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a_o treacheron_n defection_n of_o aristocratus_fw-la hire_v by_o the_o enemy_n the_o messenian_n be_v force_v and_o slay_v andamia_n the_o chief_a town_n and_o other_o far_o from_o sea_n forsake_v and_o the_o people_n force_v to_o era_n a_o strong_a mountain_n which_o hold_v the_o enemy_n work_v for_o eleven_o year_n whereinis_fw-la aristocratus_fw-la with_o three_o hundred_o soldier_n abroad_o perform_v great_a thing_n suprized_a and_o sack_v amicta_fw-la which_o be_v thrice_o take_v and_o still_o he_o escape_v of_o which_o escape_v that_o be_v admirable_a that_o be_v cast_v with_o fifty_o more_o into_o a_o deep_a natural_a cave_n he_o die_v not_o of_o the_o fall_n as_o the_o rest_n yet_o without_o hope_n till_o by_o a_o little_a light_n he_o spy_v a_o fox_n eat_v on_o a_o dead_a carcase_n and_o get_v it_o by_o the_o tail_n and_o follow_v it_o till_o he_o can_v no_o further_o and_o then_o let_v it_o go_v see_v light_n in_o the_o hole_n and_o so_o wrought_v himself_o out_o with_o his_o nail_n the_o spartan_n believe_v not_o they_o which_o report_v he_o be_v escape_v till_o the_o slaughter_n he_o make_v of_o the_o corinthian_n at_o era_n assure_v it_o thus_o eleven_o year_n be_v spend_v about_o era_n which_o at_o last_o be_v enter_v in_o a_o stormy_a night_n through_o neglect_n of_o the_o watch_n which_o be_v discover_v to_o the_o spartan_n by_o a_o slave_n flee_v from_o his_o master_n into_o the_o city_n so_o the_o messenian_n be_v disperse_v and_o build_v messina_n in_o sicily_n and_o three_o hundred_o year_n after_o return_v by_o epaminondas_n mean_n §_o 5._o ardis_n king_n of_o lydia_n succeed_v gyges_n his_o father_n forty_o nine_o year_n in_o the_o second_o of_o the_o twenty_o five_o olympiad_n he_o encroach_v upon_o the_o jonians_n in_o asia_n take_v colephon_n and_o priene_n but_o the_o cimmerian_n expel_v by_o the_o scythian_n invade_v asia_n win_v sardis_n and_o hold_v it_o till_o alyatts_n this_o man_n grandchild_n phraortes_n king_n of_o the_o mede_n the_o 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trouble_v to_o find_v iapheth_n border_n there_o set_v down_o and_o phud_o and_o lud_n so_o that_o for_o time_n and_o place_n they_o be_v extra_n anni_fw-la solisque_fw-la vias_n §_o 6._o other_o contemporary_n as_o numa_n pompilius_n in_o rome_n who_o succeed_v romulus_n after_o one_o year_n in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o manasses_n he_o bring_v the_o rude_a multitude_n of_o thief_n and_o outlaw_n which_o follow_v romulus_n to_o some_o good_a civility_n by_o devise_v ceremony_n of_o superstition_n as_o thing_n of_o great_a importance_n learn_v of_o his_o nymph_n egeria_n which_o superstition_n himself_o condemn_v in_o his_o book_n find_v almost_o six_o hundred_o year_n after_o in_o his_o grave_n which_o be_v public_o burn_v as_o speak_v against_o the_o religion_n then_o in_o use_n after_o forty_o three_o year_n tullus_n hostilius_n succeed_v in_o manasses_n forty_o six_o and_o reign_v thirty_o two_o year_n for_o for_o the_o most_o part_n
216_o chap._n vii_o the_o greek_a affair_n from_o the_o persian_a war_n to_o the_o peloponesian_n 221_o chap._n viii_o the_o peloponesian_a war_n with_o the_o condition_n of_o athens_n and_o sparta_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o it_o alcibiades_z his_o victory_n his_o depose_n 224_o chap._n ix_o matter_n concur_v with_o the_o peloponesian_a war_n and_o some_o time_n after_o 230_o chap._n x._o cyrus_n the_o young_a his_o expedition_n into_o persia_n and_o the_o great_a service_n of_o xenophon_n 232_o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o greek_a affair_n under_o the_o lacedaemonian_n command_v 237_o chap._n xii_o of_o the_o flourish_a condition_n of_o thebes_n from_o the_o battle_n of_o leuctra_n to_o that_o of_o mantinaea_n of_o the_o peace_n that_o succeed_v a_o comparison_n between_o agasilaus_fw-la and_o the_o roman_a pompey_n 241_o book_n iu_o chap._n i._n of_o the_o macedonian_a kingdom_n from_o philip_n father_n to_o alexander_n the_o great_a to_o the_o race_n of_o antigonus_n 247_o chap._n ii_o of_o alexander_n the_o great_a his_o war_n with_o darius_n and_o other_o his_o cruelty_n death_n and_o character_n 251_o chap._n iii_o aordaeus_n reign_n after_o alexander_n 271_o chap._n iu_o of_o antigonus_n growth_n in_o asia_n 282_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o civil_a war_n of_o alexander_n captain_n 286_o chap._n vi_o of_o the_o war_n between_o the_o new_a king_n till_o they_o be_v all_o destroy_v 287_o chap._n vii_o rome_n growth_n and_o the_o settle_n of_o the_o eastern_a state_n 299_o book_n v._o from_o the_o settle_a rule_n of_o alexander_n successor_n till_o the_o roman_n conquer_a asia_n and_o macedon_n chap._n i._n of_o the_o first_o punick_o war._n 307_o chap._n ii_o what_o pass_v between_o the_o first_o and_o second_o punic_a war._n 326_o chap._n iii_o of_o the_o second_o punic_a war._n 336_o chap._n iu_o philip_n king_n of_o macedon_n father_n of_o perseus_n subdue_v by_o the_o roman_n 370_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o roman_a war_n with_o antiochus_n and_o his_o adherent_n 380_o chap._n vi_o of_o the_o second_o macedonian_a war._n with_o the_o death_n of_o philopoemen_n hannibal_n scipio_n etc._n etc._n 396_o errata_fw-la page_n 13._o l._n 31._o r._n but_o one_o p._n 32._o l._n ult_n after_o slay_v add_v many_o thousand_o of_o they_o p._n 37._o l._n 25._o instead_o of_o curse_a r._n not_o needful_a to_o be_v take_v in_o p._n 38._o l._n 19_o deal_n toy_n e._n p._n 54._o l._n 26._o r._n of_o chush_fw-mi p._n 64._o l._n 9_o for_o legal_a r._n regal_a p._n 65._o l._n 29._o for_o babel_n r._n babylon_n p._n 70._o l._n 23._o for_o no_o r._n a._n p._n 94._o l._n 13._o for_o lineage_n r._n image_n p._n 96._o l._n 10._o r._n many_o thing_n p._n 96._o l._n 19_o for_o their_o r._n therefore_o and_o for_o that_o r._n a._n p._n 131._o l._n 15._o for_o lightsome_o r._n plain_o p._n 139._o l._n 24._o for_o three_o r._n three_o p._n 216._o l._n 27._o after_o thousand_o r._n darici_n p._n 220._o l._n 10._o for_o thirty_o thousand_o r._n three_o hundred_o thousand_o 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hanno_n and_o his_o party_n neither_o be_v able_a to_o tax_n the_o virtue_n of_o their_o enemy_n nor_o recommend_v themselves_o by_o any_o service_n to_o the_o commonwealth_n except_o in_o dissuade_v from_o war_n and_o cautious_a advice_n not_o to_o provoke_v the_o roman_n but_o the_o senate_n and_o people_n who_o know_v the_o roman_n oath_n be_v no_o security_n to_o carthage_n unless_o she_o will_v become_v their_o subject_n do_v the_o more_o high_o esteem_v he_o as_o aâ—ilcar_n his_o father_n who_o have_v save_v they_o know_v therefore_o the_o peace_n continue_v but_o till_o rome_n can_v find_v advantage_n they_o wish_v the_o beginning_n of_o the_o war_n rather_o while_o their_o state_n be_v in_o good_a condition_n than_o to_o stay_v till_o be_v fall_v into_o distress_n the_o enemy_n shall_v begin_v it_o hannibal_n well_o understand_v this_o as_o also_o the_o advantage_n in_o get_v the_o start_n and_o therefore_o think_v long_o till_o he_o be_v deal_v with_o they_o before_o they_o shall_v have_v notice_n of_o his_o purpose_n which_o can_v not_o be_v conceal_v if_o once_o he_o come_v to_o action_n beside_o the_o hindrance_n by_o slow_a and_o timorous_a proceed_n therein_o before_o therefore_o he_o will_v provoke_v the_o roman_n by_o attempt_v saguntum_n he_o wise_o end_v the_o conquest_n of_o all_o that_o lay_v between_o as_o the_o olcades_n near_o tagus_n and_o vaccai_n in_o old_a castille_n where_o they_o take_v salamanca_n and_o arbuâ—ala_n but_o the_o spring_n follow_v all_o that_o have_v escape_v join_v with_o the_o toletans_n to_o the_o number_n of_o one_o hundred_o thousand_o able_a man_n stay_v hannibal_n on_o the_o bank_n of_o tagus_n which_o run_v by_o lysbourn_n suppose_v his_o accustom_a courage_n will_v now_o neglect_v discretion_n as_o he_o seem_v to_o do_v at_o other_o time_n but_o he_o that_o be_v as_o a_o crystal_n for_o every_o eye_n to_o see_v through_o make_v himself_o a_o ass_n for_o every_o man_n to_o ride_v or_o drive_v whereas_o wise_a and_o honest_a man_n in_o that_o which_o be_v just_a and_o virtuous_a be_v like_o coffer_n with_o double_a bottom_n which_o show_v not_o all_o at_o once_o before_o he_o be_v general_n he_o be_v of_o all_o man_n the_o most_o venturous_a which_o do_v not_o always_o become_v a_o general_n and_o therefore_o he_o now_o dissemble_v fear_n and_o draw_v back_o from_o the_o river_n as_o fear_v to_o ford_n it_o by_o that_o mean_n to_o draw_v his_o enemy_n into_o it_o but_o when_o he_o see_v they_o push_v disorderly_a into_o the_o swift_a stream_n he_o turn_v his_o camel_n to_o entertain_v their_o land_n and_o press_v in_o with_o his_o horse_n above_o and_o beneath_o upon_o they_o make_v a_o great_a slaughter_n which_o amaze_v the_o spaniard_n on_o that_o side_n the_o river_n of_o iberus_n the_o saguntines_n post_v their_o ambassador_n to_o rome_n who_o procee_v roman_a like_a with_o deliberation_n send_v ambassador_n to_o and_o fro_o while_o hannibal_n prepare_v and_o find_v out_o also_o a_o pretence_n like_o that_o which_o the_o roman_n make_v use_v of_o with_o the_o mamertine_n for_o the_o turdetani_n injure_v by_o the_o saguntines_n implore_v his_o help_n the_o roman_n be_v as_o glad_a of_o the_o quarrel_n but_o be_v not_o yet_o ready_a and_o therefore_o temporize_v till_o they_o can_v raise_v a_o army_n to_o remove_v the_o seat_n of_o war_n to_o saguntum_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n demetrius_n pharius_n who_o the_o roman_n have_v make_v their_o illyrian_a king_n rebel_v against_o who_o aemilius_n be_v send_v but_o before_o his_o land_n in_o illyria_n hannibal_n sit_v down_o before_o saguntum_n where_o by_o a_o sallie_n make_v by_o the_o citizen_n he_o be_v dangerous_o wound_v but_o before_o it_o be_v long_o he_o put_v they_o all_o to_o the_o sword_n many_o shut_v themselves_o in_o their_o house_n and_o then_o â—ired_v they_o 8._o rome_n
