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succeed_v about_o the_o end_n of_o achaz_n 14_o year_n in_o the_o 3_o d_o of_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o reign_v 29_o year_n his_o first_o work_n testify_v his_o pious_a zeal_n in_o open_v the_o temple_n shut_v up_o by_o his_o ungracious_a father_n and_o reform_a religion_n etc._n etc._n comp._n 2_o chron._n 29_o and_o 30._o with_o 2_o king_n 18._o it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o he_o do_v this_o in_o his_o father_n time_n or_o in_o his_o sole_a government_n as_o i_o rather_o think_v he_o invite_v also_o the_o ten_o tribe_n to_o the_o passover_n which_o the_o generality_n scorn_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o hezekiah_n the_o israelite_n which_o scorn_v to_o celebrate_v their_o deliverance_n out_o of_o egypt_n fall_v into_o a_o new_a servitude_n wherein_o they_o continue_v to_o this_o day_n for_o salmanasser_n son_n of_o tyglath_n hear_v that_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n practise_v with_o so_o king_n of_o egypt_n against_o he_o come_v and_o after_o three_o year_n siege_n win_v samaria_n and_o carry_v the_o ten_o tribe_n into_o assyria_n and_o media_n and_o place_v other_o in_o the_o land_n these_o late_a assyrian_n and_o persian_a king_n follow_v be_v the_o first_o we_o find_v mention_v both_o in_o profane_a and_o sacred_a book_n and_o therefore_o must_v serve_v to_o join_v the_o time_n of_o the_o old_a world_n with_o that_o follow_a see_v none_o but_o prophet_n have_v write_v otherwise_o than_o fabulous_a of_o former_a time_n true_a it_o be_v that_o cyrus_n and_o some_o persian_a king_n bear_v the_o same_o name_n in_o scripture_n and_o profane_a story_n but_o of_o other_o the_o diversity_n of_o name_n have_v breed_v question_n of_o the_o person_n as_o whether_o salmanasser_n in_o scripture_n be_v nabonasser_n in_o ptolemy_n and_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v nabopolassar_n both_o which_o point_v bucholcerus_n out_o of_o good_a mathematic_a observation_n have_v well_o prove_v for_o by_o they_o it_o appear_v that_o from_o nâ—bonasser_n to_o chrisâ—_n be_v seven_o hundred_o forty_o six_o year_n which_o agree_v also_o to_o salmanassar_n which_o be_v prove_v for_o that_o the_o space_n between_o merdocenpadus_fw-la and_o nabonassar_n be_v find_v the_o same_o between_o merodach_n who_o be_v mardocenpadus_fw-la and_o salmanassar_n functius_n that_o as_o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o samaria_n to_o that_o of_o jerusalem_n be_v 133_o year_n so_o in_o ptolemy_n the_o same_o time_n be_v find_v between_o nabonassar_n and_o nabopolassar_n the_o eight_o year_n differ_v in_o ptolemy_n be_v before_o the_o win_n of_o samaria_n spend_v in_o his_o reign_n §_o 2._o hezekiah_n have_v deny_v the_o tribute_n to_o senacherib_n which_o have_v be_v covenant_v with_o tiglath_n his_o grandfather_n acknowledge_v his_o fault_n and_o labour_v to_o purchase_v his_o peace_n by_o three_o thousand_o talent_n of_o silver_n and_o thirty_o of_o gold_n by_o senacherib_n intend_v to_o set_v down_o the_o condition_n with_o his_o sword_n send_v from_o lachish_n where_o he_o lay_v and_o invest_v jerusalem_n etc._n etc._n where_o vengeance_n from_o heaven_n destroy_v so_o many_o thousand_o for_o