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that_o be_v either_o present_a at_o this_o victory_n of_o cyrus_n or_o that_o receive_v the_o report_n from_o other_o true_o as_o it_o be_v can_v better_o describe_v and_o leave_v the_o same_o to_o posterity_n after_o it_o be_v act_v than_o isaiah_n have_v do_v in_o many_o part_n of_o his_o prophecy_n which_o be_v write_v two_o hundred_o year_n before_o any_o of_o these_o thing_n be_v attempt_v the_o greatness_n and_o magnificence_n of_o babylon_n babylon_n be_v it_o not_o by_o divers_a grave_a author_n record_v may_v seem_v altogether_o fabulous_a for_o it_o be_v report_v for_o truth_n that_o one_o part_n of_o the_o city_n know_v not_o that_o the_o other_o be_v take_v three_o day_n after_o which_o be_v not_o impossible_a if_o we_o consider_v the_o vast_a circumference_n of_o it_o diodorus_n siculus_n say_v that_o it_o be_v in_o compass_n three_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o furlong_n which_o make_v forty_o five_o mile_n the_o wall_n be_v so_o thick_a that_o six_o chariot_n may_v pass_v 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win_v she_o captivity_n he_o strip_v she_o out_o of_o her_o princely_a robe_n and_o make_v she_o a_o slave_n divide_v not_o only_a her_o goodly_a house_n and_o her_o whole_a territory_n with_o all_o the_o riches_n therein_o contain_v among_o his_o soldier_n but_o also_o bestow_v the_o inhabitant_n themselves_o as_o bondslave_n upon_o those_o that_o have_v take_v possession_n of_o their_o good_n cyrus_n have_v obtain_v this_o great_a and_o signal_n victory_n the_o glory_n of_o which_o be_v a_o reward_n for_o his_o service_n do_v for_o he_o who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o and_o of_o all_o goodness_n and_o thereby_o translate_v the_o empire_n of_o the_o chaldean_n to_o himself_o according_a to_o the_o prophecy_n which_o go_v afore_o of_o he_o in_o this_o first_o year_n of_o his_o empire_n jew_n he_o make_v a_o decree_n that_o the_o captive_a jew_n shall_v return_v again_o into_o their_o own_o country_n of_o judea_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v build_v again_o the_o house_n of_o god_n 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2_o 3_o 4._o he_o also_o bring_v forth_o and_o restore_v the_o vessel_n of_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o nabuchadnezzar_n have_v bring_v forth_o out_o of_o the_o temple_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o have_v put_v they_o into_o the_o house_n of_o his_o god_n these_o be_v bring_v forth_o and_o number_v unto_o sheshhazzar_n the_o prince_n of_o judah_n temple_n and_o this_o be_v the_o number_n of_o they_o thirty_o charger_n of_o gold_n a_o thousand_o charger_n of_o silver_n nine_o and_o twenty_o knife_n thirty_o basin_n of_o gold_n silver_n basin_n of_o a_o second_o sort_n four_o hundred_o and_o ten_o and_o of_o other_o vessel_n a_o thousand_o all_o the_o vessel_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n be_v five_o thousand_o and_o four_o hundred_o the_o number_n of_o jew_n that_o then_o return_v out_o of_o chaldea_n jerâ—salem_n
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at_o the_o peacock_n at_o the_o low_a end_n of_o cheapside_n 1675._o the_o life_n and_o death_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n the_o great_a first_o emperor_n of_o the_o chaldean_n nebuchadonazar_n parentage_n or_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v the_o son_n of_o nebuchadonazar_n or_o nabopolaser_n of_o babylon_n who_o be_v make_v general_n of_o the_o army_n by_o saraco_n king_n of_o assyria_n and_o chaldea_n after_o who_o death_n nabopolaser_n take_v into_o his_o hand_n the_o kingdom_n of_o chaldea_n which_o he_o hold_v by_o the_o space_n of_o one_o and_o twenty_o year_n at_o the_o same_o time_n astyages_n be_v make_v governor_n of_o media_n by_o cyaxares_n his_o father_n and_o the_o better_a to_o strengthen_v themselves_o they_o enter_v into_o affinity_n by_o astyages_n his_o give_v his_o daughter_n amytis_n to_o nabuchadnezzar_n the_o son_n of_o nabopolaser_n and_o thereupon_o join_v their_o force_n together_o take_v they_o take_v ninive_n together_o with_o seraco_n the_o king_n thereof_o place_v a_o 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great_a babylonian_a have_v no_o mind_n to_o hazard_v himself_o and_o his_o army_n against_o the_o egyptian_a judaea_n be_v so_o ill_o affect_v towards_o he_o and_o himself_o far_o from_o all_o succour_n or_o sure_a place_n of_o retreat_n if_o he_o have_v as_o may_v be_v suppose_v any_o great_a strength_n of_o scythian_a horseman_n it_o be_v wise_o do_v of_o he_o to_o fall_v back_o out_o of_o that_o rough_a mountainous_a and_o hot_a country_n into_o place_n that_o be_v more_o even_a and_o temperate_a death_n and_o beside_o these_o reason_n the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n happen_v at_o the_o same_o time_n give_v he_o just_a occasion_n to_o return_v home_o and_o take_v possession_n of_o his_o own_o kingdom_n before_o he_o proceed_v in_o the_o second_o care_n of_o add_v more_o unto_o it_o and_o this_o he_o do_v at_o reasonable_a good_a leisure_n for_o the_o egyptian_a be_v not_o provide_v to_o follow_v he_o so_o far_o and_o to_o bid_v he_o battle_n until_o the_o new_a year_n come_v in_o 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