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unhappy_a zeal_n shed_v a_o deluge_n of_o innocent_a blood_n and_o have_v all_o his_o kingdom_n possess_v by_o strange_a master_n charles_n v._o son_n to_o arch._n d._n philip_n who_o have_v marry_v ferdinand_n mad_a daughter_n after_o the_o death_n of_o many_o multitude_n of_o christian_a soldier_n and_o renown_a captain_n in_o his_o vain_a erterprise_n upon_o france_n germany_n and_o other_o state_n while_o the_o turk_n take_v the_o city_n of_o rhodes_n be_v in_o conclusion_n chase_v out_o of_o france_n and_o in_o some_o sort_n out_o of_o germany_n be_v pursue_v by_o d._n maurice_n over_o the_o alps_o which_o he_o pass_v by_o torch_n light_n and_o creep_v into_o a_o cloister_n and_o become_v his_o son_n prisoner_n who_o pay_v he_o very_o slow_o philip_n ii_o his_o son_n not_o content_a to_o hold_v holland_n and_o zealand_n wrest_v by_o his_o ancestor_n from_o jaqueline_n their_o lawful_a prince_n and_o to_o possess_v many_o other_o part_n of_o the_o netherlands_n province_n in_o peace_n by_o persuasion_n of_o that_o mischievous_a cardinal_n of_o granvil_n and_o other_o tyrant_n forget_v the_o remarkable_a service_n do_v to_o his_o father_n and_o the_o forty_o million_o of_o florence_o present_v he_o at_o his_o entrance_n and_o his_o solemn_a oath_n twice_o take_v to_o maintain_v their_o privilege_n which_o they_o have_v enjoy_v under_o thirty_o five_o earl_n conditional_a prince_n begin_v to_o tyrannize_v over_o they_o by_o the_o spanish_a inquisition_n and_o other_o intolerable_a imposition_n and_o last_o by_o force_n of_o arm_n seek_v to_o make_v himself_o not_o monarch_n only_o like_o the_o king_n of_o england_n france_n etc._n etc._n but_o turk-like_a to_o overturn_v all_o their_o national_a fundamental_a law_n privilege_n and_o custom_n to_o effect_v this_o he_o easy_o obtain_v a_o dispensation_n of_o his_o oath_n from_o the_o pope_n and_o then_o divide_v the_o nobility_n under_o the_o government_n of_o his_o base_a sister_n margaret_n of_o austria_n and_o cardinal_n granvil_n then_o he_o employ_v that_o merciless_a spaniard_n ferdinand_n alvarez_n d._n of_o alva_n who_o in_o six_o year_n cut_v off_o eighteen_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o gentleman_n and_o other_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o hangman_n fail_v of_o his_o purpose_n by_o force_n he_o try_v policy_n and_o send_v don_n john_n of_o austria_n his_o bastard_z brother_n who_o upon_o the_o papal_a advantage_n make_v no_o scruple_n to_o swear_v and_o have_v receive_v six_o hundred_o thousand_o pound_n of_o the_o province_n to_o ease_v they_o of_o the_o garrison_n he_o sudden_o surprise_v the_o citadel_n of_o antwerp_n namure_n etc._n etc._n yet_o after_o so_o many_o thousand_o slain_n thirty_o six_o million_o of_o treasure_n spend_v in_o six_o year_n he_o leave_v the_o country_n and_o the_o king_n spend_v above_o one_o hundred_o million_o with_o the_o death_n of_o four_o hundred_o thousand_o christian_n
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