their_o master_n blasphemy_n who_o also_o drink_v a_o cup_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n from_o his_o own_o son_n §_o 3._o hezechiah_o his_o sickness_n prayer_n recovery_n and_o sign_n thereof_o 2_o king_n 20._o his_o lamentation_n say_v jerom_n be_v for_o want_v of_o a_o son_n of_o who_o the_o messiah_n may_v spring_v his_o entertain_v the_o babylonian_a ambassador_n and_o vainglory_n therein_o reprove_v yet_o according_a to_o humane_a reason_n he_o think_v fit_a to_o entertain_v they_o familiar_o come_v to_o congratulate_v his_o recovery_n with_o present_n be_v one_o which_o have_v weaken_v the_o assyrian_a his_o great_a enemy_n by_o seize_v upon_o the_o kingdom_n of_o babylon_n of_o which_o he_o have_v be_v lieutenant_n under_o senacherib_n who_o son_n weak_a in_o understanding_n and_o molest_v by_o his_o elder_a brethren_n give_v he_o opportunity_n to_o usurp_v babylon_n as_o belochus_n have_v deal_v with_o sardanapalus_n thus_o belochus_n forty_o eight_o year_n tiglath_n pilesar_n twenty_o seven_o salmanassar_n ten_n senacherib_n seven_n esarhaddon_n ten_n the_o three_o last_o be_v contemporary_n with_o hezechiah_n §_o 4._o hezechiah_n contemporary_n in_o media_n after_o arabaces_n and_o sosarmus_n according_a to_o eusebius_n be_v medidus_n forty_o year_n cordiceas_fw-la fifteen_o year_n then_o follow_v deioces_n fifty_o four_o phraortes_n twenty_o four_o cyaxares_n thirty_o two_o astyages_n thirty_o eight_o and_o cyaxares_n two_o according_a to_o xenophon_n metasthenes_n in_o anneus_n and_o diodorus_n out_o of_o ctesias_n differ_v much_o from_o eusebius_n who_o mercator_n will_v fain_o reconcile_v but_o in_o vain_a in_o athens_n four_o of_o the_o four_o ten_o year_n governor_n in_o lidea_n candaulus_n slay_v by_o gyges_n who_o succeed_v chap._n xxii_o egyptian_a king_n from_o moses_n to_o hezekiah_n §_o 1._o the_o egyptian_n at_o this_o 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in_o persia_n when_o arbaces_n do_v the_o like_a in_o media_n and_o both_o join_v with_o belochus_n against_o sardanapalus_n and_o after_o hold_v persia_n for_o himself_o as_o the_o other_o do_v media_n and_o babylon_n yet_o arbaces_n absolute_a command_n decay_v till_o deioces_n one_o hundred_o forty_n year_n after_o when_o salmanassar_n reign_v in_o syria_n so_o that_o neither_o the_o mede_n nor_o persian_n find_v it_o fit_a to_o stir_v from_o deioces_n to_o astyages_n there_o past_a above_o ninety_o year_n in_o which_o time_n phraortes_n reign_v but_o not_o like_a to_o have_v conquer_a persia_n as_o herodotus_n write_v for_o susiana_n be_v under_o daniel_n charge_n for_o nabuchadnezzar_n who_o also_o will_v hardly_o have_v venture_v into_o syria_n and_o egypt_n leave_v such_o a_o enemy_n on_o his_o back_n it_o seem_v the_o successor_n of_o achaemenes_n do_v little_a worth_n remember_v see_v in_o the_o persian_a greatness_n nothing_o be_v publish_v of_o their_o first_o king_n xenophon_n report_v the_o crown_n descend_v from_o father_n to_o son_n many_o descent_n and_o that_o cambyses_n beget_v cyrus_n so_o that_o the_o story_n of_o astyages_n give_v mandane_n his_o daughter_n to_o a_o base_a man_n to_o disable_v her_o issue_n who_o greatness_n he_o fear_v be_v improbable_a two_o race_n spring_v from_o achaemenes_n the_o first_o according_a