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secret_o bring_v up_o that_o the_o tyranness_n can_v not_o discover_v it_o and_o think_v it_o not_o fit_a to_o make_v much_o ado_n about_o he_o but_o rather_o let_v it_o be_v think_v he_o be_v dispatch_v with_o the_o rest_n lest_o the_o people_n hear_v of_o his_o escape_n shall_v hearken_v after_o innovation_n §_o 5._o athatiah_n have_v act_v as_o queen_n above_o 6_o year_n without_o molestation_n when_o sudden_o the_o period_n of_o her_o glory_n and_o reward_n of_o her_o wickedness_n meet_v together_o and_o the_o young_a prince_n age_n require_v no_o long_o to_o be_v conceal_v for_o his_o better_a education_n to_o fit_v he_o with_o courage_n and_o quality_n proper_a for_o a_o king_n and_o to_o prevent_v the_o over-deep_a root_n of_o impiety_n by_o the_o long_a reign_n of_o that_o curse_a woman_n jehojada_n wise_o consider_v this_o and_o combine_v with_o five_o captain_n of_o who_o he_o be_v best_o assure_v by_o who_o he_o draw_v over_o other_o great_a man_n to_o jerusalem_n and_o because_o it_o be_v difficult_a to_o draw_v open_a force_n together_o he_o give_v order_n to_o the_o levite_n which_o wait_v by_o course_n in_o the_o temple_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o return_v home_o till_o they_o know_v his_o further_a pleasure_n thus_o admit_v new_a comer_n and_o retain_v the_o old_a he_o secret_o gather_v together_o a_o competent_a number_n to_o encounter_v the_o queen_n guard_n and_o furnish_v they_o out_o of_o the_o armoury_n of_o the_o temple_n which_o king_n david_n have_v make_v with_o which_o also_o he_o arm_v the_o captain_n and_o their_o follower_n etc._n etc._n all_o thing_n be_v in_o readiness_n they_o proceed_v to_o the_o execution_n and_o the_o young_a king_n be_v joyful_o crown_v and_o the_o tyranness_n usurper_n come_v in_o desperate_o without_o force_n ignorant_a of_o the_o business_n end_v she_o own_o tragedy_n with_o a_o sudden_a and_o shameful_a death_n iosephus_n report_n of_o her_o come_n with_o her_o power_n which_o be_v repel_v etc._n etc._n be_v not_o credible_a though_o all_o the_o force_n she_o can_v bring_v can_v not_o frustrate_v the_o council_n of_o god_n yet_o her_o indiscretion_n make_v the_o effect_n more_o easy_a §_o 6._o athaliah_n have_v no_o doubt_n consider_v jehoram_n king_n of_o israel_n rashness_n cast_v himself_o into_o the_o gape_a gulf_n of_o danger_n yet_o her self_o be_v by_o the_o like_a bait_n draw_v into_o the_o same_o trap_n and_o as_o she_o live_v like_o jezebel_n so_o be_v she_o reward_v with_o she_o these_o two_o queen_n be_v in_o many_o thing_n alike_o each_o daughter_n wife_n and_o mother_n to_o a_o king_n each_o overrule_v her_o husband_n be_v a_o idolater_n ambitious_a murderous_a each_o slay_v by_o conspire_v subject_n sudden_o etc._n etc._n we_o read_v not_o what_o become_v of_o athaliah_n son_n her_o sacrilegious_a imp_n which_o rob_v the_o temple_n etc._n etc._n chap._n xviii_o of_o joash_n amaziah_n and_o their_o contemporary_n §_o 1._o joash_n about_o seven_o year_n old_a begin_v to_o reign_v under_o the_o protection_n of_o jehojada_n during_o his_o minority_n when_o he_o come_v to_o age_n he_o take_v two_o wife_n by_o iehojada_n advice_n repair_v david_n family_n almost_o wear_v out_o the_o first_o act_n he_o take_v in_o hand_n after_o he_o rule_v without_o a_o protector_n be_v the_o reparation_n of_o the_o temple_n which_o have_v be_v his_o sanctuary_n which_o he_o follow_v with_o much_o zeal_n §_o 2._o jehojada_n the_o priest_n be_v 130_o year_n old_a died_z before_o his_o country_n can_v have_v spare_v he_o and_o be_v bury_v among_o the_o king_n as_o he_o well_o deserve_v this_o honour_n seem_v to_o have_v come_v from_o the_o people_n for_o the_o king_n have_v soon_o forget_v he_o as_o one_o ease_v of_o debt_n and_o be_v easy_o flatter_v by_o the_o prince_n so_o that_o he_o quick_o forget_v his_o old_a well-deserving_a counsellor_n yea_o god_n himself_o author_n of_o all_o goodness_n he_o which_o have_v 30_o year_n show_v zeal_n to_o restore_v true_a religion_n 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the_o treasury_n request_n chamber_n of_o account_n with_o sixteen_o hundred_o other_o sudden_o to_o be_v slay_v which_o kind_n of_o death_n ease_v the_o world_n of_o himself_o ferdinand_n hold_v arragon_n by_o usurpation_n of_o his_o ancestor_n add_v castille_n and_o leon_n which_o he_o hold_v by_o force_n of_o arm_n from_o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o last_o henry_n and_o expel_v his_o niece_n from_o the_o kingdom_n of_o navarr_n he_o betray_v ferdinand_n and_o frederick_n king_n of_o naples_n his_o kinsman_n to_o the_o french_a with_o the_o army_n send_v to_o their_o succour_n the_o politic_a king_n who_o sell_v heaven_n and_o his_o own_o honour_n to_o make_v his_o son_n the_o great_a monarch_n see_v his_o death_n with_o his_o wife_n and_o her_o untimely_a birth_n bury_v together_o the_o like_a end_n he_o see_v of_o his_o own_o elder_a daughter_n his_o second_o die_v mad_a his_o three_o be_v cast_v off_o by_o our_o king_n henry_n viii_o and_o the_o mother_n of_o a_o daughter_n who_o unhappy_a zeal_n shed_v a_o deluge_n of_o innocent_a blood_n and_o have_v all_o his_o kingdom_n possess_v by_o strange_a master_n charles_n v._o son_n to_o arch._n d._n philip_n who_o have_v marry_v ferdinand_n mad_a daughter_n after_o the_o death_n of_o many_o multitude_n of_o christian_a soldier_n and_o renown_a captain_n in_o his_o vain_a erterprise_n upon_o france_n germany_n and_o other_o state_n while_o the_o turk_n take_v the_o city_n of_o rhodes_n be_v in_o conclusion_n chase_v out_o of_o france_n and_o in_o some_o sort_n out_o of_o germany_n be_v pursue_v by_o d._n maurice_n over_o the_o alps_o which_o he_o pass_v by_o torch_n light_n and_o creep_v into_o a_o cloister_n and_o become_v his_o son_n prisoner_n who_o pay_v he_o very_o slow_o philip_n ii_o his_o son_n not_o content_a to_o hold_v holland_n and_o zealand_n wrest_v by_o his_o ancestor_n from_o jaqueline_n their_o lawful_a prince_n and_o to_o possess_v many_o other_o part_n of_o the_o netherlands_n province_n in_o peace_n by_o persuasion_n of_o that_o mischievous_a cardinal_n of_o granvil_n and_o other_o tyrant_n forget_v the_o remarkable_a service_n do_v to_o his_o father_n and_o the_o forty_o million_o of_o florence_o present_v he_o at_o his_o entrance_n and_o his_o solemn_a oath_n twice_o take_v to_o maintain_v their_o privilege_n which_o they_o have_v enjoy_v under_o thirty_o five_o earl_n conditional_a prince_n begin_v to_o tyrannize_v over_o they_o by_o the_o spanish_a inquisition_n and_o other_o intolerable_a imposition_n and_o last_o by_o force_n of_o arm_n seek_v to_o make_v himself_o not_o monarch_n only_o like_o the_o king_n of_o england_n france_n etc._n etc._n but_o turk-like_a to_o overturn_v all_o their_o national_a fundamental_a law_n privilege_n and_o custom_n to_o effect_v this_o he_o easy_o obtain_v a_o dispensation_n of_o his_o oath_n from_o the_o pope_n and_o then_o divide_v the_o nobility_n under_o the_o government_n of_o his_o base_a sister_n margaret_n of_o austria_n and_o cardinal_n granvil_n then_o he_o employ_v that_o merciless_a spaniard_n ferdinand_n alvarez_n d._n of_o alva_n who_o in_o six_o year_n cut_v off_o eighteen_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o gentleman_n and_o other_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o hangman_n fail_v of_o his_o purpose_n by_o force_n he_o try_v policy_n and_o send_v don_n john_n of_o austria_n his_o bastard_z brother_n who_o upon_o the_o papal_a advantage_n make_v no_o scruple_n to_o swear_v and_o have_v receive_v six_o hundred_o thousand_o pound_n of_o the_o province_n to_o ease_v they_o of_o the_o garrison_n he_o sudden_o surprise_v the_o citadel_n of_o antwerp_n namure_n etc._n etc._n yet_o after_o so_o many_o thousand_o slain_n thirty_o six_o million_o of_o treasure_n spend_v in_o six_o year_n he_o leave_v the_o country_n and_o the_o king_n spend_v above_o one_o hundred_o million_o with_o the_o death_n of_o four_o hundred_o thousand_o christian_n
heathen_n concern_v god_n 31_o 8._o heathenism_n and_o judaism_n when_o destroy_v 32_o 9_o satan_n last_o refuge_n 33_o chap._n vii_o of_o noah_n flood_n §_o 1_o 2_o 3._o god_n forewarn_v of_o it_o neither_o ogyges_n flood_n nor_o that_o of_o deucalion_n nor_o that_o of_o the_o umbri_n be_v noah_n 34_o 35_o 3_o 4._o some_o record_n of_o the_o universal_a island_n noah_n flood_n supernatural_a ibid._n 6._o no_o need_n of_o new_a create_v water_n what_o the_o cataract_n of_o heaven_n be_v ibid._n 8_o 9_o 10._o noah_n memory_n among_o the_o heathen_a his_o ark_n be_v of_o sufficient_a capacity_n rest_v upon_o the_o hill_n taurus_n 36_o 37_o 38._o chap._n viii_o the_o plant_v of_o nation_n noah_n son_n which_o the_o elder_a 45_o §_o 1._o whether_o shem_n or_o ham_n elder_a than_o japhet_n ibid._n 2._o all_o history_n must_v yield_v to_o moses_n lord_n of_o the_o first_o age_n be_v of_o the_o issue_n of_o ham._n 45_o 3_o 4._o of_o the_o isle_n of_o the_o gentile_n of_o gog_n magog_n tubal_n and_o mesech_n 46_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o berosus_n fiction_n gomer_n and_o togarma_n settle_v in_o the_o east_n of_o the_o other_o son_n of_o japhet_n of_o ascanes_n and_o riphath_n gomer_n elder_a son_n of_o the_o four_o son_n of_o javan_n 47_o 48_o 49._o 10._o cush_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o ham_n be_v in_o arabia_n 50_o 11._o mizraim_n chief_a planter_n of_o egypt_n 52._o 12._o the_o bound_n of_o canaan_n his_o eleven_o son_n where_o situate_v ibid._n 13._o the_o son_n of_o cush_n 54_o 14._o the_o issue_n of_o mizraim_n 55_o 15._o sem_n posterity_n 56_o chap._n ix_o the_o beginning_n and_o establishment_n of_o government_n 58_o sect._n 1._o of_o regal_a absolute_a and_o regal_a temper_v by_o law_n 59_o 2._o the_o approve_a sort_n of_o government_n 60_o 3._o the_o good_a government_n of_o the_o first_o king_n ibid._n 4._o the_o original_a of_o nobility_n 61_o chap._n x._o of_o nimrod_n belus_n and_o ninus_n 62_o sect._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o nimrod_n first_o sovereign_n after_o the_o flood_n build_v ninive_n establish_v the_o babylonian_a monarchy_n 63_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o of_o ninus_n and_o belus_n in_o who_o time_n image-worship_n begin_v the_o first_o idolater_n 64_o 65_o chap._n xi_o of_o ninus_n semiramis_n and_o belus_n ibid._n book_n ii_o from_o abraham_n death_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o solomon_n temple_n which_o be_v 1525_o year_n 67_o chap._n i._n the_o time_n of_o abraham_n birth_n and_o order_n of_o the_o assyrian_a empire_n ibid._n sect._n 1_o 2_o 3._o some_o successor_n of_o semiramis_n and_o of_o the_o birth_n of_o abraham_n 68_o 4._o terah_n beget_v abraham_n in_o his_o 130th_o year_n 69_o 5_o 6_o 7._o answer_n to_o several_a objection_n about_o abraham_n age._n 70_o 71_o 8._o the_o assyrian_a time_n regulate_v by_o abraham_n history_n ibid._n 9_o amraphel_n probable_o be_v ninias_n 72_o 10_o 11._o arioth_n king_n of_o alassar_n tidal_a king_n of_o nation_n 73_o 12._o chedorlaomer_n chief_a of_o the_o four_n 74_o chap._n ii_o of_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n from_o cham_n to_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o israelite_n 75_o sect._n 1._o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o history_n ibid._n 2._o i_o be_o begin_v his_o reign_n in_o egypt_n after_o the_o flood_n anno_fw-la 191._o ibid._n 3._o the_o dynasty_n be_v not_o king_n but_o vice-roys_n 76_o 4._o cham_fw-mi and_o mizraim_n or_o oris_n ibid._n 5_o 6._o osiris_n reign_n guess_v at_o typhon_n and_o hercules_n their_o reign_n 77_o 7_o 8._o busiris_n or_o orus_n reign_n rathoris_fw-la succeed_v his_o sister_n 78_o chap._n iii_o israel_n delivery_n out_o of_o egypt_n 79_o sect._n 1._o israel_n captivity_n and_o moses_n birth_n ibid._n 2._o city_n of_o egypt_n in_o scripture_n ibid._n 3_o 4_o 5._o moses_n preservation_n and_o education_n pharaoh_n and_o his_o army_n drown_v and_o moses_n passage_n miraculous_a 80_o 81._o chap._n iu._n §_o 1._o the_o israelite_n journey_n from_o the_o red_a sea_n to_o sinai_n 83_o 2._o of_o the_o amalekite_n midianites_n kenites_n and_o of_o jethro_n ibid._n 3._o when_o the_o law_n be_v give_v 84_o chap._n v._o §._o 1_o