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the_o barbarian_n to_o serve_v the_o king_n household_n he_o have_v likewise_o a_o great_a number_n of_o chariot_n so_o that_o he_o have_v forty_o thousand_o manger_n wherein_o his_o coach_n horse_n feed_v horseman_n and_o beside_o these_o he_o have_v twelve_o thousand_o horseman_n half_o whereof_o keep_v always_o about_o the_o king_n in_o jerusalem_n the_o rest_n be_v billete_v in_o diverse_a village_n belong_v to_o the_o king_n and_o remain_v there_o and_o they_o that_o have_v the_o charge_n to_o furnish_v the_o king_n expense_n provide_v likewise_o necessary_a provender_n for_o the_o horse_n convey_v it_o to_o that_o place_n wheresoever_o the_o king_n sojourn_v but_o so_o great_a be_v wisdom_n the_o wisdom_n and_o prudence_n which_o god_n have_v bestow_v upon_o solomon_n that_o he_o surpass_v all_o his_o progenitor_n and_o the_o egyptian_n likewise_o who_o be_v esteem_v the_o wise_a of_o all_o man_n be_v far_o behind_o he_o in_o wit_n for_o he_o excel_v all_o those_o that_o in_o that_o time_n be_v in_o the_o great_a account_n among_o the_o hebrew_n who_o name_n i_o will_v not_o omit_v and_o these_o they_o be_v ethan_n eman_n chalt_fw-mi and_o dodan_n the_o son_n of_o imaon_n he_o compose_v also_o a_o thousand_o and_o five_o hundred_o book_n of_o ode_n and_o canticle_n and_o thirty_o thousand_o book_n of_o parable_n and_o similitude_n for_o to_o every_o kind_n of_o plant_n he_o allude_v his_o parable_n from_o hyssop_n unto_o the_o cedar_n the_o like_a do_v he_o of_o all_o live_a creature_n that_o feed_v on_o the_o earth_n swim_v in_o the_o water_n or_o fly_v in_o the_o air_n for_o none_o of_o their_o nature_n be_v he_o ignorant_a of_o devil_n neither_o have_v he_o omit_v to_o search_v the_o faculty_n in_o particular_a but_o examine_v &_o discourse_v on_o they_o all_o and_o have_v a_o inward_a speculation_n and_o knowledge_n of_o their_o several_a and_o secret_a property_n he_o obtain_v also_o by_o inspiration_n the_o art_n of_o magic_n for_o the_o profit_n and_o health_n of_o man_n and_o the_o exorcise_a and_o cast_v out_o of_o devil_n for_o he_o devise_v certain_a incantation_n whereby_o the_o disease_a be_v cure_v and_o leave_v the_o method_n of_o conjuration_n in_o writing_n whereby_o the_o devil_n be_v enchant_v and_o expel_v so_o that_o never_o more_o they_o dare_v return_v and_o this_o kind_n of_o heal_v to_o this_o day_n be_v very_o usual_a among_o those_o of_o our_o nation_n for_o i_o see_v a_o certain_a popular_a and_o private_a man_n among_o the_o hebrew_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o vespasian_n his_o son_n tribune_n and_o other_o soldier_n that_o cure_v diverse_a that_o be_v possess_v and_o the_o manner_n of_o his_o cure_n be_v this_o he_o apply_v to_o the_o nose_n of_o the_o demoniac_a a_o ring_n under_o the_o seal_n whereof_o be_v a_o root_n of_o those_o thing_n that_o solomon_n have_v declare_v which_o draw_v the_o devil_n out_o of_o the_o nostril_n of_o the_o sick_a as_o soon_o as_o he_o smell_v the_o root_n and_o as_o 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