216_o chap._n vii_o the_o greek_a affair_n from_o the_o persian_a war_n to_o the_o peloponesian_n 221_o chap._n viii_o the_o peloponesian_a war_n with_o the_o condition_n of_o athens_n and_o sparta_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o it_o alcibiades_z his_o victory_n his_o depose_n 224_o chap._n ix_o matter_n concur_v with_o the_o peloponesian_a war_n and_o some_o time_n after_o 230_o chap._n x._o cyrus_n the_o young_a his_o expedition_n into_o persia_n and_o the_o great_a service_n of_o xenophon_n 232_o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o greek_a affair_n under_o the_o lacedaemonian_n command_v 237_o chap._n xii_o of_o the_o flourish_a condition_n of_o thebes_n from_o the_o battle_n of_o leuctra_n to_o that_o of_o mantinaea_n of_o the_o peace_n that_o succeed_v a_o comparison_n between_o agasilaus_fw-la and_o the_o roman_a pompey_n 241_o book_n iu_o chap._n i._n of_o the_o macedonian_a kingdom_n from_o philip_n father_n to_o alexander_n the_o great_a to_o the_o race_n of_o antigonus_n 247_o chap._n ii_o of_o alexander_n the_o great_a his_o war_n with_o darius_n and_o other_o his_o cruelty_n death_n and_o character_n 251_o chap._n iii_o aordaeus_n reign_n after_o alexander_n 271_o chap._n iu_o of_o antigonus_n growth_n in_o asia_n 282_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o civil_a war_n of_o alexander_n captain_n 286_o chap._n vi_o of_o the_o war_n between_o the_o new_a king_n till_o they_o be_v all_o destroy_v 287_o chap._n vii_o rome_n growth_n and_o the_o settle_n of_o the_o eastern_a state_n 299_o book_n v._o from_o the_o settle_a rule_n of_o alexander_n successor_n till_o the_o roman_n conquer_a asia_n and_o macedon_n chap._n i._n of_o the_o first_o punick_o war._n 307_o chap._n ii_o what_o pass_v between_o the_o first_o and_o second_o punic_a war._n 326_o chap._n iii_o of_o the_o second_o punic_a war._n 336_o chap._n iu_o philip_n king_n of_o macedon_n father_n of_o perseus_n subdue_v by_o the_o roman_n 370_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o roman_a war_n with_o antiochus_n and_o his_o adherent_n 380_o chap._n vi_o of_o the_o second_o macedonian_a war._n with_o the_o death_n of_o philopoemen_n hannibal_n scipio_n etc._n etc._n 396_o errata_fw-la page_n 13._o l._n 31._o r._n but_o one_o p._n 32._o l._n ult_n after_o slay_v add_v many_o thousand_o of_o they_o p._n 37._o l._n 25._o instead_o of_o curse_a r._n not_o needful_a to_o be_v take_v in_o p._n 38._o l._n 19_o deal_n toy_n e._n p._n 54._o l._n 26._o r._n of_o chush_fw-mi p._n 64._o l._n 9_o for_o legal_a r._n regal_a p._n 65._o l._n 29._o for_o babel_n r._n babylon_n p._n 70._o l._n 23._o for_o no_o r._n a._n p._n 94._o l._n 13._o for_o lineage_n r._n image_n p._n 96._o l._n 10._o r._n many_o thing_n p._n 96._o l._n 19_o for_o their_o r._n therefore_o and_o for_o that_o r._n a._n p._n 131._o l._n 15._o for_o lightsome_o r._n plain_o p._n 139._o l._n 24._o for_o three_o r._n three_o p._n 216._o l._n 27._o after_o thousand_o r._n darici_n p._n 220._o l._n 10._o for_o thirty_o thousand_o r._n three_o hundred_o thousand_o 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and_o become_v king_n of_o aram._n the_o next_o king_n of_o aram_n be_v hezion_n who_o his_o son_n tabremmon_n succeed_v the_o father_n of_o benhadad_n who_o assist_v asa_n king_n of_o juda_n against_o baasha_n king_n of_o israel_n almost_o fifty_o year_n after_o benhadad_n be_v take_v prisoner_n by_o achab_n and_o promise_v to_o restore_v what_o his_o father_n have_v take_v from_o israel_n judg._n this_o be_v a_o second_o benhadad_n who_o slay_v achab_n and_o besiege_a samaria_n the_o second_o time_n and_o be_v smother_v by_o hazael_n who_o succeed_v he_o and_o do_v much_o mischief_n to_o lud_n but_o bring_v israel_n to_o a_o low_a ebb_n 2_o king_n 13.7_o §_o 3._o of_o the_o late_a king_n be_v benhadad_o two_o or_o rather_o three_o who_o lose_v what_o hazael_n have_v get_v three_o other_o succeed_v of_o the_o same_o name_n in_o one_o of_o who_o time_n jeroboam_fw-la 2_o d._n recover_v damascus_n itself_o and_o chamath_n to_o israel_n which_o by_o david_n