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of_o his_o wound_n die_v in_o the_o very_a act_n of_o his_o rape_n only_o have_v time_n to_o teil_v she_o that_o for_o the_o great_a love_n he_o bear_v she_o he_o will_v teach_v she_o a_o 〈◊〉_d a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d receipt_n for_o the_o procure_n of_o love_n by_o force_n whereof_o hercules_n shall_v never_o after_o be_v familiar_a with_o any_o other_o woman_n beside_o herself_o and_o that_o be_v that_o she_o shall_v anoint_v hercules_n his_o under_a garment_n with_o the_o blood_n that_o issue_v from_o his_o wound_n mix_v together_o with_o oil_n and_o some_o of_o his_o seed_n that_o fall_v from_o he_o and_o have_v thus_o say_v he_o immediate_o breathe_v out_o his_o last_o deianira_n observe_v what_o direction_n he_o have_v give_v she_o and_o mix_v the_o seed_n of_o nessus_n with_o his_o blood_n which_o drop_v from_o the_o arrow_n keep_v it_o private_o in_o a_o little_a box_n for_o hercules_n hercules_n have_v pass_v the_o river_n go_v to_o ceyces_fw-la king_n of_o 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his_o force_n by_o mercenary_a foreigner_n he_o send_v likewise_o ambassador_n to_o athens_n desire_v their_o aid_n with_o promise_n that_o if_o they_o regain_v their_o liberty_n the_o whole_a kingdom_n shall_v be_v for_o their_o service_n and_o advantage_n as_o well_o as_o he_o and_o he_o shall_v be_v ever_o and_o in_o every_o thing_n grateful_a to_o they_o the_o athenian_n conceive_v it_o to_o be_v much_o to_o their_o advantage_n if_o by_o what_o force_n they_o can_v make_v they_o may_v drain_v the_o persian_n of_o their_o money_n and_o gain_v likewise_o the_o egyptian_n to_o their_o interest_n to_o be_v ready_a to_o serve_v they_o upon_o all_o occasion_n determine_v to_o send_v to_o their_o assistance_n a_o navy_n of_o three_o hundred_o sail_n and_o 461_o ant._n ch._n 461_o to_o that_o end_n all_o hand_n be_v at_o work_n to_o make_v ready_a a_o fleet._n artaxerxes_n receive_v the_o news_n of_o the_o revolt_n of_o the_o egyptian_n resolve_v to_o exceed_v they_o both_o in_o number_n 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all_o those_o grecian_n 383._o ant._n ch._n 383._o that_o be_v at_o that_o time_n present_a to_o testify_v that_o the_o god_n return_v not_o any_o answer_n relate_v to_o the_o death_n of_o any_o person_n and_o as_o to_o the_o good_a correspondence_n between_o he_o and_o the_o lacedaemonian_n he_o declare_v that_o he_o enter_v into_o a_o league_n with_o they_o not_o for_o any_o private_a advantge_n of_o his_o own_o but_o for_o the_o profit_n and_o advantage_n of_o the_o king_n for_o by_o this_o mean_n he_o tell_v they_o the_o grecian_n in_o asia_n be_v divide_v from_o the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v make_v better_a subject_n and_o more_o obedient_a and_o go_v on_o with_o his_o defence_n he_o put_v the_o judge_n in_o mind_n of_o his_o former_a remarkable_a service_n to_o the_o crown_n among_o those_o which_o clear_o manifest_v his_o faith_n and_o loyalty_n to_o the_o king_n and_o which_o king_n terabazus_n kill_v two_o lion_n to_o save_v the_o king_n deserve_v the_o great_a commendation_n and_o chief_o as_o be_v say_v win_v the_o king_n heart_n be_v this_o that_o when_o