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and_o that_o by_o not_o geve_v aid_n to_o the_o one_o party_n nor_o to_o the_o other_o and_o frustrate_v and_o deceyvinge_v theym_n both_o they_o shall_v remain_v equal_a and_o weak_a for_o it_o be_v veray_fw-fr notoryous_a that_o if_o he_o have_v be_v willing_a to_o ioygne_v with_o good_a purpose_n and_o sincere_o with_o the_o lacedemonyans_n they_o may_v then_o have_v obteignâ—d_v the_o victory_n for_o that_o that_o in_o the_o self_n season_n they_o be_v of_o themselves_o as_o puyssante_n by_o sea_n as_o the_o athenyans_n and_o the_o excuse_n that_o he_o make_v for_o that_o that_o he_o have_v not_o bring_v the_o ship_n declare_v evident_o his_o malice_n &_o deceit_n for_o he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o for_o that_o that_o the_o phoenicians_n have_v not_o fournysh_v such_o number_n of_o ship_n as_o he_o have_v appoint_v they_o and_o yet_o neverthelas_n it_o be_v to_o believe_v that_o the_o king_n will_v have_v be_v right_a ioyefulle_n that_o he_o may_v have_v do_v the_o self_n effect_n with_o lesser_a number_n and_o by_o consequente_a with_o lesser_a expense_n but_o for_o whatsoever_o intent_n that_o he_o do_v it_o the_o peloponesyans_n by_o his_o order_n do_v send_v two_o galley_n wythe_v he_o to_o the_o say_a place_n of_o aspendus_n of_o the_o which_o be_v chiefa_n lacedemonyan_n name_v philippe_n on_o the_o other_o side_n alcibiades_n understand_v the_o voyage_n of_o tissaphernes_n do_v take_v xiii_o ship_n of_o those_o that_o be_v at_o samie_n and_o saill_v into_o that_o same_o quarter_n do_v the_o athenyans_n to_o understande_v that_o be_v at_o the_o say_a samie_n that_o his_o journey_n shall_v profit_n theym_v greatelye_a for_o he_o will_v compass_v it_o that_o the_o same_o army_n by_o sea_n which_o be_v at_o aspendus_n shall_v come_v to_o their_o succour_n orell_n shall_v not_o go_v to_o the_o aid_n of_o the_o lacedemonyans_n and_o thereof_o assure_a theym_n know_v as_o it_o be_v to_o be_v beleve_v the_o wylle_n of_o the_o say_a tissaphernes_n by_o the_o comunication_n which_o he_o have_v have_v with_o he_o which_o be_v for_o noâ—e_a send_n of_o the_o say_a army_n to_o the_o peloponesyans_n and_o also_o he_o practyse_v it_o to_o the_o intent_n for_o to_o rendere_fw-la the_o say_a tyssaphernes_n from_o moor_n into_o more_o suspect_n with_o the_o peloponesyans_n to_o the_o end_n that_o afterwards_o he_o shall_v be_v constrain_v to_o turn_v to_o the_o party_n of_o the_o athenyans_n so_o he_o saill_v towards_o he_o keep_v always_o the_o main_n sea_n from_o the_o coast_n of_o phaselide_v and_o cumus_n ¶_o how_o the_o athenyans_n be_v come_v into_o great_a division_n and_o dissension_n among_o themselves_o by_o cause_n of_o the_o common_a estate_n which_o have_v be_v change_v assemble_v to_o come_v to_o some_o accord_n and_o appoynctment_n ☞_o the_o xii_o chapter_n during_o this_o time_n the_o ambassador_n which_o the_o foore_a houndr_v have_v send_v to_o samie_n be_v arryve_v and_o return_v to_o athenes_n they_o make_v their_o report_n of_o the_o charge_n that_o alcibiades_n have_v give_v they_o to_o wytt_n that_o they_o shall_v geve_v theymeselfe_n to_o ward_n and_o keep_v well_o the_o city_n and_o defend_v theymselfe_n against_o the_o enemy_n and_o that_o he_o have_v hope_n for_o to_o reconcyle_v those_o that_o be_v in_o the_o army_n at_o samie_n and_o also_o for_o to_o vainquyshe_v the_o peloponesians_n which_o word_n do_v geve_v great_a courage_n to_o many_o of_o the_o foore_a houndr_v which_o be_v already_o cloy_v and_o anoy_v with_o that_o same_o form_n