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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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father_n and_o creator_n of_o all_o and_o original_a of_o all_o say_v pâ—ato_n though_o scripture_n have_v no_o need_n of_o foreign_a testimony_n yet_o st._n paul_n despise_v not_o the_o use_n of_o philosopher_n etc._n etc._n truth_n by_o whosoever_o utter_v be_v of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n say_v ambrose_n §_o 3._o all_o thing_n begin_v to_o be_v in_o the_o creation_n before_o which_o be_v neither_o matter_n nor_o form_n of_o any_o thing_n but_o the_o eternal_a for_o have_v there_o be_v a_o former_a matter_n the_o creation_n have_v not_o be_v first_o and_o if_o any_o thing_n be_v before_o create_v 1.1_o there_o must_v be_v a_o double_a creation_n if_o any_o thing_n have_v be_v uncreated_a but_o god_n there_o must_v have_v be_v a_o beginning_n and_o two_o infinite_a eternal_o §_o 4._o heaven_n and_o earth_n first_o create_v be_v not_o matter_n without_o all_o form_n without_o which_o nothing_o can_v exist_v but_o it_o be_v that_o solid_a substance_n and_o matter_n as_o well_o of_o the_o 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and_o child_n it_o endure_v many_o change_n shishak_n of_o egypt_n sack_v it_o so_o do_v joas_n of_o israel_n but_o nebuchadonozor_n fulfil_v all_o god_n judgement_n threaten_v and_o make_v way_n to_o seventy_o year_n desolation_n and_o captivity_n of_o city_n and_o people_n after_o the_o restore_n by_o cyrus_n bagòse_v lieutenant_n and_o artaxere_v spoil_v it_o and_o after_o alexander_n empire_n be_v divide_v ptolemy_n the_o first_o pretend_v to_o offer_v sacrifice_n then_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n and_o apollonius_n his_o lieutenant_n after_o he_o spoil_v it_o and_o pompey_n long_v after_o take_v it_o but_o after_o all_o repair_v that_o wicked_a herod_n do_v so_o re-edify_v and_o adorn_v both_o temple_n and_o city_n that_o it_o far_o exceed_v what_o solomon_n do_v continue_v in_o this_o state_n about_o forty_o year_n after_o our_o saviour_n death_n titus_n invest_v it_o till_o it_o be_v take_v and_o demolish_v it_o in_o which_o by_o famine_n pestilence_n sedition_n and_o enemy_n sword_n 1100000_o be_v consume_v 65_o year_n after_o be_v in_o part_n repair_v elius_n adrian_n for_o a_o new_a revolt_n overthrow_v all_o and_o build_v another_o which_o he_o call_v elia_n capitolia_fw-la and_o decree_v that_o never_o jew_n shall_v dare_v after_o to_o enter_v or_o from_o high_a place_n look_v to_o behold_v it_o yet_o after_o the_o christian_a religion_n flourish_v in_o palestine_n it_o be_v inhabit_a after_o by_o christian_n 500_o year_n and_o than_o it_o be_v take_v by_o egyptian_a sarazen_n and_o hold_v 400_o year_n and_o then_o regain_v by_o godfrey_n bovillon_n and_o so_o continue_v 88_o year_n when_o the_o sultan_n of_o egypt_n win_v it_o but_o last_o selim_n the_o turk_n take_v it_o and_o call_v it_o cusunbaris_n §_o 6._o malicious_n report_n of_o the_o heathen_a as_o quintilian_n diodor_n strabo_n justin_n tacitus_n touch_v the_o jew_n original_a answer_v by_o josephus_n against_o appion_n and_o tertullian_n in_o his_o apologet._n chap._n ix_o memorable_a 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danite_n and_o their_o war_a with_o benjamin_n be_v think_v to_o be_v in_o this_o interim_n which_o war_n so_o weaken_v they_o that_o they_o can_v not_o so_o strong_o resist_v their_o border_v enemy_n §_o 2._o othniel_n govern_v 40_o year_n in_o who_o 20_o the_o year_n pandarius_fw-la five_o king_n of_o athens_n enter_v and_o reign_v 40_o year_n father_n of_o erictheus_n and_o progne_n and_o philomela_n in_o the_o fable_n cadmus_n about_o this_o time_n obtain_v thebes_n which_o amphion_n and_o zethus_n govern_v after_o triptolâ—mus_n be_v place_v first_o by_o augustine_n of_o who_o and_o the_o rest_n author_n so_o disagree_v that_o i_o desire_v to_o be_v excuse_v if_o i_o err_v with_o better_a judgement_n whereto_o i_o submit_v for_o if_o the_o first_o author_n have_v but_o a_o borrow_a uncertain_a light_n from_o other_o conjecture_n all_o our_o labour_n in_o example_n to_o uncover_v the_o sun_n be_v for_o aught_o i_o see_v a_o more_o over-shading_a §_o 3._o ehud_n be_v next_o who_o 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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
domineree_v in_o asia_n twenty_o eight_o year_n within_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o ardis_n sadiatts_n and_o haliatt_n king_n of_o lydia_n and_o the_o twenty_o eight_o last_o year_n of_o nabulassar_n king_n of_o babel_n what_o these_o nation_n be_v be_v next_o to_o be_v consider_v herodotus_n tell_v we_o the_o cimmerian_n be_v drive_v out_o of_o their_o country_n by_o the_o scythian_n invade_v asia_n and_o that_o the_o scythian_n pursue_v they_o into_o remote_a part_n and_o by_o chance_n fall_v on_o media_n and_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v no_o uncommon_a thing_n for_o the_o greek_n to_o slander_v they_o by_o who_o their_o nation_n have_v be_v beat_v as_o they_o be_v by_o these_o for_o the_o cimmerian_n or_o cimbrian_o be_v well_o know_v by_o their_o conquest_n of_o many_o nation_n to_o have_v be_v no_o such_o coward_n these_o be_v of_o the_o posterity_n of_o gomer_n who_o people_v most_o of_o the_o western_a world_n and_o who_o reflux_n overwhelm_v no_o small_a 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the_o treasury_n request_n chamber_n of_o account_n with_o sixteen_o hundred_o other_o sudden_o to_o be_v slay_v which_o kind_n of_o death_n ease_v the_o world_n of_o himself_o ferdinand_n hold_v arragon_n by_o usurpation_n of_o his_o ancestor_n add_v castille_n and_o leon_n which_o he_o hold_v by_o force_n of_o arm_n from_o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o last_o henry_n and_o expel_v his_o niece_n from_o the_o kingdom_n of_o navarr_n he_o betray_v ferdinand_n and_o frederick_n king_n of_o naples_n his_o kinsman_n to_o the_o french_a with_o the_o army_n send_v to_o their_o succour_n the_o politic_a king_n who_o sell_v heaven_n and_o his_o own_o honour_n to_o make_v his_o son_n the_o great_a monarch_n see_v his_o death_n with_o his_o wife_n and_o her_o untimely_a birth_n bury_v together_o the_o like_a end_n he_o see_v of_o his_o own_o elder_a daughter_n his_o second_o die_v mad_a his_o three_o be_v cast_v off_o by_o our_o king_n henry_n viii_o and_o the_o mother_n of_o a_o daughter_n who_o unhappy_a zeal_n shed_v a_o deluge_n of_o innocent_a blood_n and_o have_v all_o his_o kingdom_n possess_v by_o strange_a master_n charles_n v._o son_n to_o arch._n d._n philip_n who_o have_v marry_v ferdinand_n mad_a daughter_n after_o the_o death_n of_o many_o multitude_n of_o christian_a soldier_n and_o renown_a captain_n in_o his_o vain_a erterprise_n upon_o france_n germany_n and_o other_o state_n while_o the_o turk_n take_v the_o city_n of_o rhodes_n be_v in_o conclusion_n chase_v out_o of_o france_n and_o in_o some_o sort_n out_o of_o germany_n be_v pursue_v by_o d._n maurice_n over_o the_o alps_o which_o he_o pass_v by_o torch_n light_n and_o creep_v into_o a_o cloister_n and_o become_v his_o son_n prisoner_n who_o pay_v he_o very_o slow_o philip_n ii_o his_o son_n not_o content_a to_o hold_v holland_n and_o zealand_n wrest_v by_o his_o ancestor_n from_o jaqueline_n their_o lawful_a prince_n and_o to_o