to_o reyneccius_n be_v darius_n cyrus_n first_o cambyses_n cyrus_n the_o great_a cambyses_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o second_o race_n come_v the_o seven_o prince_n who_o overthrow_v the_o magi_n and_o choose_v darius_n son_n of_o hystaspes_n one_o of_o they_o for_o king_n persia_n first_o call_v elemais_n of_o a_o son_n of_o shem_n etc._n etc._n their_o city_n call_v persepolis_n in_o the_o second_o book_n of_o maccabee_n be_v call_v elemais_n in_o the_o first_o book_n and_o now_o cyrus_n but_o build_v in_o another_o place_n for_o that_o which_o alexander_n destroy_v at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o harlot_n thais_n the_o first_o kingdom_n know_v to_o we_o according_a to_o the_o interpreter_n of_o gen._n 14._o be_v chedorlaomer_n with_o who_o amraphel_n or_o ninus_n join_v in_o the_o war_n against_o the_o arabian_n chap._n iii_o of_o cyrus_n the_o first_o persian_a monarch_n §_o 1._o cyrus_n say_v strabo_n be_v so_o call_v of_o the_o river_n which_o water_v persia_n herodotus_n say_v it_o signify_v a_o father_n plutarch_n say_v the_o son_n esai_n name_v he_o almost_o two_o hundred_o year_n before_o he_o conquer_a lydia_n and_o take_v croesus_n before_o babylon_n which_o he_o win_v in_o the_o fifty_o five_o olympiad_n and_o in_o the_o twenty_o eighth_n olympiad_n upon_o a_o rebellion_n subdue_v it_o again_o §_o 2._o lydia_n have_v lydus_n the_o son_n of_o atys_n her_o first_o king_n which_o family_n be_v extinguish_v argon_fw-la descend_v from_o hercules_n be_v choose_v by_o the_o oracle_n and_o hold_v twenty_o two_o generation_n to_o candaulus_n the_o last_o gyges_n succeed_v he_o in_o bed_n and_o kingdom_n which_o he_o leave_v to_o atys_n father_n of_o sadiatte_n father_n of_o halyattes_n who_o beget_v croesus_n all_o their_o time_n be_v one_o hundred_o seventy_o year_n croesus_n so_o enlarge_v his_o dominion_n that_o he_o be_v inferior_a to_o no_o king_n of_o that_o age_n command_v phrygia_n bythynia_n caria_n misia_n paphlagonia_n etc._n etc._n he_o in_o confidence_n of_o his_o good_a success_n envy_v cyrus_n fame_n and_o desirous_a to_o check_v his_o prosperous_a undertake_n ask_v counsel_n of_o apollo_n then_o darius_n who_o assure_v croesus_n pass_v halis_n river_n shall_v dissolve_v a_o great_a dominion_n a_o answer_v doubtful_a because_o the_o devil_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o event_n §_o 3._o croesus_n thus_o resolve_v despise_v all_o sandanes_n his_o consellor_n argument_n to_o the_o contrary_a as_o the_o barrenness_n of_o the_o enemy_n country_n their_o hard_a manner_n of_o live_v warlike_a indefatigable_a and_o prosperous_a by_o who_o fall_n he_o can_v gain_v only_a 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who_o flee_v without_o consideration_n cyrus_n glad_a to_o see_v it_o and_o be_v thereupon_o adopt_a king_n yet_o desire_v to_o appear_v worthy_a of_o it_o put_v himself_o with_o six_o hundred_o horse_n upon_o a_o squadron_n of_o six_o thousand_o which_o flee_v before_o he_o and_o be_v leave_v by_o his_o follower_n which_o pursue_v the_o enemy_n he_o again_o spy_v the_o king_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o troop_n break_v in_o with_o a_o jew_n and_o pierce_v the_o king_n cuirass_n but_o be_v present_o slay_v and_o his_o head_n