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world_n and_o to_o that_o end_n raise_v a_o great_a army_n page_n 1_o chap._n 2._o the_o continuation_n of_o osiris_n his_o expedition_n through_o ethiopia_n all_o arabia_n india_n and_o europe_n bury_v by_o isis_n and_o mercury_n how_o he_o be_v kill_v his_o death_n revenge_v by_o isis_n and_o orus_n two_o bull_n apis_n and_o mnevis_n worship_v in_o egypt_n place_n discuss_v where_o osiris_n and_o isis_n be_v bury_v story_n of_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n their_o tear_n lunar_a tear_n giant_n law_n about_o marriage_n osiris_n and_o isis_n their_o pillar_n and_o inscription_n colony_n out_o of_o egypt_n 7_o chap._n 3._o the_o description_n of_o egypt_n of_o the_o lake_n of_o serbon_n the_o nature_n of_o the_o river_n nile_n the_o cataract_n the_o mouth_n of_o nile_n the_o fruit_n of_o egypt_n the_o beast_n crecodile_n etc._n etc._n several_a opinion_n concern_v the_o inundation_n of_o nile_n 14_o chap._n 4._o the_o first_o way_n of_o live_v of_o the_o egyptian_n god_n and_o demigod_n 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king_n to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o conquest_n of_o egypt_n by_o cambyses_n 31_o chap._n 6._o the_o custom_n of_o the_o egyptian_n of_o their_o king_n as_o their_o hourly_a employment_n sacrifice_n diet_n etc._n etc._n burial_n division_n of_o egypt_n their_o trade_n in_o egypt_n court_n of_o justice_n their_o law-proceeding_n the_o several_a law_n of_o egypt_n beast_n and_o bird_n adore_v as_o god_n in_o egypt_n as_o lion_n wolf_n cat_n the_o bird_n ibis_n kite_n etc._n etc._n cost_v in_o their_o burial_n of_o these_o creature_n reason_n give_v of_o this_o adoration_n 36_o chap._n 7._o why_o the_o crocodile_n be_v worship_v some_o sort_n of_o herb_n and_o root_n not_o eat_v why_o other_o creature_n be_v worship_v the_o manner_n of_o their_o burial_n the_o lawmaker_n in_o egypt_n learned_a man_n of_o greece_n make_v journey_n into_o egypt_n as_o orpheus_n homer_n plato_n solon_n pythagoras_n etc._n etc._n several_a proof_n of_o this_o as_o their_o religious_a rite_n fable_n etc._n 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send_v some_o to_o solicit_v his_o friend_n in_o macedonia_n to_o assist_v he_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n ptolemy_n of_o egypt_n have_v all_o cyprus_n under_o his_o command_n and_o find_v 308._o the_o miserable_a destruction_n of_o nicocles_n and_o his_o family_n in_o cyprus_n ant._n ch._n 308._o that_o nicocles_n the_o king_n of_o paphos_n hold_v correspondence_n underhand_o with_o antigonus_n send_v two_o confident_n of_o his_o own_o argaus_n and_o callicrates_n with_o instruction_n to_o make_v away_o nicocles_n for_o he_o be_v much_o afraid_a lest_o some_o other_o also_o shall_v fall_v off_o as_o he_o have_v perceive_v many_o other_o have_v do_v before_o wherefore_o pass_v into_o cyprus_n and_o take_v with_o they_o a_o certain_a number_n of_o soldier_n from_o menelaus_n who_o command_v the_o army_n there_o they_o beset_v the_o house_n of_o nicocles_n and_o then_o tell_v he_o what_o the_o king_n pleasure_n be_v advise_v he_o to_o dispose_v of_o himself_o for_o another_o world_n he_o 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the_o king_n of_o paphos_n come_v to_o a_o tragic_a and_o lamentable_a end_n have_v give_v a_o account_n of_o those_o affair_n we_o before_o promise_v we_o shall_v now_o proceed_v to_o those_o that_o follow_v next_o in_o order_n about_o this_o time_n in_o chersonesus_n in_o in_o the_o cimmerian_a bosphorus_n near_o pontus_n euxinus_n or_o in_o taurica_n chersonesus_n pontus_n after_o the_o death_n of_o parysada_n king_n of_o the_o cimmerian_a bosphorus_n his_o son_n eumelus_n satyrus_n and_o prytanis_n contend_v one_o with_o another_o for_o the_o kingdom_n satyrus_n the_o elder_a be_v appoint_v successor_n