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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v we_o eat_v and_o drink_v for_o to_o morrow_n we_o shall_v die_v the_o great_a enormity_n of_o this_o king_n bring_v forth_o the_o confusion_n of_o the_o kingdom_n the_o instrument_n whereof_o be_v the_o rebellion_n of_o his_o captain_n arbaces_n governor_n of_o the_o mede_n with_o who_o sardanapalus_n fight_v for_o the_o monarchy_n and_o get_v the_o victory_n once_o and_o the_o second_o time_n upon_o which_o success_n the_o effeminate_a prince_n presume_v the_o three_o time_n in_o a_o secure_a disdain_n go_v not_o in_o person_n because_o also_o the_o oracle_n have_v undoubted_o foretold_v that_o the_o state_n of_o ninive_n shall_v never_o totter_v till_o the_o river_n tigris_n prove_v hostile_a which_o in_o the_o king_n judgement_n can_v never_o be_v but_o it_o fall_v out_o otherwise_o for_o in_o this_o three_o skirmish_n tigris_n swell_v over_o his_o bound_n by_o the_o vantage_n of_o a_o great_a flood_n then_o ordinary_a play_v a_o unneighbourly_o part_n 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the_o common_a order_n phul_n circa_n annum_fw-la mundi_fw-la 3182._o phul_n be_v a_o assyrian_a name_n as_o scaliger_n witness_v sometime_o use_v alone_o as_o here_o elsewhere_o in_o composition_n as_o in_o this_o king_n successor_n tiglath_n phul_n afer_n synchronismi_fw-la in_o the_o time_n of_o phul_n menabem_fw-la be_v king_n in_o israël_n 2_o king_n 15._o josephus_n sed._n olam_n in_o egypt_n reign_v mycerinus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o life_n and_o act_n be_v record_v by_o herodotus_n in_o euterpe_n the_o oracle_n bring_v word_n to_o this_o king_n that_o he_o shall_v from_o thenceforth_o live_v but_o six_o year_n and_o die_v in_o the_o seven_o the_o king_n hear_v this_o command_v that_o certain_a lamp_n shall_v be_v make_v for_o the_o night_n time_n which_o he_o have_v purpose_v to_o spend_v in_o jovialtie_n while_o other_o sleep_v that_o so_o he_o may_v delude_v the_o oracle_n and_o live_v twice_o the_o long_a by_o take_v so_o much_o more_o notice_n of_o his_o day_n see_v herodotus_n in_o euterpe_n pag._n 140._o circa_fw-la ista_fw-la verba_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n about_o this_o time_n nabonassar_n live_v of_o who_o see_v ptolemy_n but_o he_o be_v not_o yet_o king_n vzias_n be_v now_o king_n of_o juda_n in_o who_o day_n happen_v that_o notable_a earthquake_n of_o which_o josephus_n relate_n that_o in_o the_o horror_n thereof_o a_o mountain_n towards_o the_o west_n cleave_v in_o sunder_o and_o remove_v from_o its_o proper_a place_n the_o space_n of_o four_o furlong_n or_o half_o a_o mile_n and_o further_o it_o have_v proceed_v have_v not_o a_o great_a mountain_n towards_o the_o east_n stay_v its_o cours_n of_o this_o earthquake_n the_o prophet_n amos_n make_v mention_v by_o occasion_n whereof_o see_v what_o aben_n ezra_n say_v upon_o that_o place_n page_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o also_o what_o kimchi_n say_v in_o the_o next_o side_n in_o that_o edition_n which_o robert_n stephanus_n put_v forth_o tiglath_n philassar_n this_o king_n subdue_v galilee_n he_o also_o carry_v the_o tribe_n of_o napthali_n into_o captivity_n synchronismi_fw-la in_o the_o time_n of_o tiglath_n philassar_n achaz_n reign_v in_o judah_n 2_o chron._n 28._o this_o king_n have_v a_o famous_a dial_n and_o therefore_o the_o invention_n of_o the_o sciatery_n be_v more_o ancient_a than_o anaximenes_n this_o dial_n be_v a_o south_n vertical_a place_v upon_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o king_n palace_n so_o à _fw-la lapide_fw-la and_o it_o stand_v well_o with_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o phaenomenon_n of_o the_o sun_n retrocession_n and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o