the_o story_n from_o receive_v the_o law_n to_o moses_n death_n 84._o 2._o the_o offer_v of_o the_o twelve_o prince_n the_o passover_n and_o jethro_n departure_n 85_o 3._o israel_n journey_n from_o horeb_n to_o kades_n 86_o 4._o their_o unwillingness_n to_o return_v they_o remove_v to_o zin_n 87_o 5_o 6._o they_o turn_v to_o the_o north._n ibid._n 7._o of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o lord_n battle_n and_o other_o lose_a book_n 88_o 8._o moses_n spare_v lot_n issue_n 89_o 9_o the_o midianite_n and_o moabite_n corrupt_v israel_n ibid._n chap._n vi_o of_o the_o border_v nation_n of_o other_o renown_a man_n and_o of_o iushua_n acts._n 90_o sect._n 1._o how_o the_o border_a nation_n be_v prepare_v to_o be_v enemy_n to_o israel_n ibid._n 2_o 3._o of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o canaanite_n and_o moabite_n of_o the_o midianite_n amalekites_n and_o ismaelite_n 91_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o prometheus_n atlas_n pelasgus_n deucalion_n hermy_n aesculapius_n when_o they_o flourish_v 92_o 93_o 94_o 95._o 8._o of_o joshua_n othoniel_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n 96_o chap._n vii_o sect._n 1_o 2._o of_o the_o phoenician_n kingdom_n and_o the_o invention_n of_o letter_n 99_o 3_o 4._o the_o king_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n from_o jeroboam_n to_o achab._n 101._o chap._n viii_o the_o history_n of_o the_o syrian_n border_v their_o tribe_n on_o jordan_n 103_o chap_n ix_o memorable_a thing_n from_o joshua_n to_o jeptha_n 107_o chap._n x._o the_o war_n and_o destruction_n of_o troy_n 114_o chap._n xi_o of_o samson_n eli_n and_o samuel_n 117_o chap._n xii_o of_o saul_n the_o first_o king_n of_o israel_n 120_o chap._n xiii_o of_o david_n and_o his_o condition_n under_o saul_n his_o reign_n overthrow_v the_o philistine_n and_o hadadezar_n his_o trouble_n last_o act_v his_o vast_a treasure_n his_o cotemporary_n 126_o chap._n fourteen_o of_o solomon_n anno_fw-la mundi_fw-la 2991._o his_o building_n and_o glory_n send_v a_o fleet_n to_o ophir_n his_o fall_n write_n and_o cotemporary_n 133_o chap._n xv._n solomon_n successor_n to_o jehoram_n rehoboam_n impiety_n punishment_n end_v and_o cotemporary_n abija_n succeed_v rehoboam_n asa_n succeed_v abija_n israel_n unhappy_a under_o her_o prince_n jehosaphat_n succeed_v asa._n his_o cotemporary_n 136_o chap._n xvi_o of_o jehoram_n and_o ahaziah_n jehoram_n reign_v alone_o ahaziah_n perish_v with_o the_o house_n of_o ahab_n 143_o chap._n xvii_o athaliah_n usurpation_n and_o government_n for_o 6_o year_n 149_o chap._n xviii_o of_o joash_n amaziah_n and_o their_o cotemporary_n the_o death_n of_o jehojada_n and_o apostasy_n of_o joash_n zachariah_n murder_v by_o joash_n the_o death_n of_o joash_n who_o be_v succeed_v by_o amaziah_n who_o be_v overthrow_v by_o joash_n and_o afterward_o slay_v an_fw-mi interregnum_fw-la in_o judah_n of_o amaziah_n cotemporary_n and_o of_o sardanapalus_n 153_o chap._n xix_o of_o uzziah_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n the_o end_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o life_n of_o the_o olympian_a game_n jothan_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n achas_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n 165_o chap._n xx._n of_o italy_n and_o rome_n foundation_n the_o aborigines_n the_o latin_a king_n till_o aeneas_n a_o trojan_a of_o the_o blood_n royal_a the_o beginning_n of_o rome_n romulus_n birth_n and_o death_n 171_o chap._n xxi_o of_o hezekiah_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n his_o deliverance_n his_o sickness_n and_o recovery_n king_n in_o media_n in_o his_o reign_n 175_o chap._n xxii_o egyptian_a king_n from_o moses_n to_o hezekiah_n many_o of_o which_o be_v only_a regent_n or_o vice-roys_n 177_o chap._n xxiii_o of_o manasses_n who_o succeed_v sethon_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n his_o bondage_n and_o enlargement_n the_o messenian_a war_n 181_o chap._n xxiv_o of_o ammon_n josiah_n and_o the_o rest_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n 187_o book_n iii_o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o philip_n of_o macedon_n 197_o chap._n i._n from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o the_o assyrian_a fall_n the_o connection_n of_o sacred_a and_o profane_a history_n the_o babylonish_n captivity_n several_a opinion_n concern_v it_o nebuchadnezzar_n victory_n and_o action_n 197_o chap._n ii_o the_o persian_a greatness_n how_o it_o grow_v 204._o chap._n iii_o cyrus_n the_o first_o persian_a monarch_n he_o take_v babylon_n his_o last_o war_n his_o decree_n for_o building_n god_n temple_n his_o two_o son_n and_o three_o daughter_n 206_o chap._n iu_o the_o persian_a affair_n from_o cyrus_n to_o darius_n 110_o chap._n v._o darius_n the_o son_n of_o histaspes_n his_o action_n and_o death_n 212_o cahp._n vi._n xerxes_n emperor_n of_o persia_n his_o vast_a army_n oppose_v by_o leonidas_n burn_v the_o temple_n of_o athens_n the_o peloponesian_o beat_v his_o fleet._n his_o army_n be_v soon_o after_o vanquish_v
great_a difference_n in_o the_o rest_n which_o can_v be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o long_a abstinence_n from_o marriage_n upon_o religious_a respect_n as_o we_o see_v in_o holy_a enoch_n noah_n brethren_n perish_v in_o the_o flood_n and_o so_o may_v some_o unnamed_a child_n beget_v before_o the_o three_o name_v be_v 500_o year_n old_a before_o d._n §_o 5._o the_o patriarch_n year_n have_v be_v question_v some_o hold_v they_o lunary_n or_o egyptian_a but_o that_o can_v be_v for_o then_o some_o shall_v beget_v child_n at_o 6_o 7_o or_o 8_o year_n old_a and_o the_o elder_a shall_v live_v not_o 100_o year_n which_o be_v short_a of_o many_o after_o the_o flood_n yea_o long_v since_o pliny_n witness_v under_o vespasian_n in_o a_o search_n many_o be_v find_v above_o 120_o and_o some_o 140_o year_n old_a simple_a diet_n and_o temperate_a life_n make_v the_o essaean_n egyptian_a priest_n persian_a magician_n indian_a brahmin_n live_v long_o say_v josephus_n pliny_n report_v nestor_n 3_o age_n tyresia_n 6_o sibyl_n 300_o year_n endymion_n little_a less_o ant._n fumea_fw-la a_o good_a historian_n report_v of_o a_o indian_a above_o 300_o year_n old_a and_o myself_o know_v the_o old_a countess_n of_o desmond_n an._n 1589_o who_o live_v many_o year_n after_o who_o have_v be_v marry_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n edw._n 4._o to_o conclude_v there_o be_v three_o thing_n not_o to_o speak_v of_o constellation_n which_o be_v natural_a cause_n of_o long_a and_o healthful_a life_n strong_a parent_n pure_a air_n and_o temperate_a use_n of_o diet_n pleasure_n and_o rest_n all_o which_o excel_v in_o the_o first_o age_n and_o though_o the_o flood_n infuse_v a_o impure_a quality_n into_o the_o earth_n to_o hurt_v the_o mean_n of_o man_n life_n yet_o time_n have_v more_o consume_v nature_n vigour_n as_o that_o which_o have_v make_v the_o heaven_n wax_v old_a like_o a_o garment_n hereto_o add_v our_o strange_a education_n of_o child_n upon_o unnatural_a curiosity_n nourish_v by_o a_o strange_a dug_n hasty_a marriage_n before_o nature_n seed_n be_v ripe_a or_o stock_n well_o root_v to_o yield_v a_o branch_n fit_a to_o replant_v but_o above_o all_o the_o luxury_n of_o latter_a age_n which_o wilful_o oppress_v nature_n and_o then_o think_v to_o relieve_v she_o with_o strong_a water_n hot_a spice_n sauce_n etc._n etc._n §_o 6._o the_o patriarch_n knowledge_n of_o the_o creation_n may_v well_o come_v by_o tradition_n from_o adam_n to_o moses_n see_v methusalem_n live_v with_o adam_n 243_o year_n and_o with_o noah_n 500_o year_n and_o he_o with_o abraham_n 58_o year_n from_o who_o it_o be_v not_o hard_a to_o pass_v by_o isaac_n jacob_n and_o his_o posterity_n to_o moses_n yet_o for_o the_o more_o certainty_n of_o the_o truth_n it_o be_v undoubted_o deliver_v to_o moses_n by_o immediate_a inspiration_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o his_o many_o miracle_n do_v prove_v questionless_a also_o letter_n be_v from_o the_o infancy_n of_o the_o world_n as_o enoch_n pillar_n and_o 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lord_n how_o impotent_a soever_o his_o mean_n be_v so_o now_o the_o lord_n set_v it_o out_o in_o deliver_v israel_n two_o woman_n deborah_n and_o jael_n strike_v the_o chief_a stroke_n thus_o forty_o year_n be_v expire_v under_o jabin_n deborah_n and_o barac_n argos_n kingdom_n which_o have_v continue_v 544_o year_n be_v translate_v to_o micenae_n build_v by_o perseus_n son_n of_o danae_n daughter_n of_o acrisius_n king_n of_o argos_n the_o king_n of_o argos_n the_o king_n of_o argive_n we_o find_v inachus_n who_o daughter_n io_n be_v the_o egyptian_a isis_n phoronius_fw-la apis_n argus_n pirasus_fw-la phorbas_n triops_n crotopus_n sthelenus_n donaus_fw-la lynieus_fw-la abas_n acrosius_fw-la pelops_n after_o the_o translation_n to_o micenae_n perseus_n sthenelus_n euristeus_n atreus_n son_n of_o pelops_n agamemon_n egypthus_fw-la orestes_n tisamenus_n penthilus_n and_o comet_n midas_n now_o king_n of_o phrygia_n and_o ilus_n who_o build_v ilium_n contemporary_n with_o deborah_n §_o 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range_v a_o prophet_n who_o time_n be_v not_o express_v with_o the_o next_o before_o then_o joel_n and_o obadiah_n be_v of_o this_o time_n jonas_n seem_v to_o i_o the_o first_o that_o foretell_v ieroboam_n victory_n and_o prophesy_v of_o christ_n rather_o by_o suffering_n than_o write_v now_o extant_a whereas_o all_o the_o other_o prophet_n have_v express_a promise_n of_o the_o messiah_n esaiah_n also_o now_o prophesy_v write_v much_o with_o excellency_n both_o of_o style_n and_o argument_n foretell_v the_o birth_n miracle_n and_o passion_n of_o our_o saviour_n with_o call_v of_o the_o gentile_n more_o like_o a_o history_n of_o thing_n past_a than_o a_o prophecy_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v as_o hierom_n say_v bochoris_n have_v reign_v in_o egypt_n 10_o year_n when_o vzziah_n enter_v asychis_n succeed_v than_o anysis_n who_o sabacus_n succeed_v 50_o year_n of_o which_o the_o 10_o first_o be_v with_o vzziah_n ariphron_n 2_o last_o year_n of_o 20._o thespeus_fw-la 27._o aganestor_n 20._o and_o aeschylus_n 3_o first_o of_o his_o 23_o in_o athens_n end_v with_o vzziah_n so_o do_v the_o 7_o last_o of_o silvius_n aventinus_n 37._o with_o 23_o of_o silvius_n procas_n and_o the_o first_o of_o silvius_n amulius_n 22_o in_o alba._n in_o media_n arbaces_n begin_v his_o new_a kingdom_n with_o vzziah_n and_o hold_v it_o 28._o and_o sosarmus_n his_o son_n 30_o year_n §_o 4._o arbaces_n have_v take_v ninive_n utter_o ruin_v it_o to_o transfer_v the_o empire_n to_o the_o mede_n as_o he_o have_v promise_v he_o also_o make_v his_o partaker_n ruler_n of_o province_n retain_v only_o the_o sovereignty_n yet_o with_o such_o moderation_n as_o neither_o offend_a the_o prince_n his_o assistant_n nor_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o people_n for_o call_v belosus_fw-la into_o question_n for_o embezzle_v the_o treasure_n he_o refer_v his_o condemnation_n to_o the_o captain_n and_o then_o pardon_v he_o and_o give_v he_o the_o province_n of_o babylon_n with_o the_o treasure_n he_o also_o â—â—eed_v the_o persian_n and_o bactrian_n as_o he_o promise_v and_o so_o weaken_a his_o sovereignty_n so_o that_o in_o time_n the_o assyrian_a encroach_v upon_o some_o town_n of_o the_o mede_n and_o extend_v itself_o to_o israel_n but_o when_o the_o assyrian_a cast_v off_o the_o mede_n yoke_n be_v uncertain_a as_o also_o when_o babylon_n and_o ninive_n become_v subject_a to_o one_o the_o opinion_n current_n till_o of_o late_a be_v according_a to_o metastenus_fw-la in_o annius_n that_o â—elosus_fw-la call_v also_o phut_v belosus_fw-la and_o in_o scripture_n pull_v or_o phul_n reign_v 42_o year_n in_o babylon_n get_v part_n of_o assyria_n into_o his_o hand_n and_o leave_v it_o to_o tiglaâ—_n pileser_n his_o son_n and_o his_o posterity_n till_o merodach_n prevail_v this_o tradition_n though_o annius_n author_n be_v suspect_v be_v justify_v by_o circumstance_n in_o other_o author_n as_o belosus_fw-la enjoy_v babylon_n dâ—â—dorus_n relate_v and_o no_o author_n speak_v of_o any_o special_a governor_n of_o assyria_n neither_o stand_v it_o with_o policy_n to_o set_v a_o particular_a king_n