great_a difference_n in_o the_o rest_n which_o can_v be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o long_a abstinence_n from_o marriage_n upon_o religious_a respect_n as_o we_o see_v in_o holy_a enoch_n noah_n brethren_n perish_v in_o the_o flood_n and_o so_o may_v some_o unnamed_a child_n beget_v before_o the_o three_o name_v be_v 500_o year_n old_a before_o d._n §_o 5._o the_o patriarch_n year_n have_v be_v question_v some_o hold_v they_o lunary_n or_o egyptian_a but_o that_o can_v be_v for_o then_o some_o shall_v beget_v child_n at_o 6_o 7_o or_o 8_o year_n old_a and_o the_o elder_a shall_v live_v not_o 100_o year_n which_o be_v short_a of_o many_o after_o the_o flood_n yea_o long_v since_o pliny_n witness_v under_o vespasian_n in_o a_o search_n many_o be_v find_v above_o 120_o and_o some_o 140_o year_n old_a simple_a diet_n and_o temperate_a life_n make_v the_o essaean_n egyptian_a priest_n persian_a magician_n indian_a brahmin_n live_v long_o say_v josephus_n pliny_n report_v nestor_n 3_o age_n tyresia_n 6_o sibyl_n 300_o year_n endymion_n little_a less_o ant._n fumea_fw-la a_o good_a historian_n report_v of_o a_o indian_a above_o 300_o year_n old_a and_o myself_o know_v the_o old_a countess_n of_o desmond_n an._n 1589_o who_o live_v many_o year_n after_o who_o have_v be_v marry_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n edw._n 4._o to_o conclude_v there_o be_v three_o thing_n not_o to_o speak_v of_o constellation_n which_o be_v natural_a cause_n of_o long_a and_o healthful_a life_n strong_a parent_n pure_a air_n and_o temperate_a use_n of_o diet_n pleasure_n and_o rest_n all_o which_o excel_v in_o the_o first_o age_n and_o though_o the_o flood_n infuse_v a_o impure_a quality_n into_o the_o earth_n to_o hurt_v the_o mean_n of_o man_n life_n yet_o time_n have_v more_o consume_v nature_n vigour_n as_o that_o which_o have_v make_v the_o heaven_n wax_v old_a like_o a_o garment_n hereto_o add_v our_o strange_a education_n of_o child_n upon_o unnatural_a curiosity_n nourish_v by_o a_o strange_a dug_n hasty_a marriage_n before_o nature_n seed_n be_v ripe_a or_o stock_n well_o root_v to_o yield_v a_o branch_n fit_a to_o replant_v but_o above_o all_o the_o luxury_n of_o latter_a age_n which_o wilful_o oppress_v nature_n and_o then_o think_v to_o relieve_v she_o with_o strong_a water_n hot_a spice_n sauce_n etc._n etc._n §_o 6._o the_o patriarch_n knowledge_n of_o the_o creation_n may_v well_o come_v by_o tradition_n from_o adam_n to_o moses_n see_v methusalem_n live_v with_o adam_n 243_o year_n and_o with_o noah_n 500_o year_n and_o he_o with_o abraham_n 58_o year_n from_o who_o it_o be_v not_o hard_a to_o pass_v by_o isaac_n jacob_n and_o his_o posterity_n to_o moses_n yet_o for_o the_o more_o certainty_n of_o the_o truth_n it_o be_v undoubted_o deliver_v to_o moses_n by_o immediate_a inspiration_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o his_o many_o miracle_n do_v prove_v questionless_a also_o letter_n be_v from_o the_o infancy_n of_o the_o world_n as_o enoch_n pillar_n and_o his_o prophecy_n witness_n of_o which_o part_n be_v find_v in_o saba_n say_v origen_n and_o tertullian_n read_v some_o page_n neither_o can_v it_o be_v deny_v there_o be_v such_o say_v augustine_n §_o 7._o the_o patriarch_n life_n be_v light_o pass_v over_o till_o enoch_n who_o piety_n be_v commend_v and_o his_o leave_v the_o world_n not_o by_o death_n whether_o his_o change_n be_v such_o as_o shall_v be_v at_o the_o last_o day_n let_v divine_n judge_v lamech_n prophecy_n of_o his_o son_n noah_n be_v touch_v upon_o but_o noah_n life_n be_v handle_v more_o ample_o the_o wisdom_n policy_n and_o war_n of_o that_o world_n be_v no_o doubt_n great_a as_o may_v be_v gather_v gen._n 5.4_o but_o the_o universal_a impiety_n which_o bring_v the_o universal_a destruction_n deserve_v that_o the_o memory_n of_o their_o action_n shall_v be_v drown_v with_o their_o body_n it_o be_v madness_n to_o imagine_v the_o son_n of_o god_n speak_v of_o gen._n 5.24_o be_v good_a angel_n which_o beget_v giant_n on_o woman_n as_o josephus_n dream_v and_o deceive_v lactantius_n confute_v by_o augustine_n and_o chrysostom_n §_o 8._o the_o giant_n speak_v of_o gen._n 5._o becanus_n strain_v his_o wit_n to_o prove_v they_o be_v not_o such_o proper_o but_o so_o call_v for_o their_o oppression_n but_o moses_n call_v they_o mighty_a which_o argue_v extraordinary_a strength_n and_o man_n of_o renown_n and_o great_a undertake_n there_o be_v more_o reason_n to_o hold_v they_o giant_n in_o a_o proper_a sense_n especial_o consider_v what_o scripture_n report_v of_o such_o in_o the_o day_n of_o abraham_n moses_n and_o joshua_n david_n etc._n etc._n yea_o of_o whole_a kindred_n and_o country_n if_o such_o be_v find_v in_o the_o three_o and_o four_o age_n of_o the_o world_n decay_n there_o be_v no_o reason_n to_o doubt_v thereof_o in_o the_o first_o and_o second_o flourish_a age_n from_o this_o story_n grow_v the_o conceit_n that_o giant_n be_v the_o son_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o from_o nimrod_n grow_v the_o tale_n of_o giant_n cast_v up_o mountain_n to_o the_o top_n of_o heaven_n chap._n vi_o the_o original_a of_o idolatry_n and_o relic_n of_o antiquity_n in_o fable_n §._o 1_o the_o greek_n and_o other_o corrupt_v the_o story_n of_o the_o creation_n and_o mingle_v their_o fable_n with_o they_o suppose_v that_o after-age_n will_v take_v those_o discourse_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n for_o invention_n of_o philosopher_n and_o poet_n but_o as_o skilful_a chemist_n can_v extract_v healthful_a medicine_n out_o of_o poison_n and_o poison_n out_o of_o wholesome_a herb_n etc._n etc._n so_o may_v much_o truth_n be_v find_v out_o of_o those_o fable_n §._o 2_o the_o antiquity_n of_o corruption_n be_v even_o from_o noah_n family_n for_o the_o liberal_a grace_n of_o god_n be_v withdraw_v after_o man_n fall_n such_o a_o perpetual_a eclipse_n of_o spiritual_a thing_n follow_v and_o produce_v such_o effect_n as_o the_o general_a deluge_n can_v not_o cleanse_v they_o even_o in_o the_o select_a family_n of_o noah_n wherein_o be_v find_v those_o that_o renew_v the_o defection_n from_o god_n for_o which_o they_o have_v see_v the_o world_n destruction_n hence_o the_o chaldaean_n egyptian_n and_o phaenician_o soon_o after_o become_v idolater_n and_o the_o greek_n receive_v their_o 12_o god_n from_o egypt_n and_o erect_v to_o they_o altar_n image_n and_o temple_n say_v herodotus_n §._o 3_o as_o man_n depart_v out_o of_o the_o way_n of_o truth_n stray_v on_o in_o unknown_a vice_n to_o eternal_a perdition_n so_o these_o blind_a idolater_n be_v fall_v from_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n to_o seek_v god_n on_o earth_n to_o worship_n begin_v with_o man_n they_o proceed_v to_o beast_n foul_n fish_n tree_n herb_n the_o four_o element_n wind_n morning_n evening_n star_n yea_o affection_n passion_n sorrow_n sickness_n beside_o spirit_n infernal_a and_o among_o terrestrial_o even_o the_o base_a want_v not_o divine_a honour_n as_o dog_n cat_n swine_n leek_n onion_n etc._n etc._n which_o barbarous_a blasphemy_n juvenal_n thus_o deride_v o_o happy_a nation_n which_o of_o their_o own_o sow_v have_v store_n of_o god_n in_o every_o garden_n grow_v §_o 4._o of_o jupiter_n and_o other_o god_n that_o egypt_n have_v knowledge_n of_o the_o first_o age_n by_o misraim_n the_o son_n of_o cham_n who_o have_v live_v 100_o year_n in_o it_o we_o doubt_v not_o have_v therefore_o learned_a that_o cain_n do_v first_o build_v city_n they_o make_v he_o ancient_a jupiter_n who_o the_o athenian_n also_o call_v pollyeus_fw-la and_o herceios_fw-la founder_n and_o fortifier_n of_o city_n this_o jupiter_n marry_v his_o sister_n as_o do_v cain_n his_o father_n adam_n they_o make_v saturn_n and_o his_o son_n jubal_n tubal_n and_o tubal-cain_n be_v make_v mercury_n vulcan_n and_o apollo_n inventor_n of_o pastorage_n smiths-craft_n and_o music_n naome_o augustine_n expound_v venusta_fw-la which_o be_v venus_n vulcan_n wife_n and_o eva_n be_v rhea_n the_o dragon_n which_o keep_v the_o golden_a apple_n be_v the_o serpent_n that_o beguile_v eva._n paradise_n be_v the_o garden_n of_o hesperide_n so_o saturn_n divide_v the_o world_n between_o three_o son_n come_v of_o noah_n and_o his_o son_n and_o nimrod_n tower_n be_v the_o attempt_n of_o giant_n against_o heaven_n the_o egyptian_n also_o worship_v seth_n as_o their_o most_o ancient_a parent_n from_o who_o they_o call_v their_o chief_a province_n setheitica_fw-la and_o in_o bithynia_n we_o â—ind_v the_o city_n cethia_n 17._o §_o 5._o of_o the_o three_o chief_a jupiters_n the_o first_o be_v son_n of_o aether_n &_o die_n the_o second_o of_o coelum_fw-la a_o arcadian_a and_o king_n of_o athens_n the_o three_o famous_a in_o the_o greek_a fable_n be_v of_o crect_n or_o candia_n as_o some_o say_v but_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n etc._n etc._n §_o 6._o jupiter_n chammon_n more_o ancient_a than_o all_o the_o grecian_a jupiters_n be_v cham_n father_n
much_o of_o the_o border_v continent_n which_o be_v red_a by_o reflection_n make_v the_o water_n seem_v red_a also_o the_o greek_n call_v it_o the_o erythraean_a sea_n of_o king_n erythreus_n and_o for_o that_o erythros_n signify_v red_a some_o think_v it_o be_v so_o call_v the_o portugal_n report_v that_o store_n of_o red_a stone_n be_v find_v in_o it_o on_o which_o store_n of_o red_a coral_n grow_v at_o pihachoroth_n which_o be_v from_o ramase_n not_o above_o thirty_o miles_n the_o sea_n be_v about_o four_o mile_n broad_a to_o arabia_n where_o moses_n pass_v over_o and_o not_o at_o elana_n for_o that_o part_n of_o egypt_n which_o be_v opposite_a to_o elana_n be_v from_o ramase_n eighty_o mile_n which_o moses_n with_o his_o multitude_n unfit_a for_o such_o march_n can_v not_o pass_v in_o three_o day_n §_o 6._o this_o passage_n prove_v miraculous_a and_o not_o a_o ebb_n as_o the_o egyptian_n and_o other_o heathen_n object_n for_o have_v it_o be_v a_o ebb_n all_o that_o part_n from_o sue_v at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o sea_n unto_o the_o place_n of_o moses_n passage_n and_o further_o which_o exceed_v ten_o mile_n must_v have_v be_v dry_a and_o so_o have_v serve_v pharaoh_n and_o his_o man_n to_o have_v flee_v from_o the_o flow_n of_o the_o water_n neither_o can_v a_o east_n wind_v make_v a_o extraordinary_a ebb_n see_v that_o sea_n lie_v north_n and_o south_n and_o why_o shall_v moses_n who_o they_o honour_v as_o a_o great_a captain_n against_o the_o ethiopian_n leave_v this_o passage_n over_o the_o mountain_n and_o venture_v a_o ford_n upon_o a_o ebb_n which_o he_o know_v not_o whether_o pharaoh_n will_v prevent_v he_o of_o and_o who_o will_v think_v that_o the_o egyptian_n be_v