dial_n see_v peter_n novius_n and_o clavius_n two_o incomparable_a mathematician_n the_o one_o in_o his_o second_o book_n of_o navigation_n the_o other_o in_o the_o first_o of_o his_o gnomonic_n salmanassar_n ordinary_a chronologer_n common_o conceive_v this_o salmanassar_n to_o be_v nabonassar_n of_o who_o ptolemy_n speak_v but_o scaliger_n dispute_n the_o point_n against_o all_o calvisius_n also_o but_o this_o last_o especial_o against_o funccius_n both_o agree_v that_o this_o salmanassar_n be_v not_o that_o nabonassar_n scaliger_n give_v the_o reason_n both_o from_o the_o name_n time_n and_o other_o circumstance_n which_o though_o sir_n walter_n raleigh_n admire_n yet_o he_o condemn_n time_n now_o give_v not_o leave_v to_o inquire_v much_o less_o to_o determine_v the_o difference_n sethus_n calvisius_n place_v the_o prince_n about_o that_o time_n we_o have_v set_v he_o his_o time_n be_v much_o to_o be_v inquire_v after_o it_o be_v a_o most_o famous_a epoch_n from_o who_o time_n chronologie_n can_v demonstrate_v by_o the_o aid_n of_o astronomy_n that_o the_o affair_n pass_v since_o that_o time_n be_v register_v in_o heaven_n who_o so_o say_v that_o salmanassar_n be_v nabonassar_n be_v deceive_v as_o afterward_o shall_v appear_v neither_o be_v he_o any_o other_o but_o himself_o and_o none_o otherwise_o call_v scaliger_n be_v bold_a to_o call_v he_o merodac_n but_o he_o repent_v of_o that_o in_o his_o canon_n isagogical_a synchronismi_fw-la here_o begin_v or_o not_o far_o of_o that_o nabonassar_n famous_a aera_fw-la from_o whence_o ptolemy_n in_o his_o almage_a account_v the_o celestial_a motion_n he_o rule_v in_o babylonia_n in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 3203_o the_o circle_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v 19_o and_o the_o circle_n of_o the_o moon_n 15_o the_o dominical_a letter_n e._n upon_o the_o 26_o of_o february_n at_o noon_n the_o sun_n be_v mean_a motion_n be_v 45_o minute_n in_o pisces_fw-la the_o moon_n in_o the_o eleven_o degree_n of_o taurus_n and_o 22_o scruple_n the_o original_a of_o the_o samaritan_n out_o of_o a_o colony_n transplant_v by_o the_o king_n of_o ashur_n they_o be_v call_v cuthaei_n because_o there_o come_v most_o from_o cuth_o as_o elias_n tisbite_v in_o voce_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cuth_o sennacherib_n of_o his_o behaviour_n to_o king_n hezechiah_n see_v the_o prophet_n esaie_n and_o the_o high_a priest_n annal_n or_o chronicle_n
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apocryphal_a tobit_n the_o first_o chapter_n synchronismi_fw-la hezechiah_o king_n of_o judah_n in_o his_o time_n happen_v that_o strange_a phenomenon_n when_o the_o sun_n go_v ten_o degree_n back_o peter_n nonius_n the_o portugal_n discourse_v of_o this_o wonder_n and_o prove_v it_o to_o be_v a_o miracle_n because_o it_o be_v do_v in_o the_o temperate_a zone_n for_o as_o he_o prove_v jerusalem_n be_v so_o situate_a this_o he_o conceive_v have_v be_v no_o wonder_n between_o the_o tropic_n but_o he_o be_v twice_o deceive_v first_o because_o the_o sciatericks_n teach_v that_o if_o in_o the_o temperate_a zone_n a_o plain_n be_v elevate_v less_o than_o the_o sun_n declination_n the_o same_o will_v come_v to_o pass_v 2._o he_o suppose_v the_o wonder_n to_o be_v in_o the_o shadow_n be_v go_v back_n which_o be_v not_o but_o in_o the_o regress_n of_o the_o sun_n itself_o for_o the_o shadow_n may_v have_v go_v back_o natural_o asarhaddon_n he_o reign_v after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n and_o after_o this_o king_n we_o read_v of_o no_o successor_n he_o have_v and_o therefore_o history_n guide_v by_o the_o circumstance_n of_o time_n conclude_n that_o this_o be_v the_o next_o vicissitude_n wherein_o the_o assyrian_n again_o lose_v their_o power_n and_o the_o babylonian_n continue_v and_o end_v