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he_o that_o shall_v have_v rule_v egypt_n and_o he_o have_v do_v it_o worthy_o but_o now_o be_v draw_v any_o whither_o that_o ill_o advise_v sullenness_n and_o melancholy_n do_v direct_v he_o these_o his_o wicked_a counsellor_n invent_v a_o course_n to_o procure_v his_o peace_n and_o the_o emperor_n favour_n a_o course_n indeed_o bloody_a barbarous_a and_o inhuman_a but_o such_o as_o suit_v with_o their_o own_o malice_n and_o as_o it_o prove_v take_v place_n with_o the_o governor_n desperateness_n and_o cowardice_n if_o so_o be_v he_o may_v be_v call_v a_o governor_n still_o caius_z the_o emperor_n say_v they_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o the_o jew_n and_o a_o friend_n to_o the_o alexandrian_n let_v this_o be_v the_o opportunity_n whereby_o to_o work_v thy_o reconciliation_n to_o suffer_v the_o city_n to_o rise_v against_o the_o jew_n and_o to_o commit_v outrage_n upon_o they_o and_o thou_o can_v not_o perform_v a_o act_n more_o acceptable_a to_o the_o prince_n nor_o more_o profitable_a for_o thyself_o the_o wretched_a flaccus_n that_o take_v to_o heart_n no_o man_n misery_n but_o his_o own_o and_o care_v not_o who_o suffer_v so_o he_o may_v escape_v give_v ear_n to_o this_o damnable_a and_o devilish_a counsel_n and_o put_v it_o in_o practice_n fiâ—st_o plot_a mischief_n against_o the_o jew_n in_o secret_a then_o oppress_v they_o in_o judgement_n and_o in_o their_o suit_n open_o and_o at_o the_o last_o profess_v and_o publish_v himself_o their_o resolved_a enemy_n sect._n ii_o agrippa_n at_o alexandria_n a_o unexpected_a and_o unwilling_a occasion_n of_o further_a trouble_n those_o incendiary_n that_o have_v kindle_v this_o fire_n will_v be_v sure_a to_o lose_v no_o blast_n that_o may_v make_v it_o flame_n and_o keep_v it_o burn_v agrippa_n that_o have_v not_o long_o ago_o depait_v from_o alexandria_n a_o poor_a private_a man_n return_v now_o thither_o in_o prosperity_n and_o a_o king_n caius_n that_o have_v promote_v he_o to_o his_o kingdom_n do_v love_o direct_v he_o by_o alexandria_n as_o the_o safe_a way_n to_o it_o thither_o he_o come_v with_o as_o great_a privacy_n as_o such_o as_o personage_n can_v do_v and_o yet_o be_v he_o espy_v by_o the_o jealous_a eye_n of_o these_o rare_a counsellor_n and_o his_o come_n misconstrue_v through_o their_o malice_n to_o the_o jew_n they_o persuade_v flaccus_n that_o his_o come_n thither_o be_v a_o affront_n to_o he_o in_o his_o own_o province_n that_o his_o pomp_n and_o train_n be_v more_o sumptuous_a than_o he_o that_o the_o eye_n of_o all_o man_n be_v upon_o the_o new_a king_n agrippa_n and_o in_o short_a that_o his_o presence_n there_o be_v his_o present_a disgrace_n and_o will_v prove_v his_o future_a disadvantage_n the_o ill_a govern_v governor_n be_v ready_a enough_o to_o hearken_v to_o such_o buzzing_n as_o these_o and_o to_o yield_v they_o impression_n in_o his_o mind_n yet_o dare_v he_o not_o put_v any_o thing_n in_o execution_n against_o the_o king_n for_o fear_n of_o he_o that_o send_v he_o he_o therefore_o think_v it_o best_a to_o carry_v a_o faiâ—e_a outside_n to_o agrippa_n and_o to_o his_o face_n he_o speak_v fair_a and_o pretend_v friendship_n but_o behind_o his_o back_n he_o do_v not_o only_o descry_v his_o hate_n and_o revile_v he_o in_o secret_a but_o also_o connive_v at_o those_o that_o do_v so_o open_o so_o that_o within_o a_o little_a while_n the_o king_n that_o neither_o thought_n nor_o come_v for_o any_o hurt_n be_v make_v the_o public_a scoff_n and_o scorn_n throughout_o the_o city_n and_o on_o their_o stage_n in_o their_o play_n ballad_n speech_n house_n street_n there_o be_v no_o language_n so_o common_a nor_o so_o currant_n as_o the_o abusive_a of_o agrippa_n sect._n iii_o a_o pageant_n of_o one_o and_o more_o madman_n this_o connivance_n of_o the_o governor_n shall_v i_o call_v it_o or_o his_o toleration_n or_o his_o set_n on_o or_o his_o folly_n or_o what_o you_o will_v you_o may_v well_o presume_v that_o it_o add_v boldness_n and_o impudence_n enough_o to_o the_o outrageous_a multitude_n which_o common_o in_o such_o mischievousnesse_n need_v small_a encouragement_n their_o madness_n among_o other_o thing_n show_v itself_o in_o this_o pageant_n whether_o more_o senseless_a or_o spleenatick_a if_o not_o both_o alike_o let_v the_o reader_n judge_n there_o be_v a_o poor_a mad_a man_n or_o distract_a wretch_n in_o the_o city_n who_o name_n be_v charabas_n that_o use_v to_o walk_v up_o and_o down_o stark_o naked_a night_n and_o day_n heat_n and_o cold_a the_o common_a fool_n as_o it_o be_v of_o boy_n and_o young_a man_n with_o who_o they_o use_v to_o make_v sport_n the_o riotous_a rout_n now_o set_v on_o mischief_n bring_v this_o silly_a wretch_n to_o one_o of_o their_o public_a meet_v place_n and_o there_o set_v he_o on_o high_a in_o a_o seat_n above_o all_o the_o people_n that_o he_o may_v be_v see_v of_o all_o they_o put_v a_o diadem_n of_o paper_n about_o his_o head_n and_o mat_n of_o sedge_n about_o his_o body_n in_o stead_n of_o 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mingle_v between_o sect._n x._o caius_n cruel_a the_o recovery_n of_o the_o emperor_n caius_n from_o that_o disease_n under_o which_o we_o leave_v he_o ere_o while_n prove_v the_o sickness_n of_o the_o whole_a state_n and_o the_o death_n of_o divers_a for_o now_o he_o begin_v to_o show_v himself_o in_o his_o own_o colour_n and_o to_o lay_v open_a the_o inside_n of_o his_o barbarous_a nature_n which_o hitherto_o he_o have_v hide_v under_o strange_a dissimulation_n p._n afranius_n petitus_fw-la a_o plebeian_n and_o atanius_n secundus_fw-la a_o knight_n have_v bind_v themselves_o by_o oath_n in_o the_o emperor_n sickness_n partly_o in_o flattery_n partly_o in_o hope_n of_o reward_n the_o one_o that_o he_o will_v die_v on_o condition_n the_o prince_n may_v recover_v and_o the_o other_o that_o he_o will_v venture_v his_o life_n in_o combat_n on_o the_o same_o condition_n caius_n understanding_n of_o this_o obligation_n and_o pretend_v that_o he_o will_v have_v neither_o of_o they_o 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