in_o assyria_n whâ—n_o to_o prevent_v the_o riâ—ing_n again_o thereof_o ninive_n be_v ruin_v and_o the_o inhabitant_n transplant_v upon_o the_o like_a consideration_n roâ—e_n destroy_v carthage_n and_o capua_n be_v town_n capable_a of_o empire_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v not_o then_o to_o be_v think_v that_o ninive_n and_o the_o assyrians_n can_v rise_v in_o three_o or_o four_o year_n by_o any_o oâ—her_a tâ—â—n_n beâ—osus_fw-la so_o near_o a_o neighbour_n and_o of_o so_o rich_a a_o province_n for_o hâ—rodotus_n esteem_v it_o for_o richâ—s_n and_o powâ—r_n as_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o perâ—iâ—â—_n empire_n who_o also_o join_v the_o treasure_n find_v in_o the_o palace_n of_o ninâ—ve_n §_o 5._o the_o olympian_a game_n be_v restore_v by_o iphylus_fw-la in_o the_o fifty_o fiâ—st_n of_o vzziah_n the_o first_o founder_n of_o they_o be_v hercules_n and_o be_v so_o call_v of_o the_o city_n olympia_n or_o pisa_n near_o elis_n a_o city_n in_o peloponesus_fw-la near_o the_o river_n aâ—pheus_n where_o jupiter_n have_v a_o temple_n repute_v one_o of_o the_o world_n wonder_n these_o game_n be_v exercise_v after_o every_o four_o year_n end_n which_o be_v discontinue_v loâ—g_v until_o the_o day_n of_o iphitus_n when_o lycurgus_n live_v and_o continue_v in_o greece_n till_o the_o reign_n of_o theodosius_n say_v cedrenus_n or_o to_o constantine_n after_o other_o varro_z hold_v all_o grecian_a story_n fabulous_a before_o these_o but_o pliny_n esteem_v none_o true_a before_o the_o fifty_o five_o olympiad_n when_o cyrus_n begin_v to_o reign_v many_o seek_v to_o find_v the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n when_o they_o begin_v but_o can_v set_v down_o no_o certainty_n other_o seek_v it_o from_o troy_n fall_n more_o uncertain_a than_o they_o the_o certainty_n of_o thing_n follow_v the_o olympiad_n teach_v to_o find_v their_o beginning_n to_o which_o use_n eratosthenes_n have_v set_v down_o the_o year_n ensue_v unto_o the_o death_n of_o alexander_n from_o the_o olympian_a institution_n four_o hundred_o fifty_o three_o year_n so_o for_o place_v their_o beginning_n the_o 51st_o of_o vzziah_n we_o have_v cyrus_n reign_n to_o prove_v it_o be_v the_o first_o of_o the_o fifty_o five_o olympiad_n so_o alexander_n death_n the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o 144_o the_o olympiad_n so_o the_o eclipse_n when_o xerxes_n muster_v at_o sardis_n the_o last_o of_o the_o sixty_o four_o olympiad_n or_o the_o two_o hundred_o sixty_o seven_o year_n of_o nabonassar_n which_o lead_v we_o back_o to_o xerxes_n and_o so_o to_o cyrus_n whence_o we_o have_v seventy_o year_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o so_o through_o the_o reign_v of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n to_o vzziah_n 51st_o the_o solemnity_n be_v such_o by_o concourse_n from_o all_o the_o greek_n their_o exercise_n be_v all_o bodily_a feat_n and_o the_o reward_n a_o garland_n of_o
palm_n or_o olive_n so_o that_o the_o choice_a orator_n poet_n and_o musician_n resort_v thither_o to_o show_v their_o skill_n in_o set_v out_o his_o praise_n that_o win_v the_o garland_n with_o such_o vanity_n say_v tully_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v a_o conquest_n of_o a_o province_n the_o time_n of_o the_o year_n be_v the_o fifteen_o of_o hecatobaeon_n our_o june_n whereto_o they_o bring_v the_o full_a moon_n §_o 6._o jotham_n twenty_o five_o year_n old_a succeed_v his_o father_n vzziah_n in_o his_o life_n time_n and_o reign_v 26_o year_n happy_a in_o all_o thing_n as_o he_o be_v devout_a and_o virtuous_a 2_o king_n 15.33_o contemporary_n aucomenus_fw-la succeed_v pelesteus_fw-la in_o corinth_n who_o annual_a magisteus_fw-la succeed_v contrary_a to_o pausan._n plutarch_n aeschylus_n in_o athens_n accamenes_n in_o sparta_n tiglath_n pileser_n in_o assyria_n twenty_o five_o year_n and_o two_o with_o his_o son_n twenty_o seven_o in_o all_o nahum_n the_o prophet_n now_o foretold_v the_o destruction_n of_o ninive_n one_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n beforehand_o sosarmus_n and_o medidus_n succeed_v arbaces_n in_o media_n the_o second_o and_o three_o king_n there_o §_o 7._o achas_n succeed_v in_o judah_n one_o year_n with_o jotham_n in_o the_o seventeen_o year_n of_o peka_n he_o be_v twentâ—_o year_n old_a and_o reign_v sixteen_o year_n a_o exceed_a idolater_n sacrifice_v his_o son_n to_o moloch_n or_o saturn_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o heathen_n use_v of_o old_a levit._n 18._o deut._n 12._o by_o many_o nation_n and_o at_o this_o day_n by_o the_o american_n as_o acosta_n witness_v etc._n etc._n god_n raise_v â—im_a enemy_n on_o all_o side_n so_o that_o when_o he_o see_v his_o dead_a god_n fail_v he_o yet_o neglect_v the_o live_a god_n he_o seek_v aid_n of_o tiglath_n pileser_n who_o embrace_v the_o advantage_n to_o go_v through_o with_o what_o his_o father_n enter_v but_o have_v no_o leisure_n to_o finish_v it_o he_o therefore_o invade_v syria_n and_o win_v damascus_n all_o israel_n make_v judah_n tributary_n though_o achaz_n have_v hire_v he_o contemporary_n the_o ephori_fw-la in_o lacedaemon_n 130_o year_n after_o lycurgus_n oppose_v to_o king_n as_o the_o tribunes_z in_o rome_n against_o consul_n alcamenon_n in_o athens_n the_o last_o governor_n for_o life_n after_o which_o follow_v a_o magistrate_n for_o ten_o year_n sylvii_n of_o aeneas_n race_n end_v after_o three_o hundred_o year_n romulus_n now_o build_v rome_n the_o eight_o of_o achaz_n the_o first_o of_o the_o seven_o olympiad_n chap._n xx._n of_o italy_n and_o rome_n foundation_n in_o ahaz'_v time_n §_o 1._o italy_n before_o the_o fall_n of_o troy_n be_v know_v to_o the_o greek_n by_o the_o name_n of_o hesperia_n ausonia_n oenotria_n of_o a_o colony_n of_o arcadian_n and_o italy_n of_o italus_n reyneccius_n derive_v the_o name_n rather_o from_o a_o colony_n of_o aetolian_n which_o inhabit_a brundisium_n from_o who_o name_n with_o small_a change_n that_o part_n be_v call_v italia_n which_o in_o time_n grow_v the_o common_a name_n say_v pliny_n such_o change_n in_o the_o aeolic_a dialect_n be_v familiar_a as_o to_o call_v a_o island_n people_v by_o aetholians_n aethalia_n the_o original_a of_o greek_n and_o latin_n be_v from_o javan_n who_o sail_v over_o the_o ionian_a sea_n between_o aetolia_n and_o the_o western_a ocean_n plant_v greece_n and_o italy_n reyneccius_n make_v atlai_n italus_n one_o which_o berosus_n call_v cethim_n italus_n but_o be_v deceive_v for_o atlas_n be_v esteem_v more_o ancient_a than_o moses_n and_o if_o he_o be_v cethim_n or_o kithim_n noah_n grandson_n his_o antiquity_n exceed_v that_o of_o italy_n which_o name_n virgil_n confess_v late_a and_o from_o a_o captain_n but_o see_v hercules_n a_o little_a before_o troy_n fall_n leave_v a_o colony_n of_o elean_n or_o aetolean_n it_o may_v be_v under_o the_o command_n of_o one_o call_v aitolus_fw-la a_o name_n famous_a among_o aetolian_n italy_n may_v take_v name_n of_o he_o §_o 2._o aborigines_n that_o be_v the_o native_n of_o the_o place_n inhabit_a latium_n who_o halycarnassus_n varro_n and_o reyneccius_n think_v to_o have_v be_v arcadian_n who_o use_v to_o vaunt_v of_o their_o antiquity_n have_v more_o constant_o keep_v their_o country_n in_o peloponesus_fw-la than_o other_o greek_n yet_o be_v fruitful_a send_v colony_n to_o other_o country_n as_o when_o evander_n be_v send_v into_o the_o same_o part_n of_o italy_n pelasgi_n a_o ancient_a nation_n after_o give_v name_n to_o all_o greece_n but_o such_o of_o they_o as_o come_v into_o italy_n lose_v the_o name_n of_o their_o tribe_n in_o a_o short_a time_n sicani_n ausones_n aurunci_n rutili_fw-la in_o after_o age_n disturb_a latium_n whiâ—h_n satâ—rn_n have_v bring_v to_o some_o civility_n and_o teach_v to_o dung_n the_o ground_n that_o latium_n take_v the_o name_n of_o saturn_n lurk_v there_o from_o jupiter_n be_v far_o fetch_v and_o questionless_a a_o fable_n yet_o many_o fable_n be_v occasion_v from_o some_o ancient_a truth_n it_o may_v be_v then_o that_o saturn_n hide_v himself_o be_v some_o allusion_n to_o the_o old_a opinion_n of_o the_o wise_a heathen_a that_o the_o true_a god_n be_v a_o unknown_a god_n to_o who_o paul_n find_v a_o altar_n dedicate_v it_o can_v be_v in_o vain_a that_o the_o word_n saturnus_n shall_v also_o signify_v hide_v come_v of_o the_o hebrew_n satar_n to_o hide_v as_o some_o think_v etc._n etc._n reyneccius_n proceed_v in_o derive_v latium_n from_o the_o posterity_n of_o javan_n inhabit_v a_o territory_n in_o lesser_a asia_n call_v elaitia_n who_o after_o the_o trojan_a war_n go_v into_o italy_n whence_o may_v grow_v elaitinus_fw-la and_o so_o latinus_n etc._n etc._n §_o 3._o the_o latin_a king_n till_o aeneas_n be_v saturnus_n picus_n faunus_n latinus_n whether_o saturnus_n be_v he_o who_o the_o greek_n call_v cronos_n &_o e._n the_o time_n of_o the_o aborigines_n will_v admit_v but_o his_o name_n of_o stercus_fw-la or_o sterculius_n do_v argue_v he_o another_o so_o call_v of_o the_o dung_n he_o teach_v they_o to_o lay_v upon_o their_o ground_n ezechiel_n often_o call_v idol_n deos_fw-la stercoreos_n as_o belzebul_n be_v dominus_fw-la stercoreus_n etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o aeneas_n a_o trojan_a of_o the_o blood-royal_a come_v to_o latium_n with_o some_o 1200_o trojan_n and_o marry_a laviana_n king_n latinus_n daughter_n he_o have_v a_o son_n before_o by_o his_o wife_n creusa_n daughter_n of_o priamus_n call_v ascanius_n and_o surname_v julus_n after_o aeneas_n death_n lavinia_n be_v great_a with_o child_n by_o he_o and_o fear_v ascanius_n flee_v into_o a_o wood_n where_o be_v deliver_v the_o child_n be_v call_v silvius_n posthumus_n bâ—t_v upon_o the_o people_n disapprove_v of_o lavinia_n flight_n ascanius_n call_v she_o home_o use_v she_o like_o a_o queen_n and_o educate_v she_o son_n ascanius_n to_o avoid_v dissension_n leave_v the_o city_n lavinium_n to_o laviana_n and_o found_v alba-longa_n where_o he_o reign_v about_o 30_o year_n and_o leave_v his_o son_n julus_n who_o upon_o contention_n with_o silvius_n who_o the_o people_n favour_v leave_v the_o kingdom_n and_o take_v the_o priesthood_n for_o he_o and_o his_o posterity_n silvius_n posthumus_n reign_v 29._o silvius_n aeneas_n 31._o silvius_n latinus_n 10._o silvius_n alba_n 39_o silvius_n atis_n 36._o silvius_n capijs_fw-la 28._o silvius_n capelus_fw-la 13._o silvius_n tiberinus_n 8._o silvius_n agrippa_n 41._o silvius_n alladyus_fw-la 19_o silvius_n aventinus_n 37._o silvius_n procas_n 23._o silvius_n amulius_n 44._o he_o expel_v his_o elder_a brother_n silvius_n numitor_n slay_v his_o son_n aegestius_fw-la and_o make_v his_o daughter_n ilia_n a_o vestal-virgin_n numitor_n who_o yet_o either_o by_o her_o uncle_n or_o some_o warlike-man_n conceive_v 2_o son_n romulus_n and_o reineccius_n who_o in_o time_n slay_v amulius_n and_o all_o his_o family_n and_o restore_v numitor_n in_o who_o the_o kingdom_n of_o alba_n end_v and_o receive_v magistrate_n yet_o it_o contend_v with_o rome_n till_o her_o three_o curiatij_n be_v vanquish_v by_o the_o three_o horatij_n champion_n for_o rome_n after_o this_o metius_n the_o alban_n dictator_n follow_v tullus_n hostilius_n in_o his_o war_n upon_o tullus_n disadvantage_n withdraw_v his_o company_n to_o distress_n tullus_n for_o which_o he_o be_v tear_v in_o piece_n at_o two_o chariot_n and_o alba_n reign_v but_o the_o citizen_n be_v make_v free_a denizen_n and_o her_o noble_n patricians_z of_o rome_n among_o who_o be_v a_o family_n of_o julij_fw-la which_o have_v since_o rise_v in_o julius_n caesar_n etc._n etc._n §_o 5._o rome_n which_o devour_v the_o alban_n kingdom_n and_o break_v all_o the_o kingdom_n from_o euphrates_n to_o the_o western_a ocean_n as_o that_o alban_n the_o iv_o the_o a_o beast_n with_o iron-teeth_n forspeak_v of_o come_v now_o to_o be_v handle_v only_o touch_v her_o original_a which_o some_o seek_v to_o derive_v from_o janus_n other_o from_o the_o greek_n plâ—tarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o romulus_n