this_o first_o monarchy_n some_o have_v think_v that_o the_o king_n of_o babel_n only_o in_o this_o last_o succession_n be_v set_v forth_o by_o the_o golden_a head_n so_o hugh_n broughton_n a_o most_o learned_a man_n but_o there_o be_v nothing_o to_o defend_v his_o tenet_n but_o his_o authority_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v have_v in_o some_o other_o thing_n the_o better_a to_o understand_v the_o babylonish_n monarchy_n we_o will_v set_v down_o their_o succession_n which_o ptolemy_n have_v record_v from_o nabonassar_n to_o the_o end_n of_o this_o kingdom_n scaliger_n make_v much_o of_o this_o rare_a canon_n but_o obtain_v it_o not_o in_o the_o perfection_n sethus_n calvisius_n have_v the_o right_n which_o he_o he_o obtain_v of_o a_o english_a man_n the_o then_z dean_n of_o paul_n κανων_fw-gr βασιλεων_fw-gr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o i_o transcribe_v out_o of_o the_o greek_a manuscript_n which_o we_o have_v extant_a in_o the_o archive_n of_o our_o public_a library_n and_o a_o most_o precious_a monument_n it_o be_v as_o sethus_n calvisius_n true_o conceive_v of_o it_o the_o first_o king_n in_o this_o last_o dynastie_a of_o ashur_n be_v nebuchadnezar_n for_o the_o composition_n of_o his_o name_n see_v what_o scaliger_n say_v where_o he_o set_v down_o the_o simple_n of_o the_o babylonish_n name_n the_o canon_n call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o there_o he_o succee_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o nabopolassar_n be_v the_o father_n of_o nebuchadnezar_n he_o be_v call_v sometime_o nebuchadonosor_n that_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o nabopolassar_n this_o canon_n in_o eusebius_n page_n 38_o say_v plain_o in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v put_v in_o by_o eusebius_n or_o else_o leave_v out_o of_o that_o canon_n which_o we_o have_v in_o the_o archive_v funccius_n therefore_o do_v ill_a to_o make_v nebuchadnezar_n to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o nabopolassar_n which_o calvisius_n have_v observe_v and_o for_o other_o and_o better_a reason_n refute_v megasthenes_n the_o persian_a thus_o write_v of_o this_o king_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n p_o 41._o etc._n etc._n i.e._n that_o this_o nebuchadnezar_n be_v more_o famous_a than_o great_a hercules_n and_o that_o he_o subdue_v lybia_n asia_n etc._n etc._n the_o same_o author_n report_v that_o the_o chaldean_n relate_v that_o this_o king_n return_v home_o fall_v mad_a and_o be_v in_o a_o fanatic_a vein_n foretell_v the_o destruction_n of_o babel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o be_v i_o nebuchadonosor_n o_o babylonians_n foretell_v your_o ruin_n which_o neither_o belus_n our_o progenitor_n nor_o our_o goddess_n beltis_n shall_v be_v able_a to_o persuade_v the_o fate_n to_o remove_v away_o there_o shall_v come_v a_o persian_a mule_n etc._n etc._n meaning_n cyrus_n caetera_fw-la vide_fw-la pag._n 41_o eusebil_n scaligeriani_n the_o author_n intend_v that_o story_n of_o this_o king_n record_v by_o daniel_n that_o he_o be_v among_o the_o beast_n etc._n etc._n thus_o megasthenes_n have_v story_v berosus_n the_o chaldean_a relate_v also_o the_o notable_a expedition_n of_o this_o famous_a prince_n and_o of_o his_o sumptuous_a building_n and_o to_o he_o he_o attribute_v the_o wall_n of_o babylon_n the_o temple_n of_o belus_n the_o horti_n pencil_n and_o reprove_v the_o greek_n for_o their_o vanity_n in_o make_v semiramis_n the_o founder_n of_o that_o famous_a city_n which_o also_o be_v the_o conceit_n of_o annius_n in_o the_o life_n of_o semiramis_n where_o he_o introduce_v his_o berosus_n to_o aver_v that_o semiramis_n build_v this_o place_n from_o a_o town_n to_o a_o city_n where_o the_o monk_n by_o a_o necessary_a and_o egregious_a oblivion_n forget_v his_o