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the_o favourite_n to_o tiberius_n be_v execute_v for_o his_o ambition_n his_o son_n strangle_v his_o daughter_n first_o deflower_v by_o the_o hangman_n then_o put_v to_o death_n drusius_n be_v poison_v tiberius_n turn_v tyrant_n in_o 59_o be_v a_o terrible_a eclipse_n of_o the_o sun_n so_o that_o the_o star_n be_v see_v nero_n supper_n be_v burn_v with_o lightning_n and_o a_o great_a earthquake_n happen_v at_o rome_n at_o this_o time_n the_o britain_n slay_n seventy_o thousand_o roman_n and_o suetonius_n destroy_v eighty_o thousand_o britain_n as_n he_o come_v from_o anglesey_n rome_n be_v fire_v by_o nero_n who_o rejoice_v in_o that_o villainy_n he_o commit_v incest_n with_o his_o own_o mother_n afterward_o murder_n and_o rip_v she_o up_o to_o view_v the_o place_n where_o he_o lay_v before_o he_o be_v bear_v cartismunda_n queen_n of_o the_o britain_n reject_v her_o husband_n the_o
king_n of_o scot_n take_v she_o and_o bary_n her_o alive_a xxi_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o trojan_a the_o emperor_n 105._o there_o happen_v a_o most_o terrible_a earthquake_n at_o antioch_n which_o destroy_v many_o city_n and_o people_n and_o extend_v itself_o very_o far_o frightful_a lightning_n which_o make_v the_o night_n as_o light_v as_o day_n precede_v with_o dreadful_a thunderbolt_n that_o throw_v down_o stately_a building_n kill_v many_o man_n also_o strong_a and_o unusual_a storm_n of_o wind_n after_o which_o be_v hear_v great_a and_o sudden_a noise_n the_o sea_n wrought_v the_o wave_n swell_v the_o earth_n be_v shake_v building_n tremble_v other_o be_v lift_v up_o and_o fall_v down_o whereby_o so_o thick_a a_o dust_n and_o darkness_n be_v raise_v that_o people_n can_v not_o see_v nor_o hear_v one_o another_o nor_o scarce_o breathe_v tree_n be_v pluck_v up_o by_o the_o root_n and_o multitude_n bury_v in_o the_o ruin_n of_o their_o own_o house_n after_o which_o come_v such_o 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