and_o right_a hand_n be_v cut_v off_o be_v show_v on_o a_o spear_n point_n recall_v thy_o fly_a persian_n who_o before_o be_v cry_v on_o cyrus_n for_o mercy_n after_o this_o the_o king_n and_o tissaphernes_n meet_v and_o follow_v the_o greek_n which_o know_v not_o of_o cyrus_n death_n who_o see_v the_o king_n follow_v turn_v to_o he_o and_o he_o wheel_v about_o leave_v they_o and_o take_v a_o hill_n from_o which_o they_o force_v he_o and_o then_o return_v to_o their_o quarter_n §_o 5._o artaxerxes_n can_v not_o rejoice_v in_o his_o success_n when_o he_o think_v what_o report_v the_o greek_n will_v make_v of_o the_o baseness_n of_o his_o people_n which_o may_v encourage_v the_o greek_n to_o visit_v his_o country_n with_o more_o force_n than_o he_o will_v like_v the_o next_o morning_n therefore_o when_o they_o know_v from_o ariaeus_n of_o cyrus_n end_n he_o send_v phalinus_n a_o greek_a unto_o they_o to_o require_v their_o arm_n and_o to_o sue_v for_o mercy_n which_o they_o scorn_v etc._n etc._n §_o 6._o the_o greek_n next_o night_n come_v to_o ariaeus_n a_o principal_a commander_n under_o cyrus_n who_o tarry_v for_o they_o but_o four_o hundred_o foot_n and_o 40_o horse_n all_o thraconians_n flee_v to_o the_o king_n ariaeus_n who_o be_v offer_v by_o they_o to_o make_v he_o king_n want_v the_o courage_n to_o venture_v for_o it_o but_o be_v glad_a to_o covenant_v with_o they_o for_o mutual_a assistance_n in_o return_v which_o he_o direct_v the_o next_o day_n they_o light_v on_o the_o king_n army_n which_o give_v they_o way_n yea_o the_o king_n send_v to_o they_o about_o a_o peace_n and_o appoint_v they_o a_o place_n where_o to_o have_v victual_n §_o 7._o tissaphernes_n come_v to_o they_o like_o a_o fox_n to_o entrap_v they_o pretend_v his_o love_n to_o they_o be_v neighbour_n to_o greece_n and_o promise_v his_o mediation_n to_o the_o king_n if_o they_o will_v send_v a_o mild_a answer_n and_o to_o conduct_v they_o home_o hereupon_o a_o league_n be_v swear_v betweeen_n they_o and_o he_o return_v to_o the_o king_n and_o after_o twenty_o day_n come_v back_o to_o they_o and_o set_v forward_o the_o greek_n grow_v jealous_a of_o his_o long_a stay_n and_o will_v not_o have_v stay_v have_v not_o clearchus_n their_o general_n persuade_v they_o rely_v too_o much_o on_o tissaphernes_n oath_n tissaphernes_n after_o some_o day_n march_v together_o find_v opportunity_n upon_o clearchus_n seek_v to_o assure_v he_o of_o the_o greek_n good_a will_n to_o he_o which_o he_o seem_v to_o doubt_v to_o draw_v all_o their_o captain_n to_o his_o camp_n promise_v to_o tell_v they_o which_o of_o they_o it_o be_v which_o seek_v secret_o to_o raise_v dissension_n between_o they_o thus_o have_v draw_v they_o into_o his_o snare_n he_o send_v clearchus_n and_o other_o four_o colonel_n to_o the_o king_n but_o slay_v the_o rest_n then_o he_o send_v ariaeus_n as_o from_o the_o king_n to_o require_v they_o to_o yield_v but_o in_o vain_a §_o 8._o the_o greek_n amuse_v at_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o leader_n neglect_v to_o consult_v what_o supply_v to_o make_v till_o xenophon_n who_o learning_n supply_v the_o want_n of_o experience_n awake_v they_o who_o thereupon_o be_v entreat_v to_o take_v the_o charge_n of_o proxenus_n regiment_n and_o those_o captain_n xenophon_n make_v