216_o chap._n vii_o the_o greek_a affair_n from_o the_o persian_a war_n to_o the_o peloponesian_n 221_o chap._n viii_o the_o peloponesian_a war_n with_o the_o condition_n of_o athens_n and_o sparta_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o it_o alcibiades_z his_o victory_n his_o depose_n 224_o chap._n ix_o matter_n concur_v with_o the_o peloponesian_a war_n and_o some_o time_n after_o 230_o chap._n x._o cyrus_n the_o young_a his_o expedition_n into_o persia_n and_o the_o great_a service_n of_o xenophon_n 232_o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o greek_a affair_n under_o the_o lacedaemonian_n command_v 237_o chap._n xii_o of_o the_o flourish_a condition_n of_o thebes_n from_o the_o battle_n of_o leuctra_n to_o that_o of_o mantinaea_n of_o the_o peace_n that_o succeed_v a_o comparison_n between_o agasilaus_fw-la and_o the_o roman_a pompey_n 241_o book_n iu_o chap._n i._n of_o the_o macedonian_a kingdom_n from_o philip_n father_n to_o alexander_n the_o great_a to_o the_o race_n of_o antigonus_n 247_o chap._n ii_o of_o alexander_n the_o great_a his_o war_n with_o darius_n and_o other_o his_o cruelty_n death_n and_o character_n 251_o chap._n iii_o aordaeus_n reign_n after_o alexander_n 271_o chap._n iu_o of_o antigonus_n growth_n in_o asia_n 282_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o civil_a war_n of_o alexander_n captain_n 286_o chap._n vi_o of_o the_o war_n between_o the_o new_a king_n till_o they_o be_v all_o destroy_v 287_o chap._n vii_o rome_n growth_n and_o the_o settle_n of_o the_o eastern_a state_n 299_o book_n v._o from_o the_o settle_a rule_n of_o alexander_n successor_n till_o the_o roman_n conquer_a asia_n and_o macedon_n chap._n i._n of_o the_o first_o punick_o war._n 307_o chap._n ii_o what_o pass_v between_o the_o first_o and_o second_o punic_a war._n 326_o chap._n iii_o of_o the_o second_o punic_a war._n 336_o chap._n iu_o philip_n king_n of_o macedon_n father_n of_o perseus_n subdue_v by_o the_o roman_n 370_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o roman_a war_n with_o antiochus_n and_o his_o adherent_n 380_o chap._n vi_o of_o the_o second_o macedonian_a war._n with_o the_o death_n of_o philopoemen_n hannibal_n scipio_n etc._n etc._n 396_o errata_fw-la page_n 13._o l._n 31._o r._n but_o one_o p._n 32._o l._n ult_n after_o slay_v add_v many_o thousand_o of_o they_o p._n 37._o l._n 25._o instead_o of_o curse_a r._n not_o needful_a to_o be_v take_v in_o p._n 38._o l._n 19_o deal_n toy_n e._n p._n 54._o l._n 26._o r._n of_o chush_fw-mi p._n 64._o l._n 9_o for_o legal_a r._n regal_a p._n 65._o l._n 29._o for_o babel_n r._n babylon_n p._n 70._o l._n 23._o for_o no_o r._n a._n p._n 94._o l._n 13._o for_o lineage_n r._n image_n p._n 96._o l._n 10._o r._n many_o thing_n p._n 96._o l._n 19_o for_o their_o r._n therefore_o and_o for_o that_o r._n a._n p._n 131._o l._n 15._o for_o lightsome_o r._n plain_o p._n 139._o l._n 24._o for_o three_o r._n three_o p._n 216._o l._n 27._o after_o thousand_o r._n darici_n p._n 220._o l._n 10._o for_o thirty_o thousand_o r._n three_o hundred_o thousand_o 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of_o the_o omnipotent_a cause_n and_o by_o these_o motion_n their_o almighty_a wise_a mover_n in_o these_o more_o than_o wonderful_a work_v god_n speak_v to_o man_n who_o by_o their_o reason_n may_v know_v their_o maker_n to_o be_v god_n who_o with_o corporal_a eye_n can_v no_o otherways_o be_v see_v but_o by_o his_o