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advoutry_n commit_v with_o her_o mother_n and_o also_o follow_v the_o determination_n of_o her_o father_n in_o take_v of_o her_o husband_n ¶_o the._n xxvii_o book_n after_o the_o decese_n of_o antiochus_n king_n 〈◊〉_d of_o syria_n his_o son_n seleucus_n succeed_v in_o his_o room_n by_o the_o inâ—…igation_n of_o his_o mother_n laodice_n why_o i_o ought_v to_o have_v with_o hold_v he_o from_o do_v any_o such_o thing_n begin_v his_o reign_n with_o murder_n for_o he_o put_v to_o death_n his_o mother_n in_o law_n beronice_n the_o sister_n of_o ptolomye_a king_n of_o egypt_n with_o his_o little_a brother_n beget_v upon_o she_o by_o do_v of_o the_o which_o wickedness_n he_o both_o bring_v himself_o in_o a_o foul_a slander_n and_o infamy_n and_o also_o entangle_v himself_o in_o the_o war_n of_o ptolomye_n furthermore_o when_o death_n beronice_n understode_v that_o man_n be_v send_v to_o kill_v she_o she_o keep_v herself_o close_o in_o a_o pleasant_a manor_n of_o her_o father_n call_v 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someitme_v the_o banishment_n of_o innocent_a gysgo_n without_o cause_n why_o sometime_o their_o seacrete_a verdict_n against_o his_o uncle_n hamilcar_n because_o he_o seek_v to_o make_v agathocles_n their_o friend_n rather_o than_o their_o enemy_n when_o he_o have_v utter_v these_o thing_n with_o a_o loud_a voice_n in_o a_o great_a audience_n of_o people_n he_o give_v up_o the_o ghost_n in_o the_o syracuse_n mean_a season_n agathocles_n have_v put_v his_o enemy_n to_o the_o worse_a in_o africa_n deliver_v the_o charge_n of_o his_o host_n to_o his_o son_n archagathus_n return_v himself_o with_o speed_n into_o sicill_n thinck_v that_o all_o that_o ever_o he_o have_v do_v in_o aâ—…ricke_n be_v to_o no_o purpose_n if_o syracuse_n be_v still_o beâ—…ieged_v for_o after_o that_o hamilcar_n the_o son_n of_o gâ—…go_n be_v slay_v the_o carthaginenses_n send_v thither_o a_o new_a host_n of_o man_n therefore_o assoon_o as_o agathocles_n be_v come_v into_o sicil_n all_o the_o city_n hear_v of_o his_o do_n in_o affâ—…icke_n yield_v themselves_o to_o he_o who_o may_v yield_v fasâ—…est_v by_o mean_n whereof_o haâ—…ing_v drive_v the_o carthaginenses_n out_o of_o sicill_n he_o take_v upon_o he_o as_o kingdom_n of_o all_o the_o whole_a island_n when_o he_o come_v into_o africa_n again_o his_o soldier_n welcome_v he_o with_o a_o mutiny_n for_o his_o son_n have_v delay_v y_o â—_o payment_n mutiny_n of_o their_o wage_n until_o the_o come_n of_o his_o father_n wherefore_o he_o call_v they_o before_o he_o and_o entrete_v they_o with_o gentle_a word_n say_v they_o ought_v not_o to_o demand_v wa_z ge_n at_o his_o hand_n but_o to_o seek_v it_o at_o their_o enemy_n hand_n for_o as_o the_o victory_n shall_v extend_v to_o thâ—…m_v all_o so_o the_o prey_n shall_v be_v common_a to_o they_o all_o in_o likewise_o desiringe_v they_o to_o play_v the_o man_n and_o take_v pain_n a_o little_a while_n until_o the_o remnant_n of_o the_o war_n be_v dispatch_v consider_v they_o know_v well_o â—…nough_o 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out_o that_o their_o king_n have_v now_o twice_o forsake_v they_o in_o the_o mid_n of_o their_o enemy_n and_o that_o he_o have_v leave_v they_o in_o danger_n of_o their_o life_n who_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v leave_v unbury_v as_o they_o will_v have_v pursue_v the_o king_n they_o be_v stop_v by_o the_o minidians_n and_o so_o return_v into_o their_o campâ—…_n have_v take_v archagathus_fw-la who_o have_v lose_v his_o father_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o darkness_n of_o the_o night_n agathocle_n in_o the_o same_o ship_n that_o he_o come_v in_o out_o of_o sicil_n with_o such_o as_o he_o have_v leave_v in_o they_o to_o keep_v they_o be_v transport_v unto_o syracuse_n a_o singular_a example_n of_o wickedness_n a_o king_n to_o be_v a_o forsaker_n of_o his_o own_o army_n and_o a_o father_n to_o be_v a_o betrayer_n of_o his_o own_o child_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n in_o afrique_v after_o the_o fly_v away_o of_o the_o king_n his_o soldier_n fall_v to_o composition_n with_o their_o enemy_n slay_v agathocle_n son_n &_o yield_v then selue_o to_o the_o carthaginenses_n archagathus_fw-la when_o death_n he_o shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n by_o arcesâ—…laus_n one_o that_o before_o time_n have_v be_v his_o father_n friend_n ask_v he_o what_o he_o think_v agathocle_n will_v do_v to_o his_o child_n by_o who_o he_o be_v make_v childless_a then_o he_o answer_v it_o be_v inoughâ—…_n for_o he_o that_o he_o know_v they_o be_v a_o live_v after_o the_o child_n of_o thaginense_n agathocle_n after_o this_o the_o carthagineny_v send_v captain_n into_o sicil_n to_o pursue_v the_o remnant_n of_o the_o war_n with_o who_o agathocle_n make_v peace_n upon_o indifferent_a article_n ¶_o the._n xxiii_o book_n agathocles_n king_n of_o sicil_n have_v make_v peace_n with_o the_o carthaginienses_n subdue_v certain_a of_o the_o city_n which_o upon_o trust_n of_o their_o own_o strengthe_n rebel_v against_o he_o here_o upon_o as_o though_o he_o have_v be_v enclose_v in_o a_o straight_o within_o italy_n the_o island_n of_o the_o empire_n where_o of_o at_o the_o first_o beginning_n he_o look_v not_o for_o any_o part_n at_o all_o he_o pass_v in_o to_o italye_n follow_v the_o ensample_n of_o dennis_n which_o subdue_v many_o city_n of_o italy_n the_o first_o therefore_o who_o he_o proclaim_v his_o enemy_n be_v the_o brutians_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v both_o of_o mooste_n puissance_n and_o of_o most_o wealth_n and_o also_o ready_a to_o do_v their_o neyghboures_n wrong_n for_o they_o have_v erpulse_v many_o city_n of_o the_o greek_a descent_n out_o of_o italye_n furthermore_o they_o have_v also_o uâ—…nquished_v theâ—…r_o own_o founder_v the_o lucanes_n and_o make_v peace_n with_o they_o upon_o equal_a condition_n so_o cruel_a hearted_a be_v they_o that_o they_o spare_v not_o even_o their_o own_o first_o founder_n the_o lucranes_n do_v bring_v up_o their_o child_n after_o the_o same_o maneâ—…_n that_o the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v wont_a to_o do_v for_o from_o the_o very_o first_o time_n 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