remember_v many_o founder_n of_o the_o city_n but_o livy_n will_v have_v it_o the_o work_n of_o romulus_n etc._n etc._n of_o his_o beget_v birth_n and_o education_n plutarch_n say_v it_o be_v probable_a that_o amulius_n come_v arm_v to_o rhea_n which_o occasion_v the_o tale_n of_o marce_z as_o the_o nurse_n the_o child_n by_o some_o harlot_n occasion_v the_o tale_n of_o a_o wolf_n for_o harlot_n of_o old_a be_v call_v wolf_n halicarnassus_n tell_v we_o of_o the_o like_a report_n they_o have_v of_o cyrus_n nurse_n by_o a_o bitch_n and_o semiramis_n by_o bird_n so_o of_o his_o end_n they_o say_v he_o be_v take_v away_o in_o a_o storm_n of_o thunder_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v probable_o the_o fury_n of_o the_o senator_n remember_v also_o by_o livy_n but_o as_o many_o author_n speak_v of_o great_a lightning_n and_o thunder_n that_o day_n so_o it_o may_v be_v he_o be_v slay_v by_o it_o as_o be_v anastasius_n the_o emperor_n and_o emperor_n carus_n halicarnassus_n say_v they_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v remember_v near_o to_o truth_n which_o say_v his_o citizen_n slay_v he_o etc._n etc._n plutarch_n report_v of_o his_o conquest_n of_o a_o few_o mile_n about_o he_o not_o worth_a the_o speak_n of_o if_o the_o follow_a greatness_n of_o rome_n have_v not_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v remember_v he_o reign_v 37_o year_n first_o alone_a then_o with_o tatius_n and_o after_o his_o death_n single_a till_o he_o be_v slay_v numa_n a_o man_n unknown_a to_o romulus_n succeed_v more_o priest-like_a etc._n etc._n well_o resemble_v rome_n latter_a day_n which_o fall_v from_o emperor_n command_n into_o subjection_n of_o a_o prelate_n swell_v by_o degree_n from_o a_o sheephook_n to_o a_o sword_n wherewith_o victorious_a to_o excessive_a magnificence_n it_o fall_v to_o luxury_n and_o be_v unfortunate_a in_o defensive_a war_n be_v drive_v again_o to_o betake_v himself_o to_o the_o crosier-staff_n chap._n xxi_o of_o hezechiah_n and_o his_o contemporary_n §_o 1._o hezechiah_n at_o 25_o year_n old_a succeed_v about_o the_o end_n of_o achaz_n 14_o year_n in_o the_o 3_o d_o of_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o reign_v 29_o year_n his_o first_o work_n testify_v his_o pious_a zeal_n in_o open_v the_o temple_n shut_v up_o by_o his_o ungracious_a father_n and_o reform_a religion_n etc._n etc._n comp._n 2_o chron._n 29_o and_o 30._o with_o 2_o king_n 18._o it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o he_o do_v this_o in_o his_o father_n time_n or_o in_o his_o sole_a government_n as_o i_o rather_o think_v he_o invite_v also_o the_o ten_o tribe_n to_o the_o passover_n which_o the_o generality_n scorn_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o hezekiah_n the_o israelite_n which_o scorn_v to_o celebrate_v their_o deliverance_n out_o of_o egypt_n fall_v into_o a_o new_a servitude_n wherein_o they_o continue_v to_o this_o day_n for_o salmanasser_n son_n of_o tyglath_n hear_v that_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n practise_v with_o so_o king_n of_o egypt_n against_o he_o come_v and_o after_o three_o year_n siege_n win_v samaria_n and_o carry_v the_o ten_o tribe_n into_o assyria_n and_o media_n and_o place_v other_o in_o the_o land_n these_o late_a assyrian_n and_o persian_a king_n follow_v be_v the_o first_o we_o find_v mention_v both_o in_o profane_a and_o sacred_a book_n and_o therefore_o must_v serve_v to_o join_v the_o time_n of_o the_o old_a world_n with_o that_o follow_a see_v none_o but_o prophet_n have_v write_v otherwise_o than_o fabulous_a of_o former_a time_n true_a it_o be_v that_o cyrus_n and_o some_o persian_a king_n bear_v the_o same_o name_n in_o scripture_n and_o profane_a story_n but_o of_o other_o the_o diversity_n of_o name_n have_v breed_v question_n of_o the_o person_n as_o whether_o salmanasser_n in_o scripture_n be_v nabonasser_n in_o ptolemy_n and_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v nabopolassar_n both_o which_o point_v bucholcerus_n out_o of_o good_a mathematic_a observation_n have_v well_o prove_v for_o by_o they_o it_o appear_v that_o from_o nâ—bonasser_n to_o chrisâ—_n be_v seven_o hundred_o forty_o six_o year_n which_o agree_v also_o to_o salmanassar_n which_o be_v prove_v for_o that_o the_o space_n between_o merdocenpadus_fw-la and_o nabonassar_n be_v find_v the_o same_o between_o merodach_n who_o be_v mardocenpadus_fw-la and_o salmanassar_n functius_n that_o as_o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o samaria_n to_o that_o of_o jerusalem_n be_v 133_o year_n so_o in_o ptolemy_n the_o same_o time_n be_v find_v between_o nabonassar_n and_o nabopolassar_n the_o eight_o year_n differ_v in_o ptolemy_n be_v before_o the_o win_n of_o samaria_n spend_v in_o his_o reign_n §_o 2._o hezekiah_n have_v deny_v the_o tribute_n to_o senacherib_n which_o have_v be_v covenant_v with_o tiglath_n his_o grandfather_n acknowledge_v his_o fault_n and_o labour_v to_o purchase_v his_o peace_n by_o three_o thousand_o talent_n of_o silver_n and_o thirty_o of_o gold_n by_o senacherib_n intend_v to_o set_v down_o the_o condition_n with_o his_o sword_n send_v from_o lachish_n where_o he_o lay_v and_o invest_v jerusalem_n etc._n etc._n where_o vengeance_n from_o heaven_n destroy_v so_o many_o thousand_o for_o their_o master_n blasphemy_n who_o