word_n and_o this_o visible_a world_n of_o all_o which_o work_v there_o be_v no_o other_o cause_n precede_v but_o his_o will_n no_o matter_n but_o his_o power_n no_o workman_n but_o his_o word_n no_o other_o consideration_n but_o his_o own_o goodness_n §_o 2._o the_o world_n creation_n acknowledge_v by_o ancient_a philosopher_n mercurius_n trismegistus_n call_v god_n the_o original_a of_o the_o universe_n and_o that_o god_n make_v it_o only_o by_o his_o word_n jove_n jupiter_n have_v hide_v all_o thing_n in_o himself_o do_v after_o send_v forth_o into_o the_o grateful_a light_n the_o admirable_a work_n he_o have_v forethought_a pindar_z call_v he_o the_o one_o god_n father_n and_o creator_n of_o all_o and_o original_a of_o all_o say_v pâ—ato_n though_o scripture_n have_v no_o need_n of_o foreign_a testimony_n yet_o st._n paul_n despise_v not_o the_o use_n of_o philosopher_n etc._n etc._n truth_n by_o whosoever_o utter_v be_v of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n say_v ambrose_n §_o 3._o all_o thing_n begin_v to_o be_v in_o the_o creation_n before_o which_o be_v neither_o matter_n nor_o form_n of_o any_o thing_n but_o the_o eternal_a for_o have_v there_o be_v a_o former_a matter_n the_o creation_n have_v not_o be_v first_o and_o if_o any_o thing_n be_v before_o create_v 1.1_o there_o must_v be_v a_o double_a creation_n if_o any_o thing_n have_v be_v uncreated_a but_o god_n there_o must_v have_v be_v a_o beginning_n and_o two_o infinite_a eternal_o §_o 4._o heaven_n and_o earth_n first_o create_v be_v not_o matter_n without_o all_o form_n without_o which_o nothing_o can_v exist_v but_o it_o be_v that_o solid_a substance_n and_o matter_n as_o well_o of_o the_o 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have_v be_v train_v up_o in_o the_o art_n of_o war_n by_o cyna_n a_o warlike_a woman_n the_o soldier_n disappoint_v she_o and_o python_n who_o hope_v to_o have_v be_v entreat_v by_o they_o to_o hold_v and_o choose_v antipater_n who_o in_o a_o few_o day_n arrive_v at_o the_o camp_n with_o his_o army_n and_o take_v it_o upon_o he_o as_o the_o only_a powerful_a man_n then_o live_v of_o all_o alexander_n captain_n who_o all_o acknowledge_v their_o superior_a antipater_n take_v the_o king_n queen_n and_o princess_n into_o macedon_n leave_v antigonus_n general_n of_o the_o royal_a army_n against_o eumenes_n and_o ruler_n of_o asia_n during_o the_o war_n and_o beside_o his_o former_a province_n give_v he_o the_o rule_n of_o susiana_n §_o 11._o antigonus_n lieutenant_z of_o asia_n be_v to_o subdue_v eumenes_n alcetus_fw-la and_o attalus_n begin_v with_o eumenes_n seek_v to_o corrupt_v his_o army_n by_o letter_n but_o fail_v therein_o by_o eumenes_n cunning_a who_o make_v show_v as_o if_o he_o write_v they_o to_o try_v their_o faith_n to_o he_o then_o antigonus_n deal_v with_o the_o captain_n of_o which_o one_o break_v out_o untimely_a and_o another_o call_v apollonides_n hold_v close_o till_o the_o battle_n and_o then_o turn_v to_o antigonus_n with_o such_o of_o the_o horseman_n as_o he_o can_v persuade_v be_v their_o general_n but_o eumenes_n overtake_v he_o and_o cut_v he_o off_o though_o he_o lose_v the_o battle_n eumenes_n not_o able_a to_o keep_v the_o field_n wish_v his_o man_n to_o shift_v for_o themselves_o and_o retain_v only_o five_o hundred_o horse_n and_o two_o hundred_o foot_n with_o which_o he_o tire_v antigonus_n in_o follow_v at_o last_o he_o enter_v nora_n a_o strong_a and_o well_o