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for_o my_o fidelity_n to_o she_o who_o i_o must_v still_o honour_v in_o the_o dust_n though_o far_a than_o the_o defence_n of_o her_o excellent_a person_n i_o never_o persecute_v any_o to_o labour_v other_o satisfaction_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o frenzy_n not_o of_o hope_n see_v it_o be_v truth_n not_o opinion_n which_o can_v travel_v the_o world_n without_o a_o passport_n equity_n alone_o may_v persuade_v if_o there_o be_v not_o as_o many_o form_n of_o the_o mind_n as_o there_o be_v external_a figure_n of_o man_n and_o that_o as_o every_o man_n have_v receive_v a_o several_a picture_n as_o to_o face_n so_o have_v he_o a_o diverse_a picture_n as_o to_o mind_n every_o one_o a_o form_n by_o himself_o every_o one_o a_o fancy_n and_o cogitation_n differ_v there_o be_v nothing_o in_o which_o nature_n so_o much_o triumph_v as_o in_o dissimilitude_n from_o hence_o it_o come_v that_o there_o be_v find_v so_o great_a a_o diversity_n of_o opinion_n so_o strong_a a_o contrariety_n of_o inclination_n so_o many_o natural_a and_o unnatural_a natural_a wise_a and_o foolish_a manly_a and_o childish_a affection_n and_o passion_n in_o mortal_a men._n for_o it_o be_v not_o the_o visible_a fashion_n or_o shape_n of_o plant_n or_o reasonable_a creature_n that_o make_v the_o difference_n of_o work_v in_o the_o one_o or_o of_o condition_n in_o the_o other_o but_o the_o internal_a form_n and_o though_o god_n have_v reserve_v the_o read_n of_o man_n thought_n to_o himself_o yet_o as_o the_o fruit_n tell_v the_o name_n of_o the_o tree_n so_o do_v the_o outward_a work_n of_o man_n so_o far_o as_o their_o cogitation_n be_v act_v give_v we_o a_o light_n to_o guess_v at_o the_o rest_n nay_o it_o be_v not_o hard_a to_o express_v the_o one_o by_o the_o other_o very_o near_o the_o life_n do_v not_o the_o craft_n of_o many_o fear_v in_o most_o and_o the_o world_n love_n in_o all_o teach_v every_o capacity_n according_a to_o
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
expulsion_n of_o native_n and_o that_o every_o man_n begin_v to_o desire_v a_o distinct_a place_n and_o dislike_v to_o live_v in_o common_a phaleg_n son_n of_o heber_n in_o who_o time_n fall_v the_o division_n of_o tongue_n which_o the_o hebrew_n refer_v to_o his_o death_n anno_fw-la 340_o after_o the_o flood_n for_o at_o his_o birth_n anno_fw-la 101_o there_o can_v be_v no_o multitude_n to_o divide_v they_o say_v far_o that_o heber_n give_v phaleg_n his_o name_n by_o prophecy_n foresee_v the_o division_n to_o come_v but_o heber_n may_v without_o prophecy_n foresee_v the_o division_n of_o family_n will_v grow_v upon_o the_o increase_n of_o the_o world_n beside_o phaleg_n may_v change_v his_o name_n upon_o that_o occasion_n as_o jacob_n into_o israel_n long_o before_o he_o die_v for_o his_o death_n fall_v in_o ninus_n day_n but_o 12_o year_n before_o abraham_n whereas_o the_o division_n have_v be_v long_o before_o and_o the_o multitude_n be_v infinite_a in_o ninus_n day_n joctan_n heber_n other_o son_n have_v thirteen_o son_n all_o inhabit_v from_o copuz_n or_o coas_n a_o branch_n of_o indus_n into_o the_o east_n say_v jerom_n but_o their_o particular_a place_n be_v uncertain_a sheba_n or_o seba_n one_o of_o they_o may_v be_v he_o of_o who_o dionysius_n apher_n write_v of_o east_n india_n say_v the_o sabaei_n and_o taxili_n do_v dwell_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o as_o for_o the_o sabean_o which_o spring_v of_o chush_fw-mi we_o find_v they_o in_o arabia_n and_o many_o will_v place_v shaba_n abraham_n grandchild_n there_o in_o arabia_n deserta_fw-la where_o ptolemy_n place_v a_o city_n of_o his_o name_n who_o inhabitant_n pillage_v job._n job_n 1.15_o opher_n another_o of_o ioctan_n son_n jerom_n place_v in_o a_o island_n of_o east_n india_n and_o indeed_o opher_n be_v find_v among_o the_o moluck_v ar._n montanus_n and_o diessis_n seek_v it_o in_o peru_n of_o america_n and_o junius_n take_v barbatia_n in_o characene_n a_o province_n in_o susiana_n to_o be_v it_o corrupt_v from_o parvaim_n to_o barbatia_n as_o for_o peru_n jucatan_n etc._n etc._n in_o america_n they_o be_v late_o mistake_v name_n havilah_n another_o of_o ioctan_n son_n be_v think_v to_o inhabit_v the_o continent_n of_o east-india_n water_v by_o the_o river_n ganges_n as_o the_o country_n of_o havilah_n the_o son_n of_o chush_fw-mi be_v water_v by_o pison_n west_n of_o tigris_n or_o rather_o to_o shur_n but_o if_o the_o common_a opinion_n of_o jerom_n be_v true_a joctan_n and_o his_o posterity_n settle_v about_o mesech_n or_o the_o hill_n masius_n between_o cilicia_n and_o mesopotamia_n and_o that_o these_o three_o son_n or_o their_o issue_n go_v afterward_o into_o east-india_n as_o for_o sepher_n a_o mountain_n of_o the_o east_n as_o jerom_n look_v for_o it_o in_o east-india_n so_o montanus_n in_o the_o west_n make_v it_o andes_n in_o america_n but_o for_o moses_n sepher_n we_o find_v sipphora_n place_v by_o ptolemy_n on_o the_o east_n side_n of_o masius_n neither_o be_v it_o strange_a to_o say_v mesopotamia_n be_v in_o the_o east_n numb_a 23.7_o this_o order_n of_o plantation_n which_o i_o have_v follow_v do_v best_a agree_v with_o the_o scripture_n reason_n and_o probality_n which_o guide_v i_o follow_v little_o esteem_v man_n private_a opinion_n chap._n ix_o of_o the_o beginning_n and_o establishment_n of_o government_n §_o 1._o government_n hitherto_o in_o the_o world_n be_v only_o paternity_n and_o eldership_n from_o which_o the_o word_n elder_n be_v use_v as_o well_o for_o governor_n as_o the_o age_a to_o show_v that_o the_o wisdom_n of_o year_n shall_v be_v in_o governor_n the_o first_o government_n be_v from_o the_o father_n to_o the_o elder_a son_n hence_o grow_v segnour_n and_o segnourie_n for_o lordship_n and_o dominion_n which_o be_v puissance_n in_o property_n and_o power_n power_n have_v command_n of_o subject_n as_o property_n have_v mastership_n of_o servant_n caesar_n have_v power_n to_o command_v whatever_o a_o man_n possess_v but_o property_n only_o in_o his_o own_o when_o paternal_a persuasion_n grow_v too_o weak_a to_o resist_v inclination_n to_o evil_a and_o to_o correct_v it_o when_o it_o grow_v habitual_a necessity_n which_o bind_v all_o mortal_n make_v both_o the_o wise_a and_o foolish_a at_o once_o to_o perceive_v that_o the_o estate_n of_o man_n will_v prove_v more_o miserable_a than_o that_o of_o beast_n if_o a_o general_a obedience_n to_o order_n and_o dominion_n do_v not_o prevent_v it_o and_o that_o licentious_a disorder_n promise_v liberty_n upon_o trial_n will_v prove_v no_o less_o dangerous_a to_o all_o than_o a_o intolerable_a bondage_n necessity_n propound_v and_o reason_n confirm_v this_o argument_n all_o nation_n be_v persuade_v to_o submit_v to_o a_o master_n or_o magistrate_n in_o some_o degree_n which_o change_n be_v please_v when_o compare_v with_o former_a mischief_n in_o want_n of_o government_n yet_o time_n bring_v out_o therein_o some_o inconvenience_n which_o necessity_n also_o seek_v 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〈◊〉_d which_o be_v a_o fountain_n for_o that_o all_o these_o village_n drink_v of_o the_o same_o fountain_n like_o our_o hundred_o and_o when_o malice_n pride_n and_o emulation_n set_v one_o race_n against_o another_o man_n join_v divers_a village_n which_o have_v banks_n and_o ditch_n for_o defence_n call_v it_o oppidum_n as_o oppose_v to_o their_o enemy_n vrbs_fw-la ab_fw-la orb_n a_o circuit_n first_o make_v with_o a_o plough_n say_v varro_n which_o word_n be_v first_o use_v for_o the_o wall_n and_o building_n as_o civitas_n for_o the_o inhabitant_n but_o be_v after_o confound_v yet_o every_o inhabitant_n be_v not_o proper_o a_o citizen_n but_o he_o which_o have_v the_o freedom_n and_o privilege_n of_o it_o and_o be_v capable_a of_o bear_v rule_n in_o it_o and_o as_o city_n grow_v by_o association_n of_o village_n so_o do_v common-weal_n by_o association_n of_o city_n §_o 3._o the_o first_o age_n after_o the_o flood_n be_v call_v golden_a while_o ambition_n and_o avarice_n etc._n etc._n be_v in_o the_o blade_n man_n be_v more_o plain_a simple_a and_o content_v yet_o in_o respect_n of_o government_n they_o be_v as_o the_o follow_a age_n in_o which_o as_o good_a king_n make_v golden_a time_n so_o the_o contrary_a yea_o prince_n beginning_n be_v common_o golden_a in_o which_o their_o game_n be_v common_o smooth_o play_v but_o time_n shrink_v their_o heart_n and_o small_a error_n at_o first_o breed_v great_a as_o it_o be_v also_o in_o every_o man_n life_n his_o youth_n be_v golden_a which_o when_o time_n have_v eat_v up_o and_o breed_v such_o alteration_n we_o praise_v what_o be_v past_a it_o be_v the_o vice_n of_o our_o malignity_n to_o extol_v the_o past_a and_o loath_a the_o present_a such_o inquire_v not_o wise_o say_v ecclesiasticus_fw-la our_o ancestor_n have_v we_o and_o our_o child_n will_v make_v the_o same_o complaint_n and_o what_o be_v new_a shall_v be_v old_a say_v arnobius_n the_o virtue_n of_o king_n