the_o king_n be_v one_o day_n in_o his_o chariot_n a_o hunt_v two_o lion_n run_v fierce_o upon_o he_o and_o tear_v the_o two_o chariot-horse_n in_o piece_n they_o make_v at_o he_o at_o which_o instant_a therabazus_n come_v fortunate_o in_o kill_v both_o the_o lion_n and_o so_o rescue_v the_o king_n it_o be_v likewise_o report_v of_o he_o that_o he_o be_v a_o person_n of_o extraordinary_a valour_n and_o of_o so_o sound_a and_o solid_a a_o judgement_n in_o council_n that_o the_o king_n never_o miscarry_v when_o he_o follow_v his_o advice_n when_o terabazus_n have_v end_v what_o he_o have_v to_o say_v in_o his_o own_o defence_n all_o the_o judge_n with_o acquit_v terabazus_n acquit_v one_o voice_n acquit_v he_o and_o pronouced_a he_o innocent_a of_o all_o the_o crime_n and_o offence_n lay_v to_o his_o charge_n but_o the_o king_n afterward_o send_v for_o the_o judge_n to_o he_o several_o and_o examine_v 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every_o day_n in_o reputation_n for_o his_o
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fume_n of_o lime_n b_o 38._o e_z 2._o 736_o d._n demetrius_n king_n of_o syria_n overcome_v alexander_n b_o 32._o e_z 1._o 724_o e._n enna_n take_v and_o plunder_v by_o the_o slave_n b_o 34._o e_z 2._o 727_o eunus_n the_o juggler_n and_o captain_n of_o the_o slave_n in_o sicily_n ibid._n h._n heraris_fw-la a_o young_a wife_n become_v a_o man_n b_o 32_o e_z 1._o 724_o hermaphrodite_n strange_a relation_n of_o hermaphrodite_n ibid._n i._o jerusalem_n the_o temple_n by_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n take_v by_o antiochus_n eupator_n b_o 34._o e_z 1._o 726_o jew_n hate_v of_o all_o a_o heathenish_a relation_n of_o their_o come_v out_o of_o egypt_n b_o 34._o e_z 1._o b_o 40._o e_z 1._o 726_o 736_o their_o law_n by_o moses_n ibid._n jugurtha_n king_n of_o numidia_n bring_v prisoner_n to_o rome_n b_o 36._o e_z 1._o 729_o m._n marsian_a war_n b_o 37._o e_z 1._o 734_o masinissa_n his_o srength_n and_o age_n b_o 32._o e_z 3._o 325_o megallis_n the_o wife_n of_o demophilus_n of_o enna_n throw_v down_o a_o rock_n by_o the_o woman_n slave_n for_o her_o former_a cruelty_n b_o 34._o e_z 2._o 327_o titus_n minutius_n buy_v a_o slave_n he_o fall_v in_o love_n with_o for_o a_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n and_o stir_v up_o the_o servile_a war_n in_o italy_n at_o length_n betray_v by_o his_o own_o man_n b_o 36._o e_z 1._o 729_o moses_n his_o act_n b_o 34._o e_z 1._o b_o 40._o e_z 1._o 726_o 736_o n._n nerva_n manage_n the_o war_n against_o the_o slave_n in_o sicily_n slothful_a b_o 36._o e_z 1._o 730_o p._n persius_n king_n of_o macedonia_n his_o extreme_a misery_n b_o 31._o e_z 2._o 722_o pompey_n his_o death_n b_o 37._o e_z 2._o 734_o prusias_n king_n of_o bythinia_n murder_v by_o his_o son_n b_o 32._o e_z 4._o 726_o r._n roman_n their_o superstition_n b_o 36._o e_z 2_o 733_o their_o statue_n of_o their_o ancestor_n b_o 31._o e_z 4._o 723_o their_o degeneracy_n from_o their_o former_a frugality_n b_o 37._o e_z 1._o 734_o s._n salvius_n a_o piper_n captain_n of_o the_o slave_n in_o sicily_n be_v make_v king_n and_o call_v tripho_n b_o 36._o e_z 1._o 731_o sicily_n it_o be_v lamentable_a condition_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o