provide_v fort_n border_v on_o cappadocia_n where_o they_o part_v without_o agree_v so_o antigonus_n leave_v nora_n besiege_v and_o with_o his_o other_o force_n enter_v pisidia_n and_o overthrow_v alcetus_fw-la §_o 12._o ptolemy_n while_o other_o prince_n be_v quiet_a in_o their_o government_n send_v a_o army_n and_o win_v syria_n and_o phoenicia_n and_o take_v laomedon_n the_o governor_n thereof_o prisoner_n antipater_n be_v eighty_o year_n old_a repose_v great_a confidence_n in_o polyspercon_n one_o of_o alexander_n most_o ancient_a captain_n commit_v to_o he_o the_o protectorship_n and_o government_n of_o macedon_n doubt_v his_o son_n cassander_n sufficiency_n he_o also_o give_v charge_n that_o no_o woman_n shall_v be_v admit_v into_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o empire_n and_o so_o die_v die_o 13._o polysâ—ercon's_n skill_n be_v great_a in_o war_n than_o in_o the_o high_a office_n he_o now_o undertake_v be_v a_o man_n of_o a_o inferior_a wit_n fit_a to_o assist_v than_o command_n in_o chief_a the_o better_a to_o countenance_v his_o injunction_n to_o the_o governor_n of_o province_n he_o and_o his_o council_n think_v fit_a to_o call_v the_o queen_n of_o olympias_n to_o court_n who_o antipater_n suffer_v not_o in_o macedon_n but_o cassander_n son_n of_o antipater_n who_o think_v himself_o the_o better_a man_n be_v not_o satisfy_v with_o the_o captainship_n of_o a_o thousand_o his_o ambition_n soar_v high_a when_o he_o consider_v the_o love_n of_o those_o which_o command_v the_o garrison_n and_o all_o the_o ruler_n in_o the_o city_n so_o of_o greece_n so_o place_v by_o his_o father_n beside_o he_o have_v that_o interest_n in_o queen_n eurydice_n that_o be_v due_a only_o to_o her_o husband_n all_o which_o will_v not_o serve_v to_o bear_v out_o a_o open_a rebellion_n cassander_n therefore_o find_v what_o ptolemy_n have_v do_v in_o syria_n and_o what_o antigonus_n aim_v at_o since_o antipater_n death_n for_o who_o sake_n he_o presume_v upon_o they_o and_o see_v their_o occasion_n need_v a_o civil_a war_n he_o go_v to_o antigonus_n in_o asia_n and_o write_v to_o ptolemy_n §_o 14._o polyspercon_n upon_o cassander_n departure_n to_o disappoint_v he_o of_o his_o hope_n from_o greece_n decree_v in_o council_n to_o restore_v the_o popular_a government_n in_o their_o city_n and_o discharge_v the_o garrison_n and_o banish_v or_o kill_v the_o governor_n place_v by_o antipater_n thus_o he_o dishonour_v the_o man_n that_o raise_v he_o overthrow_v worthy_a man_n place_v as_o friend_n to_o the_o state_n of_o macedon_n and_o give_v away_o macedon_n command_n of_o greece_n if_o he_o mean_v as_o he_o pretend_v etc._n etc._n §_o 15._o athens_n by_o this_o decree_n in_o all_o haste_n cast_v out_o their_o governor_n photion_n and_o other_o who_o fly_v for_o their_o life_n but_o can_v remove_v the_o garrison_n command_v by_o nicanor_n a_o trusty_a friend_n to_o cassander_n he_o possess_v one_o of_o the_o havens_n find_v mean_n to_o take_v the_o other_o call_v paraeus_n to_o their_o great_a discouragement_n but_o by_o alexander_n the_o son_n of_o polyspercon_n come_v with_o a_o army_n be_v whole_o mislead_v as_o if_o he_o come_v to_o aid_v they_o whereas_o he_o come_v to_o get_v what_o nicanor_n hold_v if_o he_o can_v 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following_z cleomenes_z disappoint_v he_o at_o argos_n also_o and_o after_o take_v in_o many_o other_o place_n so_o that_o sparta_n short_o lose_v