strange_a god_n as_o terah_n himself_o jos._n 24._o yet_o after_o abraham_n be_v call_v their_o willing_a departure_n with_o he_o from_o their_o country_n and_o ordinary_a reverend_a speech_n of_o jehova_n prove_v they_o be_v no_o infidel_n and_o without_o faith_n gen._n 24.31_o 50._o i_o dare_v not_o therefore_o pronounce_v they_o out_o of_o the_o church_n who_o i_o be_o sure_o be_v in_o the_o faith_n §_o 6._o abraham_n being_n first_o name_v prove_v he_o not_o the_o elder_a §_o if_o in_o scripture_n it_o appear_v not_o that_o god_n make_v especial_a choice_n of_o the_o first-born_a as_o it_o be_v in_o seth_n isaac_n jacob_n juda_n david_n etc._n etc._n the_o be_v first_o name_v can_v prove_v no_o birthright_n shem_fw-mi be_v first_o name_v among_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n whereof_o say_v augustine_n order_n of_o nativity_n be_v not_o here_o respect_v but_o signification_n of_o future_a dignity_n in_o gen._n 25._o and_o he_o rather_o judge_v abraham_n the_o young_a of_o the_o three_o piety_n say_v he_o or_o rather_o divine_a election_n which_o draw_v with_o it_o piety_n and_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n give_v precedence_n to_o shem_n among_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n and_o to_o abraham_n among_o the_o son_n of_o terah_n again_o moses_n testify_v abraham_n be_v 75_o year_n old_a when_o he_o leave_v charran_n stephen_n say_v it_o be_v after_o terah_n death_n at_o 83_o he_o rescue_v lot_n at_o 86_o ishmael_n be_v bear_v and_o isaac_n at_o 100_o and_o all_o in_o canaan_n but_o if_o he_o beget_v abraham_n at_o 70_o abraham_n must_v be_v 135_o year_n old_a when_o he_o enter_v canaan_n etc._n etc._n moreover_o by_o this_o account_n isaac_n must_v be_v 35_o year_n old_a and_o ishmael_n 49._o at_o terah_n death_n and_o bear_v in_o mesopotamia_n contrary_a to_o scripture_n three_o by_o this_o reckon_n terah_n shall_v be_v but_o 145_o year_n old_a at_o his_o death_n when_o abraham_n be_v 75._o four_o sarah_n be_v within_o ten_o year_n of_o abraham_n her_o uncle_n haran_n her_o 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terah_n scaliger_n seth_n calvisius_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o contrary_a call_v it_o heresy_n in_o chronology_n bucholcreus_fw-la chitreus_n functius_n and_o other_o follow_v they_o yet_o torniellus_n in_o his_o annal_n confute_v they_o but_o if_o we_o advise_o consider_v the_o state_n of_o the_o world_n in_o abraham_n day_n we_o shall_v rather_o increase_v the_o time_n from_o the_o flood_n to_o abraham_n as_o the_o septuagint_n do_v to_o 1072_o than_o shorten_v it_o to_o 292_o for_o such_o pare_n of_o time_n to_o the_o quick_a draw_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o story_n if_o scripture_n testimony_n be_v not_o supreme_a see_v then_o we_o know_v the_o world_n be_v so_o people_v and_o kingdom_n so_o furnish_v with_o city_n of_o state_n and_o strength_n more_o time_n be_v require_v for_o it_o than_o many_o imagine_v etc._n etc._n §_o 8._o the_o assyrian_n time_n order_v by_o abraham_n be_v history_n §_o thus_o abraham_n birth_n be_v 352_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n and_o so_o the_o 2009_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n bring_v ninus_n 43_o to_o the_o same_o date_n of_o the_o 352_o year_n we_o must_v consider_v what_o probable_o be_v spend_v before_o the_o come_n to_o shinar_n admit_v chus_n be_v bear_v the_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n his_o young_a son_n nimrod_n founder_n of_o the_o empire_n bear_v after_o dedan_n son_n of_o raamah_n the_o four_o son_n of_o chus_n can_v not_o according_a to_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o those_o time_n be_v esteem_v bear_v till_o 65_o year_n after_o chus_n allow_v 30_o year_n to_o chus_n before_o his_o first_o son_n and_o 30_o year_n to_o raama_n father_n of_o dedan_n bear_v before_o nimrod_n and_o 5_o year_n for_o his_o five_o elder_a brethren_n allow_v 60_o year_n after_o for_o two_o generation_n before_o their_o set_n forth_o before_o shinar_n and_o six_o year_n for_o their_o travail_n with_o wife_n child_n and_o cattle_n out_o of_o the_o east_n through_o overgrow_a country_n and_o mountain_n thus_o 131_o year_n be_v spend_v 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of_o abraham_n it_o be_v object_v that_o chedorlaomer_n be_v great_a now_o than_o amraphel_n who_o therefore_o be_v not_o like_a to_o be_v ninias_n to_o this_o it_o may_v be_v answer_v under_o ninias_n the_o babylonian_a command_n be_v fall_v and_o the_o persian_a his_o neighbour_n king_n of_o elam_n be_v enlarge_v §_o 10._o arioch_n king_n of_o ellassar_n §_o this_o country_n can_v neither_o be_v pontus_n nor_o hellespontus_n as_o some_o think_v be_v so_o far_o out_o of_o the_o way_n to_o be_v draw_v by_o the_o persian_a who_o little_o need_v to_o seek_v such_o aid_n against_o such_o petty_a king_n which_o have_v not_o in_o all_o so_o much_o ground_n as_o middlesex_n of_o which_o sort_n canaan_n have_v 33_o destroy_v by_o joshua_n and_o the_o whole_a country_n these_o four_o king_n subdue_v be_v no_o more_o than_o the_o two_o little_a province_n of_o traconitis_n or_o basan_n and_o the_o region_n of_o the_o moabite_n stephanus_n a_o grecian_a cosmographer_n de_fw-fr vrbibus_fw-la find_v ellas_n in_o the_o border_n of_o coelosyria_n and_o hierom_n call_v it_o the_o city_n of_o arioch_n this_o city_n be_v also_o in_o the_o border_n of_o arabia_n of_o which_o arioch_n indeed_o be_v king_n and_o confederate_a with_o the_o assyrian_a king_n as_o in_o ninus_n life_n etc._n etc._n §_o 11._o tidal_a king_n of_o nation_n §_o there_o be_v divers_a petty_a kingdom_n adjoin_v to_o phoenicia_n and_o palestine_n as_o palmirenia_n batanea_n laodicene_n apamena_n chalcidice_n cassiotis_n chalibonitis_n have_v mesopotamia_n on_o the_o north_n and_o arabia_n on_o the_o east_n it_o be_v probable_a these_o be_v join_v together_o under_o tidal_a §_o 12._o chedorlaomer_n the_o chief_a of_o the_o four_n §_o he_o be_v not_o king_n of_o assur_n and_o the_o other_o three_o vice-roys_n as_o pererius_n judge_v for_o moses_n never_o use_v elam_n for_o assyria_n or_o babylon_n neither_o do_v i_o believe_v the_o assyrian_a or_o babylonian_a kingdom_n be_v very_o large_a at_o this_o time_n 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call_v he_o zonaras_n sua_fw-la with_o who_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n make_v a_o vain_a league_n against_o salmanassar_n they_o say_v he_o leave_v his_o kingdom_n and_o return_v into_o aethiopia_n to_o avoid_v his_o god_n commandment_n to_o kill_v all_o the_o priest_n of_o egypt_n such_o be_v their_o zeal_n to_o their_o priest_n §_o 7._o sethom_n succeed_v in_o the_o twelve_o of_o hezekiaâ—_n and_o five_o of_o senacherib_n when_o assur_n and_o egypt_n contend_v which_o shall_v rule_v or_o serve_v hezekiah_n though_o fix_v special_a confidence_n in_o god_n hold_v it_o fit_a to_o make_v a_o league_n with_o egypt_n by_o his_o people_n rely_v more_o on_o egypt_n than_o on_o god_n egypt_n promise_v much_o but_o only_o furnish_v he_o with_o some_o treasure_n send_v to_o hire_v arabian_n which_o be_v intercept_v herodotus_n tell_v we_o a_o tale_n of_o sethom_n pray_v to_o vulcan_n his_o god_n for_o aid_n against_o the_o assyrian_n who_o lie_v before_o pelusium_n and_o he_o send_v mouse_n which_o gnaw_v their_o bowstring_n and_o strap_n of_o their_o armour_n which_o make_v they_o depart_v his_o reign_n functius_n resolve_v to_o be_v 33_o year_n give_v no_o reason_n yet_o upon_o search_n i_o find_v it_o within_o one_o yeâ—r_n by_o divide_v the_o year_n from_o rehoboam_n 5_o to_o jehâ—jakims_v four_o among_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n give_v each_o his_o set_a time_n and_o the_o remainder_n to_o sethom_n chap._n xxiii_o of_o manasses_n and_o his_o contemporary_n §_o 1._o manasses_n son_n of_o hezekiah_n succeed_v be_v twelve_o year_n old_a and_o reign_v fifty_o five_o year_n of_o who_o idolatry_n and_o extraordinary_a wickedness_n see_v 2_o king_n 21._o and_o 2_o chron._n 33._o of_o his_o put_v the_o reverend_a prophet_n isaiah_n to_o death_n with_o a_o wooden_a saw_n be_v eighty_o year_n old_a eusebius_n epiphanius_n isidore_n