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in_o ãâã_d hope_n ãâã_d her_o son_n within_o few_o day_n shall_v have_v the_o ãâã_d ãâã_d set_v on_o his_o head_n and_o the_o ãâã_d sceptre_n ãâã_d into_o his_o ãâã_d his_o art_n he_o say_v ãâã_d the_o same_o and_o spirit_n with_o who_o he_o have_v conference_n ãâã_d he_o thereof_o but_o it_o chance_v that_o these_o letter_n be_v intercept_v and_o ãâã_d to_o mahomet_n whereupon_o it_o happen_v that_o he_o which_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o foretell_v a_o long_a life_n and_o empire_n to_o fall_v to_o another_o man_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d the_o ãâã_d of_o his_o own_o life_n be_v himself_o by_o the_o sultan_n command_n with_o the_o young_a prince_n the_o eunuch_n and_o 50_o other_o of_o the_o ãâã_d and_o consenter_n thereunto_o strangle_v and_o the_o sultanness_n drown_v yet_o some_o report_n this_o prince_n be_v strangle_v upon_o suspicion_n of_o conspire_v with_o the_o ãâã_d rebel_n against_o his_o father_n which_o after_o his_o death_n be_v ãâã_d not_o to_o be_v so_o the_o bassa_n who_o 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