by_o his_o father_n who_o reign_v eight_o and_o thirty_o year_n eumelus_n compact_v with_o some_o of_o the_o native_n adjoin_v raise_v a_o army_n and_o lay_v claim_n to_o the_o kingdom_n against_o his_o elder_a brother_n of_o which_o satyrus_n be_v inform_v go_v against_o he_o with_o a_o great_a army_n and_o pass_v the_o river_n thapsus_n when_o he_o come_v near_o his_o camp_n with_o 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environ_v with_o the_o river_n thasis_n of_o a_o exceed_a depth_n so_o that_o the_o place_n be_v of_o difficult_a approach_n it_o be_v surround_v likewise_o with_o steep_a rock_n and_o thick_a wood_n into_o which_o there_o be_v only_o two_o entrance_n make_v by_o art_n one_o lead_v straight_o to_o the_o palace_n defend_v with_o high_a tower_n and_o bulwark_n the_o other_o on_o the_o other_o side_n be_v make_v in_o the_o fen_n guard_v with_o fort_n and_o tower_n of_o timber_n raise_v upon_o pillar_n over_o the_o water_n the_o place_n be_v very_o strong_a satyrus_n first_o waste_v the_o enemy_n country_n and_o burn_v their_o town_n whence_o he_o carry_v a_o vast_a number_n of_o prisoner_n and_o abundance_n of_o spoil_n afterward_o he_o attempt_v to_o force_v his_o way_n through_o the_o pass_n but_o lose_v many_o of_o his_o man_n at_o the_o bulwark_n and_o tower_n he_o be_v force_v to_o
ch._n 307._o and_o fight_v and_o rout_v the_o hetruscan_o and_o pursue_v they_o to_o their_o very_a camp_n about_o '_o the_o same_o time_n the_o samnite_n when_o the_o roman_a army_n be_v abroad_o at_o a_o great_a distance_n without_o the_o least_o fear_n of_o a_o enemy_n besiege_v the_o japyges_n ally_n to_o the_o roman_n therefore_o the_o consul_n be_v force_v to_o divide_v their_o force_n fabius_n continue_v in_o hetruria_n but_o marcius_n march_v against_o the_o samnite_n and_o take_v the_o city_n of_o allita_n by_o storm_n and_o free_v their_o ally_n from_o the_o siege_n of_o japyges_n but_o fabius_n while_o the_o etrurians_n flock_v in_o great_a multitude_n to_o besiege_v sutrium_n slip_v secret_o by_o the_o enemy_n through_o the_o border_a country_n and_o make_v a_o incursion_n into_o the_o high_a hetruria_n which_o have_v for_o a_o long_a time_n be_v free_a from_o all_o manner_n of_o inroad_n and_o invasion_n where_o break_v in_o upon_o the_o sudden_a he_o waste_v and_o 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and_o end_v in_o his_o destruction_n the_o common_a lot_n of_o tyrant_n in_o such_o case_n 8._o when_o hiero_n be_v kill_v the_o syracusian_n call_v a_o senate_n where_o it_o be_v decree_v that_o all_o the_o kindred_n of_o the_o tyrant_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n both_o man_n and_o woman_n and_o that_o hieronymus_n hieronymus_n none_o of_o his_o race_n or_o family_n shall_v be_v leave_v alive_a 9_o when_o the_o dead_a body_n of_o semprenius_fw-la gracchus_n be_v send_v by_o mago_n to_o hannibal_n the_o soldier_n see_v it_o lie_v upon_o the_o ground_n cry_v out_o to_o have_v it_o cut_v in_o piece_n and_o to_o be_v hurl_v away_o piece_n by_o piece_n out_o of_o sling_n but_o hannibal_n have_v a_o object_n before_o his_o eye_n to_o instruct_v he_o in_o the_o uncertainty_n and_o unconstancy_n of_o fortune_n and_o honour_v and_o admire_v likewise_o the_o valour_n of_o the_o man_n say_v it_o be_v a_o unworthy_a thing_n to_o wreak_v a_o man_n anger_n upon_o a_o speechless_a carcase_n 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the_o valour_n of_o hasdruball_n be_v not_o to_o be_v pass_v over_o in_o silence_n for_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o amilcar_n barca_n the_o brave_a captain_n of_o his_o age_n who_o in_o the_o sicilian_a war_n be_v the_o only_a general_n that_o often_o overcome_v the_o roman_n and_o have_v put_v a_o happy_a end_n to_o the_o civil_a war_n be_v the_o first_o that_o pass_v over_o with_o a_o army_n into_o spain_n and_o