all_o again_o to_o antigonus_n who_o aratus_n honour_v even_o as_o a_o god_n offer_v sacrifice_n to_o he_o at_o his_o be_v at_o sicyon_n which_o example_n the_o other_o city_n of_o achaia_n follow_v for_o though_o cleomenes_n perform_v many_o brave_a service_n and_o put_v many_o affront_v upon_o antigonus_n yet_o at_o length_n in_o a_o battle_n at_o selasia_n he_o be_v overthrow_v and_o all_o his_o force_n break_v and_o himself_o return_v to_o sparta_n persuade_v the_o little_a remainder_n to_o yield_v to_o antigonus_n and_o so_o depart_v from_o they_o embarking_a for_o egypt_n where_o ptolemy_n love_o entertain_v he_o thus_o end_v the_o glory_n of_o lacedaemon_n which_o as_o a_o light_n ready_a to_o go_v out_o have_v with_o a_o great_a but_o no_o long_a blaze_n shine_v more_o bright_o of_o late_a than_o in_o some_o age_n past_a and_o cleomenes_n a_o generous_a prince_n but_o his_o son_n leoniaus_fw-la who_o have_v wretched_o bring_v worthy_a king_n agis_n his_o fellow_n with_o his_o mother_n and_o grandmother_n unto_o a_o bloody_a end_n â—lew_v himself_o in_o egypt_n and_o have_v his_o own_o wife_n and_o grand_a child_n murder_v by_o the_o vicious_a young_a prince_n ptolemy_n philopater_n antigonus_n after_o this_o enter_v sparta_n whereinto_o the_o force_n of_o the_o enemy_n can_v never_o make_v way_n before_o where_o he_o kind_o treat_v the_o citizen_n and_o leave_v they_o to_o their_o own_o law_n but_o he_o can_v not_o stay_v the_o illyrian_n waste_v macedon_n who_o he_o overcome_v but_o by_o strain_v a_o vein_n die_v soon_o after_o philip_n the_o son_n of_o demetrius_n a_o boy_n succeed_v in_o macedon_n as_o do_v antiochus_n the_o great_a in_o asia_n and_o ptolemy_n philopater_n in_o egypt_n who_o be_v young_a also_o etc._n etc._n §_o 7._o rome_n subdue_v sardinia_n and_o corsica_n and_o the_o illyrian_n while_o carthage_n be_v conquer_a spain_n the_o illyrian_n inhabit_a the_o country_n now_o call_v slavonia_n who_o demetrius_n king_n of_o macedon_n hire_v to_o rescue_v the_o macedonian_n so_o distress_v by_o the_o aetolian_n yet_o strive_v for_o divide_v the_o booty_n before_o the_o town_n be_v win_v as_o do_v the_o french_a at_o poitiers_n and_o agin-court_n but_o the_o illyrian_n end_v the_o controversy_n slay_v many_o and_o take_v more_o and_o divide_v their_o baggage_n the_o illyrian_n proud_a of_o wor_v the_o stout_a of_o the_o greek_n tuta_fw-la their_o queen_n give_v they_o liberty_n to_o rob_v at_o sea_n who_o they_o can_v friend_n or_o foe_n and_o send_v a_o army_n by_o sea_n and_o land_n which_o invade_v epirus_n and_o take_v phaenice_n by_o the_o treachery_n of_o eight_o hundred_o gaul_n entertain_v there_o be_v drive_v out_o of_o sicily_n by_o the_o roman_n for_o the_o like_a treachery_n lie_v here_o they_o make_v prize_n of_o many_o italian_a merchant_n and_o be_v
heathen_n concern_v god_n 31_o 8._o heathenism_n and_o judaism_n when_o destroy_v 32_o 9_o satan_n last_o refuge_n 33_o chap._n vii_o of_o noah_n flood_n §_o 1_o 2_o 3._o god_n forewarn_v of_o it_o neither_o ogyges_n flood_n nor_o that_o of_o deucalion_n nor_o that_o of_o the_o umbri_n be_v noah_n 34_o 35_o 3_o 4._o some_o record_n of_o the_o universal_a island_n noah_n flood_n supernatural_a ibid._n 6._o no_o need_n of_o new_a create_v water_n what_o the_o cataract_n of_o heaven_n be_v ibid._n 8_o 9_o 10._o noah_n memory_n among_o the_o heathen_a his_o ark_n be_v of_o sufficient_a capacity_n rest_v upon_o the_o hill_n taurus_n 36_o 