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or_o rather_o divide_v between_o he_o and_o the_o lieutenant_n of_o babylon_n belochus_n who_o be_v as_o some_o think_v call_v pull_v king_n of_o assyria_n in_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n 2._o king_n 15._o 19_o in_o who_o posterity_n the_o sceptre_n continue_v for_o some_o few_o generation_n follow_v until_o senacherib_n his_o great_a grandchild_n who_o be_v betray_v and_o slay_v by_o two_o of_o his_o own_o son_n 37._o to_o wit_n by_o adramalech_n and_o sharezer_n but_o esarhaddon_n his_o son_n who_o govern_v the_o kingdom_n in_o his_o father_n absence_n step_v into_o the_o chair_n of_o estate_n yet_o can_v he_o not_o possess_v it_o without_o much_o trouble_n for_o first_o these_o two_o brethren_n that_o have_v slay_v their_o father_n put_v themselves_o also_o in_o arm_n against_o their_o brother_n hope_v by_o this_o mean_n to_o share_v equal_o with_o he_o this_o trouble_n among_o the_o brethren_n occasion_v merodath_n which_o the_o scripture_n call_v merodach_n baladan_n isa._n 39_o 1._o lieutenant_n of_o babylon_n to_o rebel_v against_o esarhaddon_n and_o first_o draw_v partly_o by_o fair_a mean_n partly_o by_o threat_n the_o people_n about_o babylon_n to_o side_n with_o he_o forthwith_o he_o defi_v his_o master_n and_o final_o in_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n utter_o overthrow_v he_o and_o so_o join_v the_o empire_n of_o the_o assyrian_n unto_o the_o city_n of_o babylon_n in_o the_o posterity_n of_o this_o merodach_n do_v the_o monarchy_n continue_v for_o three_o descent_n to_o wit_n nabuchadnezzar_n evill-merodach_a and_o belshazzar_n in_o who_o day_n darius_n the_o mede_n call_v by_o historian_n chaxares_n son_n of_o astyages_n and_o cyrus_n the_o persian_a grandchild_n to_o the_o aforesaid_a astyages_n subdue_v the_o assyrian_n and_o translate_v the_o monarchy_n to_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n chap._n iii_o of_o the_o monarchy_n of_o the_o mede_n and_o
be_v almost_o flanquer_v with_o the_o three_o paâ—_n of_o the_o whole_a curtain_n and_o this_o fortress_n have_v the_o flank_n fichans_n as_o some_o enginieres_n term_v it_o because_o the_o line_n of_o defence_n which_o proceed_v from_o the_o casmat_n be_v not_o parallel_v and_o beside_o the_o flank_n fichant_n produce_v a_o long_a pand_n it_o than_o the_o other_o kind_n of_o shoulder_v flank_n do_v as_o appear_v in_o the_o figure_n by_o p_o and_o s._n for_o the_o line_n p_o q_o be_v a_o flank_n fichant_n and_o very_o serviceable_a in_o two_o respect_n as_o appear_v by_o mounsieur_fw-fr bellaye_n discourse_n pag._n 11._o touch_v the_o enemy_n secure_v himself_o from_o the_o canon_n in_o the_o point_n of_o a_o bulworke_n after_o a_o breach_n make_v that_o the_o flank_n fichant_n will_v be_v most_o offensive_a to_o he_o in_o that_o place_n as_o will_v appear_v if_o a_o line_n be_v draw_v from_o the_o angle_n of_o the_o flank_n to_o the_o flank_v angle_n for_o from_o thence_o a_o piece_n 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