and_o other_o confirm_v his_o captivity_n in_o babel_n his_o repent_v prayer_n reformation_n and_o death_n see_v 2_o chron._n 33._o merodach_n have_v love_v his_o father_n may_v more_o easy_o be_v persuade_v to_o restore_v he_o §_o 2._o egypt_n after_o sethom_n be_v miserable_o distract_v with_o civil_a dissension_n two_o year_n then_o ill_o reform_v by_o a_o government_n of_o 12_o prince_n of_o which_o 11_o fall_v out_o with_o the_o 12_o the_o be_v by_o he_o subdue_v and_o the_o kingdom_n usurp_v which_o anarchy_n diodore_n put_v after_o sabacus_n omit_v sethom_n contrary_a to_o herodotus_n these_o twelve_o for_o a_o monument_n of_o their_o government_n make_v a_o labyrinth_n near_o the_o lake_n maris_n which_o heroclus_fw-la prefer_v to_o the_o chief_a pyramid_n which_o excel_v diana_n temple_n diodorus_n report_v it_o the_o work_n of_o marus_n or_o menide_n five_o generation_n before_o proteus_n or_o the_o trojan_a war_n and_o reyneccius_n take_v he_o to_o annemenes_n as_o he_o do_v amenophis_n to_o be_v amasis_n and_o sethom_n to_o be_v actisanes_n but_o he_o be_v deceive_v for_o the_o time_n we_o be_v now_o in_o show_v we_o amasis_n be_v anisis_n actisanes_n sobacus_fw-la and_o marus_n one_o of_o the_o 12_o governor_n which_o make_v this_o work_n whereto_o serve_v the_o 12_o great_a hall_n in_o it_o etc._n etc._n psamniticus_n one_o of_o the_o 12._o cast_v out_o by_o the_o rest_n upon_o a_o oracle_n as_o herodotus_n tell_v the_o tale_n which_o diodore_n believe_v not_o hire_v power_n out_o of_o caria_n and_o jonia_n with_o which_o he_o overthrow_v his_o fellow_n and_o rule_v alone_o 54_o year_n say_v hierom_n which_o mercator_n divide_v 44_o alone_a and_o 10_o before_o according_a to_o eusebius_n and_o to_o make_v the_o reckon_a fall_n even_o with_o the_o year_n from_o the_o 5_o the_o of_o rehoboam_n and_o the_o 4_o the_o of_o jehojakim_n we_o must_v confound_v the_o last_o of_o the_o 15_o ascribe_v to_o the_o 12_o governor_n with_o the_o first_o of_o psamnitius_fw-la he_o first_o entertain_v amity_n with_o the_o greek_n displease_v his_o soldier_n â—ith_o prefer_v his_o mercenary_n
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entrance_n into_o syria_n be_v assist_v by_o the_o extraordinary_a valour_n of_o the_o greek_n and_o know_v how_o assyria_n stand_v in_o danger_n by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o mede_n intend_v with_o a_o powerful_a army_n to_o visit_v euphrates_n and_o strengthen_v the_o passage_n about_o carchemish_n or_o further_o to_o invade_v syria_n have_v therefore_o overthrow_v josiah_n in_o his_o way_n not_o intend_v to_o stay_v the_o conquest_n of_o judah_n he_o proceed_v and_o take_v cadytis_n perhaps_o carchemish_n and_o become_v in_o a_o manner_n lord_n of_o all_o syria_n say_v josephus_n particular_o of_o the_o phoenician_n who_o he_o set_v to_o sail_v from_o the_o arabian_a gulf_n round_o about_o africa_n by_o the_o cape_n of_o good_a hope_n in_o his_o return_n from_o euphrates_n he_o take_v jeboahaz_n the_o young_a son_n of_o josiah_n who_o jeremy_n call_v shallum_n who_o the_o people_n have_v make_v king_n and_o put_v he_o in_o bond_n and_o put_v eliakim_n in_o his_o place_n call_z him_z 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be_v attend_v with_o more_o than_o one_o woman_n abroad_o except_o they_o be_v drunken_a which_o dispensation_n woman_n be_v ashamed_a to_o claim_v §_o 6._o jerusalem_n in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o jehojakim_n be_v besiege_a by_o nabuchadnezzar_n the_o second_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n with_o his_o father_n and_o notwithstanding_o the_o assistance_n of_o neco_n king_n of_o egypt_n force_v jehojakim_n to_o become_v his_o vassal_n and_o take_v daniel_n and_o his_o fellow_n hostage_n but_o haste_v home_o not_o intend_v there_o to_o stay_v neco_n come_v with_o such_o disadvantage_n so_o far_o from_o home_n in_o a_o country_n which_o love_v he_o not_o beside_o his_o father_n death_n call_v he_o to_o possess_v his_o own_o before_o he_o seek_v other_o man_n but_o the_o next_o year_n which_o be_v nebuchadnezzar_n first_o and_o neco_n last_o they_o fight_v on_o the_o bank_n of_o euphrates_n where_o neco_n fight_v his_o last_o and_o nabuchadnezzar_n recover_v all_o syria_n pausanius_n succeed_v neco_n but_o inferior_a in_o valour_n he_o think_v to_o restore_v jehoahaz_n his_o prisoner_n and_o cast_v out_o jehojakim_n but_o the_o lord_n say_v to_o the_o contrary_n jehojakim_n also_o rely_v on_o the_o egyptian_n till_o nabuchadnezzar_n force_v a_o tribute_n on_o he_o so_o he_o submit_v quiet_o three_o year_n in_o his_o four_o year_n it_o seem_v that_o jeremiah_n be_v first_o imprison_v tyrus_n hold_v out_o against_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v in_o his_o seven_o year_n besiege_v and_o in_o his_o fourteen_o year_n take_v for_o she_o captivity_n be_v limit_v to_o seventy_o year_n and_o her_o siege_n be_v thirteen_o it_o be_v divide_v from_o the_o main_a by_o a_o deep_a broad_a channel_n excel_v in_o store_n of_o ship_n which_o nabuchadnezzar_n want_v and_o every_o wind_n bring_v supply_v from_o foreign_a part_n so_o that_o it_o fear_v neither_o force_n nor_o famine_n but_o god_n that_o have_v threaten_v tyre_n send_v a_o king_n impatient_a of_o resistance_n to_o undertake_v such_o a_o piece_n of_o work_n to_o stop_v a_o vast_a channel_n in_o the_o sea_n use_v thereto_o the_o wood_n of_o libanus_n not_o far_o off_o and_o the_o ruin_n of_o old_a tyre_n with_o the_o toilsome_a labour_n of_o many_o thousand_o of_o man_n wherewith_o he_o prevail_v at_o length_n but_o the_o wealthy_a citizen_n flee_v by_o sea_n to_o crect_n and_o leave_v little_a wealth_n for_o booty_n therefore_o the_o lord_n promise_v they_o egypt_n see_v ezek._n 29.18_o 19_o jehojakim_n upon_o what_o occasion_n be_v uncertain_a whether_o mutiny_n among_o the_o soldier_n or_o rumour_n of_o the_o egyptian_n come_v against_o nabuchadnezzar_n renounce_v his_o subjection_n but_o be_v present_o subdue_v by_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o slay_v and_o his_o son_n jehojakim_n or_o jeconias_n put_v in_o his_o place_n and_o after_o three_o month_n remove_v to_o babylon_n and_o mattanias_n his_o uncle_n establish_v in_o his_o stead_n and_o call_v zedekiah_n who_o take_v a_o oath_n of_o subjection_n in_o his_o four_o year_n he_o go_v to_o babel_n about_o some_o business_n wherein_o it_o seem_v he_o be_v not_o satisfy_v for_o upon_o his_o return_n he_o begin_v to_o practice_n with_o the_o neighbour_a prince_n of_o moab_n etc._n etc._n what_o year_n johanan_n the_o false_a prophet_n oppose_v jeremy_n nabuchadnezzar_n hear_v of_o zedekiah_n practice_n come_v in_o the_o dead_a of_o winter_n and_o besiege_a jerusalem_n and_o though_o the_o year_n follow_v he_o raise_v his_o siege_n to_o meet_v hophra_n herodotus_n yet_o upon_o the_o egyptian_n abandon_v his_o enterprise_n he_o return_v and_o give_v the_o city_n no_o rest_n till_o he_o break_v it_o up_o zedekiah_n escape_v in_o the_o night_n through_o a_o vault_n under_o the_o earth_n be_v yet_o overtake_v etc._n etc._n and_o his_o eye_n be_v put_v out_o he_o be_v carry_v into_o babel_n but_o see_v it_o not_o as_o ezekiel_n foretell_v ch._n 12.13_o this_o be_v the_o eleven_o year_n of_o zedekiah_n and_o eighteen_o of_o nabuchadnezzar_n the_o year_n after_o the_o temple_n be_v burn_v the_o four_o hundred_o thirty_o first_o year_n after_o the_o building_n what_o follow_v be_v write_v 2_o king_n 25._o jer._n 39_o &_o 52._o the_o history_n of_o the_o world_n book_n iii_o part_v i_o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n unto_o philip_n of_o macedon_n chap._n i._n the_o time_n from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o the_o assyrian_a fall_n §_o 1._o the_o connexion_n of_o sacred_a and_o profane_a history_n §_o before_o the_o grecian_a olympiad_n and_o the_o eastern_a date_n from_o nabonassar_n the_o course_n of_o time_n have_v no_o beat_a path_n as_o after_o it_o have_v more_o certain_a mark_n yet_o from_o ierusalem_n destruction_n the_o former_a with_o the_o succeed_a age_n be_v more_o clear_o discern_v in_o their_o connection_n the_o harm_n which_o some_o have_v find_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o overgrow_a monarchy_n do_v preserve_v their_o name_n which_o otherwise_o may_v have_v be_v forget_v but_o can_v show_v the_o year_n of_o such_o a_o king_n in_o which_o any_o thing_n express_v in_o scripture_n be_v do_v neither_o can_v any_o certainty_n be_v gather_v from_o the_o late_a king_n of_o the_o assyrian_n etc._n etc._n if_o nebuchadnezzar_n reign_n have_v not_o be_v precise_o