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veii_n 6._o mars_n see_v in_o the_o lucan_n war._n 7._o penates_fw-la return_v from_o a_o ba_o to_o lavinium_n of_o their_o own_o accord_n 8._o julius_n caesar_n see_v after_o his_o death_n 9_o the_o sepulchre_n of_o pompey_n miraculous_o find_v 10._o the_o death_n of_o appius_n claudius_n proconsul_n foretell_v by_o a_o miracle_n 11._o the_o sceptre_n of_o romulus_n and_o statue_n preserve_v from_o fire_n 12._o man_n bring_v to_o their_o grave_n revive_v foreign_a 1._o erus_fw-la pamphilius_n revive_v after_o ten_o day_n 2._o a_o athenian_a deprive_v of_o his_o memory_n 3._o a_o woman_n sudden_o strike_v dumb_a 4._o eagle_n the_o samian_n dumb_v sudden_o recover_v his_o speech_n 5._o gordias_n the_o epirot_n bear_v after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o mother_n 6._o jason_n pheraeus_n cure_v of_o a_o impostume_n 7._o simonides_z the_o poet_n escape_v the_o fall_n of_o a_o house_n 8._o the_o death_n of_o daphidas_n the_o sophister_n foretell_v by_o the_o oracle_n 9_o the_o death_n of_o philip_n king_n of_o macedom_n foretell_v 10._o the_o death_n of_o alexander_n miraculous_o foretell_v 11._o the_o chance_n of_o a_o rower_n 12._o the_o strange_a tooth_n of_o king_n prusias_n his_o son_n 13._o drypetine_n daughter_n to_o mithridates_n bear_v with_o a_o double_a order_n of_o tooth_n 14._o the_o accurate_a sight_n of_o strabo_n lynceus_n 15._o the_o hairy_a heart_n of_o aristomedes_n the_o messenian_a 16._o the_o annual_a fever_n of_o antipater_n the_o poet._n 17._o the_o equality_n of_o polystratus_n and_o hippoclides_n in_o fortune_n 18._o miracle_n of_o nature_n 19_o the_o serpent_n of_o regulus_n many_o accident_n also_o happen_v to_o man_n awake_v and_o by_o day_n as_o well_o as_o those_o which_o be_v involve_v in_o the_o cloud_n of_o darkness_n and_o dream_n which_o because_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o understand_v whence_o they_o proceed_v or_o upon_o what_o reason_n ground_v be_v deserve_o call_v miracle_n 1._o among_o the_o great_a multitude_n whereof_o this_o 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the_o censor_n note_v they_o for_o perjury_n who_o father_n rather_o choose_v to_o suffer_v utmost_a torment_n than_o break_v his_o word_n with_o the_o carthaginian_n this_o censorship_n translate_v itself_o out_o of_o the_o city_n into_o the_o camp_n which_o will_v that_o the_o enemy_n shall_v neither_o be_v fear_v nor_o deceive_v 9_o two_o example_n be_v alike_o we_o have_v think_v fit_a to_o add_v c._n geta_n be_v remove_v by_o l._n metellus_n and_o cn._n domitius_n censor_n from_o the_o senate_n be_v afterward_o make_v censor_n himself_o also_o m._n valerius_n messala_n have_v be_v disgrace_v by_o the_o censor_n be_v afterward_o advance_v to_o the_o censor_n place_n for_o such_o disgrace_n sharpen_v virtue_n shame_n stir_v they_o up_o to_o use_v all_o their_o endeavour_n to_o become_v worthy_a citizen_n to_o who_o the_o censorship_n ought_v to_o be_v rather_o offer_v than_o take_v from_o they_o chap._n x._o of_o majesty_n of_o the_o romans_z 1._o q._n metellus_n numidicus_n 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