conquest_n have_v belong_v 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inferior_a to_o hozar_n the_o chief_a of_o all_o canaanite_n this_o city_n of_o old_a call_v jebus_n inhabit_a of_o by_o jebusite_n and_o therefore_o likely_a to_o be_v build_v by_o jebusaeus_n the_o son_n of_o canaan_n and_o not_o by_o melchisedek_n for_o it_o can_v not_o be_v in_o abraham_n way_n return_v from_o his_o victory_n but_o rather_o that_o salem_n by_o jordan_n of_o which_o we_o speak_v in_o manasses_n though_o joshua_n slay_v their_o king_n yet_o they_o hold_v out_o 400_o year_n till_o david_n win_v it_o solomon_n so_o perfect_v the_o strength_n beauty_n and_o riches_n of_o it_o beside_o the_o renown_a temple_n that_o the_o world_n have_v not_o the_o like_a that_o ditch_n hew_v out_o of_o the_o rock_n sixty_o foot_n deep_a and_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o broad_a with_o wall_n gate_n and_o palace_n defend_v one_o hundred_o fifty_o thousand_o man_n beside_o woman_n
and_o child_n it_o endure_v many_o change_n shishak_n of_o egypt_n sack_v it_o so_o do_v joas_n of_o israel_n but_o nebuchadonozor_n fulfil_v all_o god_n judgement_n threaten_v and_o make_v way_n to_o seventy_o year_n desolation_n and_o captivity_n of_o city_n and_o people_n after_o the_o restore_n by_o cyrus_n bagòse_v lieutenant_n and_o artaxere_v spoil_v it_o and_o after_o alexander_n empire_n be_v divide_v ptolemy_n the_o first_o pretend_v to_o offer_v sacrifice_n then_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n and_o apollonius_n his_o lieutenant_n after_o he_o spoil_v it_o and_o pompey_n long_v after_o take_v it_o but_o after_o all_o repair_v that_o wicked_a herod_n do_v so_o re-edify_v and_o adorn_v both_o temple_n and_o city_n that_o it_o far_o exceed_v what_o solomon_n do_v continue_v in_o this_o state_n about_o forty_o year_n after_o our_o saviour_n death_n titus_n invest_v it_o till_o it_o be_v take_v and_o demolish_v it_o in_o which_o by_o famine_n pestilence_n sedition_n and_o enemy_n sword_n 1100000_o be_v consume_v 65_o year_n after_o be_v in_o part_n repair_v elius_n adrian_n for_o a_o new_a revolt_n overthrow_v all_o and_o build_v another_o which_o he_o call_v elia_n capitolia_fw-la and_o decree_v that_o never_o jew_n shall_v dare_v after_o to_o enter_v or_o from_o high_a place_n look_v to_o behold_v it_o yet_o after_o the_o christian_a religion_n flourish_v in_o palestine_n it_o be_v inhabit_a after_o by_o christian_n 500_o year_n and_o than_o it_o be_v take_v by_o egyptian_a sarazen_n and_o hold_v 400_o year_n and_o then_o regain_v by_o godfrey_n bovillon_n and_o so_o continue_v 88_o year_n when_o the_o sultan_n of_o egypt_n win_v it_o but_o last_o selim_n the_o turk_n take_v it_o and_o call_v it_o cusunbaris_n §_o 6._o malicious_n report_n of_o the_o heathen_a as_o quintilian_n diodor_n strabo_n justin_n tacitus_n touch_v the_o jew_n original_a answer_v by_o josephus_n against_o appion_n and_o tertullian_n in_o his_o apologet._n chap._n ix_o memorable_a 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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