also_o drink_v a_o cup_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n from_o his_o own_o son_n §_o 3._o hezechiah_o his_o sickness_n prayer_n recovery_n and_o sign_n thereof_o 2_o king_n 20._o his_o lamentation_n say_v jerom_n be_v for_o want_v of_o a_o son_n of_o who_o the_o messiah_n may_v spring_v his_o entertain_v the_o babylonian_a ambassador_n and_o vainglory_n therein_o reprove_v yet_o according_a to_o humane_a reason_n he_o think_v fit_a to_o entertain_v they_o familiar_o come_v to_o congratulate_v his_o recovery_n with_o present_n be_v one_o which_o have_v weaken_v the_o assyrian_a his_o great_a enemy_n by_o seize_v upon_o the_o kingdom_n of_o babylon_n of_o which_o he_o have_v be_v lieutenant_n under_o senacherib_n who_o son_n weak_a in_o understanding_n and_o molest_v by_o his_o elder_a brethren_n give_v he_o opportunity_n to_o usurp_v babylon_n as_o belochus_n have_v deal_v with_o sardanapalus_n thus_o belochus_n forty_o eight_o year_n tiglath_n pilesar_n twenty_o seven_o salmanassar_n ten_n senacherib_n seven_n esarhaddon_n ten_n the_o three_o last_o be_v contemporary_n with_o hezechiah_n §_o 4._o hezechiah_n contemporary_n in_o media_n after_o arabaces_n and_o sosarmus_n according_a to_o eusebius_n be_v medidus_n forty_o year_n cordiceas_fw-la fifteen_o year_n then_o follow_v deioces_n fifty_o four_o phraortes_n twenty_o four_o cyaxares_n thirty_o two_o astyages_n thirty_o eight_o and_o cyaxares_n two_o according_a to_o xenophon_n metasthenes_n in_o anneus_n and_o diodorus_n out_o of_o ctesias_n differ_v much_o from_o eusebius_n who_o mercator_n will_v fain_o reconcile_v but_o in_o vain_a in_o athens_n four_o of_o the_o four_o ten_o year_n governor_n in_o lidea_n candaulus_n slay_v by_o gyges_n who_o succeed_v chap._n xxii_o egyptian_a king_n from_o moses_n to_o hezekiah_n §_o 1._o the_o egyptian_n at_o this_o time_n contend_v with_o the_o assyrian_n about_o sovereignty_n give_v the_o occasion_n to_o consider_v the_o state_n of_o the_o country_n which_o have_v flourish_v so_o long_o of_o cham_n osiris_n and_o orus_n and_o the_o rest_n with_o their_o dynasty_n till_o israel_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n we_o have_v hear_v and_o be_v to_o proceed_v from_o thence_o not_o regard_v the_o idle_a catalogue_n of_o name_n of_o king_n set_v out_o by_o herodotus_n and_o dyodorus_n from_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n who_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v but_o vice-roys_n or_o steward_n like_o joseph_n and_o such_o as_o be_v the_o sultan_n in_o late_a age_n for_o first_o we_o may_v not_o believe_v that_o the_o number_n of_o generation_n we_o speak_v of_o be_v above_o eighty_o from_o abraham_n to_o the_o persian_a empire_n whereas_o we_o know_v there_o be_v but_o forty_o two_o generation_n to_o our_o saviour_n christ_n especial_o consider_v many_o of_o they_o be_v of_o about_o forty_o year_n continuance_n we_o must_v therefore_o proportion_v the_o number_n to_o that_o of_o other_o country_n according_a to_o the_o time_n and_o esteem_v the_o rest_n but_o regent_n who_o yet_o rule_v as_o king_n of_o which_o sort_n there_o may_v be_v many_o as_o may_v be_v well_o conceive_v in_o reading_n w._n archbishop_n of_o tyre_n who_o show_v that_o there_o be_v the_o caleph_n elhadech_n supreme_a over_o egypt_n under_o who_o the_o sultan_n rule_v as_o king_n make_v war_n and_o peace_n yea_o supplant_n one_o another_o without_o the_o calephs_n privity_n as_o fall_v out_o under_o elhadech_n under_o who_o san._n be_v sultan_n and_o yet_o chase_v away_o by_o dagon_n and_o upon_o his_o death_n recover_v again_o without_o the_o great_a caleph_n hand_n who_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n only_o attend_v his_o state_n and_o delight_n in_o his_o palace_n which_o manner_n of_o rule_v by_o vice-roys_n the_o author_n judge_v to_o have_v be_v from_o the_o ancient_a king_n of_o egypt_n §_o 2._o it_o be_v
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their_o predecessor_n §_o 2._o iehoram_n reign_v so_o diverse_o date_v in_o scripture_n argue_v that_o jehosaphat_n have_v take_v he_o into_o the_o government_n as_o ahab_n have_v give_v example_n find_v cause_n after_o to_o recall_v that_o power_n probable_a it_o be_v that_o his_o insolent_a idolatrous_a wife_n have_v corrupt_v he_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o the_o government_n both_o for_o religion_n and_o justice_n grow_v so_o far_o out_o of_o order_n that_o jehosaphat_n be_v force_v to_o the_o reformation_n we_o read_v of_o and_o sequester_v his_o son_n from_o the_o government_n till_o it_o be_v settle_v again_o and_o so_o after_o five_o year_n call_v he_o to_o it_o the_o second_o time_n which_o breed_v a_o new_a date_n as_o do_v his_o father_n death_n two_o year_n after_o breed_v a_o three_o many_o thing_n may_v move_v jehosaphat_n to_o iehoram_n second_v call_v to_o govern_v he_o as_o to_o try_v what_o wisdom_n his_o restraint_n have_v wrought_v or_o to_o prevent_v his_o brethren_n insolency_n against_o he_o if_o jehosaphat_n have_v at_o his_o death_n leave_v he_o in_o disgrace_n which_o may_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o great_a tumult_n it_o may_v be_v also_o jehoram_n by_o dissimulation_n have_v win_v the_o good_a opinion_n on_o of_o his_o â—ather_n and_o brethren_n former_o offend_v it_o be_v usual_a