apply_v to_o the_o year_n of_o jehojakim_n and_o zedekiah_n hence_o have_v we_o the_o first_o light_n to_o discover_v how_o to_o connect_v sacred_a and_o profane_a history_n for_o iudah_n seventy_o year_n captivity_n begin_v under_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o end_v the_o first_o of_o cyrus_n direct_v we_o backward_o and_o forward_o this_o first_o year_n of_o cyrus_n be_v join_v with_o the_o first_o of_o the_o fifty_o five_o olympiad_n and_o that_o he_o reign_v twenty_o three_o year_n before_o his_o monarchy_n and_o seven_o after_o be_v apparent_a and_o give_v they_o four_o hundred_o and_o eight_o year_n between_o troy_n fall_n and_o iphetus_n restore_v the_o olympiad_n we_o may_v arrive_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o true_a grecian_a antiquity_n for_o other_o nation_n let_v st._n augustine_n be_v trust_v §_o 2._o the_o seventy_o year_n of_o babylonian_a captivity_n be_v our_o chief_a mark_n of_o direction_n we_o be_v to_o inform_v ourselves_o true_o therein_o some_o begin_v from_o ieconias_n captivity_n eleven_o year_n before_o zedekiah_n cite_v ezek._n 40.1_o beraldus_n judge_v that_o it_o begin_v the_o first_o of_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o four_o of_o joakim_n cite_v 2_o chron._n 36._o and_o dan._n 1._o matth._n 1.11_o but_o can_v thus_o make_v it_o good_a wretched_a porphyry_n scoff_v at_o st._n matth._n 1.11_o not_o know_v iosias_n son_n have_v divers_a name_n as_o epiphanius_n show_v the_o wretch_n affirm_v the_o book_n of_o daniel_n be_v write_v long_o after_o his_o death_n at_o or_o near_o the_o time_n of_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n who_o eusebius_n apollonius_n etc._n etc._n have_v answer_v and_o the_o seventy_o interpreter_n translate_v it_o out_o of_o hebrew_n one_o hundred_o year_n before_o that_o jaddus_n the_o highpriest_n also_o show_v the_o book_n to_o the_o great_a alexander_n etc._n etc._n true_a it_o be_v the_o jew_n ascribe_v it_o to_o esdras_n and_o equal_v it_o not_o to_o the_o prophet_n but_o put_v it_o among_o the_o hagiograph_n or_o holy_a book_n which_o be_v daniel_n psalm_n job_n proverb_n canticle_n ruth_n lamentation_n ecclesiaste_n hester_n nehemiah_n and_o chronicle_n our_o christian_a council_n and_o father_n acknowledge_v it_o canonical_a and_o our_o saviour_n who_o cite_v no_o apocrypha_fw-la cite_v it_o as_o a_o proof_n exceed_v all_o §_o 3._o that_o the_o seventy_o year_n captivity_n begin_v at_o ierusalem_n destruction_n not_o ieconias_n captivity_n be_v clear_a jeremiah_n himself_o explain_v himself_o and_o daniel_n cite_v by_o some_o to_o the_o contrary_n compare_v chap._n 25.9_o 11_o 12._o with_o chap._n 29.10_o where_o in_o the_o first_o place_n he_o express_o begin_v the_o captivity_n of_o seventy_o year_n at_o ierusalem_n destruction_n and_o thereof_o certify_v the_o captivity_n in_o the_o second_o place_n so_o also_o it_o be_v understand_v by_o themselves_o 2_o chron._n 36.19_o 20_o 21._o so_o dan._n 9.2_o the_o seventy_o year_n refer_v to_o ierusalem_n desolation_n §_o 4._o touch_v the_o king_n reign_v in_o babylon_n those_o seventy_o year_n and_o the_o time_n of_o each_o help_v we_o a_o little_a to_o the_o time_n before_o or_o after_o neither_o it_o seem_v be_v most_o of_o their_o act_n worth_a recording_n for_o as_o nebuchadnezzar_n latter_a time_n be_v either_o in_o delight_n or_o madness_n so_o his_o posterity_n grow_v slothful_a as_o son_n who_o father_n have_v purchase_v enough_o to_o their_o hand_n yet_o let_v we_o consider_v of_o man_n opinion_n therein_o and_o judge_v as_o we_o see_v cause_n the_o sure_a opinion_n be_v they_o which_o follow_v the_o scripture_n which_o name_v only_a nabuchadnezzar_n evilmerodach_n and_o balthasar_n and_o jeremy_n which_o seem_v to_o limit_v the_o dominion_n of_o babel_n to_o father_n son_n
who_o brother_n he_o be_v cyrus_n ever_o after_o so_o trust_v he_o that_o in_o his_o journey_n to_o scythia_n he_o leave_v he_o to_o advise_v cambyses_n his_o son_n §_o 5._o cyrus_n after_o the_o conquest_n of_o lydia_n as_o it_o seem_v invade_v scythia_n and_o take_v amorges_n who_o wife_n spartha_n renew_v the_o war_n take_v cyrus_n and_o so_o by_o exchange_n recover_v her_o husband_n he_o also_o reduce_v the_o phocian_o and_o greek_n in_o lesser_a asia_n be_v fall_v off_o and_o have_v settle_v all_o his_o province_n prepare_v to_o attempt_n babylon_n as_o the_o height_n of_o his_o design_n whereto_o he_o enforce_a head_n and_o hand_n cyrus_n have_v spend_v ten_o year_n in_o order_v former_a purchase_n and_o prepare_v for_o babylon_n know_v the_o strength_n of_o it_o be_v treble_a wall_v of_o great_a height_n and_o surround_v with_o water_n unfordable_a and_o victual_v for_o twenty_o year_n despair_v to_o carry_v it_o by_o assault_n or_o to_o famish_v it_o in_o short_a time_n or_o without_o great_a and_o assure_a guard_n consider_v the_o vast_a circuit_n of_o the_o wall_n above_o forty_o eight_o mile_n of_o thirty_o two_o foot_n thickness_n and_o one_o hundred_o cubit_n high_a cyrus_n have_v consider_v these_o difficulty_n with_o the_o inconveniency_n of_o lie_v long_o at_o the_o siege_n with_o such_o a_o multitude_n and_o the_o doubtful_a term_n of_o conquer_a remote_a province_n with_o the_o dishonour_n of_o make_v show_n to_o attempt_v what_o in_o probability_n can_v not_o be_v compass_v contrive_v how_o to_o turn_v aside_o euphrates_n by_o many_o channel_n balthazar_z in_o the_o mean_a time_n secure_a of_o any_o thing_n the_o enemy_n can_v do_v fall_v to_o feast_v etc._n etc._n when_o the_o lord_n of_o heaven_n against_o who_o he_o exalt_v himself_o send_v a_o message_n by_o a_o divine_a handwriting_n which_o mar_v all_o their_o mirth_n the_o execution_n of_o that_o fearful_a sentence_n come_v on_o as_o fast_o when_o in_o the_o same_o night_n cyrus_n cause_v the_o dam_n between_o the_o river_n and_o his_o trench_n to_o be_v cut_v down_o euphrates_n sudden_o fail_v the_o city_n and_o leave_v the_o besieger_n a_o ready_a entrance_n upon_o a_o secure_a people_n drown_v in_o their_o cup_n no_o historian_n if_o he_o have_v be_v present_a can_v have_v better_o set_v out_o babel_n calamity_n in_o that_o surprise_n than_o do_v isaiah_n two_o hundred_o year_n before_o and_o jeremy_n above_o seventy_o year_n who_o prophecy_n be_v now_o accomplish_v §_o 6._o cyrus_n his_o last_o war_n and_o end_n be_v diverse_o report_v herodotus_n and_o justin_n tell_v we_o of_o his_o war_n with_o the_o massaget_n and_o his_o death_n by_o queen_n tomyris_n but_o i_o believe_v with_o viginier_n that_o war_n be_v rather_o that_o which_o he_o have_v before_o with_o the_o scythian_n and_o that_o tomyris_n be_v sparta_n ctesias_n report_v he_o be_v wound_v in_o his_o war_n with_o derbician_n scythian_n and_o die_v three_o day_n after_o and_o by_o strabo_n report_n he_o be_v bury_v in_o his_o own_o city_n pasagarde_v who_o tomb_n alexander_n the_o great_a open_v say_v curtius_n there_o be_v no_o likelihood_n of_o any_o such_o overthrow_n of_o the_o persian_n in_o scythia_n consider_v cambyses_n present_a journey_n into_o egypt_n and_o therefore_o i_o believe_v he_o die_v at_o home_n as_o xenophon_n report_v set_v down_o his_o oration_n to_o his_o son_n etc._n etc._n §_o 7._o cyrus_n his_o decree_n for_o building_n god_n temple_n be_v in_o true_a consideration_n the_o noble_a of_o all_o his_o act_n as_o a_o service_n to_o the_o author_n of_o all_o goodness_n accomplish_v what_o the_o lord_n have_v promise_v seventy_o year_n before_o touch_v the_o return_n of_o the_o jew_n etc._n etc._n restore_v the_o vessel_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o re-building_n the_o house_n of_o god_n yet_o be_v the_o work_n hinder_v all_o the_o day_n of_o cyrus_n by_o the_o samaritan_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o province_n who_o wrought_v upon_o cambyses_n in_o his_o father_n day_n and_o after_o upon_o suggestion_n that_o it_o be_v a_o rebellious_a city_n etc._n etc._n he_o reign_v thirty_o or_o one_o and_o thirty_o year_n §_o 8._o cyrus_n have_v two_o son_n cambyses_n and_o smerdis_n three_o daughter_n atossa_n and_o meroe_n who_o cambyses_n their_o brother_n marry_v and_o aristona_n wife_n to_o darius_n hystaspes_n as_o be_v atossa_n after_o cambyses_n death_n codman_n mistake_v she_o for_o hester_n because_o she_o be_v call_v hadasa_n but_o nearness_n of_o name_n confound_v not_o the_o person_n where_o the_o one_o be_v the_o know_a daughter_n of_o cyrus_n the_o other_o a_o jew_n who_o though_o a_o while_n she_o conceal_v her_o kindred_n yet_o she_o after_o discover_v it_o etc._n etc._n chap._n iu._n of_o the_o persian_a affair_n from_o