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it_o when_o more_o difficulty_n appear_v in_o get_v they_o now_o than_o in_o keep_v they_o though_o with_o their_o offence_n who_o he_o seek_v to_o retain_v by_o forsake_v god_n this_o ingratitude_n of_o jehu_n draw_v terrible_a vengeance_n from_o god_n on_o israel_n execute_v by_o hazael_n according_a to_o elisha_n prophecy_n 2_o king_n 8.12_o with_o 10.32_o thus_o israel_n succeed_v under_o jehu_n who_o carriage_n and_o success_n be_v better_a in_o murder_v his_o master_n that_o trust_v he_o than_o in_o defend_v his_o people_n from_o cruel_a enemy_n and_o thus_o it_o common_o fall_v out_o that_o they_o which_o can_v find_v all_o difficulty_n in_o serve_v he_o to_o who_o nothing_o be_v difficult_a instead_o of_o find_v what_o they_o propound_v by_o contrary_a course_n overwhelm_v themselves_o with_o trouble_n they_o seek_v not_o and_o be_v by_o god_n who_o they_o first_o forsake_v leave_v unto_o the_o miserable_a labour_n of_o their_o own_o blind_a understanding_n and_o wisdom_n 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secret_o bring_v up_o that_o the_o tyranness_n can_v not_o discover_v it_o and_o think_v it_o not_o fit_a to_o make_v much_o ado_n about_o he_o but_o rather_o let_v it_o be_v think_v he_o be_v dispatch_v with_o the_o rest_n lest_o the_o people_n hear_v of_o his_o escape_n shall_v hearken_v after_o innovation_n §_o 5._o athatiah_n have_v act_v as_o queen_n above_o 6_o year_n without_o molestation_n when_o sudden_o the_o period_n of_o her_o glory_n and_o reward_n of_o her_o wickedness_n meet_v together_o and_o the_o young_a prince_n age_n require_v no_o long_o to_o be_v conceal_v for_o his_o better_a education_n to_o fit_v he_o with_o courage_n and_o quality_n proper_a for_o a_o king_n and_o to_o prevent_v the_o over-deep_a root_n of_o impiety_n by_o the_o long_a reign_n of_o that_o curse_a woman_n jehojada_n wise_o consider_v this_o and_o combine_v with_o five_o captain_n of_o who_o he_o be_v best_o assure_v by_o who_o he_o draw_v over_o other_o great_a man_n to_o jerusalem_n and_o 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be_v not_o credible_a though_o all_o the_o force_n she_o can_v bring_v can_v not_o frustrate_v the_o council_n of_o god_n yet_o her_o indiscretion_n make_v the_o effect_n more_o easy_a §_o 6._o athaliah_n have_v no_o doubt_n consider_v jehoram_n king_n of_o israel_n rashness_n cast_v himself_o into_o the_o gape_a gulf_n of_o danger_n yet_o her self_o be_v by_o the_o like_a bait_n draw_v into_o the_o same_o trap_n and_o as_o she_o live_v like_o jezebel_n so_o be_v she_o reward_v with_o she_o these_o two_o queen_n be_v in_o many_o thing_n alike_o each_o daughter_n wife_n and_o mother_n to_o a_o king_n each_o overrule_v her_o husband_n be_v a_o idolater_n ambitious_a murderous_a each_o slay_v by_o conspire_v subject_n sudden_o etc._n etc._n we_o read_v not_o what_o become_v of_o athaliah_n son_n her_o sacrilegious_a imp_n which_o rob_v the_o temple_n etc._n etc._n chap._n xviii_o of_o joash_n amaziah_n and_o their_o contemporary_n §_o 1._o joash_n about_o seven_o year_n old_a begin_v to_o 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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
vain_a to_o be_v curious_a about_o these_o king_n see_v diodorus_n vary_v from_o herodotus_n and_o eusebius_n from_o both_o neither_o do_v late_a writer_n know_v who_o to_o follow_v the_o king_n from_o chencre_n or_o tuoris_fw-la or_o proteus_n be_v agree_v upon_o of_o which_o according_a to_o eusebius_n acherres_n be_v next_o who_o reyneccius_n think_v to_o be_v vchoreus_fw-la in_o diodore_n founder_n of_o memphis_n but_o then_o timaus_n can_v be_v the_o great_a osymandias_n as_o he_o also_o judge_v for_o there_o be_v more_o than_o eight_o generation_n between_o they_o contrary_a to_o diodorus_n touch_v osymandais_n mercator_n make_v he_o the_o husband_n of_o acencâ—eres_n daughter_n to_o orus_n second_o and_o find_v vchoreus_fw-la the_o eight_o from_o he_o but_o i_o will_v pass_v over_o these_o inextricable_a doubt_n