this_o hasdrubal_n approve_v himself_o a_o son_n not_o unworthy_a the_o honour_n and_o dignity_n of_o such_o a_o father_n for_o he_o be_v general_o own_a to_o be_v the_o best_a soldier_n next_o to_o hannibal_n his_o brother_n of_o all_o the_o carthaginian_a commander_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v leave_v general_n of_o all_o the_o force_n in_o spain_n by_o hannibal_n where_o he_o fight_v many_o battle_n and_o free_v his_o army_n many_o time_n from_o the_o strait_n they_o be_v in_o he_o often_o run_v himself_o into_o many_o great_a danger_n and_o be_v at_o length_n force_v 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wickedness_n he_o have_v no_o hope_n to_o keep_v what_o he_o have_v so_o wicked_o get_v but_o only_o by_o the_o help_n of_o such_o profane_a and_o impious_a fellow_n 13._o the_o cretan_n rig_v out_o seven_o ship_n for_o piracy_n and_o rob_v many_o passenger_n at_o pirate_n cretian_a pirate_n sea_n whereupon_o the_o merchant_n be_v altogether_o discourage_v the_o rhodian_o look_v upon_o it_o to_o belong_v to_o they_o to_o redress_v this_o mischief_n proclaim_v war_n against_o the_o cretan_n 14._o pleminius_n be_v leave_v governor_n of_o locris_n by_o scipio_n and_o be_v a_o pâ—ofligaâ—â—_n wretch_n he_o force_v open_v the_o treasury_n of_o proserpina_n and_o carry_v away_o all_o the_o sacred_a treasure_n temple_n pleminius_n rob_v proserpina_n temple_n the_o locrian_o enrage_v at_o the_o fact_n address_v themselves_o to_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n and_o entreat_v their_o relief_n according_a to_o their_o usual_a faith_n whereupon_o two_o military_a tribune_n seem_v much_o offend_v with_o the_o impious_a fact_n commit_v and_o sharp_o rebuke_v pleminius_n not_o that_o they_o be_v real_o angry_a at_o what_o be_v do_v but_o because_o they_o themselves_o have_v no_o part_n of_o the_o money_n but_o in_o a_o short_a time_n after_o the_o goddess_n pay_v they_o all_o home_n for_o their_o impiety_n for_o this_o be_v report_v to_o be_v the_o most_o famous_a temple_n of_o all_o that_o be_v in_o italy_n and_o in_o all_o age_n before_o that_o time_n through_o the_o care_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n have_v remain_v safe_a and_o unviolated_a for_o at_o the_o time_n when_o pyrrhus_n transport_v his_o force_n out_o of_o sicily_n to_o locris_n and_o his_o soldier_n be_v press_v upon_o he_o for_o pay_v he_o be_v force_v to_o make_v use_n of_o this_o sacred_a treasure_n but_o in_o return_v back_o they_o say_v he_o suffer_v much_o his_o whole_a fleet_n be_v disperse_v shatter_v and_o tear_v in_o piece_n by_o a_o â—ierce_a and_o violent_a tempest_n and_o therefore_o pyrrhus_n himself_o 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opportunity_n to_o cast_v dirt_n upon_o he_o accuse_v he_o as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v the_o adviser_n of_o pliminius_fw-la and_o that_o he_o have_v do_v all_o by_o his_o order_n and_o command_n whereupon_o by_o a_o decree_n of_o the_o senate_n two_o tribunes_z of_o the_o people_n and_o a_o aedilis_fw-la be_v send_v into_o sicily_n with_o order_n to_o bring_v scipio_n forthwith_o to_o rome_n if_o they_o find_v that_o the_o sacrilege_n be_v commit_v by_o his_o command_n or_o connivance_n but_o if_o they_o can_v not_o discover_v any_o such_o thing_n that_o then_o they_o shall_v suffer_v he_o to_o transport_v the_o force_n over_o into_o africa_n while_o they_o be_v upon_o their_o journey_n scipio_n send_v for_o pliminius_fw-la and_o cast_v he_o into_o goal_n and_o every_o day_n with_o great_a care_n and_o diligence_n exercise_v the_o soldier_n at_o which_o the_o tribune_n of_o