possess_v many_o other_o part_n of_o the_o netherlands_n province_n in_o peace_n by_o persuasion_n of_o that_o mischievous_a cardinal_n of_o granvil_n and_o other_o tyrant_n forget_v the_o remarkable_a service_n do_v to_o his_o father_n and_o the_o forty_o million_o of_o florence_o present_v he_o at_o his_o entrance_n and_o his_o solemn_a oath_n twice_o take_v to_o maintain_v their_o privilege_n which_o they_o have_v enjoy_v under_o thirty_o five_o earl_n conditional_a prince_n begin_v to_o tyrannize_v over_o they_o by_o the_o spanish_a inquisition_n and_o other_o intolerable_a imposition_n and_o last_o by_o force_n of_o arm_n seek_v to_o make_v himself_o not_o monarch_n only_o like_o the_o king_n of_o england_n france_n etc._n etc._n but_o turk-like_a to_o overturn_v all_o their_o national_a fundamental_a law_n privilege_n and_o custom_n to_o effect_v this_o he_o easy_o obtain_v a_o dispensation_n of_o his_o oath_n from_o the_o pope_n and_o then_o divide_v the_o nobility_n under_o the_o government_n of_o his_o base_a sister_n margaret_n of_o austria_n and_o cardinal_n granvil_n then_o he_o employ_v that_o merciless_a spaniard_n ferdinand_n alvarez_n d._n of_o alva_n who_o in_o six_o year_n cut_v off_o eighteen_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o gentleman_n and_o other_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o hangman_n fail_v of_o his_o purpose_n by_o force_n he_o try_v policy_n and_o send_v don_n john_n of_o austria_n his_o bastard_z brother_n who_o upon_o the_o papal_a advantage_n make_v no_o scruple_n to_o swear_v and_o have_v receive_v six_o hundred_o thousand_o pound_n of_o the_o province_n to_o ease_v they_o of_o the_o garrison_n he_o sudden_o surprise_v the_o citadel_n of_o antwerp_n namure_n etc._n etc._n yet_o after_o so_o many_o thousand_o slain_n thirty_o six_o million_o of_o treasure_n spend_v in_o six_o year_n he_o leave_v the_o country_n and_o the_o king_n spend_v above_o one_o hundred_o million_o with_o the_o death_n of_o four_o hundred_o thousand_o christian_n
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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by_o vice-roys_n now_o isaac_n prophecy_n begin_v to_o take_v effect_n that_o esau_n shall_v break_v the_o yoke_n of_o jacob_n for_o after_o this_o edom_n be_v never_o subject_a to_o the_o king_n of_o juda_n yea_o in_o process_n of_o time_n antipater_n and_o herod_n elumeans_n reign_v as_o king_n in_o jerusalem_n lybna_n also_o a_o city_n of_o the_o levite_n in_o juda_n rebel_v against_o he_o because_o he_o have_v forsake_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o his_o father_n in_o defence_n of_o who_o worship_n these_o levite_n think_v themselves_o bind_v especial_o against_o his_o enforcement_n to_o the_o contrary_n wherein_o also_o they_o may_v take_v encouragement_n for_o iehosaphat_n charge_v 2_o chron._n 29.8_o but_o as_o jehoram_n have_v leave_v edom_n in_o their_o defection_n so_o he_o attempt_v nothing_o against_o libna_n which_o seem_v to_o proceed_v from_o a_o doubtful_a mind_n whether_o to_o put_v weapon_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o
palm_n or_o olive_n so_o that_o the_o choice_a orator_n poet_n and_o musician_n resort_v thither_o to_o show_v their_o skill_n in_o set_v out_o his_o praise_n that_o win_v the_o garland_n with_o such_o vanity_n say_v tully_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v a_o conquest_n of_o a_o province_n the_o time_n of_o the_o year_n be_v the_o fifteen_o of_o hecatobaeon_n our_o june_n whereto_o they_o bring_v the_o full_a moon_n §_o 6._o jotham_n twenty_o five_o year_n old_a succeed_v his_o father_n vzziah_n in_o his_o life_n time_n and_o reign_v 26_o year_n happy_a in_o all_o thing_n as_o he_o be_v devout_a and_o virtuous_a 2_o king_n 15.33_o contemporary_n aucomenus_fw-la succeed_v pelesteus_fw-la in_o corinth_n who_o annual_a magisteus_fw-la succeed_v contrary_a to_o pausan._n plutarch_n aeschylus_n in_o athens_n accamenes_n in_o sparta_n tiglath_n pileser_n in_o assyria_n twenty_o five_o year_n and_o two_o with_o his_o son_n twenty_o seven_o in_o all_o nahum_n the_o prophet_n now_o foretold_v the_o destruction_n of_o ninive_n one_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n beforehand_o sosarmus_n and_o medidus_n succeed_v arbaces_n in_o media_n the_o second_o and_o three_o king_n there_o §_o 7._o achas_n succeed_v in_o judah_n one_o year_n with_o jotham_n in_o the_o seventeen_o year_n of_o peka_n he_o be_v twentâ—_o year_n old_a and_o reign_v sixteen_o year_n a_o exceed_a idolater_n sacrifice_v his_o son_n to_o moloch_n or_o saturn_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o heathen_n use_v of_o old_a levit._n 18._o deut._n 12._o by_o many_o nation_n and_o at_o this_o day_n by_o the_o american_n as_o acosta_n witness_v etc._n etc._n god_n raise_v â—im_a enemy_n on_o all_o side_n so_o that_o when_o he_o see_v his_o dead_a god_n fail_v he_o yet_o neglect_v the_o live_a god_n he_o seek_v aid_n of_o tiglath_n pileser_n who_o embrace_v the_o advantage_n to_o go_v through_o with_o what_o his_o father_n enter_v but_o have_v no_o leisure_n to_o finish_v it_o he_o therefore_o invade_v syria_n and_o win_v damascus_n all_o israel_n make_v judah_n tributary_n though_o achaz_n have_v hire_v he_o contemporary_n the_o ephori_fw-la in_o lacedaemon_n 130_o year_n after_o lycurgus_n oppose_v to_o king_n as_o the_o tribunes_z in_o rome_n against_o consul_n alcamenon_n in_o athens_n the_o last_o governor_n for_o life_n after_o which_o follow_v a_o magistrate_n for_o ten_o year_n sylvii_n of_o aeneas_n race_n end_v after_o three_o hundred_o year_n romulus_n now_o build_v rome_n the_o eight_o of_o achaz_n the_o first_o of_o the_o seven_o olympiad_n chap._n xx._n of_o italy_n and_o rome_n foundation_n in_o ahaz'_v time_n §_o 1._o italy_n before_o the_o fall_n of_o troy_n be_v know_v to_o the_o greek_n by_o the_o name_n of_o hesperia_n ausonia_n oenotria_n of_o a_o colony_n of_o arcadian_n and_o italy_n of_o italus_n reyneccius_n derive_v the_o name_n rather_o from_o a_o colony_n of_o aetolian_n which_o inhabit_a brundisium_n from_o who_o name_n with_o small_a change_n that_o part_n be_v call_v italia_n which_o in_o time_n grow_v the_o common_a name_n say_v pliny_n such_o change_n in_o the_o aeolic_a dialect_n be_v familiar_a as_o to_o call_v a_o island_n people_v by_o aetholians_n aethalia_n the_o original_a of_o greek_n and_o latin_n be_v from_o javan_n who_o sail_v over_o the_o ionian_a sea_n between_o aetolia_n and_o the_o western_a ocean_n plant_v greece_n and_o italy_n reyneccius_n make_v atlai_n italus_n one_o which_o berosus_n call_v cethim_n italus_n but_o be_v deceive_v for_o atlas_n be_v esteem_v more_o ancient_a than_o moses_n and_o if_o he_o be_v cethim_n or_o kithim_n noah_n grandson_n his_o antiquity_n exceed_v that_o of_o italy_n which_o name_n virgil_n confess_v late_a and_o from_o a_o captain_n but_o see_v hercules_n a_o little_a before_o troy_n fall_n leave_v a_o colony_n of_o elean_n or_o aetolean_n it_o may_v be_v under_o the_o command_n of_o one_o call_v aitolus_fw-la a_o name_n famous_a among_o aetolian_n italy_n may_v take_v name_n of_o he_o §_o 2._o aborigines_n that_o be_v the_o native_n of_o the_o place_n inhabit_a latium_n who_o halycarnassus_n varro_n and_o reyneccius_n think_v to_o have_v be_v arcadian_n who_o use_v to_o vaunt_v of_o their_o antiquity_n have_v more_o constant_o keep_v their_o