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the_o new_a successor_n also_o of_o his_o father_n selim_n who_o be_v now_o waken_v at_o the_o death_n of_o old_a renown_a tamas_n and_o at_o the_o rumour_n spread_v abroad_o of_o the_o desire_n which_o ismahel_n have_v to_o pass_v to_o babylon_n &_o at_o the_o fresh_a report_n of_o this_o new_a publish_a superstition_n &_o have_v thorough_o learn_v of_o all_o side_n what_o harm_n this_o late_a inconstant_a &_o variable_a king_n have_v wrought_v in_o persia_n what_o dissension_n he_o have_v raise_v &_o how_o hardly_o all_o the_o province_n of_o the_o persian_a empire_n have_v endure_v those_o strange_a calamity_n &_o so_o hope_v in_o himself_o either_o in_o ismahels_n life_n time_n or_o after_o his_o death_n to_o succeed_v he_o for_o that_o heareby_o occasion_n may_v be_v minister_v unto_o he_o to_o take_v up_o they_o arm_n against_o persia_n &_o matter_n suggest_v to_o put_v in_o execution_n his_o unmeasurable_a desire_n of_o some_o new_a conquest_n which_o desire_n have_v always_o 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