in_o violent_a fierce_a nature_n to_o be_v as_o abject_a and_o servile_a in_o their_o adversity_n as_o insolent_a and_o bloody_a upon_o advantage_n howsoever_o it_o be_v this_o be_v manifest_a that_o his_o father_n at_o his_o death_n doubt_v his_o affection_n to_o his_o brethren_n for_o their_o better_a security_n beside_o great_a riches_n give_v they_o the_o custody_n of_o strong_a city_n and_o unusual_a mean_n against_o unusual_a peril_n §_o 3._o jehoram_n be_v reign_v alone_o in_o which_o edom_n and_o libna_n rebel_n §_o iehosaphat_n providence_n for_o his_o young_a son_n avail_v nothing_o against_o the_o determination_n of_o a_o high_a providence_n 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by_o vice-roys_n now_o isaac_n prophecy_n begin_v to_o take_v effect_n that_o esau_n shall_v break_v the_o yoke_n of_o jacob_n for_o after_o this_o edom_n be_v never_o subject_a to_o the_o king_n of_o juda_n yea_o in_o process_n of_o time_n antipater_n and_o herod_n elumeans_n reign_v as_o king_n in_o jerusalem_n lybna_n also_o a_o city_n of_o the_o levite_n in_o juda_n rebel_v against_o he_o because_o he_o have_v forsake_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o his_o father_n in_o defence_n of_o who_o worship_n these_o levite_n think_v themselves_o bind_v especial_o against_o his_o enforcement_n to_o the_o contrary_n wherein_o also_o they_o may_v take_v encouragement_n for_o iehosaphat_n charge_v 2_o chron._n 29.8_o but_o as_o jehoram_n have_v leave_v edom_n in_o their_o defection_n so_o he_o attempt_v nothing_o against_o libna_n which_o seem_v to_o proceed_v from_o a_o doubtful_a mind_n whether_o to_o put_v weapon_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o
palm_n or_o olive_n so_o that_o the_o choice_a orator_n poet_n and_o musician_n resort_v thither_o to_o show_v their_o skill_n in_o set_v out_o his_o praise_n that_o win_v the_o garland_n with_o such_o vanity_n say_v tully_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v a_o conquest_n of_o a_o province_n the_o time_n of_o the_o year_n be_v the_o fifteen_o of_o hecatobaeon_n our_o june_n whereto_o they_o bring_v the_o full_a moon_n §_o 6._o jotham_n twenty_o five_o year_n old_a succeed_v his_o father_n vzziah_n in_o his_o life_n time_n and_o reign_v 26_o year_n happy_a in_o all_o thing_n as_o he_o be_v devout_a and_o virtuous_a 2_o king_n 15.33_o contemporary_n aucomenus_fw-la succeed_v pelesteus_fw-la in_o corinth_n who_o annual_a magisteus_fw-la succeed_v contrary_a to_o pausan._n plutarch_n aeschylus_n in_o athens_n accamenes_n in_o sparta_n tiglath_n pileser_n in_o assyria_n twenty_o five_o year_n and_o two_o with_o his_o son_n twenty_o seven_o in_o all_o nahum_n the_o prophet_n now_o foretold_v the_o destruction_n of_o ninive_n one_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n beforehand_o sosarmus_n and_o medidus_n succeed_v arbaces_n in_o media_n the_o second_o and_o three_o king_n there_o §_o 7._o achas_n succeed_v in_o judah_n one_o year_n with_o jotham_n in_o the_o seventeen_o year_n of_o peka_n he_o be_v twentâ—_o year_n old_a and_o reign_v sixteen_o year_n a_o exceed_a idolater_n sacrifice_v his_o son_n to_o moloch_n or_o saturn_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o heathen_n use_v of_o old_a levit._n 18._o deut._n 12._o by_o many_o nation_n and_o at_o this_o day_n by_o the_o american_n as_o acosta_n witness_v etc._n etc._n god_n raise_v â—im_a enemy_n on_o all_o side_n so_o that_o when_o he_o see_v his_o dead_a god_n fail_v he_o yet_o neglect_v the_o live_a god_n he_o seek_v aid_n of_o tiglath_n pileser_n who_o embrace_v the_o advantage_n to_o go_v through_o with_o what_o his_o father_n enter_v but_o have_v no_o leisure_n to_o finish_v it_o he_o therefore_o invade_v syria_n and_o win_v damascus_n all_o israel_n make_v judah_n tributary_n though_o achaz_n have_v hire_v he_o contemporary_n the_o ephori_fw-la in_o lacedaemon_n 130_o year_n after_o lycurgus_n oppose_v to_o king_n as_o the_o tribunes_z in_o rome_n against_o consul_n alcamenon_n in_o athens_n the_o last_o governor_n for_o life_n after_o which_o follow_v a_o magistrate_n for_o ten_o year_n sylvii_n of_o aeneas_n race_n end_v after_o three_o hundred_o year_n romulus_n now_o build_v rome_n the_o eight_o of_o achaz_n the_o first_o of_o the_o seven_o olympiad_n chap._n xx._n of_o italy_n and_o rome_n foundation_n in_o ahaz'_v time_n §_o 1._o italy_n before_o the_o fall_n of_o troy_n be_v know_v to_o the_o greek_n by_o the_o name_n of_o hesperia_n ausonia_n oenotria_n of_o a_o colony_n of_o arcadian_n and_o italy_n of_o italus_n reyneccius_n derive_v the_o name_n rather_o from_o a_o colony_n of_o aetolian_n which_o inhabit_a brundisium_n from_o who_o name_n with_o small_a change_n that_o part_n be_v call_v italia_n which_o in_o time_n grow_v the_o common_a name_n say_v pliny_n such_o change_n in_o the_o aeolic_a dialect_n be_v familiar_a as_o to_o call_v a_o island_n people_v by_o aetholians_n aethalia_n the_o original_a of_o greek_n and_o latin_n be_v from_o javan_n who_o sail_v over_o the_o ionian_a sea_n between_o aetolia_n and_o the_o western_a ocean_n plant_v greece_n and_o italy_n reyneccius_n make_v atlai_n italus_n one_o which_o berosus_n call_v cethim_n italus_n but_o be_v deceive_v for_o atlas_n be_v esteem_v more_o ancient_a than_o moses_n and_o if_o he_o be_v cethim_n or_o kithim_n noah_n