37_o 38._o chap._n viii_o the_o plant_v of_o nation_n noah_n son_n which_o the_o elder_a 45_o §_o 1._o whether_o shem_n or_o ham_n elder_a than_o japhet_n ibid._n 2._o all_o history_n must_v yield_v to_o moses_n lord_n of_o the_o first_o age_n be_v of_o the_o issue_n of_o ham._n 45_o 3_o 4._o of_o the_o isle_n of_o the_o gentile_n of_o gog_n magog_n tubal_n and_o mesech_n 46_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o berosus_n fiction_n gomer_n and_o togarma_n settle_v in_o the_o east_n of_o the_o other_o son_n of_o japhet_n of_o ascanes_n and_o riphath_n gomer_n elder_a son_n of_o the_o four_o son_n of_o javan_n 47_o 48_o 49._o 10._o cush_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o ham_n be_v in_o arabia_n 50_o 11._o mizraim_n chief_a planter_n of_o egypt_n 52._o 12._o the_o bound_n of_o canaan_n his_o eleven_o son_n where_o situate_v ibid._n 13._o the_o son_n of_o cush_n 54_o 14._o the_o issue_n of_o mizraim_n 55_o 15._o sem_n posterity_n 56_o chap._n ix_o the_o beginning_n and_o establishment_n of_o government_n 58_o sect._n 1._o of_o regal_a absolute_a and_o regal_a temper_v by_o law_n 59_o 2._o the_o approve_a sort_n of_o government_n 60_o 3._o the_o good_a government_n of_o the_o first_o king_n ibid._n 4._o the_o original_a of_o nobility_n 61_o chap._n x._o of_o nimrod_n belus_n and_o ninus_n 62_o sect._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o nimrod_n first_o sovereign_n after_o the_o flood_n build_v ninive_n establish_v the_o babylonian_a monarchy_n 63_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o of_o ninus_n and_o belus_n in_o who_o time_n image-worship_n begin_v the_o first_o idolater_n 64_o 65_o chap._n xi_o of_o ninus_n semiramis_n and_o belus_n ibid._n book_n ii_o from_o abraham_n death_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o solomon_n temple_n which_o be_v 1525_o year_n 67_o chap._n i._n the_o time_n of_o abraham_n birth_n and_o order_n of_o the_o assyrian_a empire_n ibid._n sect._n 1_o 2_o 3._o some_o successor_n of_o semiramis_n and_o of_o the_o birth_n of_o abraham_n 68_o 4._o terah_n beget_v abraham_n in_o his_o 130th_o year_n 69_o 5_o 6_o 7._o answer_n to_o several_a objection_n about_o abraham_n age._n 70_o 71_o 8._o the_o assyrian_a time_n regulate_v by_o abraham_n history_n ibid._n 9_o amraphel_n probable_o be_v ninias_n 72_o 10_o 11._o arioth_n king_n of_o alassar_n tidal_a king_n of_o nation_n 73_o 12._o chedorlaomer_n chief_a of_o the_o four_n 74_o chap._n ii_o of_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n from_o cham_n to_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o israelite_n 75_o sect._n 1._o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o history_n ibid._n 2._o i_o be_o begin_v his_o reign_n in_o egypt_n after_o the_o flood_n anno_fw-la 191._o ibid._n 3._o the_o dynasty_n be_v not_o king_n but_o vice-roys_n 76_o 4._o cham_fw-mi and_o mizraim_n or_o oris_n ibid._n 5_o 6._o osiris_n reign_n guess_v at_o typhon_n and_o hercules_n their_o reign_n 77_o 7_o 8._o busiris_n or_o orus_n reign_n rathoris_fw-la succeed_v his_o sister_n 78_o chap._n iii_o israel_n delivery_n out_o of_o egypt_n 79_o sect._n 1._o israel_n captivity_n and_o moses_n birth_n ibid._n 2._o city_n of_o egypt_n in_o scripture_n ibid._n 3_o 4_o 5._o moses_n preservation_n and_o education_n pharaoh_n and_o his_o army_n drown_v and_o moses_n passage_n miraculous_a 80_o 81._o chap._n iu._n §_o 1._o the_o israelite_n journey_n from_o