remember_v many_o founder_n of_o the_o city_n but_o livy_n will_v have_v it_o the_o work_n of_o romulus_n etc._n etc._n of_o his_o beget_v birth_n and_o education_n plutarch_n say_v it_o be_v probable_a that_o amulius_n come_v arm_v to_o rhea_n which_o occasion_v the_o tale_n of_o marce_z as_o the_o nurse_n the_o child_n by_o some_o harlot_n occasion_v the_o tale_n of_o a_o wolf_n for_o harlot_n of_o old_a be_v call_v wolf_n halicarnassus_n tell_v we_o of_o the_o like_a report_n they_o have_v of_o cyrus_n nurse_n by_o a_o bitch_n and_o semiramis_n by_o bird_n so_o of_o his_o end_n they_o say_v he_o be_v take_v away_o in_o a_o storm_n of_o thunder_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v probable_o the_o fury_n of_o the_o senator_n remember_v also_o by_o livy_n but_o as_o many_o author_n speak_v of_o great_a lightning_n and_o thunder_n that_o day_n so_o it_o may_v be_v he_o be_v slay_v by_o it_o as_o be_v anastasius_n the_o emperor_n and_o emperor_n carus_n halicarnassus_n say_v they_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v remember_v near_o to_o truth_n which_o say_v his_o citizen_n slay_v he_o etc._n etc._n plutarch_n report_v of_o his_o conquest_n of_o a_o few_o mile_n about_o he_o not_o worth_a the_o speak_n of_o if_o the_o follow_a greatness_n of_o rome_n have_v not_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v remember_v he_o reign_v 37_o year_n first_o alone_a then_o with_o tatius_n and_o after_o his_o death_n single_a till_o he_o be_v slay_v numa_n a_o man_n unknown_a to_o romulus_n succeed_v more_o priest-like_a etc._n etc._n well_o resemble_v rome_n latter_a day_n which_o fall_v from_o emperor_n command_n into_o subjection_n of_o a_o prelate_n swell_v by_o degree_n from_o a_o sheephook_n to_o a_o sword_n wherewith_o victorious_a to_o excessive_a magnificence_n it_o fall_v to_o luxury_n and_o be_v unfortunate_a in_o defensive_a war_n be_v drive_v again_o to_o betake_v himself_o to_o the_o crosier-staff_n chap._n xxi_o of_o hezechiah_n and_o his_o contemporary_n §_o 1._o hezechiah_n at_o 25_o year_n old_a 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 time_n contend_v with_o the_o assyrian_n about_o sovereignty_n give_v the_o occasion_n to_o consider_v the_o state_n of_o the_o country_n which_o have_v flourish_v so_o long_o of_o cham_n osiris_n and_o orus_n and_o the_o rest_n with_o their_o dynasty_n till_o israel_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n we_o have_v hear_v and_o be_v to_o proceed_v from_o thence_o not_o regard_v the_o idle_a catalogue_n of_o name_n of_o king_n set_v out_o by_o herodotus_n and_o dyodorus_n from_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n who_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v but_o vice-roys_n or_o steward_n like_o joseph_n and_o such_o as_o be_v the_o sultan_n in_o late_a age_n for_o first_o we_o may_v not_o believe_v that_o the_o number_n of_o generation_n we_o speak_v of_o be_v above_o eighty_o from_o abraham_n to_o the_o persian_a empire_n whereas_o we_o know_v there_o be_v but_o forty_o two_o generation_n to_o our_o saviour_n christ_n especial_o consider_v many_o of_o they_o be_v of_o about_o forty_o year_n continuance_n we_o must_v therefore_o proportion_v the_o number_n to_o that_o of_o other_o country_n according_a to_o the_o time_n and_o esteem_v the_o rest_n but_o regent_n who_o yet_o rule_v as_o king_n of_o which_o sort_n there_o may_v be_v many_o as_o may_v be_v well_o conceive_v in_o reading_n w._n archbishop_n of_o tyre_n who_o show_v that_o there_o be_v the_o caleph_n elhadech_n supreme_a over_o egypt_n under_o who_o the_o sultan_n rule_v as_o king_n make_v war_n and_o peace_n yea_o supplant_n one_o another_o without_o the_o calephs_n privity_n as_o fall_v out_o under_o elhadech_n under_o who_o san._n be_v sultan_n and_o yet_o chase_v away_o by_o dagon_n and_o upon_o his_o death_n recover_v again_o without_o the_o great_a caleph_n hand_n who_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n only_o attend_v his_o state_n and_o delight_n in_o his_o palace_n which_o manner_n of_o rule_v by_o vice-roys_n the_o author_n judge_v to_o have_v be_v from_o the_o ancient_a king_n of_o egypt_n §_o 2._o it_o be_v
vain_a to_o be_v curious_a about_o these_o king_n see_v diodorus_n vary_v from_o herodotus_n and_o eusebius_n from_o both_o neither_o do_v late_a writer_n know_v who_o to_o follow_v the_o king_n from_o chencre_n or_o tuoris_fw-la or_o proteus_n be_v agree_v upon_o of_o which_o according_a to_o eusebius_n acherres_n be_v next_o who_o reyneccius_n think_v to_o be_v vchoreus_fw-la in_o diodore_n founder_n of_o memphis_n but_o then_o timaus_n can_v be_v the_o great_a osymandias_n as_o he_o also_o judge_v for_o there_o be_v more_o than_o eight_o generation_n between_o they_o contrary_a to_o diodorus_n touch_v osymandais_n mercator_n make_v he_o the_o husband_n of_o acencâ—eres_n daughter_n to_o orus_n second_o and_o find_v vchoreus_fw-la the_o eight_o from_o he_o but_o i_o will_v pass_v over_o these_o inextricable_a doubt_n etc._n etc._n §_o 3._o cherre_v after_o eight_o year_n of_o acherres_n succeed_v fifteen_o year_n armeus_a five_o year_n ramess_v sixty_o eight_o year_n which_o two_o last_n be_v the_o danaus_n and_o egyptus_n speak_v of_o by_o the_o greek_n who_o make_v danaus_n expel_v egypt_n become_v king_n of_o argos_n in_o greece_n but_o reyneccius_n believe_v not_o armeus_n to_o be_v danaus_n though_o their_o time_n agree_v but_o rather_o think_v he_o be_v meris_fw-la which_o make_v the_o great_a lake_n myris_n 3600_o furlong_n compass_v and_o fifty_o fathom_n deep_a to_o receive_v nilus_n overflow_n for_o store_n when_o water_n be_v scarce_o §_o 4._o ameraphis_n succeed_v his_o father_n forty_o year_n then_o sethosis_n fifty_o year_n to_o who_o some_o ascribe_v improbable_o the_o famous_a act_n of_o great_a sesostris_n in_o he_o begin_v the_o dynastie_a of_o the_o zarth_n or_o general_n which_o title_n five_o only_o hold_v ramase_n succeed_v sixty_o year_n mistake_v for_o sesostris_n the_o second_o amenophis_n succeed_v forty_o year_n andemenes_n twenty_o six_o year_n tâ—uoris_fw-la the_o last_o zarth_n seven_o year_n who_o some_o make_v proteus_n who_o son_n remphe_v succeed_v but_o i_o doubt_v neither_o father_n nor_o son_n be_v king_n §_o 5._o many_o other_o name_n of_o the_o egyptian_a king_n be_v find_v scatter_v as_o tonephersobis_n senemue_n or_o senepos_fw-la banchistis_fw-la thulis_fw-la in_o suidas_n who_o ask_v scrap_n the_o devil_n who_o be_v or_o shall_v be_v so_o mighty_a as_o he_o be_v answer_v first_o god_n and_o then_o the_o word_n and_o then_o the_o spirit_n which_o three_o be_v one_o and_o join_v in_o one_o all_o three_o who_o power_n be_v endless_a get_v thou_o hence_o frail_a wight_n the_o man_n of_o life_n unknown_a excel_v thou_o cedreus_fw-la have_v the_o same_o and_o give_v this_o king_n as_o great_a antiquity_n as_o the_o indies_n cite_v a_o book_n call_v little_a genesis_n which_o word_n little_a alone_o argue_v impostor_n beside_o the_o frierly_a stuff_n he_o cite_v out_o of_o it_o his_o list_n of_o old_a egyptian_a king_n here_o set_v down_o be_v not_o worth_a writing_n out_o neither_o the_o king_n name_v by_o other_o vaphre_n and_o sesac_n will_v lead_v we_o into_o a_o fair_a way_n a_o while_n the_o first_o be_v solomon_n father-in-law_n according_a to_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n and_o eusebius_n the_o second_o eusebius_n call_v smendis_fw-la with_o who_o he_o begin_v the_o twenty_o first_o dynastie_n who_o entrance_n be_v find_v about_o the_o twenty_o of_o solomon_n reckon_v from_o neco_n death_n in_o the_o four_o of_o jehojakim_n king_n of_o judah_n upward_o as_o from_o the_o five_o of_o rehoboam_n wherein_o he_o plunder_v the_o sanctuary_n but_o enjoy_v that_o sacrilege_n as_o do_v joas_n and_o craseus_fw-la not_o one_o year_n for_o the_o king_n from_o sesac_n to_o necho_n i_o choose_v the_o greek_a historian_n for_o eusebius_n be_v out_o by_o fail_v to_o keep_v the_o reckon_n between_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o israel_n §_o 6._o chemmis_n or_o chembis_n succeed_v sesac_n fifty_o year_n and_o build_v the_o great_a pyramid_n who_o base_a be_v seven_o acre_n square_a and_o six_o high_a which_o diodore_n see_v one_o thousand_o year_n after_o in_o augustus_n day_n câ—abreus_n or_o cheops_n succeed_v fifty_o year_n and_o then_o cephrenes_n fifty_o six_o both_o builder_n of_o pyramid_n for_o their_o sepulcher_n mycerinus_n his_o son_n six_o year_n as_o the_o oracle_n have_v threaten_v for_o his_o open_v the_o idol_n temple_n which_o his_o predecessor_n have_v shut_v it_o may_v be_v chemmis_n have_v learn_v their_o vanity_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o thereupon_o shut_v the_o temple_n up_o reyneccius_n give_v he_o fifty_o year_n bochoris_n or_o banchyris_n by_o suidas_n succeed_v forty_o four_o year_n then_o sabacus_n a_o aethiopian_a but_o herodotus_n omit_v both_o and_o have_v asychis_n who_o decree_v the_o debtor_n dead_a body_n shall_v be_v give_v to_o the_o will_n of_o the_o creditor_n till_o the_o debt_n be_v pay_v anysis_n succeed_v he_o and_o both_o can_v be_v but_o six_o year_n then_o come_v the_o former_a aethiopian_a who_o reign_v fifty_o year_n scripture_n call_v he_o zonaras_n sua_fw-la with_o who_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n make_v a_o vain_a league_n against_o salmanassar_n they_o say_v he_o leave_v his_o kingdom_n and_o return_v into_o aethiopia_n to_o avoid_v his_o god_n commandment_n to_o kill_v all_o the_o priest_n of_o egypt_n such_o be_v their_o zeal_n to_o their_o priest_n §_o 7._o sethom_n succeed_v in_o the_o twelve_o of_o hezekiaâ—_n and_o five_o of_o senacherib_n when_o assur_n and_o egypt_n contend_v which_o shall_v rule_v or_o serve_v hezekiah_n though_o fix_v special_a confidence_n in_o god_n hold_v it_o fit_a to_o make_v a_o league_n with_o egypt_n by_o his_o people_n rely_v more_o on_o egypt_n than_o on_o god_n egypt_n promise_v much_o but_o only_o furnish_v he_o with_o some_o treasure_n send_v to_o hire_v arabian_n which_o be_v intercept_v herodotus_n tell_v we_o a_o tale_n of_o sethom_n pray_v to_o vulcan_n his_o god_n for_o aid_n against_o the_o assyrian_n who_o lie_v before_o pelusium_n and_o he_o send_v mouse_n which_o gnaw_v their_o bowstring_n and_o strap_n of_o their_o armour_n which_o make_v they_o depart_v his_o reign_n functius_n resolve_v to_o be_v 33_o year_n give_v no_o reason_n yet_o upon_o search_n i_o find_v it_o within_o one_o yeâ—r_n by_o divide_v the_o year_n from_o rehoboam_n 5_o to_o jehâ—jakims_v four_o among_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n give_v each_o his_o set_a time_n and_o the_o remainder_n to_o sethom_n chap._n xxiii_o of_o manasses_n and_o his_o contemporary_n §_o 1._o manasses_n son_n of_o hezekiah_n succeed_v be_v twelve_o year_n old_a and_o reign_v fifty_o five_o year_n of_o who_o idolatry_n and_o extraordinary_a wickedness_n see_v 2_o king_n 21._o and_o 2_o chron._n 33._o of_o his_o put_v the_o reverend_a prophet_n isaiah_n to_o death_n with_o a_o wooden_a saw_n be_v eighty_o year_n old_a eusebius_n epiphanius_n isidore_n and_o other_o confirm_v his_o captivity_n in_o babel_n his_o repent_v prayer_n reformation_n and_o death_n see_v 2_o chron._n 33._o merodach_n have_v love_v his_o father_n may_v more_o easy_o be_v persuade_v to_o restore_v he_o §_o 2._o egypt_n after_o sethom_n be_v miserable_o distract_v with_o civil_a dissension_n two_o year_n then_o ill_o reform_v by_o a_o government_n of_o 12_o prince_n of_o which_o 11_o fall_v out_o with_o the_o 12_o the_o be_v by_o he_o subdue_v and_o the_o kingdom_n usurp_v which_o anarchy_n diodore_n put_v after_o sabacus_n omit_v sethom_n contrary_a to_o herodotus_n these_o twelve_o for_o a_o monument_n of_o their_o government_n make_v a_o labyrinth_n near_o the_o lake_n maris_n which_o heroclus_fw-la prefer_v to_o the_o chief_a pyramid_n which_o excel_v diana_n temple_n diodorus_n report_v it_o the_o work_n of_o marus_n or_o menide_n five_o generation_n before_o proteus_n or_o the_o trojan_a war_n and_o reyneccius_n take_v he_o to_o annemenes_n as_o he_o do_v amenophis_n to_o be_v amasis_n and_o sethom_n to_o be_v actisanes_n but_o he_o be_v deceive_v for_o the_o time_n we_o be_v now_o in_o show_v 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show_v the_o year_n of_o such_o a_o king_n in_o which_o any_o thing_n express_v in_o scripture_n be_v do_v neither_o can_v any_o certainty_n be_v gather_v from_o the_o late_a king_n of_o the_o assyrian_n etc._n etc._n if_o nebuchadnezzar_n reign_n have_v not_o be_v precise_o apply_v to_o the_o year_n of_o jehojakim_n