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and_o former_a success_n as_o for_o late_a disaster_n they_o may_v suppose_v the_o one_o be_v by_o a_o casual_a tempest_n and_o the_o last_o by_o a_o mistake_a alarm_n which_o wrought_v needless_a fear_n and_o put_v the_o army_n to_o rout._n have_v therefore_o take_v the_o field_n encamp_v near_o saul_n army_n and_o both_o keep_v their_o ground_n of_o advantage_n they_o maintain_v some_o skirmish_n not_o join_v in_o gross_a which_o the_o philistine_n have_v cause_n to_o fear_v consider_v their_o late_a success_n and_o thereupon_o perhaps_o provoke_v to_o single_a combat_n with_o their_o giant_n upon_o condition_n of_o a_o general_a subjection_n of_o the_o vanquish_a nation_n in_o their_o champion_n this_o give_v occasion_n to_o david_n now_o to_o make_v a_o famous_a entrance_n into_o the_o public_a notice_n of_o the_o people_n with_o the_o success_n record_v in_o scripture_n by_o this_o victory_n david_n fall_v under_o the_o heavy_a displeasure_n of_o saul_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o great_a merit_n whereupon_o he_o become_v a_o convert_n tyrant_n faithless_a to_o man_n and_o irreligious_a to_o god_n as_o the_o history_n show_v which_o bring_v he_o to_o the_o end_n we_o read_v of_o §_o 6._o of_o such_o as_o live_v with_o samuel_n and_o saul_n §_o aeneas_n silvius_n begin_v to_o reign_v over_o the_o latin_n in_o alba_n about_o the_o 11_o year_n of_o samuel_n and_o reign_v thirty_o one_o year_n the_o same_o year_n dorcillus_fw-la begin_v in_o assyria_n be_v the_o thirty_o first_o king_n and_o reign_v forty_o year_n the_o door_n which_o come_v with_o heraclide_n obtain_v peloponnesus_n in_o this_o age._n here_o follow_v the_o account_n of_o the_o first_o planter_n of_o greece_n from_o jopetus_fw-la father_n of_o prometheus_n father_n of_o deucalion_n and_o pyrrha_n king_n and_o queen_n of_o thessaly_n of_o who_o come_v helen_n father_n of_o xuthus_n dorus_n and_o aeolus_n xuthus_n flee_v to_o erictheus_n of_o athens_n of_o who_o daughter_n come_v achaeus_n and_o jon._n achaeus_n for_o a_o slaughter_n flee_v to_o laconia_n in_o peloponnesus_n and_o give_v it_o his_o name_n and_o after_o recover_v thessaly_n jon_n be_v make_v governor_n of_o attica_n which_o he_o bring_v into_o a_o civil_a course_n and_o plant_v syciona_n then_o call_v aegiolio_n and_o marry_a helice_n the_o king_n daughter_n of_o who_o also_o the_o land_n take_v name_n dorus_n second_o son_n of_o helen_n plant_v about_o parnassus_n and_o lacedaemon_n but_o when_o the_o heraclide_n nephew_n of_o hercules_n invade_v peloponnesus_n the_o door_n assist_v they_o expel_v the_o achaean_n in_o laconia_n who_o seek_v habitation_n drive_v out_o the_o jonians_n who_o fail_v into_o asia_n on_o who_o west_n coast_n they_o build_v twelve_o city_n hercules_n ancestor_n of_o the_o heraclide_n and_o his_o twelve_o labour_n of_o fabulous_a poet_n rehearse_v sure_o it_o be_v greece_n be_v oblige_v to_o he_o for_o free_v it_o from_o many_o tyrant_n and_o thief_n which_o oppress_v the_o land_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o euristheus_n who_o employ_v he_o therein_o be_v jealous_a of_o he_o for_o his_o virtue_n and_o descent_n from_o perseus_n his_o child_n after_o his_o death_n flee_v to_o the_o athenian_n who_o assist_v they_o against_o euristheus_n who_o they_o slay_v but_o upon_o the_o death_n of_o hillus_n son_n of_o hercules_n slay_v in_o combat_n by_o echenus_fw-la king_n of_o tegeates_n in_o arcadia_n who_o assist_v atreus_n successor_n of_o euristheus_n they_o be_v to_o leave_v the_o country_n for_o one_o hundred_o year_n now_o expire_v when_o they_o return_v under_o aristodemus_n when_o tisamenus_n be_v king_n of_o achaea_n §_o 7._o homer_n the_o poet_n seem_v to_o live_v about_o this_o time_n but_o the_o diversity_n of_o man_n opinion_n and_o curiosity_n about_o this_o age_n be_v so_o ridiculous_a that_o i_o will_v not_o offend_v the_o reader_n therewith_o but_o to_o show_v the_o uncertainty_n of_o historian_n as_o well_o in_o