the_o red_a sea_n to_o sinai_n 83_o 2._o of_o the_o amalekite_n midianites_n kenites_n and_o of_o jethro_n ibid._n 3._o when_o the_o law_n be_v give_v 84_o chap._n v._o §._o 1_o the_o story_n from_o receive_v the_o law_n to_o moses_n death_n 84._o 2._o the_o offer_v of_o the_o twelve_o prince_n the_o passover_n and_o jethro_n departure_n 85_o 3._o israel_n journey_n from_o horeb_n to_o kades_n 86_o 4._o their_o unwillingness_n to_o return_v they_o remove_v to_o zin_n 87_o 5_o 6._o they_o turn_v to_o the_o north._n ibid._n 7._o of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o lord_n battle_n and_o other_o lose_a book_n 88_o 8._o moses_n spare_v lot_n issue_n 89_o 9_o the_o midianite_n and_o moabite_n corrupt_v israel_n ibid._n chap._n vi_o of_o the_o border_v nation_n of_o other_o renown_a man_n and_o of_o iushua_n acts._n 90_o sect._n 1._o how_o the_o border_a nation_n be_v prepare_v to_o be_v enemy_n to_o israel_n ibid._n 2_o 3._o of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o canaanite_n and_o moabite_n of_o the_o midianite_n amalekites_n and_o ismaelite_n 91_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o prometheus_n atlas_n pelasgus_n deucalion_n hermy_n aesculapius_n when_o they_o flourish_v 92_o 93_o 94_o 95._o 8._o of_o joshua_n othoniel_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n 96_o chap._n vii_o sect._n 1_o 2._o of_o the_o phoenician_n kingdom_n and_o the_o invention_n of_o letter_n 99_o 3_o 4._o the_o king_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n from_o jeroboam_n to_o achab._n 101._o chap._n viii_o the_o history_n of_o the_o syrian_n border_v their_o tribe_n on_o jordan_n 103_o chap_n ix_o memorable_a thing_n from_o joshua_n to_o jeptha_n 107_o chap._n x._o the_o war_n and_o destruction_n of_o troy_n 114_o chap._n xi_o of_o samson_n eli_n and_o samuel_n 117_o chap._n xii_o of_o saul_n the_o first_o king_n of_o israel_n 120_o chap._n xiii_o of_o david_n and_o his_o condition_n under_o saul_n his_o reign_n overthrow_v the_o philistine_n and_o hadadezar_n his_o trouble_n last_o act_v his_o vast_a treasure_n his_o cotemporary_n 126_o chap._n fourteen_o of_o solomon_n anno_fw-la mundi_fw-la 2991._o his_o building_n and_o glory_n send_v a_o fleet_n to_o ophir_n his_o fall_n write_n and_o cotemporary_n 133_o chap._n xv._n solomon_n successor_n to_o jehoram_n rehoboam_n impiety_n punishment_n end_v and_o cotemporary_n abija_n succeed_v rehoboam_n asa_n succeed_v abija_n israel_n unhappy_a under_o her_o prince_n jehosaphat_n succeed_v asa._n his_o cotemporary_n 136_o chap._n xvi_o of_o jehoram_n and_o ahaziah_n jehoram_n reign_v alone_o ahaziah_n perish_v with_o the_o house_n of_o ahab_n 143_o chap._n xvii_o athaliah_n usurpation_n and_o government_n for_o 6_o year_n 149_o chap._n xviii_o of_o joash_n amaziah_n and_o their_o cotemporary_n the_o death_n of_o jehojada_n and_o apostasy_n of_o joash_n zachariah_n murder_v by_o joash_n the_o death_n of_o joash_n who_o be_v succeed_v by_o amaziah_n who_o be_v overthrow_v by_o joash_n and_o afterward_o slay_v an_fw-mi interregnum_fw-la in_o judah_n of_o amaziah_n cotemporary_n and_o of_o sardanapalus_n 153_o chap._n xix_o of_o uzziah_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n the_o end_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o life_n of_o the_o olympian_a game_n jothan_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n achas_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n 165_o chap._n