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naaman_n the_o assyrian_a command_v by_o elisha_n to_o wash_v seven_o time_n in_o the_o river_n jordan_n 257_o his_o leprosy_n stay_v upon_o gehezi_n 258_o naboth_n unjust_o condemn_v and_o slay_v 251_o nathan_n and_o bathsheba_n advice_n 151_o nature_n necessary_o bring_v with_o it_o its_o sympathy_n and_o antipathy_n 46_o nebuchadonozar_n his_o dream_n 242_o he_o worship_v daniel_n 241_o he_o erect_v a_o statue_n of_o gold_n of_o sixty_o cubit_n high_a 243_o he_o command_v all_o his_o noble_n to_o do_v homage_n to_o it_o ib._n he_o command_v the_o three_o child_n that_o disobey_v his_o command_n therein_o to_o be_v cast_v into_o the_o furnace_n 244_o his_o second_o dream_n and_o the_o interpretation_n by_o daniel_n ibid._n his_o misfortune_n be_v bewail_v by_o the_o whole_a court_n 245_o he_o be_v again_o find_v out_o and_o reinve_v in_o his_o throne_n ib._n the_o birth_n and_o education_n of_o nero._n 271_o the_o perfidiousness_n of_o his_o mother_n ibid._n his_o cruelty_n towards_o britanicus_n 272_o the_o love_n of_o his_o mother_n do_v degenerate_a to_o misprision_n ibid._n his_o present_a to_o his_o mother_n ibid._n his_o horrible_a attempt_n upon_o his_o mother_n ibid._n the_o amazement_n of_o nero._n 273_o nero_n continue_v his_o cruelty_n ibid._n he_o fall_v in_o love_n with_o poppea_n and_o do_v estrange_v himself_o from_o his_o wife_n octavia_n 274_o nero_n grow_v worse_a and_o worse_o 284_o the_o conspiracy_n against_o he_o be_v detect_v ibid._n the_o image_n of_o nice-ones_a 49_o treason_n against_o the_o duke_n of_o norfolk_n and_o his_o ruin_n 299_o the_o horrible_a catastrophe_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o norfolk_n 300_o o_o flight_n from_o occasion_n be_v the_o most_o assure_a bulwark_n for_o chastity_n 18_o octavia_n calumniate_v by_o poppea_n 274_o ozias_n prince_n of_o the_o people_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o joachim_n appease_v the_o people_n of_o bethulia_n 182_o p_o the_o overfond_a love_n of_o parent_n to_o their_o child_n be_v chastise_v in_o they_o 272_o the_o exercise_n of_o patience_n what_o it_o be_v 37_o necessity_n force_v patience_n 58_o s._n paul_n tender_a in_o holy_a affection_n 8_o he_o come_v to_o rome_n 279_o he_o be_v false_o accuse_v ibid._n his_o conversation_n with_o peter_n ib._n he_o preach_v the_o gospel_n ib._n he_o be_v threaten_v and_o persecute_v 280_o he_o be_v condemn_v to_o the_o whip_n but_o divert_v that_o punishment_n ib._n he_o be_v commit_v to_o the_o hand_n of_o felix_n ibid._n he_o appear_v before_o the_o tribunal_n of_o felix_n ibid._n drusilla_n come_v to_o hear_v he_o ib._n s._n paul_n appeal_v to_o rome_n 281_o the_o young_a agrippa_n king_n of_o judea_n with_o his_o sister_n bernice_n assist_v at_o the_o judgement_n of_o s._n paul_n ib._n festus_n be_v touch_v with_o his_o word_n ibid._n he_o be_v embark_v for_o rome_n ibid._n he_o arrive_v there_o and_o treat_v with_o the_o jew_n ibid._n s._n paul_n be_v undoubted_o know_v by_o seneca_n ibid._n his_o oration_n to_o the_o senate_n of_o 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