palm_n or_o olive_n so_o that_o the_o choice_a orator_n poet_n and_o musician_n resort_v thither_o to_o show_v their_o skill_n in_o set_v out_o his_o praise_n that_o win_v the_o garland_n with_o such_o vanity_n say_v tully_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v a_o conquest_n of_o a_o province_n the_o time_n of_o the_o year_n be_v the_o fifteen_o of_o hecatobaeon_n our_o june_n whereto_o they_o bring_v the_o full_a moon_n §_o 6._o jotham_n twenty_o five_o year_n old_a succeed_v his_o father_n vzziah_n in_o his_o life_n time_n and_o reign_v 26_o year_n happy_a in_o all_o thing_n as_o he_o be_v devout_a and_o virtuous_a 2_o king_n 15.33_o contemporary_n aucomenus_fw-la succeed_v pelesteus_fw-la in_o corinth_n who_o annual_a magisteus_fw-la succeed_v contrary_a to_o pausan._n plutarch_n aeschylus_n in_o athens_n accamenes_n in_o sparta_n tiglath_n pileser_n in_o assyria_n twenty_o five_o year_n and_o two_o with_o his_o son_n twenty_o seven_o in_o all_o nahum_n the_o prophet_n now_o foretold_v the_o destruction_n of_o ninive_n one_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n beforehand_o sosarmus_n and_o medidus_n succeed_v arbaces_n in_o media_n the_o second_o and_o three_o king_n there_o §_o 7._o achas_n succeed_v in_o judah_n one_o year_n with_o jotham_n in_o the_o seventeen_o year_n of_o peka_n he_o be_v twentâ—_o year_n old_a and_o reign_v sixteen_o year_n a_o exceed_a idolater_n sacrifice_v his_o son_n to_o moloch_n or_o saturn_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o heathen_n use_v of_o old_a levit._n 18._o deut._n 12._o by_o many_o nation_n and_o at_o this_o day_n by_o the_o american_n as_o acosta_n witness_v etc._n etc._n god_n raise_v â—im_a enemy_n on_o all_o side_n so_o that_o when_o he_o see_v his_o dead_a god_n fail_v he_o yet_o neglect_v the_o live_a god_n he_o seek_v aid_n of_o tiglath_n pileser_n who_o embrace_v the_o advantage_n to_o go_v through_o with_o what_o his_o father_n enter_v but_o have_v no_o leisure_n to_o finish_v it_o he_o therefore_o invade_v syria_n and_o win_v damascus_n all_o israel_n make_v judah_n tributary_n though_o achaz_n have_v hire_v he_o contemporary_n the_o ephori_fw-la in_o lacedaemon_n 130_o year_n after_o lycurgus_n oppose_v to_o king_n as_o the_o tribunes_z in_o rome_n against_o consul_n alcamenon_n in_o athens_n the_o last_o governor_n for_o life_n after_o which_o follow_v a_o magistrate_n for_o ten_o year_n sylvii_n of_o aeneas_n race_n end_v after_o three_o hundred_o year_n romulus_n now_o build_v rome_n the_o eight_o of_o achaz_n the_o first_o of_o the_o seven_o olympiad_n chap._n xx._n of_o italy_n and_o rome_n foundation_n in_o ahaz'_v time_n §_o 1._o italy_n before_o the_o fall_n of_o troy_n be_v know_v to_o the_o greek_n by_o the_o name_n of_o hesperia_n ausonia_n oenotria_n of_o a_o colony_n of_o arcadian_n and_o italy_n of_o italus_n reyneccius_n derive_v the_o name_n rather_o from_o a_o colony_n of_o aetolian_n which_o inhabit_a brundisium_n from_o who_o