country_n in_o peloponesus_fw-la than_o other_o greek_n yet_o be_v fruitful_a send_v colony_n to_o other_o country_n as_o when_o evander_n be_v send_v into_o the_o same_o part_n of_o italy_n pelasgi_n a_o ancient_a nation_n after_o give_v name_n to_o all_o greece_n but_o such_o of_o they_o as_o come_v into_o italy_n lose_v the_o name_n of_o their_o tribe_n in_o a_o short_a time_n sicani_n ausones_n aurunci_n rutili_fw-la in_o after_o age_n disturb_a latium_n whiâ—h_n satâ—rn_n have_v bring_v to_o some_o civility_n and_o teach_v to_o dung_n the_o ground_n that_o latium_n take_v the_o name_n of_o saturn_n lurk_v there_o from_o jupiter_n be_v far_o fetch_v and_o questionless_a a_o fable_n yet_o many_o fable_n be_v occasion_v from_o some_o ancient_a truth_n it_o may_v be_v then_o that_o saturn_n hide_v himself_o be_v some_o allusion_n to_o the_o old_a opinion_n of_o the_o wise_a heathen_a that_o the_o true_a god_n be_v a_o unknown_a god_n to_o who_o paul_n find_v a_o altar_n dedicate_v it_o can_v be_v in_o vain_a that_o the_o word_n saturnus_n shall_v also_o signify_v hide_v come_v of_o the_o hebrew_n satar_n to_o hide_v as_o some_o think_v etc._n etc._n reyneccius_n proceed_v in_o derive_v latium_n from_o the_o posterity_n of_o javan_n inhabit_v a_o territory_n in_o lesser_a asia_n call_v elaitia_n who_o after_o the_o trojan_a war_n go_v into_o italy_n whence_o may_v grow_v elaitinus_fw-la and_o so_o latinus_n etc._n etc._n §_o 3._o the_o latin_a king_n till_o aeneas_n be_v saturnus_n picus_n faunus_n latinus_n whether_o saturnus_n be_v he_o who_o the_o greek_n call_v cronos_n &_o e._n the_o time_n of_o the_o aborigines_n will_v admit_v but_o his_o name_n of_o stercus_fw-la or_o sterculius_n do_v argue_v he_o another_o so_o call_v of_o the_o dung_n he_o teach_v they_o to_o lay_v upon_o their_o ground_n ezechiel_n often_o call_v idol_n deos_fw-la stercoreos_n as_o belzebul_n be_v dominus_fw-la stercoreus_n etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o aeneas_n a_o trojan_a of_o the_o blood-royal_a come_v to_o latium_n with_o some_o 1200_o trojan_n and_o marry_a laviana_n king_n latinus_n daughter_n he_o have_v a_o son_n before_o by_o his_o wife_n creusa_n daughter_n of_o priamus_n call_v ascanius_n and_o surname_v julus_n after_o aeneas_n death_n lavinia_n be_v great_a with_o child_n by_o he_o and_o fear_v ascanius_n flee_v into_o a_o wood_n where_o be_v deliver_v the_o child_n be_v call_v silvius_n posthumus_n bâ—t_v upon_o the_o people_n disapprove_v of_o lavinia_n flight_n ascanius_n call_v she_o home_o use_v she_o like_o a_o queen_n and_o educate_v she_o son_n ascanius_n to_o avoid_v dissension_n leave_v the_o city_n lavinium_n to_o laviana_n and_o found_v alba-longa_n where_o he_o reign_v about_o 30_o year_n and_o leave_v his_o son_n julus_n who_o upon_o contention_n with_o silvius_n who_o the_o people_n favour_v leave_v the_o kingdom_n and_o take_v the_o priesthood_n for_o he_o and_o his_o posterity_n silvius_n posthumus_n reign_v 29._o silvius_n aeneas_n 31._o silvius_n latinus_n 10._o silvius_n alba_n 39_o silvius_n atis_n 36._o silvius_n capijs_fw-la 28._o silvius_n capelus_fw-la 13._o silvius_n tiberinus_n 8._o silvius_n agrippa_n 41._o silvius_n alladyus_fw-la 19_o silvius_n aventinus_n 37._o silvius_n procas_n 23._o silvius_n amulius_n 44._o he_o expel_v his_o elder_a brother_n silvius_n numitor_n slay_v his_o son_n aegestius_fw-la and_o make_v his_o daughter_n ilia_n a_o vestal-virgin_n numitor_n who_o yet_o either_o by_o her_o uncle_n or_o some_o warlike-man_n conceive_v 2_o son_n romulus_n and_o reineccius_n who_o in_o time_n slay_v amulius_n and_o all_o his_o family_n and_o restore_v numitor_n in_o who_o the_o kingdom_n of_o alba_n end_v and_o receive_v magistrate_n yet_o it_o contend_v with_o rome_n till_o her_o three_o curiatij_n be_v vanquish_v by_o the_o three_o horatij_n champion_n for_o rome_n after_o this_o metius_n the_o alban_n dictator_n follow_v tullus_n hostilius_n in_o his_o war_n upon_o tullus_n disadvantage_n withdraw_v his_o company_n to_o distress_n tullus_n for_o which_o he_o be_v tear_v in_o piece_n at_o two_o chariot_n and_o alba_n reign_v but_o the_o citizen_n be_v make_v free_a denizen_n and_o her_o noble_n patricians_z of_o rome_n among_o who_o be_v a_o family_n of_o julij_fw-la which_o have_v since_o rise_v in_o julius_n caesar_n etc._n etc._n §_o 5._o rome_n which_o devour_v the_o alban_n kingdom_n and_o break_v all_o the_o kingdom_n from_o euphrates_n to_o the_o western_a ocean_n as_o that_o alban_n the_o iv_o the_o a_o beast_n with_o iron-teeth_n forspeak_v of_o come_v now_o to_o be_v handle_v only_o touch_v her_o original_a which_o some_o seek_v to_o derive_v from_o janus_n other_o from_o the_o greek_n plâ—tarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o romulus_n
vain_a to_o be_v curious_a about_o these_o king_n see_v diodorus_n vary_v from_o herodotus_n and_o eusebius_n from_o both_o neither_o do_v late_a writer_n know_v who_o to_o follow_v the_o king_n from_o chencre_n or_o tuoris_fw-la or_o proteus_n be_v agree_v upon_o of_o which_o according_a to_o eusebius_n acherres_n be_v next_o who_o reyneccius_n think_v to_o be_v vchoreus_fw-la in_o diodore_n founder_n of_o memphis_n but_o then_o timaus_n can_v be_v the_o great_a osymandias_n as_o he_o also_o judge_v for_o there_o be_v more_o than_o eight_o generation_n between_o they_o contrary_a to_o diodorus_n touch_v osymandais_n mercator_n make_v he_o the_o husband_n of_o acencâ—eres_n daughter_n to_o orus_n second_o and_o find_v vchoreus_fw-la the_o eight_o from_o he_o but_o i_o will_v pass_v over_o these_o inextricable_a doubt_n etc._n etc._n §_o 3._o cherre_v after_o eight_o year_n of_o acherres_n succeed_v fifteen_o year_n armeus_a five_o year_n ramess_v sixty_o eight_o year_n which_o two_o last_n be_v the_o danaus_n and_o egyptus_n speak_v of_o by_o the_o greek_n who_o make_v danaus_n expel_v egypt_n become_v king_n of_o argos_n in_o greece_n but_o reyneccius_n believe_v not_o armeus_n to_o be_v danaus_n though_o their_o time_n agree_v but_o rather_o think_v he_o be_v meris_fw-la which_o make_v the_o great_a lake_n myris_n 3600_o furlong_n compass_v and_o fifty_o fathom_n deep_a to_o receive_v nilus_n overflow_n for_o store_n when_o water_n be_v scarce_o §_o 4._o ameraphis_n succeed_v his_o father_n forty_o year_n then_o sethosis_n fifty_o year_n to_o who_o some_o ascribe_v improbable_o the_o famous_a act_n of_o great_a sesostris_n in_o he_o begin_v the_o dynastie_a of_o the_o zarth_n or_o general_n which_o title_n five_o only_o hold_v ramase_n succeed_v sixty_o year_n mistake_v for_o sesostris_n the_o second_o amenophis_n succeed_v forty_o year_n andemenes_n twenty_o six_o year_n tâ—uoris_fw-la the_o last_o zarth_n seven_o year_n who_o some_o make_v proteus_n who_o son_n remphe_v succeed_v but_o i_o doubt_v neither_o father_n nor_o son_n be_v king_n §_o 5._o many_o other_o name_n of_o the_o egyptian_a king_n be_v find_v scatter_v as_o tonephersobis_n senemue_n or_o senepos_fw-la banchistis_fw-la thulis_fw-la in_o suidas_n who_o ask_v scrap_n the_o devil_n who_o be_v or_o shall_v be_v so_o mighty_a as_o he_o be_v answer_v first_o god_n and_o then_o the_o word_n and_o then_o the_o spirit_n which_o three_o be_v one_o and_o join_v in_o one_o all_o three_o who_o power_n be_v endless_a get_v thou_o hence_o frail_a wight_n the_o man_n of_o life_n unknown_a excel_v thou_o cedreus_fw-la have_v the_o same_o