so_o ignorant_a of_o their_o own_o sea_n and_o havens_n as_o to_o be_v overtake_v in_o the_o ebb_a and_o flow_v thereof_o last_o if_o the_o ordinary_a flow_a have_v drown_v the_o egyptian_n their_o carcase_n have_v be_v carry_v up_o to_o sue_v and_o cast_v upon_o the_o arabian_a shore_n 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next_o to_o alus_fw-la and_o so_o to_o raphidim_n §_o 2._o of_o the_o amalekite_n midianites_n and_o kenites_n and_o of_o jethro_n §_o the_o amalekite_n at_o raphidim_n set_v upon_o the_o israelite_n be_v overthrow_v by_o the_o efficacy_n of_o moses_n prayer_n which_o be_v more_o prevalent_a than_o all_o the_o resistance_n of_o the_o body_n of_o men._n here_o jethro_n moses_n father_n in_o law_n come_v to_o he_o with_o his_o wise_a and_o son_n he_o be_v a_o kenite_fw-la judg._n 4.11_o 17._o which_o be_v a_o nation_n of_o the_o midianite_n which_o come_v of_o midian_a a_o son_n of_o abraham_n by_o keturah_n 1_o sam._n 15._o with_o gen._n 25._o there_o be_v other_o also_o which_o bear_v the_o same_o name_n like_a to_o spring_v from_o chus_n gen._n 15.19_o as_o for_o the_o midianite_n which_o come_v from_o midian_a the_o son_n of_o abraham_n they_o be_v divide_v into_o five_o family_n gen._n 25.4_o of_o which_o some_o be_v plant_v near_o the_o red_a sea_n with_o who_o moses_n match_v 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remember_v many_o founder_n of_o the_o city_n but_o livy_n will_v have_v it_o the_o work_n of_o romulus_n etc._n etc._n of_o his_o beget_v birth_n and_o education_n plutarch_n say_v it_o be_v probable_a that_o amulius_n come_v arm_v to_o rhea_n which_o occasion_v the_o tale_n of_o marce_z as_o the_o nurse_n the_o child_n by_o some_o harlot_n occasion_v the_o tale_n of_o a_o wolf_n for_o harlot_n of_o old_a be_v call_v wolf_n halicarnassus_n tell_v we_o of_o the_o like_a report_n they_o have_v of_o cyrus_n nurse_n by_o a_o bitch_n and_o semiramis_n by_o bird_n so_o of_o his_o end_n they_o say_v he_o be_v take_v away_o in_o a_o storm_n of_o thunder_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v probable_o the_o fury_n of_o the_o senator_n remember_v also_o by_o livy_n but_o as_o many_o author_n speak_v of_o great_a lightning_n and_o thunder_n that_o day_n so_o it_o may_v be_v he_o be_v slay_v by_o it_o as_o be_v anastasius_n the_o emperor_n and_o emperor_n carus_n halicarnassus_n say_v they_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v remember_v near_o to_o truth_n which_o say_v his_o citizen_n slay_v he_o etc._n etc._n plutarch_n report_v of_o his_o conquest_n of_o a_o few_o mile_n about_o he_o not_o worth_a the_o speak_n of_o if_o the_o follow_a greatness_n of_o rome_n have_v not_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v remember_v he_o reign_v 37_o year_n first_o alone_a then_o with_o tatius_n and_o after_o his_o death_n single_a till_o he_o be_v slay_v numa_n a_o man_n unknown_a to_o romulus_n succeed_v more_o priest-like_a etc._n etc._n well_o resemble_v rome_n latter_a day_n which_o fall_v from_o emperor_n command_n into_o subjection_n of_o a_o prelate_n swell_v by_o degree_n from_o a_o sheephook_n to_o a_o sword_n wherewith_o victorious_a to_o excessive_a magnificence_n it_o fall_v to_o luxury_n and_o be_v unfortunate_a in_o defensive_a war_n be_v drive_v again_o to_o betake_v himself_o to_o the_o crosier-staff_n chap._n xxi_o of_o hezechiah_n and_o his_o contemporary_n §_o 1._o hezechiah_n at_o 25_o year_n old_a succeed_v about_o the_o end_n of_o achaz_n 14_o year_n in_o the_o 3_o d_o of_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o reign_v 29_o year_n his_o first_o work_n testify_v his_o pious_a zeal_n in_o open_v the_o temple_n shut_v up_o by_o his_o ungracious_a father_n and_o reform_a religion_n etc._n etc._n comp._n 2_o chron._n 29_o and_o 30._o with_o 2_o king_n 18._o it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o he_o do_v this_o in_o his_o father_n time_n or_o in_o his_o sole_a government_n as_o i_o rather_o think_v he_o invite_v also_o the_o ten_o tribe_n to_o the_o passover_n which_o the_o generality_n scorn_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o hezekiah_n the_o israelite_n which_o scorn_v to_o celebrate_v their_o deliverance_n out_o of_o egypt_n fall_v into_o a_o new_a servitude_n wherein_o they_o continue_v to_o this_o day_n for_o salmanasser_n son_n of_o tyglath_n hear_v that_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n practise_v with_o so_o king_n of_o egypt_n against_o he_o come_v and_o after_o three_o year_n siege_n win_v samaria_n and_o carry_v the_o ten_o tribe_n into_o assyria_n and_o media_n and_o place_v other_o in_o the_o land_n these_o late_a assyrian_n and_o persian_a king_n follow_v be_v the_o first_o we_o find_v mention_v both_o in_o profane_a and_o sacred_a book_n and_o therefore_o must_v serve_v to_o join_v the_o time_n of_o the_o old_a world_n with_o that_o follow_a see_v none_o but_o prophet_n have_v write_v otherwise_o than_o fabulous_a of_o former_a time_n true_a it_o be_v that_o cyrus_n and_o some_o persian_a king_n bear_v the_o same_o name_n in_o scripture_n and_o profane_a story_n but_o of_o other_o the_o diversity_n of_o name_n have_v breed_v question_n of_o the_o person_n as_o whether_o salmanasser_n in_o scripture_n be_v nabonasser_n in_o ptolemy_n and_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v nabopolassar_n both_o which_o point_v bucholcerus_n out_o of_o good_a mathematic_a observation_n have_v well_o prove_v for_o by_o they_o it_o appear_v that_o from_o nâ—bonasser_n to_o chrisâ—_n be_v seven_o hundred_o forty_o six_o year_n which_o agree_v also_o to_o salmanassar_n which_o be_v prove_v for_o that_o the_o space_n between_o merdocenpadus_fw-la and_o nabonassar_n be_v find_v the_o same_o between_o merodach_n who_o be_v mardocenpadus_fw-la and_o salmanassar_n functius_n that_o as_o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o samaria_n to_o that_o of_o jerusalem_n be_v 133_o year_n so_o in_o ptolemy_n the_o same_o time_n be_v find_v between_o nabonassar_n and_o nabopolassar_n the_o eight_o year_n differ_v in_o ptolemy_n be_v before_o the_o win_n of_o samaria_n spend_v in_o his_o reign_n §_o 2._o hezekiah_n have_v deny_v the_o tribute_n to_o senacherib_n which_o have_v be_v covenant_v with_o tiglath_n his_o grandfather_n acknowledge_v his_o fault_n and_o labour_v to_o purchase_v his_o peace_n by_o three_o thousand_o talent_n of_o silver_n and_o thirty_o of_o gold_n by_o senacherib_n intend_v to_o set_v down_o the_o condition_n with_o his_o sword_n send_v from_o lachish_n where_o he_o lay_v and_o invest_v jerusalem_n etc._n etc._n where_o vengeance_n from_o heaven_n destroy_v so_o many_o thousand_o for_o their_o master_n blasphemy_n who_o also_o drink_v a_o cup_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n from_o his_o own_o son_n §_o 3._o hezechiah_o his_o sickness_n prayer_n recovery_n and_o sign_n thereof_o 2_o king_n 20._o his_o lamentation_n say_v jerom_n be_v for_o want_v of_o a_o son_n of_o who_o the_o messiah_n may_v spring_v his_o entertain_v the_o babylonian_a ambassador_n and_o vainglory_n therein_o reprove_v yet_o according_a to_o humane_a reason_n he_o think_v fit_a to_o entertain_v they_o familiar_o come_v to_o congratulate_v his_o recovery_n with_o present_n be_v one_o which_o have_v weaken_v the_o assyrian_a his_o great_a enemy_n by_o seize_v upon_o the_o kingdom_n of_o babylon_n of_o which_o he_o have_v be_v lieutenant_n under_o senacherib_n who_o son_n weak_a in_o understanding_n and_o molest_v by_o his_o elder_a brethren_n give_v he_o opportunity_n to_o usurp_v babylon_n as_o belochus_n have_v deal_v with_o sardanapalus_n thus_o belochus_n forty_o eight_o year_n tiglath_n pilesar_n twenty_o seven_o salmanassar_n ten_n senacherib_n seven_n esarhaddon_n ten_n the_o three_o last_o be_v contemporary_n with_o hezechiah_n §_o 4._o hezechiah_n contemporary_n in_o media_n after_o arabaces_n and_o sosarmus_n according_a to_o eusebius_n be_v medidus_n forty_o year_n cordiceas_fw-la fifteen_o year_n then_o follow_v deioces_n fifty_o four_o phraortes_n twenty_o four_o cyaxares_n thirty_o two_o astyages_n thirty_o eight_o and_o cyaxares_n two_o according_a to_o xenophon_n metasthenes_n in_o anneus_n and_o diodorus_n out_o of_o ctesias_n differ_v much_o from_o eusebius_n who_o mercator_n will_v fain_o reconcile_v but_o in_o vain_a in_o athens_n four_o of_o the_o four_o ten_o year_n governor_n in_o lidea_n candaulus_n slay_v by_o gyges_n who_o succeed_v chap._n xxii_o egyptian_a king_n from_o moses_n to_o hezekiah_n §_o 1._o the_o egyptian_n at_o this_o time_n contend_v with_o the_o assyrian_n about_o sovereignty_n give_v the_o occasion_n to_o consider_v the_o state_n of_o the_o country_n which_o have_v flourish_v so_o long_o of_o cham_n osiris_n and_o orus_n and_o the_o rest_n with_o their_o dynasty_n till_o israel_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n we_o have_v hear_v and_o be_v to_o proceed_v from_o thence_o not_o regard_v the_o idle_a catalogue_n of_o name_n of_o king_n set_v out_o by_o herodotus_n and_o dyodorus_n from_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n who_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v but_o vice-roys_n or_o steward_n like_o joseph_n and_o such_o as_o be_v the_o sultan_n in_o late_a age_n for_o first_o we_o may_v not_o believe_v that_o the_o number_n of_o generation_n we_o speak_v of_o be_v above_o eighty_o from_o abraham_n to_o the_o persian_a empire_n whereas_o we_o know_v there_o be_v but_o forty_o two_o generation_n to_o our_o saviour_n christ_n especial_o consider_v many_o of_o they_o be_v of_o about_o forty_o year_n continuance_n we_o must_v therefore_o proportion_v the_o number_n to_o that_o of_o other_o country_n according_a to_o the_o time_n and_o esteem_v the_o rest_n but_o regent_n who_o yet_o rule_v as_o king_n of_o which_o sort_n there_o may_v be_v many_o as_o may_v be_v well_o conceive_v in_o reading_n w._n archbishop_n of_o tyre_n who_o show_v that_o there_o be_v the_o caleph_n elhadech_n supreme_a over_o egypt_n under_o who_o the_o sultan_n rule_v as_o king_n make_v war_n and_o peace_n yea_o supplant_n one_o another_o without_o the_o calephs_n privity_n as_o fall_v out_o under_o elhadech_n under_o who_o san._n be_v sultan_n and_o yet_o chase_v away_o by_o dagon_n and_o upon_o his_o death_n recover_v again_o without_o the_o great_a caleph_n hand_n who_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n only_o attend_v his_o state_n and_o delight_n in_o his_o palace_n which_o manner_n of_o rule_v by_o vice-roys_n the_o author_n judge_v to_o have_v be_v from_o the_o ancient_a king_n of_o egypt_n §_o 2._o it_o be_v
