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enemy_n as_o he_o be_v command_v thirty_o thousand_o more_o be_v appoint_v for_o odmar_n and_o tamerlane_n himself_o remain_v in_o the_o arrear_n at_o one_o of_o the_o wing_n of_o his_o footman_n his_o purpose_n be_v to_o let_v that_o sixty_o five_o thousand_o horse_n under_o two_o such_o gallant_a captain_n to_o break_v the_o force_n of_o the_o enemy_n hope_v after_o they_o to_o have_v a_o good_a market_n cause_v his_o foot_n to_o march_v forward_o and_o reserve_v with_o himself_o twenty_o thousand_o of_o his_o best_a horse_n who_o of_o themselves_o be_v able_a to_o make_v a_o new_a battle_n if_o any_o mischance_n shall_v befall_v the_o former_a for_o he_o understand_v that_o it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o king_n of_o china_n to_o enclose_v themselves_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o their_o chariot_n with_o their_o footman_n and_o not_o to_o
not_o the_o courage_n to_o return_v to_o their_o habitation_n too_o hasty_o much_o less_o to_o attempt_v any_o thing_n against_o nabuchadnezzar_n but_o live_v as_o miserable_a outlaw_n until_o the_o end_n of_o the_o seventy_o year_n which_o god_n have_v appoint_v for_o the_o desolation_n of_o their_o country_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o land_n of_o judaea_n when_o by_o a_o long_a course_n of_o victory_n nabuchadnezzar_n have_v bring_v into_o subjection_n all_o the_o nation_n of_o syria_n nabuchadnezzar_n and_o the_o border_a arabian_n in_o such_o wise_a as_o that_o no_o enemy_n to_o himself_o or_o friend_n to_o the_o egyptian_a be_v leave_v at_o his_o back_n that_o may_v either_o impede_fw-la his_o proceed_n or_o take_v advantage_n of_o any_o misfortune_n that_o may_v befall_v he_o then_o do_v he_o forthwith_o apply_v himself_o to_o the_o conquest_n of_o egypt_n upon_o which_o those_o other_o nation_n have_v former_o be_v dependent_n of_o this_o expedition_n and_o the_o victorious_a issue_n thereof_o the_o three_o great_a prophet_n isaiah_n jeremy_n and_o ezekiel_n have_v write_v so_o plain_o that_o it_o be_v altogether_o needless_a to_o seek_v after_o any_o other_o authority_n to_o confirm_v the_o same_o long_o before_o it_o be_v prophesy_v by_o isaiah_n that_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n or_o babylon_n shall_v lead_v away_o the_o egyptian_n prisoner_n and_o the_o ethiopian_n captive_n young_a and_o old_a naked_a and_o barefoot_a even_o with_o their_o buttock_n uncover_v to_o the_o shame_n of_o egypt_n isa._n 20._o 4._o but_o ezekiel_n and_o jeremy_n as_o their_o prophecy_n be_v near_o to_o the_o time_n of_o execution_n so_o they_o handle_v this_o argument_n more_o plain_o and_o precise_o for_o esekiel_n tell_v we_o clear_o that_o egypt_n shall_v be_v give_v to_o nabuchadnezzar_n as_o wage_n for_o his_o great_a service_n which_o he_o have_v do_v against_o tyre_n ezek._n 29._o 18_o 19_o 20._o he_o recount_v also_o in_o particular_a all_o the_o chief_a city_n in_o egypt_n say_v that_o these_o by_o name_n shall_v be_v destroy_v and_o go_v into_o captivity_n yea_o and_o that_o pharaoh_n and_o all_o his_o army_n shall_v be_v slay_v by_o the_o sword_n ezek._n 30._o 4_o 10_o etc._n etc._n chap._n 32._o 2_o etc._n etc._n and_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n say_v thus_o behold_v i_o will_v visit_v the_o common_a people_n of_o no_n and_o pharaoh_n and_o egypt_n with_o their_o god_n and_o their_o king_n even_o pharaoh_n and_o all_o that_o trust_v in_o he_o and_o i_o will_v deliver_v they_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o those_o that_o seek_v their_o life_n and_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n king_n of_o babel_n and_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o servant_n jerem._n 46._o 25_o 26._o josephus_n according_o say_v that_o nabuchadnezzar_n in_o three_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n conquer_v and_o in_o the_o fifteen_o year_n after_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n do_v conquer_v egypt_n and_o kill_v the_o king_n thereof_o appoint_v a_o 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