and_o zedekiah_n hence_o have_v we_o the_o first_o light_n to_o discover_v how_o to_o connect_v sacred_a and_o profane_a history_n for_o iudah_n seventy_o year_n captivity_n begin_v under_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o end_v the_o first_o of_o cyrus_n direct_v we_o backward_o and_o forward_o this_o first_o year_n of_o cyrus_n be_v join_v with_o the_o first_o of_o the_o fifty_o five_o olympiad_n and_o that_o he_o reign_v twenty_o three_o year_n before_o his_o monarchy_n and_o seven_o after_o be_v apparent_a and_o give_v they_o four_o hundred_o and_o eight_o year_n between_o troy_n fall_n and_o iphetus_n restore_v the_o olympiad_n we_o may_v arrive_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o true_a grecian_a antiquity_n for_o other_o nation_n let_v st._n augustine_n be_v trust_v §_o 2._o the_o seventy_o year_n of_o babylonian_a captivity_n be_v our_o chief_a mark_n of_o direction_n we_o be_v to_o inform_v ourselves_o true_o therein_o some_o begin_v from_o ieconias_n captivity_n eleven_o year_n before_o zedekiah_n cite_v ezek._n 40.1_o beraldus_n judge_v that_o it_o begin_v the_o first_o of_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o four_o of_o joakim_n cite_v 2_o chron._n 36._o and_o dan._n 1._o matth._n 1.11_o but_o can_v thus_o make_v it_o good_a wretched_a porphyry_n scoff_v at_o st._n matth._n 1.11_o not_o know_v iosias_n son_n have_v divers_a name_n as_o epiphanius_n show_v the_o wretch_n affirm_v the_o book_n of_o daniel_n be_v write_v long_o after_o his_o death_n at_o or_o near_o the_o time_n of_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n who_o eusebius_n apollonius_n etc._n etc._n have_v answer_v and_o the_o seventy_o interpreter_n translate_v it_o out_o of_o hebrew_n one_o hundred_o year_n before_o that_o jaddus_n the_o highpriest_n also_o show_v the_o book_n to_o the_o great_a alexander_n etc._n etc._n true_a it_o be_v the_o jew_n ascribe_v it_o to_o esdras_n and_o equal_v it_o not_o to_o the_o prophet_n but_o put_v it_o among_o the_o hagiograph_n or_o holy_a book_n which_o be_v daniel_n psalm_n job_n proverb_n canticle_n ruth_n lamentation_n ecclesiaste_n hester_n nehemiah_n and_o chronicle_n our_o christian_a council_n and_o father_n acknowledge_v it_o canonical_a and_o our_o saviour_n who_o cite_v no_o apocrypha_fw-la cite_v it_o as_o a_o proof_n exceed_v all_o §_o 3._o that_o the_o seventy_o year_n captivity_n begin_v at_o ierusalem_n destruction_n not_o ieconias_n captivity_n be_v clear_a jeremiah_n himself_o explain_v himself_o and_o daniel_n cite_v by_o some_o to_o the_o contrary_n compare_v chap._n 25.9_o 11_o 12._o with_o chap._n 29.10_o where_o in_o the_o first_o place_n he_o express_o begin_v the_o captivity_n of_o seventy_o year_n at_o ierusalem_n destruction_n and_o thereof_o certify_v the_o captivity_n in_o the_o second_o place_n so_o also_o it_o be_v understand_v by_o themselves_o 2_o chron._n 36.19_o 20_o 21._o so_o dan._n 9.2_o the_o seventy_o year_n refer_v to_o ierusalem_n desolation_n §_o 4._o touch_v the_o king_n reign_v in_o babylon_n those_o seventy_o year_n and_o the_o time_n of_o each_o help_v we_o a_o little_a to_o the_o time_n before_o or_o after_o neither_o it_o seem_v be_v most_o of_o their_o act_n worth_a recording_n for_o as_o nebuchadnezzar_n latter_a time_n be_v either_o in_o delight_n or_o madness_n so_o his_o posterity_n grow_v slothful_a as_o son_n who_o father_n have_v purchase_v enough_o to_o their_o hand_n yet_o let_v we_o consider_v of_o man_n opinion_n therein_o and_o judge_v as_o we_o see_v cause_n the_o sure_a opinion_n be_v they_o which_o follow_v the_o scripture_n which_o name_v only_a nabuchadnezzar_n evilmerodach_n and_o balthasar_n and_o jeremy_n which_o seem_v to_o limit_v the_o dominion_n of_o babel_n to_o father_n son_n
and_o grandson_n to_o qualify_v this_o i_o see_v no_o necessity_n except_o profane_a author_n be_v constant_a and_o probable_a in_o more_o succession_n which_o they_o be_v not_o josephus_n reckon_v five_o cite_v berosus_n but_o far_o otherwise_o than_o do_v jerom_n etc._n etc._n anius_n metasthenes_n name_v five_o of_o which_o the_o three_o last_o be_v brethren_n but_o neither_o he_o nor_o the_o rest_n can_v qualify_v jeremiah_n §_o 5._o scaliger_n opinion_n be_v here_o handle_v and_o disprove_v begin_v the_o seventi_v year_n from_o iechonias_n transportation_n and_o give_v evilmerodach_n but_o two_o year_n balthasar_z one_o of_o which_o he_o make_v four_o spend_v in_o his_o protection_n and_o make_v he_o a_o son_n of_o nebuchadnezzar_n daughter_n but_o as_o ieremiah_n speech_n of_o evilmerodach_n raise_v up_o jeconias_n argue_v long_a time_n so_o his_o speak_v express_o of_o nebuchadnezzar_n son_n in_o the_o succession_n so_o daniel_n employ_v in_o so_o high_a a_o place_n by_o the_o king_n and_o after_o fall_v to_o a_o private_a life_n can_v not_o have_v be_v forget_v of_o he_o in_o two_o year_n or_o less_o scaliger_n also_o find_v one_o nabonidus_n after_o balthasar_n and_o give_v he_o seventeen_o year_n and_o make_v he_o darius_n medus_n who_o other_o make_v the_o same_o with_o balthasar_n to_o make_v good_a berosus_n who_o scaliger_n his_o chief_a patron_n herein_o forsake_v his_o ground_n be_v one_o out_o of_o daniel_n 5.31_o where_o darius_n be_v not_o say_v to_o win_v but_o receive_v the_o kingdom_n make_v no_o strong_a conclusion_n etc._n etc._n his_o other_o be_v out_o of_o megasthenes_n in_o eusebius_n call_v nabonidus_n a_o mede_n but_o i_o find_v it_o not_o and_o if_o i_o do_v i_o will_v little_o regard_v it_o consider_v his_o other_o improbable_a report_n with_o it_o beside_o the_o opinion_n agree_v hardly_o with_o scripture_n which_o say_v the_o kingdom_n shall_v be_v divide_v between_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n so_o that_o either_o darius_n be_v not_o nabonidus_n or_o else_o bethink_v we_o what_o persian_a share_v with_o he_o nay_o both_o the_o nation_n make_v the_o empire_n as_o daniel_n ram_n show_v and_o the_o greek_n call_v the_o war_n make_v by_o xerxes_n the_o war_n of_o the_o mede_n so_o that_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o chronologer_n hold_v darius_n partner_n in_o cyrus_n victory_n be_v not_o well_o condemn_v §_o 6._o lyra_n and_o other_o who_o hold_v those_o only_o name_v in_o scripture_n to_o have_v reign_v in_o babylon_n during_o those_o seventy_o year_n i_o esteem_v more_o comformable_a to_o reason_n for_o the_o year_n of_o their_o reign_n it_o be_v clear_a that_o evilmerodach_n begin_v to_o reign_v 2_o king_n 25.27_o jer._n 52.31_o in_o the_o thirty_o seven_o year_n of_o iechonias_n captivity_n from_o which_o deduct_v zedekiah_n eleven_o year_n when_o the_o city_n be_v take_v there_o remain_v twenty_o six_o of_o the_o seventy_o how_o to_o distribute_v the_o other_o forty_o four_o to_o the_o succeed_a king_n be_v not_o so_o needful_a as_o long_o as_o the_o total_a sum_n be_v certain_a yet_o i_o will_v be_v bold_a to_o conjecture_v as_o other_o have_v do_v give_v to_o belthasar_n seventeen_o year_n with_o josephus_n so_o there_o remain_v twenty_o seven_o of_o which_o one_o may_v be_v take_v away_o for_o the_o first_o of_o darius_n so_o twenty_o six_o remain_n for_o evilmerodach_n beside_o josephus_n all_o that_o confound_v balthasar_n and_o nabonidus_n give_v he_o seventeen_o year_n and_o daniel_n be_v grow_v out_o of_o balthasar_n knowledge_n who_o yet_o have_v serve_v he_o his_o three_o year_n argue_v some_o long_a time_n between_o that_o evilmerodach_n reign_v some_o good_a time_n be_v probable_a by_o iechonias_n favour_n under_o he_o and_o some_o of_o great_a judgement_n have_v give_v he_o twenty_o three_o year_n and_o more_o may_v be_v give_v as_o well_o as_o that_o §_o 7._o touch_v the_o action_n of_o these_o king_n nebuchadnezzar_n former_a year_n be_v victorious_a in_o his_o nineteen_o year_n he_o win_v jerusalem_n and_o proud_a tyrus_n esa._n 23.15_o the_o same_o year_n egypt_n be_v next_o aim_v at_o as_o the_o fair_a mark_n but_o the_o petty_a nation_n about_o judah_n who_o desire_v the_o ruin_n thereof_o be_v to_o be_v make_v sure_a for_o fear_v of_o incommode_v his_o return_n from_o egypt_n if_o he_o succeed_v not_o all_o these_o ill_a neighbour_n which_o imagine_v to_o gain_v by_o iudah_n fall_n as_o tyrus_n have_v and_o have_v follow_v the_o camp_n as_o raven_n be_v sudden_o oppose_v by_o nabuchadnezzar_n as_o the_o lord_n have_v threaten_v and_o bring_v into_o the_o condition_n judah_n be_v in_o esa._n 16.14_o §_o 8._o nabuchadnezzar_n have_v free_v the_o coast_n behind_o he_o through_o syria_n and_o arabia_n leave_v neither_o friend_n to_o egypt_n nor_o foe_n to_o himself_o able_a to_o give_v impediment_n to_o his_o proceed_v or_o retreat_n he_o present_o take_v it_o in_o hand_n and_o according_a to_o our_o three_o great_a prophet_n have_v a_o victorious_a conquest_n of_o egypt_n although_o some_o good_a author_n follow_v herodotus_n and_o diodore_n extenuate_v it_o to_o a_o ravage_n without_o conquest_n and_o that_o apries_n or_o hophra_n their_o king_n be_v slay_v after_o in_o a_o insurrection_n of_o his_o subject_n and_o amasis_n choose_v to_o succeed_v but_o herodotus_n and_o diodorus_n be_v herein_o contradict_v by_o such_o authority_n as_o force_v our_o belief_n as_o esa._n 20.4_o 5_o 6._o jer._n 43.10_o and_o 44_o and_o 46.25_o 26._o so_o ezek._n 29.20.30_o and_o 32.31_o so_o that_o junius_n who_o in_o one_o place_n take_v hophra_n enemy_n to_o be_v amasis_n and_o his_o fellow_n yet_o on_o jer._n 44.30_o he_o confess_v the_o egyptian_a priest_n have_v abuse_v herodotus_n josephus_n also_o herein_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v believe_v report_v egypt_n conquest_n and_o slay_v of_o the_o king_n by_o nabuchadnezzar_n who_o appoint_v another_o in_o his_o stead_n all_o which_o be_v consonant_a to_o the_o prophet_n §_o 9_o nebuchadnezzar_n victory_n after_o the_o conquest_n of_o syria_n more_o enlarge_v his_o dominion_n than_o his_o former_a for_o beside_o the_o conquest_n of_o egypt_n we_o be_v bind_v to_o believe_v he_o conquer_a phut_n and_o lud_n and_o other_o nation_n as_o it_o seem_v even_o to_o mauritania_n hitherto_o egypt_n have_v flourish_v fifteen_o hundred_o eighty_o year_n but_o from_o henceforth_o forty_o year_n under_o a_o viceroy_n and_o be_v long_o after_o in_o recover_v strength_n but_o never_o to_o her_o ancient_a glory_n esa._n 19.11_o ezek._n 29.13_o etc._n etc._n §_o 10._o nebuchadnezzar_n action_n be_v diverse_o date_v some_o from_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n who_o first_o year_n run_v with_o part_n of_o iehojakim_n three_o when_o daniel_n be_v carry_v captive_a another_o date_n be_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o empire_n which_o be_v after_o the_o conquest_n of_o egypt_n as_o his_o dream_n dan._n 2.1_o which_o can_v not_o be_v the_o second_o year_n reign_v consider_v the_o three_o then_o be_v up_o of_o daniel_n before_o he_o stand_v before_o the_o king_n as_o also_o that_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v yet_o no_o such_o king_n as_o he_o be_v when_o daniel_n declare_v the_o dream_n etc._n etc._n after_o the_o conquest_n of_o egypt_n ninive_n which_o rebel_v be_v destroy_v by_o he_o as_o nahum_n foretell_v who_o prophecy_n go_v between_o the_o destruction_n of_o egypt_n and_o ninive_n §_o 11._o nebuchadnezzar_n last_o time_n be_v find_v only_o in_o daniel_n as_o his_o building_n in_o babel_n cap._n 4.27_o wherein_o he_o glorify_v so_o much_o and_o no_o marvel_n if_o iosephus_n report_n out_o of_o berosus_n be_v true_a of_o a_o orchard_n support_v by_o arch_n as_o high_a as_o mountain_n rear_v in_o fifteen_o day_n but_o his_o overvalue_a his_o own_o greatness_n abase_v he_o as_o low_o and_o the_o lord_n for_o his_o presume_v to_o erect_v a_o image_n to_o be_v worship_v to_o his_o dishonour_n who_o he_o have_v before_o acknowledge_v cast_v such_o contempt_n upon_o he_o as_o never_o befall_v such_o a_o man._n for_o after_o the_o lord_n have_v convince_v he_o by_o the_o miraculous_a cool_n of_o his_o furnace_n and_o by_o a_o second_o dream_n warn_v he_o and_o give_v he_o one_o year_n respite_n he_o have_v human_a sense_n take_v from_o he_o etc._n etc._n upon_o his_o restore_n augustine_n and_o other_o hold_v he_o save_v §_o 12._o evilmerodach_n succeed_v in_o who_o nineteen_o year_n end_v the_o forty_o year_n of_o egypt_n desolation_n and_o now_o break_v the_o babylonian_a yoke_n under_o amasis_n their_o king_n this_o fall_v out_o while_n astyages_n the_o mede_n grandfather_n to_o cyrus_n hold_v war_n with_o evilmerodach_n and_o have_v the_o better_a which_o embolden_v egypt_n astyages_n die_v in_o the_o nine_o year_n of_o evilmerodach_n and_o leave_v the_o mede_n and_o persian_n in_o arm_n against_o evilmerodach_n who_o also_o they_o slay_v §_o 13._o a_o conjecture_n how_o it_o may_v be_v