and_o give_v this_o king_n as_o great_a antiquity_n as_o the_o indies_n cite_v a_o book_n call_v little_a genesis_n which_o word_n little_a alone_o argue_v impostor_n beside_o the_o frierly_a stuff_n he_o cite_v out_o of_o it_o his_o list_n of_o old_a egyptian_a king_n here_o set_v down_o be_v not_o worth_a writing_n out_o neither_o the_o king_n name_v by_o other_o vaphre_n and_o sesac_n will_v lead_v we_o into_o a_o fair_a way_n a_o while_n the_o first_o be_v solomon_n father-in-law_n according_a to_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n and_o eusebius_n the_o second_o eusebius_n call_v smendis_fw-la with_o who_o he_o begin_v the_o twenty_o first_o dynastie_n who_o entrance_n be_v find_v about_o the_o twenty_o of_o solomon_n reckon_v from_o neco_n death_n in_o the_o four_o of_o jehojakim_n king_n of_o judah_n upward_o as_o from_o the_o five_o of_o rehoboam_n wherein_o he_o plunder_v the_o sanctuary_n but_o enjoy_v that_o sacrilege_n as_o do_v joas_n and_o craseus_fw-la not_o one_o year_n for_o the_o king_n from_o sesac_n to_o necho_n i_o choose_v the_o greek_a historian_n for_o eusebius_n be_v out_o by_o fail_v to_o keep_v the_o reckon_n between_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o israel_n §_o 6._o chemmis_n or_o chembis_n succeed_v sesac_n fifty_o year_n and_o build_v the_o great_a pyramid_n who_o base_a be_v seven_o acre_n square_a and_o six_o high_a which_o diodore_n see_v one_o thousand_o year_n after_o in_o augustus_n day_n câ—abreus_n or_o cheops_n succeed_v fifty_o year_n and_o then_o cephrenes_n fifty_o six_o both_o builder_n of_o pyramid_n for_o their_o sepulcher_n mycerinus_n his_o son_n six_o year_n as_o the_o oracle_n have_v threaten_v for_o his_o open_v the_o idol_n temple_n which_o his_o predecessor_n have_v shut_v it_o may_v be_v chemmis_n have_v learn_v their_o vanity_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o thereupon_o shut_v the_o temple_n up_o reyneccius_n give_v he_o fifty_o year_n bochoris_n or_o banchyris_n by_o suidas_n succeed_v forty_o four_o year_n then_o sabacus_n a_o aethiopian_a but_o herodotus_n omit_v both_o and_o have_v asychis_n who_o decree_v the_o debtor_n dead_a body_n shall_v be_v give_v to_o the_o will_n of_o the_o creditor_n till_o the_o debt_n be_v pay_v anysis_n succeed_v he_o and_o both_o can_v be_v but_o six_o year_n then_o come_v the_o former_a aethiopian_a who_o reign_v fifty_o year_n scripture_n call_v he_o zonaras_n sua_fw-la with_o who_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n make_v a_o vain_a league_n against_o salmanassar_n they_o say_v he_o leave_v his_o kingdom_n and_o return_v into_o aethiopia_n to_o avoid_v his_o god_n commandment_n to_o kill_v all_o the_o priest_n of_o egypt_n such_o be_v their_o zeal_n to_o their_o priest_n §_o 7._o sethom_n succeed_v in_o the_o twelve_o of_o hezekiaâ—_n and_o five_o of_o senacherib_n when_o assur_n and_o egypt_n contend_v which_o shall_v rule_v or_o serve_v hezekiah_n though_o fix_v special_a confidence_n in_o god_n hold_v it_o fit_a to_o make_v a_o league_n with_o egypt_n by_o his_o people_n rely_v more_o on_o egypt_n than_o on_o god_n egypt_n promise_v much_o but_o only_o furnish_v he_o with_o some_o treasure_n send_v to_o hire_v arabian_n which_o be_v intercept_v herodotus_n tell_v we_o a_o tale_n of_o sethom_n pray_v to_o vulcan_n his_o god_n for_o aid_n against_o the_o assyrian_n who_o lie_v before_o pelusium_n and_o he_o send_v mouse_n which_o gnaw_v their_o bowstring_n and_o strap_n of_o their_o armour_n which_o make_v they_o depart_v his_o reign_n functius_n resolve_v to_o be_v 33_o year_n give_v no_o reason_n yet_o upon_o search_n i_o find_v it_o within_o one_o yeâ—r_n by_o divide_v the_o year_n from_o rehoboam_n 5_o to_o jehâ—jakims_v four_o among_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n give_v each_o his_o set_a time_n and_o the_o remainder_n to_o sethom_n chap._n xxiii_o of_o manasses_n and_o his_o contemporary_n §_o 1._o manasses_n son_n of_o hezekiah_n succeed_v be_v twelve_o year_n old_a and_o reign_v fifty_o five_o year_n of_o who_o idolatry_n and_o extraordinary_a wickedness_n see_v 2_o king_n 21._o and_o 2_o chron._n 33._o of_o his_o put_v the_o reverend_a prophet_n isaiah_n to_o death_n with_o a_o wooden_a saw_n be_v eighty_o year_n old_a eusebius_n epiphanius_n isidore_n and_o other_o confirm_v his_o captivity_n in_o babel_n his_o repent_v prayer_n reformation_n and_o death_n see_v 2_o chron._n 33._o merodach_n have_v love_v his_o father_n may_v more_o easy_o be_v persuade_v to_o restore_v he_o §_o 2._o egypt_n after_o sethom_n be_v miserable_o distract_v with_o civil_a dissension_n two_o year_n then_o ill_o reform_v by_o a_o government_n of_o 12_o prince_n of_o which_o 11_o fall_v out_o with_o the_o 12_o the_o be_v by_o he_o subdue_v and_o the_o kingdom_n usurp_v which_o anarchy_n diodore_n put_v after_o sabacus_n omit_v sethom_n contrary_a to_o herodotus_n these_o twelve_o for_o a_o monument_n of_o their_o government_n make_v a_o labyrinth_n near_o the_o lake_n maris_n which_o heroclus_fw-la prefer_v to_o the_o chief_a pyramid_n which_o excel_v diana_n temple_n diodorus_n report_v it_o the_o work_n of_o marus_n or_o menide_n five_o generation_n before_o proteus_n or_o the_o trojan_a war_n and_o reyneccius_n take_v he_o to_o annemenes_n as_o he_o do_v amenophis_n to_o be_v amasis_n and_o sethom_n to_o be_v actisanes_n but_o he_o be_v deceive_v for_o the_o time_n we_o be_v now_o in_o show_v we_o amasis_n be_v anisis_n actisanes_n sobacus_fw-la and_o marus_n one_o of_o the_o 12_o governor_n which_o make_v this_o work_n whereto_o serve_v the_o 12_o great_a hall_n in_o it_o etc._n etc._n psamniticus_n one_o of_o the_o 12._o cast_v out_o by_o the_o rest_n upon_o a_o oracle_n as_o herodotus_n tell_v the_o tale_n which_o diodore_n believe_v not_o hire_v power_n out_o of_o caria_n and_o jonia_n with_o which_o he_o overthrow_v his_o fellow_n and_o rule_v alone_o 54_o year_n say_v hierom_n which_o mercator_n divide_v 44_o alone_a and_o 10_o before_o according_a to_o eusebius_n and_o to_o make_v the_o reckon_a fall_n even_o with_o the_o year_n from_o the_o 5_o the_o of_o rehoboam_n and_o the_o 4_o the_o of_o jehojakim_n we_o must_v confound_v the_o last_o of_o the_o 15_o ascribe_v to_o the_o 12_o governor_n with_o the_o first_o of_o psamnitius_fw-la he_o first_o entertain_v amity_n with_o the_o greek_n displease_v his_o soldier_n â—ith_o prefer_v his_o mercenary_n