that_o in_o nebuchadnezzar_n seven_o year_n of_o madness_n niglisar_n may_v govern_v by_o his_o wife_n nitocris_n mean_n nebuchadnezzar_n daughter_n and_o labassardach_n after_o he_o but_o slay_v after_o nine_o month_n present_o before_o nebuchadnezzar_n restauration_n chap._n ii_o the_o persian_n greatness_n how_o it_o grow_v §_o 1._o that_o the_o mede_n be_v chief_a in_o the_o overthrow_n of_o babylon_n the_o infallible_a witness_n of_o two_o great_a prophet_n make_v good_a esa._n 13_o 17._o jer._n 51.11.28_o according_a to_o which_o julius_n africanus_n prove_v babel_n be_v take_v before_o cyrus_n begin_v to_o reign_v so_o that_o the_o empire_n lose_v by_o balthassar_n the_o last_o of_o belochus_n line_n fall_v to_o cyaxares_n or_o darius_n medus_n the_o last_o of_o arbaces_n race_n who_o succeed_v his_o father_n astyages_n etc._n etc._n §_o 2._o cyrus_n to_o who_o alone_o the_o greek_n ascribe_v the_o conquest_n of_o babel_n be_v think_v immediate_a successor_n to_o astyages_n by_o some_o who_o deny_v he_o have_v any_o other_o son_n than_o this_o cyrus_n son_n of_o mandane_n his_o daughter_n viginer_n also_o probable_o reason_v that_o astyages_n have_v no_o such_o son_n as_o darius_n be_v unknown_a to_o so_o many_o author_n there_o name_v but_o negative_a argument_n from_o author_n be_v of_o no_o force_n and_o necessity_n either_o astyages_n must_v be_v darius_n in_o daniel_n 9_o which_o his_o time_n will_v not_o suffer_v or_o another_o successor_n before_o cyrus_n must_v be_v grant_v who_o for_o life_n command_v all_o yet_o in_o regard_n he_o be_v old_a and_o follow_v not_o the_o war_n in_o person_n but_o cyrus_n as_o his_o lieutenant_n do_v all_o the_o greek_n who_o hear_v only_o of_o he_o ascribe_v all_o to_o he_o as_o do_v the_o persian_n in_o honour_n to_o he_o who_o short_o bring_v all_o to_o they_o §_o 3._o xenophon_n report_n of_o the_o war_n between_o the_o assyrian_n and_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n the_o assyrian_n have_v command_n of_o so_o many_o country_n desire_v to_o bring_v under_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n know_v therefore_o their_o great_a strength_n he_o persuade_v croâ—sus_n the_o rich_a and_o strong_a king_n of_o lydia_n to_o join_v with_o he_o which_o he_o easy_o yield_v for_o the_o quarrel_n to_o the_o mede_n who_o have_v war_v against_o alyattes_n his_o father_n these_o together_o compose_v a_o army_n of_o two_o hundred_o thousand_o foot_n and_o sixty_o thousand_o horse_n but_o be_v overthrow_v by_o darius_n and_o cyaxares_n king_n of_o the_o mede_n and_o cyrus_n general_n of_o the_o persian_a force_n and_o the_o assyrian_a king_n slay_v so_o that_o many_o assyrian_n revolt_v and_o babylon_n be_v glad_a for_o her_o security_n to_o get_v mercenary_a strength_n while_o cyrus_n pursue_v his_o victory_n to_o lesser_a asia_n and_o take_v croesus_n prisoner_n after_o this_o follow_v the_o attempt_n at_o babylon_n cyaxares_n bear_v the_o charge_n and_o cyrus_n be_v leader_n etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o achaemenes_n govern_v in_o persia_n when_o arbaces_n do_v the_o like_a in_o media_n and_o both_o join_v with_o belochus_n against_o sardanapalus_n and_o after_o hold_v persia_n for_o himself_o as_o the_o other_o do_v media_n and_o babylon_n yet_o arbaces_n absolute_a command_n decay_v till_o deioces_n one_o hundred_o forty_n year_n after_o when_o salmanassar_n reign_v in_o syria_n so_o that_o neither_o the_o mede_n nor_o persian_n find_v it_o fit_a to_o stir_v from_o deioces_n to_o astyages_n there_o past_a above_o ninety_o year_n in_o which_o time_n phraortes_n reign_v but_o not_o like_a to_o have_v conquer_a persia_n as_o herodotus_n write_v for_o susiana_n be_v under_o daniel_n charge_n for_o nabuchadnezzar_n who_o also_o will_v hardly_o have_v venture_v into_o syria_n and_o egypt_n leave_v such_o a_o enemy_n on_o his_o back_n it_o seem_v the_o successor_n of_o achaemenes_n do_v little_a worth_n remember_v see_v in_o the_o persian_a greatness_n nothing_o be_v publish_v of_o their_o first_o king_n xenophon_n report_v the_o crown_n descend_v from_o father_n to_o son_n many_o descent_n and_o that_o cambyses_n beget_v cyrus_n so_o that_o the_o story_n of_o astyages_n give_v mandane_n his_o daughter_n to_o a_o base_a man_n to_o disable_v her_o issue_n who_o greatness_n he_o fear_v be_v improbable_a two_o race_n spring_v from_o achaemenes_n the_o first_o according_a to_o reyneccius_n be_v darius_n cyrus_n first_o cambyses_n cyrus_n the_o great_a cambyses_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o second_o race_n come_v the_o seven_o prince_n who_o overthrow_v the_o magi_n and_o choose_v darius_n son_n of_o hystaspes_n one_o of_o they_o for_o king_n persia_n first_o call_v elemais_n of_o a_o son_n of_o shem_n etc._n etc._n their_o city_n call_v persepolis_n in_o the_o second_o book_n of_o maccabee_n be_v call_v elemais_n in_o the_o first_o book_n and_o now_o cyrus_n but_o build_v in_o another_o place_n for_o that_o which_o alexander_n destroy_v at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o harlot_n thais_n the_o first_o kingdom_n know_v to_o we_o according_a to_o the_o interpreter_n of_o gen._n 14._o be_v chedorlaomer_n with_o who_o amraphel_n or_o ninus_n join_v in_o the_o war_n against_o the_o arabian_n chap._n iii_o of_o cyrus_n the_o first_o persian_a monarch_n §_o 1._o cyrus_n say_v strabo_n be_v so_o call_v of_o the_o river_n which_o water_v persia_n herodotus_n say_v it_o signify_v a_o father_n plutarch_n say_v the_o son_n esai_n name_v he_o almost_o two_o hundred_o year_n before_o he_o conquer_a lydia_n and_o take_v croesus_n before_o babylon_n which_o he_o win_v in_o the_o fifty_o five_o olympiad_n and_o in_o the_o twenty_o eighth_n olympiad_n upon_o a_o rebellion_n subdue_v it_o again_o §_o 2._o lydia_n have_v lydus_n the_o son_n of_o atys_n her_o first_o king_n which_o family_n be_v extinguish_v argon_fw-la descend_v from_o hercules_n be_v choose_v by_o the_o oracle_n and_o hold_v twenty_o two_o generation_n to_o candaulus_n the_o last_o gyges_n succeed_v he_o in_o bed_n and_o kingdom_n which_o he_o leave_v to_o atys_n father_n of_o sadiatte_n father_n of_o halyattes_n who_o beget_v croesus_n all_o their_o time_n be_v one_o hundred_o seventy_o year_n croesus_n so_o enlarge_v his_o dominion_n that_o he_o be_v inferior_a to_o no_o king_n of_o that_o age_n command_v phrygia_n bythynia_n caria_n misia_n paphlagonia_n etc._n etc._n he_o in_o confidence_n of_o his_o good_a success_n envy_v cyrus_n fame_n and_o desirous_a to_o check_v his_o prosperous_a undertake_n ask_v counsel_n of_o apollo_n then_o darius_n who_o assure_v croesus_n pass_v halis_n river_n shall_v dissolve_v a_o great_a dominion_n a_o answer_v doubtful_a because_o the_o devil_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o event_n §_o 3._o croesus_n thus_o resolve_v despise_v all_o sandanes_n his_o consellor_n argument_n to_o the_o contrary_a as_o the_o barrenness_n of_o the_o enemy_n country_n their_o hard_a manner_n of_o live_v warlike_a indefatigable_a and_o prosperous_a by_o who_o fall_n he_o can_v gain_v only_a 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with_o greece_n as_o terrible_a in_o preparation_n as_o ridiculous_a in_o success_n from_o which_o war_n artaban_n brother_n to_o the_o late_a darius_n dissuade_v he_o but_o mardonius_n grandchild_n to_o hystaspis_n as_o be_v xerxes_n and_o his_o brother_n in-law_n by_o marriage_n of_o his_o sister_n persuade_v it_o herodotus_n tell_v of_o 1700000_o foot_n but_o trogus_n make_v it_o 700000_o foot_n and_o 80000_o horse_n beside_o camel_n chariot_n and_o other_o beast_n for_o carriage_n the_o commander_n be_v all_o prince_n of_o the_o blood_n of_o which_o mardonius_n cousin_n to_o the_o king_n be_v chief_a only_o the_o immortal_a regiment_n which_o be_v ever_o supply_v with_o ten_o thousand_o select_a persian_n be_v give_v to_o hydarnes_n galley_n two_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o eight_o and_o three_o thousand_o vessel_n for_o transportation_n §_o 2._o this_o world_n of_o a_o army_n make_v
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with_o the_o trouble_n of_o the_o time_n and_o not_o prevail_v with_o sparta_n for_o peace_n resign_v their_o authority_n to_o five_o thousand_o which_o have_v be_v their_o assistant_n who_o present_o agree_v to_o the_o revocation_n of_o he_o and_o his_o companion_n §_o 10._o after_o this_o alcibiades_z join_v with_o the_o athenian_a fleet_n after_o a_o overthrow_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_a fleet_n command_v by_o mindarus_n take_v cyzicus_n perinthus_n chalcedon_n byzantium_n and_o with_o this_o honour_n return_v to_o athens_n where_o he_o be_v make_v high-admiral_n but_o upon_o a_o loss_n of_o a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o fleet_n by_o his_o lieutenant_n in_o his_o absence_n fight_v contrary_a to_o his_o commandment_n he_o be_v again_o force_v to_o banish_v himself_o to_o a_o great_a loss_n to_o athens_n than_o before_o §_o 11._o after_o this_o also_o the_o athenian_n ship_n in_o a_o discomfiture_n be_v force_v into_o the_o haven_n of_o mytelene_n where_o they_o be_v beset_v so_o 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sparta_n and_o summon_v the_o city_n which_o refuse_v till_o famine_n force_v which_o fall_v on_o they_o by_o the_o lacedaemonian_n take_v the_o island_n from_o they_o which_o use_v to_o relieve_v they_o so_o all_o her_o subject_a city_n be_v free_v the_o wall_n to_o the_o port_n cast_v down_o her_o government_n restrain_v to_o her_o own_o territory_n and_o she_o to_o use_v but_o twelve_o ship_n and_o to_o follow_v sparta_n in_o all_o war_n and_o so_o end_v the_o peloponesian_a war_n after_o twenty_o seven_o year_n her_o only_a hope_n of_o recovery_n be_v in_o alcibiades_n who_o death_n the_o lacedaemonian_n procure_v lacedaemon_n abuse_v this_o good_a success_n grow_v odious_a so_o that_o many_o city_n of_o greece_n combine_v against_o she_o and_o thebes_n under_o the_o lead_n of_o epaminondas_n who_o train_v up_o philip_n of_o macedonia_n give_v she_o a_o great_a foil_n chap._n ix_o matter_n concur_v with_o