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he_o be_v heat_v with_o wine_n see_v esth._n 1._o 10._o that_o may_v betray_v he_o to_o miscarriage_n of_o this_o nature_n it_o be_v therefore_o a_o mistake_n in_o the_o doctor_n to_o think_v that_o he_o may_v conclude_v thence_o that_o ahasuerus_n be_v not_o darius_n i_o add_v that_o if_o cruelty_n be_v one_o of_o ahasuerus_n qualification_n as_o his_o give_a commandment_n utter_o to_o destroy_v all_o the_o jew_n in_o all_o his_o dominion_n must_v be_v confess_v to_o be_v a_o act_n of_o cruelty_n no_o man_n will_v acquit_v darius_n of_o that_o who_o call_v to_o mind_v his_o merciless_a slaughter_n of_o all_o the_o son_n of_o oeobazus_n only_o because_o he_o desire_v that_o one_o of_o they_o may_v be_v permit_v to_o stay_v behind_o and_o not_o to_o accompany_v he_o in_o his_o expedition_n against_o the_o sythian_o herodot_n l._n 4._o c._n 84._o this_o may_v suffice_v for_o the_o first_o conjecture_n that_o ahasuerus_n be_v darius_n for_o the_o two_o other_o conjecture_n that_o atossa_n 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junior_a and_o tiglathpileser_n the_o archbishop_n a._n m._n 3257._o declare_v his_o opinion_n that_o ninus_n the_o successor_n of_o sardanapalus_n mention_v by_o castor_n apud_fw-la syncellum_n p._n 205_o 206._o be_v the_o same_o with_o he_o who_o in_o aelian_a hist._n animal_n l._n 2._o c._n 21._o be_v call_v tilgam_n in_o 2_o king_n 15._o 29._o and_o 16._o 7_o 10._o tiglathpileser_n but_o in_o 1_o chron._n 5._o 6_o 26_o and_o 2_o chron._n 28._o 20._o tilgathpilneser_n this_o also_o be_v dislike_v by_o the_o doctor_n part_v 2._o l._n 2._o s._n 3._o c._n 4._o and_o yet_o all_o that_o he_o say_v against_o it_o be_v that_o there_o be_v just_a as_o much_o in_o aelian_a to_o show_v that_o this_o ninus_n junior_a be_v tilgam_n as_o there_o be_v in_o the_o scripture_n to_o show_v that_o he_o be_v tiglathpileser_n and_o no_o more_o his_o meaning_n be_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o either_o in_o aelian_a to_o show_v the_o one_o or_o in_o the_o scripture_n to_o show_v the_o other_o to_o 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