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the_o other_o secure_v themselves_o where_o they_o may_v best_o do_v it_o supra_fw-la xenoph._n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la the_o year_n after_o the_o lacedaemonian_n send_v ecdicus_n to_o the_o aid_n of_o the_o exile_n of_o rhodes_n with_o eight_o ship_n dispatch_v away_o with_o he_o one_o diphridas_n with_o order_n to_o pass_v into_o asia_n there_o to_o gather_v up_o the_o remnant_n of_o the_o force_n with_o which_o and_z as_o many_o more_o as_o he_o can_v raise_v he_o be_v to_o protect_v those_o city_n which_o have_v receive_v thymbro_n and_o to_o grapple_v with_o struthas_n he_o act_v according_o and_o so_o order_v his_o affair_n that_o he_o prove_v hard_o enough_o for_o struthas_n and_o among_o other_o commendable_a action_n take_v prisoner_n tigranes_n his_o son_n in_o law_n as_o he_o be_v go_v with_o his_o wife_n to_o sardis_n who_o release_n for_o a_o great_a ransom_n he_o seasonable_o make_v use_v of_o the_o money_n for_o the_o payment_n of_o his_o soldier_n 72._o whilst_o these_o 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have_v a_o hand_n in_o the_o murder_n kill_v they_o upon_o his_o grave_n 2._o idem_fw-la ibid._n diodorus_n ad_fw-la olymp._n 111._o ann_n 2._o and_o blame_v his_o mother_n that_o in_o his_o absence_n she_o have_v deal_v so_o cruel_o with_o cleopatra_n then_o celebrate_v the_o funeral_n of_o his_o father_n with_o royal_a rite_n and_o ceremony_n he_o begin_v to_o take_v care_n of_o his_o public_a affair_n well_o he_o begin_v his_o reign_n well_o and_o be_v contemn_v for_o his_o youth_n and_o little_a experience_n above_o all_o expectation_n explicate_v himself_o out_o of_o all_o difficulty_n by_o imitate_v his_o father_n courtesy_n and_o overcome_v many_o by_o the_o invinciblenesse_n of_o his_o spirit_n which_o through_o the_o course_n of_o his_o life_n bear_v down_o all_o opposition_n he_o renew_v the_o discipline_n of_o war_n and_o gain_v the_o affection_n of_o the_o army_n know_v also_o that_o attalus_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o his_o niece_n cleopatra_n lay_v at_o all_o 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