grandson_n his_o antiquity_n exceed_v that_o of_o italy_n which_o name_n virgil_n confess_v late_a and_o from_o a_o captain_n but_o see_v hercules_n a_o little_a before_o troy_n fall_n leave_v a_o colony_n of_o elean_n or_o aetolean_n it_o may_v be_v under_o the_o command_n of_o one_o call_v aitolus_fw-la a_o name_n famous_a among_o aetolian_n italy_n may_v take_v name_n of_o he_o §_o 2._o aborigines_n that_o be_v the_o native_n of_o the_o place_n inhabit_a latium_n who_o halycarnassus_n varro_n and_o reyneccius_n think_v to_o have_v be_v arcadian_n who_o use_v to_o vaunt_v of_o their_o antiquity_n have_v more_o constant_o keep_v their_o country_n in_o peloponesus_fw-la than_o other_o greek_n yet_o be_v fruitful_a send_v colony_n to_o other_o country_n as_o when_o evander_n be_v send_v into_o the_o same_o part_n of_o italy_n pelasgi_n a_o ancient_a nation_n after_o give_v name_n to_o all_o greece_n but_o such_o of_o they_o as_o come_v into_o italy_n lose_v the_o name_n of_o their_o tribe_n in_o a_o short_a time_n sicani_n ausones_n aurunci_n rutili_fw-la in_o after_o age_n disturb_a latium_n whiâ—h_n satâ—rn_n have_v bring_v to_o some_o civility_n and_o teach_v to_o dung_n the_o ground_n that_o latium_n take_v the_o name_n of_o saturn_n lurk_v there_o from_o jupiter_n be_v far_o fetch_v and_o questionless_a a_o fable_n yet_o many_o fable_n be_v occasion_v from_o some_o ancient_a truth_n it_o may_v be_v then_o that_o saturn_n hide_v himself_o be_v some_o allusion_n to_o the_o old_a opinion_n of_o the_o wise_a heathen_a that_o the_o true_a god_n be_v a_o unknown_a god_n to_o who_o paul_n find_v a_o altar_n dedicate_v it_o can_v be_v in_o vain_a that_o the_o word_n saturnus_n shall_v also_o signify_v hide_v come_v of_o the_o hebrew_n satar_n to_o hide_v as_o some_o think_v etc._n etc._n reyneccius_n proceed_v in_o derive_v latium_n from_o the_o posterity_n of_o javan_n inhabit_v a_o territory_n in_o lesser_a asia_n call_v elaitia_n who_o after_o the_o trojan_a war_n go_v into_o italy_n whence_o may_v grow_v elaitinus_fw-la and_o so_o latinus_n etc._n etc._n §_o 3._o the_o latin_a king_n till_o aeneas_n be_v saturnus_n picus_n faunus_n latinus_n whether_o saturnus_n be_v he_o who_o the_o greek_n call_v cronos_n &_o e._n the_o time_n of_o the_o aborigines_n will_v admit_v but_o his_o name_n of_o stercus_fw-la or_o sterculius_n do_v argue_v he_o another_o so_o call_v of_o the_o dung_n he_o teach_v they_o to_o lay_v upon_o their_o ground_n ezechiel_n often_o call_v idol_n deos_fw-la stercoreos_n as_o belzebul_n be_v dominus_fw-la stercoreus_n etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o aeneas_n a_o trojan_a of_o the_o blood-royal_a come_v to_o latium_n with_o some_o 1200_o trojan_n and_o marry_a laviana_n king_n latinus_n daughter_n he_o have_v a_o son_n before_o by_o his_o wife_n creusa_n daughter_n of_o priamus_n call_v ascanius_n and_o surname_v julus_n after_o aeneas_n death_n lavinia_n be_v great_a with_o child_n by_o he_o and_o fear_v ascanius_n flee_v into_o a_o wood_n where_o be_v deliver_v the_o child_n be_v call_v silvius_n posthumus_n bâ—t_v upon_o the_o people_n disapprove_v of_o lavinia_n flight_n ascanius_n call_v she_o home_o use_v she_o like_o a_o queen_n and_o educate_v she_o son_n ascanius_n to_o avoid_v dissension_n leave_v the_o city_n lavinium_n to_o laviana_n and_o found_v alba-longa_n where_o he_o reign_v about_o 30_o year_n and_o leave_v his_o son_n julus_n who_o upon_o contention_n with_o silvius_n who_o the_o people_n favour_v leave_v the_o kingdom_n and_o take_v the_o priesthood_n for_o he_o and_o his_o posterity_n silvius_n posthumus_n reign_v 29._o silvius_n aeneas_n 31._o silvius_n latinus_n 10._o silvius_n alba_n 39_o silvius_n atis_n 36._o silvius_n capijs_fw-la 28._o silvius_n capelus_fw-la 13._o silvius_n tiberinus_n 8._o silvius_n agrippa_n 41._o silvius_n alladyus_fw-la 19_o silvius_n aventinus_n 37._o silvius_n procas_n 23._o silvius_n amulius_n 44._o he_o expel_v his_o elder_a brother_n silvius_n numitor_n slay_v his_o son_n aegestius_fw-la and_o make_v his_o daughter_n ilia_n a_o vestal-virgin_n numitor_n who_o yet_o either_o by_o her_o uncle_n or_o some_o warlike-man_n conceive_v 2_o son_n romulus_n and_o reineccius_n who_o in_o time_n slay_v amulius_n and_o all_o his_o family_n and_o restore_v numitor_n in_o who_o the_o kingdom_n of_o alba_n end_v and_o receive_v magistrate_n yet_o it_o contend_v with_o rome_n till_o her_o three_o curiatij_n be_v vanquish_v by_o the_o three_o horatij_n champion_n for_o rome_n after_o this_o metius_n the_o alban_n dictator_n follow_v tullus_n hostilius_n in_o his_o war_n upon_o tullus_n disadvantage_n withdraw_v his_o company_n to_o distress_n tullus_n for_o which_o he_o be_v tear_v in_o piece_n at_o two_o chariot_n and_o alba_n reign_v but_o the_o citizen_n be_v make_v free_a denizen_n and_o her_o noble_n patricians_z of_o rome_n among_o who_o be_v a_o family_n of_o julij_fw-la which_o have_v since_o rise_v in_o julius_n caesar_n etc._n etc._n §_o 5._o rome_n which_o devour_v the_o alban_n kingdom_n and_o break_v all_o the_o kingdom_n from_o euphrates_n to_o the_o western_a ocean_n as_o that_o alban_n the_o iv_o the_o a_o beast_n with_o iron-teeth_n forspeak_v of_o come_v now_o to_o be_v handle_v only_o touch_v her_o original_a which_o some_o seek_v to_o derive_v from_o janus_n other_o from_o the_o greek_n plâ—tarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o romulus_n
