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my_o fidelity_n towards_o you_o have_v kill_v so_o many_o of_o my_o own_o countryman_n and_o it_o be_v a_o just_a plague_n that_o a_o strange_a nation_n shall_v be_v false_a to_o we_o who_o impious_o forsake_v our_o own_o brethren_n i_o be_o not_o worthy_a to_o receive_v death_n from_o the_o hand_n of_o my_o enemy_n and_o therefore_o i_o will_v kill_v myself_o with_o my_o own_o and_o this_o death_n will_v be_v a_o sufficient_a punishment_n for_o my_o offence_n and_o a_o full_a argument_n of_o my_o magnanimity_n that_o none_o of_o my_o enemy_n may_v boast_v of_o my_o death_n nor_o insult_v over_o i_o when_o he_o have_v thus_o say_v he_o behold_v all_o his_o family_n with_o compassion_n and_o rage_n mix_v together_o as_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o age_a parent_n himself_o simon_n kill_v his_o parent_n his_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o at_o last_v himself_o and_o first_o take_v his_o father_n by_o the_o hair_n of_o the_o head_n he_o stand_v upon_o he_o and_o thrust_v he_o through_o 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