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free_a habitation_n in_o the_o city_n call_v by_o his_o own_o name_n vide_fw-la dion_n 6_o many_o particular_n not_o impertinent_a to_o this_o discourse_n i_o leave_v to_o the_o ingenuous_a reader_n observation_n that_o shall_v be_v please_v to_o peruse_v diodorus_n siculus_n arianus_n or_o quintus_fw-la curtius_n these_o present_a right_o apply_v may_v assuage_v that_o declamatory_n humour_n of_o some_o pedantic_a politic_n which_o will_v have_v alexander_n strange_a success_n to_o be_v the_o natural_a issue_n of_o macedonian_a valour_n and_o asiatic_a effeminateness_n such_o collection_n may_v be_v tolerate_v in_o a_o young_a student_n appoint_v to_o make_v a_o theme_n or_o declamation_n in_o praise_n of_o masculine_a or_o frugal_a spirit_n or_o in_o dispraise_n of_o feminine_a luxury_n howbeit_o these_o politic_a conjecture_n be_v rather_o imperfect_a than_o altogether_o untrue_a whether_o the_o author_n of_o they_o do_v apprehend_v so_o much_o or_o no_o i_o know_v not_o but_o 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put_v the_o macedonian_a pike_n to_o flight_n or_o trample_v the_o footman_n under_o their_o foot_n as_o darius_n courtier_n proud_o brag_v before_o their_o encounter_n but_o pride_n go_v before_o destruction_n and_o god_n for_o this_o â—â—â—â—on_n bring_v they_o into_o those_o strait_n wherein_o they_o may_v perceive_v and_o see_v the_o truth_n of_o what_o his_o prophet_n have_v say_v a_o horse_n be_v but_o a_o vain_a thing_n neither_o shall_v he_o deliver_v anâ—_n by_o his_o great_a strength_n psal_n 33._o 17._o and_o again_o woe_n to_o they_o that_o go_v down_o to_o egypt_n for_o help_v and_o stay_v on_o horse_n and_o trust_v in_o charet_n because_o they_o be_v many_o and_o in_o horseman_n because_o they_o be_v very_o strong_a but_o they_o look_v not_o unto_o the_o holy_a one_o of_o israel_n neither_o seek_v the_o lord_n isaiah_n 31._o ver_n 1._o i_o shall_v think_v myself_o infideli_fw-la deteriorem_fw-la worse_o than_o the_o heathen_a writer_n if_o i_o do_v not_o derive_v 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