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jollity_n be_v defeat_v and_o their_o king_n take_v prisoner_n the_o istrian_n follow_v the_o aetolian_n for_o they_o have_v assist_v they_o not_o long_o before_o in_o their_o war_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o fight_n be_v fortunate_a to_o the_o enemy_n and_o prove_v also_o the_o occasion_n of_o their_o ruin_n for_o after_o they_o have_v plunder_v the_o camp_n of_o c._n manlius_n and_o possess_v themselves_o of_o a_o rich_a booty_n c._n claudius_n pulcher_n fall_v upon_o they_o as_o they_o be_v feast_v and_o sport_v nay_o many_o of_o they_o so_o overcome_v with_o drink_n that_o they_o know_v not_o where_o they_o be_v so_o they_o cast_v up_o their_o surprise_a victory_n with_o their_o blood_n and_o breath_n the_o king_n himself_o named_z apulo_fw-la be_v set_v a_o horseback_n as_o not_o able_a to_o stand_v through_o gluttony_n and_o lightness_n of_o the_o head_n be_v with_o much_o ado_n persuade_v that_o he_o be_v take_v even_o after_o he_o have_v recover_v himself_o chap._n xi_o the_o gallo-grecians_a be_v subdue_v by_o the_o roman_n the_o great_a courage_n and_o gallantry_n of_o a_o lady_n in_o revenge_a herself_o of_o a_o centurion_n who_o have_v do_v her_o violence_n the_o gallo-grecians_a be_v also_o involve_v in_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o syrian_a war_n they_o have_v be_v among_o the_o auxiliary_n of_o king_n antiochus_n whether_o manlius_n be_v over-desirous_a of_o a_o triumph_n or_o that_o he_o malicious_o charge_v they_o with_o that_o offence_n be_v doubtful_a certain_a it_o be_v that_o though_o a_o conqueror_n a_o triumph_n be_v deny_v he_o because_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o war_n be_v not_o approve_v by_o the_o senate_n now_o the_o gallo-grecians_a as_o appear_v by_o the_o very_a name_n be_v a_o intermix_v and_o mongrel_n people_n the_o remainder_n of_o the_o gall_n who_o under_o brennus_n have_v waste_v greece_n go_v further_a eastward_o have_v after_o sometime_o plant_v themselves_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o asia_n but_o as_o the_o seed_n of_o 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to_o she_o injure_a husband_n chap._n xii_o the_o second_o macedonian_a or_o persian_a war_n the_o alliance_n between_o the_o macedonian_n and_o the_o thracian_n the_o policy_n of_o k._n perses_n who_o yet_o be_v overcome_v by_o p._n aemilius_n the_o description_n of_o a_o magnificent_a triumph_n the_o news_n of_o the_o vitory_a bring_v to_o rome_n the_o very_a day_n of_o the_o engagement_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o two_o young_a man_n who_o be_v think_v to_o be_v castor_n and_o pollux_n while_o nation_n after_o nation_n follow_v the_o fate_n of_o the_o syrian_a war_n macedonia_n rise_v up_o a_o second_o time_n the_o remembrance_n of_o theiâ—_n former_a nobility_n stir_v up_o that_o most_o valiant_a people_n and_o there_o have_v succeed_v philip_n hiâ—_n son_n perses_n who_o think_v it_o a_o dishonour_n to_o the_o nation_n that_o macedonia_n be_v overcome_v once_o shall_v ever_o continue_v so_o the_o macedonian_n rise_v with_o great_a animosity_n under_o this_o man_n than_o they_o have_v do_v under_o his_o father_n for_o they_o have_v draw_v in_o the_o thracian_n to_o join_v with_o they_o tâ—mperavere_fw-la they_o aâ—quâ—_n ita_fw-la â—dustriam_fw-la macâ—donum_fw-la viâ—ibus_fw-la thracum_n feroâ—iâ—m_n thracum_n disciplina_fw-la macedonum_fw-la tâ—mperavere_fw-la and_o so_o they_o have_v balance_v the_o dexterity_n of_o the_o macedonian_n by_o the_o robu_v valour_n of_o the_o thracian_n and_o the_o brutality_n of_o the_o thracian_n by_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o mecedonian_o what_o add_v to_o this_o be_v the_o prudence_n of_o the_o chief_a commander_n who_o have_v observe_v the_o situation_n of_o his_o country_n from_o top_n of_o aeonus_n encamp_v his_o force_n in_o abrupt_a place_n have_v so_o fortify_v macedonia_n with_o man_n and_o arm_n that_o he_o seem_v not_o to_o have_v leave_v the_o enemy_n any_o way_n to_o enter_v into_o it_o unless_o they_o shall_v fall_v down_o from_o the_o heaven_n for_o q._n martius_n philippus_n be_v consul_n the_o roman_n have_v 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