sling_n take_v fifty_o horse_n out_o of_o the_o carriage_n and_o set_v man_n on_o their_o back_n teach_v the_o archer_n to_o shoot_v compass_n which_o they_o have_v not_o use_v and_o thus_o keep_v off_o the_o persian_a archer_n thus_o their_o valour_n make_v they_o way_n through_o all_o difficulty_n so_o that_o tissaphernes_n fall_v to_o his_o sure_a course_n to_o distress_v they_o by_o burn_v all_o the_o country_n before_o they_o §_o 9_o the_o greek_n pass_v through_o the_o carduchi_n a_o fierce_a swift_a people_n and_o skilful_a archer_n with_o the_o sling_n be_v much_o trouble_v with_o they_o seven_o day_n and_o come_v to_o centrile_n which_o run_v between_o they_o and_o armenia_n where_o force_n be_v lay_v to_o hinder_v their_o passage_n but_o find_v a_o ford_n they_o chase_v away_o the_o persian_a subject_n and_o leave_v the_o carduchi_n which_o seem_v to_o have_v inhabit_a the_o mountain_n niphates_n not_o far_o from_o tigris_n spring_n contrary_a to_o ptolemy_n who_o place_v they_o far_o east_n upon_o the_o river_n cyrus_n in_o medea_n §_o 10._o the_o greek_n be_v come_v to_o armenia_n pass_v sixty_o mile_n to_o the_o head_n of_o tigris_n and_o as_o far_o beyond_o peaceable_o till_o teribazus_n encounter_v they_o at_o the_o river_n teleboa_n he_o govern_v for_o the_o persian_n pretend_v to_o favour_v the_o greek_n and_o make_v a_o covenant_n with_o they_o but_o in_o their_o security_n lie_v in_o wait_n for_o they_o be_v discover_v by_o a_o soldier_n take_v by_o the_o greek_n who_o find_v he_o out_o on_o the_o sudden_a and_o make_v he_o leave_v his_o rich_a pavilion_n behind_o he_o thence_o they_o go_v to_o the_o northward_o near_o the_o fountain_n of_o euphrates_n where_o they_o find_v store_n of_o victual_n etc._n etc._n §_o 11._o the_o greek_n come_v to_o the_o river_n phasis_n and_o pass_v those_o nation_n the_o phasian_o and_o chalybeans_n the_o first_o flee_v with_o all_o provision_n into_o strong_a hold_n of_o which_o one_o be_v force_v and_o yield_v store_n of_o cattle_n the_o fierce_a chalybeans_n afflict_v they_o much_o and_o fight_v with_o they_o hand_n to_o hand_n the_o scythian_n use_v they_o kind_o at_o ginias_n who_o governor_n lead_v they_o to_o mount_n moschici_n whence_o they_o see_v the_o euxine-sea_n then_o they_o come_v to_o trabisond_n or_o trapezus_n a_o colony_n of_o greek_n in_o colchos_n who_o people_n use_v they_o with_o hostility_n which_o be_v well_o requite_v while_o they_o rest_v at_o trapezus_n §_o 12._o the_o greek_n at_o trabisond_n desire_v ship_n for_o their_o man_n easy_a travel_n which_o the_o lacedaemonian_a admiral_n who_o lie_v there_o promise_v to_o provide_v but_o lie_v long_o in_o expectation_n of_o ship_n and_o victual_n fail_v they_o send_v their_o sick_a with_o woman_n child_n and_o baggage_n by_o sea_n and_o the_o army_n be_v eight_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o man_n go_v by_o land_n to_o cerasus_n a_o greek_a town_n as_o be_v cotione_fw-la their_o next_o lodging_n both_o colony_n from_o sinope_n as_o be_v trapezus_n here_o the_o inhabitant_n discourtesy_n make_v the_o soldier_n to_o use_v violence_n which_o the_o sinopian_o take_v ill_a and_o threaten_a revenge_n xenophon_n excuse_v it_o by_o necessity_n which_o if_o it_o will_v not_o serve_v he_o show_v how_o little_a he_o