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he_o succeed_v it_o be_v in_o the_o ambition_n and_o tyranny_n of_o his_o progenitor_n by_o which_o he_o usurp_v power_n where_o he_o please_v strike_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n rather_o the_o fear_n then_o the_o love_n of_o he_o whereby_o he_o enforce_v his_o unwilling_a vassal_n to_o a_o unnatural_a obedience_n thus_o the_o great_a turk_n may_v be_v call_v a_o monarch_n for_o in_o this_o since_o though_o it_o seem_v to_o secure_v itself_o under_o the_o protection_n of_o a_o acceptable_a name_n yet_o a_o monarchy_n thus_o take_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d differ_v little_a from_o that_o which_o aristotle_n call_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vice_n of_o a_o monarchy_n to_o wit_n a_o tyranny_n historian_n take_v more_o notice_n of_o this_o late_a because_o the_o more_o notorious_a of_o this_o kind_n be_v those_o 4_o great_a monarchy_n unto_o who_o king_n as_o to_o famous_a epoche_n the_o straggle_a and_o unbounded_a affair_n of_o the_o world_n be_v orderly_o 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well_o as_o time_n add_v much_o to_o the_o understanding_n of_o the_o story_n ×שור_n the_o land_n of_o ashur_n be_v so_o call_v from_o he_o that_o first_o plant_v a_o colony_n from_o babel_n in_o those_o part_n who_o name_n be_v ashur_n the_o son_n of_o sem._n it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o that_o learned_a rabbin_z don_n isaac_n abarbinel_n in_o his_o commentary_n upon_o the_o first_o book_n of_o moses_n call_v bereshith_n in_o parasha_n noach_n fol._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v assur_n the_o son_n of_o sem_fw-mi dwell_v in_o assyria_n and_o from_o his_o name_n it_o be_v so_o call_v to_o this_o opinion_n among_o the_o ancient_a greek_n only_a eratosthenes_n attain_v as_o he_o be_v introduce_v by_o the_o scholiast_n of_o dionysius_n the_o alexandrian_a a_o geographical_a poet_n his_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d among_o the_o modern_a suidas_n have_v embrace_v this_o conceit_n there_o where_o he_o please_v to_o retract_v his_o own_o in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o also_o among_o many_o other_o gemma_fw-la frisius_n for_o the_o latin_a writer_n in_o his_o 22_o chapter_n of_o the_o division_n of_o the_o earth_n from_o the_o jew_n josephus_n who_o also_o favour_v this_o assertion_n the_o etymologist_n therefore_o who_o ever_o he_o be_v have_v deceive_v himself_o in_o assign_v the_o etymon_n of_o this_o word_n assyria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la etymologicum_n magnum_fw-la in_o voce_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hesychium_n in_o voce_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d while_o he_o forge_v this_o distinction_n between_o it_o and_o syria_n that_o syria_n shall_v be_v that_o part_n of_o asia_n which_o be_v overwhelm_v in_o the_o deluge_n and_o be_v therefore_o so_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o also_o be_v the_o word_n of_o hesychius_n but_o assyria_n say_v he_o be_v that_o part_n which_o have_v escape_v the_o flood_n be_v
the_o multitude_n for_o alexandria_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o city_n full_a of_o inhabitant_n as_o it_o be_v observe_v by_o the_o scholiast_n upon_o dionysius_n afer_n and_o in_o time_n pass_v even_o before_o it_o be_v alexandria_n it_o have_v be_v very_o much_o frequent_v with_o a_o confluence_n of_o people_n for_o so_o it_o be_v note_v unto_o we_o by_o the_o prophet_n nachum_fw-la where_o he_o will_v know_v of_o nineveh_n whither_o thou_o think_v herself_o better_a then_o populous_a no_o that_o be_v say_v chimki_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d alexandria_n in_o egypt_n as_o it_o be_v also_o interpret_v by_o that_o ancient_a chaldee_n paraphrase_n hac_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v thou_o better_a than_o the_o great_a alexandria_n etc._n etc._n targum_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la which_o be_v perform_v by_o the_o son_n of_o vziel_n seventeen_o hundred_o year_n past_a another_o reason_n be_v for_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o translator_n and_o this_o be_v give_v by_o philo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n where_o he_o urge_v this_o reason_n from_o the_o unhealthfulness_n of_o the_o place_n which_o happen_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n by_o the_o variety_n and_o constancy_n of_o the_o disease_n which_o reign_v among_o the_o people_n for_o beside_o the_o general_a distemperature_n of_o the_o air_n of_o egypt_n which_o be_v calidus_fw-la &_o nocivus_fw-la hot_a and_o hurtful_a as_o it_o be_v affirm_v by_o african_n joh._n leo_n african_n one_o that_o know_v it_o well_o insomuch_o that_o a_o plague_n at_o grand_a cairo_n can_v cut_v off_o twenty_o thousand_o in_o one_o day_n beside_o i_o say_v these_o more_o universal_a condition_n philo_n intimate_v from_o a_o particular_a caus_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o more_o usual_a mortality_n here_o then_o elsewhere_o and_o that_o be_v the_o concourse_n of_o all_o manner_n of_o live_a creature_n to_o this_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v conceive_v that_o the_o author_n mean_v by_o this_o not_o only_o a_o multitude_n of_o man_n but_o also_o that_o great_a variety_n of_o strange_a beast_n and_o fowl_n which_o be_v continual_o breed_v up_o about_o the_o court_n in_o alexandria_n mention_v whereof_o be_v make_v by_o ptolemy_n the_o king_n in_o his_o commentary_n lib._n 12._o which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o these_o creature_n be_v transport_v from_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o there_o breed_v up_o not_o only_o for_o their_o rarity_n and_o the_o king_n recreation_n but_o also_o to_o furnish_v his_o table_n for_o so_o it_o seem_v by_o ptolomie_n word_n in_o that_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o he_o note_v concern_v those_o pheasant_n that_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n have_v of_o they_o not_o only_o bring_v out_o of_o media_n but_o also_o hatch_v at_o home_n in_o such_o a_o number_n that_o his_o table_n may_v be_v serve_v 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a_o great_a caus_n of_o infection_n yet_o it_o may_v be_v think_v by_o some_o to_o have_v a_o further_a aim_n for_o the_o egyptian_a be_v aware_a of_o this_o that_o the_o jew_n be_v bind_v to_o make_v a_o distinction_n between_o clean_a and_o unclean_a beast_n may_v apprehend_v it_o in_o the_o strictness_n and_o therefore_o careful_o remove_v the_o senior_n from_o the_o very_a sight_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v a_o abomination_n unto_o they_o but_o in_o this_o we_o have_v but_o prevent_v the_o curious_a and_o therefore_o if_o the_o conjecture_n be_v not_o sound_a enough_o it_o may_v be_v the_o less_o regard_v but_o more_o than_o what_o be_v urge_v by_o philo_n for_o the_o ill_a disposition_n of_o the_o place_n may_v elsewhere_o be_v observe_v the_o prophet_n nachum_fw-la say_v that_o alexandria_n be_v situate_a upon_o the_o water_n not_o only_o because_o the_o water_n lay_v all_o about_o it_o but_o also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o that_o they_o be_v convey_v into_o 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