this_o war_n and_o a_o while_n after_o §_o 1._o persia_n after_o have_v artaxerxes_n xerxes_n the_o second_o and_o after_o he_o sogdianus_n his_o brother_n who_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o hester_n but_o one_o year_n who_o darius_n notbus_n succeed_v who_o slay_v sogdianus_n as_o he_o have_v his_o brother_n xerxes_n he_o reign_v nineteen_o year_n amyrtaeus_n a_o egyptian_a ally_v himself_o with_o greece_n overthrow_v the_o persian_a garrison_n in_o egypt_n and_o reign_v while_o darius_n assist_v the_o lacedaemonian_n with_o money_n by_o the_o overthrow_n of_o athens_n recover_v what_o have_v be_v lose_v in_o asia_n the_o lesser_a over_o which_o he_o make_v cyrus_n his_o young_a son_n lieutenant_z but_o upon_o some_o dislike_n intend_v to_o have_v deal_v sharp_o with_o he_o have_v not_o death_n prevent_v §_o 2._o athens_n after_o her_o overthrow_n have_v thirty_o governor_n call_v tyrant_n choose_v to_o execute_v the_o law_n with_o supreme_a authority_n these_o contrive_v to_o retain_v that_o power_n put_v certain_a seditious_a fellow_n to_o death_n without_o law_n which_o all_o man_n approve_v consider_v their_o lewdness_n but_o not_o that_o it_o may_v prove_v their_o own_o case_n if_o their_o governor_n please_v to_o call_v they_o seditious_a as_o it_o fall_v out_o for_o their_o thirty_o send_v to_o lacedaemon_n to_o desire_v a_o garrison_n pretend_v to_o cut_v off_o the_o seditious_a but_o by_o entertain_v the_o captain_n to_o his_o like_n they_o grow_v bold_a with_o the_o chief_a citizen_n and_o shed_v much_o blood_n theramenes_n one_o of_o they_o show_v his_o dislike_n after_o they_o have_v choose_v three_o thousand_o citizen_n of_o their_o like_n to_o assist_v in_o the_o government_n with_o privilege_n in_o question_n of_o death_n to_o be_v try_v by_o law_n and_o not_o at_o commandment_n of_o the_o thirty_o they_o call_v theramenes_n in_o question_n as_o without_o the_o privilege_n and_o put_v he_o to_o death_n §_o 3._o after_o this_o the_o tyrant_n outrage_n make_v many_o good_a citizen_n fly_v to_o thebes_n where_o 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contemptible_a coward_n
way_n for_o greece_n to_o visit_v persia_n the_o second_o time_n to_o the_o translate_n of_o the_o empire_n chap._n xi_o of_o the_o greek_n affair_n under_o the_o lacedaemonian_n command_v §_o 1._o greece_n understand_v the_o effeminate_a baseness_n of_o the_o asiatic_n desire_v a_o undertake_n of_o that_o huge_a unwieldy_a empire_n but_o be_v hinder_v by_o home_n distraction_n through_o the_o theban_a war_n which_o call_v the_o lacedaemonian_a power_n out_o of_o asia_n xenophon_n retreat_n from_o babylon_n to_o greece_n four_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o eighty_o one_o mile_n in_o one_o year_n and_o three_o month_n through_o enemy_n country_n i_o know_v not_o whether_o any_o age_n have_v parallel_v conon_n the_o briton_n with_o six_o thousand_o man_n come_v home_o through_o all_o the_o breadth_n of_o italy_n and_o length_n of_o france_n in_o despite_n of_o the_o emperor_n theodosius_n which_o retreat_n be_v like_a rather_o than_o equal_v §_o 2._o timbro_n the_o grecian_a 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time_n for_o the_o better_a supply_v himself_o with_o man_n and_o money_n which_o be_v come_v he_o send_v to_o agesilaus_n to_o be_v go_v or_o to_o maintain_v his_o post_n by_o force_n agesilaus_n answer_v he_o be_v glad_a he_o have_v to_o deal_v with_o a_o enemy_n which_o by_o perjury_n deserve_v vengeance_n from_o heaven_n so_o seem_v to_o prepare_v for_o caria_n where_o tissaâ—hernes_n be_v prepare_v for_o he_o he_o go_v direct_o to_o â—â—rygia_fw-la which_o he_o plunder_v till_o tissaphernes_n cavalry_n come_v up_o who_o he_o can_v not_o well_o repel_v for_o want_v of_o horse_n and_o therefore_o return_v to_o ephesus_n to_o furnish_v himself_o with_o they_o and_o as_o soon_o as_o the_o season_n serve_v he_o enter_v and_o take_v baeotis_n in_o tissaphernes_n country_n overthrow_v his_o cavalry_n in_o the_o plain_a of_o meander_n for_o want_v of_o their_o infantry_n and_o take_v their_o camp_n which_o be_v very_o rich._n the_o king_n his_o master_n distrust_v he_o and_o see_v how_o odious_a he_o be_v to_o the_o greek_n think_v fit_a for_o procure_v peace_n to_o take_v off_o his_o head_n by_o tithraustes_n who_o he_o send_v to_o succeed_v he_o which_o be_v do_v he_o send_v to_o agesilaus_n to_o certify_v the_o author_n of_o the_o war_n be_v dead_a and_o that_o the_o king_n be_v content_a that_o the_o greek_n shall_v enjoy_v their_o liberty_n pay_v his_o tribute_n the_o answer_n be_v refer_v to_o the_o council_n of_o sparta_n and_o till_o it_o come_v agesilaus_n be_v content_a for_o thirty_o talent_n at_o his_o request_n to_o transfer_v the_o war_n against_o pharnabasus_n thus_o these_o lieutenant_n value_v not_o the_o king_n affair_n further_o than_o in_o their_o own_o province_n the_o foolish_a custom_n of_o those_o king_n be_v to_o be_v guide_v by_o eunuch_n and_o concubine_n reward_v or_o punish_v the_o provincial_n as_o they_o get_v or_o lose_v §_o 5._o agesilaus_n waste_v phrygia_n take_v pharnabasus_n palace_n and_o drive_v he_o out_o of_o his_o camp_n etc._n etc._n pharnabasus_n seek_v some_o good_a composition_n represent_v the_o many_o good_a office_n do_v to_o the_o state_n of_o sparta_n in_o the_o war_n with_o athens_n agesilaus_n reply_v that_o have_v war_n with_o his_o master_n they_o be_v force_v to_o offend_v he_o but_o if_o he_o will_v revolt_v from_o the_o king_n they_o will_v establish_v he_o a_o free_a king_n over_o his_o province_n pharnabasus_n answer_v plain_o that_o while_o his_o master_n trust_v he_o he_o will_v be_v their_o enemy_n but_o if_o the_o charge_n be_v take_v from_o he_o he_o will_v shift_v side_n and_o come_v over_o to_o they_o so_o agesilaus_n remove_v out_o of_o phrygia_n have_v make_v a_o violent_a enemy_n of_o a_o honourable_a friend_n §_o 6._o tithraustes_n perceive_v agesilaus_n design_v not_o to_o leave_v asia_n take_v a_o wise_a course_n and_o send_v fifty_o talent_n to_o be_v disperse_v among_o the_o principal_a of_o thebes_n and_o cause_v the_o argive_n and_o corinthian_n to_o raise_v war_n against_o sparta_n who_o they_o former_o hate_v the_o quarrel_n be_v frame_v from_o the_o locrian_n pay_v a_o rent_n to_o the_o theban_n which_o the_o phocian_o claim_v and_o for_o which_o they_o make_v a_o distress_n by_o violence_n whereupon_o the_o theban_n invade_v phocis_n in_o hostile_a manner_n which_o fly_v to_o sparta_n for_o aid_n the_o spartan_n send_v lysander_n to_o raise_v man_n about_o phocis_n and_o to_o attend_v pausanias_n the_o other_o king_n with_o forces_z out_o of_o peloponesus_fw-la but_o corinth_n refuse_v to_o assist_v thebes_n know_v how_o many_o succour_n lacedaemon_n shall_v have_v even_o of_o those_o which_o affect_v they_o little_a send_v to_o athens_n to_o beg_v assistance_n and_o obtain_v it_o by_o thrasibulus_n mean_n who_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o thirty_o tyrant_n be_v banish_v be_v courteous_o use_v at_o thebes_n while_o pausanias_n stay_v for_o the_o confederate_n lysander_n be_v slay_v at_o the_o siege_n he_o lay_v to_o halyartus_fw-la whither_o after_o pausanias_n come_v and_o that_o the_o athenian_a aid_n be_v come_v to_o the_o theban_n he_o depart_v for_o which_o he_o be_v condemn_v and_o flee_v to_o tegea_n §_o 7._o the_o theban_n upon_o this_o success_n have_v the_o argive_n corinth_n eubaean_n and_o other_o come_v into_o confederation_n so_o that_o sparta_n see_v the_o danger_n send_v for_o agesilaus_n pharnabasus_n consider_v how_o much_o the_o greek_n division_n import_v the_o king_n his_o master_n as_o before_o he_o have_v advance_v the_o lacedaemonian_n sea-force_n to_o the_o overthrow_n of_o the_o athenian_n so_o now_o he_o seek_v to_o raise_v the_o athenian_a and_o break_v the_o lacedaemonian_a who_o for_o three_o talent_n have_v sell_v his_o favour_n he_o therefore_o furnish_v conon_n and_o the_o athenian_n with_o eight_o ship_n and_o give_v he_o command_v of_o a_o great_a navy_n with_o which_o he_o destroy_v the_o spartan_a fleet_n at_o cnidus_n in_o requital_n of_o the_o loss_n of_o the_o athenian_a navy_n at_o aegos_n potamos_n surprise_v by_o lysander_n conon_n thus_o return_v to_o athens_n with_o a_o strong_a navy_n and_o much_o gold_n §_o 8._o the_o lacedaemonian_n for_o some_o year_n support_v their_o reputation_n by_o some_o victory_n get_v by_o agesilaus_n till_o iphicrates_n the_o athenian_a general_n gain_v a_o great_a victory_n over_o they_o at_o lechaeum_n and_o that_o by_o pharnabasus_n persuasion_n promise_v they_o to_o rule_v by_o their_o own_o law_n the_o city_n in_o asia_n expel_v the_o spartan_a governor_n abydos_n only_o except_v and_o thrasibulus_n the_o athenian_a with_o a_o fleet_n have_v take_v byzantium_n chalcedon_n lesbos_n etc._n etc._n §_o 9_o the_o lacedaemonian_n not_o able_a to_o maintain_v war_n against_o man_n as_o good_a as_o themselves_o assist_v with_o persian_a treasure_n crave_v peace_n with_o artaxerxes_n offer_v to_o leave_v the_o greek_n in_o asia_n to_o he_o and_o set_v the_o island_n and_o town_n in_o greece_n all_o free_a so_o that_o greece_n shall_v never_o be_v able_a