name_n with_o small_a change_n that_o part_n be_v call_v italia_n which_o in_o time_n grow_v the_o common_a name_n say_v pliny_n such_o change_n in_o the_o aeolic_a dialect_n be_v familiar_a as_o to_o call_v a_o island_n people_v by_o aetholians_n aethalia_n the_o original_a of_o greek_n and_o latin_n be_v from_o javan_n who_o sail_v over_o the_o ionian_a sea_n between_o aetolia_n and_o the_o western_a ocean_n plant_v greece_n and_o italy_n reyneccius_n make_v atlai_n italus_n one_o which_o berosus_n call_v cethim_n italus_n but_o be_v deceive_v for_o atlas_n be_v esteem_v more_o ancient_a than_o moses_n and_o if_o he_o be_v cethim_n or_o kithim_n noah_n grandson_n his_o antiquity_n exceed_v that_o of_o italy_n which_o name_n virgil_n confess_v late_a and_o from_o a_o captain_n but_o see_v hercules_n a_o little_a before_o troy_n fall_n leave_v a_o colony_n of_o elean_n or_o aetolean_n it_o may_v be_v under_o the_o command_n of_o one_o call_v aitolus_fw-la a_o name_n famous_a among_o aetolian_n italy_n may_v take_v name_n of_o he_o §_o 2._o 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 ancient_a truth_n it_o may_v be_v then_o that_o saturn_n hide_v himself_o be_v some_o allusion_n to_o the_o old_a opinion_n of_o the_o wise_a heathen_a that_o the_o true_a god_n be_v a_o unknown_a god_n to_o who_o paul_n find_v a_o altar_n dedicate_v it_o can_v be_v in_o vain_a that_o the_o word_n saturnus_n shall_v also_o signify_v hide_v come_v of_o the_o hebrew_n satar_n to_o hide_v as_o some_o think_v etc._n etc._n reyneccius_n proceed_v in_o derive_v latium_n from_o the_o posterity_n of_o javan_n inhabit_v a_o territory_n in_o lesser_a asia_n call_v elaitia_n who_o after_o the_o trojan_a war_n go_v into_o italy_n whence_o may_v grow_v elaitinus_fw-la and_o so_o latinus_n etc._n etc._n §_o 3._o the_o latin_a king_n till_o aeneas_n be_v saturnus_n picus_n faunus_n latinus_n whether_o saturnus_n be_v he_o who_o the_o greek_n call_v cronos_n &_o e._n the_o time_n of_o the_o aborigines_n will_v admit_v but_o his_o name_n of_o stercus_fw-la or_o sterculius_n do_v argue_v he_o another_o so_o call_v of_o the_o dung_n he_o teach_v they_o to_o lay_v upon_o their_o ground_n ezechiel_n often_o call_v idol_n deos_fw-la stercoreos_n as_o belzebul_n be_v dominus_fw-la stercoreus_n etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o aeneas_n a_o trojan_a of_o the_o blood-royal_a come_v to_o latium_n with_o some_o 1200_o trojan_n and_o marry_a laviana_n king_n latinus_n daughter_n he_o have_v a_o son_n before_o by_o his_o wife_n creusa_n daughter_n of_o priamus_n call_v ascanius_n and_o surname_v julus_n after_o aeneas_n death_n lavinia_n be_v great_a with_o child_n by_o he_o and_o fear_v ascanius_n flee_v into_o a_o wood_n where_o be_v deliver_v the_o child_n be_v call_v silvius_n posthumus_n bâ—t_v upon_o the_o people_n disapprove_v of_o lavinia_n flight_n ascanius_n call_v she_o home_o use_v she_o like_o a_o queen_n and_o educate_v she_o son_n ascanius_n to_o avoid_v dissension_n leave_v the_o city_n lavinium_n to_o laviana_n and_o found_v alba-longa_n where_o he_o reign_v about_o 30_o year_n and_o leave_v his_o son_n julus_n who_o upon_o contention_n with_o silvius_n who_o the_o people_n favour_v leave_v the_o kingdom_n and_o take_v the_o priesthood_n for_o he_o and_o his_o posterity_n silvius_n posthumus_n reign_v 29._o silvius_n aeneas_n 31._o silvius_n latinus_n 10._o silvius_n alba_n 39_o silvius_n atis_n 36._o silvius_n capijs_fw-la 28._o silvius_n capelus_fw-la 13._o silvius_n