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who_o brother_n he_o be_v cyrus_n ever_o after_o so_o trust_v he_o that_o in_o his_o journey_n to_o scythia_n he_o leave_v he_o to_o advise_v cambyses_n his_o son_n §_o 5._o cyrus_n after_o the_o conquest_n of_o lydia_n as_o it_o seem_v invade_v scythia_n and_o take_v amorges_n who_o wife_n spartha_n renew_v the_o war_n take_v cyrus_n and_o so_o by_o exchange_n recover_v her_o husband_n he_o also_o reduce_v the_o phocian_o and_o greek_n in_o lesser_a asia_n be_v fall_v off_o and_o have_v settle_v all_o his_o province_n prepare_v to_o attempt_n babylon_n as_o the_o height_n of_o his_o design_n whereto_o he_o enforce_a head_n and_o hand_n cyrus_n have_v spend_v ten_o year_n in_o order_v former_a purchase_n and_o prepare_v for_o babylon_n know_v the_o strength_n of_o it_o be_v treble_a wall_v of_o great_a height_n and_o surround_v with_o water_n unfordable_a and_o victual_v for_o twenty_o year_n despair_v to_o carry_v it_o by_o assault_n or_o to_o famish_v it_o in_o short_a time_n or_o 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the_o dam_n between_o the_o river_n and_o his_o trench_n to_o be_v cut_v down_o euphrates_n sudden_o fail_v the_o city_n and_o leave_v the_o besieger_n a_o ready_a entrance_n upon_o a_o secure_a people_n drown_v in_o their_o cup_n no_o historian_n if_o he_o have_v be_v present_a can_v have_v better_o set_v out_o babel_n calamity_n in_o that_o surprise_n than_o do_v isaiah_n two_o hundred_o year_n before_o and_o jeremy_n above_o seventy_o year_n who_o prophecy_n be_v now_o accomplish_v §_o 6._o cyrus_n his_o last_o war_n and_o end_n be_v diverse_o report_v herodotus_n and_o justin_n tell_v we_o of_o his_o war_n with_o the_o massaget_n and_o his_o death_n by_o queen_n tomyris_n but_o i_o believe_v with_o viginier_n that_o war_n be_v rather_o that_o which_o he_o have_v before_o with_o the_o scythian_n and_o that_o tomyris_n be_v sparta_n ctesias_n report_v he_o be_v wound_v in_o his_o war_n with_o derbician_n scythian_n and_o die_v three_o day_n after_o and_o by_o strabo_n report_n he_o be_v bury_v in_o his_o own_o city_n pasagarde_v who_o tomb_n alexander_n the_o great_a open_v say_v curtius_n there_o be_v no_o likelihood_n of_o any_o such_o overthrow_n of_o the_o persian_n in_o scythia_n consider_v cambyses_n present_a journey_n into_o egypt_n and_o therefore_o i_o believe_v he_o die_v at_o home_n as_o xenophon_n report_v set_v down_o his_o oration_n to_o his_o son_n etc._n etc._n §_o 7._o cyrus_n his_o decree_n for_o building_n god_n temple_n be_v in_o true_a consideration_n the_o noble_a of_o all_o his_o act_n as_o a_o service_n to_o the_o author_n of_o all_o goodness_n accomplish_v what_o the_o lord_n have_v promise_v seventy_o year_n before_o touch_v the_o return_n of_o the_o jew_n etc._n etc._n restore_v the_o vessel_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o re-building_n the_o house_n of_o god_n yet_o be_v the_o work_n hinder_v all_o the_o day_n of_o cyrus_n by_o the_o samaritan_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o province_n who_o wrought_v upon_o cambyses_n in_o his_o father_n day_n and_o after_o upon_o suggestion_n that_o it_o be_v a_o rebellious_a city_n etc._n etc._n he_o reign_v thirty_o or_o one_o and_o thirty_o year_n §_o 8._o cyrus_n have_v two_o son_n cambyses_n and_o smerdis_n three_o daughter_n atossa_n and_o meroe_n who_o cambyses_n their_o brother_n marry_v and_o aristona_n wife_n to_o darius_n hystaspes_n as_o be_v atossa_n after_o cambyses_n death_n codman_n mistake_v she_o for_o hester_n because_o she_o be_v call_v hadasa_n but_o nearness_n of_o name_n confound_v not_o the_o person_n where_o the_o one_o be_v the_o know_a daughter_n of_o cyrus_n the_o other_o a_o jew_n who_o though_o a_o while_n she_o conceal_v her_o kindred_n yet_o she_o after_o discover_v it_o etc._n etc._n chap._n iu._n of_o the_o persian_a affair_n from_o cyrus_n to_o darius_n §_o 1._o the_o persian_a king_n be_v diverse_o number_v but_o eusebius_n and_o most_o latin_a author_n follow_v the_o greek_n krentzheim_n have_v refell_v all_o the_o other_o and_o beucer_n 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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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gordium_n and_o so_o to_o paphlagonia_n here_o he_o hear_v of_o the_o death_n of_o menon_n darius_n lieutenant_n which_o much_o hearten_v he_o be_v the_o only_a captain_n he_o respect_v of_o all_o his_o enemy_n for_o so_o much_o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o some_o one_o man_n excel_v as_o it_o have_v undertake_v and_o effect_v the_o alteration_n of_o the_o great_a state_n as_o the_o erection_n of_o monarch_n conquest_n of_o kingdom_n guide_v handful_n of_o man_n against_o multitude_n of_o equal_a bodily_a strength_n contrive_v victory_n beyond_o all_o hope_n and_o discourse_n of_o reason_n convert_v the_o fearful_a passion_n of_o his_o own_o follower_n into_o magnanimity_n and_o the_o valour_n of_o his_o enemy_n into_o cowardice_n such_o spirit_n have_v be_v stir_v up_o in_o sundry_a age_n to_o erect_v and_o cast_v down_o and_o to_o bring_v all_o thing_n person_n and_o state_n to_o the_o same_o certain_a end_n which_o that_o infinite_a spirit_n of_o the_o
§_o 15._o thalestris_n or_o minothea_n queen_n of_o the_o amazon_n visit_v alexander_n and_o make_v suit_n to_o he_o for_o his_o company_n till_o she_o be_v with_o child_n by_o he_o which_o she_o obtain_v and_o depart_v plutarch_n cit_v many_o for_o this_o report_n which_o yet_o be_v rather_o a_o tale_n than_o true_a not_o be_v mention_v by_o alexander_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o antipater_n and_o laugh_v at_o by_o king_n lysimachus_n of_o thrace_n a_o follower_n of_o alexander_n here_o in_o a_o digression_n he_o cit_v pomponius_n mela_n solinus_n ptolemy_n pliny_n claudian_n diodorus_n herodotus_n ammonius_n marcellinus_n plutarch_n to_o prove_v there_o be_v such_o amazon_n of_o old_a and_o to_o justify_v his_o own_o report_n of_o such_o now_o in_o the_o south_n part_n of_o america_n he_o cit_v fra._n lopez_n his_o indian_a history_n p._n 2._o cap._n 28._o and_o vlrichus_n schnidel_n and_o ed._n lopes_n in_o disc._n §_o 16._o alexander_n have_v begin_v at_o persepolis_n to_o fall_v 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