have_v be_v train_v up_o in_o the_o art_n of_o war_n by_o cyna_n a_o warlike_a woman_n the_o soldier_n disappoint_v she_o and_o python_n who_o hope_v to_o have_v be_v entreat_v by_o they_o to_o hold_v and_o choose_v antipater_n who_o in_o a_o few_o day_n arrive_v at_o the_o camp_n with_o his_o army_n and_o take_v it_o upon_o he_o as_o the_o only_a powerful_a man_n then_o live_v of_o all_o alexander_n captain_n who_o all_o acknowledge_v their_o superior_a antipater_n take_v the_o king_n queen_n and_o princess_n into_o macedon_n leave_v antigonus_n general_n of_o the_o royal_a army_n against_o eumenes_n and_o ruler_n of_o asia_n during_o the_o war_n and_o beside_o his_o former_a province_n give_v he_o the_o rule_n of_o susiana_n §_o 11._o antigonus_n lieutenant_z of_o asia_n be_v to_o subdue_v eumenes_n alcetus_fw-la and_o attalus_n begin_v with_o eumenes_n seek_v to_o corrupt_v his_o army_n by_o letter_n but_o fail_v therein_o by_o eumenes_n cunning_a who_o make_v show_v as_o if_o he_o write_v they_o to_o try_v their_o faith_n to_o he_o then_o antigonus_n deal_v with_o the_o captain_n of_o which_o one_o break_v out_o untimely_a and_o another_o call_v apollonides_n hold_v close_o till_o the_o battle_n and_o then_o turn_v to_o antigonus_n with_o such_o of_o the_o horseman_n as_o he_o can_v persuade_v be_v their_o general_n but_o eumenes_n overtake_v he_o and_o cut_v he_o off_o though_o he_o lose_v the_o battle_n eumenes_n not_o able_a to_o keep_v the_o field_n wish_v his_o man_n to_o shift_v for_o themselves_o and_o retain_v only_o five_o hundred_o horse_n and_o two_o hundred_o foot_n with_o which_o he_o tire_v antigonus_n in_o follow_v at_o last_o he_o enter_v nora_n a_o strong_a and_o well_o provide_v fort_n border_v on_o cappadocia_n where_o they_o part_v without_o agree_v so_o antigonus_n leave_v nora_n besiege_v and_o with_o his_o other_o force_n enter_v pisidia_n and_o overthrow_v alcetus_fw-la §_o 12._o ptolemy_n while_o other_o prince_n be_v quiet_a in_o their_o government_n send_v a_o army_n and_o win_v syria_n and_o phoenicia_n and_o take_v laomedon_n the_o governor_n thereof_o prisoner_n antipater_n be_v eighty_o year_n old_a repose_v great_a confidence_n in_o polyspercon_n one_o of_o alexander_n most_o ancient_a captain_n commit_v to_o he_o the_o protectorship_n and_o government_n of_o macedon_n doubt_v his_o son_n cassander_n sufficiency_n he_o also_o give_v charge_n that_o no_o woman_n shall_v be_v admit_v into_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o empire_n and_o so_o die_v die_o 13._o polysâ—ercon's_n skill_n be_v great_a in_o war_n than_o in_o the_o high_a office_n he_o now_o undertake_v be_v a_o man_n of_o a_o inferior_a wit_n fit_a to_o assist_v than_o command_n in_o chief_a the_o better_a to_o countenance_v his_o injunction_n to_o the_o governor_n of_o province_n he_o and_o his_o council_n think_v fit_a to_o call_v the_o queen_n of_o olympias_n to_o court_n who_o antipater_n suffer_v not_o in_o macedon_n but_o cassander_n son_n of_o antipater_n who_o think_v himself_o the_o better_a man_n be_v not_o satisfy_v with_o the_o captainship_n of_o a_o thousand_o his_o ambition_n soar_v high_a when_o he_o consider_v the_o love_n of_o those_o which_o command_v the_o garrison_n and_o all_o the_o ruler_n in_o the_o city_n so_o of_o greece_n so_o place_v by_o his_o father_n beside_o he_o have_v that_o interest_n in_o queen_n eurydice_n that_o be_v due_a only_o to_o her_o husband_n all_o which_o will_v not_o serve_v to_o bear_v out_o a_o open_a rebellion_n cassander_n therefore_o find_v what_o ptolemy_n have_v do_v in_o syria_n and_o what_o antigonus_n aim_v at_o since_o antipater_n death_n for_o who_o sake_n he_o presume_v upon_o they_o and_o see_v their_o occasion_n need_v a_o civil_a war_n he_o go_v to_o antigonus_n in_o asia_n and_o write_v to_o ptolemy_n §_o 14._o polyspercon_n upon_o cassander_n departure_n to_o disappoint_v he_o of_o his_o hope_n from_o greece_n decree_v in_o council_n to_o restore_v the_o popular_a government_n in_o their_o city_n and_o discharge_v the_o garrison_n and_o banish_v or_o kill_v the_o governor_n place_v by_o antipater_n thus_o he_o dishonour_v the_o man_n that_o raise_v he_o overthrow_v worthy_a man_n place_v as_o friend_n to_o the_o state_n of_o macedon_n and_o give_v away_o macedon_n command_n of_o greece_n if_o he_o mean_v as_o he_o pretend_v etc._n etc._n §_o 15._o athens_n by_o this_o decree_n in_o all_o haste_n cast_v out_o their_o governor_n photion_n and_o other_o who_o fly_v for_o their_o life_n but_o can_v remove_v the_o garrison_n command_v by_o nicanor_n a_o trusty_a friend_n to_o cassander_n he_o possess_v one_o of_o the_o havens_n find_v mean_n to_o take_v the_o other_o call_v paraeus_n to_o their_o great_a discouragement_n but_o by_o alexander_n the_o son_n of_o polyspercon_n come_v with_o a_o army_n be_v whole_o mislead_v as_o if_o he_o come_v to_o aid_v they_o whereas_o he_o come_v to_o get_v what_o nicanor_n hold_v if_o he_o can_v persuade_v he_o thereto_o photion_n and_o his_o fellow_n fly_v to_o polyspercon_n for_o patronage_n but_o he_o find_v he_o can_v not_o get_v the_o key_n of_o athens_n as_o he_o fight_v without_o offend_v the_o other_o town_n of_o greece_n to_o cover_v his_o intent_n as_o mean_v well_o to_o athens_n he_o send_v photion_n back_o into_o athens_n who_o wicked_o put_v he_o to_o death_n be_v above_o eighty_o year_n old_a who_o have_v be_v choose_v forty_o five_o time_n governor_n without_o seek_v it_o who_o integrity_n be_v approve_v who_o counsel_n the_o city_n never_o repent_v nor_o private_a man_n for_o trust_v he_o philip_n and_o alexander_n honour_v he_o but_o can_v fasten_v no_o gift_n upon_o he_o athens_n never_o after_o breed_v a_o worthy_a man._n §_o 16._o cassander_n with_o such_o force_n as_o antigonus_n lend_v he_o enter_v pireus_n which_o draw_v polyspercon_n headlong_o into_o attica_n with_o a_o army_n but_o for_o want_v of_o victual_n depart_v leave_v alexander_n with_o some_o force_n to_o hindeâ—_n nicanor_n till_o he_o in_o peloponesus_fw-la attempt_v megalopolis_n which_o affect_v cassander_n but_o the_o town_n furnish_v with_o fifteen_o thousand_o able_a man_n be_v so_o defend_v and_o his_o elephant_n so_o gall_v in_o their_o foot_n with_o nail_n drive_v through_o board_n lay_v and_o light_o cover_v in_o the_o way_n that_o he_o prevail_v not_o and_o want_v provision_n to_o stay_v long_o he_o forsake_v the_o siege_n after_o this_o his_o admiral_z clitus_z after_o a_o overthrow_n give_v to_o nicanor_n in_o propontis_n be_v in_o the_o second_o encounter_n antigonus_n have_v furnish_v nicanor_n utter_o defeat_v which_o make_v athens_n submit_v to_o cassander_n as_o do_v other_o city_n §_o 17._o antigonus_n lie_v before_o the_o fort_n nora_n when_o he_o hear_v of_o antipater_n death_n know_v eumenes_n sufficiency_n and_o fidelity_n to_o perdiccas_n think_v no_o man_n fit_a to_o be_v employ_v in_o his_o design_n he_o send_v therefore_o a_o friend_n to_o they_o both_o to_o deal_v with_o he_o to_o take_v a_o oath_n of_o fidelity_n to_o antigonus_n which_o he_o refuse_v except_o olympias_n and_o the_o child_n of_o alexander_n be_v put_v in_o which_o be_v yield_v to_o so_o he_o depart_v antigonus_n have_v before_o this_o take_v on_o he_o as_o lieutenant_n of_o asia_n to_o remove_v governor_n of_o province_n as_o aridaeus_n of_o phrygia_n and_o clitus_n of_o lydia_n which_o repair_v to_o the_o court_n for_o relief_n but_o all_o fail_v in_o clitus_n overthrow_n at_o sea_n §_o 18._o antigonus_z now_o command_v the_o most_o of_o the_o lesser_a asia_n be_v able_a to_o enter_v macedon_n and_o seize_v the_o court_n but_o doubt_v the_o reconciliation_n of_o cassander_n and_o polyspercon_n thereby_o he_o also_o know_v eumenes_n fidelity_n to_o the_o royal_a blood_n against_o he_o therefore_o he_o bend_v with_o twenty_o thousand_o foot_n and_o four_o thousand_o horse_n hope_v to_o surprise_v he_o in_o cilicia_n eumenes_n a_o thracian_a of_o all_o the_o old_a soldier_n be_v only_o faithful_a to_o the_o royal_a blood_n the_o court_n therefore_o give_v he_o commission_n to_o raise_v a_o army_n against_o antigonus_n require_v the_o provincial_n to_o assist_v and_o the_o old_a silver-shield-band_n to_o follow_v he_o §_o 19_o olympias_n the_o old_a queen_n intend_v to_o remove_v aridaeus_n and_o place_n alexander_n son_n of_o roxane_n join_v with_o polyspercon_n enter_v macedon_n take_v eurydice_n and_o aridaeus_n forsake_v of_o all_o that_o follow_v she_o at_o the_o sight_n of_o olympias_n both_o be_v murder_v and_o a_o hundred_o of_o cassander_n friend_n with_o nicanor_z his_o brother_n §_o 20._o cassander_n lie_v at_o the_o siege_n of_o tegea_n in_o peloponesus_fw-la hear_v these_o ill_a tiding_n compound_v with_o tegea_n and_o ship_v his_o army_n into_o thessaly_n the_o aetolian_n keep_v the_o straits_n of_o thermopylae_n by_o land_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o queen_n cassander_n leave_v callas_n with_o part_n
conquest_n be_v easy_o obtain_v but_o where_o â—â—cient_a nobility_n be_v in_o due_a esteem_n it_o be_v hard_o to_o geâ—â—ll_v and_o hard_a to_o keep_v as_o in_o france_n in_o the_o persian_a empire_n all_o the_o prince_n depend_v upon_o the_o mere_a favour_n of_o the_o king_n so_o that_o even_o his_o brethren_n be_v his_o slave_n as_o be_v all_o the_o bassa_n in_o turkey_n add_v hereto_o want_n of_o convenient_a liberty_n in_o the_o people_n who_o like_o esop_n ass_n think_v enemy_n can_v load_v he_o more_o heavy_o than_o his_o master_n and_o if_o they_o find_v the_o conqueror_n yoke_v more_o easy_a they_o will_v not_o hasty_o shake_v it_o off_o as_o the_o gaseoign_n under_o the_o government_n of_o england_n hearty_o affect_v our_o king_n antigonus_n send_v force_n into_o arabia_n which_o at_o a_o mart_n surprise_v the_o nabotheans_n but_o in_o their_o return_n with_o the_o body_n be_v all_o slay_v except_z fifty_o horse_n out_o of_o six_o hundred_o and_o not_o a_o footman_n of_o four_o thousand_o escape_v demetrius_n send_v to_o revenge_v it_o but_o be_v glad_a to_o make_v peace_n and_o return_v and_o then_o be_v send_v against_o seleucus_n with_o fifteen_o thousand_o foot_n and_o three_o thousand_o horse_n but_o do_v nothing_o but_o ravage_n about_o babylon_n seleucus_n be_v in_o media_n neither_o dare_v antigonus_n carry_v the_o war_n beyond_o euphrates_n leâ—t_n syria_n and_o asia_n the_o less_o shall_v be_v lose_v have_v ill-affected_a neighbour_n §_o 9_o these_o ambitious_a head_n upon_o a_o slow_a advancement_n of_o their_o hope_n grow_v dull_a and_o willing_a to_o breath_n till_o occasion_n may_v better_o serve_v and_o agree_v for_o the_o present_a first_o that_o each_o shall_v retain_v what_o he_o have_v in_o present_a possession_n second_o that_o alexander_n son_n by_o roxane_n come_v to_o age_n shall_v be_v make_v king_n â—hirdly_o all_o greece_n to_o be_v set_v free_a the_o second_o article_n most_o concern_v cassâ—ndâ—r_n who_o be_v sure_a by_o it_o to_o lose_v all_o whatever_o shift_v the_o other_o make_v who_o mean_v not_o to_o lose_v by_o it_o but_o he_o by_o murder_v roxane_n and_o her_o son_n to_o make_v himself_o a_o odious_a security_n do_v thereby_o free_v they_o also_o from_o all_o account_n to_o any_o superior_a lord_n antigonus_n pretend_v the_o liberty_n of_o greece_n but_o ptolemy_n to_o provoke_v the_o greek_n to_o stir_v in_o it_o send_v a_o fleet_n along_o the_o coast_n of_o asia_n to_o molest_v antigonus_n and_o see_v they_o not_o much_o concern_v at_o it_o he_o enter_v peloponesus_fw-la to_o embolden_v they_o to_o take_v courage_n but_o long_a servitude_n have_v well_o never_o