servile_a war_n b_o 36._o e_z 1._o 729_o sylla_n his_o war_n with_o marius_n his_o remarkable_a death_n b_o 37._o e_z 2._o 735_o t._n titinius_n betray_v the_o s_o 〈…〉_o s_o in_o sicily_n b_o 36_o e_z 1._o 731_o v._n varius_n captain_n of_o the_o slave_n in_o sicily_n b_o 36._o e_z 1._o ibid._n viriathus_n general_n of_o the_o lusitanian_o once_o a_o captain_n of_o thief_n his_o success_n against_o the_o roman_n b_o 32._o e_z 5._o 726_o w._n war_n the_o war_n of_o the_o slave_n among_o the_o roman_n b_o 34._o e_z 2._o 727_o and_o in_o attica_n ibid._n at_o nucera_n capua_n and_o by_o minutius_n b_o 36._o e_z 1._o 729_o the_o servile_a war_n in_o sicily_n under_o eunus_n varius_n salvius_n and_o athenio_n b_o 34._o e_z 2._o b_o 36._o e_z 1._o 727_o 729_o the_o fragment_n out_o of_o the_o history_n of_o diodorus_n the_o sicilian_a publish_a by_o h._n valesius_fw-la a._n actaeon_n pull_v in_o piece_n between_o those_o that_o strive_v for_o he_o see_v archias_n lib._n 6._o sect._n 15._o page_n 743_o agathocles_n kill_v with_o a_o thunderbolt_n l_o 6._o s_o 16._o ibid._n his_o revenge_n upon_o his_o soldier_n that_o kill_v his_o son_n l_o 2d_o s_o 2._o 748_o archias_n his_o vile_a love_n to_o actaeon_n a_o virtuous_a young_a boy_n l_o 6._o s_o 15._o 743_o astyages_n king_n of_o the_o mede_n his_o cruelty_n towards_o his_o subject_n l_o 6._o s_o 30._o 745_o adrastus_n by_o chance_n kill_v atys_n the_o son_n of_o croesus_n kill_v himself_o for_o it_o l_o 6._o s_o 32_o ibid._n atys_n see_v adrastus_n ibid._n aeneas_n his_o care_n of_o his_o father_n when_o troy_n be_v take_v l_o 6._o s_o 8._o 742_o aristogon_n his_o praise_n l_o 6._o s_o 46._o 747_o antigonus_n one_o a_o private_a man_n kill_v through_o his_o ambition_n l_o 21._o s_o 1._o 748_o apollodorus_n king_n of_o cassandria_n in_o macedonia_n his_o cruelty_n l_o 22._o s_o 5._o 750_o attilius_n regulus_n the_o roman_a general_n his_o misfortune_n at_o carthage_n rout_v by_o xanthippus_n l_o 23._o s_o 1._o 751_o antiochus_n the_o great_a his_o act_n l_o 26._o s_o 28_o to_o 33._o 757_o his_o strange_a familiarity_n with_o ordinary_a fellow_n l_o 26._o s_o 43._o 758_o epiphanes_n his_o foolish_a and_o light_a carriage_n at_o sport_n and_o in_o feast_n ibid._n s_o 67_o 68_o 69._o 761_o antiochus_n cyzienus_n addict_v to_o puppet-play_n &c._n &c._n hunt_v wild_a beast_n in_o the_o night_n l_o 34._o s_o 25._o 774_o arcadian_n slay_v the_o ambassador_n send_v to_o they_o from_o the_o marathenians_n l_o 26._o s_o 97._o 767_o arsase_n king_n of_o parthia_n his_o praise_n l_o 26._o s_o 107._o 769_o attalus_n his_o cruelty_n l_o 34._o s_o 9_o 771_o athenaeus_n antiochus_n general_n abusive_a in_o his_o quarter_n afterward_o be_v famish_a to_o death_n because_o none_o will_v relieve_v he_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o former_a abuse_n l_o 34._o s_o 16._o 722_o asellus_n see_v lucius_n asellus_n 776_o b._n bias_n one_o of_o the_o seven_o wise_a man_n his_o noble_a entertainment_n and_o redemption_n of_o captive-virgin_n l_o 6._o s_o 28._o 744_o c._n castor_n and_o pollux_n l_o 6._o s_o 1._o 741_o chilo_n one_o of_o the_o seven_o wise_a man_n l_o 6._o s_o 26._o 744_o cyrus_n his_o praise_n l_o 6._o s_o 29_o 31_o 34._o 744_o croesus_n cyrus_n his_o kindness_n to_o