning_o saw_v that_o a_o little_a force_n will_v throw_v they_o down_o so_o that_o after_o they_o be_v in_o the_o gaul_n about_o the_o wood_n beginning_n one_o tree_n cast_v down_o another_o and_o overwhelm_v the_o roman_n about_o the_o same_o time_n philip_n king_n of_o macedon_n enter_v into_o league_n with_o hannibal_n of_o mutual_a and_o personal_a assist_v the_o one_o in_o conquest_n of_o 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