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way_n towards_o tanagra_n in_o beotia_n but_o
chief_a care_n to_o preserve_v and_o increase_v his_o store_n by_o which_o mean_n he_o grow_v so_o very_o rich_a that_o he_o gain_v large_a territory_n than_o ever_o any_o king_n of_o thrace_n have_v do_v before_o he_o for_o that_o part_n which_o lie_v by_o the_o sea_n coast_n run_v along_o from_o the_o border_n of_o the_o abderite_n to_o the_o river_n ister_n and_o that_o from_o the_o sea_n up_o into_o the_o main_a land_n be_v of_o as_o great_a extent_n as_o a_o swift_a footman_n can_v travel_v over_o in_o thirteen_o day_n this_o prince_n be_v possess_v of_o so_o large_a a_o country_n that_o his_o yearly_a revenue_n amount_v to_o above_o a_o thousand_o talent_n during_o his_o reign_n a_o war_n break_v forth_o upon_o which_o occasion_n he_o raise_v out_o of_o thrace_n more_o than_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o foot_n and_o fifty_o thousand_o horse_n but_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o we_o 428._o ant._n chr._n 428._o declare_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o war_n that_o so_o the_o 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