as_o numa_n in_o peace_n he_o make_v breach_n with_o the_o alban_n but_o doubt_v the_o tuscan_n their_o common_a enemy_n will_v make_v advantage_n of_o the_o dissension_n they_o put_v it_o to_o a_o combat_n of_o three_o brethren_n on_o either_o side_n cousin_n germane_a and_o of_o equal_a year_n and_o strength_n but_o the_o horatij_n of_o rome_n prevail_v against_o the_o curatij_n and_o alba_n where_o the_o latin_n submit_v to_o rome_n and_o alba_n not_o long_o after_o be_v demolish_v hyppomanes_n have_v rule_v seven_o year_n in_o athens_n in_o the_o entrance_n of_o manasses_n and_o the_o three_o last_o governor_n for_o ten_o year_n be_v in_o his_o time_n in_o who_o time_n â—_o follow_v halicarnasseus_n who_o profess_v care_n in_o match_v the_o grecian_a year_n with_o the_o roman_a occasion_n begin_v with_o rome_n building_n the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o seven_o olympiad_n and_o the_o first_o of_o cecrops_n in_o athens_n midas_n now_o reign_v in_o phrygia_n etc._n etc._n the_o scythian_n invade_v he_o syracuse_z in_o sicily_n found_v by_o archias_n miscellus_n and_o other_o corinthian_n nicomedia_n former_o astacus_n in_o propontis_n enlarge_v by_o zipartus_n navy_n of_o thrace_n sibylla_n of_o samus_n now_o live_v according_a to_o pausanias_n croton_n on_o the_o bay_n of_o tarentum_n build_v by_o miscellus_n gela_n in_o sicily_n phaselis_n in_o pamphylia_n chalcedon_n in_o asia_n build_v by_o the_o magerense_n the_o parthian_n expel_v lacedaemon_n be_v conduct_v by_o phalantus_fw-la into_o italy_n where_o they_o take_v tarentum_n 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 §_o 1._o ammon_n twenty_o two_o year_n old_a succeed_v two_o year_n and_o be_v as_o wicked_a as_o his_o father_n have_v be_v his_o servant_n slay_v he_o josiah_n eight_o year_n old_a succeed_v thirty_o one_o year_n he_o seek_v after_o the_o god_n of_o his_o father_n david_n and_o at_o twelve_o year_n old_a make_v a_o worthy_a reformation_n fulfil_v the_o prophecy_n deliver_v at_o bethel_n to_o jeroboam_fw-la by_o which_o history_n it_o appear_v that_o bethel_n and_o some_o part_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n be_v come_v under_o the_o power_n of_o judah_n either_o take_v in_o by_o hezechiah_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o assurhaddon_n while_o the_o babylonian_n who_o love_v he_o be_v busy_a in_o assyria_n or_o at_o manasses_n enlargement_n the_o babylonian_n not_o yet_o fit_a to_o deal_v with_o the_o egyptian_a so_o far_o off_o to_o oblige_v judah_n to_o they_o be_v content_a with_o this_o enlargement_n as_o necessary_a against_o the_o egyptian_n this_o may_v be_v the_o reason_n manasses_n fortify_v himself_o after_o his_o return_n which_o be_v not_o against_o the_o babylonian_n but_o the_o egyptian_n as_o appear_v in_o josiah_n his_o oppose_a necho_n with_o such_o earnestness_n as_o argue_v a_o firm_a league_n with_o the_o babylonian_n that_o egypt_n friendship_n be_v little_a worth_n judah_n have_v oft_o find_v and_o pay_v for_o by_o the_o assyrian_n and_o babylonian_n displeasure_n for_o adhere_v to_o egypt_n yet_o have_v it_o be_v a_o small_a matter_n upon_o his_o earnest_a request_n to_o let_v he_o pass_v if_o josiah_n have_v not_o be_v oblige_v to_o the_o babylonian_n by_o his_o ancestor_n covenant_n to_o offend_v and_o defend_v neither_o have_v it_o be_v wisdom_n to_o encounter_n such_o a_o army_n offer_v no_o violence_n whatever_o move_v josiah_n it_o be_v likely_a he_o forget_v as_o the_o best_a do_v sometime_o to_o ask_v counsel_n of_o god_n and_o depend_v on_o the_o babylonian_n too_o much_o which_o can_v not_o please_v god_n the_o conclusion_n be_v that_o god_n for_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o people_n take_v away_o that_o good_a king_n who_o have_v stay_v his_o hand_n from_o revenge_a himself_n upon_o they_o who_o misery_n present_o ensue_v his_o death_n so_o much_o bewail_v of_o all_o §_o 2._o neco_n son_n to_o psamniticus_n follow_v his_o father_n design_n who_o have_v make_v entrance_n into_o syria_n be_v assist_v by_o the_o extraordinary_a valour_n of_o the_o greek_n and_o know_v how_o assyria_n stand_v in_o danger_n by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o mede_n intend_v with_o a_o powerful_a army_n to_o visit_v euphrates_n and_o strengthen_v the_o passage_n about_o carchemish_n or_o further_o to_o invade_v syria_n have_v therefore_o overthrow_v josiah_n in_o his_o way_n not_o intend_v to_o stay_v the_o conquest_n of_o judah_n he_o proceed_v and_o take_v cadytis_n perhaps_o carchemish_n and_o become_v in_o a_o manner_n lord_n of_o all_o syria_n say_v josephus_n particular_o of_o the_o phoenician_n who_o he_o set_v to_o sail_v from_o the_o arabian_a gulf_n round_o about_o africa_n by_o the_o cape_n of_o good_a hope_n in_o his_o return_n from_o euphrates_n he_o take_v jeboahaz_n the_o young_a son_n of_o josiah_n who_o jeremy_n call_v shallum_n who_o the_o people_n have_v make_v king_n and_o put_v he_o in_o bond_n and_o put_v eliakim_n in_o his_o place_n call_z him_z jehojakim_n and_o lay_v a_o tribute_n on_o the_o land_n but_o forbear_v the_o conquest_n jehoahaz_n be_v king_n but_o three_o month_n jehojakim_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o josiah_n reign_v ten_o year_n he_o be_v of_o the_o egyptian_a faction_n and_o of_o the_o behaviour_n of_o the_o worst_a of_o his_o ancestor_n which_o have_v so_o infect_v the_o land_n that_o the_o chief_a priest_n also_o be_v defile_v therewith_o yet_o the_o lord_n raise_v up_o prophet_n which_o reprove_v he_o among_o who_o vriah_n fly_v from_o the_o tyrant_n which_o seek_v his_o life_n be_v from_o egypt_n send_v back_o to_o death_n contrary_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o nation_n §_o 3._o of_o the_o king_n of_o media_n and_o babylon_n §_o merodach_n son_n of_o baladan_n take_v advantage_n of_o senacherib_n misadventure_n and_o death_n with_o the_o assistance_n of_o his_o son_n make_v himself_o king_n of_o babylon_n but_o keep_v in_o action_n till_o assurhaddon_n death_n eleven_o year_n so_o that_o he_o can_v not_o 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yea_o the_o persian_n have_v blame_v the_o athenian_n for_o burn_a cybel_n temple_n in_o the_o city_n sardis_n he_o proceed_v to_o athens_n which_o be_v forsake_v and_o burn_v the_o citadel_n and_o temple_n §_o 5._o the_o athenian_n have_v remove_v their_o wife_n and_o child_n to_o salamis_n etc._n etc._n prise_v the_o common_a liberty_n of_o greece_n before_o private_a yet_o the_o greek_n resolve_v to_o abandon_v salamis_n and_o aegina_n have_v not_o themistocles_n admiral_n of_o the_o athenian_a fleet_n dissuade_v they_o from_o it_o as_o also_o from_o the_o purpose_n to_o fortify_v peloponesus_fw-la only_a and_o abandon_v the_o rest_n of_o greece_n as_o not_o defensible_a yet_o can_v he_o not_o prevail_v till_o he_o threaten_v that_o the_o athenian_n who_o ship_n be_v the_o strength_n of_o the_o greek_a navy_n will_v take_v their_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o remove_v to_o italy_n and_o there_o plant_v themselves_o the_o peloponesian_o know_v how_o desperate_a the_o case_n will_v be_v with_o they_o be_v glad_a to_o yield_v §_o 6._o the_o persian_n deliberate_v to_o offer_v the_o greek_n a_o battle_n which_o the_o king_n desire_v and_o the_o leader_n to_o give_v he_o content_a seem_v to_o approve_v of_o it_o but_o artemisia_n princess_n of_o halicarnasseus_n advise_v the_o king_n to_o set_v forward_o to_o peloponesus_fw-la to_o separate_v the_o greek_a navy_n while_o every_o one_o will_v haste_v to_o defend_v his_o own_o and_o so_o single_a be_v easy_o master_v which_o conjoin_v be_v too_o strong_a by_o their_o better_a skill_n at_o sea_n the_o peloponesian_o amaze_v at_o the_o approach_n and_o fear_v the_o enemy_n march_v to_o peloponesus_fw-la esteem_v all_o greece_n lose_v but_o that_o part_n resolve_v to_o set_v sail_n for_o isemus_fw-la themistocles_n know_v he_o have_v no_o spare_a time_n to_o bestow_v on_o ear_n shut_v up_o by_o fear_n send_v a_o trusty_a messenger_n to_o tell_v the_o persian_n of_o this_o intend_a flight_n will_v they_o with_o speed_n to_o send_v some_o force_n about_o the_o island_n the_o persian_n think_v the_o athenian_n do_v this_o to_o make_v their_o way_n for_o favour_n as_o meaning_n to_o fall_v to_o the_o king_n follow_v the_o advice_n the_o peloponesian_o in_o the_o morning_n