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the_o field_n of_o zoan_n where_o many_o of_o moses_n his_o miracle_n be_v wrought_v the_o prince_n of_o zoan_n though_o pretend_v to_o much_o wisdom_n be_v 13_o twice_o pronounce_v fool_n by_o the_o prophet_n the_o other_o stream_n of_o nile_n fall_v into_o the_o sea_n at_o 16._o sin_n where_o hard-by_o ancient_o live_v the_o sac._n sinites_n one_o of_o the_o eleven_o nation_n of_o the_o canaanite_n call_v also_o raamses_n be_v one_o of_o the_o 11._o city_n which_o the_o israelite_n build_v for_o pharaoh_n as_o pithom_n be_v another_o afterward_o call_v pelusium_n from_o the_o muddy_a situation_n thereof_o and_o damiata_n at_o this_o day_n §_o 29._o but_o we_o hasten_v to_o the_o land_n of_o goshen_n goshen_n as_o the_o best_a ground_n in_o all_o egypt_n lie_v in_o the_o east_n part_v thereof_o the_o bounty_n of_o a_o ancient_a pharaoh_n give_v this_o country_n to_o the_o israelite_n for_o the_o goodness_n thereof_o and_o the_o policy_n of_o succeed_a pharaoh_n continue_v it_o unto_o 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with_o any_o hope_n of_o deliverance_n the_o egyptian_n body_n 12._o be_v hide_v in_o the_o sand_n but_o his_o kill_n be_v public_a in_o the_o mouth_n and_o discourse_n of_o all_o the_o israelite_n §_o 35._o this_o his_o first_o essay_n succeed_v so_o well_o k._n moses_n will_v adventure_v on_o a_o second_o design_n to_o at_o one_o two_o israelite_n at_o variance_n but_o he_o find_v it_o more_o facile_a to_o subdue_v a_o foe_n then_o reconcile_v friend_n fall_v out_o and_o easy_a to_o be_v a_o conqueror_n than_o peacemaker_n he_o that_o do_v the_o wrong_a demand_n of_o he_o who_o make_v he_o a_o judge_n and_o whether_o he_o 14._o intend_v to_o kill_v he_o as_o he_o do_v the_o egyptian_a i_o see_v it_o be_v no_o sufficient_a proof_n because_o the_o party_n be_v plaintiff_n that_o his_o cause_n be_v the_o best_a see_v sometime_o they_o that_o be_v most_o injurious_a be_v the_o most_o querulous_a herein_o god_n give_v moses_n a_o handsel_n or_o taste_v of_o the_o froward_a nature_n of_o 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