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meant_n to_o augment_v the_o glory_n of_o that_o state_n by_o the_o great_a defeat_n he_o give_v to_o the_o persian_n at_o salamis_n and_o elsewhere_o have_v commit_v offence_n against_o that_o government_n have_v the_o punishment_n of_o ostracism_n which_o be_v banishment_n for_o ten_o year_n inflict_v upon_o he_o alcibiades_z likewise_o after_o many_o notable_a victory_n obtain_v for_o that_o state_n be_v notwithstanding_o for_o insolence_n as_o they_o conceive_v commit_v towards_o it_o twice_o banish_v the_o last_o time_n into_o perpetual_a banishment_n these_o two_o example_n we_o find_v in_o the_o state_n of_o athens_n we_o may_v produce_v many_o more_o of_o ancient_a time_n of_o all_o the_o state_n of_o greece_n which_o for_o brevity_n sake_n we_o omit_v only_o mention_v some_o of_o latter_a time_n in_o our_o own_o neighbourhood_n as_o that_o of_o charles_n the_o emperor_n who_o for_o offence_n give_v ruin_a ferdinandus_n cortes_n that_o subdue_v to_o his_o obedience_n and_o use_n the_o mighty_a rich_a kingdom_n of_o mexico_n jucatan_n and_o other_o part_n of_o the_o west_n indies_n neither_o do_v marshal_n byron_n for_o all_o his_o service_n do_v to_o king_n hen._n 4._o of_o france_n find_v at_o his_o death_n any_o merit_n in_o those_o service_n do_v to_o his_o offend_a prince_n nor_o barnevelt_n in_o his_o conspiracy_n against_o the_o prince_n of_o orange_n and_o state_n of_o holland_n though_o he_o have_v be_v eminent_a for_o former_a service_n do_v they_o against_o the_o kingof_n spain_n nor_o in_o our_o own_o kingdom_n can_v sir_n john_n hotham_n and_o his_o son_n former_a desert_n save_v their_o life_n which_o they_o lose_v for_o be_v false_a to_o the_o trust_n by_o which_o example_n we_o conclude_v that_o never_o any_o republic_n well_o order_v cancel_v the_o fault_n of_o their_o subject_n swith_o their_o good_a desert_n therefore_o as_o clemens_n edmund_n observe_v upon_o caesar_n commentary_n p._n 174._o it_o more_o import_v a_o