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a_o hill_n the_o captain_n make_v speech_n to_o their_o soldier_n and_o order_v the_o battle_n chap._n xix_o cocas_n be_v slay_v in_o duel_n by_o a_o roman_a totilas_n after_o some_o gllantry_n to_o spin_v out_o the_o â—ime_n his_o 2000_o man_n he_o stay_v for_o be_v come_v up_o baegin_v the_o fight_n wherein_o the_o goth_n be_v defeat_v and_o totilas_n slay_v chap._n xx._n the_o lombard_n be_v send_v home_o teias_n be_v make_v king_n of_o the_o goth_n the_o vengeance_n against_o ulithus_n at_o perusia_n rome_n take_v by_o dagistthaeus_n the_o victory_n of_o narses_n baneful_a to_o the_o roman_a citizen_n ragnaris_n break_v his_o faith_n concern_v the_o yield_n of_o tarentum_n and_o be_v overthrow_v by_o bacurius_n portus_n nepa_n petra-pertusa_a take_v in_o the_o franc_n will_v join_v with_o neither_o side_n chap._n xxi_o the_o army_n prepare_v to_o fight_v of_o mount_n vesuvius_n and_o the_o torrent_n of_o fire_n there_o the_o goth_n fly_v to_o mons_fw-la lactis_fw-la but_o be_v 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in_o martial_a affair_n who_o first_o salute_v cabades_n his_o lord_n adore_v he_o as_o king_n and_o beseech_v he_o to_o command_v he_o as_o his_o slave_n *_o so_o cabades_n enter_v the_o palace_n and_o find_v blaze_v unguarded_a put_v out_o his_o eye_n 501._o cabades_n restore_v begin_v anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 501._o as_o the_o persian_n use_v to_o malefactor_n pour_v into_o they_o be_v keep_v wide_o open_a boil_a oil_n or_o with_o a_o bodkin_n red_a hot_a melt_a a_o ointment_n into_o the_o inside_n of_o the_o eye_n and_o ever_o after_o keep_v he_o in_o prison_n after_o two_o year_n reign_v gusanastade_n he_o put_v to_o death_n and_o make_v adergudunbades_n general_n seose_v he_o make_v the_o adrasta-daras_a salane_n that_o be_v superintendant_n over_o all_o office_n and_o army_n a_o office_n first_o hold_v by_o seose_n in_o persia_n none_o before_o nor_o after_o ever_o have_v it_o cabades_n also_o establish_v and_o secure_v his_o empire_n be_v witty_a and_o valiant_a no_o man_n 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