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hazard_n of_o his_o people_n to_o make_v they_o perish_v by_o thirst_n for_o so_o he_o be_v counsel_v and_o besiege_v the_o city_n for_o the_o space_n of_o four_o and_o thirty_o day_n bethulian_o in_o which_o time_n all_o their_o place_n of_o water_n fail_v and_o their_o cistern_n be_v empty_a insomuch_o that_o they_o have_v not_o supply_v for_o one_o day_n so_o that_o their_o child_n swoon_v and_o their_o wife_n and_o young_a man_n fail_v and_o fall_v down_o in_o the_o street_n so_o that_o they_o murmur_v against_o the_o elder_n desire_v they_o to_o deliver_v up_o the_o city_n to_o the_o enemy_n for_o it_o be_v better_a for_o we_o say_v they_o to_o be_v a_o spoil_n unto_o they_o then_o to_o die_v of_o thirst_n since_o the_o lord_n have_v deliver_v we_o into_o their_o hand_n which_o they_o press_v upon_o they_o so_o urgent_o
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then_o joachim_n the_o high_a priest_n and_o the_o elder_n of_o jerusalem_n come_v to_o see_v judeth_n and_o to_o salute_v she_o and_o bless_v she_o with_o one_o accord_n say_v thou_o be_v the_o exaltation_n of_o jerusalem_n the_o glory_n of_o israel_n and_o the_o great_a rejoice_v of_o our_o nation_n bless_v be_v thou_o of_o the_o almighty_a lord_n for_o ever_o and_o all_o the_o people_n say_v amen_o and_o they_o spoil_v the_o camp_n for_o the_o space_n of_o thirty_o day_n and_o give_v to_o judeth_n the_o tent_n of_o olofernes_n and_o all_o his_o silver_n bed_n and_o basin_n and_o all_o his_o stuff_n and_o she_o take_v it_o and_o lay_v it_o upon_o her_o mule_n and_o make_v ready_a her_o chariot_n and_o lay_v they_o thereon_o then_o come_v all_o the_o woman_n of_o israel_n to_o see_v she_o deliverance_n and_o bless_v she_o and_o make_v a_o dance_n among_o they_o for_o she_o and_o she_o take_v branch_n in_o her_o hand_n and_o give_v unto_o the_o woman_n which_o be_v with_o she_o they_o 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1._o and_o chap._n 9_o v._n 1._o that_o he_o be_v darius_n sovereign_a monarch_n over_o the_o mede_n persian_n and_o chaldean_n the_o son_n of_o astyages_n call_v also_o ahasuerus_n which_o be_v a_o name_n of_o honour_n and_o signify_v great_a chief_a or_o chief_a head_n who_o reign_v from_o india_n even_o unto_o aethiopia_n over_o a_o hundred_o and_o seven_o and_o twenty_o province_n this_o ahasuerus_n in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n prince_n sit_v upon_o his_o royal_a throne_n in_o the_o palace_n of_o shushan_n and_o make_v a_o great_a feast_n unto_o all_o his_o prince_n and_o servant_n and_o to_o the_o captain_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o province_n to_o show_v the_o riches_n and_o glory_n of_o his_o kingdom_n and_o the_o
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