cyrus_n to_o darius_n §_o 1._o the_o persian_a king_n be_v diverse_o number_v but_o eusebius_n and_o most_o latin_a author_n follow_v the_o greek_n krentzheim_n have_v refell_v all_o the_o other_o and_o beucer_n make_v it_o good_a by_o scripture_n cyrus_n reign_v in_o all_o thirty_o year_n name_v 2_o chron._n 36._o and_o ezra_n 1.1_o and_o elsewhere_o cambyses_n with_o the_o magi_n eight_o year_n name_v in_o daniel_n 11.2_o darius_n hystaspes_n ezr._n 4.5_o he_o reign_v thirty_o six_o then_o xerxes_n twenty_o one_o year_n plain_o set_v out_o dan._n 11.2_o artaxeres_fw-la longintanus_fw-la forty_o year_n ezr._n 4.7_o call_v also_o artasta_n ezra_n 4.7_o and_o 7.7_o darius_n northis_n nineteen_o year_n ezra_n 4.24_o and_o 5.6_o nehem._n 12.22_o artaxeres_fw-la mriemon_n forty_o three_o year_n nehem._n 2.1_o father_n to_o artaxerxes_n octius_fw-la and_o arsames_n in_o who_o the_o line_n of_o cyrus_n end_v octius_fw-la reign_v twenty_o two_o year_n arsames_n three_z darius_n the_o last_o be_v of_o another_o family_n and_o reign_v six_o year_n all_o these_o be_v by_o eusebius_n fit_v to_o the_o olympiad_n §_o 2._o cambyses_n succeed_v his_o father_n like_v he_o only_o in_o desire_n to_o increase_v the_o empire_n in_o the_o five_o year_n of_o his_o sole_a reign_n the_o three_o of_o the_o sixty_o three_o olympiad_n he_o invade_v egypt_n for_o that_o amà sis_n deny_v he_o his_o daughter_n but_o psamneticus_n reign_v after_o be_v slay_v by_o cambyses_n six_o month_n after_o amasis_n death_n other_o give_v he_o six_o year_n §_o 3._o cambyses_n also_o force_v evelthon_n king_n of_o cyprus_n to_o submit_v he_o destroy_v the_o egyptian_a image_n and_o temple_n and_o send_v to_o do_v the_o like_a to_o jupiter_n ammon_n in_o lybia_n but_o the_o devil_n by_o a_o storm_n oppress_v they_o with_o sand_n yet_o himself_o attempt_v it_o after_o in_o vain_a he_o also_o slay_v apis_n the_o egyptian_a bull._n but_o short_o after_o upon_o a_o dream_n that_o his_o brother_n sit_v upon_o his_o throne_n he_o procure_v praxaspes_n his_o favourite_n to_o kill_v he_o intend_v to_o marry_v his_o sister_n he_o ask_v his_o judge_n what_o law_n permit_v it_o who_o answer_v persian_a king_n be_v lawless_a yet_o he_o cause_v sisanus_fw-la a_o corrupt_a judge_n to_o be_v flay_v alive_a cover_v the_o judge_n seat_n with_o the_o skin_n and_o put_v his_o son_n into_o the_o office_n he_o shoot_v praxaspes_n son_n in_o the_o heart_n to_o show_v his_o father_n the_o wine_n he_o delight_v in_o have_v not_o take_v away_o his_o wit_n mount_v his_o horse_n in_o haste_n to_o persia_n hear_v of_o semendis_fw-la a_o magus_n upon_o likeness_n to_o his_o brother_n usurp_v the_o crown_n his_o sword_n fall_v out_o give_v he_o his_o death_n wound_n he_o build_v babylon_n in_o egypt_n where_o latopolis_n have_v stand_v and_o meroe_n in_o nilus_n by_o his_o sister_n name_n who_o he_o slay_v for_o weep_v for_o smerdis_n §_o 4._o the_o seven_o prince_n descend_v from_o achaemenes_n discover_v the_o fraud_n of_o the_o imposture_n with_o join_a force_n root_v he_o out_o and_o after_o consultation_n whether_o popular_a government_n or_o a_o few_o choice_a man_n or_o regal_a be_v best_a the_o resolution_n be_v to_o make_v he_o king_n who_o horse_n shall_v neigh_v first_o after_o the_o sunrising_a darius_n one_o of_o they_o consult_v with_o oebarus_n master_n of_o his_o horse_n cause_v his_o horse_n to_o cover_v a_o mare_n in_o the_o suburb_n the_o night_n before_o who_o come_v the_o next_o morning_n by_o that_o place_n with_o the_o rest_n make_v darius_n emperor_n by_o his_o horse_n neigh_v first_o 3._o chap._n v._o of_o darius_n the_o son_n of_o hystaspes_n §_o 1._o darius_n come_v of_o the_o second_o race_n of_o achaemenes_n thus_o cyrus_n the_o first_o beget_v teispius_fw-la who_o beget_v arianes_n father_n of_o arsanes_n who_o accompany_v cyrus_n in_o scythia_n where_o cyrus_n upon_o a_o dream_n grow_v jealous_a of_o darius_n but_o afterward_o he_o follow_v cambyses_n into_o egypt_n marry_v two_o of_o cyrus_n daughter_n reyneccius_n give_v hystaspes_n five_a son_n herodotus_n four_o §_o 2._o darius_n make_v many_o
five_o thousand_o more_o §_o 9_o mardonius_n army_n of_o thirty_o thousand_o be_v increase_v to_o fifty_o thousand_o with_o the_o macedonian_n theban_o and_o thessalian_n against_o which_o the_o force_n of_o greece_n be_v one_o hundred_o and_o ten_o thousand_o of_o which_o forty_o thousand_o be_v weighty_o arm_v all_o these_o comfronted_a one_o another_o in_o a_o convenient_a place_n belong_v to_o the_o plataean_n who_o give_v it_o to_o the_o athenian_n upon_o the_o oracle_n promise_v of_o victory_n if_o the_o battle_n be_v fight_v on_o athenian_a ground_n in_o the_o end_n the_o army_n encounter_v each_o other_o mardonius_n be_v slay_v his_o army_n destroy_v and_o artabasus_n with_o three_o thousand_o fly_v to_o byzantium_n and_o so_o ship_v into_o asia_n §_o 10._o xerxes_n be_v at_o sardis_n commit_v sixty_o thousand_o to_o tygranes_n to_o keep_v jonia_n and_o the_o coast_n where_o his_o two_o admiral_n lay_v at_o mycale_n who_o perceive_v the_o grecian_a fleet_n be_v come_v draw_v their_o ship_n on_o ground_n and_o fortify_v the_o place_n and_o disarmed_z the_o samian_o among_o they_o and_o set_v the_o miletian_o far_o off_o to_o keep_v the_o straits_n doubt_v they_o the_o greek_n resolute_o â—orce_v they_o and_o the_o samian_o in_o the_o fight_n get_v what_o weapon_n they_o can_v and_o play_v the_o devil_n against_o the_o persian_n who_o example_n the_o jonians_n follow_v so_o that_o the_o persian_n be_v overthrow_v and_o of_o those_o that_o flee_v the_o milesian_n have_v the_o slaughter_n this_o be_v the_o evening_n of_o that_o day_n the_o battle_n be_v at_o plataea_n which_o be_v the_o last_o that_o be_v hear_v of_o this_o mighty_a army_n levy_v against_o greece_n §_o 11._o xerxes_n not_o regard_v these_o loss_n be_v engage_v in_o the_o love_n of_o his_o brother_n wife_n who_o reject_v he_o and_o after_o of_o her_o daughter_n wife_n to_o his_o son_n whereof_o do_v follow_v the_o savage_a cruelty_n of_o amestris_n his_o wife_n on_o his_o brother_n wife_n and_o his_o murder_n of_o his_o brother_n masistes_n her_o husband_n chap._n vii_o the_o greek_a affair_n from_o the_o persian_a war_n to_o the_o peloponesian_n of_o twenty_o seven_o year_n §_o 1._o the_o greek_n have_v utter_o defeat_v that_o persian_a army_n of_o seventeen_o hundred_o thousand_o and_o leave_v a_o few_o thousand_o of_o they_o that_o the_o peloponesian_o send_v home_o leave_v xantippus_n and_o his_o athenian_n assist_v with_o the_o revolt_a jonê_n who_o take_v sestos_n in_o the_o straight_a of_o hellespont_n between_o which_o and_o abydos_n xerxes_n bridge_n have_v stand_v and_o in_o the_o spring_n return_v home_o take_v their_o wife_n and_o child_n with_o they_o out_o of_o the_o island_n where_o they_o have_v leave_v they_o the_o athenian_n neglect_v their_o private_a interest_n fall_v present_o to_o fortify_v their_o city_n which_o the_o lacedaemonian_n doubt_v the_o athenian_n power_n at_o sea_n dissuade_v but_o in_o vain_a be_v hold_v in_o suspense_n with_o fair_a word_n till_o the_o work_n be_v end_v and_o then_o be_v answer_v that_o athens_n know_v what_o belong_v to_o her_o safety_n as_o they_o have_v show_v in_o the_o persian_a war_n without_o direction_n from_o other_o §_o 2._o the_o athenian_n send_v out_o thirty_o ship_n the_o lacedaemonian_n twenty_n the_o rest_n of_o greece_n add_v thereto_o pausanias_n of_o lacedaemon_n have_v the_o conduct_n who_o have_v possess_v themselves_o of_o many_o principal_a place_n in_o cyprus_n go_v from_o thence_o to_o thrace_n and_o recover_v byzantium_n now_o constantinople_n from_o the_o persian_n after_o this_o pausanias_n beginning_n to_o play_v the_o tyrant_n be_v call_v home_o and_o docres_n put_v in_o his_o place_n who_o be_v also_o mislike_v as_o indeed_o a_o good_a commander_n may_v be_v in_o comparison_n of_o the_o wise_a and_o virtuous_a aristides_n commander_n of_o the_o athenian_n much_o more_o man_n of_o ill_a desert_n the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v weary_o of_o follow_v the_o war_n of_o which_o the_o athenian_n be_v eagâ—r_n return_v home_o and_o take_v their_o easâ—_n while_o the_o other_o get_v honour_n and_o have_v all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o greek_n willing_a to_o be_v command_v by_o the_o athenian_n and_o to_o bear_v what_o charge_n they_o lie_v upon_o they_o for_o the_o common_a defence_n of_o greece_n glad_o refer_v themselves_o to_o aâ—istides_n but_o just_a aristides_n can_v not_o prevent_v the_o athenian_n make_v slave_n of_o their_o fellow_n in_o short_a time_n