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the_o first_o monarch_n pa._n ead_n alexander_n voyage_n to_o india_n pa._n ead._n zoroaster_n laugh_v at_o his_o birth_n pa._n 16._o the_o first_o idolatry_n by_o ninus_n pa._n ead_n baal_n the_o first_o idol_n pa._n 17_o the_o male_a child_n of_o the_o hebrew_n throw_v to_o nilus_n pa._n 18_o the_o tyranny_n of_o pharaoh_n pa._n ead._n a_o comparison_n between_o the_o egyptian_n and_o the_o roman_n pa._n 19_o the_o army_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o egypt_n under_o moses_n pa._n ead._n the_o first_o plague_n of_o egypt_n pa._n 20_o the_o comparison_n of_o the_o first_o plague_n with_o the_o first_o persecution_n under_o nero_n pa._n 21_o nero_n slay_v himself_o pa._n 22._o the_o second_o miracle_n and_o triumph_n of_o moses_n in_o egypt_n pa_n 23_o the_o blasphemy_n of_o nicanor_n punish_v pa._n ead._n domitianus_n image_n set_v up_o in_o the_o temple_n at_o jerusalem_n pa._n 24_o domitianus_n slay_v in_o his_o own_o house_n by_o his_o servant_n pa._n 25_o jamnes_n and_o jambres_n phoraos_n soothsayer_n pa._n ead_n the_o three_o persecution_n under_o traiane_n pa._n 26_o philo_n be_v not_o hear_v of_o nero._n pa._n ead_n the_o four_o army_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o egypt_n be_v swarm_n of_o fly_n pa._n 27_o the_o fight_v of_o the_o jew_n with_o wild_a beast_n pa._n 28_o the_o yield_a of_o tyrant_n pa._n 29_o pharaoh_n and_o esau_n compare_v pa._n 30_o septimus_n and_o antiochus_n murder_v pa._n 31_o the_o tyranny_n of_o antiochus_n against_o the_o jew_n pa._n ead_n antiochus_n confess_v the_o great_a wrong_n he_o do_v to_o the_o jew_n at_o jerusalem_n pa._n 32_o the_o fable_n of_o manetho_n and_o other_o concern_v moses_n who_o he_o name_v osarphis_n pa._n 33_o the_o persecution_n of_o the_o seven_o brother_n pa._n 34_o the_o seven_o plague_n of_o egypt_n 35_o the_o comparison_n of_o the_o seven_o persecution_n under_o decius_n with_o the_o seven_o plague_n pa._n 36_o great_a plague_n and_o sickness_n upon_o the_o roman_n pa._n 37_o hypocrisy_n of_o pharaoh_n pa._n ead_n pericles_z make_v a_o law_n in_o athens_n against_o stranger_n pa._n 38_o the_o eight_o persecution_n under_o valerianus_n pa._n ead_n valerianus_n the_o emperor_n of_o rome_n use_v as_o a_o block_n by_o sapor_n king_n of_o persia_n pa._n 39_o the_o nine_o plague_n of_o egypt_n pa._n 40_o the_o dissimulation_n of_o pharaoh_n pa._n ead_n the_o nine_o persecution_n under_o aurelianus_n pa._n ead_n christ_n deny_v among_o the_o roman_n pa._n 41_o a_o golden_a target_n send_v by_o the_o senators_z pa_z ead_n the_o evil_a end_n of_o cruel_a emperor_n pa._n ead_n the_o ten_o plague_n of_o egypt_n pa._n 42_o the_o ten_o persecution_n under_o dioclesian_n pa._n ead_n when_o persecution_n end_v heresy_n begin_v pa._n 43_o arius_n with_o diverse_a crew_n of_o heretic_n pa._n ead_n the_o four_o general_a counsel_n pa._n 44_o the_o march_v of_o pharaoh_n after_o the_o hebrew_n pa._n 45_o the_o drown_n of_o pharaoh_n in_o the_o red_a sea_n pa._n ead_n appian_o impudent_a lie_n against_o moses_n pa._n 46_o the_o education_n of_o moses_n in_o egypt_n pa._n 47_o moses_n choose_v captain_n for_o pharaoh_n pa._n ead_n moses_n death_n seek_v by_o the_o priest_n of_o egypt_n pa._n ead_n the_o victory_n of_o moses_n in_o aethiopia_n pa._n 48_o the_o marriage_n of_o moses_n to_o tharbis_n the_o king_n of_o aethiope_n his_o daughter_n pa._n ead_n appian_o lie_v pa._n 49_o philo_n his_o speech_n of_o the_o hebrew_n pa._n 50_o the_o law_n of_o arm_n set_v down_o by_o the_o lord_n to_o moses_n pa._n 51_o the_o stratagem_n of_o archidamus_n epaminondas_n and_o pericles_n pa._n 52_o of_o the_o law_n of_o arm_n pa._n 53_o of_o the_o priest_n nantes_n in_o athens_n etc._n etc._n pa._n 54_o the_o remove_n of_o the_o ark_n pa._n ead_n the_o number_n and_o muster_v of_o the_o hebrew_n army_n by_o moses_n pa._n 55_o the_o hebrew_n