tiberinus_n 8._o silvius_n agrippa_n 41._o silvius_n alladyus_fw-la 19_o silvius_n aventinus_n 37._o silvius_n procas_n 23._o silvius_n amulius_n 44._o he_o expel_v his_o elder_a brother_n silvius_n numitor_n slay_v his_o son_n aegestius_fw-la and_o make_v his_o daughter_n ilia_n a_o vestal-virgin_n numitor_n who_o yet_o either_o by_o her_o uncle_n or_o some_o warlike-man_n conceive_v 2_o son_n romulus_n and_o reineccius_n who_o in_o time_n slay_v amulius_n and_o all_o his_o family_n and_o restore_v numitor_n in_o who_o the_o kingdom_n of_o alba_n end_v and_o receive_v magistrate_n yet_o it_o contend_v with_o rome_n till_o her_o three_o curiatij_n be_v vanquish_v by_o the_o three_o horatij_n champion_n for_o rome_n after_o this_o metius_n the_o alban_n dictator_n follow_v tullus_n hostilius_n in_o his_o war_n upon_o tullus_n disadvantage_n withdraw_v his_o company_n to_o distress_n tullus_n for_o which_o he_o be_v tear_v in_o piece_n at_o two_o chariot_n and_o alba_n reign_v but_o the_o citizen_n be_v make_v free_a denizen_n and_o her_o noble_n patricians_z of_o rome_n among_o who_o be_v a_o family_n of_o julij_fw-la which_o have_v since_o rise_v in_o julius_n caesar_n etc._n etc._n §_o 5._o rome_n which_o devour_v the_o alban_n kingdom_n and_o break_v all_o the_o kingdom_n from_o euphrates_n to_o the_o western_a ocean_n as_o that_o alban_n the_o iv_o the_o a_o beast_n with_o iron-teeth_n forspeak_v of_o come_v now_o to_o be_v handle_v only_o touch_v her_o original_a which_o some_o seek_v to_o derive_v from_o janus_n other_o from_o the_o greek_n plâ—tarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o romulus_n
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 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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 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about_o waste_v and_o the_o town_n visit_v with_o a_o grievous_a pestilence_n by_o the_o throng_n of_o people_n and_o cattle_n flee_v thither_o the_o lacedaemonian_n win_v plataea_n but_o can_v rescue_v mytilene_n from_o the_o athenian_n for_o want_v of_o ship_n their_o confederate_n also_o grow_v weary_a so_o that_o the_o lacedaemonian_n see_v how_o little_a hurt_n they_o can_v do_v to_o athens_n which_o be_v easy_o relieve_v by_o sea_n fall_v to_o build_v ship_n but_o to_o no_o purpose_n want_v good_a seaman_n §_o 4._o sparta_n hear_v that_o a_o fleet_n of_o athenian_n by_o contrary_a wind_n stay_v at_o pilus_n a_o promontory_n begin_v to_o fortify_v themselves_o there_o and_o haste_v from_o attica_n to_o put_v off_o such_o ill_a neighbour_n from_o plant_v so_o near_o peloponesus_fw-la but_o find_v the_o garrison_n not_o so_o easy_o to_o be_v force_v they_o possess_v the_o haven_n put_v four_o hundred_o man_n into_o the_o island_n and_o send_v part_n of_o the_o fleet_n for_o 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like_a to_o join_v with_o the_o athenian_n the_o thirty_o year_n peace_n be_v expire_v the_o peace_n at_o last_o be_v conclude_v but_o condition_n impossible_a for_o lacedaemon_n can_v not_o restore_v all_o the_o city_n which_o the_o athenian_n have_v lose_v by_o their_o mean_n as_o the_o city_n take_v into_o their_o protection_n refuse_v to_o return_v subject_a to_o their_o old_a lord_n the_o athenian_n but_o before_o any_o quarrel_n grow_v the_o spartan_n enter_v into_o a_o straight_a alliance_n with_o athens_n by_o a_o league_n offensive_a and_o defensive_a to_o disappoint_v the_o argive_n this_o league_n put_v