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〈◊〉_d captain_n general_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v prepare_v a_o time_n to_o fight_v a_o battle_n against_o the_o athenian_n the_o soothsayer_n according_a to_o their_o superstition_n have_v tell_v he_o after_o they_o have_v view_v the_o entrails_n of_o the_o beast_n which_o be_v sacrifice_v that_o their_o army_n shall_v obtain_v the_o victory_n but_o that_o 〈◊〉_d pelop._n shall_v die_v who_o have_v notice_n thereof_o nothing_o move_v or_o amaze_v hereat_o though_o he_o assure_o beloeve_v it_o to_o be_v true_a as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v the_o say_n of_o a_o oraâ—…_n make_v this_o heroic_a answer_n sparta_n depend_v not_o upon_o one_o man_n life_n only_o for_o when_o i_o be_o dead_a my_o country_n will_v not_o be_v one_o jâ—…t_v the_o â—…orse_o or_o the_o weak_a but_o if_o i_o shall_v 〈◊〉_d and_o refuse_v to_o fight_v in_o its_o defence_n the_o honour_n and_o reputation_n of_o it_o will_v be_v much_o diminish_v and_o eclipse_v now_o have_v appoint_v one_o cleander_n to_o 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himself_o rather_o than_o to_o encroach_v upon_o the_o liberty_n of_o his_o country_n for_o as_o this_o cippus_fw-la pass_v through_o the_o brazen_a gate_n which_o be_v call_v raduusoulana_n therehappen_v unto_o he_o a_o strange_a prodigious_a thing_n which_o be_v two_o horn_n upon_o a_o sudden_a grow_v out_o of_o his_o forehead_n whereupon_o he_o go_v present_o to_o consult_v with_o oracle_n and_o soothsayer_n what_o it_o shall_v mean_v they_o tell_v he_o that_o it_o signify_v that_o he_o shall_v bear_v supreme_a authority_n over_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o fellow_n citizen_n and_o that_o at_o his_o return_n back_o to_o rome_n he_o shall_v be_v crown_v king_n this_o good_a patriot_n or_o friend_n to_o his_o country_n determine_v with_o himself_o to_o the_o end_n that_o shall_v never_o come_v to_o pass_v never_o to_o return_v back_o to_o rome_n and_o therefore_o choose_v ever_o to_o live_v in_o a_o perpetual_a and_o a_o voluntary_a banishment_n and_o to_o deprive_v himself_o of_o 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