method_n and_o make_v a_o matchless_a author_n contradict_v himself_o be_v there_o no_o other_o reason_n to_o disprove_v this_o false_a berosus_n but_o this_o one_o it_o alone_o be_v sufficient_a when_o we_o find_v that_o annius_n his_o berosus_n set_v peremptory_o down_o that_o semiramis_n build_v babylon_n and_o yet_o berosus_n in_o joseph_n and_o eusebius_n pamphilus_n set_v down_o the_o quite_o contrary_a and_o reprehend_v the_o greek_n for_o their_o vanity_n in_o affirm_v that_o which_o the_o other_o berosus_n do_v for_o the_o build_n of_o babylon_n notwithstanding_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o nimrod_n begin_v belus_n continue_v and_o semiramis_n enclose_v it_o with_o a_o wall_n but_o not_o that_o great_a and_o mighty_a wall_n for_o this_o
be_v the_o work_n of_o our_o king_n as_o also_o the_o horti_n pencil_n which_o curtius_n and_o diodorus_n witness_v to_o have_v be_v do_v by_o a_o prince_n of_o syria_n at_o the_o request_n of_o his_o wife_n the_o queen_n who_o herodotus_n call_v nitocris_n as_o scaliger_n conceive_v nebuchadnezar_n also_o build_v the_o temple_n of_o â—el_a and_o in_o fine_a set_v his_o last_o hand_n to_o the_o entice_n consummation_n of_o a_o sumptuous_a city_n which_o make_v he_o cry_v out_o in_o the_o height_n of_o his_o ambition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n be_v not_o this_o great_a babel_n which_o i_o have_v build_v etc._n etc._n dan._n 4._o this_o nebuchadnezar_n after_o he_o rule_v over_o babel_n 43_o year_n he_o fall_v into_o a_o disease_n and_o die_v berosus_n in_o josepho_n adversùs_fw-la ptol._n appion_n canon_n his_o death_n be_v sudden_a according_a to_o megasthenes_n for_o he_o say_v that_o when_o he_o make_v a_o oration_n to_o the_o babylonian_n he_o sudden_o vanish_v see_v the_o fragment_n in_o josephus_n africanus_n or_o scaliger_n synchronismi_fw-la judah_n carry_v captive_a the_o first_o and_o second_o time_n in_o his_o time_n flourish_v the_o prophet_n daniel_n the_o most_o learned_a among_o the_o captive_n daniel_n build_v a_o stately_a tower_n at_o ecbatane_n in_o media_n which_o josephus_n say_v be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o his_o day_n no_o way_n diminish_v by_o age_n but_o remain_v in_o the_o same_o fresh_a and_o sumptuous_a manner_n wherein_o it_o be_v first_o erect_v joseph_n lib._n 9_o c._n 12._o after_o the_o captivity_n of_o jehojakim_n nebuchadnezar_n come_v up_o also_o against_o jehojakin_n and_o carry_v he_o also_o away_o captive_a for_o say_v he_o thou_o jehojakin_n be_v no_o better_a than_o thy_o father_n and_o taunt_v the_o king_n with_o a_o proverb_n of_o those_o day_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o in_o plain_a term_n be_v from_o a_o bad_a dog_n will_v never_o come_v good_a puppy_n which_o be_v all_o one_o with_o that_o of_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o this_o see_v the_o jew_n chronologie_n or_o the_o saeder_n olam_n rabath_n nebuchadnezar_n make_v war_n with_o pharaoh_n neco_n for_o his_o pride_n which_o he_o conceive_v out_o of_o the_o victory_n which_o he_o have_v get_v of_o king_n josias_n of_o this_o neco_n herodotus_n make_v mention_n and_o of_o a_o great_a battle_n which_o he_o fight_v with_o the_o syrian_n at_o magdol_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nebuchadnezar_n destroy_v the_o state_n of_o tyre_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o ithobalus_n philastratus_fw-la apud_fw-la josephum_fw-la in_o historiis_fw-la phaenicum_fw-la saedar_n olam_n rabath_n in_o the_o act_n of_o nebuchadnezar_n nebuchadnezar_n be_v drive_v from_o man_n and_o fall_v mad_a live_v no_o other_o life_n then_o a_o beast_n this_o he_o do_v till_o seven_o time_n have_v pass_v over_o he_o daniel_n saedar_n olam_n rabath_n josephus_n hevil_n merodac_n 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