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&_o i_o shall_v destroy_v this_o dragon_n without_o swearde_n or_o staff_n the_o king_n say_v i_o geve_v y_fw-fr e_fw-la leave_n then_o daniel_n take_v pitch_v fat_a and_o hairy_a will_v and_o do_v seyth_v they_o together_o and_o make_v lompe_n thereof_o this_o he_o put_v in_o y_z e_z dragon_n mouth_n and_o so_o y_z e_z dragon_n barst_o in_o sunder_o and_o daniel_n say_v lo_o there_o be_v he_o who_o you_o worship_v when_o they_o of_o babylon_n hear_v that_o they_o take_v great_a indignation_n and_o gather_v they_o together_o against_o the_o king_n sayenge_a the_o king_n be_v become_v a_o jew_n also_o he_o have_v destroy_v bel_n he_o have_v slay_v y_o e_o dragon_n and_o put_v the_o preste_n to_o death_n so_o they_o come_v to_o y_z e_z king_n &_o say_v let_v we_o have_v daniel_n or_o else_o we_o wâ—l_v destroy_v the_o and_o thy_o house_n now_o when_o y_a e_o king_n see_v that_o they_o russhed_a in_o so_o sore_o upon_o he_o &_o that_o necessite_a constrain_v he_o 〈…〉_o he_o deliver_v 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write_v the_o king_n unto_o all_o people_n kynredde_n and_o tongue_n that_o dwell_v in_o all_o countree_n sayenge_a peace_n be_v multiply_v with_o you_o my_o commandment_n be_v in_o all_o the_o dominyon_n of_o my_o realm_n that_o man_n fear_v and_o stone_v in_o awe_n of_o daniel_n god_n 〈…〉_o for_o he_o be_v the_o lyve_a god_n which_o endure_v ever_o his_o kingdom_n abide_v uncorrupte_v f_o and_o his_o power_n be_v everlasting_a it_o be_v he_o that_o can_v delyver_v and_o save_v he_o do_v wonder_n and_o marvellous_a work_n in_o heaven_n and_o in_o earth_n for_o he_o have_v save_v daniel_n from_o the_o power_n of_o the_o lion_n the_o end_n of_o the_o story_n of_o bel._n the_o first_o book_n of_o the_o maccabee_n what_o this_o book_n contain_v chap._n i._o of_o the_o power_n of_o alexander_n king_n of_o macedonia_n of_o certain_a unfaithful_a israelite_n of_o the_o great_a tyranny_n of_o antiochus_n &_o how_o miserable_o he_o destroy_v jerusalem_fw-la which_o god_n suffer_v to_o be_v plague_v because_o they_o have_v forsake_v he_o chap._n ii_o how_o fervent_o matathias_n and_o his_o son_n stryve_v for_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o welfare_n of_o the_o people_n how_o swete_o he_o exort_v his_o son_n even_o in_o the_o hour_n of_o his_o death_n to_o be_v stead_n fast_o in_o the_o law_n of_o god_n chap._n iii_o of_o judas_n machabeus_n that_o worthy_a captain_n and_o of_o his_o noble_a act_n against_o antiochus_n chap._n four_o five_o of_o the_o glorious_a victory_n that_o god_n give_v judas_n against_o gorgias_n and_o lisias_n how_o they_o win_v the_o cite_v and_o cleanse_v the_o temple_n again_o &_o how_o they_o fight_v afterward_o against_o the_o heithen_n chap._n vi_o antiochus_n besege_v elymas_n in_o persia_n judas_n lay_v siege_n to_o the_o castelar_a jerusalem_n the_o king_n go_v about_o to_o help_v they_o that_o be_v therein_o chap._n vii_o the_o tyranny_n of_o demetrius_n they_o take_v truce_n with_o the_o people_n of_o god_n &_o keep_v it_o not_o chap._n 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