intend_v to_o weigh_v anchor_n see_v the_o enemy_n in_o their_o way_n and_o so_o be_v force_v to_o the_o fight_n in_o the_o straits_n of_o salamis_n where_o they_o have_v a_o memorable_a victory_n force_v the_o enemy_n ship_n to_o fall_v foul_a one_o upon_o another_o and_o so_o can_v neither_o fight_v nor_o fly_v §_o 7._o after_o the_o victory_n every_o captain_n by_o scrutiny_n be_v will_v to_o write_v his_o name_n which_o merit_v most_o and_o every_o man_n ambitious_a of_o the_o honour_n set_v his_o own_o name_n first_o and_o themistocles_n next_o affection_n serve_v her self_o first_o be_v then_o content_a to_o yield_v to_o virtue_n next_o xerxes_n set_v a_o good_a face_n on_o it_o as_o intend_v a_o new_a preparation_n but_o the_o prince_n which_o know_v his_o temper_n discern_v his_o saint_n heart_n especial_o mardonius_n author_n of_o this_o war._n he_o therefore_o to_o prevent_v the_o king_n indignation_n go_v unto_o he_o with_o many_o fair_a word_n lay_v the_o faulâ—_n upon_o the_o cowardly_a egyptian_n phoenycians_n and_o cilician_o which_o be_v no_o dishonour_n to_o the_o king_n who_o have_v take_v athens_n which_o be_v principal_o intend_v and_o the_o most_o of_o greece_n hereupon_o he_o desire_v the_o king_n to_o leave_v he_o three_o hundred_o thousand_o man_n to_o finish_v the_o war_n and_o himself_o with_o the_o rest_n to_o return_v to_o asia_n the_o king_n care_n like_v well_o hereof_o and_o make_v haste_n hear_v the_o greek_n intend_v to_o break_v his_o bridge_n as_o themistocles_n have_v inform_v underhand_o so_o to_o weaken_v the_o army_n and_o ease_v the_o country_n §_o 8._o mardonius_n have_v undertake_v to_o reduce_v greece_n remove_v to_o thessaly_n and_o from_o thence_o send_v alexander_n king_n of_o macedon_n with_o great_a promise_n to_o persuade_v the_o athenian_n to_o come_v in_o which_o the_o lacedaemonian_n understanding_n send_v likewise_o to_o persuade_v they_o to_o remain_v firm_a the_o athenian_n answer_v alexander_n renounce_v amity_n with_o xerxes_n as_o long_o as_o the_o sun_n keep_v his_o course_n whereupon_o mardonius_n haste_v to_o athens_n which_o be_v again_o leave_v to_o he_o void_a from_o thence_o he_o solicit_v they_o with_o many_o fair_a promise_n in_o vain_a yet_o the_o lacedaemonian_n grow_v cold_a in_o send_v aid_n till_o the_o athenian_n grow_v to_o threaten_v a_o course_n which_o will_v little_o please_v they_o a_o counsellor_n of_o sparta_n thereupon_o say_v our_o wall_n upon_o istonus_fw-la will_n little_o avail_v we_o if_o athens_n listen_v to_o mardonius_n with_o which_o speech_n the_o lacedaemonian_n bethink_v themselves_o and_o dispatch_v five_o thousand_o spartan_n and_o give_v order_n for_o
five_o thousand_o more_o §_o 9_o mardonius_n army_n of_o thirty_o thousand_o be_v increase_v to_o fifty_o thousand_o with_o the_o macedonian_n theban_o and_o thessalian_n against_o which_o the_o force_n of_o greece_n be_v one_o hundred_o and_o ten_o thousand_o of_o which_o forty_o thousand_o be_v weighty_o arm_v all_o these_o comfronted_a one_o another_o in_o a_o convenient_a place_n belong_v to_o the_o plataean_n who_o give_v it_o to_o the_o athenian_n upon_o the_o oracle_n promise_v of_o victory_n if_o the_o battle_n be_v fight_v on_o athenian_a ground_n in_o the_o end_n the_o army_n encounter_v each_o other_o mardonius_n be_v slay_v his_o army_n destroy_v and_o artabasus_n with_o three_o thousand_o fly_v to_o byzantium_n and_o so_o ship_v into_o asia_n §_o 10._o xerxes_n be_v at_o sardis_n commit_v sixty_o thousand_o to_o tygranes_n to_o keep_v jonia_n and_o the_o coast_n where_o his_o two_o admiral_n lay_v at_o mycale_n who_o perceive_v the_o grecian_a fleet_n be_v come_v draw_v their_o ship_n on_o ground_n and_o fortify_v the_o place_n and_o disarmed_z the_o samian_o among_o they_o and_o set_v the_o miletian_o far_o off_o to_o keep_v the_o straits_n doubt_v they_o the_o greek_n resolute_o â—orce_v they_o and_o the_o samian_o in_o the_o fight_n get_v what_o weapon_n they_o can_v and_o play_v the_o devil_n against_o the_o persian_n who_o example_n the_o jonians_n follow_v so_o that_o the_o persian_n be_v overthrow_v and_o of_o those_o that_o flee_v the_o milesian_n have_v the_o slaughter_n this_o be_v the_o evening_n of_o that_o day_n the_o battle_n be_v at_o plataea_n which_o be_v the_o last_o that_o be_v hear_v of_o this_o mighty_a army_n levy_v against_o greece_n §_o 11._o xerxes_n not_o regard_v these_o loss_n be_v engage_v in_o the_o love_n of_o his_o brother_n wife_n who_o reject_v he_o and_o after_o of_o her_o daughter_n wife_n to_o his_o son_n whereof_o do_v follow_v the_o savage_a cruelty_n of_o amestris_n his_o wife_n on_o his_o brother_n wife_n and_o his_o murder_n of_o his_o brother_n masistes_n her_o husband_n chap._n vii_o the_o greek_a affair_n from_o the_o persian_a war_n to_o the_o peloponesian_n of_o twenty_o seven_o year_n §_o 1._o the_o greek_n have_v utter_o defeat_v that_o persian_a army_n of_o seventeen_o hundred_o thousand_o and_o leave_v a_o few_o thousand_o of_o they_o that_o the_o peloponesian_o send_v home_o leave_v xantippus_n and_o his_o athenian_n assist_v with_o the_o revolt_a jonê_n who_o take_v sestos_n in_o the_o straight_a of_o hellespont_n between_o which_o and_o abydos_n xerxes_n bridge_n have_v stand_v and_o in_o the_o spring_n return_v home_o take_v their_o wife_n and_o child_n with_o they_o out_o of_o the_o island_n where_o they_o have_v leave_v they_o the_o athenian_n neglect_v their_o private_a interest_n fall_v present_o to_o fortify_v their_o city_n which_o the_o lacedaemonian_n doubt_v the_o athenian_n power_n at_o sea_n dissuade_v but_o in_o vain_a be_v hold_v in_o suspense_n with_o fair_a word_n till_o the_o work_n be_v end_v and_o then_o be_v answer_v that_o athens_n know_v what_o belong_v to_o her_o safety_n as_o they_o have_v show_v in_o the_o persian_a war_n without_o direction_n from_o other_o §_o 2._o the_o athenian_n send_v out_o thirty_o ship_n the_o lacedaemonian_n twenty_n the_o rest_n of_o greece_n add_v thereto_o pausanias_n of_o lacedaemon_n have_v the_o conduct_n who_o have_v possess_v themselves_o of_o many_o principal_a place_n in_o cyprus_n go_v from_o thence_o to_o thrace_n and_o recover_v byzantium_n now_o constantinople_n from_o the_o persian_n after_o this_o pausanias_n beginning_n to_o play_v the_o tyrant_n be_v call_v home_o and_o docres_n put_v in_o his_o place_n who_o be_v also_o mislike_v as_o indeed_o a_o good_a commander_n may_v be_v in_o comparison_n of_o the_o wise_a and_o virtuous_a aristides_n commander_n of_o the_o athenian_n much_o more_o man_n of_o ill_a desert_n the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v weary_o of_o follow_v the_o war_n of_o which_o the_o athenian_n be_v eagâ—r_n return_v home_o and_o take_v their_o easâ—_n while_o the_o other_o get_v honour_n and_o have_v all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o greek_n willing_a to_o be_v command_v by_o the_o athenian_n and_o to_o bear_v what_o charge_n they_o lie_v upon_o they_o for_o the_o common_a defence_n of_o greece_n glad_o refer_v themselves_o to_o aâ—istides_n but_o just_a aristides_n can_v not_o prevent_v the_o athenian_n make_v slave_n of_o their_o fellow_n in_o short_a time_n impose_v thirteen_o hundred_o talent_n a_o year_n upon_o their_o confederate_n timon_z son_n of_o psomiade_n be_v general_n who_o bring_v many_o inhabitant_n 〈◊〉_d greece_n into_o the_o athenian_a servitude_n while_o