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sesoosis_n the_o same_o with_o sesostris_n in_o herodotus_n king_n of_o egypt_n attribute_v to_o himself_o the_o title_n of_o king_n of_o king_n in_o his_o erect_a column_n of_o victory_n and_o homage_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d earth_n and_o water_n give_v as_o token_n of_o homage_n plutarch_n report_v that_o tigranes_n king_n of_o armenia_n be_v angry_a and_o will_v not_o vouchsafe_v to_o answer_v lucullus_n because_o in_o his_o letter_n he_o have_v style_v he_o king_n only_o and_o not_o king_n of_o king_n the_o acknowledgement_n of_o regal_a supremacy_n pay_v by_o way_n of_o homage_n from_o prince_n or_o people_n under_o the_o subjection_n of_o such_o king_n be_v the_o acceptance_n upon_o their_o demand_n of_o earth_n and_o water_n a_o special_a example_n of_o which_o be_v in_o melpom._n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d herâ—dot_n in_o melpom._n darius_n letter_n to_o indathyrsus_n king_n of_o the_o scythian_n where_o he_o first_o invite_v he_o to_o the_o field_n but_o 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especial_o in_o japan_n thence_o we_o have_v adorari_fw-la more_fw-it persarum_fw-la and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v express_v by_o euripides_n thus_o personate_n phrygius_n to_o orestes_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fall_v down_o i_o adore_v thou_o o_o king_n after_o the_o persian_a manner_n in_o alexander_n turn_v the_o grecian_a liberty_n into_o this_o servitude_n q._n curtius_n express_v it_o by_o venerari_fw-la procumbere_fw-la &_o humi_fw-la corpus_fw-la prosternere_fw-la and_o thereof_o justin_n say_v the_o persarum_fw-la the_o retentus_fw-la est_fw-la a_o macedonibus_fw-la mos_fw-la salutandi_fw-la reges_fw-la explosa_fw-la adoratione_n jam_fw-la coepisset_fw-la heliogabalus_n adorari_fw-la regum_fw-la more_fw-it persarum_fw-la macedonian_n retain_v the_o manner_n of_o salute_v their_o king_n explode_v the_o adoration_n lampridius_n speak_v of_o alexander_n severus_n say_v that_o he_o forbid_v himself_o to_o be_v adore_v but_o 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