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and_o make_v he_o a_o coward_n the_o hard_a shife_n of_o the_o cassilinians_n to_o live_v during_o annibals_n siege_n annibals_n good_a servant_n begin_v to_o fail_v he_o three_o famous_a captain_n of_o the_o roman_n fabius_n maximus_n sempronius_n gracchus_n marcus_n marcellus_n marcellus_n plutarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o marcellus_n speak_v of_o five_o thousand_o carthaginian_n slay_v and_o only_o of_o five_o hundred_o roman_n the_o victory_n of_o the_o roman_n against_o annibal_n two_o faction_n in_o naples_n the_o city_n of_o tarentum_n deliver_v unto_o annibal_n by_o treason_n tarentum_n win_v by_o annibal_n annibals_n stratagem_n vulturnus_n fl_fw-mi sulpicius_n galba_n cornelius_n centimalous_a consul_n anienes_n fl_fw-mi annibal_n come_v to_o invade_v rome_n a_o wonder_n salapia_n a_o city_n where_o annibal_n fall_v in_o love_n the_o death_n of_o fuluius_n viceconsul_n diverse_a conflict_n of_o the_o roman_n with_o annibal_n annibals_n word_n of_o marcellus_n marcellus_n &_o crispinus_n consul_n annibal_n lay_v ambush_n for_o the_o roman_n the_o death_n of_o marcellus_n the_o power_n of_o magnanimity_n marcus_n livius_n and_o c._n nero_n consul_n scena_fw-la a_o city_n of_o apulia_n metaurum_n fl_fw-mi m._n levius_fw-la &_o c._n nero_n consul_n overcome_v hasdrubal_n &_o slay_v 56000._o of_o his_o man_n the_o change_n and_o alteration_n of_o the_o carthaginian_n good_a fortune_n the_o praise_n of_o annibal_n great_a wisdom_n in_o that_o government_n of_o his_o army_n p._n c._n scipio_n invade_v carthage_n the_o last_o battle_n annibal_n fight_v in_o ledy_o with_o sempronius_n in_o the_o which_o he_o overcome_v annibal_n annibals_n arch_n of_o trietumphe_n annibal_n depart_v out_o of_o italy_n annibal_n send_v for_o to_o return_v into_o africa_n after_o he_o have_v war_v 16._o year_n in_o italy_n annibal_n and_o scipio_n meeting_n &_o talk_v scipio_n victory_n of_o the_o carthaginian_n at_o the_o battle_n of_o zama_n the_o fly_v of_o annibal_n annibal_n 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overcome_v in_o battle_n and_o take_v prisoner_n masinissa_n offer_v his_o friendship_n unto_o the_o roman_n syphax_n king_n of_o the_o masasylians_n hasdrubal_n judgement_n of_o scipio_n syphax_n king_n of_o the_o masaesylians_n make_v league_n with_o the_o roman_n the_o unfortunate_a fight_n of_o two_o cousin_n german_n the_o rebellion_n of_o the_o romaneâ—_n soldier_n against_o their_o captain_n in_o scipio_n sickness_n mandonius_n indibilis_n two_o king_n be_v of_o spain_n scipio_n wisdom_n suppress_v his_o anger_n scipio_n great_a wisdom_n in_o punish_v the_o offender_n scipio_n care_n of_o his_o countryman_n scipio_n do_v put_v the_o author_n of_o the_o rebellion_n to_o death_n a_o noble_a thing_n to_o overcome_v the_o enemy_n by_o clemency_n masinissa_n come_v unto_o scipio_n a_o princely_a majesty_n in_o scipio_n personage_n the_o antiquity_n of_o those_o of_o gades_n scipio_n noble_a deed_n scipio_n return_n out_o of_o spain_n to_o rome_n scipio_n make_v consul_n scipio_n 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tribune_n diverse_a opinion_n about_o the_o accusasion_n of_o the_o african_n the_o african_n wife_n &_o child_n diverse_a opinion_n touch_v the_o death_n of_o p._n scipio_n statue_n of_o the_o two_o scipio_n and_o ennius_n the_o poet_n by_o the_o gate_n capena_n at_o rome_n scipio_n african_n die_v at_o linternum_n the_o epitaphe_n of_o scipio_n african_n scipio_n african_n 54._o year_n old_a at_o the_o time_n of_o his_o death_n the_o power_n of_o virtue_n phormio_n peripatetician_n read_v philosophy_n in_o ephasus_n annibals_n witty_a answer_n unto_o the_o king_n antiochus_n imprint_v at_o london_n by_o thomas_n vautrollier_n dwell_v in_o the_o black_a friar_n by_o ludgate_n