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pa._n pa._n 337_o the_o great_a pride_n of_o xerxes_n and_o nimrod_n pa._n 338_o security_n in_o war_n hurtful_a pa._n 339_o pompey_n parasite_n pa._n ead_n the_o victory_n of_o drusus_n pa._n 340_o the_o flatterer_n of_o tigranes_n king_n of_o armenia_n pa._n ead_n the_o victory_n of_o lucullus_n over_o the_o athenian_n pa._n ead_n themistocles_n celerity_n in_o his_o victory_n pa._n 341_o 30000._o archer_n drive_v agesilaus_n out_o of_o persia_n pa._n 342_o a_o owl_n print_v on_o the_o coin_n of_o athens_n pa._n ead_n the_o celerity_n and_o quick_a dispatch_n of_o great_a captain_n pa._n 343_o celerity_n praise_v page_n 344_o astyages_n dream_v pa._n 345_o xerxes_n dream_n pa._n ead_n hanibal_n dream_v pa._n 346_o joseph_n envy_v of_o his_o brother_n pa._n ead_n josephs_n second_o dream_n pa._n 347_o joseph_n and_o daniel_n expounder_n of_o dream_n pa._n ead_n isaac_n name_v pa._n 348_o woman_n among_o the_o israelite_n give_v name_n to_o their_o child_n pa._n ead_n the_o surname_n of_o great_a roman_a captain_n pa._n 349_o month_n name_v after_o the_o name_n of_o emperor_n pa._n ead_n the_o surname_n of_o great_a captain_n and_o general_n in_o greece_n pa._n 350_o arsaces_n the_o name_n of_o all_o the_o king_n in_o parthia_n pa._n 351_o the_o ivory_n house_n of_o achab._n pa._n 352_o finis_fw-la 39_o king_n overthrow_v by_o moses_n and_o joshua_n of_o combat_n the_o vow_n of_o cherim_n adam_n rescue_v by_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n luke_n 11._o elizeus_fw-la lead_v the_o army_n of_o benhadad_n blind_a from_o dothan_n to_o samaria_n they_o that_o mourn_v in_o jerusalem_n be_v mark_v with_o the_o letter_n tau_n paul_n mark_n jacobite_n mark_v cain_n mark_n esau_n mark_n turneb_n lib._n 24._o cap._n 12._o the_o mark_n of_o diverse_a nation_n with_o the_o letter_n tau_n appul_n lib._n 9_o alex._n neapolit_fw-la lib._n 6._o cap._n 18._o the_o time_n that_o barber_n be_v first_o see_v in_o rome_n philip._n archidamus_n abraham_n the_o first_o man_n mark_v gen._n 12._o abraham_n fear_v abimelech_n and_o pharaoh_n for_o his_o wife_n abraham_n read_v astronomy_n in_o egypt_n joseph_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr antiq._n iâ—…_n abraham_n rescue_v the_o five_o king_n and_o let_v his_o nephew_n the_o victory_n of_o gedeon_n over_o the_o madianites_fw-la jud._n 7._o david_n rescue_v his_o two_o wivess_n 1._o sam._n 30._o gen._n 14._o three_o angel_n feast_v at_o mambre_n with_o abraham_n four_o be_v name_v before_o they_o be_v bear_v tantae_fw-la virtutis_fw-la est_fw-la quantae_fw-la &_o difficultatis_fw-la bonum_fw-la esse_fw-la inter_fw-la malos_fw-la bernar._n epis._n 25._o ismaelite_n will_v not_o be_v call_v agareni_n of_o agar_n but_o saraceni_n of_o sarah_n the_o tower_n of_o babel_n build_v by_o nimrod_n cyrus_n army_n to_o scythia_n alexan._n voyage_n to_o india_n ninus_n the_o first_o monarch_n barsanes_n diodor_n ficâ—…_n lib._n 3._o farnus_n k._n of_o the_o mead_n seven_o hundred_o thousand_o zoroaster_n laugh_v at_o his_o birth_n the_o first_o idolatry_n by_o ninus_n baal_n the_o first_o idol_n plato_n in_o tâ—…meo_n the_o male_a child_n of_o the_o hebrews_n be_v throw_v to_o nilus_n the_o tyranny_n of_o pharaoh_n oros._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 10._o a_o comparison_n between_o the_o egyptian_n and_o the_o roman_n the_o army_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o egypt_n under_o moses_n the_o first_o plague_n the_o comparison_n of_o the_o first_o plague_n with_o the_o first_o persecuton_n orosi_n lib._n 7._o nero_n slay_v himself_o ester_n 3_o 3._o reg._n ca._n 19_o 4._o reg._n ca._n 21_o the_o second_o plague_n a_o army_n of_o frog_n exod._n 8._o the_o second_o triumph_n of_o moses_n in_o egypt_n the_o blasphemy_n of_o nicanor_n punish_v the_o comparison_n of_o the_o second_o plagne_n with_o the_o second_o persecution_n the_o horrible_a blasphemy_n both_o of_o pharaoh_n and_o domitianus_n alike_o domitianus_n image_n set_v up_o in_o the_o temple_n as_o jerusalem_n domitianus_n slay_v in_o his_o own_o house_n by_o his_o servant_n the_o three_o plague_n exod._n 8._o jamnes_n and_o jambres_n the_o three_o persecution_n pliny_n to_o traiane_n philo_z be_v not_o hear_v of_o nero._n sapor_n king_n of_o persia._n the_o four_o plague_n the_o four_o yield_v of_o pharaoh_n to_o moses_n the_o four_o persecution_n the_o fight_v of_o the_o jew_n with_o wild_a beast_n the_o yield_v of_o tyrant_n blasphemer_n confess_v the_o lord_n to_o be_v god_n the_o five_o plague_n pharaoh_n and_o esau_n compare_v the_o five_o persecution_n septimius_n and_o antiochus_n murder_v the_o tyranny_n of_o antiochus_n against_o the_o jew_n 1._o machab._n 6._o joseph_n li._n 12._o cap._n 13._o antiochus_n at_o his_o death_n confess_v the_o great_a wrong_n he_o do_v to_o jerusalem_n and_o judah_n the_o six_o plague_n the_o fable_n of_o manetho_n of_o moses_n which_o he_o name_v osarphis_n tisithes_n pliny_n his_o opinion_n of_o moses_n joseph_n lib._n 2._o contra_fw-la appionem_fw-la the_o six_o persecution_n euseb._n lib._n