fear_v they_o upon_o which_o consideration_n they_o yield_v §_o 13._o xenophon_n while_o ship_n be_v prepare_v intend_v to_o build_v a_o city_n thereabouts_o which_o be_v discover_v they_o most_o dislike_v the_o design_n and_o sinope_n and_o heraclea_n much_o fear_v it_o and_o to_o prevent_v it_o promise_v both_o ship_n and_o mony_n the_o ship_n be_v send_v without_o money_n which_o make_v the_o captain_n fear_v a_o mutiny_n have_v hold_v the_o soldier_n in_o hope_n of_o it_o but_o upon_o come_v of_o cherisophus_n from_o the_o lacedaemonian_a admiral_n with_o a_o few_o galley_n and_o promise_v of_o money_n at_o their_o arrival_n in_o greece_n they_o set_v out_o from_o the_o port_n of_o sinope_n §_o 14._o the_o greek_n draw_v homeward_o think_v fit_a to_o choose_v a_o absolute_a commander_n desire_v xenophon_n to_o take_v it_o upon_o he_o which_o he_o refuse_v know_v the_o trouble_n of_o lead_v voluntary_n cherisophus_n accept_v the_o offer_n but_o be_v soon_o depose_v for_o not_o favour_v their_o intent_n to_o surprise_v heraclea_n which_o have_v be_v friendly_a to_o they_o for_o four_o thousand_o four_o hundred_o of_o they_o be_v arcadian_n and_o achaean_n choose_v new_a leader_n and_o forsake_v the_o rest_n but_o have_v be_v overthrow_v in_o bythinia_n if_o xenophon_n and_o his_o company_n have_v not_o come_v in_o §_o 15._o xenophon_n force_v the_o persian_n and_o thracian_n in_o bythinia_n and_o ravages_n that_o part_n about_o cape_n calpas_n and_o carry_v the_o spoil_n to_o chrysopolis_n near_o chalcedon_n and_o sell_v it_o tissaphernes_n doubt_v their_o come_n into_o phrygia_n procure_v the_o admiral_n of_o sparta_n to_o lead_v they_o out_o into_o europe_n and_o so_o end_v that_o famous_a expedition_n which_o open_v the_o
§_o 15._o thalestris_n or_o minothea_n queen_n of_o the_o amazon_n visit_v alexander_n and_o make_v suit_n to_o he_o for_o his_o company_n till_o she_o be_v with_o child_n by_o he_o which_o she_o obtain_v and_o depart_v plutarch_n cit_v many_o for_o this_o report_n which_o yet_o be_v rather_o a_o tale_n than_o true_a not_o be_v mention_v by_o alexander_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o antipater_n and_o laugh_v at_o by_o king_n lysimachus_n of_o thrace_n a_o follower_n of_o alexander_n here_o in_o a_o digression_n he_o cit_v pomponius_n mela_n solinus_n ptolemy_n pliny_n claudian_n diodorus_n herodotus_n ammonius_n marcellinus_n plutarch_n to_o prove_v there_o be_v such_o amazon_n of_o old_a and_o to_o justify_v his_o own_o report_n of_o such_o now_o in_o the_o south_n part_n of_o america_n he_o cit_v fra._n lopez_n his_o indian_a history_n p._n 2._o cap._n 28._o and_o vlrichus_n schnidel_n and_o ed._n lopes_n in_o disc._n §_o 16._o alexander_n have_v begin_v at_o persepolis_n to_o fall_v into_o the_o persian_a luxury_n now_o take_v on_o he_o persian_a robe_n and_o greatness_n to_o be_v adore_v to_o esteem_v clemency_n as_o baseness_n temperance_n a_o poor_a humour_n fit_a for_o a_o teacher_n of_o youth_n than_o a_o incomparable_a king_n his_o court_n and_o camp_n grow_v full_a of_o shameless_a courtesan_n and_o sodomy_n eunuch_n and_o all_o other_o shameless_a manner_n of_o the_o vanquish_a persian_n which_o he_o have_v detest_v but_o now_o exceed_v that_o monster_n darius_n from_o who_o tyranny_n he_o vaunt_v