all_o greece_n in_o jealousy_n that_o these_o two_o will_v prove_v lord_n of_o all_o §_o 6._o the_o state_n of_o greece_n which_o have_v excessive_o admire_v the_o valour_n of_o sparta_n see_v it_o now_o to_o seek_v peace_n upon_o term_n not_o so_o honourable_a grow_v to_o contemn_v it_o as_o the_o corinthian_n theban_n etc._n etc._n who_o cast_v their_o eye_n upon_o the_o great_a rich_a city_n of_o argos_n and_o conceive_v great_a matter_n of_o it_o this_o be_v the_o common_a base_a condition_n of_o the_o most_o who_o curious_o search_v into_o other_o man_n vice_n can_v discern_v their_o virtue_n and_o compare_v our_o best_a part_n with_o their_o first_o be_v just_o plague_v with_o false_a opinion_n of_o that_o good_a in_o other_o which_o we_o know_v want_v in_o ourselves_o the_o corinthian_n beginning_n complain_v that_o the_o lacedaemonian_n have_v leave_v some_o of_o their_o town_n in_o the_o athenian_n hand_n the_o mantinian_o follow_v who_o fear_v revenge_n for_o that_o they_o have_v draw_v some_o arcadian_n from_o the_o spartan_n to_o follow_v they_o these_o begin_v to_o enter_v league_n with_o the_o argive_n and_o other_o city_n of_o peloponesus_fw-la follow_v the_o lacedaemonian_n know_v the_o scope_n of_o this_o new_a confederacy_n send_v to_o corinth_n to_o stop_v the_o matter_n where_o it_o begin_v charge_v they_o with_o their_o oath_n of_o 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argos_n get_v the_o uper-hand_n of_o the_o citizen_n make_v league_n with_o they_o renounce_v athens_n but_o the_o people_n recover_v chase_v away_o their_o noble_n and_o reverse_v all_o §_o 8._o athens_n in_o the_o intermission_n of_o open_a war_n at_o home_n renew_v their_o hope_n of_o subdue_a sicily_n and_o send_v such_o a_o fleet_n as_o greece_n never_o set_v out_o of_o which_o alcibiades_n be_v one_o general_n siracuse_n be_v besiege_v but_o relieve_v by_o the_o lacedaemonian_n and_o the_o fleet_n block_v up_o in_o the_o haven_n neither_o can_v athens_n relieve_v it_o through_o home_n faction_n whence_o alcibiades_n be_v drive_v to_o banish_v himself_o and_o by_o this_o reason_n sparta_n in_o the_o absence_n of_o their_o force_n invade_v attica_n the_o persian_n lend_v money_n the_o lacedaemonian_n also_o by_o alcibiades_n advice_n who_o flee_v to_o they_o fortify_v decelia_n near_o athens_n and_o all_o the_o country_n about_o yet_o the_o athenian_n in_o their_o obstinacy_n send_v another_o fleet_n which_o be_v quite_o vanquish_v in_o the_o haven_n and_o the_o army_n by_o land_n utter_o overthrow_v this_o befall_v the_o athenian_n deserve_o by_o nicias_n resolution_n who_o choose_v to_o venture_v little_o less_o than_o all_o the_o power_n of_o athens_n rather_o than_o to_o incur_v the_o athenian_n censure_n upon_o return_n to_o be_v condemn_v unjust_o as_o other_o general_n have_v be_v this_o resolution_n can_v be_v commend_v see_v a_o honest_a valiant_a man_n shall_v do_v what_o reason_n direct_v and_o measure_n honour_n and_o dishonour_v by_o a_o well-informed_n conscience_n rather_o than_o the_o malicious_a report_n and_o censure_n of_o other_o yet_o it_o be_v excusable_a consider_v the_o people_n injustice_n and_o know_v a_o ill_a fact_n be_v nothing_o so_o pernicious_a as_o a_o unjust_a sentence_n which_o begin_v upon_o one_o become_v a_o precedent_n but_o his_o fear_n to_o fly_v as_o he_o think_v to_o do_v be_v ridiculous_a because_o of_o a_o eclipse_n that_o day_n which_o make_v he_o defer_v it_o till_o
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