that_o in_o nebuchadnezzar_n seven_o year_n of_o madness_n niglisar_n may_v govern_v by_o his_o wife_n nitocris_n mean_n nebuchadnezzar_n daughter_n and_o labassardach_n after_o he_o but_o slay_v after_o nine_o month_n present_o before_o nebuchadnezzar_n restauration_n chap._n ii_o the_o persian_n greatness_n how_o it_o grow_v §_o 1._o that_o the_o mede_n be_v chief_a in_o the_o overthrow_n of_o babylon_n the_o infallible_a witness_n of_o two_o great_a prophet_n make_v good_a esa._n 13_o 17._o jer._n 51.11.28_o according_a to_o which_o julius_n africanus_n prove_v babel_n be_v take_v before_o cyrus_n begin_v to_o reign_v so_o that_o the_o empire_n lose_v by_o balthassar_n the_o last_o of_o belochus_n line_n fall_v to_o cyaxares_n or_o darius_n medus_n the_o last_o of_o arbaces_n race_n who_o succeed_v his_o father_n astyages_n etc._n etc._n §_o 2._o cyrus_n to_o who_o alone_o the_o greek_n ascribe_v the_o conquest_n of_o babel_n be_v think_v immediate_a successor_n to_o astyages_n by_o some_o who_o deny_v he_o have_v any_o other_o son_n than_o this_o cyrus_n son_n of_o mandane_n his_o daughter_n viginer_n also_o probable_o reason_v that_o astyages_n have_v no_o such_o son_n as_o darius_n be_v unknown_a to_o so_o many_o author_n there_o name_v but_o negative_a argument_n from_o author_n be_v of_o no_o force_n and_o necessity_n either_o astyages_n must_v be_v darius_n in_o daniel_n 9_o which_o his_o time_n will_v not_o suffer_v or_o another_o successor_n before_o cyrus_n must_v be_v grant_v who_o for_o life_n command_v all_o yet_o in_o regard_n he_o be_v old_a and_o follow_v not_o the_o war_n in_o person_n but_o cyrus_n as_o his_o lieutenant_n do_v all_o the_o greek_n who_o hear_v only_o of_o he_o ascribe_v all_o to_o he_o as_o do_v the_o persian_n in_o honour_n to_o he_o who_o short_o bring_v all_o to_o they_o §_o 3._o xenophon_n report_n of_o the_o war_n between_o the_o assyrian_n and_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n the_o assyrian_n have_v command_n of_o so_o many_o country_n desire_v to_o bring_v under_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n know_v therefore_o their_o great_a strength_n he_o persuade_v croâ—sus_n the_o rich_a and_o strong_a king_n of_o lydia_n to_o join_v with_o he_o which_o he_o easy_o yield_v for_o the_o quarrel_n to_o the_o mede_n who_o have_v war_v against_o alyattes_n his_o father_n these_o together_o compose_v a_o army_n of_o two_o hundred_o thousand_o foot_n and_o sixty_o thousand_o horse_n but_o be_v overthrow_v by_o darius_n and_o cyaxares_n king_n of_o the_o mede_n and_o cyrus_n general_n of_o the_o persian_a force_n and_o the_o assyrian_a king_n slay_v so_o that_o many_o assyrian_n revolt_v and_o babylon_n be_v glad_a for_o her_o security_n to_o get_v mercenary_a strength_n while_o cyrus_n pursue_v his_o victory_n to_o lesser_a asia_n and_o take_v croesus_n prisoner_n after_o this_o follow_v the_o attempt_n at_o babylon_n cyaxares_n bear_v the_o charge_n and_o cyrus_n be_v leader_n etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o achaemenes_n govern_v 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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 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their_o winter_n garrison_n when_o unexpected_o he_o invest_v sardis_n and_o in_o fourteen_o day_n force_v it_o croesus_n thrust_v in_o among_o the_o multitude_n be_v ready_a to_o be_v slay_v have_v not_o his_o dumb_a son_n force_v by_o passion_n cry_v spare_v croesus_n who_o thereupon_o be_v bring_v to_o cyrus_n who_o judge_v he_o to_o be_v burn_v be_v upon_o the_o heap_n of_o wood_n he_o cry_v out_o o_o solon_n solon_n solon_n and_o upon_o urge_v to_o declare_v what_o he_o mean_v answer_v that_o he_o find_v solon_n word_n true_a that_o no_o man_n know_v his_o own_o happiness_n till_o his_o end_n cyrus_n hear_v thereof_o call_v for_o he_o remember_v his_o own_o mortality_n forgive_v he_o and_o ever_o after_o use_v he_o as_o a_o king_n and_o companion_n xenophon_n report_v that_o cyrus_n use_v he_o so_o without_o speak_v of_o the_o purpose_n of_o burn_a belike_o think_v it_o a_o cruelty_n unworthy_a cyrus_n so_o to_o use_v his_o great_a uncle_n by_o his_o grandmother_n
who_o brother_n he_o be_v cyrus_n ever_o after_o so_o trust_v he_o that_o in_o his_o journey_n to_o scythia_n he_o leave_v he_o to_o advise_v cambyses_n his_o son_n §_o 5._o cyrus_n after_o the_o conquest_n of_o lydia_n as_o it_o seem_v invade_v scythia_n and_o take_v amorges_n who_o wife_n spartha_n renew_v the_o war_n take_v cyrus_n and_o so_o by_o exchange_n recover_v her_o husband_n he_o also_o reduce_v the_o phocian_o and_o greek_n in_o lesser_a asia_n be_v fall_v off_o and_o have_v settle_v all_o his_o province_n prepare_v to_o attempt_n babylon_n as_o the_o height_n of_o his_o design_n whereto_o he_o enforce_a head_n and_o hand_n cyrus_n have_v spend_v ten_o year_n in_o order_v former_a purchase_n and_o prepare_v for_o babylon_n know_v the_o strength_n of_o it_o be_v treble_a wall_v of_o great_a height_n and_o surround_v with_o water_n unfordable_a and_o victual_v for_o twenty_o year_n despair_v to_o carry_v it_o by_o assault_n or_o to_o famish_v it_o in_o short_a time_n or_o 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the_o dam_n between_o the_o river_n and_o his_o trench_n to_o be_v cut_v down_o euphrates_n sudden_o fail_v the_o city_n and_o leave_v the_o besieger_n a_o ready_a entrance_n upon_o a_o secure_a people_n drown_v in_o their_o cup_n no_o historian_n if_o he_o have_v be_v present_a can_v have_v better_o set_v out_o babel_n calamity_n in_o that_o surprise_n than_o do_v isaiah_n two_o hundred_o year_n before_o and_o jeremy_n above_o seventy_o year_n who_o prophecy_n be_v now_o accomplish_v §_o 6._o cyrus_n his_o last_o war_n and_o end_n be_v diverse_o report_v herodotus_n and_o justin_n tell_v we_o of_o his_o war_n with_o the_o massaget_n and_o his_o death_n by_o queen_n tomyris_n but_o i_o believe_v with_o viginier_n that_o war_n be_v rather_o that_o which_o he_o have_v before_o with_o the_o scythian_n and_o that_o tomyris_n be_v sparta_n ctesias_n report_v he_o be_v wound_v in_o his_o war_n with_o derbician_n scythian_n and_o die_v three_o day_n after_o and_o by_o strabo_n report_n he_o be_v bury_v in_o his_o own_o city_n pasagarde_v who_o tomb_n alexander_n the_o great_a open_v say_v curtius_n there_o be_v no_o likelihood_n of_o any_o such_o overthrow_n of_o the_o persian_n in_o scythia_n consider_v cambyses_n present_a journey_n into_o egypt_n and_o therefore_o i_o believe_v he_o die_v at_o home_n as_o xenophon_n report_v set_v down_o his_o oration_n to_o his_o son_n etc._n etc._n §_o 7._o cyrus_n his_o decree_n for_o building_n god_n temple_n be_v in_o true_a consideration_n the_o noble_a of_o all_o his_o act_n as_o a_o service_n to_o the_o author_n of_o all_o goodness_n accomplish_v what_o the_o lord_n have_v promise_v seventy_o year_n before_o touch_v the_o return_n of_o the_o jew_n etc._n etc._n restore_v the_o vessel_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o re-building_n the_o house_n of_o god_n yet_o be_v the_o work_n hinder_v all_o the_o day_n of_o cyrus_n by_o the_o samaritan_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o province_n who_o wrought_v upon_o cambyses_n in_o his_o father_n day_n and_o after_o upon_o suggestion_n that_o it_o be_v a_o rebellious_a city_n etc._n etc._n he_o reign_v thirty_o or_o one_o and_o thirty_o year_n §_o 8._o cyrus_n have_v two_o son_n cambyses_n and_o smerdis_n three_o daughter_n atossa_n and_o meroe_n who_o cambyses_n their_o brother_n marry_v and_o aristona_n wife_n to_o darius_n hystaspes_n as_o be_v atossa_n after_o cambyses_n death_n codman_n mistake_v she_o for_o hester_n because_o she_o be_v call_v hadasa_n but_o nearness_n of_o name_n confound_v not_o the_o person_n where_o the_o one_o be_v the_o know_a daughter_n of_o cyrus_n the_o other_o a_o jew_n who_o though_o a_o while_n she_o conceal_v her_o kindred_n yet_o she_o after_o discover_v it_o etc._n etc._n chap._n iu._n of_o the_o persian_a affair_n from_o cyrus_n to_o darius_n §_o 1._o the_o persian_a king_n be_v diverse_o number_v but_o eusebius_n and_o most_o latin_a author_n follow_v the_o greek_n krentzheim_n have_v refell_v all_o the_o other_o and_o beucer_n make_v it_o good_a by_o scripture_n cyrus_n reign_v in_o all_o thirty_o year_n name_v 2_o chron._n 36._o and_o ezra_n 1.1_o and_o elsewhere_o cambyses_n with_o the_o magi_n eight_o year_n name_v in_o daniel_n 11.2_o darius_n hystaspes_n ezr._n 4.5_o he_o reign_v thirty_o six_o then_o xerxes_n twenty_o one_o year_n plain_o set_v out_o dan._n 11.2_o artaxeres_fw-la longintanus_fw-la forty_o year_n ezr._n 4.7_o call_v also_o artasta_n ezra_n 4.7_o and_o 7.7_o darius_n northis_n nineteen_o year_n ezra_n 4.24_o and_o 5.6_o nehem._n 12.22_o artaxeres_fw-la mriemon_n forty_o three_o year_n nehem._n 2.1_o father_n to_o artaxerxes_n octius_fw-la and_o arsames_n in_o who_o the_o line_n of_o cyrus_n end_v octius_fw-la reign_v twenty_o two_o year_n arsames_n three_z darius_n the_o last_o be_v of_o another_o family_n and_o reign_v six_o year_n all_o these_o be_v by_o eusebius_n fit_v to_o the_o olympiad_n §_o 2._o cambyses_n succeed_v his_o father_n like_v he_o only_o in_o desire_n to_o increase_v the_o empire_n in_o the_o five_o year_n of_o his_o sole_a reign_n the_o three_o of_o the_o sixty_o three_o olympiad_n he_o invade_v egypt_n for_o that_o amà sis_n deny_v he_o his_o daughter_n but_o psamneticus_n reign_v after_o be_v slay_v by_o cambyses_n six_o month_n after_o amasis_n death_n other_o give_v he_o six_o year_n §_o 3._o cambyses_n also_o force_v evelthon_n king_n of_o cyprus_n to_o submit_v he_o destroy_v the_o egyptian_a image_n and_o temple_n and_o send_v to_o do_v the_o like_a to_o jupiter_n ammon_n in_o lybia_n but_o the_o devil_n by_o a_o storm_n oppress_v they_o with_o sand_n yet_o himself_o attempt_v it_o after_o in_o vain_a he_o also_o slay_v apis_n the_o egyptian_a bull._n but_o short_o after_o upon_o a_o dream_n that_o his_o brother_n sit_v upon_o his_o throne_n he_o procure_v praxaspes_n his_o favourite_n to_o kill_v he_o intend_v to_o marry_v his_o sister_n he_o ask_v his_o judge_n what_o law_n permit_v it_o who_o answer_v persian_a king_n be_v lawless_a 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to_o make_v he_o king_n who_o horse_n shall_v neigh_v first_o after_o the_o sunrising_a darius_n one_o of_o they_o consult_v with_o oebarus_n master_n of_o his_o horse_n cause_v his_o horse_n to_o cover_v a_o mare_n in_o the_o suburb_n the_o night_n before_o who_o come_v the_o next_o morning_n by_o that_o place_n with_o the_o rest_n make_v darius_n emperor_n by_o his_o horse_n neigh_v first_o 3._o chap._n v._o of_o darius_n the_o son_n of_o hystaspes_n §_o 1._o darius_n come_v of_o the_o second_o race_n of_o achaemenes_n thus_o cyrus_n the_o first_o beget_v teispius_fw-la who_o beget_v arianes_n father_n of_o arsanes_n who_o accompany_v cyrus_n in_o scythia_n where_o cyrus_n upon_o a_o dream_n grow_v jealous_a of_o darius_n but_o afterward_o he_o follow_v cambyses_n into_o egypt_n marry_v two_o of_o cyrus_n daughter_n reyneccius_n give_v hystaspes_n five_a son_n herodotus_n four_o §_o 2._o darius_n make_v many_o