impose_v thirteen_o hundred_o talent_n a_o year_n upon_o their_o confederate_n timon_z son_n of_o psomiade_n be_v general_n who_o bring_v many_o inhabitant_n 〈◊〉_d greece_n into_o the_o athenian_a servitude_n while_o neglect_v to_o follow_v the_o war_n choose_v rather_o to_o bear_v the_o chaâ—ge_n than_o seâ—ve_v grow_v weak_a as_o the_o other_o become_v strong_a timon_n have_v take_v phaleis_n entrâ—d_a erquidom_n in_o pamphiâ—ia_n overthrow_v the_o persian_a army_n at_o land_n and_o take_v two_o hundred_o ship_n and_o force_v eighty_o sail_n of_o phaenician_n to_o râ—â—_n on_o groâ—nd_n and_o perâ—â—â—_n this_o force_v the_o persian_n to_o a_o honourable_a peace_n with_o the_o athenian_n §_o 3._o xerxes_n become_v cruel_a to_o his_o kindred_n and_o those_o about_o he_o which_o make_v hiâ—_n uncle_n artaâ—â—â—â—â—_n to_o repose_v less_o safety_n in_o his_o fidelity_n thaâ—_n in_o the_o hope_n of_o a_o crown_n by_o destroy_v a_o cruel_a cowardly_a and_o hate_a prince_n thus_o by_o mean_n of_o millorldatus_fw-la a_o eunuch_n the_o king_n be_v murder_v and_o his_o son_n darius_n charge_v with_o it_o and_o put_v to_o death_n but_o artabanus_n be_v surprise_v by_o artaxerxes_n and_o slay_v §_o 4._o artaxerxes_n make_v peace_n with_o the_o athenian_n themistocles_n seek_v to_o check_v the_o people_n insolency_n in_o their_o democratical_a government_n be_v banish_v ten_o year_n who_o for_o safety_n flee_v to_o persia_n where_o to_o avoid_v lead_v force_n against_o athens_n he_o poison_v himself_o §_o 5._o athens_n contrary_a to_o the_o peace_n with_o the_o persian_n measure_v honour_n by_o profit_n think_v to_o surprise_n cyprus_n a_o convenient_a seat_n for_o any_o state_n which_o will_v trade_n with_o syria_n egypt_n cilicia_n etc._n etc._n but_o timon_n with_o two_o hundred_o sail_n solicit_v by_o icarus_n king_n of_o lybia_n to_o join_v in_o conquest_n and_o show_v he_o egypt_n accept_v the_o motion_n succeed_v in_o the_o attempt_n to_o the_o take_v two_o part_n of_o memphis_n till_o magabazus_fw-la send_v force_n to_o assist_v the_o persian_n there_o by_o which_o mean_n the_o athenian_n be_v force_v to_o prosopotes_n and_o there_o slay_v with_o loss_n of_o all_o their_o galley_n and_o fifty_o more_o send_v to_o their_o assistance_n §_o 6._o the_o athenian_n in_o these_o six_o year_n of_o egyptian_a war_n hold_v their_o own_o with_o advantage_n win_v the_o egyptian_a phocis_n tanagra_n etc._n etc._n spoil_v the_o sea-coast_n of_o peloponesus_fw-la and_o then_o make_v a_o peace_n with_o they_o §_o 7._o artaxerxes_n longimanus_fw-la to_o who_o most_o good_a author_n give_v forty_o and_o some_o forty_o four_o year_n be_v he_o which_o so_o much_o favour_v the_o jew_n as_o we_o see_v in_o esdras_n and_o nehemiah_n which_o be_v that_o ahasuerus_n who_o marry_v hester_n live_v in_o susa_n and_o reign_v from_o india_n to_o aethiopia_n and_o therefore_o a_o persian_a now_o as_o darius_n hystaspes_n his_o many_o wife_n the_o honour_n he_o leave_v atossa_n in_o iojachim_n be_v highpriest_n in_o the_o day_n of_o artaxerxes_n prove_v he_o be_v not_o hester_n husband_n so_o much_o less_o be_v xerxes_n and_o mordocha_n prove_v he_o can_v be_v none_o of_o the_o succeed_a king_n of_o persia._n §_o 8._o the_o greek_n prosecute_v their_o civil-war_n leave_v the_o persian_n in_o peace_n for_o many_o age_n their_o egyptian_a expedition_n be_v come_v to_o nought_o the_o lacedaemonian_n recover_v delphos_n which_o the_o athenian_n regain_v and_o commit_v to_o the_o phocian_o but_o the_o baeotian_o recover_v their_o liberty_n against_o the_o athenian_n as_o do_v eubaea_n and_o megaras_n and_o athens_n seek_v peace_n with_o sparta_n for_o thirty_o year_n but_o after_o six_o year_n invade_v samos_n chap._n viii_o of_o the_o peloponesian_a war._n §_o 1._o greece_n be_v never_o under_o the_o government_n of_o one_o prince_n till_o philip_n of_o macedon_n and_o alexander_n his_o son_n and_o by_o they_o rather_o unite_v than_o subject_v as_o they_o be_v by_o the_o king_n follow_v who_o bring_v all_o greece_n into_o servitude_n except_o those_o two_o which_o deserve_v it_o most_o athens_n and_o lacedaemon_n which_o distract_v all_o by_o their_o private_a quarrel_n draw_v all_o the_o rest_n to_o side_n with_o they_o lacedaemon_n have_v live_v under_o one_o form_n of_o government_n four_o hundred_o year_n use_v only_o to_o war_n as_o glory_v only_o in_o valour_n the_o athenian_n to_o the_o contrary_a measure_a honour_n and_o all_o by_o gain_n the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v
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 persuade_v he_o thereto_o photion_n and_o his_o fellow_n fly_v to_o polyspercon_n for_o patronage_n but_o he_o find_v he_o can_v not_o get_v the_o key_n of_o athens_n as_o he_o fight_v without_o offend_v the_o other_o town_n of_o greece_n to_o cover_v his_o intent_n as_o mean_v well_o to_o athens_n he_o send_v photion_n back_o into_o athens_n who_o wicked_o put_v he_o to_o death_n be_v above_o eighty_o year_n old_a who_o have_v be_v choose_v forty_o five_o time_n governor_n without_o seek_v it_o who_o integrity_n be_v approve_v who_o counsel_n the_o city_n never_o repent_v nor_o private_a man_n for_o trust_v he_o philip_n and_o alexander_n honour_v he_o but_o can_v fasten_v no_o gift_n upon_o he_o athens_n never_o after_o breed_v a_o worthy_a man._n §_o 16._o cassander_n with_o such_o force_n as_o antigonus_n lend_v he_o enter_v pireus_n which_o draw_v polyspercon_n headlong_o into_o attica_n with_o a_o army_n but_o for_o want_v of_o victual_n depart_v leave_v alexander_n with_o some_o force_n to_o hindeâ—_n nicanor_n till_o he_o in_o peloponesus_fw-la attempt_v megalopolis_n which_o affect_v cassander_n but_o the_o town_n furnish_v with_o fifteen_o thousand_o able_a man_n be_v so_o defend_v and_o his_o elephant_n so_o gall_v in_o their_o foot_n with_o nail_n drive_v through_o board_n lay_v and_o light_o cover_v in_o the_o way_n that_o he_o prevail_v not_o and_o want_v provision_n to_o stay_v long_o he_o forsake_v the_o siege_n after_o this_o his_o admiral_z clitus_z after_o a_o overthrow_n give_v to_o nicanor_n in_o propontis_n be_v in_o the_o second_o encounter_n antigonus_n have_v furnish_v nicanor_n utter_o defeat_v which_o make_v athens_n submit_v to_o cassander_n as_o do_v other_o city_n §_o 17._o antigonus_n lie_v before_o the_o fort_n nora_n when_o he_o hear_v of_o antipater_n death_n know_v eumenes_n sufficiency_n and_o fidelity_n to_o perdiccas_n think_v no_o man_n fit_a to_o be_v employ_v in_o his_o design_n he_o send_v therefore_o a_o friend_n to_o they_o both_o to_o deal_v with_o he_o to_o take_v a_o oath_n of_o fidelity_n to_o antigonus_n which_o he_o refuse_v except_o olympias_n and_o the_o child_n of_o alexander_n be_v put_v in_o which_o be_v yield_v to_o so_o he_o depart_v antigonus_n have_v before_o this_o take_v on_o he_o as_o lieutenant_n of_o asia_n to_o remove_v governor_n of_o province_n as_o aridaeus_n of_o phrygia_n and_o clitus_n of_o lydia_n which_o repair_v to_o the_o court_n for_o relief_n but_o all_o fail_v in_o clitus_n overthrow_n at_o sea_n §_o 18._o antigonus_z now_o command_v the_o most_o of_o the_o lesser_a asia_n be_v able_a to_o enter_v macedon_n and_o seize_v the_o court_n but_o doubt_v the_o reconciliation_n of_o cassander_n and_o polyspercon_n thereby_o he_o also_o know_v eumenes_n fidelity_n to_o the_o royal_a blood_n against_o he_o therefore_o he_o bend_v with_o twenty_o thousand_o foot_n and_o four_o thousand_o horse_n hope_v to_o surprise_v he_o in_o cilicia_n eumenes_n a_o thracian_a of_o all_o the_o old_a soldier_n be_v only_o faithful_a to_o the_o royal_a blood_n the_o court_n therefore_o give_v he_o commission_n to_o raise_v a_o army_n against_o antigonus_n require_v the_o provincial_n to_o assist_v and_o the_o old_a silver-shield-band_n to_o follow_v he_o §_o 19_o olympias_n the_o old_a queen_n intend_v to_o remove_v aridaeus_n and_o place_n alexander_n son_n of_o roxane_n join_v with_o polyspercon_n enter_v macedon_n take_v eurydice_n and_o aridaeus_n forsake_v of_o all_o that_o follow_v she_o at_o the_o sight_n of_o olympias_n both_o be_v murder_v and_o a_o hundred_o of_o cassander_n friend_n with_o nicanor_z his_o brother_n §_o 20._o cassander_n lie_v at_o the_o siege_n of_o tegea_n in_o peloponesus_fw-la hear_v these_o ill_a tiding_n compound_v with_o tegea_n and_o ship_v his_o army_n into_o thessaly_n the_o aetolian_n keep_v the_o straits_n of_o thermopylae_n by_o land_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o queen_n cassander_n leave_v callas_n with_o part_n