extinguish_v the_o ancient_a valour_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o their_o many_o former_a â—nfortunate_a attempt_n have_v so_o spend_v their_o spirit_n as_o that_o they_o sit_v still_o expect_v it_o shall_v fall_v in_o their_o mouth_n yet_o cratisipolis_n yield_v siâ—yon_n and_o corinth_n into_o his_o hand_n when_o he_o see_v the_o 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who_o ruin_n they_o desire_v the_o fear_n of_o greece_n grow_v from_o the_o timorous_a demeanour_n of_o perseus_n who_o they_o secret_o affect_v but_o see_v his_o want_n of_o resolution_n will_v betray_v they_o all_o that_o declare_v for_o they_o if_o he_o can_v make_v his_o peace_n which_o even_o then_o he_o seek_v when_o he_o be_v in_o the_o field_n and_o his_o enemy_n not_o in_o sight_n his_o ambassador_n be_v scarce_o come_v home_o when_o licinius_n the_o roman_a consul_n be_v at_o apollonia_n and_o yet_o perseus_n be_v still_o in_o deliberation_n though_o at_o last_o the_o stout_a and_o wise_a counsel_n prevail_v if_o it_o have_v be_v as_o well_o follow_v after_o he_o have_v bring_v his_o force_n together_o which_o be_v thirty_o nine_o thousand_o foot_n and_o four_o thousand_o horse_n be_v come_v into_o thessaly_n which_o be_v the_o enemy_n way_n some_o town_n yield_v and_o some_o he_o force_v and_o so_o come_v to_o sicurium_fw-la licinius_n be_v also_o come_v into_o thessaly_n with_o only_o two_o legion_n tire_v in_o his_o passage_n through_o athamania_n and_o rest_v by_o the_o river_n peneus_n encamp_v there_o and_o intend_v not_o to_o fight_v till_o his_o auxiliary_n be_v come_v that_o so_o he_o may_v strong_o force_v through_o tempe_n of_o who_o strait_o perseus_n be_v master_n to_o his_o great_a advantage_n and_o may_v have_v have_v more_o in_o take_v the_o strait_o of_o aous_n eumenes_n and_o attalus_n his_o brother_n be_v come_v to_o the_o consul_n with_o four_o thousand_o foot_n and_o one_o thousand_o horse_n yet_o the_o consul_n keep_v in_o his_o trench_n and_o be_v content_a to_o be_v insult_v day_n by_o day_n by_o perseus_n till_o at_o last_o he_o be_v force_v to_o send_v out_o eumenes_n attalus_n and_o his_o own_o brother_n in_o this_o skirmish_n perseus_n slay_v two_o hundred_o and_o take_v as_o many_o with_o little_a loss_n and_o may_v have_v distress_v the_o consul_n camp_n if_o his_o fear_n have_v not_o baffle_v his_o encouragement_n by_o this_o success_n for_o the_o consul_n be_v glad_a to_o decamp_n at_o midnight_n to_o a_o strong_a place_n beyond_o the_o river_n of_o all_o the_o advantage_n he_o have_v this_o weak_a spirit_a man_n make_v no_o other_o use_n than_o to_o hope_v for_o peace_n though_o licinius_n peremptory_o tell_v he_o he_o shall_v look_v for_o none_o without_o a_o absolute_a yield_v both_o person_n and_o kingdom_n not_o long_o after_o attempt_v to_o force_v the_o consul_n camp_n he_o have_v the_o worst_a and_o thereupon_o leave_v a_o weak_a guard_n in_o tempe_n he_o return_v to_o macedon_n licinius_n the_o consul_n and_o lucretius_n the_o admiral_n end_v their_o year_n with_o cruel_a oppression_n of_o the_o confederate_n as_o do_v this_o successor_n hostilius_n and_o hortensis_n the_o admiral_n who_o more_o intend_a quarrel_v with_o friend_n than_o war_a with_o enemy_n of_o the_o oppression_n by_o the_o two_o admiral_n complaint_n be_v make_v at_o rome_n and_o lucretius_n deep_o fine_v and_o a_o decree_n send_v to_o greece_n order_v he_o to_o refuse_v all_o imposition_n not_o warrant_v by_o the_o senate_n §_o 7._o perseus_n in_o the_o two_o first_o year_n of_o the_o war_n be_v grow_v strong_a be_v enlarge_v on_o the_o illyrian_a side_n and_o his_o grecian_a friend_n grow_v bold_a and_o many_o of_o the_o roman_a friend_n keep_v out_o their_o admiral_n by_o force_n for_o his_o oppression_n and_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o enterprise_n against_o macedon_n deface_v as_o their_o army_n lessen_v great_o p._n martius_n a_o new_a consul_n come_v to_o help_v all_o if_o he_o know_v how_o yet_o he_o begin_v hot_o and_o indeed_o the_o right_a way_n to_o pass_v through_o the_o strait_o not_o by_o force_n against_o the_o guard_n that_o keep_v they_o but_o by_o seek_v untrodden_a way_n over_o such_o steep_a mountain_n as_o if_o nature_n have_v determine_v army_n shall_v never_o pass_v they_o especial_o with_o elephant_n perseus_n can_v not_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o roman_n come_v towards_o he_o and_o may_v have_v distress_v they_o if_o his_o heart_n have_v serve_v but_o he_o only_o guard_v the_o ordinary_a passage_n into_o tempe_n and_o when_o he_o see_v the_o roman_n enter_v he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o force_v they_o upon_o their_o extreme_a weariness_n that_o he_o flee_v cry_v all_o be_v lose_v without_o a_o fight_n so_o in_o haste_n he_o leave_v dium_n be_v the_o strong_a passage_n into_o macedon_n and_o send_v post_n to_o set_v fire_n on_o his_o arsenal_n at_o thessalonica_n and_o cast_v his_o treasure_n at_o pella_n into_o the_o sea_n and_o call_v the_o captain_n which_o keep_v the_o strait_o but_o after_o his_o fear_n be_v past_a he_o put_v the_o two_o first_o to_o death_n to_o cover_v his_o fear_n as_o if_o they_o have_v act_v without_o his_o command_n martius_z present_o take_v dium_n yet_o after_o one_o day_n march_v into_o macedon_n want_v of_o food_n force_v he_o back_o to_o thessaly_n so_o unable_a be_v he_o to_o hold_v out_o if_o he_o have_v keep_v the_o strait_o so_o he_o forsake_v dium_n and_o take_v the_o way_n to_o phila_n to_o meet_v his_o desire_a provision_n and_o foolish_o give_v over_o the_o enterprise_n either_o for_o want_v to_o courage_n or_o skill_n which_o so_o encourage_v perseus_n that_o he_o fortify_v dium_n again_o and_o so_o frustrate_v all_o the_o consul_n proceed_v that_o summer_n who_o only_o take_v heraclea_n five_o mile_n off_o the_o like_a success_n have_v the_o admiral_n at_o sea_n in_o attempt_v thessalonica_n cassandria_n and_o demetrias_n though_o assist_v by_o eumenes_n while_o the_o consul_n lie_v at_o heraclea_n he_o persuade_v the_o rhodian_a ambassador_n to_o mediate_v for_o a_o peace_n which_o may_v argue_v his_o fear_n though_o polybius_n think_v it_o be_v to_o endanger_v the_o rhodian_n here_o also_o polybius_n bring_v he_o word_n of_o supply_n decree_v for_o he_o out_o of_o achaea_n which_o he_o refuse_v and_o also_o dissuade_v send_v any_o to_o appius_n claudius_n as_o not_o needful_a though_o claudius_n on_o the_o frontier_n of_o illyria_n be_v in_o danger_n and_o send_v for_o it_o and_o for_o want_v of_o it_o be_v high_o displease_v with_o polybius_n eumenes_n at_o this_o time_n grow_v cold_a in_o affection_n to_o rome_n upon_o what_o occasion_n be_v doubtful_a though_o it_o be_v general_o think_v that_o â—pon_o disgust_v of_o some_o usage_n of_o martius_n he_o go_v home_o from_o whence_o perseus_n send_v to_o invite_v he_o by_o some_o hope_n of_o gain_n and_o upon_o consideration_n of_o that_o the_o fire_n be_v like_a to_o take_v his_o own_o house_n next_o after_o perseus_n house_n be_v burn_v the_o like_a course_n perseus_n take_v with_o gentius_n king_n of_o illyria_n and_o gain_v he_o and_o both_o send_v to_o the_o rhodian_n desire_v they_o to_o mediate_v between_o perseus_n and_o rome_n which_o they_o promise_v think_v martius_n also_o desire_v it_o but_o when_o their_o ambassador_n move_v for_o that_o mediation_n they_o be_v so_o disdainful_o take_v up_o that_o in_o all_o humility_n they_o be_v glad_a to_o submit_v gentius_n have_v receive_v ten_o talent_n and_o more_o be_v come_v lay_v hand_n on_o the_o roman_a ambassador_n and_o commit_v they_o whereupon_o perseus_n recall_v his_o last_o treasure_n see_v gentius_n so_o far_o engage_v about_o that_o time_n come_v clondiâ—us_a with_o ten_o thousand_o horse_n and_o ten_o thousand_o foot_n of_o gaul_n or_o bastarnes_n procure_v by_o perseus_n but_o for_o want_v of_o covenant_v pay_n present_o return_v towards_o danubius_n §_o 8._o lucius_z aemilius_z paulus_n consul_n the_o second_o time_n have_v macedon_n for_o his_o province_n but_o refuse_v to_o propound_v any_o thing_n for_o that_o service_n to_o the_o senate_n till_o a_o view_n be_v take_v of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o army_n there_o and_o how_o it_o stand_v with_o the_o macedonian_a so_o supply_n be_v make_v according_o for_o he_o and_o the_o admiral_n and_o l._n anicius_n to_o succeed_v appius_n claudius_n the_o praetor_n aemilius_z at_o his_o depart_n in_o his_o grave_a oration_n request_v they_o which_o think_v themselves_o wise_a enough_o to_o manage_v those_o war_n either_o to_o go_v with_o he_o for_o his_o assistance_n or_o govern_v their_o tongue_n at_o home_n and_o not_o censure_n upon_o hear-say_n for_o he_o will_v frame_v his_o action_n to_o the_o advantage_n of_o the_o state_n not_o to_o the_o expectation_n of_o the_o multitude_n he_o be_v honourable_o attend_v out_o of_o the_o city_n and_o in_o five_o day_n come_v to_o the_o camp_n when_o perseus_n lie_v in_o dium_n and_o fortify_v the_o ford_n of_o enipeus_n between_o which_o and_o tempe_n for_o ten_o mile_n which_o be_v along_o the_o seashore_n and_o olympus_n be_v no_o fresh_a water_n but_o aemilius_n know_v no_o shore_n want_v fresh_a water_n after_o a_o little_a dig_v for_o want_v whereof_o martius_n be_v glad_a to_o go_v to_o heraclea_n yet_o the_o