as_o numa_n in_o peace_n he_o make_v breach_n with_o the_o alban_n but_o doubt_v the_o tuscan_n their_o common_a enemy_n will_v make_v advantage_n of_o the_o dissension_n they_o put_v it_o to_o a_o combat_n of_o three_o brethren_n on_o either_o side_n cousin_n germane_a and_o of_o equal_a year_n and_o strength_n but_o the_o horatij_n of_o rome_n prevail_v against_o the_o curatij_n and_o alba_n where_o the_o latin_n submit_v to_o rome_n and_o alba_n not_o long_o after_o be_v demolish_v hyppomanes_n have_v rule_v seven_o year_n in_o athens_n in_o the_o entrance_n of_o manasses_n and_o the_o three_o last_o governor_n for_o ten_o year_n be_v in_o his_o time_n in_o who_o time_n â—_o follow_v halicarnasseus_n who_o profess_v care_n in_o match_v the_o grecian_a year_n with_o the_o roman_a occasion_n begin_v with_o rome_n building_n the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o seven_o olympiad_n and_o the_o first_o of_o cecrops_n in_o athens_n midas_n now_o reign_v in_o phrygia_n etc._n etc._n the_o scythian_n invade_v he_o syracuse_z in_o sicily_n found_v by_o archias_n miscellus_n and_o other_o corinthian_n nicomedia_n former_o astacus_n in_o propontis_n enlarge_v by_o zipartus_n navy_n of_o thrace_n sibylla_n of_o samus_n now_o live_v according_a to_o pausanias_n croton_n on_o the_o bay_n of_o tarentum_n build_v by_o miscellus_n gela_n in_o sicily_n phaselis_n in_o pamphylia_n chalcedon_n in_o asia_n build_v by_o the_o magerense_n the_o parthian_n expel_v lacedaemon_n be_v conduct_v by_o phalantus_fw-la into_o italy_n where_o they_o take_v tarentum_n 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 §_o 1._o ammon_n twenty_o two_o year_n old_a succeed_v two_o year_n and_o be_v as_o wicked_a as_o his_o father_n have_v be_v his_o servant_n slay_v he_o josiah_n eight_o year_n old_a succeed_v thirty_o one_o year_n he_o seek_v after_o the_o god_n of_o his_o father_n david_n and_o at_o twelve_o year_n old_a make_v a_o worthy_a reformation_n fulfil_v the_o prophecy_n deliver_v at_o bethel_n to_o jeroboam_fw-la by_o which_o history_n it_o appear_v that_o bethel_n and_o some_o part_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n be_v come_v under_o the_o power_n of_o judah_n either_o take_v in_o by_o hezechiah_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o assurhaddon_n while_o the_o babylonian_n who_o love_v he_o be_v busy_a in_o assyria_n or_o at_o manasses_n enlargement_n the_o babylonian_n not_o yet_o fit_a to_o deal_v with_o the_o egyptian_a so_o far_o off_o to_o oblige_v judah_n to_o they_o be_v content_a with_o this_o enlargement_n as_o necessary_a against_o the_o egyptian_n this_o may_v be_v the_o reason_n manasses_n fortify_v himself_o after_o his_o return_n which_o be_v not_o against_o the_o babylonian_n but_o the_o egyptian_n as_o appear_v in_o josiah_n his_o oppose_a necho_n with_o such_o earnestness_n as_o argue_v a_o firm_a league_n with_o the_o babylonian_n that_o egypt_n friendship_n be_v little_a worth_n judah_n have_v oft_o find_v 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jehojakim_n and_o lay_v a_o tribute_n on_o the_o land_n but_o forbear_v the_o conquest_n jehoahaz_n be_v king_n but_o three_o month_n jehojakim_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o josiah_n reign_v ten_o year_n he_o be_v of_o the_o egyptian_a faction_n and_o of_o the_o behaviour_n of_o the_o worst_a of_o his_o ancestor_n which_o have_v so_o infect_v the_o land_n that_o the_o chief_a priest_n also_o be_v defile_v therewith_o yet_o the_o lord_n raise_v up_o prophet_n which_o reprove_v he_o among_o who_o vriah_n fly_v from_o the_o tyrant_n which_o seek_v his_o life_n be_v from_o egypt_n send_v back_o to_o death_n contrary_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o nation_n §_o 3._o of_o the_o king_n of_o media_n and_o babylon_n §_o merodach_n son_n of_o baladan_n take_v advantage_n of_o senacherib_n misadventure_n and_o death_n with_o the_o assistance_n of_o his_o son_n make_v himself_o king_n of_o babylon_n but_o keep_v in_o action_n till_o assurhaddon_n death_n eleven_o year_n so_o that_o he_o can_v not_o intend_v syria_n but_o be_v well_o reward_v then_o by_o a_o great_a part_n of_o assyria_n if_o not_o by_o all_o as_o some_o less_o probable_o think_v yet_o his_o little_a concern_v with_o the_o assyrian_a affair_n all_o his_o long_a reign_n argue_v he_o busy_v at_o home_o in_o settle_v his_o purchase_n there_o and_o have_v amity_n with_o hezekiah_n ben._n mirodacb_n his_o son_n succeed_v twenty_o one_o year_n who_o governor_n as_o i_o take_v it_o captivate_v manasses_n in_o who_o time_n psamniticus_n with_o his_o greek_a mercenary_n prevail_v in_o syria_n which_o may_v procure_v manasses_n his_o release_n and_o it_o may_v be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o samaria_n which_o the_o babylonian_n can_v not_o now_o intend_v nabulassar_n his_o son_n succeed_v thirty_o five_o year_n who_o work_n at_o home_n keep_v he_o from_o look_v abroad_o for_o phraortes_n king_n of_o the_o mede_n invade_v assyria_n and_o besiege_a ninive_n which_o it_o seem_v be_v not_o yet_o subject_a to_o babylon_n for_o nabonassar_n repel_v he_o not_o but_o the_o scythian_n invade_v media_n and_o force_v he_o thence_o phraortes_n son_n of_o deioces_n king_n of_o media_n