etc._n etc._n §_o 3._o cherre_v after_o eight_o year_n of_o acherres_n succeed_v fifteen_o year_n armeus_a five_o year_n ramess_v sixty_o eight_o year_n which_o two_o last_n be_v the_o danaus_n and_o egyptus_n speak_v of_o by_o the_o greek_n who_o make_v danaus_n expel_v egypt_n become_v king_n of_o argos_n in_o greece_n but_o reyneccius_n believe_v not_o armeus_n to_o be_v danaus_n though_o their_o time_n agree_v but_o rather_o think_v he_o be_v meris_fw-la which_o make_v the_o great_a lake_n myris_n 3600_o furlong_n compass_v and_o fifty_o fathom_n deep_a to_o receive_v nilus_n overflow_n for_o store_n when_o water_n be_v scarce_o §_o 4._o ameraphis_n succeed_v his_o father_n forty_o year_n then_o sethosis_n fifty_o year_n to_o who_o some_o ascribe_v improbable_o the_o famous_a act_n of_o great_a sesostris_n in_o he_o begin_v the_o dynastie_a of_o the_o zarth_n or_o general_n which_o title_n five_o only_o hold_v ramase_n succeed_v sixty_o year_n mistake_v for_o sesostris_n the_o second_o amenophis_n succeed_v forty_o year_n andemenes_n twenty_o six_o year_n tâ—uoris_fw-la the_o last_o zarth_n seven_o year_n who_o some_o make_v proteus_n who_o son_n remphe_v succeed_v but_o i_o doubt_v neither_o father_n nor_o son_n be_v king_n §_o 5._o many_o other_o name_n of_o the_o egyptian_a king_n be_v find_v scatter_v as_o tonephersobis_n senemue_n or_o senepos_fw-la banchistis_fw-la thulis_fw-la in_o suidas_n who_o ask_v scrap_n the_o devil_n who_o be_v or_o shall_v be_v so_o mighty_a as_o he_o be_v answer_v first_o god_n and_o then_o the_o word_n and_o then_o the_o spirit_n which_o three_o be_v one_o and_o join_v in_o one_o all_o three_o who_o power_n be_v endless_a get_v thou_o hence_o frail_a wight_n the_o man_n of_o life_n unknown_a excel_v thou_o cedreus_fw-la have_v the_o same_o and_o give_v this_o king_n as_o great_a antiquity_n as_o the_o indies_n cite_v a_o book_n call_v little_a genesis_n which_o word_n little_a alone_o argue_v impostor_n beside_o the_o frierly_a stuff_n he_o cite_v out_o of_o it_o his_o list_n of_o old_a egyptian_a king_n here_o set_v down_o be_v not_o worth_a writing_n out_o neither_o the_o king_n name_v by_o other_o vaphre_n and_o sesac_n will_v lead_v we_o into_o a_o fair_a way_n a_o while_n the_o first_o be_v solomon_n father-in-law_n according_a to_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n and_o eusebius_n the_o second_o eusebius_n call_v smendis_fw-la with_o who_o he_o begin_v the_o twenty_o first_o dynastie_n who_o entrance_n be_v find_v about_o the_o twenty_o of_o solomon_n reckon_v from_o neco_n death_n in_o the_o four_o of_o jehojakim_n king_n of_o judah_n upward_o as_o from_o the_o five_o of_o rehoboam_n wherein_o he_o plunder_v the_o sanctuary_n but_o enjoy_v that_o sacrilege_n as_o do_v joas_n and_o craseus_fw-la not_o one_o year_n for_o the_o king_n from_o sesac_n to_o necho_n i_o choose_v the_o greek_a historian_n for_o eusebius_n be_v out_o by_o fail_v to_o keep_v the_o reckon_n between_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o israel_n §_o 6._o chemmis_n or_o chembis_n succeed_v sesac_n fifty_o year_n and_o build_v the_o great_a pyramid_n who_o base_a be_v seven_o acre_n square_a and_o six_o high_a which_o diodore_n see_v one_o thousand_o year_n after_o in_o augustus_n day_n câ—abreus_n or_o cheops_n succeed_v fifty_o year_n and_o then_o cephrenes_n fifty_o six_o both_o builder_n of_o pyramid_n for_o their_o sepulcher_n mycerinus_n his_o son_n six_o year_n as_o the_o oracle_n have_v threaten_v for_o his_o open_v the_o idol_n temple_n which_o his_o predecessor_n have_v shut_v it_o