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come_v abroad_o and_o taunt_a he_o for_o his_o lewd_a and_o lascivious_a behaviour_n yea_o in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d the_o the_o circus_n or_o horse-race_n be_v build_v in_o a_o oval_a form_n of_o great_a length_n with_o row_n of_o seat_n one_o above_o the_o other_o able_a to_o contain_v above_o a_o hundred_o thousand_o spectator_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cirque_fw-la or_o race-yard_n where_o be_v the_o great_a concourse_n of_o people_n they_o decry_v julian_n call_v upon_o niger_n the_o chief_a officer_n of_o the_o sacred_a empire_n to_o vindicate_v the_o roman_a state_n and_o hasten_v to_o free_v they_o from_o that_o propudious_a governor_n this_o niger_n have_v be_v consul_n long_o before_o &_o at_o that_o time_n be_v president_n of_o syria_n which_o be_v then_o the_o high_a and_o most_o eminent_a dignity_n in_o the_o empire_n for_o the_o phaenician_a nation_n and_o all_o the_o region_n as_o far_o as_o euphrates_n be_v under_o his_o command_n he_o be_v now_o well_o step_v in_o year_n and_o have_v go_v through_o many_o weighty_a affair_n have_v get_v a_o very_a high_a esteem_n for_o his_o moderation_n and_o sufficiency_n and_o be_v repute_v to_o imitate_v pertinax_n for_o which_o cause_n the_o roman_n do_v chief_o affect_v he_o and_o now_o in_o all_o their_o assembly_n they_o still_o cry_v aloud_o for_o he_o reproach_v julian_n to_o his_o face_n and_o universal_o call_v upon_o niger_n with_o acclamation_n 〈◊〉_d acclamation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d imperial_a when_o niger_n understand_v the_o roman_n inclination_n and_o what_o out_o cry_v they_o make_v for_o he_o in_o their_o ordinary_a meeting_n consider_v withal_o that_o julian_n be_v contemn_v by_o the_o soldiery_n for_o falsify_v with_o they_o and_o condemn_v by_o the_o communality_n for_o his_o mercenary_a purchase_n hâ—e_v persuade_v himself_o that_o the_o