he_o l_o 6._o s_o 33_o 34._o 745_o cambyses_n l_o 6._o s_o 44._o 747_o cimon_n his_o love_n to_o his_o dead_a father_n l_o 6._o s_o 51._o his_o praise_n 52._o 748_o carthaginian_n their_o war_n with_o the_o mercenary_n see_v war._n 752_o their_o cruelty_n towards_o the_o micatanian_a revolter_n l_o 26._o s_o 10._o 754_o cretan_n their_o treachery_n to_o the_o citizen_n of_o siphnus_n corinth_n rebuilt_a by_o julius_n caesar_n l_o 26._o s_o 92._o 766_o caius_n gracchus_n his_o head_n sell_v by_o his_o tr_fw-la 〈…〉_o rous_fw-la friend_n lucius_n metellius_n for_o its_o weight_n in_o gold_n l_o 34._o s_o 22._o 773_o draw_v out_o the_o brain_n and_o pour_v in_o lead_n to_o make_v it_o weigh_v heavy_a ibid._n caius_n marius_n one_o of_o the_o ambassador_n send_v to_o metellus_n despise_v by_o he_o but_o belove_v by_o the_o soldier_n l_o 34._o s_o 28._o 775_o caius_n domitius_n see_v pompaedius_n d._n dromichares_n king_n of_o thrace_n his_o kind_a usage_n of_o lysimachus_n and_o his_o son_n when_o he_o have_v they_o prisoner_n demetrius_z nicanor_z king_n of_o syria_n his_o cruelty_n l_o 26._o demetrius_n son_n of_o philip_n king_n of_o macedon_n murder_v by_o his_o father_n through_o the_o instigation_n of_o his_o brother_n perseus_n l_o 26._o s_o 39_o 758_o decius_n treacherous_o kill_v all_o the_o rheglan_n l_o 22._o s_o 1._o 750_o his_o end_n ibid._n diegulis_n king_n of_o thrace_n his_o cruelty_n l_o 26._o s_o 104_o 105._o 769_o e._n elean_n consecrate_a to_o jupiter_n by_o the_o policy_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n l_o 6._o s_o 12._o 742_o eucephus_n his_o treachery_n concern_v polychares_n his_o cattle_n and_o his_o cruelty_n l_o 6._o s_o 14._o 742_o eumenes_n his_o kindness_n to_o his_o brother_n attalus_n though_o he_o have_v marry_v his_o queen_n in_o his_o absence_n upon_o news_n of_o his_o death_n l_o 26._o s_o 44._o 759_o his_o other_o act_n be_v 48._o ibid._n his_o praise_n s_o 66._o 761_o eumenes_n king_n of_o parthia_n his_o cruelty_n raze_v a_o great_a part_n of_o babylon_n f._n fimbria_n encourage_v his_o soldier_n to_o plunder_v l_o 37._o s_o 11_o 12._o his_o cruelty_n s_o 13._o 779_o g._n gaul_n their_o cruelty_n l_o 26._o s_o 65._o 761_o gorgus_n father_n and_o son_n their_o remarkable_a love_n one_o to_o another_o h._n hippomenes_n cause_v his_o own_o daughter_n to_o be_v eat_v up_o by_o a_o horse_n l_o 6._o s_o 20._o 743_o hamilcar_n his_o cruel_a usage_n by_o the_o son_n of_o attalus_n l_o 24._o s_o 5._o 752_o hannibal_n his_o act_n l_o 26._o s_o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 9_o 753_o his_o praise_n s_o 36._o 757_o hieronymus_n king_n of_o syracuse_n murder_v by_o his_o subject_n l_o 26._o s_o 7_o 8._o 754_o hasdrubal_n his_o commendation_n l_o 26._o s_o 11._o 754_o i._n julius_n caesar_n his_o praise_n l_o 26._o s_o 92._o 766_o rebuilt_a corinth_n ibid._n jugurtha_n besiege_v his_o brother_n adherball_n in_o cinna_n take_v the_o place_n and_o unnatural_o slay_v his_o brother_n l_o 34._o s_o 23._o 77â—_n l._n lycurgus_n l_o 6._o s_o 11._o 742_o lucius_n tarqvinius_n king_n of_o the_o roman_n his_o praise_n l_o 6._o s_o 23._o 744_o lucretia_n her_o story_n l_o 6._o s_o 48._o 747_o lysimachus_n kind_o use_v by_o the_o thracian_n when_o he_o be_v prisoner_n l_o