neglect_v to_o follow_v the_o war_n choose_v rather_o to_o bear_v the_o chaâ—ge_n than_o seâ—ve_v grow_v weak_a as_o the_o other_o become_v strong_a timon_n have_v take_v phaleis_n entrâ—d_a erquidom_n in_o pamphiâ—ia_n overthrow_v the_o persian_a army_n at_o land_n and_o take_v two_o hundred_o ship_n and_o force_v eighty_o sail_n of_o phaenician_n to_o râ—â—_n on_o groâ—nd_n and_o perâ—â—â—_n this_o force_v the_o persian_n to_o a_o honourable_a peace_n with_o the_o athenian_n §_o 3._o xerxes_n become_v cruel_a to_o his_o kindred_n and_o those_o about_o he_o which_o make_v hiâ—_n uncle_n artaâ—â—â—â—â—_n to_o repose_v less_o safety_n in_o his_o fidelity_n thaâ—_n in_o the_o hope_n of_o a_o crown_n by_o destroy_v a_o cruel_a cowardly_a and_o hate_a prince_n thus_o by_o mean_n of_o millorldatus_fw-la a_o eunuch_n the_o king_n be_v murder_v and_o his_o son_n darius_n charge_v with_o it_o and_o put_v to_o death_n but_o artabanus_n be_v surprise_v by_o artaxerxes_n and_o slay_v §_o 4._o artaxerxes_n make_v peace_n with_o the_o athenian_n themistocles_n seek_v to_o check_v the_o people_n insolency_n in_o their_o democratical_a government_n be_v banish_v ten_o year_n who_o for_o safety_n flee_v to_o persia_n where_o to_o avoid_v lead_v force_n against_o athens_n he_o poison_v himself_o §_o 5._o athens_n contrary_a to_o the_o peace_n with_o the_o persian_n measure_v honour_n by_o profit_n think_v to_o surprise_n cyprus_n a_o convenient_a seat_n for_o any_o state_n which_o will_v trade_n with_o syria_n egypt_n cilicia_n etc._n etc._n but_o timon_n with_o two_o hundred_o sail_n solicit_v by_o icarus_n king_n of_o lybia_n to_o join_v in_o conquest_n and_o show_v he_o egypt_n accept_v the_o motion_n succeed_v in_o the_o attempt_n to_o the_o take_v two_o part_n of_o memphis_n till_o magabazus_fw-la send_v force_n to_o assist_v the_o persian_n there_o by_o which_o mean_n the_o athenian_n be_v force_v to_o prosopotes_n and_o there_o slay_v with_o loss_n of_o all_o their_o galley_n and_o fifty_o more_o send_v to_o their_o assistance_n §_o 6._o the_o athenian_n in_o these_o six_o year_n of_o egyptian_a war_n hold_v their_o own_o with_o advantage_n win_v the_o egyptian_a phocis_n tanagra_n etc._n etc._n spoil_v the_o sea-coast_n of_o peloponesus_fw-la and_o then_o make_v a_o peace_n with_o they_o §_o 7._o artaxerxes_n longimanus_fw-la to_o who_o most_o good_a author_n give_v forty_o and_o some_o forty_o four_o year_n be_v he_o which_o so_o much_o favour_v the_o jew_n as_o we_o see_v in_o esdras_n and_o nehemiah_n which_o be_v that_o ahasuerus_n who_o marry_v hester_n live_v in_o susa_n and_o reign_v from_o india_n to_o aethiopia_n and_o therefore_o a_o persian_a now_o as_o darius_n hystaspes_n his_o many_o wife_n the_o honour_n he_o leave_v atossa_n in_o iojachim_n be_v highpriest_n in_o the_o day_n of_o artaxerxes_n prove_v he_o be_v not_o hester_n husband_n so_o much_o less_o be_v xerxes_n and_o mordocha_n prove_v he_o can_v be_v none_o of_o the_o succeed_a king_n of_o persia._n §_o 8._o the_o greek_n prosecute_v their_o civil-war_n leave_v the_o persian_n in_o peace_n for_o many_o age_n their_o egyptian_a expedition_n be_v come_v to_o nought_o the_o lacedaemonian_n recover_v delphos_n which_o the_o athenian_n regain_v and_o commit_v to_o the_o phocian_o but_o the_o baeotian_o recover_v their_o liberty_n against_o the_o athenian_n as_o do_v eubaea_n and_o megaras_n and_o athens_n seek_v peace_n with_o sparta_n for_o thirty_o year_n but_o after_o six_o year_n invade_v samos_n chap._n viii_o of_o the_o peloponesian_a war._n §_o 1._o greece_n be_v never_o under_o the_o government_n of_o one_o prince_n till_o philip_n of_o macedon_n and_o alexander_n his_o son_n and_o by_o they_o rather_o unite_v than_o subject_v as_o they_o be_v by_o the_o king_n follow_v who_o bring_v all_o greece_n into_o servitude_n except_o those_o two_o which_o deserve_v it_o most_o athens_n and_o lacedaemon_n which_o distract_v all_o by_o their_o private_a quarrel_n draw_v all_o the_o rest_n to_o side_n with_o they_o lacedaemon_n have_v live_v under_o one_o form_n of_o government_n four_o hundred_o year_n use_v only_o to_o war_n as_o glory_v only_o in_o valour_n the_o athenian_n to_o the_o contrary_a measure_a honour_n and_o all_o by_o gain_n the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v
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 general_n in_o asia_n receive_v xenophon_n man_n take_v in_o town_n which_o fall_v from_o tissaphernes_n but_o for_o his_o oppression_n be_v depose_v and_o dercillidas_n a_o spartan_a succeed_v who_o bear_v a_o grudge_n to_o pharnabasus_n and_o not_o favour_v by_o tissaphernes_n the_o other_o persian_a governor_n in_o low_a asia_n upon_o appointment_n with_o tissaphernes_n enter_v aeolis_n and_o in_o few_o day_n subdue_v it_o waste_v bythinia_n take_v atarne_v a_o strong_a city_n and_o cheronia_n with_o eleven_o town_n in_o it_o then_o he_o be_v command_v from_o sparta_n to_o attempt_n caria_n the_o seat_n of_o tissaphernes_n in_o defence_n whereof_o pharnabasus_n join_v with_o tissaphernes_n by_o which_o mean_v the_o greek_n be_v overmatched_a be_v forsake_v by_o the_o jonians_n and_o islander_n yet_o tissaphernes_n fear_v to_o fight_n well_o remember_v xenophon_n retreat_n and_o so_o contrary_a to_o pharnabazus_n council_n a_o truce_n be_v conclude_v §_o 3._o the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v now_o at_o leisure_n resolve_v to_o revenge_v some_o private_a wrong_n do_v by_o the_o elean_n who_o be_v precedent_n of_o the_o olympian_a game_n and_o according_o force_v they_o to_o free_v the_o city_n which_o have_v be_v subject_a to_o they_o and_o overthrow_v their_o wall_n this_o pretence_n of_o liberty_n be_v their_o usual_a ground_n of_o war_n though_o after_o that_o they_o make_v the_o same_o town_n little_o better_a than_o vassal_n to_o sparta_n §_o 4._o agesilaus_n new_o make_v king_n of_o sparta_n ambitious_a of_o the_o honour_n of_o victory_n against_o the_o persian_n with_o a_o great_a army_n set_v forward_o to_o aulis_n in_o boeotia_n to_o sacrifice_n there_o as_o agamemnon_n have_v do_v long_o before_o but_o the_o theban_n lord_n of_o that_o country_n interrupt_v he_o agesilaus_n resent_v this_o contumely_n pursue_v his_o enterprise_n and_o land_v at_o ephesus_n where_o tissaphernes_n entertain_v he_o with_o a_o treaty_n of_o peace_n seek_v only_o to_o gain_v 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 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greece_n shall_v never_o be_v able_a