may_v be_v chemmis_n have_v learn_v their_o vanity_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o thereupon_o shut_v the_o temple_n up_o reyneccius_n give_v he_o fifty_o year_n bochoris_n or_o banchyris_n by_o suidas_n succeed_v forty_o four_o year_n then_o sabacus_n a_o aethiopian_a but_o herodotus_n omit_v both_o and_o have_v asychis_n who_o decree_v the_o debtor_n dead_a body_n shall_v be_v give_v to_o the_o will_n of_o the_o creditor_n till_o the_o debt_n be_v pay_v anysis_n succeed_v he_o and_o both_o can_v be_v but_o six_o year_n then_o come_v the_o former_a aethiopian_a who_o reign_v fifty_o year_n scripture_n 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
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 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who_o flee_v without_o consideration_n cyrus_n glad_a to_o see_v it_o and_o be_v thereupon_o adopt_a king_n yet_o desire_v to_o appear_v worthy_a of_o it_o put_v himself_o with_o six_o hundred_o horse_n upon_o a_o squadron_n of_o six_o thousand_o which_o flee_v before_o he_o and_o be_v leave_v by_o his_o follower_n which_o pursue_v the_o enemy_n he_o again_o spy_v the_o king_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o troop_n break_v in_o with_o a_o jew_n and_o pierce_v the_o king_n cuirass_n but_o be_v present_o slay_v and_o his_o head_n and_o right_a hand_n be_v cut_v off_o be_v show_v on_o a_o spear_n point_n recall_v thy_o fly_a persian_n who_o before_o be_v cry_v on_o cyrus_n for_o mercy_n after_o this_o the_o king_n and_o tissaphernes_n meet_v and_o follow_v the_o greek_n which_o know_v not_o of_o cyrus_n death_n who_o see_v the_o king_n follow_v turn_v to_o he_o and_o he_o wheel_v about_o leave_v they_o and_o take_v a_o hill_n from_o which_o they_o force_v he_o and_o then_o return_v to_o their_o quarter_n §_o 5._o artaxerxes_n can_v not_o rejoice_v in_o his_o success_n when_o he_o think_v what_o report_v the_o greek_n will_v make_v of_o the_o baseness_n of_o his_o people_n which_o may_v encourage_v the_o greek_n to_o visit_v his_o country_n with_o more_o force_n than_o he_o will_v like_v the_o next_o morning_n therefore_o when_o they_o know_v from_o ariaeus_n of_o cyrus_n end_n he_o send_v phalinus_n a_o greek_a unto_o they_o to_o require_v their_o arm_n and_o to_o sue_v for_o mercy_n which_o they_o scorn_v etc._n etc._n §_o 6._o the_o greek_n next_o night_n come_v to_o ariaeus_n a_o principal_a commander_n under_o cyrus_n who_o tarry_v for_o they_o but_o four_o hundred_o foot_n and_o 40_o horse_n all_o thraconians_n flee_v to_o the_o king_n ariaeus_n who_o be_v offer_v by_o they_o to_o make_v he_o king_n want_v the_o courage_n to_o venture_v for_o it_o but_o be_v glad_a to_o covenant_v with_o they_o for_o mutual_a assistance_n in_o return_v which_o he_o direct_v the_o next_o day_n they_o light_v on_o the_o king_n army_n which_o give_v they_o way_n yea_o the_o king_n send_v to_o they_o about_o a_o peace_n and_o appoint_v they_o a_o place_n where_o to_o have_v victual_n §_o 7._o tissaphernes_n come_v to_o they_o like_o a_o fox_n to_o entrap_v they_o pretend_v his_o love_n to_o they_o be_v neighbour_n to_o greece_n and_o promise_v his_o mediation_n to_o the_o king_n if_o they_o will_v send_v a_o mild_a answer_n and_o to_o conduct_v they_o home_o hereupon_o a_o league_n be_v swear_v betweeen_n they_o and_o he_o return_v to_o the_o king_n and_o after_o twenty_o day_n come_v back_o to_o they_o and_o set_v forward_o the_o greek_n grow_v jealous_a of_o his_o long_a stay_n and_o will_v not_o have_v stay_v have_v not_o clearchus_n their_o general_n