have_v enlarge_v his_o dominion_n attempt_v ninive_n which_o yet_o remain_v of_o herself_o well_o enough_o say_v herodotus_n custom_n of_o danger_n harden_v the_o un-war-like_a who_o sudden_a unknown_a danger_n amaze_v ninive_n have_v now_o be_v long_o exercise_v so_o that_o phraortes_n and_o his_o family_n perish_v there_o cyaxares_n his_o son_n a_o brave_a man_n of_o war_n win_v in_o lesler_n asia_n all_o from_o halis_n eastward_o he_o besiege_v ninive_n and_o take_v it_o say_v eusebius_n who_o i_o rather_o believe_v than_o herodotus_n say_v the_o scythian_n come_v upon_o he_o which_o be_v not_o likely_a for_o we_o can_v think_v he_o so_o improvident_a but_o rather_o hear_v they_o be_v to_o guard_n media_n he_o leave_v the_o city_n which_o about_o this_o time_n be_v destroy_v as_o we_o read_v in_o tobit_n a_o book_n of_o sufficient_a credit_n for_o the_o story_n of_o those_o time_n and_o sure_o we_o be_v the_o prophecy_n of_o nabum_n be_v fulfil_v by_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o probable_a it_o be_v that_o nabulassar_n after_o cyaxares_n leave_v it_o in_o weak_a case_n may_v seize_v upon_o it_o easy_o and_o put_v a_o viceroy_n in_o it_o which_o upon_o their_o rebellion_n against_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v utter_o destroy_v §_o 4._o the_o scythian_n about_o this_o time_n make_v a_o great_a expedition_n into_o asia_n of_o which_o herodotus_n speak_v much_o and_o many_o fabulous_a thing_n ill_o agree_v with_o the_o time_n their_o first_o eruption_n must_v needs_o be_v within_o the_o reign_n of_o psamniticus_n king_n of_o egypt_n who_o meet_v with_o they_o in_o palestine_n and_o get_v they_o by_o entreaty_n and_o gift_n to_o leave_v the_o country_n before_o this_o they_o have_v waste_v media_n and_o molest_v assyria_n babylonia_n etc._n etc._n andâ—_n be_v say_v to_o have_v
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
their_o rendezvous_n at_o sardis_n who_o whole_a company_n pythias_n a_o lydian_a entertain_v with_o food_n and_o present_v the_o king_n with_o two_o thousand_o talent_n of_o silver_n and_o four_o million_o of_o gold_n want_v seven_o thousand_o which_o xerxes_n make_v up_o and_o give_v all_o back_n again_o yet_o the_o tyrant_n cut_v one_o of_o his_o five_o son_n into_o two_o part_n for_o who_o the_o father_n have_v entreat_v to_o be_v spare_v in_o this_o expedition_n to_o tend_v he_o in_o his_o age._n he_o cut_v mount_n athos_n and_o five_o city_n in_o the_o half_a island_n from_o thrace_n he_o also_o make_v a_o bridge_n of_o six_o hundred_o seventy_o two_o galley_n over_o the_o hellespont_n over_o which_o all_o his_o army_n pass_v in_o seven_o day_n which_o he_o behold_v in_o the_o plain_n of_o abydos_n from_o a_o high_a place_n here_o artabanus_n put_v he_o in_o mind_n that_o man_n life_n be_v so_o much_o more_o miserable_a than_o the_o end_n that_o the_o happy_a man_n oft_o please_v 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grecian_a navy_n lie_v at_o artemisium_n where_o the_o persian_a armada_n think_v to_o enclose_v they_o know_v they_o have_v send_v two_o hundred_o ship_n about_o meet_v they_o in_o the_o night_n unlooked_a for_o and_o defeat_v they_o the_o other_o intend_v by_o strong_a hand_n to_o repair_v that_o loss_n set_v upon_o the_o grecian_a navy_n but_o have_v the_o worst_a leave_v both_o the_o place_n and_o spoil_v to_o the_o enemy_n §_o 4._o xerxes_n be_v enter_v the_o phocian_o country_n ravage_v it_o and_o the_o region_n adjoin_v he_o send_v also_o to_o pillage_v the_o temple_n of_o delphos_n but_o be_v overwhelm_v they_o say_v by_o two_o rock_n which_o break_v from_o parnassus_n sure_o his_o attempt_n be_v impious_a see_v he_o believe_v apollo_n a_o god_n so_o that_o the_o only_a holy_a may_v give_v the_o devil_n leave_v to_o defend_v himself_o against_o his_o own_o servant_n which_o dishonour_v he_o for_o say_v he_o will_v a_o man_n spoil_v his_o god_n mat._n 3.8_o jer._n 2.9_o 10._o yea_o the_o persian_n have_v blame_v the_o athenian_n for_o burn_a cybel_n temple_n in_o the_o city_n sardis_n he_o proceed_v to_o athens_n which_o be_v forsake_v and_o burn_v the_o citadel_n and_o temple_n §_o 5._o the_o athenian_n have_v remove_v their_o wife_n and_o child_n to_o salamis_n etc._n etc._n prise_v the_o common_a liberty_n of_o greece_n before_o private_a yet_o the_o greek_n resolve_v to_o abandon_v salamis_n and_o aegina_n have_v not_o themistocles_n admiral_n of_o the_o athenian_a fleet_n dissuade_v they_o from_o it_o as_o also_o from_o the_o purpose_n to_o fortify_v peloponesus_fw-la only_a and_o abandon_v the_o rest_n of_o greece_n as_o not_o defensible_a yet_o can_v he_o not_o prevail_v till_o he_o threaten_v that_o the_o athenian_n who_o ship_n be_v the_o strength_n of_o the_o greek_a navy_n will_v take_v their_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o remove_v to_o italy_n and_o there_o plant_v themselves_o the_o peloponesian_o know_v how_o desperate_a the_o case_n will_v be_v with_o they_o be_v glad_a to_o yield_v §_o 6._o the_o persian_n deliberate_v to_o offer_v the_o greek_n a_o battle_n which_o the_o king_n desire_v and_o the_o leader_n to_o give_v he_o content_a seem_v to_o approve_v of_o it_o but_o artemisia_n princess_n of_o halicarnasseus_n advise_v the_o king_n to_o set_v forward_o to_o peloponesus_fw-la to_o separate_v the_o greek_a navy_n while_o