equal_a law_n give_v his_o subject_n easy_a access_n and_o be_v so_o mild_a that_o many_o nation_n offer_v subjection_n yet_o he_o lay_v divers_a tax_n on_o they_o babel_n be_v revolt_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o magi_n darius_n besiege_a it_o and_o by_o zopirus_n who_o for_o his_o sake_n cut_v off_o his_o own_o ear_n and_o nose_n flee_v to_o the_o babylonian_n and_o complain_v of_o darius_n cruelty_n for_o dissuade_v the_o siege_n of_o babel_n he_o be_v make_v their_o leader_n and_o recover_v it_o §_o 3._o he_o give_v order_n for_o building_n the_o temple_n and_o make_v a_o decree_n against_o all_o that_o shall_v hinder_v it_o ezr._n 6._o §_o 4._o darius_n have_v recover_v babylon_n invade_v scythia_n pass_v over_o ister_n or_o danubius_n by_o a_o bridge_n of_o small_a vessel_n which_o he_o commit_v to_o the_o keep_n of_o the_o jonians_n and_o aetolian_n among_o who_o miltiades_n persuade_v they_o to_o break_v it_o down_o so_o to_o distress_n darius_n but_o histiaeus_n prince_n of_o milet_n of_o jonia_n dissuade_v '_o they_o darius_n enter_v the_o desert_n country_n of_o bessaravia_n find_v neither_o people_n nor_o relief_n the_o scythian_n there_o be_v all_o grazier_n and_o horseman_n without_o any_o town_n or_o tillage_n and_o live_v in_o wagon_n which_o at_o every_o station_n they_o set_v in_o order_n of_o a_o town_n as_o do_v the_o chrim_a tartar_n their_o posterity_n at_o this_o day_n darius_n weary_v with_o seek_v and_o see_v his_o folly_n send_v to_o they_o either_o to_o submit_v or_o try_v his_o valour_n who_o for_o answer_n send_v he_o a_o bird_n a_o frog_n a_o mouse_n and_o five_o arrow_n this_o dumb_a show_n darius_n take_v as_o a_o yield_a he_o all_o even_o the_o element_n in_o which_o these_o creature_n live_v and_o their_o weapon_n but_o gobrias_n one_o of_o the_o seven_o prince_n construe_v their_o meaning_n aright_o as_o tell_v he_o he_o can_v escape_v their_o arrow_n except_o by_o flight_n dive_v or_o hide_v himself_o this_o they_o make_v good_a by_o assail_a his_o camp_n vex_v it_o with_o continual_a alarm_n and_o so_o fearless_a forsake_v his_o camp_n by_o night_n and_o haste_v to_o ister_n whither_o yet_o the_o scythian_n come_v before_o he_o miss_v he_o as_o they_o come_v they_o persuade_v the_o jonians_n to_o depart_v assure_v they_o the_o persian_n shall_v never_o hurt_v nor_o harm_v they_o which_o have_v prove_v true_a if_o hystiaeus_fw-la have_v prove_v firm_a and_o stay_v for_o they_o there_o §_o 5._o darius_n escape_v the_o scythian_n invade_v thrace_n and_o macedon_n transplant_v the_o paeonian_o and_o possess_v chalcedon_n byzantium_n perinthus_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o best_a part_n of_o thrace_n then_o he_o send_v to_o amyntas_n king_n of_o macedon_n require_v his_o subjection_n by_o the_o earth_n and_o water_n as_o the_o persian_a manner_n be_v he_o doubt_v his_o own_o strength_n entertain_v the_o ambassador_n who_o offer_v incivility_n to_o the_o lady_n at_o a_o feast_n be_v slay_v by_o the_o device_n of_o alexander_n the_o king_n son_n send_v young_a man_n in_o the_o lady_n attire_n darius_n intend_v to_o revenge_v the_o affront_n be_v pacify_v by_o bubaris_n a_o principal_a commander_n under_o darius_n to_o who_o alexander_n succeed_v his_o father_n and_o have_v give_v gygea_n his_o sister_n who_o persuade_v he_o how_o necessary_a the_o amity_n with_o macedon_n be_v in_o the_o intend_a war_n with_o the_o greek_n §_o 6._o the_o war_n with_o greece_n grow_v upon_o occasion_n of_o pysistratus_n who_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o annual_a government_n upon_o a_o diusion_n of_o two_o great_a family_n in_o athens_n usurp_v the_o government_n as_o in_o behalf_n of_o the_o people_n who_o yet_o perceive_v he_o aim_v at_o a_o monarchy_n which_o of_o all_o form_n of_o government_n they_o can_v not_o brook_v they_o force_v he_o to_o fly_v the_o first_o and_o second_o time_n but_o the_o three_o time_n by_o hire_v force_n he_o recover_v and_o rule_v seventeen_o year_n after_o and_o leave_v it_o to_o his_o son_n hyppias_n and_o hypparâ—hus_n the_o last_o of_o which_o be_v murder_v by_o hermodius_fw-la for_o his_o unnatural_a lust_n to_o he_o hereupon_o hyppias_n doubt_v himself_o and_o fall_v to_o more_o severity_n than_o have_v be_v there_o use_v they_o raise_v army_n with_o the_o lacedaemonian_n aid_n and_o force_v he_o to_o give_v over_o and_o leave_v the_o city_n he_o be_v ally_v to_o aeantides_n tyrant_n of_o lampsacus_n be_v by_o he_o present_v to_o darius_n §_o 7._o these_o grecian_a colony_n in_o the_o sea_n coast_n of_o asia_n after_o five_o hundred_o year_n liberty_n be_v bring_v under_o by_o croesus_n and_o fall_v with_o he_o under_o the_o persian_a yoke_n and_o be_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o histiaeus_n put_v into_o rebellion_n because_o darius_n have_v take_v he_o to_o susa_n and_o they_o under_o show_n of_o honour_n hold_v he_o as_o doubt_v his_o greatness_n in_o jonia_n this_o he_o perceive_v to_o be_v practise_v with_o aristagoras_n his_o cousin_n and_o deputy_n in_o miletum_n to_o make_v a_o breach_n hope_v to_o be_v send_v to_o reduce_v they_o as_o he_o be_v for_o darius_n hear_v of_o this_o revolt_n and_o of_o the_o athenian_n join_v with_o they_o be_v exceed_o provoke_v against_o athens_n be_v excite_v by_o hyppias_n as_o for_o the_o jonians_n he_o send_v histiaeus_n who_o promise_v what_o he_o intend_v not_o but_o before_o his_o come_n artaphemes_n have_v break_v their_o power_n be_v viceroy_n in_o lydia_n so_o that_o histiaeus_n after_o vain_a attempt_n be_v take_v and_o lose_v his_o head_n §_o 8._o darius_n who_o first_o pretend_v only_o against_o the_o athenian_n and_o eritraeans_n for_o assist_v the_o jonians_n and_o burn_a sardis_n see_v the_o good_a success_n of_o the_o force_n against_o they_o send_v and_o demand_v acknowledgement_n from_o all_o the_o greek_n who_o general_o refuse_v and_o force_v the_o aegenit_n which_o have_v submit_v to_o renounce_v it_o darius_n prepare_v a_o hundred_o thousand_o foot_n and_o sixty_o thousand_o horse_n which_o as_o they_o pass_v over_o the_o sea_n take_v the_o cyclad_a island_n and_o so_o advance_v to_o eritria_n in_o euboea_n and_o sack_v it_o from_o thence_o they_o pass_v into_o attica_n conduct_v by_o hippias_n their_o king_n twenty_o year_n after_o who_o encamp_v in_o marathon_n towards_o athens_n the_o athenian_n send_v phidippidus_fw-la to_o the_o lacedaemonian_n for_o succour_n which_o he_o fail_v of_o but_o in_o arcadia_n a_o familiar_a devil_n suppose_v to_o be_v pan_n promise_v the_o god_n assistance_n which_o much_o encourage_v the_o multitude_n who_o rely_v more_o on_o blind_a prophecy_n than_o solid_a reason_n the_o athenian_a force_n be_v ten_o thousand_o and_o one_o thousand_o plataean_n with_o which_o come_v into_o the_o field_n the_o persian_n scorn_v their_o small_a number_n and_o think_v they_o void_a of_o understanding_n to_o venture_v into_o the_o field_n but_o in_o conclusion_n the_o greek_n fight_v for_o all_o they_o have_v and_o the_o persian_n for_o what_o they_o need_v not_o necessity_n provoke_v the_o one_o and_o confidence_n in_o their_o multitude_n make_v the_o other_o secure_a the_o persian_n be_v put_v to_o rout_n fly_v to_o their_o ship_n which_o will_v drive_v they_o too_o when_o courage_n be_v lose_v of_o the_o persian_n be_v slay_v in_o the_o place_n six_o thousand_o three_o hundred_o of_o the_o greek_n one_o hundred_o ninety_o two_o which_o they_o say_v fall_v out_o by_o strange_a sight_n fright_v the_o persian_n miltiades_n carry_v the_o honour_n of_o this_o victory_n but_o have_v break_v his_o thigh_n in_o a_o service_n which_o he_o seek_v against_o the_o isle_n paros_n at_o his_o return_n his_o ungrateful_a citizen_n cast_v he_o in_o prison_n where_o in_o a_o few_o day_n he_o end_v his_o life_n darius_n after_o thirty_o six_o year_n reign_v die_v chap._n vi_o of_o xerxes_n emperor_n of_o persia._n §_o 1._o xerxes_n succeed_v and_o inherit_v with_o his_o crown_n a_o double_a war_n one_o with_o egypt_n the_o other_o with_o greece_n as_o terrible_a in_o preparation_n as_o ridiculous_a in_o success_n from_o which_o war_n artaban_n brother_n to_o the_o late_a darius_n dissuade_v he_o but_o mardonius_n grandchild_n to_o hystaspis_n as_o be_v xerxes_n and_o his_o brother_n in-law_n by_o marriage_n of_o his_o sister_n persuade_v it_o herodotus_n tell_v of_o 1700000_o foot_n but_o trogus_n make_v it_o 700000_o foot_n and_o 80000_o horse_n beside_o camel_n chariot_n and_o other_o beast_n for_o carriage_n the_o commander_n be_v all_o prince_n of_o the_o blood_n of_o which_o mardonius_n cousin_n to_o the_o king_n be_v chief_a only_o the_o immortal_a regiment_n which_o be_v ever_o supply_v with_o ten_o thousand_o select_a persian_n be_v give_v to_o hydarnes_n galley_n two_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o eight_o and_o three_o thousand_o vessel_n for_o transportation_n §_o 2._o this_o world_n of_o a_o army_n make_v
five_o thousand_o more_o §_o 9_o mardonius_n army_n of_o thirty_o thousand_o be_v increase_v to_o fifty_o thousand_o with_o the_o macedonian_n theban_o and_o thessalian_n against_o which_o the_o force_n of_o greece_n be_v one_o hundred_o and_o ten_o thousand_o of_o which_o forty_o thousand_o be_v weighty_o arm_v all_o these_o comfronted_a one_o another_o in_o a_o convenient_a place_n belong_v to_o the_o plataean_n who_o give_v it_o to_o the_o athenian_n upon_o the_o oracle_n promise_v of_o victory_n if_o the_o battle_n be_v fight_v on_o athenian_a ground_n in_o the_o end_n the_o army_n encounter_v each_o other_o mardonius_n be_v slay_v his_o army_n destroy_v and_o artabasus_n with_o three_o thousand_o fly_v to_o byzantium_n and_o so_o ship_v into_o asia_n §_o 10._o xerxes_n be_v at_o sardis_n commit_v sixty_o thousand_o to_o tygranes_n to_o keep_v jonia_n and_o the_o coast_n where_o his_o two_o admiral_n lay_v at_o mycale_n who_o perceive_v the_o grecian_a fleet_n be_v come_v draw_v their_o ship_n on_o ground_n and_o fortify_v the_o place_n and_o disarmed_z the_o samian_o among_o they_o and_o set_v the_o miletian_o far_o off_o to_o keep_v the_o straits_n doubt_v they_o the_o greek_n resolute_o â—orce_v they_o and_o the_o samian_o in_o the_o fight_n get_v what_o weapon_n they_o can_v and_o play_v the_o devil_n against_o the_o persian_n who_o example_n the_o jonians_n follow_v so_o that_o the_o persian_n be_v overthrow_v and_o of_o those_o that_o flee_v the_o milesian_n have_v the_o slaughter_n this_o be_v the_o evening_n of_o that_o day_n the_o battle_n be_v at_o plataea_n which_o be_v the_o last_o that_o be_v hear_v of_o this_o mighty_a army_n levy_v against_o greece_n §_o 11._o xerxes_n not_o regard_v these_o loss_n be_v engage_v in_o the_o love_n of_o his_o brother_n wife_n who_o reject_v he_o and_o after_o of_o her_o daughter_n wife_n to_o his_o son_n whereof_o do_v follow_v the_o savage_a cruelty_n of_o amestris_n his_o wife_n on_o his_o brother_n wife_n and_o his_o murder_n of_o his_o brother_n masistes_n her_o husband_n chap._n vii_o the_o greek_a affair_n from_o the_o persian_a war_n to_o the_o peloponesian_n of_o twenty_o seven_o year_n §_o 1._o the_o greek_n have_v utter_o defeat_v that_o persian_a army_n of_o seventeen_o hundred_o thousand_o and_o leave_v a_o few_o thousand_o of_o they_o that_o the_o peloponesian_o send_v home_o leave_v xantippus_n and_o his_o athenian_n assist_v with_o the_o revolt_a jonê_n who_o take_v sestos_n in_o the_o straight_a of_o hellespont_n between_o which_o and_o abydos_n xerxes_n bridge_n have_v stand_v and_o in_o the_o spring_n return_v home_o take_v their_o wife_n and_o child_n with_o they_o out_o of_o the_o island_n where_o they_o have_v leave_v they_o the_o athenian_n neglect_v their_o private_a interest_n fall_v present_o to_o fortify_v their_o city_n which_o the_o lacedaemonian_n doubt_v the_o athenian_n power_n at_o sea_n dissuade_v but_o in_o vain_a be_v hold_v in_o suspense_n with_o fair_a word_n till_o the_o work_n be_v end_v and_o then_o be_v answer_v that_o athens_n know_v what_o belong_v to_o her_o safety_n as_o they_o have_v show_v in_o the_o persian_a war_n without_o direction_n from_o other_o §_o 2._o the_o athenian_n send_v out_o thirty_o ship_n the_o lacedaemonian_n twenty_n the_o rest_n of_o greece_n add_v thereto_o pausanias_n of_o lacedaemon_n have_v the_o conduct_n who_o have_v possess_v themselves_o of_o many_o principal_a place_n in_o cyprus_n go_v from_o thence_o to_o thrace_n and_o recover_v byzantium_n now_o constantinople_n from_o the_o persian_n after_o this_o pausanias_n beginning_n to_o play_v the_o tyrant_n be_v call_v home_o and_o docres_n put_v in_o his_o place_n who_o be_v also_o mislike_v as_o indeed_o a_o good_a commander_n may_v be_v in_o comparison_n of_o the_o wise_a and_o virtuous_a aristides_n commander_n of_o the_o athenian_n much_o more_o man_n of_o ill_a desert_n the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v weary_o of_o follow_v the_o war_n of_o which_o the_o athenian_n be_v eagâ—r_n return_v