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anno_fw-la &_o indictione_n quibus_fw-la suprà _fw-la and_o the_o next_o before_o mention_v be_v that_o whereas_o in_o april_n 1417_o the_o 32_o session_n be_v hold_v as_o before_o there_o be_v mention_v three_o because_o the_o indiction_n be_v change_v which_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n alter_v with_o their_o year_n but_o in_o all_o that_o council_n the_o writ_n and_o process_n of_o the_o pope_n themselves_o martin_n v._n gregory_n xij_o or_o john_n twenty-four_o be_v date_v neither_o by_o the_o day_n of_o the_o month_n nor_o by_o the_o year_n of_o the_o lord_n but_o by_o the_o calende_n &_o the_o year_n of_o their_o own_o papacy_n or_o coronation_n and_o i_o have_v a_o pardon_n grant_v by_o martin_n v._o to_o issabell_n wootton_n of_o london_n date_v thus_o vi_fw-la idus_fw-la martij_fw-la pontificatus_fw-la nostri_fw-la anno_fw-la nono_fw-la without_o any_o mention_n of_o the_o year_n of_o the_o lord_n wherefore_o blondus_n persuade_v eugenius_n four_o about_o thirty_o year_n 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in_o fight_n be_v slay_v himself_o this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o herodotus_n wherein_o the_o league_n between_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n as_o two_o nation_n link_v and_o confederate_a in_o one_o be_v clean_o dash_v and_o also_o darius_n medus_n or_o cyaxares_n be_v quite_o wipe_v out_o beside_o the_o take_n of_o babylon_n in_o the_o day_n time_n and_o other_o diversity_n metasthenes_n differ_v from_o both_o these_o for_o first_o have_v reckon_v up_o the_o king_n of_o mede_n from_o arbaces_n to_o apanda_n in_o the_o same_o sort_n as_o ctesias_n guidius_n do_v in_o diodorus_n sixth_o book_n who_o also_o add_v that_o apanda_n be_v call_v astyages_n of_o the_o grecian_n he_o say_v that_o cyrus_n and_o darius_n subdue_v he_o and_o reign_v in_o persia_n six_o year_n and_o after_o resign_v the_o kingdom_n of_o persia_n to_o cambyses_n his_o son_n they_o make_v war_n against_o tamaris_n six_o year_n in_o the_o sixth_o year_n be_v call_v out_o by_o the_o babylonians_n they_o slay_v 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