every_o one_o will_v haste_v to_o defend_v his_o own_o and_o so_o single_a be_v easy_o master_v which_o conjoin_v be_v too_o strong_a by_o their_o better_a skill_n at_o sea_n the_o peloponesian_o amaze_v at_o the_o approach_n and_o fear_v the_o enemy_n march_v to_o peloponesus_fw-la esteem_v all_o greece_n lose_v but_o that_o part_n resolve_v to_o set_v sail_n for_o isemus_fw-la themistocles_n know_v he_o have_v no_o spare_a time_n to_o bestow_v on_o ear_n shut_v up_o by_o fear_n send_v a_o trusty_a messenger_n to_o tell_v the_o persian_n of_o this_o intend_a flight_n will_v they_o with_o speed_n to_o 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prince_n which_o know_v his_o temper_n discern_v his_o saint_n heart_n especial_o mardonius_n author_n of_o this_o war._n he_o therefore_o to_o prevent_v the_o king_n indignation_n go_v unto_o he_o with_o many_o fair_a word_n lay_v the_o faulâ—_n upon_o the_o cowardly_a egyptian_n phoenycians_n and_o cilician_o which_o be_v no_o dishonour_n to_o the_o king_n who_o have_v take_v athens_n which_o be_v principal_o intend_v and_o the_o most_o of_o greece_n hereupon_o he_o desire_v the_o king_n to_o leave_v he_o three_o hundred_o thousand_o man_n to_o finish_v the_o war_n and_o himself_o with_o the_o rest_n to_o return_v to_o asia_n the_o king_n care_n like_v well_o hereof_o and_o make_v haste_n hear_v the_o greek_n intend_v to_o break_v his_o bridge_n as_o themistocles_n have_v inform_v underhand_o so_o to_o weaken_v the_o army_n and_o ease_v the_o country_n §_o 8._o mardonius_n have_v undertake_v to_o reduce_v greece_n remove_v to_o thessaly_n and_o from_o thence_o send_v alexander_n king_n of_o macedon_n with_o great_a promise_n to_o persuade_v the_o athenian_n to_o come_v in_o which_o the_o lacedaemonian_n understanding_n send_v likewise_o to_o persuade_v they_o to_o remain_v firm_a the_o athenian_n answer_v alexander_n renounce_v amity_n with_o xerxes_n as_o long_o as_o the_o sun_n keep_v his_o course_n whereupon_o mardonius_n haste_v to_o athens_n which_o be_v again_o leave_v to_o he_o void_a from_o thence_o he_o solicit_v they_o with_o many_o fair_a promise_n in_o vain_a yet_o the_o lacedaemonian_n grow_v cold_a in_o send_v aid_n till_o the_o athenian_n grow_v to_o threaten_v a_o course_n which_o will_v little_o please_v they_o a_o counsellor_n of_o sparta_n thereupon_o say_v our_o wall_n upon_o istonus_fw-la will_n little_o avail_v we_o if_o athens_n listen_v to_o mardonius_n with_o which_o speech_n the_o lacedaemonian_n bethink_v themselves_o and_o dispatch_v five_o thousand_o spartan_n and_o give_v order_n for_o
twenty_o seven_o day_n after_o with_o lamentable_a effect_n §_o 9_o the_o athenian_n after_o this_o loss_n have_v also_o their_o subject_n abroad_o rebellious_a and_o which_o recover_v their_o long_a lose_a liberty_n at_o home_n also_o the_o principal_a citizen_n weary_v with_o the_o people_n insolency_n change_v the_o government_n procure_v the_o captain_n abroad_o to_o set_v up_o a_o aristocracy_n in_o the_o town_n of_o their_o confederacy_n as_o four_o hundred_o usurp_v it_o at_o home_n but_o the_o army_n at_o samos_n dislike_v that_o usurpation_n and_o alcibiades_n who_o be_v fâ—ed_v from_o the_o lacedaemonian_n who_o have_v honour_v he_o much_o till_o his_o virtue_n have_v breed_v he_o envy_n and_o be_v with_o tissaphernes_n the_o persian_a viceroy_n with_o who_o he_o be_v grow_v into_o such_o favour_n as_o he_o persuade_v he_o to_o stay_v his_o favour_n to_o the_o lacedaemonian_n yet_o his_o revocation_n be_v not_o confirm_v at_o athens_n till_o the_o four_o hundred_o weary_v with_o the_o trouble_n of_o the_o time_n and_o not_o prevail_v with_o sparta_n for_o peace_n resign_v their_o authority_n to_o five_o thousand_o which_o have_v be_v their_o assistant_n who_o present_o agree_v to_o the_o revocation_n of_o he_o and_o his_o companion_n §_o 10._o after_o this_o alcibiades_z join_v with_o the_o athenian_a fleet_n after_o a_o overthrow_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_a fleet_n command_v by_o mindarus_n take_v cyzicus_n perinthus_n chalcedon_n byzantium_n and_o with_o this_o honour_n return_v to_o athens_n where_o he_o be_v make_v high-admiral_n but_o upon_o a_o loss_n of_o a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o fleet_n by_o his_o lieutenant_n in_o his_o absence_n fight_v contrary_a to_o his_o commandment_n he_o be_v again_o force_v to_o banish_v himself_o to_o a_o great_a loss_n to_o athens_n than_o before_o §_o 11._o after_o this_o also_o the_o athenian_n ship_n in_o a_o discomfiture_n be_v force_v into_o the_o haven_n of_o mytelene_n where_o they_o be_v beset_v so_o that_o athens_n be_v compel_v to_o man_n all_o their_o vessel_n to_o relieve_v they_o at_o argamusae_fw-la yet_o the_o ten_o captain_n which_o have_v the_o victory_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v condemn_v at_o athens_n unjust_o as_o after_o appear_v §_o 12._o lysander_n with_o the_o peloponesian_a fleet_n besiege_a lapsacus_fw-la the_o athenian_a fleet_n of_o a_o hundred_o eighty_o sail_n come_v too_o late_o to_o relieve_v it_o and_o then_o put_v in_o at_o sestos_n and_o after_o at_o aeges-potamos_a from_o whence_o they_o daily_o brave_v lysander_n not_o a_o league_n off_o and_o return_v to_o age_n potamos_n from_o whence_o the_o man_n use_v to_o go_v by_o land_n to_o sestos_n leave_v