and_o take_v a_o hundred_o private_a hostage_n the_o rhodian_n present_o erect_v statue_n for_o lysimachus_n and_o cassander_n and_o make_v a_o god_n of_o ptolemy_n §_o 3._o demetrius_n chase_v cassander_n beyond_o the_o strait_o of_o thermopilae_n and_o recover_v all_o that_o cassander_n hold_v there_o the_o like_a he_o do_v in_o peloponesus_fw-la set_v all_o free_a and_o translate_v sicyon_n to_o anâ—ther_n place_n and_o call_v it_o demetrius_n then_o he_o be_v proclaim_v general_n of_o all_o greece_n and_o athens_n decree_v all_o his_o commandment_n shall_v be_v hold_v sacred_a and_o just_a with_o god_n and_o men_n cassander_n case_n now_o oblige_v he_o to_o seek_v peace_n for_o macedon_n but_o antigonus_n will_v have_v absolute_a submission_n which_o make_v cassander_n solicit_v the_o confederate_n lysimachus_n ptolemy_n and_o seleucus_n who_o apprehend_v the_o common_a danger_n agree_v to_o join_v force_n against_o a_o common_a enemy_n lysimachus_z with_o part_n of_o cassander_n force_n begin_v and_o pass_v the_o hellespont_n make_v hot_a war_n in_o asia_n which_o antigonus_n haste_v to_o oppose_v but_o can_v force_v lysimachus_n home_o who_o stay_v for_o seleucus_n come_n and_o make_v he_o send_v for_o demetrius_n etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o seleucus_n be_v come_v and_o join_v with_o ptolomy_n force_n and_o lysimachus_n make_v sixty_o four_o thousand_o foot_n ten_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o horse_n four_o hundred_o elephant_n and_o one_o hundred_o aâ—med_a cart_n antigonus_n have_v seventy_o thousand_o foot_n ten_o thousand_o horse_n and_o seventy_o five_o elephant_n they_o meet_v at_o ipsus_n near_o ephesus_n where_o the_o only_a memorable_a thing_n be_v that_o demetrius_n encounter_v young_a antiochus_n son_n of_o seleucus_n and_o so_o pursue_v he_o in_o flight_n that_o seleucus_n interpose_v his_o elephant_n between_o demetrius_n and_o antigonus_n phalanx_n and_o with_o his_o troop_n of_o horse_n so_o force_v it_o that_o many_o soon_o revolt_v and_o leave_v he_o to_o death_n thus_o prince_n common_o succeed_v who_o be_v more_o fear_v by_o their_o enemy_n than_o love_v by_o friend_n §_o 5._o demetrius_n find_v all_o lose_v make_v a_o speedy_a retreat_n to_o ephesus_n with_o four_o thousand_o horse_n and_o five_o thousand_o foot_n think_v long_o to_o be_v at_o athens_n the_o worshipper_n of_o his_o godhead_n not_o know_v they_o have_v repeal_v his_o deity_n till_o he_o meet_v their_o messenger_n not_o as_o theory_n to_o consult_v at_o their_o oracle_n but_o as_o officer_n to_o prohibit_v his_o enter_v their_o city_n which_o shameless_a ingratitude_n more_o afflict_v he_o than_o all_o the_o rest_n yet_o he_o speak_v they_o fair_a till_o he_o recover_v his_o ship_n out_o of_o their_o haven_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o confederate_n be_v divide_v his_o father_n province_n of_o which_o seleucus_n seize_v on_o syria_n and_o part_n of_o asia_n the_o less_o whereat_o the_o rest_n repine_v and_o consult_v to_o oppose_v his_o greatness_n in_o time_n whereof_o he_o be_v not_o ignorant_a know_v the_o law_n of_o sâ—â—te_n ought_v not_o to_o permit_v the_o over-growing_a of_o neighbour_n therefore_o to_o serve_v his_o turn_n of_o demetrius_n against_o lysimachus_n he_o marry_v his_o daughter_n stratonica_n but_o to_o save_v the_o life_n of_o his_o son_n antiochus_n who_o be_v passionate_o in_o love_n with_o she_o he_o give_v she_o to_o he_o the_o like_a alliance_n be_v between_o ptolemy_n and_o lysimachus_n demetrius_n and_o cassander_n demetrius_n and_o ptolemy_n yet_o not_o bind_v to_o each_o other_o but_o for_o the_o present_a as_o it_o have_v be_v with_o christian_a king_n who_o neither_o bed_n nor_o book_n can_v make_v faithful_a in_o their_o covenant_n yet_o demetrius_n have_v this_o advantage_n by_o seleucus_n affinity_n that_o he_o get_v cilicia_n from_o plistarchus_n brother_n to_o cassander_n who_o yet_o be_v pacify_v by_o phila_n their_o sister_n wife_n to_o demetrius_n who_o also_o about_o that_o time_n marry_v ptolomy_n daughter_n yet_o seleucus_n have_v rather_o have_v demetrius_n further_o off_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o cilicia_n as_o ptolemy_n have_v to_o cyprus_n and_o offer_v ready_a money_n for_o it_o but_o in_o vain_a for_o demetrius_n have_v already_o find_v there_o twelve_o thousand_o talent_n of_o his_o father_n §_o 6._o demetrius_n with_o three_o hundred_o good_a ship_n enter_v attica_n besiege_v the_o city_n of_o athens_n which_o ptolemy_n seek_v to_o relieve_v but_o can_v not_o so_o by_o extreme_a famine_n it_o be_v yield_v but_o be_v spare_v notwithstanding_o all_o their_o unthankfulness_n yet_o he_o put_v a_o garrison_n in_o it_o to_o keep_v they_o honest_a by_o force_n then_o he_o go_v to_o peloponesus_fw-la against_o lacedaemon_n but_o be_v hasty_o call_v away_o into_o asia_n where_o lysimachus_n have_v win_v many_o town_n from_o he_o and_o ptolemy_n besiege_v salamis_n in_o cyprus_n where_o his_o mother_n and_o child_n reâ—ained_v yet_o hear_v of_o cassander_n death_n and_o that_o his_o son_n antipater_n and_o alexander_n fight_v for_o the_o kingdom_n and_o that_o antipater_n have_v furious_o slay_v their_o mother_n thessalonica_n for_o affect_v his_o brother_n he_o choose_v rather_o to_o go_v to_o assist_v alexander_n who_o desire_v aid_n of_o he_o and_o pyrrâ—us_n king_n of_o epirus_n §_o 7._o pyrrhus_n son_n of_o aeacides_n a_o infant_n at_o his_o father_n death_n be_v convey_v unto_o glaucias_n king_n of_o illyria_n who_o at_o twelve_o year_n old_a set_v he_o in_o his_o kingdom_n out_o of_o which_o six_o year_n after_o he_o be_v force_v and_o go_v to_o serve_v demetrius_n who_o marry_v his_o sister_n and_o after_o the_o overthrow_n at_o ipsus_n become_v hostage_n to_o ptolemy_n upon_o his_o reconciliation_n with_o demetrius_n in_o egypt_n he_o get_v the_o favour_n of_o berenice_n ptolomy_n principal_a wife_n and_o marry_v her_o daughter_n and_o be_v restore_v to_o epirus_n he_o be_v request_v of_o alexander_n to_o aid_v he_o against_o antipater_n for_o reward_n take_v ambracia_n by_o force_n acarnania_n and_o much_o more_o leave_v the_o unite_a brethren_n to_o divide_v the_o rest_n demetrius_z also_o bâ—ing_v come_v after_o all_o be_v do_v be_v discontent_v and_o pretend_v alexander_n have_v plot_v his_o death_n slay_v he_o at_o a_o feast_n and_o seize_v on_o his_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n at_o which_o antipater_n who_o have_v marry_v lysimachus_n daughter_n be_v so_o enrage_v that_o his_o father-in-law_n to_o quiet_v he_o take_v away_o his_o troublesome_a life_n thus_o the_o house_n which_o cassander_n have_v raise_v with_o so_o much_o treachery_n and_o royal-blood_n fall_v on_o his_o own_o grave_a before_o the_o earth_n be_v thorough_o settle_v demetrius_n after_o this_o access_n of_o dominion_n grow_v to_o such_o dissoluteness_n in_o wine_n women_z and_o idleness_n that_o he_o will_v not_o endure_v the_o trouble_n of_o petition_n and_o do_v justice_n so_o that_o the_o people_n grow_v weary_a of_o his_o idleness_n and_o the_o soldier_n of_o his_o vanity_n have_v lose_v all_o he_o have_v in_o asia_n and_o cyprus_n but_o his_o mother_n and_o child_n which_o ptolemy_n honourable_o send_v he_o home_o he_o go_v against_o thebes_n and_o win_v it_o twice_o then_o he_o go_v against_o pyrrhus_n with_o two_o great_a army_n of_o which_o one_o lead_v by_o pentauchus_fw-la be_v overthrow_v and_o he_o beat_v by_o pyrrhus_n upon_o challenge_n hand_n to_o hand_n which_o loss_n offend_v not_o the_o macedonian_n so_o much_o as_o the_o young_a prince_n behaviour_n please_v they_o seem_v to_o see_v a_o lively_a figure_n of_o alexander_n in_o his_o best_a quality_n this_o esteem_n of_o pyrrhus_n be_v increase_v by_o the_o dislike_n which_o he_o have_v of_o demetrius_n for_o his_o insolency_n and_o cruelty_n to_o his_o soldier_n of_o who_o he_o say_v the_o more_o of_o they_o die_v the_o few_o he_o have_v to_o pay_v in_o the_o end_n he_o grow_v sensible_a of_o their_o general_a hatred_n which_o to_o prevent_v he_o intend_v a_o war_n in_o asia_n with_o a_o royal_a army_n of_o almost_o one_o hundred_o thousand_o foot_n and_o twelve_o thousand_o horse_n and_o a_o navy_n of_o five_o hundred_o sail_n of_o which_o many_o exceed_v all_o former_a greatness_n seleucus_n and_o ptolemy_n doubt_v the_o issue_n be_v earnest_a with_o lysimachus_n and_o pyrrhus_n to_o join_v against_o he_o who_o according_o invade_v macedon_n lysimachus_n enter_v that_o part_n next_o he_o and_o when_o demetrius_n go_v against_o he_o pyrrhus_n break_v in_o on_o his_o side_n and_o take_v berrhaea_n which_o news_n put_v all_o the_o camp_n in_o a_o consternation_n few_o forbear_v seditious_a speech_n and_o many_o desire_v to_o return_v home_o but_o he_o perceive_v their_o design_n to_o go_v to_o lysimachus_n their_o countryman_n lead_v they_o against_o pyrrhus_n a_o stranger_n think_v so_o to_o pacify_v they_o wherein_o he_o be_v deceive_v for_o though_o they_o be_v as_o hasty_a as_o he_o to_o meet_v with_o pyrrhus_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o to_o fight_v with_o he_o but_o to_o
