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the_o victory_n than_o be_v special_o ascribe_v unto_o darius_n though_o it_o be_v achieve_v and_o obtain_v by_o cyrus_n skill_n and_o valour_n for_o these_o three_o reason_n as_o hierome_n brief_o express_v they_o ordâ—_n aetatis_fw-la propinquitatis_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la servatus_fw-la est_fw-la the_o order_n of_o age_n of_o affinity_n and_o of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v keep_v 1._o darius_n be_v now_o not_o only_o 40._o divinat_fw-la year_n old_a as_o cicero_n say_v but_o 62._o year_n old_a cyrus_n be_v a_o young_a man_n 2._o he_o be_v cyrus_n great_a uncle_n his_o grandfather_n astyages_n brother_n and_o beside_o as_o some_o think_v his_o father_n in_o law_n 3._o and_o now_o the_o chief_a dominion_n be_v in_o the_o mede_n from_o who_o it_o be_v translate_v after_o darius_n death_n by_o cyrus_n to_o the_o persian_n 48._o quest._n of_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o babylonian_a war_n 1._o heaodotus_fw-la think_v it_o be_v only_a cyrus_n ambition_n and_o immoderate_a desire_n of_o enlarge_a 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