persuade_v they_o rely_v too_o much_o on_o tissaphernes_n oath_n tissaphernes_n after_o some_o day_n march_v together_o find_v opportunity_n upon_o clearchus_n seek_v to_o assure_v he_o of_o the_o greek_n good_a will_n to_o he_o which_o he_o seem_v to_o doubt_v to_o draw_v all_o their_o captain_n to_o his_o camp_n promise_v to_o tell_v they_o which_o of_o they_o it_o be_v which_o seek_v secret_o to_o raise_v dissension_n between_o they_o thus_o have_v draw_v they_o into_o his_o snare_n he_o send_v clearchus_n and_o other_o four_o colonel_n to_o the_o king_n but_o slay_v the_o rest_n then_o he_o send_v ariaeus_n as_o from_o the_o king_n to_o require_v they_o to_o yield_v but_o in_o vain_a §_o 8._o the_o greek_n amuse_v at_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o leader_n neglect_v to_o consult_v what_o supply_v to_o make_v till_o xenophon_n who_o learning_n supply_v the_o want_n of_o experience_n awake_v they_o who_o thereupon_o be_v entreat_v to_o take_v the_o charge_n of_o proxenus_n regiment_n and_o those_o captain_n xenophon_n make_v sling_n take_v fifty_o horse_n out_o of_o the_o carriage_n and_o set_v man_n on_o their_o back_n teach_v the_o archer_n to_o shoot_v compass_n which_o they_o have_v not_o use_v and_o thus_o keep_v off_o the_o persian_a archer_n thus_o their_o valour_n make_v they_o way_n through_o all_o difficulty_n so_o that_o tissaphernes_n fall_v to_o his_o sure_a course_n to_o distress_v they_o by_o burn_v all_o the_o country_n before_o they_o §_o 9_o the_o greek_n pass_v through_o the_o carduchi_n a_o fierce_a swift_a people_n and_o skilful_a archer_n with_o the_o sling_n be_v much_o trouble_v with_o they_o seven_o day_n and_o come_v to_o centrile_n which_o run_v between_o they_o and_o armenia_n where_o force_n be_v lay_v to_o hinder_v their_o passage_n but_o find_v a_o ford_n they_o chase_v away_o the_o persian_a subject_n and_o leave_v the_o carduchi_n which_o seem_v to_o have_v inhabit_a the_o mountain_n niphates_n not_o far_o from_o tigris_n spring_n contrary_a to_o ptolemy_n who_o place_v they_o far_o east_n upon_o the_o river_n cyrus_n in_o medea_n §_o 10._o the_o greek_n be_v come_v to_o armenia_n pass_v sixty_o mile_n to_o the_o head_n of_o tigris_n and_o as_o far_o beyond_o peaceable_o till_o teribazus_n encounter_v they_o at_o the_o river_n teleboa_n he_o govern_v for_o the_o persian_n pretend_v to_o favour_v the_o greek_n and_o make_v a_o covenant_n with_o they_o but_o in_o their_o security_n lie_v in_o wait_n for_o they_o be_v discover_v by_o a_o soldier_n take_v by_o the_o greek_n who_o find_v he_o out_o on_o the_o sudden_a and_o make_v he_o leave_v his_o rich_a pavilion_n behind_o he_o thence_o they_o go_v to_o the_o northward_o near_o the_o fountain_n of_o euphrates_n where_o they_o find_v store_n of_o victual_n etc._n etc._n §_o 11._o the_o greek_n come_v to_o the_o river_n phasis_n and_o pass_v those_o nation_n the_o phasian_o and_o chalybeans_n the_o first_o flee_v with_o all_o provision_n into_o strong_a hold_n of_o which_o one_o be_v force_v and_o yield_v store_n of_o cattle_n the_o fierce_a chalybeans_n afflict_v they_o much_o and_o fight_v with_o they_o hand_n to_o hand_n the_o scythian_n use_v they_o kind_o at_o ginias_n who_o governor_n lead_v they_o to_o mount_n moschici_n whence_o they_o see_v the_o euxine-sea_n then_o they_o come_v to_o trabisond_n or_o trapezus_n a_o colony_n of_o greek_n in_o colchos_n who_o people_n use_v they_o with_o hostility_n which_o be_v well_o requite_v while_o they_o rest_v at_o trapezus_n §_o 12._o the_o greek_n at_o trabisond_n desire_v ship_n for_o