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amon_n a_o right_a godly_a king_n unfortunate_o slay_v by_o pharaoh_n necoh_o king_n of_o egypt_n at_o the_o battle_n of_o megiddo_n 31._o 3341._o 17._o jehoahaz_n the_o son_n of_o josiah_n a_o king_n of_o 3._o month_n only_o depose_v and_o send_v prisoner_n by_o pharaoh_n necoh_n to_o riblah_n in_o the_o land_n of_o hamath_n since_o call_v antiochia_n 18._o jehoiakim_n the_o son_n of_o josiah_n and_o half_a brother_n of_o jehoahaz_n advance_v unto_o the_o throne_n by_o necoh_n who_o change_v his_o name_n from_o eliakim_n by_o which_o he_o former_o be_v call_v into_o that_o of_o jehoiakim_n 11._o 3351._o 19_o jehoiachin_n or_o jechoniah_n the_o son_n of_o jehoiakim_n at_o the_o end_n of_o three_o month_n lead_v captive_a unto_o babylon_n with_o his_o wife_n and_o mother_n and_o the_o great_a officer_n of_o the_o realm_n by_o nabuchadnezzar_n 20._o zedekiah_n a_o other_o of_o the_o son_n of_o josiah_n and_o brother_n by_o the_o whole_a blood_n of_o jehoahaz_n make_v king_n by_o 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5._o asserhaddon_n who_o revenge_v his_o father_n death_n on_o his_o brother_n be_v depose_v by_o his_o deputy_n of_o chaldaea_n and_o the_o seat_n royal_a transfer_v from_o ninive_n to_o babylon_n 10._o 3243._o 6._o merodach_n baladan_n governor_n of_o babylon_n succeed_v his_o master_n in_o the_o throne_n conceive_v by_o some_o to_o be_v the_o mardocempade_n of_o ptolemy_n by_o other_o to_o be_v also_o the_o fame_n king_n who_o by_o his_o captain_n holofernes_n do_v so_o plague_n judaea_n 3283._o 7._o ben_n merodach_n 30_o son_n of_o merodach_n baladan_n 21._o 3304._o 8._o nabopullassar_n who_o vanquish_v pharaoh_n necho_n king_n of_o egypt_n 25._o 3339._o 9_o nabuchodonosor_n the_o great_a by_o some_o call_v the_o hercules_n of_o the_o east_n who_o conquer_v egypt_n in_o the_o life_n of_o his_o father_n with_o who_o he_o reign_v for_o a_o time_n and_o mighty_o enlarge_v the_o city_n of_o babylon_n he_o join_v also_o with_o astyages_n king_n of_o mede_n in_o subvert_v the_o proud_a 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second_o son_n of_o alan_n stewart_n earl_n of_o lennox_n in_o scotland_n for_o his_o many_o signal_n service_n against_o the_o english_a and_o be_v still_o the_o hnourarie_a title_n and_o possession_n of_o the_o second_o branch_n of_o that_o noble_a and_o illustrious_a family_n but_o as_o for_o berry_n itself_o and_o the_o fortune_n of_o it_o we_o may_v please_v to_o know_v that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o hugh_n capet_n one_o godfrey_n be_v governor_n of_o this_o province_n who_o posterity_n enjoy_v that_o office_n under_o the_o king_n of_o france_n till_o the_o day_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o of_o who_o the_o inheritance_n and_o estate_n be_v buy_v by_o harpiâ_n one_o of_o the_o descendant_n of_o that_o godfrey_n but_o long_o he_o have_v not_o hold_v it_o as_o proprietary_n in_o his_o own_o right_n when_o desirous_a to_o make_v one_o in_o the_o holy_a war_n he_o sell_v it_o back_o again_o to_o king_n philip_n the_o first_o the_o better_a to_o furnish_v himself_o for_o that_o 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country_n the_o worst_a piece_n of_o france_n only_o remarkable_a for_o the_o lord_n or_o owner_n of_o it_o former_o of_o the_o house_n of_o foix_n one_o of_o which_o be_v that_o john_n de_fw-fr foix_n create_v earl_n of_o kendal_n and_o knight_n of_o the_o garter_n by_z king_n henry_n the_o six_o but_o better_o know_v in_o english_a story_n by_o the_o name_n of_o capital_a gascoigne_n or_o capdau_n de_fw-fr buche_fw-fr the_o lord_n hereof_o have_v no_o high_a title_n than_o that_o of_o captain_n iii_o gascoigne_n the_o three_o and_o large_a part_n of_o the_o dukedom_n of_o aquitain_n have_v on_o the_o east_n languedoc_n from_o which_o part_v by_o the_o river_n garond_n on_o the_o west_n the_o pyrenean_n mountain_n which_o divide_v it_o from_o spain_n on_o the_o north_n perigort_n quercu_fw-la and_o some_o part_n of_o guienne_n and_o on_o the_o south_n a_o main_a tract_n of_o the_o pyrenees_n run_v on_o to_o languedoc_n the_o country_n general_o fruitful_a but_o of_o wine_n especial_o 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