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the_o xii_o chap._n how_o eumenydes_n be_v twice_o outray_v by_o antigonus_n and_o at_o last_o dye_v in_o prison_n with_o a_o envoy_n the_o xiii_o chapter_n how_o queen_n olympiad_n for_o she_o delyte_v in_o vice_n in_o murdre_fw-fr and_o in_o vengeance_n dye_v at_o mischief_n with_o a_o envoy_n the_o fourtene_a chapter_n how_o agathocles_n of_o low_a birth_n bear_v attaygn_v unto_o royal_a dygnyte_n and_o how_o he_o end_v in_o poverte_a and_o wretchedness_n with_o a_o envoy_n the_o fiftene_o chapter_n how_o cassander_n slay_v the_o wife_n of_o alexander_n and_o hercules_n her_o son_n and_o how_o antipater_n slay_v his_o mother_n and_o of_o dyvers_a other_o murder_n the_o sixteen_o chapter_n of_o two_o prefecte_n perdiccas_n and_o amintas_n the_o xvii_o cha_z how_o sandrocottus_n bear_v of_o low_a degree_n cherish_v robbour_n &_o thief_n the_o xviii_o ca._n how_o seleuchus_n the_o mighty_a prince_n be_v slay_v by_o the_o great_a tholome_n king_n of_o egypte_n the_o nineteeen_o chap._n 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