xx._n of_o italy_n and_o rome_n foundation_n the_o aborigines_n the_o latin_a king_n till_o aeneas_n a_o trojan_a of_o the_o blood_n royal_a the_o beginning_n of_o rome_n romulus_n birth_n and_o death_n 171_o chap._n xxi_o of_o hezekiah_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n his_o deliverance_n his_o sickness_n and_o recovery_n king_n in_o media_n in_o his_o reign_n 175_o chap._n xxii_o egyptian_a king_n from_o moses_n to_o hezekiah_n many_o of_o which_o be_v only_a regent_n or_o vice-roys_n 177_o chap._n xxiii_o of_o manasses_n who_o succeed_v sethon_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n his_o bondage_n and_o enlargement_n the_o messenian_a war_n 181_o chap._n xxiv_o of_o ammon_n josiah_n and_o the_o rest_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n 187_o book_n iii_o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o philip_n of_o macedon_n 197_o chap._n i._n from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o the_o assyrian_a fall_n the_o connection_n of_o sacred_a and_o profane_a history_n the_o babylonish_n captivity_n several_a opinion_n concern_v it_o nebuchadnezzar_n victory_n and_o action_n 197_o chap._n ii_o the_o persian_a greatness_n how_o it_o grow_v 204._o chap._n iii_o cyrus_n the_o first_o persian_a monarch_n he_o take_v babylon_n his_o last_o war_n his_o decree_n for_o building_n god_n temple_n his_o two_o son_n and_o three_o daughter_n 206_o chap._n iu_o the_o persian_a affair_n from_o cyrus_n to_o darius_n 110_o chap._n v._o darius_n the_o son_n of_o histaspes_n his_o action_n and_o death_n 212_o cahp._n vi._n xerxes_n emperor_n of_o persia_n his_o vast_a army_n oppose_v by_o leonidas_n burn_v the_o temple_n of_o athens_n the_o peloponesian_o beat_v his_o fleet._n his_o army_n be_v soon_o after_o vanquish_v
unprosperous_a than_o that_o of_o general_n beside_o the_o rape_n slaughter_v devastation_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v so_o hateful_a to_o god_n that_o be_v not_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n infinite_a as_o monluc_n marshal_n of_o france_n confess_v it_o be_v in_o vain_a for_o those_o of_o his_o profession_n to_o hope_v for_o any_o portion_n thereof_o such_o cruelty_n be_v permit_v or_o commit_v by_o they_o and_o true_a it_o be_v that_o as_o the_o victory_n obtain_v by_o so_o many_o of_o the_o great_a commander_n be_v common_o ascribe_v either_o to_o fortune_n or_o to_o their_o follower_n or_o cowardice_n of_o the_o vanquish_a so_o the_o most_o who_o virtue_n have_v raise_v they_o above_o all_o envy_n have_v in_o the_o end_n be_v reward_v either_o with_o disgrace_n banishment_n or_o death_n as_o example_n both_o of_o the_o roman_n and_o grecian_n witness_v §_o 3._o philip_n well_o perceive_v the_o roman_n aim_v at_o his_o kingdom_n repent_v himself_o of_o his_o obsequiousness_n to_o they_o yet_o be_v in_o ill_a condition_n to_o help_v himself_o have_v be_v beat_v by_o they_o his_o people_n unwilling_a to_o deal_v with_o they_o and_o no_o friend_n to_o assist_v he_o yeâ—_n necessity_n the_o mother_n of_o invention_n make_v he_o resolve_v to_o remove_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o his_o maritime_a town_n to_o emathia_n and_o people_n they_o with_o thracian_n that_o fear_v not_o the_o roman_n he_o also_o design_v to_o draw_v the_o bacternae_fw-la a_o hardy_a nation_n beyond_o danubius_n into_o dardania_n and_o to_o root_v out_o the_o dardanian_n always_o troublesome_a