heathen_n concern_v god_n 31_o 8._o heathenism_n and_o judaism_n when_o destroy_v 32_o 9_o satan_n last_o refuge_n 33_o chap._n vii_o of_o noah_n flood_n §_o 1_o 2_o 3._o god_n forewarn_v of_o it_o neither_o ogyges_n flood_n nor_o that_o of_o deucalion_n nor_o that_o of_o the_o umbri_n be_v noah_n 34_o 35_o 3_o 4._o some_o record_n of_o the_o universal_a island_n noah_n flood_n supernatural_a ibid._n 6._o no_o need_n of_o new_a create_v water_n what_o the_o cataract_n of_o heaven_n be_v ibid._n 8_o 9_o 10._o noah_n memory_n among_o the_o heathen_a his_o ark_n be_v of_o sufficient_a capacity_n rest_v upon_o the_o hill_n taurus_n 36_o 37_o 38._o chap._n viii_o the_o plant_v of_o nation_n noah_n son_n which_o the_o elder_a 45_o §_o 1._o whether_o shem_n or_o ham_n elder_a than_o japhet_n ibid._n 2._o all_o history_n must_v yield_v to_o moses_n lord_n of_o the_o first_o age_n be_v of_o the_o issue_n of_o ham._n 45_o 3_o 4._o of_o the_o isle_n of_o the_o gentile_n of_o gog_n magog_n tubal_n and_o mesech_n 46_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o berosus_n fiction_n gomer_n and_o togarma_n settle_v in_o the_o east_n of_o the_o other_o son_n of_o japhet_n of_o ascanes_n and_o riphath_n gomer_n elder_a son_n of_o the_o four_o son_n of_o javan_n 47_o 48_o 49._o 10._o cush_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o ham_n be_v in_o arabia_n 50_o 11._o mizraim_n chief_a planter_n of_o egypt_n 52._o 12._o the_o bound_n of_o canaan_n his_o eleven_o son_n where_o situate_v ibid._n 13._o the_o son_n of_o cush_n 54_o 14._o the_o issue_n of_o mizraim_n 55_o 15._o sem_n posterity_n 56_o chap._n ix_o the_o beginning_n and_o establishment_n of_o government_n 58_o sect._n 1._o of_o regal_a absolute_a and_o regal_a temper_v by_o law_n 59_o 2._o the_o approve_a sort_n of_o government_n 60_o 3._o the_o good_a government_n of_o the_o first_o king_n ibid._n 4._o the_o original_a of_o nobility_n 61_o chap._n x._o of_o nimrod_n belus_n and_o ninus_n 62_o sect._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o nimrod_n first_o sovereign_n after_o the_o flood_n build_v ninive_n establish_v the_o babylonian_a monarchy_n 63_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o of_o ninus_n and_o belus_n in_o who_o time_n image-worship_n begin_v the_o first_o idolater_n 64_o 65_o chap._n xi_o of_o ninus_n semiramis_n and_o belus_n ibid._n book_n ii_o from_o abraham_n death_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o solomon_n temple_n which_o be_v 1525_o year_n 67_o chap._n i._n the_o time_n of_o abraham_n birth_n and_o order_n of_o the_o assyrian_a empire_n ibid._n sect._n 1_o 2_o 3._o some_o successor_n of_o semiramis_n and_o of_o the_o birth_n of_o abraham_n 68_o 4._o terah_n beget_v abraham_n in_o his_o 130th_o year_n 69_o 5_o 6_o 7._o answer_n to_o several_a objection_n about_o abraham_n age._n 70_o 71_o 8._o the_o assyrian_a time_n regulate_v by_o abraham_n history_n ibid._n 9_o amraphel_n probable_o be_v ninias_n 72_o 10_o 11._o arioth_n king_n of_o alassar_n tidal_a king_n of_o nation_n 73_o 12._o chedorlaomer_n chief_a of_o the_o four_n 74_o chap._n ii_o of_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n from_o cham_n to_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o israelite_n 75_o sect._n 1._o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o history_n ibid._n 2._o i_o be_o begin_v his_o reign_n in_o egypt_n after_o the_o flood_n anno_fw-la 191._o ibid._n 3._o the_o dynasty_n be_v not_o king_n but_o vice-roys_n 76_o 4._o cham_fw-mi and_o mizraim_n or_o oris_n ibid._n 5_o 6._o osiris_n reign_n guess_v at_o typhon_n and_o hercules_n their_o reign_n 77_o 7_o 8._o busiris_n or_o orus_n reign_n rathoris_fw-la succeed_v his_o sister_n 78_o chap._n iii_o israel_n delivery_n out_o of_o egypt_n 79_o sect._n 1._o israel_n captivity_n and_o moses_n birth_n ibid._n 2._o city_n of_o egypt_n in_o scripture_n ibid._n 3_o 4_o 5._o moses_n preservation_n and_o education_n pharaoh_n and_o his_o army_n drown_v and_o moses_n passage_n miraculous_a 80_o 81._o chap._n iu._n §_o 1._o the_o israelite_n journey_n from_o the_o red_a sea_n to_o sinai_n 83_o 2._o of_o the_o amalekite_n midianites_n kenites_n and_o of_o jethro_n ibid._n 3._o when_o the_o law_n be_v give_v 84_o chap._n v._o §._o 1_o the_o story_n from_o receive_v the_o law_n to_o moses_n death_n 84._o 2._o the_o offer_v of_o the_o twelve_o prince_n the_o passover_n and_o jethro_n departure_n 85_o 3._o israel_n journey_n from_o horeb_n to_o kades_n 86_o 4._o their_o unwillingness_n to_o return_v they_o remove_v to_o zin_n 87_o 5_o 6._o they_o turn_v to_o the_o north._n ibid._n 7._o of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o lord_n battle_n and_o other_o lose_a book_n 88_o 8._o moses_n spare_v lot_n issue_n 89_o 9_o the_o midianite_n and_o moabite_n corrupt_v israel_n ibid._n chap._n vi_o of_o the_o border_v nation_n of_o other_o renown_a man_n and_o of_o iushua_n acts._n 90_o sect._n 1._o how_o the_o border_a nation_n be_v prepare_v to_o be_v enemy_n to_o israel_n ibid._n 2_o 3._o of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o canaanite_n and_o moabite_n of_o the_o midianite_n amalekites_n and_o ismaelite_n 91_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o prometheus_n atlas_n pelasgus_n deucalion_n hermy_n aesculapius_n when_o they_o flourish_v 92_o 93_o 94_o 95._o 8._o of_o joshua_n othoniel_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n 96_o chap._n vii_o sect._n 1_o 2._o of_o the_o phoenician_n kingdom_n and_o the_o invention_n of_o letter_n 99_o 3_o 4._o the_o king_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n from_o jeroboam_n to_o achab._n 101._o chap._n viii_o the_o history_n of_o the_o syrian_n border_v their_o tribe_n on_o jordan_n 103_o chap_n ix_o memorable_a thing_n from_o joshua_n to_o jeptha_n 107_o chap._n x._o the_o war_n and_o destruction_n of_o troy_n 114_o chap._n xi_o of_o samson_n eli_n and_o samuel_n 117_o chap._n xii_o of_o saul_n the_o first_o king_n of_o israel_n 120_o chap._n xiii_o of_o david_n and_o his_o condition_n under_o saul_n his_o reign_n overthrow_v the_o philistine_n and_o hadadezar_n his_o trouble_n last_o act_v his_o vast_a treasure_n his_o cotemporary_n 126_o chap._n fourteen_o of_o solomon_n anno_fw-la mundi_fw-la 2991._o his_o building_n and_o glory_n send_v a_o fleet_n to_o ophir_n his_o fall_n write_n and_o cotemporary_n 133_o chap._n xv._n solomon_n successor_n to_o jehoram_n rehoboam_n impiety_n punishment_n end_v and_o cotemporary_n abija_n succeed_v rehoboam_n asa_n succeed_v abija_n israel_n unhappy_a under_o her_o prince_n jehosaphat_n succeed_v asa._n his_o cotemporary_n 136_o chap._n xvi_o of_o jehoram_n and_o ahaziah_n jehoram_n reign_v alone_o ahaziah_n perish_v with_o the_o house_n of_o ahab_n 143_o chap._n xvii_o athaliah_n usurpation_n and_o government_n for_o 6_o year_n 149_o chap._n xviii_o of_o joash_n amaziah_n and_o their_o cotemporary_n the_o death_n of_o jehojada_n and_o apostasy_n of_o joash_n zachariah_n murder_v by_o joash_n the_o death_n of_o joash_n who_o be_v succeed_v by_o amaziah_n who_o be_v overthrow_v by_o joash_n and_o afterward_o slay_v an_fw-mi interregnum_fw-la in_o judah_n of_o amaziah_n cotemporary_n and_o of_o sardanapalus_n 153_o chap._n xix_o of_o uzziah_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n the_o end_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o life_n of_o the_o olympian_a game_n jothan_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n achas_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n 165_o chap._n xx._n of_o italy_n and_o rome_n foundation_n the_o aborigines_n the_o latin_a king_n till_o aeneas_n a_o trojan_a of_o the_o blood_n royal_a the_o beginning_n of_o rome_n romulus_n birth_n and_o death_n 171_o chap._n xxi_o of_o hezekiah_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n his_o deliverance_n his_o sickness_n and_o recovery_n king_n in_o media_n in_o his_o reign_n 175_o chap._n xxii_o egyptian_a king_n from_o moses_n to_o hezekiah_n many_o of_o which_o be_v only_a regent_n or_o vice-roys_n 177_o chap._n xxiii_o of_o manasses_n who_o succeed_v sethon_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n his_o bondage_n and_o enlargement_n the_o messenian_a war_n 181_o chap._n xxiv_o of_o ammon_n josiah_n and_o the_o rest_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n 187_o book_n iii_o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o philip_n of_o macedon_n 197_o chap._n i._n from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o the_o assyrian_a fall_n the_o connection_n of_o sacred_a and_o profane_a history_n the_o babylonish_n captivity_n several_a opinion_n concern_v it_o nebuchadnezzar_n victory_n and_o action_n 197_o chap._n ii_o the_o persian_a greatness_n how_o it_o grow_v 204._o chap._n iii_o cyrus_n the_o first_o persian_a monarch_n he_o take_v babylon_n his_o last_o war_n his_o decree_n for_o building_n god_n temple_n his_o two_o son_n and_o three_o daughter_n 206_o chap._n iu_o the_o persian_a affair_n from_o cyrus_n to_o darius_n 110_o chap._n v._o darius_n the_o son_n of_o histaspes_n his_o action_n and_o death_n 212_o cahp._n vi._n xerxes_n emperor_n of_o persia_n his_o vast_a army_n oppose_v by_o leonidas_n burn_v the_o temple_n of_o athens_n the_o peloponesian_o beat_v his_o fleet._n his_o army_n be_v soon_o after_o vanquish_v
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26_o of_o asa_n but_o the_o 36th_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o juda_n call_v asa_n because_o he_o there_o reign_v in_o it_o consider_v that_o rehoboam_n reign_v seventeen_o year_n abijah_n three_o and_o asa_n forty_o one_o in_o who_o three_o baasan_n begin_v so_o the_o thirty_o six_o year_n of_o iuda_n kingdom_n fall_v in_o the_o sixteen_o year_n of_o asa._n §_o 5._o the_o alteration_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o asa_n may_v have_v reduce_v the_o ten_o tribe_n to_o the_o house_n of_o david_n if_o god_n have_v not_o determine_v the_o contrary_n jeroboam_fw-la lost_n 500000_o nadab_n his_o son_n in_o two_o year_n lose_v his_o life_n and_o kingdom_n so_o that_o of_o his_o father_n worldly_a wisdom_n to_o establish_v a_o kingdom_n in_o his_o posterity_n nothing_o remain_v but_o the_o hateful_a memory_n that_o he_o make_v israel_n to_o sin_n baasa_fw-la root_a out_o ieroboam_n house_n yet_o embrace_v his_o idolatry_n which_o draw_v the_o same_o sentence_n of_o god_n wrath_n upon_o he_o and_o his_o family_n and_o though_o he_o think_v it_o wisdom_n to_o fortify_v his_o kingdom_n which_o he_o find_v weaken_v by_o asa_n by_o make_v league_n with_o benhadad_n yet_o god_n turn_v his_o wisdom_n into_o foolishness_n and_o by_o the_o same_o hand_n destroy_v nephtalim_fw-la ela_n son_n of_o baasha_n succeed_v and_o be_v slay_v by_o zimri_n who_o want_v strength_n to_o defend_v himself_o against_o omri_n have_v courage_n enough_o to_o burn_v himself_o in_o terza_n omri_n by_o the_o people_n division_n be_v a_o while_n oppose_v by_o tibni_n but_o prevail_v §_o 6._o israel_n thus_o afflict_v under_o those_o unhappy_a prince_n it_o be_v a_o wonder_n that_o the_o people_n return_v not_o to_o their_o ancient_a king_n and_o reunite_v not_o to_o those_o two_o mighty_a tribe_n but_o they_o still_o continue_v in_o grievous_a oppression_n of_o the_o factious_a usurper_n and_o competitor_n and_o under_o the_o revenge_a hand_n of_o god_n for_o their_o defection_n 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