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valentinian_n caesar_n p._n 598_o valens_n caesar_n p._n 600_o valerius_n levinus_n overcome_v by_o pyrrhus_n p._n 264_o the_o venetian_n descend_v of_o the_o trojan_n p._n 287_o ventidius_n his_o two_o first_o happy_a encounter_n against_o the_o parthian_n p._n 495_o virgil_n belove_v by_o augustus_n p._n 528_o verona_n build_v by_o the_o gaul_n 294._o so_o be_v also_o vincentia_fw-la ibid._n virus_n gallus_n caesar_n p._n 573_o vexores_fw-la king_n of_o egypt_n p._n 4_o virgin_n to_o marry_v without_o portion_n by_o lycurgus_n law_n p._n 63_o x_o xerxes_n make_v king_n p._n 44_o xerxes_n beat_v at_o thermopylae_n by_o leonidas_n p._n 48_o xerxes_n burn_v athens_n p._n 49_o xerxes_n make_v war_n with_o the_o god_n p._n 49_o xerxes_n first_o of_o all_o subdue_v the_o jew_n p._n 430_o 431_o xerxes_n fly_v from_o greece_n in_o a_o fishers-boat_n p._n 52_o z_o zopyrus_n his_o memorable_a act_n p._n 21_o zopyron_n the_o lieuteant_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a utter_o overthrow_v by_o the_o scythian_n p._n 182_o zoroastres_n find_v out_o the_o art_n of_o magic_n p._n 4._o he_o be_v king_n of_o the_o bactrian_n and_o overcome_v and_o slay_v by_o ninus_n ibid._n the_o end_n of_o the_o table_n errata_fw-la the_o error_n commit_v in_o the_o press_n may_v be_v thus_o correct_v p._n 13_o l._n 21_o r._n back_o into_o p._n 15_o l._n 3_o r._n he_o show_v p._n 26_o l._n 11_o blot_v out_o either_o p._n 30_o l._n 6_o r._n the_o p._n 31_o l._n 2_o r._n whence_o p._n 38_o l._n 28_o r._n nightly_a p._n 41_o l._n 19_o r._n author_n of_o not_o p._n 47_o l._n 13_o r._n stand_v to_o it_o p._n 51_o l._n 15_o r._n take_v p._n 65_o l._n 1_o blot_v out_o they_o p._n 78_o l._n 8_o r._n that_o p._n 88_o l._n 25_o r._n that_o p._n 91_o l._n 16_o r._n house_n p._n 115_o l._n 12_o r._n in_o the_o same_o l._n 17_o r._n sepulture_n p._n 122_o l._n 14_o blot_v out_o now_o p._n 145_o r._n he_o p._n 46_o l._n 4_o r._n joy_v in_o p._n 148_o l._n 2_o r._n one_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o p._n 162_o l._n 25_o blot_v out_o and_o p._n 165_o l._n 24_o blot_v out_o of_o it_o p._n 166_o l._n 9_o r._n who_o p._n 174_o l._n 25_o r._n give_v he_o he_o p._n 180_o l._n 20_o r._n home_n p._n 193_o l._n 9_o blot_v out_o their_o body_n p._n 200_o l._n 15_o r._n bouse_n p._n 207_o l._n 2_o r._n lament_v l._n 6_o r._n live_v until_o that_o p._n 220_o l._n 13_o r._n big_a p._n 252_o l._n 25_o blot_v out_o in_o p._n 292_o l._n 16_o blot_v out_o both_o p._n 318_o l._n 19_o r._n pursue_v p._n 321_o l._n 28_o r._n lest_o p._n 322_o l._n 24_o r._n stander_n by_o p._n 329_o l._n 10_o r._n court_n p._n 331_o l._n 26_o blot_v out_o and_o p._n 339_o l._n 22_o r._n begin_v p._n 340_o l._n 8_o blot_v out_o laugh_v p._n 345_o l._n 7_o r._n king_n p._n 351_o l._n 28_o r._n of_o his_o age_n p._n 353_o l._n 19_o r._n this_o p._n 358_o l._n 25_o r._n so_o much_o p._n 359_o l._n 17_o r._n vanquish_v p._n 360_o l._n 30_o r._n and_o p._n 365_o l._n 19_o r._n they_o proceed_v p._n 365_o l._n 26_o r._n mortar_n p._n 372_o l._n 22_o r._n round_o about_o p._n 375_o l._n 6_o blot_v out_o howsoever_o p._n 397_o l._n 15_o r._n benefit_n p._n 409_o l._n 5_o r._n stow_v p._n 414_o l._n 8_o blot_v out_o hardly_o p._n 445_o l._n 4_o blot_v out_o both_o p._n 447_o l._n 1_o blot_v out_o that_o ibid._n r._n for_o they_o p._n 447_o l._n 2_o blot_v out_o who_o p._n 448_o l._n 6_o r._n then_o those_o who_o have_v p._n 455_o l._n 13_o r._n but_o he_o p._n 459_o l._n 3_o r._n way_n p._n 513_o l._n 1_o blot_v out_o it_o be_v p._n 558_o l._n 1_o r._n antoninus_n pius_n p._n 514_o l._n 19_o r._n vermilion_a ibid._n l._n 17_o r._n lead_v