home_o and_o take_v their_o easâ—_n while_o the_o other_o get_v honour_n and_o have_v all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o greek_n willing_a to_o be_v command_v by_o the_o athenian_n and_o to_o bear_v what_o charge_n they_o lie_v upon_o they_o for_o the_o common_a defence_n of_o greece_n glad_o refer_v themselves_o to_o aâ—istides_n but_o just_a aristides_n can_v not_o prevent_v the_o athenian_n make_v slave_n of_o their_o fellow_n in_o short_a time_n impose_v thirteen_o hundred_o talent_n a_o year_n upon_o their_o confederate_n timon_z son_n of_o psomiade_n be_v general_n who_o bring_v many_o inhabitant_n 〈◊〉_d greece_n into_o the_o athenian_a servitude_n while_o neglect_v to_o follow_v the_o war_n choose_v rather_o to_o bear_v the_o chaâ—ge_n than_o seâ—ve_v grow_v weak_a as_o the_o other_o become_v strong_a timon_n have_v take_v phaleis_n entrâ—d_a erquidom_n in_o pamphiâ—ia_n overthrow_v the_o persian_a army_n at_o land_n and_o take_v two_o hundred_o ship_n and_o force_v eighty_o sail_n of_o phaenician_n to_o râ—â—_n on_o groâ—nd_n and_o perâ—â—â—_n this_o force_v the_o persian_n to_o a_o honourable_a peace_n with_o the_o athenian_n §_o 3._o xerxes_n become_v cruel_a to_o his_o kindred_n and_o those_o about_o he_o which_o make_v hiâ—_n uncle_n artaâ—â—â—â—â—_n to_o repose_v less_o safety_n in_o his_o fidelity_n thaâ—_n in_o the_o hope_n of_o a_o crown_n by_o destroy_v a_o cruel_a cowardly_a and_o hate_a prince_n thus_o by_o mean_n of_o millorldatus_fw-la a_o eunuch_n the_o king_n be_v murder_v and_o his_o son_n darius_n charge_v with_o it_o and_o put_v to_o death_n but_o artabanus_n be_v surprise_v by_o artaxerxes_n and_o slay_v §_o 4._o artaxerxes_n make_v peace_n with_o the_o athenian_n themistocles_n seek_v to_o check_v the_o people_n insolency_n in_o their_o democratical_a government_n be_v banish_v ten_o year_n who_o for_o safety_n flee_v to_o persia_n where_o to_o avoid_v lead_v force_n against_o athens_n he_o poison_v himself_o §_o 5._o athens_n contrary_a to_o the_o peace_n with_o the_o persian_n measure_v honour_n by_o profit_n think_v to_o surprise_n cyprus_n a_o convenient_a seat_n for_o any_o state_n which_o will_v trade_n with_o syria_n egypt_n cilicia_n etc._n etc._n but_o timon_n with_o two_o hundred_o sail_n solicit_v by_o icarus_n king_n of_o lybia_n to_o join_v in_o conquest_n and_o show_v he_o egypt_n accept_v the_o motion_n succeed_v in_o the_o attempt_n to_o the_o take_v two_o part_n of_o memphis_n till_o magabazus_fw-la send_v force_n to_o assist_v the_o persian_n there_o by_o which_o mean_n the_o athenian_n be_v force_v to_o prosopotes_n and_o there_o slay_v with_o loss_n of_o all_o their_o galley_n and_o fifty_o more_o send_v to_o their_o assistance_n §_o 6._o the_o athenian_n in_o these_o six_o year_n of_o egyptian_a war_n hold_v their_o own_o with_o advantage_n win_v the_o egyptian_a phocis_n tanagra_n etc._n etc._n spoil_v the_o sea-coast_n of_o peloponesus_fw-la and_o then_o 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be_v in_o a_o weak_a condition_n but_o by_o cleomenes_n one_o of_o their_o king_n be_v raise_v to_o such_o hope_n that_o he_o be_v so_o bold_a as_o to_o claim_v the_o principality_n of_o greece_n aratus_n see_v the_o danger_n of_o achaia_n by_o the_o lacedaemonian_n rising_z which_o he_o know_v not_o how_o to_o stop_v use_v mean_n to_o antigonus_n give_v he_o hope_n of_o the_o achaian_n submit_v to_o he_o but_o it_o have_v be_v more_o honourable_a if_o aratus_n have_v end_v the_o war_n withdraw_v achaia_n to_o yield_v to_o cleomenes_n see_v he_o have_v sâ—_n free_v his_o country_n of_o further_a trouble_n and_o the_o macedonian_a command_n but_o as_o disdain_v at_o the_o lacedaemonian_n rise_v over_o they_o carry_v they_o to_o antigonus_n so_o aratus_n that_o wrought_v it_o lose_v his_o honour_n and_o life_n by_o the_o macedonian_n who_o may_v have_v be_v fellow_n with_o cleomenes_n with_o who_o ptolemy_n join_v and_o leave_v the_o achaian_n with_o who_o he_o have_v be_v in_o league_n after_o this_o cleomenes_z give_v they_o such_o a_o overthrow_n that_o they_o seek_v peace_n which_o be_v willing_o yield_v upon_o fair_a condition_n that_o lacedaemon_n shall_v lead_v in_o the_o war_n and_o will_v restore_v all_o person_n and_o place_n take_v aratus_n oppose_v this_o all_o he_o can_v so_o that_o cleomenes_n proceed_v with_o his_o war_n and_o many_o city_n become_v he_o whereupon_o aratus_n hasten_v antigonus_n who_o promise_v help_v if_o he_o may_v be_v put_v in_o possession_n of_o the_o corinthian_a citadel_n which_o aratus_n promise_v and_o send_v his_o son_n for_o hostage_n the_o corinthian_n importune_v cleomenes_n to_o prevent_v this_o which_o he_o seek_v to_o do_v by_o all_o fair_a offer_n to_o aratus_n which_o he_o reject_v surround_v it_o with_o trench_n but_o all_o in_o vain_a for_o upon_o the_o danger_n of_o lose_v argos_n cleomenes_n go_v to_o rescue_v his_o garrison_n there_o and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n corinth_n yield_v to_o antigonus_n who_o following_z cleomenes_z disappoint_v he_o at_o argos_n also_o and_o after_o take_v in_o many_o other_o place_n so_o that_o sparta_n short_o lose_v all_o again_o to_o antigonus_n who_o aratus_n honour_v even_o as_o a_o god_n offer_v sacrifice_n to_o he_o at_o his_o be_v at_o sicyon_n which_o example_n the_o other_o city_n of_o achaia_n follow_v for_o though_o cleomenes_n perform_v many_o brave_a service_n and_o put_v many_o affront_v upon_o antigonus_n yet_o at_o length_n in_o a_o battle_n at_o selasia_n he_o be_v overthrow_v and_o all_o his_o force_n break_v and_o himself_o return_v to_o sparta_n persuade_v the_o little_a remainder_n to_o yield_v to_o antigonus_n and_o so_o depart_v from_o they_o embarking_a for_o egypt_n where_o ptolemy_n love_o entertain_v he_o thus_o end_v the_o glory_n of_o lacedaemon_n which_o as_o a_o light_n ready_a to_o go_v out_o have_v with_o a_o great_a but_o no_o long_a blaze_n shine_v more_o bright_o of_o late_a than_o in_o some_o age_n past_a and_o cleomenes_n a_o generous_a prince_n but_o his_o son_n leoniaus_fw-la who_o have_v wretched_o bring_v worthy_a king_n agis_n his_o fellow_n with_o his_o mother_n and_o grandmother_n unto_o a_o bloody_a end_n â—lew_v himself_o in_o egypt_n and_o have_v his_o own_o wife_n and_o grand_a child_n murder_v by_o the_o vicious_a young_a prince_n ptolemy_n philopater_n antigonus_n after_o this_o enter_v sparta_n whereinto_o the_o force_n of_o the_o enemy_n can_v never_o make_v way_n before_o where_o he_o kind_o treat_v the_o citizen_n and_o leave_v they_o to_o their_o own_o law_n but_o he_o can_v not_o stay_v the_o illyrian_n waste_v macedon_n who_o he_o overcome_v but_o by_o strain_v a_o vein_n die_v soon_o after_o philip_n the_o son_n of_o demetrius_n a_o boy_n succeed_v in_o macedon_n as_o do_v antiochus_n the_o great_a in_o asia_n and_o ptolemy_n philopater_n in_o egypt_n who_o be_v young_a also_o etc._n etc._n §_o 7._o rome_n subdue_v sardinia_n and_o corsica_n and_o the_o illyrian_n while_o carthage_n be_v conquer_a spain_n the_o illyrian_n inhabit_a the_o country_n now_o call_v slavonia_n who_o demetrius_n king_n of_o macedon_n hire_v to_o rescue_v the_o macedonian_n so_o distress_v by_o the_o aetolian_n yet_o strive_v for_o divide_v the_o booty_n before_o the_o town_n be_v win_v as_o do_v the_o french_a at_o poitiers_n and_o agin-court_n but_o the_o illyrian_n end_v the_o controversy_n slay_v many_o and_o take_v more_o and_o divide_v their_o baggage_n the_o illyrian_n proud_a of_o wor_v the_o stout_a of_o the_o greek_n tuta_fw-la their_o queen_n give_v they_o liberty_n to_o rob_v at_o sea_n who_o they_o can_v friend_n or_o foe_n and_o send_v a_o army_n by_o sea_n and_o land_n which_o invade_v epirus_n and_o take_v phaenice_n by_o the_o treachery_n of_o eight_o hundred_o gaul_n entertain_v there_o be_v drive_v out_o of_o sicily_n by_o the_o roman_n for_o the_o like_a treachery_n lie_v here_o they_o make_v prize_n of_o many_o italian_a merchant_n and_o be_v
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hannibal_n beside_o the_o forwardness_n of_o carthage_n have_v also_o be_v swear_v by_o his_o father_n to_o pursue_v rome_n with_o immortal_a hatred_n be_v but_o nine_o year_n old_a which_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o some_o king_n not_o at_o peace_n with_o we_o be_v charge_v with_o by_o their_o predecessor_n to_o declare_v themselves_o our_o enemy_n when_o their_o coffer_n be_v full_a §_o 2._o hannibal_n upon_o this_o resolve_n to_o visit_v rome_n instruct_v asdrubal_n his_o brother_n about_o the_o government_n of_o spain_n and_o send_v as_o many_o troop_n of_o spaâ—â—â—â—â—â—_n into_o africa_n as_o there_o be_v african_n in_o spain_n to_o be_v pledge_n each_o nation_n for_o other_o viz._n thirteen_o thousand_o eight_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o foot_n and_o one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o horse_n with_o four_o thousand_o young_a man_n of_o quality_n out_o of_o the_o best_a city_n to_o be_v garrison_v in_o carthage_n and_o with_o his_o brother_n he_o leave_v fifty_o seven_o galley_n 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the_o cisalpine_a gaul_n in_o piedmont_n and_o milan_n late_o revolt_v from_o rome_n and_o come_v over_o to_o he_o and_o give_v he_o guide_n over_o the_o alps_o yet_o be_v he_o exceed_o molest_v by_o the_o savoiards_n and_o put_v to_o loss_n both_o of_o carriage_n and_o man_n beside_o fifteen_o day_n tedious_a march_n over_o the_o mountain_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o winter_n §_o 3._o the_o cisalpine_a gaul_n before_o hannibal_n come_n have_v revolt_v from_o rome_n and_o besiege_v the_o roman_a commissioner_n in_o modena_n when_o they_o can_v not_o force_v cremona_n and_o placentia_n two_o roman_a colony_n but_o seem_v weary_a and_o desirous_a of_o peace_n rome_n send_v ambassador_n who_o they_o detain_v manlius_n the_o praetor_n who_o lie_v in_o those_o part_n with_o a_o army_n come_v to_o relieve_v the_o besiege_a be_v overthrow_v by_o the_o gaul_n ambush_n in_o a_o wood_n and_o atilius_n his_o fellow_n praetor_n send_v with_o another_o supply_n be_v beat_v etc._n etc._n rome_n not_o 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than_o death_n but_o with_o victory_n will_v be_v well_o reward_v scipio_n encourage_v his_o man_n by_o the_o victory_n of_o their_o ancestor_n even_o over_o the_o carthaginian_n that_o these_o be_v but_o a_o decline_a troop_n of_o rebel_n feeble_a by_o hard_a travel_n and_o many_o want_n in_o the_o battle_n scipio_n be_v dangerous_o wound_v and_o leave_v in_o the_o place_n if_o his_o son_n after_o surname_v africanus_n have_v not_o bring_v he_o off_o the_o consul_n see_v his_o horseman_n beat_v and_o the_o rest_n discourage_v make_v his_o retreat_n to_o placentia_n hannibal_n after_o two_o day_n get_v over_o ticinum_n and_o present_v himself_o before_o placentia_n but_o no_o man_n look_v out_o whereupon_o the_o consul_n be_v gaul_n fall_v from_o he_o to_o hannibal_n who_o send_v they_o home_o with_o kind_a usage_n the_o better_a to_o persuade_v their_o nation_n to_o confederacy_n the_o consul_n steal_v away_o in_o the_o night_n but_o have_v be_v overtake_v by_o the_o numidian_a horseman_n if_o they_o have_v not_o stay_v to_o plunder_v his_o camp_n while_o he_o recover_v the_o bank_n of_o trebia_n where_o he_o fortify_v himself_o expect_v his_o fellow_n consul_n the_o gaul_n come_v over_o daily_o to_o hannibal_n who_o be_v in_o want_n of_o victual_n but_o relieve_v himself_o by_o take_v chastidium_n in_o which_o all_o the_o roman_a store_n and_o ammunition_n lie_v which_o be_v betray_v to_o he_o rome_n hear_v of_o these_o disaster_n will_v revenge_v it_o by_o sempronius_n the_o other_o consul_n with_o his_o army_n at_o ariminum_n which_o be_v bring_v to_o trebia_n where_o scipio_n lie_v of_o his_o wound_n sempronius_n will_v have_v the_o honour_n of_o the_o day_n before_o the_o other_o recover_v or_o his_o office_n now_o almost_o out_o shall_v expire_v neither_o can_v he_o be_v dissuade_v hannibal_n by_o the_o gaul_n in_o their_o camp_n understanding_n it_o conceal_v his_o brother_n mago_n within_o a_o ambush_n in_o a_o low_a place_n overgrow_v with_o reed_n 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cornelius_n scipio_n
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