to_o macedon_n but_o this_o device_n take_v slow_a effect_n and_o be_v hinder_v divers_a way_n his_o subject_n remove_v against_o their_o will_n break_v into_o word_n which_o his_o cruel_a nature_n seek_v to_o repress_v by_o put_v many_o unto_o death_n increase_v to_o exclamation_n which_o inflame_v he_o barbarous_o to_o massacre_v their_o child_n after_o this_o the_o fury_n enter_v his_o own_o house_n and_o vengeance_n be_v pour_v upon_o he_o from_o heaven_n in_o his_o own_o child_n as_o be_v think_v by_o the_o jealousy_n he_o have_v of_o demetrius_n his_o young_a son_n and_o the_o fear_n prusius_fw-la have_v of_o he_o for_o his_o interest_n in_o the_o roman_n affection_n wicked_a instrument_n be_v not_o want_v who_o counterfeit_v a_o letter_n from_o quintius_n to_o philip_n entreat_v for_o demetrius_n with_o a_o intimation_n of_o his_o ambitious_a desire_n against_o his_o brother_n prusius_fw-la one_o didas_n also_o to_o who_o he_o be_v commit_v by_o philip_n pretend_v friendship_n to_o he_o sounded_z him_z and_o tell_v the_o king_n that_o he_o mean_v to_o fly_v to_o the_o roman_n who_o will_v not_o fail_v he_o so_o the_o father_n without_o any_o examination_n command_v his_o unhappy_a son_n to_o be_v murder_v and_o after_o upon_o his_o cousin_n antigonus_n his_o search_n find_v out_o the_o contrivance_n too_o late_o hereupon_o he_o intend_v to_o confer_v the_o kingdom_n upon_o antigonus_n but_o death_n prevent_v it_o §_o 4._o perseus_n succeed_v his_o father_n who_o have_v reign_v forty_o two_o year_n he_o think_v it_o not_o expedient_a to_o imbroil_v himself_o so_o soon_o with_o the_o roman_a war_n but_o to_o settle_v his_o dominion_n and_o therefore_o to_o prevent_v danger_n slay_v antigonus_n then_o to_o get_v his_o subject_n affection_n he_o sit_v in_o judgement_n and_o make_v they_o many_o public_a show_n and_o to_o win_v the_o roman_n he_o send_v and_o renew_v the_o league_n masanissa_n have_v heretofore_o take_v the_o country_n of_o emporia_n from_o carthage_n and_o about_o this_o time_n he_o take_v other_o land_n from_o they_o by_o force_n about_o seventy_o town_n and_o castle_n of_o which_o when_o the_o carthaginian_n complain_v by_o their_o ambassador_n prostrate_v with_o tear_n before_o the_o senate_n desire_v right_o or_o liberty_n to_o defend_v themselves_o against_o he_o or_o at_o least_o to_o know_v how_o far_o masanissa_n shall_v be_v allow_v to_o proceed_v and_o if_o none_o of_o these_o will_v be_v grant_v that_o then_o the_o senate_n itself_o will_v inflict_v upon_o they_o what_o they_o think_v meet_v rather_o than_o to_o keep_v they_o in_o continual_a fear_n of_o this_o numidian_a hangman_n see_v the_o fruit_n of_o their_o envy_n against_o that_o valiant_a family_n of_o the_o barchine_n and_o of_o the_o roman_a peace_n desire_v by_o hanno_n which_o have_v make_v they_o slave_n to_o the_o servant_n of_o the_o numidian_a who_o father_n they_o have_v use_v to_o sell_v over_o africa_n and_o greece_n their_o answer_n be_v gentle_a but_o without_o effect_n and_o masanissa_n have_v a_o mild_a rebuke_n perseus_n be_v not_o yet_o bring_v into_o such_o a_o yoke_n but_o must_v be_v for_o he_o be_v question_v for_o take_v up_o arm_n without_o their_o leave_n though_o to_o subdue_v his_o own_o rebel_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n they_o deal_v with_o greece_n and_o of_o all_o other_o with_o the_o achaean_n who_o presume_v most_o 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