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do_v feed_v upon_o other_o delicate_a meat_n and_o daintâ—e_a confection_n with_o drink_v of_o wine_n which_o do_v more_o pamper_v the_o flesh_n and_o inflame_v the_o lust_n 3._o this_o example_n of_o daniel_n do_v nothing_o at_o all_o fit_a their_o turn_n 1._o daniel_n keep_v this_o abstinence_n 3._o year_n together_o 2._o he_o abstain_v as_o well_o from_o eat_v of_o fish_n as_o flesh_n 3._o neither_o do_v he_o drink_v any_o wine_n all_o this_o time_n of_o abstinence_n let_v they_o go_v now_o and_o imitate_v daniel_n fast_v themselves_o which_o they_o will_v take_v to_o be_v a_o very_a hard_a penance_n polan_n 4._o controv._n vers_fw-la 20._o what_o the_o wiseman_n of_o the_o chaldean_n be_v and_o whether_o the_o wiseman_n which_o come_v to_o christ_n be_v king_n pintus_fw-la upon_o this_o place_n give_v this_o note_n that_o the_o wise_a man_n among_o the_o chaldean_n and_o persian_n be_v call_v magi_n which_o be_v a_o persian_a word_n and_o be_v the_o same_o with_o a_o philosopher_n 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dead_a or_o not_o of_o so_o good_a part_n as_o the_o young_a be_v who_o may_v therefore_o be_v nominate_v to_o the_o kingdom_n as_o xerxes_n be_v make_v heir_n apparent_a to_o his_o father_n darius_n his_o elder_a brother_n artabazanes_n be_v omit_v as_o m._n lydyat_n acknowledge_v pag._n 67._o 2._o though_o these_o author_n so_o write_v yet_o aeâ—â—lius_n probus_n prefer_v the_o restimonie_n of_o thucydides_n as_o live_v near_o to_o those_o time_n and_o so_o best_o to_o be_v credit_v that_o themistocles_n flee_v to_o artaxerxes_n 3._o artabanus_n may_v have_v opportunity_n to_o kill_v xerxes_n flee_v from_o the_o grecian_n as_o bessus_n kill_v darius_n codomannus_n flee_v away_o from_o alexander_n and_o darius_n be_v one_o of_o the_o king_n son_n he_o may_v kill_v likewise_o the_o occasion_n so_o serve_v whereas_o artaxerxes_n be_v possess_v of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v better_o defend_v against_o he_o and_o afterward_o be_v revenge_v upon_o he_o for_o his_o father_n death_n 4._o but_o 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