contrary_a the_o other_o through_o his_o sordid_a covetousness_n lose_v the_o assistance_n of_o the_o gall_n and_o by_o such_o like_a gross_a miscarriage_n utter_o ruin_v a_o ancient_a flourish_a kingdom_n 60._o after_o the_o flight_n of_o perseus_n lucius_n aemilius_n begin_v to_o seek_v for_o his_o young_a son_n publius_n scipio_n publius_n scipio_n africanas_n who_o be_v the_o natural_a son_n of_o aemilius_n but_o the_o adopt_a son_n of_o scipio_n who_o africanus_n publius_n africanus_n overcome_v hannibal_n at_o that_o time_n he_o be_v a_o youth_n about_o seventeen_o year_n of_o age_n and_o under_o the_o care_n and_o tutorage_n of_o his_o father_n in_o that_o great_a and_o perilous_a war_n so_o that_o afterward_o he_o become_v as_o famous_a a_o general_n as_o his_o father_n be_v at_o length_n find_v out_o and_o bring_v safe_a into_o the_o camp_n the_o consul_n be_v at_o rest_n and_o free_v from_o that_o anxiety_n of_o mind_n he_o labour_v under_o for_o he_o love_v he_o with_o a_o 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faith_n of_o his_o league_n and_o the_o obligation_n of_o his_o kindred_n and_o alliance_n to_o the_o roman_n have_v most_o unjust_o make_v war_n upon_o they_o and_o they_o set_v free_a all_o the_o people_n of_o macedonia_n who_o by_o the_o law_n of_o arm_n they_o may_v have_v make_v perpetual_a slave_n and_o with_o that_o readiness_n and_o nobleness_n of_o mind_n beyond_o all_o that_o the_o conquer_a themselves_o can_v have_v desire_v the_o illyrian_n likewise_o who_o they_o have_v subdue_v they_o suffer_v to_o use_v their_o own_o law_n for_o they_o make_v it_o more_o their_o concern_n to_o do_v what_o become_v the_o majesty_n and_o grandeur_n of_o the_o roman_n in_o carry_v it_o noble_o towards_o other_o without_o pride_n and_o insolency_n in_o prosperity_n than_o that_o they_o look_v upon_o the_o barbarian_n any_o way_n worthy_a of_o such_o favour_n 63._o the_o senate_n decree_v the_o macedonian_n and_o illyrian_n to_o be_v free_a and_o that_o they_o shall_v pay_v but_o half_a of_o that_o tribute_n to_o roman_n which_o they_o pay_v to_o their_o own_o king_n 64._o perseus_n thus_o throw_v into_o the_o goal_n miserable_o end_v his_o day_n in_o such_o sad_a and_o uncomfortable_a circumstance_n the_o rest_n be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o fragment_n book_n 31._o in_o photius_n his_o bibliotheca_fw-la at_o the_o end_n of_o diodorus_n siculus_n fragm_n 2._o 65._o the_o general_n of_o the_o gaul_n be_v return_v from_o the_o pursuit_n of_o the_o enemy_n gather_v the_o captive_n together_o and_o commit_v a_o most_o horrid_a piece_n of_o wickedness_n for_o he_o pick_v out_o the_o choice_a and_o strong_a young_a man_n among_o they_o and_o sacrifice_v they_o to_o the_o god_n as_o if_o the_o immortal_a deity_n be_v please_v with_o such_o sacrifice_n the_o rest_n he_o shoot_v to_o death_n with_o dart_n most_o of_o who_o of_o ancient_a acquaintance_n he_o well_o know_v however_o former_a friendship_n be_v no_o argument_n to_o spare_v a_o man_n of_o they_o thus_o be_v barbarian_n puff_v up_o with_o prosperous_a success_n 66._o eumenes_n far_o different_a from_o perseus_n not_o only_o pay_v his_o soldier_n what_o be_v their_o due_a pay_n but_o bestow_v on_o they_o several_a gift_n beside_o with_o promise_n of_o more_o afterward_o whereby_o he_o gain_v all_o their_o heart_n and_o hold_v they_o fast_o to_o his_o interest_n but_o perseus_n when_o 20000_o gall_n be_v near_o at_o hand_n ready_a to_o assist_v he_o through_o his_o niggardliness_n refuse_v their_o aid_n and_o assistance_n but_o aeumenes_n though_o he_o be_v nothing_o near_o so_o rich_a as_o the_o other_o oblige_v his_o mercenary_n and_o all_o other_o that_o may_v be_v helpful_a to_o he_o by_o his_o bounty_n and_o liberality_n and_o therefore_o perseus_n sink_v below_o the_o generosity_n of_o a_o king_n and_o enslave_v himself_o to_o a_o covetous_a and_o sordid_a parsimony_n live_v to_o see_v all_o the_o wealth_n he_o have_v heap_v up_o together_o with_o his_o whole_a kingdom_n fall_v into_o 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