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the_o fact_n over-weighed_n any_o pretend_a merit_n from_o himself_o he_o send_v her_o word_n that_o she_o shall_v forthwith_o depart_v his_o camp_n lest_o she_o shall_v infect_v the_o barbarity_n of_o her_o example_n lxxxvii_o 6._o semiramis_n the_o wife_n of_o ninus_n king_n of_o assyria_n be_v a_o witty_a and_o beautiful_a woman_n belove_v of_o her_o husband_n even_o unto_o dotage_n as_o she_o be_v one_o day_n in_o discourse_n with_o he_o she_o tell_v he_o that_o she_o be_v exceed_o desirous_a of_o a_o thing_n yet_o because_o of_o the_o greatness_n of_o it_o she_o dare_v not_o discover_v it_o nor_o can_v hope_v to_o prevail_v ninus_n not_o apprehend_v her_o subtlety_n bid_v she_o tell_v he_o what_o it_o be_v she_o answer_v that_o he_o shall_v deliver_v to_o she_o the_o government_n of_o his_o empire_n for_o five_o day_n which_o when_o she_o have_v obtain_v she_o cause_v her_o husband_n to_o be_v slay_v and_o so_o usurp_v his_o throne_n lxxxviii_o 7._o fulvius_n understanding_n 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