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out_o of_o the_o sudden_a commotion_n of_o a_o forward_a mind_n have_v be_v sometime_o also_o esteem_v worthy_a of_o the_o honour_n of_o a_o statue_n for_o when_o the_o message_n that_o babylon_n have_v revolt_v be_v bring_v unto_o semiramis_n while_o she_o be_v dress_v her_o head_n she_o do_v instant_o run_v to_o recover_v the_o city_n one_o side_n of_o her_o hair_n hang_v as_o yet_o down_o neither_o will_v she_o suffer_v her_o hair_n to_o be_v meddle_v withal_o as_o long_o as_o the_o city_n do_v hold_v out_o against_o she_o and_o there_o be_v upon_o this_o occasion_n a_o statue_n erect_v she_o at_o babylon_n in_o the_o same_o habit_n she_o do_v hasty_o run_v in_o to_o revenge_v herself_o of_o the_o rebel_n see_v valerius_n maximus_n lib._n ix_o cap._n 3._o ex_fw-la ext_fw-la 6._o bupalus_n and_o anthermus_n to_o sport_v themselves_o and_o the_o spectator_n make_v the_o statue_n of_o hipponactes_n the_o poet_n who_o be_v half_o a_o dwarf_n and_o of_o a_o hard_a favour_a countenance_n 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