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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 greek_n witheld_a the_o promise_a supply_n of_o money_n and_o victual_n he_o renew_v his_o former_a friendship_n with_o cassander_n now_o polyspercon_n have_v in_o his_o hand_n another_o son_n of_o alexander_n by_o barsine_n a_o persian_a call_v hercules_n who_o he_o design_v to_o bring_v into_o macedoâ—_n against_o who_o â—asâ—ander_v prepare_v a_o army_n which_o yet_o he_o can_v not_o trust_v against_o the_o only_a child_n of_o alexander_n and_o therefore_o attempt_v the_o treacherous_a old_a villain_n who_o for_o the_o lordship_n of_o peloponesus_fw-la murder_v his_o pupil_n antigonus_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n sleep_v noâ—_n but_o be_v work_v upon_o a_o business_n which_o will_v give_v a_o specious_a tâ—tle_n to_o the_o empire_n this_o be_v by_o match_v with_o cleopatra_n the_o sister_n of_o alexander_n then_o lie_v in_o sardis_n but_o ptolemy_n for_o all_o his_o many_o wife_n which_o be_v his_o doâ—age_n have_v prevent_v he_o in_o her_o affection_n which_o have_v induce_v she_o to_o take_v a_o journey_n into_o egypt_n but_o the_o mischievous_a practice_n with_o the_o governor_n prevent_v it_o by_o her_o secret_a murder_n thus_o be_v the_o whole_a race_n of_o philip_n and_o of_o antigonus_n alexander_n extinguish_v by_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n for_o the_o cruelty_n of_o those_o bloody_a prince_n and_o the_o ambitious_a design_n of_o those_o tyrant_n found_v in_o innocent_a blood_n be_v soon_o after_o cast_v down_o overwhelm_v themselves_o and_o their_o child_n in_o the_o ruin_n thereof_o §_o 10._o royalty_n be_v now_o extinguish_v by_o antigonus_n last_n infamous_a murder_n which_o he_o think_v to_o overshadow_v with_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o freedom_n of_o greece_n for_o effect_v whereof_o he_o send_v dâ—metrius_n with_o a_o strong_a army_n of_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o sail_n and_o five_o thousand_o talent_n with_o charge_n to_o begin_v at_o athens_n which_o he_o do_v as_o also_o to_o megaera_n for_o which_o the_o athenian_n who_o have_v forget_v 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call_v home_n take_v a_o ransom_n of_o the_o epirot_n for_o the_o town_n and_o prisoner_n and_o return_v home_o rome_n send_v to_o teuta_n require_v satisfaction_n for_o the_o italian_a merchant_n but_o she_o refuse_v and_o answer_v king_n use_v not_o to_o forbid_v their_o subject_n to_o get_v by_o sea_n what_o they_o can_v and_o when_o one_o of_o the_o roman_a ambassador_n reply_v that_o their_o manner_n be_v to_o revenge_v such_o private_a injury_n and_o will_v teach_v she_o to_o reform_v her_o kingly_a manner_n without_o all_o regard_n of_o the_o common_a law_n of_o nation_n she_o slay_v he_o the_o roman_n to_o revenge_v this_o injury_n who_o can_v take_v no_o satisfaction_n but_o with_o the_o sword_n send_v a_o army_n by_o sea_n and_o another_o by_o land_n touch_v the_o law_n of_o nation_n concern_v ambassador_n it_o seem_v ground_v on_o this_o that_o see_v without_o mediation_n there_o will_v never_o be_v a_o end_n of_o war_n it_o be_v think_v equal_a to_o all_o nation_n by_o light_n of_o nature_n that_o ambassador_n shall_v pass_v safe_o between_o enemy_n yet_o if_o any_o state_n lay_v hand_n upon_o their_o enemy_n ambassador_n not_o send_v to_o they_o but_o to_o solicit_v a_o three_o nation_n against_o they_o or_o shall_v practice_v against_o the_o person_n of_o the_o prince_n to_o who_o he_o be_v send_v this_o law_n will_v fail_v he_o teuta_n send_v out_o a_o great_a fleet_n command_v by_o demetrius_n pharos_n of_o which_o part_n take_v corcyra_n a_o island_n in_o the_o adriatic_a the_o other_o besiege_a dyrracticum_fw-la when_o the_o queen_n call_v home_o demetrius_n i_o know_v not_o why_o but_o so_o as_o he_o choose_v rather_o to_o yield_v corcyra_n to_o the_o roman_a consul_n and_o the_o illyrian_a garrison_n and_o go_v with_o he_o to_o appolonia_n not_o far_o off_o which_o pintus_fw-la call_v sissopolis_n where_o the_o other_o consul_n with_o land_n force_n meet_v and_o go_v to_o durazzo_n and_o raise_v the_o siege_n from_o thence_o they_o enter_v illyrium_n and_o put_v the_o queen_n to_o flight_n to_o rison_n and_o prosecute_v the_o war_n force_v she_o to_o seek_v for_o peace_n to_o quit_v the_o better_a part_n of_o illyrium_n which_o they_o commit_v to_o demetrius_n and_o to_o pay_v tribute_n for_o the_o rest_n to_o rome_n §_o 8._o rome_n take_v the_o next_o arm_n against_o the_o gaul_n in_o lombary_n a_o fierce_a unadvised_a people_n more_o than_o man_n at_o the_o first_o onset_n but_o less_o than_o woman_n after_o by_o who_o italy_n have_v many_o alarm_n but_o few_o war_n especial_o when_o rome_n have_v to_o do_v with_o other_o great_a enemy_n as_o pyrrhus_n or_o carthage_n when_o they_o may_v have_v say_v little_a to_o it_o the_o roman_n three_o year_n before_o pyrrhus_n have_v set_v upon_o the_o gaul_n at_o home_n upon_o a_o slaughter_n in_o the_o senones_n a_o tribe_n of_o gaul_n make_v of_o lucius_n coecilus_fw-la and_o his_o army_n at_o arretium_n in_o hetruria_n and_o have_v expel_v the_o senones_n and_o place_v a_o colony_n of_o roman_n this_o make_v all_o the_o tribe_n of_o the_o gaul_n with_o those_o which_o dwell_v on_o both_o side_n of_o the_o alps_o to_o enter_v into_o league_n to_o prevent_v their_o own_o expulsion_n the_o insubrian_o inhabit_a the_o duchy_n of_o milan_n etc._n etc._n who_o also_o hire_v the_o gessates_n on_o rodanus_n and_o make_v a_o army_n of_o fifty_o thousand_o foot_n and_o twenty_o thousand_o horse_n all_o choice_a man_n beside_o the_o seno-galli_a before_o expel_v the_o cenonians_n and_o venetian_n adhere_v to_o rome_n and_o which_o upon_o that_o occasion_n cause_v a_o view_n of_o all_o their_o own_o and_o ally_n force_n to_o be_v take_v set_v down_o by_o polybius_n where_o may_v be_v see_v the_o power_n of_o rome_n in_o those_o day_n seven_o hundred_o thousand_o foot_n and_o seventy_o thousand_o horse_n but_o all_o head_n be_v not_o fit_a for_o helmet_n the_o one_o consul_n with_o his_o part_n of_o the_o army_n which_o be_v four_o legion_n and_o thirty_o thousand_o foot_n of_o the_o ally_n and_o two_o thousand_o horse_n meet_v they_o in_o tuscany_n where_o by_o a_o plain_a stratagem_n of_o show_n to_o flag_n the_o gaul_n they_o slay_v six_o thousand_o but_o upon_o the_o come_n of_o lucius_n emilius_n the_o other_o consul_n they_o resolve_v upon_o retreat_n this_o have_v be_v advantageous_a before_o the_o enemy_n have_v be_v in_o sight_n but_o extreme_a dangerous_a in_o head_n of_o the_o enemy_n and_o all_o in_o fear_n as_o the_o french_a find_v at_o naples_n and_o the_o gaul_n now_o who_o be_v follow_v by_o one_o consul_n and_o meet_v by_o another_o be_v force_v and_o lose_v forty_o thousand_o and_o their_o courage_n and_o in_o a_o short_a time_n all_o they_o have_v in_o italy_n thus_o the_o roman_n spend_v twenty_o three_o year_n peace_n with_o carthage_n chap._n iii_o of_o the_o second_o punic_a war._n §_o 1._o hannibal_n about_o twenty_o six_o year_n old_a choose_a general_n of_o the_o carthaginian_a force_n in_o spain_n be_v envy_v by_o 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
nation_n the_o present_a great_a number_n even_o all_o that_o rome_n can_v make_v hannibal_n success_n be_v by_o slight_a not_o valour_n and_o they_o see_v how_o destitute_a he_o be_v of_o the_o help_v they_o have_v they_o conceive_v all_o this_o and_o the_o happiness_n of_o follow_v such_o a_o leader_n as_o they_o know_v he_o to_o be_v but_o mistake_v he_o as_o if_o they_o shall_v lose_v the_o patience_n of_o wait_v a_o convenient_a season_n and_o only_o presume_v upon_o their_o advantage_n but_o indeed_o there_o happen_v a_o inconvenience_n than_o which_o few_o be_v more_o dangerous_a when_o they_o consider_v not_o the_o dissension_n of_o their_o chief_a commander_n while_o varro_n upbraid_v aemilius_n advise_v to_o decline_v such_o a_o opportunity_n to_o savour_v too_o much_o of_o q._n fabius_n and_o varro_n haste_n by_o aemilius_n be_v compare_v to_o flaminius_n varro_z in_o his_o day_n of_o command_n remove_v into_o the_o plain_n choose_v by_o hannibal_n aemilius_n the_o next_o 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