the_o ship_n alcibiades_z live_v near_o and_o see_v their_o negligent_a endanger_v the_o ship_n and_o give_v they_o warning_n which_o they_o regard_v not_o so_o lysander_n come_v sudden_o on_o they_o and_o overthrow_v they_o go_v to_o athens_n with_o pausanias_n and_o agis_n the_o two_o king_n of_o sparta_n and_o summon_v the_o city_n which_o refuse_v till_o famine_n force_v which_o fall_v on_o they_o by_o the_o lacedaemonian_n take_v the_o island_n from_o they_o which_o use_v to_o relieve_v they_o so_o all_o her_o subject_a city_n be_v free_v the_o wall_n to_o the_o port_n cast_v down_o her_o government_n restrain_v to_o her_o own_o territory_n and_o she_o to_o use_v but_o twelve_o ship_n and_o to_o follow_v sparta_n in_o all_o war_n and_o so_o end_v the_o peloponesian_a war_n after_o twenty_o seven_o year_n her_o only_a hope_n of_o recovery_n be_v in_o alcibiades_n who_o death_n the_o lacedaemonian_n procure_v lacedaemon_n abuse_v this_o good_a success_n grow_v odious_a so_o that_o many_o city_n of_o greece_n combine_v against_o she_o and_o thebes_n under_o the_o lead_n of_o epaminondas_n who_o train_v up_o philip_n of_o macedonia_n give_v she_o a_o great_a foil_n chap._n ix_o matter_n concur_v with_o this_o war_n and_o a_o while_n after_o §_o 1._o persia_n after_o have_v artaxerxes_n xerxes_n the_o second_o and_o after_o he_o sogdianus_n his_o brother_n who_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o hester_n but_o one_o year_n who_o darius_n notbus_n succeed_v who_o slay_v sogdianus_n as_o he_o have_v his_o brother_n xerxes_n he_o reign_v nineteen_o year_n amyrtaeus_n a_o egyptian_a ally_v himself_o with_o greece_n overthrow_v the_o persian_a garrison_n in_o egypt_n and_o reign_v while_o darius_n assist_v the_o lacedaemonian_n with_o money_n by_o the_o overthrow_n of_o athens_n recover_v what_o have_v be_v lose_v in_o asia_n the_o lesser_a over_o which_o he_o make_v cyrus_n his_o young_a son_n lieutenant_z but_o upon_o some_o dislike_n intend_v to_o have_v deal_v sharp_o with_o he_o have_v not_o death_n prevent_v §_o 2._o athens_n after_o her_o overthrow_n have_v thirty_o governor_n call_v tyrant_n choose_v to_o execute_v the_o law_n with_o supreme_a authority_n these_o contrive_v to_o retain_v that_o power_n put_v certain_a seditious_a fellow_n to_o death_n without_o law_n which_o all_o man_n approve_v consider_v their_o lewdness_n but_o not_o that_o it_o may_v prove_v their_o own_o case_n if_o their_o governor_n please_v to_o call_v they_o seditious_a as_o it_o fall_v out_o for_o their_o thirty_o send_v to_o lacedaemon_n to_o desire_v a_o garrison_n pretend_v to_o cut_v off_o the_o seditious_a but_o by_o entertain_v the_o captain_n to_o his_o like_n they_o grow_v bold_a with_o the_o chief_a citizen_n and_o shed_v much_o blood_n theramenes_n one_o of_o they_o show_v his_o dislike_n after_o they_o have_v choose_v three_o thousand_o citizen_n of_o their_o like_n to_o assist_v in_o the_o government_n with_o privilege_n in_o question_n of_o death_n to_o be_v try_v by_o law_n and_o not_o at_o commandment_n of_o the_o thirty_o they_o call_v theramenes_n in_o question_n as_o without_o the_o privilege_n and_o put_v he_o to_o death_n §_o 3._o after_o this_o the_o tyrant_n outrage_n make_v many_o good_a citizen_n fly_v to_o thebes_n where_o thrasybulus_n and_o about_o seventy_o more_o resolve_v to_o free_a athens_n of_o the_o tyrant_n and_o take_v phyla_n a_o strong_a place_n in_o the_o territory_n of_o athens_n which_o the_o tyrant_n in_o vain_a seek_v to_o recover_v their_o strength_n increase_a to_o a_o thousand_o with_o which_o they_o get_v pyraeus_n the_o suburb_n of_o athens_n on_o the_o port_n and_o slay_v seventy_o of_o the_o three_o thousand_o which_o come_v to_o expect_v they_o and_o critias_n the_o chief_a tyrant_n the_o tyrant_n send_v for_o aid_n to_o sparta_n and_o lysander_n be_v send_v with_o force_n and_o pausanias_n follow_v not_o to_o overthrow_v thrasybulus_n but_o after_o some_o show_n to_o work_v peace_n which_o he_o do_v send_v the_o thirty_o and_o other_o that_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o tumult_n to_o sparta_n chap._n x._o cyrus_n the_o young_a his_o expedition_n into_o persia._n §_o 1._o artaxerxes_n mnemon_n or_o the_o mindful_a succeed_v in_o persia_n establish_v by_o his_o father_n who_o also_o at_o his_o mother_n parasali_n earnest_a entreaty_n pardon_v his_o brother_n cyrus_n aspire_a and_o establish_v he_o viceroy_n in_o lydia_n and_o those_o part_n §_o 2._o cyrus_n after_o such_o disgrace_n from_o his_o brother_n who_o spare_v his_o life_n only_o for_o his_o mother_n importunity_n of_o who_o favour_n he_o presume_v know_v also_o the_o affection_n of_o his_o people_n and_o presume_v upon_o the_o lacedaemonian_n former_o aid_v by_o he_o think_v his_o interest_n to_o the_o crown_n worth_a prosecute_n he_o send_v to_o sparta_n which_o command_v their_o admiral_n to_o be_v at_o his_o command_n he_o seize_v on_o some_o town_n subject_a to_o tissaphernes_n furnish_v the_o grecian_a captain_n with_o money_n to_o list_n soldier_n to_o be_v at_o his_o command_n then_o make_v a_o show_n of_o besiege_v miletus_n he_o call_v over_o his_o grecian_a force_n and_o sudden_o set_v forward_o towards_o persia._n §_o 3._o tissaphernes_n post_v to_o the_o court_n his_o news_n cause_v 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