scipio_n take_v it_o who_o carry_v off_o one_o million_o four_o hundred_o and_o ten_o thousand_o pound_n beside_o the_o soldier_n part_n it_o be_v oft_o rebuilt_a and_o invincible_a while_o it_o command_v the_o sea_n which_o almost_o compass_v it_o it_o be_v twenty_o mile_n in_o circuit_n and_o a_o treble_a wall_n without_o the_o wall_n and_o between_o they_o be_v street_n with_o vault_n for_o three_o hundred_o elephant_n and_o stable_n for_o four_o thousand_o horse_n with_o room_n for_o provender_n and_o lodging_n for_o the_o horseman_n and_o twenty_o thousand_o foot_n which_o never_o trouble_v the_o city_n as_o it_o be_v at_o this_o day_n in_o china_n the_o castle_n of_o beyrsa_n in_o the_o southside_n be_v two_o mile_n and_o a_o half_a in_o compass_n with_o a_o arsenal_n under_o which_o the_o ship_n and_o galley_n do_v ride_v the_o form_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v like_o that_o of_o sparta_n have_v titular_a king_n and_o aristocratical_a senator_n but_o in_o latter_a time_n 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stain_v his_o other_o virtue_n §_o 11._o antiochus_n the_o great_a die_v in_o the_o thirty_o six_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n seleuchus_n his_o elder_a son_n succeed_v twelve_o year_n who_o daniel_n describe_v three_o hundred_o year_n before_o onias_n be_v then_o high_a priest_n mac._n 3._o the_o first_o book_n of_o maccabee_n end_n an._n 167_o of_o the_o syrian_a king_n the_o second_o book_n end_v the_o 151_o year_n antiochus_n epiphanes_n succeed_v his_o brother_n in_o syria_n an._n 137_o who_o death_n he_o procure_v ptolomeus_n epiphanes_n after_o twenty_o four_o year_n leave_v egypt_n to_o his_o son_n ptolomeus_n philometor_n so_o call_v by_o the_o rule_n of_o contrary_n for_o murder_v his_o mother_n he_o be_v hate_v by_o his_o subject_n and_o rebel_v against_o by_o his_o brother_n ptolemy_n phiscon_n who_o get_v possession_n of_o alexandria_n upon_o which_o contention_n antiochus_n epiphanes_n his_o uncle_n think_v to_o possess_v that_o kingdom_n under_o pretence_n of_o protect_v the_o young_a prince_n antiochus_n proceed_n herein_o and_o at_o jerusalem_n be_v record_v 1._o mac._n 1._o about_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o macedonian_a war_n when_o beside_o the_o spoil_n of_o egypt_n he_o take_v all_o coelosyria_n and_o sell_v the_o high_a priest_n place_n to_o jason_n thrust_v out_o onias_n and_o after_o sell_v it_o to_o manelaus_fw-la who_o procure_v onias_n be_v flee_v into_o the_o sanctuary_n at_o daphus_n by_o antioch_n to_o be_v murder_v 2_o mac._n 4._o onias_n his_o take_a protection_n of_o apollo_n and_o diana_n seem_v allow_v by_o the_o author_n which_o argue_v the_o book_n to_o be_v apocryphal_a his_o second_o expedition_n into_o egypt_n 2_o mac._n 1._o be_v foreshew_v by_o prodigious_a sign_n in_o the_o air_n for_o forty_o day_n together_o and_o be_v occasion_v by_o the_o unexpected_a agreement_n of_o the_o brethren_n which_o
this_o as_o other_o question_n of_o time_n etc._n etc._n eusebius_n in_o his_o evan._n praepar_fw-la out_o of_o tatian_n name_v many_o greek_a writer_n more_o ancient_a than_o homer_n hesiodus_n age_n be_v also_o question_v some_o hold_v he_o elder_n some_o young_a than_o he_o but_o varro_n leave_v it_o uncertain_a find_v that_o both_o the_o father_n live_v some_o year_n together_o senye_n or_o senemyres_n seem_v to_o have_v rule_v egypt_n at_o this_o time_n for_o tenefersobris_n his_o successor_n precede_v vaphres_n father-in-law_n to_o solomon_n about_o the_o end_n of_o saul_n the_o amazon_n and_o cimmerian_n invade_v asia_n after_o the_o fall_n of_o troy_n six_o kingdom_n grow_v up_o as_o the_o latin_n in_o italy_n lacedaemon_n corintâ—_n and_o achaia_n in_o greece_n syria_n soba_n and_o damascus_n under_o the_o adads_n in_o arabia_n of_o which_o be_v ten_o king_n which_o begin_v and_o end_v in_o effect_n with_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n which_o now_o change_v their_o form_n of_o government_n into_o a_o monarchy_n chap._n xiii_o of_o david_n first_o of_o his_o estate_n under_o saul_n §_o 1._o david_n hazard_n after_o he_o be_v design_v king_n be_v many_o first_o with_o goliaâ—_n which_o win_v he_o fame_n with_o all_o love_n with_o jonathan_n like_o that_o he_o bear_v to_o his_o own_o soul_n and_o a_o ground_n of_o deadly_a hatred_n in_o saul_n though_o it_o break_v not_o out_o till_o he_o have_v entertain_v he_o to_o play_v on_o his_o harp_n and_o have_v make_v he_o his_o son-in-law_n when_o in_o a_o rave_v fit_a he_o throw_v his_o spear_n at_o he_o censorinus_n speak_v of_o esculapius_n a_o physician_n and_o seneca_n of_o pythagoras_n cure_v frenzy_n by_o music_n but_o saul_n madness_n arise_v from_o the_o cause_n of_o cause_n and_o therefore_o incurable_a and_o the_o ease_n he_o have_v god_n ordain_v for_o the_o musician_n good_a more_o than_o the_o king_n be_v saul_n after_o this_o fear_v to_o trust_v david_n about_o his_o person_n employ_v he_o against_o the_o philistine_n hope_v of_o his_o fall_n by_o they_o and_o be_v disappoint_v therein_o he_o move_v jonathan_n and_o his_o servant_n to_o kill_v he_o but_o in_o vain_a from_o many_o other_o desperate_a peril_n the_o lord_n deliver_v he_o at_o home_n and_o abroad_o yea_o in_o a_o mutiny_n of_o his_o own_o etc._n etc._n as_o the_o history_n of_o this_o part_n of_o his_o life_n witness_v saul_n be_v slay_v the_o philistine_n victory_n be_v such_o as_o some_o town_n even_o beyond_o jordan_n be_v abandon_v and_o leave_v to_o their_o oppression_n without_o resistance_n it_o be_v therefore_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o that_o they_o be_v warlike_a and_o ambitious_a do_v not_o follow_v the_o victory_n to_o make_v the_o conquest_n entire_a but_o it_o may_v be_v that_o the_o civil_a war_n between_o david_n and_o the_o house_n of_o saul_n immediate_o break_v out_o give_v they_o hope_n of_o a_o easy_a victory_n over_o both_o whereas_o their_o far_a pursuit_n may_v enforce_v a_o atonement_n against_o 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jealousy_n of_o his_o place_n and_o dignity_n which_o admit_v of_o no_o companion_n much_o less_o a_o superior_a as_o he_o doubt_v abner_n will_v prove_v be_v general_n of_o ten_o tribe_n upon_o like_a jealousy_n he_o also_o murder_v his_o own_o kinsman_n amasa_n the_o death_n of_o abner_n may_v great_o have_v endanger_v david_n condition_n if_o any_o thing_n can_v withstand_v god_n ordinance_n therefore_o he_o wise_o bewail_v it_o so_o open_o complain_v of_o ioab_n greatness_n which_o make_v prince_n oft_o put_v up_o wrong_n at_o their_o hand_n yet_o he_o public_o curse_v he_o etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o david_n reign_n over_o all_o israel_n after_o ishbosheth_n death_n be_v confirm_v his_o first_o enterprise_n be_v against_o jerusalem_n the_o centre_n of_o the_o kingdom_n hold_v by_o the_o jebusite_n from_o joshua_n to_o that_o day_n who_o strength_n be_v such_o that_o in_o derision_n they_o man_v the_o wall_n with_o blind_a and_o lame_a man_n but_o lose_v it_o the_o philistines_n hear_v 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land_n also_o endure_v three_o year_n famine_n for_o saul_n wrong_a to_o the_o gibeonite_n which_o be_v relieve_v by_o the_o death_n of_o seven_o of_o saul_n issue_n of_o which_o five_o be_v the_o son_n of_o michoâ—'s_n sister_n as_o by_o a_o elipsis_n the_o hebrew_n will_v bear_v as_o in_o the_o like_a ver_fw-la 19_o as_o the_o lord_n by_o this_o execution_n secure_v david_n house_n from_o competitor_n so_o be_v the_o nation_n strengthen_v by_o the_o valour_n of_o many_o brave_a commander_n of_o which_o six_o colonel_n under_o the_o general_n have_v thirty_o captain_n of_o thousand_o among_o who_o the_o difference_n of_o place_n and_o honour_n grow_v by_o mere_a consideration_n of_o virtue_n as_o we_o see_v abishai_n brother_n of_o joab_n and_o the_o king_n kinsman_n short_a in_o honour_n of_o the_o first_o three_o david_n thus_o establish_v in_o ostentation_n of_o his_o power_n provoke_v the_o lord_n to_o punish_v his_o people_n with_o pestilence_n for_o his_o number_n of_o they_o 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