he_o have_v deliver_v many_o nation_n by_o assistance_n of_o the_o god_n he_o serve_v which_o detest_v the_o persian_a vice_n his_o near_a friend_n grow_v ashamed_a of_o he_o cry_v out_o he_o have_v more_o impoverish_v the_o macedonian_n in_o their_o virtue_n than_o enrich_v they_o in_o their_o victory_n and_o make_v they_o more_o slave_n than_o the_o conquer_a alexander_n understand_v hereof_o seek_v to_o pacify_v the_o wise_a sort_n with_o gift_n and_o give_v out_o that_o bessus_n have_v assume_v the_o title_n of_o king_n of_o bactria_n and_o raise_v a_o great_a army_n so_o persuade_v they_o to_o go_v on_o come_v to_o pass_v over_o a_o inaccessible_a rock_n he_o force_v away_o the_o guarde_a by_o the_o smoke_n of_o a_o pile_n of_o wood_n take_v the_o advantage_n of_o the_o wind_n as_o in_o guicciardine_n three_o hundred_o spaniard_n be_v smother_v by_o fire_v wither_a grass_n §_o 17._o alexander_n at_o the_o entrance_n of_o bactria_n take_v the_o way_n of_o hyrcania_n and_o thence_o northward_o towards_o the_o mardi_n on_o the_o caspian_a and_o so_o over_o the_o mountain_n coranus_n into_o aria_n east_n of_o bactria_n where_o the_o city_n artaconna_n yield_v after_o some_o resistance_n here_o upon_o a_o treason_n of_o dimnus_n and_o other_o against_o alexander_n philotas_n be_v suspect_v for_o not_o acquaint_v alexander_n with_o it_o after_o that_o cebalius_fw-la have_v discover_v it_o unto_o he_o but_o upon_o examination_n his_o error_n of_o concealment_n for_o want_v of_o opportunity_n to_o tell_v the_o king_n be_v for_o his_o father_n parmenio_n sake_n and_o his_o own_o good_a service_n and_o his_o dead_a brother_n pardon_v but_o upon_o craterus_n his_o enemy_n instigation_n pretend_v piety_n for_o the_o king_n preservation_n the_o prince_n swallow_v his_o promise_n and_o make_v his_o enemy_n his_o judge_n alexander_n the_o evening_n of_o the_o same_o night_n he_o have_v appoint_v for_o philotas_n apprehension_n call_v he_o to_o a_o banquet_n and_o discourse_v familiar_o with_o he_o as_o of_o old_a but_o be_v in_o the_o dead_a of_o the_o night_n apprehend_v and_o bind_v he_o cry_v out_o o_o alexander_n the_o malice_n of_o my_o enemy_n surmount_v thy_o mercy_n and_o be_v more_o constant_a than_o the_o word_n of_o a_o king_n among_o other_o circumstance_n urge_v by_o alexander_n this_o be_v not_o the_o least_o that_o in_o answer_n to_o a_o letter_n write_v to_o he_o by_o the_o king_n of_o the_o honour_n give_v he_o 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thus_o all_o be_v encourage_v to_o exceed_v in_o hatred_n against_o he_o see_v the_o king_n resolution_n so_o that_o his_o defence_n avail_v not_o though_o none_o of_o the_o conspirator_n upon_o torment_n accuse_v he_o yet_o by_o resistless_a and_o unnatural_a torment_n devise_v by_o craterus_n cinus_fw-la hephestion_n and_o other_o he_o accuse_v himself_o in_o hope_n to_o be_v slay_v outright_o but_o be_v deceive_v though_o he_o confess_v not_o what_o he_o know_v but_o what_o they_o best_o like_v of_o this_o kind_n of_o judicial_a proceed_v 19_o st._n augustine_n complain_v *_o so_o seneca_n speak_v of_o alexander_n cruelty_n say_v cruelty_n be_v no_o humane_a vice_n it_o be_v unworthy_a so_o mild_a a_o spirit_n it_o be_v a_o beastly_a rage_n to_o delight_v in_o blood_n and_o change_v