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into_o their_o alliance_n and_o send_v they_o succour_n and_o how_o the_o corinthiens_n and_o corciriens_n have_v a_o battle_n by_o sea_n in_o the_o which_o aâ—ther_n of_o they_o take_v it_o that_o he_o have_v the_o vyctorye_n cap._n v._n the_o other_o quarrel_n and_o occasion_n of_o war_n that_o happen_v between_o the_o athenian_n and_o corinthyans_n by_o mean_n whereof_o all_o the_o peloponesians_n be_v assemble_v at_o lacedemonie_n to_o conclude_v war_n against_o the_o say_a athenian_n cap._n vi_fw-la the_o declaratyon_n or_o proposition_n of_o the_o corinthian_n to_o the_o counsel_n of_o lacedemonye_n against_o the_o athenian_n cap._n seven_o the_o declaration_n of_o the_o athenyans_n unto_o the_o lacedaemonian_n cap._n viij_o the_o narration_n and_o proposition_n of_o sthenelayde_n in_o follow_v whereof_o war_n be_v conclude_v against_o the_o athenyans_n cap._n x._o how_o the_o athenyans_n after_o the_o war_n against_o the_o median_n do_v build_v again_o their_o city_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o their_o empire_n or_o governaunce_n in_o grece_n ca_fw-mi xi_o of_o war_n that_o the_o carthagians_n have_v after_o the_o same_o of_o the_o medyan_n untyll_o this_o present_a war_n aswell_o against_o stranger_n as_o against_o the_o greek_n by_o mean_n whereof_o they_o increase_v their_o empire_n and_o authority_n cap._n twelve_o the_o narratyon_n or_o proposition_n of_o the_o corinthyans_n to_o the_o counsel_n of_o lacedaemonian_n before_o thassemblye_o of_o all_o the_o confederate_n cap._n xiii_o how_o the_o war_n be_v conclude_v against_o the_o athenian_n by_o all_o the_o peloponesians_n in_o the_o cytye_n of_o sparte_n the_o lacedemonyans_n send_v their_o ambassador_n towards_o the_o athenian_n for_o to_o summon_v they_o of_o certain_a thing_n cap._n xiiii_o here_o thauctour_n show_v incident_o the_o trahisone_n that_o pausanias_n will_v have_v do_v against_o the_o greek_n and_o how_o he_o be_v slay_v cap._n xv_o how_o themistocles_n duke_n of_o the_o athenyen_n be_v persecute_v aswell_o by_o they_o as_o also_o by_o the_o lacedemonyans_n go_v or_o flee_v to_o the_o king_n artaxerse_n &_o there_o end_v his_o life_n cap._n xuj_o how_o after_o many_o goynge_n and_o commynge_n the_o athenian_n take_v deliberation_n whyder_v they_o ought_v rather_o to_o accept_v war_n or_o to_o obey_v to_o the_o request_n of_o the_o lacedemonyans_n cap._n xvii_o the_o speak_n and_o the_o opynyon_n of_o pericles_n in_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o athenian_n accord_v whereunto_o the_o answer_n be_v make_v unto_o the_o lacedaemonian_n ca._n xviii_o ¶_o the_o chapitre_n of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o thucydides_n how_o the_o beotians_n before_o the_o war_n be_v begin_v do_v pryvely_a take_v the_o cytye_n of_o platea_n which_o hold_v with_o the_o athenyans_n and_o how_o they_o be_v dryven_v from_o thence_o and_o the_o more_o part_n of_o they_o that_o be_v enter_v with_o in_o be_v slay_v cap._n i._n the_o great_a preparatyon_n of_o war_n which_o be_v make_v aswell_o on_o the_o behaulf_n of_o the_o athenyens_n as_o also_o of_o the_o same_o of_o peloponesians_n and_o the_o cytye_n that_o take_v part_n of_o the_o one_o side_n and_o the_o other_o cap._n two_o the_o narration_n of_o archidamus_n king_n of_o athenyens_n cap._n iii._n how_o after_o the_o persuasyon_n and_o exhortacyon_n of_o pericles_n unto_o the_o war_n all_o the_o athenyans_n that_o dwell_v in_o the_o field_n wythdrewe_v themselves_o and_o their_o good_n into_o the_o cytye_n and_o dyspose_v themselves_o to_o the_o affair_n of_o war_n cap._n iiii_o how_o the_o peloponesians_n do_v furste_v enter_v the_o land_n of_o athenes_n and_o the_o pyllage_n that_o they_o there_o make_v and_o how_o the_o athenyans_n by_o the_o counsel_n of_o pericles_n be_v let_v to_o issue_n or_o go_v out_o reserve_v the_o man_n on_o horseback_n which_o be_v overcomme_n cap._n v._n of_o many_o eâ—ployctes_n of_o war_n that_o the_o athenian_n do_v aswell_o by_o sea_n as_o by_o land_n the_o summer_n that_o the_o war_n begin_v and_o the_o winter_n follow_v and_o also_o of_o some_o allyaunce_n and_o new_a amyty_n that_o they_o make_v in_o thracia_n and_o macedonia_n and_o final_o of_o the_o public_a buryal_n or_o funeral_n that_o they_o celebrate_v at_o athenes_n for_o they_o that_o die_v or_o be_v slay_v in_o the_o same_o war_n cap._n vi_fw-la the_o funeral_n narration_n of_o pericles_n cap._n seven_o of_o the_o pestilence_n which_o be_v the_o summer_n follow_v in_o the_o cytye_n and_o land_n of_o the_o athenyans_n and_o also_o of_o the_o feat_n of_o war_n that_o be_v do_v of_o the_o one_o side_n and_o of_o the_o other_o and_o of_o the_o despair_n wherein_o the_o athenyans_n be_v fall_v ca._n viij_o the_o narration_n and_o preposition_n of_o pericles_n to_o the_o people_n of_o athenes_n for_o to_o appayse_v they_o to_o exhort_v they_o to_o follow_v the_o war_n and_o to_o endure_v and_o suffer_v the_o present_a incommodite_n cap._n ix_o of_o the_o virtue_n and_o