their_o man_n easy_a travel_n which_o the_o lacedaemonian_a admiral_n who_o lie_v there_o promise_v to_o provide_v but_o lie_v long_o in_o expectation_n of_o ship_n and_o victual_n fail_v they_o send_v their_o sick_a with_o woman_n child_n and_o baggage_n by_o sea_n and_o the_o army_n be_v eight_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o man_n go_v by_o land_n to_o cerasus_n a_o greek_a town_n as_o be_v cotione_fw-la their_o next_o lodging_n both_o colony_n from_o sinope_n as_o be_v trapezus_n here_o the_o inhabitant_n discourtesy_n make_v the_o soldier_n to_o use_v violence_n which_o the_o sinopian_o take_v ill_a and_o threaten_a revenge_n xenophon_n excuse_v it_o by_o necessity_n which_o if_o it_o will_v not_o serve_v he_o show_v how_o little_a he_o fear_v they_o upon_o which_o consideration_n they_o yield_v §_o 13._o xenophon_n while_o ship_n be_v prepare_v intend_v to_o build_v a_o city_n thereabouts_o which_o be_v discover_v they_o most_o dislike_v the_o design_n and_o sinope_n and_o heraclea_n much_o fear_v it_o and_o to_o prevent_v it_o promise_v both_o ship_n and_o mony_n the_o ship_n be_v send_v without_o money_n which_o make_v the_o captain_n fear_v a_o mutiny_n have_v hold_v the_o soldier_n in_o hope_n of_o it_o but_o upon_o come_v of_o cherisophus_n from_o the_o lacedaemonian_a admiral_n with_o a_o few_o galley_n and_o promise_v of_o money_n at_o their_o arrival_n in_o greece_n they_o set_v out_o from_o the_o port_n of_o sinope_n §_o 14._o the_o greek_n draw_v homeward_o think_v fit_a to_o choose_v a_o absolute_a commander_n desire_v xenophon_n to_o take_v it_o upon_o he_o which_o he_o refuse_v know_v the_o trouble_n of_o lead_v voluntary_n cherisophus_n accept_v the_o offer_n but_o be_v soon_o depose_v for_o not_o favour_v their_o intent_n to_o surprise_v heraclea_n which_o have_v be_v friendly_a to_o they_o for_o four_o thousand_o four_o hundred_o of_o they_o be_v arcadian_n and_o achaean_n choose_v new_a leader_n and_o forsake_v the_o rest_n but_o have_v be_v overthrow_v in_o bythinia_n if_o xenophon_n and_o his_o company_n have_v not_o come_v in_o §_o 15._o xenophon_n force_v the_o persian_n and_o thracian_n in_o bythinia_n and_o ravages_n that_o part_n about_o cape_n calpas_n and_o carry_v the_o spoil_n to_o chrysopolis_n near_o chalcedon_n and_o sell_v it_o tissaphernes_n doubt_v their_o come_n into_o phrygia_n procure_v the_o admiral_n of_o sparta_n to_o lead_v they_o out_o into_o europe_n and_o so_o end_v that_o famous_a expedition_n which_o open_v the_o
by_o leosthenes_n their_o captain_n who_o call_v in_o the_o aetolian_n overthrow_v the_o boeotian_n which_o side_v with_o antipater_n lieutenant_n to_o alexander_n antipater_n doubt_v his_o own_o strength_n send_v to_o craterus_n in_o asia_n who_o come_v into_o macedon_n have_v so_o trouble_v his_o thought_n but_o a_o month_n before_o so_o vain_a be_v the_o hope_n and_o fear_n of_o man_n which_o decree_v all_o by_o mortal_a wisdom_n shun_v and_o pursue_v their_o destiny_n afar_o off_o even_o when_o it_o seem_v near_o at_o hand_n craterus_n and_o the_o captain_n in_o asia_n near_o to_o europe_n be_v solicit_v to_o make_v haste_n for_o antipater_n can_v raise_v in_o macedon_n but_o thirteen_o thousand_o raw_a soldier_n and_o six_o hundred_o horse_n beside_o the_o thessalian_a brave_a troop_n whereas_o leosthenes_n bring_v into_o the_o field_n twenty_o two_o thousand_o foot_n and_o two_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o horse_n beside_o many_o auxilary_n which_o come_v in_o but_o before_o 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