a_o man_n into_o a_o savage_a monster_n the_o like_a end_n have_v all_o the_o accuse_v only_o parmenio_n yet_o live_v who_o with_o great_a fidelity_n have_v serve_v both_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n open_v the_o way_n into_o asia_n depress_v attalus_n the_o king_n enemy_n in_o all_o hazard_n lead_v the_o vanguard_n prudent_a in_o council_n successful_a in_o attempt_n belove_v of_o the_o man_n of_o war_n as_o he_o who_o have_v purchase_v of_o the_o king_n the_o east_n empire_n and_o all_o his_o glory_n this_o man_n be_v in_o media_n must_v be_v dispatch_v by_o polydamas_n his_o best_a belove_a friend_n leave_v cleander_n and_o other_o who_o murder_v he_o read_v the_o king_n letter_n thus_o end_v parmenio_n who_o have_v perform_v many_o notable_a thing_n without_o the_o king_n who_o do_v nothing_o without_o he_o worth_a praise_n alexander_n after_o this_o subdue_v the_o araspian_o and_o araâ—â—sians_n and_o come_v to_o the_o foot_n of_o taurus_n where_o he_o build_v another_o alexandria_n which_o he_o people_v with_o seven_o hundred_o ancient_a macedonian_n bessus_n forsake_v bactria_n of_o which_o artabazus_n be_v make_v governor_n and_o alexander_n follow_v he_o over_o 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soldier_n but_o be_v take_v and_o slay_v in_o greece_n to_o alexander_n great_a joy_n great_a discontentment_n grow_v in_o his_o army_n know_v his_o purpose_n to_o send_v his_o decay_a soldier_n to_o macedon_n and_o to_o detain_v the_o rest_n who_o he_o labour_v to_o pacify_v in_o vain_a till_o their_o passion_n be_v evaporate_v when_o the_o inconsiderate_a multitude_n may_v be_v lead_v as_o a_o whale_n with_o a_o twine_v thread_n be_v draw_v to_o land_n after_o some_o tumble_v craterus_n be_v send_v with_o those_o which_o be_v license_v to_o return_v and_o make_v lieutenant_n of_o macedon_n thrace_n and_o thessaly_n which_o place_n antipater_n now_o send_v for_o by_o the_o king_n have_v hold_v with_o great_a fidelity_n antipater_n can_v see_v no_o reason_n of_o his_o removal_n but_o a_o disposition_n in_o the_o king_n to_o send_v he_o after_o parmenio_n with_o this_o antipater_n the_o king_n for_o all_o his_o great_a courage_n have_v no_o great_a appetite_n to_o grapple_v for_o jealous_a prince_n do_v not_o always_o stand_v in_o doubt_n of_o every_o ill_a affect_v though_o valiant_a man_n but_o where_o there_o be_v a_o kingly_a courage_n compound_v of_o hardiness_n and_o understanding_n this_o be_v often_o so_o fearful_a to_o king_n as_o they_o take_v leave_v both_o of_o law_n and_o religion_n to_o free_v themselves_o of_o such_o alexander_n after_o this_o go_v to_o media_n to_o set_v thing_n in_o order_n where_o hephestion_n his_o great_a favourite_n die_v on_o who_o monument_n he_o bestow_v twelve_o thousand_o talent_n the_o king_n take_v method_n to_o make_v all_o man_n weary_a of_o his_o government_n see_v cruelty_n be_v more_o fearful_a than_o any_o adventure_n that_o can_v be_v make_v against_o it_o antipater_n therefore_o come_v not_o nor_o send_v any_o excuse_n but_o free_v himself_o by_o his_o son_n cassander_n philip_n and_o lollaus_fw-la who_o wait_v on_o the_o king_n cup._n these_z at_o a_o drink_a feast_n in_o a_o carouse_n in_o hercules_n cup_n 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