of_o government_n and_o will_v wyllyng_o have_v wythdrawin_n them self_o if_o they_o have_v think_v they_o to_o be_v able_a to_o do_v it_o wythoute_n danger_n so_o that_o all_o with_o one_o accord_n do_v take_v the_o administration_n of_o the_o affair_n have_v specyal_o the_o two_o pryncypall_a man_n and_o the_o most_o puissante_n of_o the_o city_n for_o their_o chief_n to_o wit_n theramenes_n theramenes_n son_n of_o agnon_n and_o aristocrates_n aristocrates_n son_n of_o sicillius_n &_o besides_o those_o same_o many_o other_o of_o the_o most_o apparente_n and_o excellent_a of_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o foore_a houndr_v who_o excusedde_a theymself_n of_o this_o that_o they_o have_v send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o lacedemonyans_n sayinge_v that_o they_o do_v it_o for_o fear_n of_o alcibiades_n and_o of_o othere_o that_o be_v at_o samie_n to_o the_o end_n that_o the_o city_n shall_v not_o be_v offend_v and_o it_o seem_v to_o theym_v that_o man_n may_v exchue_v that_o the_o government_n shall_v not_o come_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o smalle_a number_n if_o it_o be_v ordain_v that_o the_o fyve_o thowsande_n that_o have_v be_v name_v by_o the_o say_v foore_a houndr_v may_v have_v the_o authority_n in_o effect_n and_o not_o in_o word_n and_o that_o by_o the_o same_o mean_v the_o estate_n may_v be_v reform_v in_o a_o other_o sort_n to_o the_o welthe_n of_o the_o city_n whereof_o albeit_o that_o they_o make_v always_o mention_v in_o their_o proposition_n yet_o neverthelas_n the_o more_o part_n of_o theym_n do_v wring_v it_o to_o their_o particular_a proffytt_n to_o ambition_n and_o authority_n hope_a that_o in_o abate_v the_o say_a government_n of_o foore_a houndr_v they_o shall_v be_v not_o only_o equal_a to_o the_o other_o but_o also_o superyour_n and_o moreover_o in_o the_o common_a estate_n every_o one_o endure_v and_o suffer_v the_o rather_o or_o better_a willing_n a_o repoulse_n for_o that-that_a the_o office_n be_v give_v by_o election_n of_o the_o people_n than_o in_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o particular_n for_o it_o seem_v unto_o he_o not_o to_o have_v be_v repoulse_v by_o his_o egall_n when_o that_o it_o be_v do_v by_o the_o people_n and_o for_o troth_n the_o authority_n which_o alcibiades_n have_v with_o theym_n at_o samie_n do_v geve_v great_a courage_n to_o thigh_n here_o
commendable_a condition_n of_o perycles_n cap._n x._o of_o some_o other_o exploycte_n of_o war_n which_o be_v do_v the_o self_n same_o summer_n aswell_o of_o the_o one_o side_n as_o of_o the_o other_o and_o how_o the_o cytye_n of_o potydia_n do_v render_v itself_o by_o composition_n to_o thathenyans_n cap._n xi_o how_o the_o cytye_n of_o platea_n be_v assiege_v by_o the_o peloponesians_n batter_a and_o assault_v and_o by_o the_o cytezin_n defend_v cap._n twelve_o how_o the_o athenyens_n have_v a_o overthrow_n before_o the_o cytye_n of_o spartolia_n in_o the_o country_n of_o beotians_n and_o the_o peloponesians_n a_o other_o before_o the_o cytye_n of_o stracia_n in_o the_o country_n of_o acarnania_n cap._n xiii_o how_o the_o athenyans_n have_v a_o victory_n by_o sea_n against_o the_o peloponesians_n and_o how_o the_o one_o and_o other_o party_n do_v prepayre_v themselves_o to_o fight_v at_o a_o other_o time_n by_o sea_n cap._n xiiii_o the_o exhortacyon_n of_o the_o capytain_n lacedemonyens_fw-fr to_o their_o man_n of_o war_n ca._n xv_o the_o exhortacyon_n of_o phormio_n to_o the_o souldyour_n athenyens_fw-fr cap._n xuj_o how_o in_o that_o same_o second_o battle_n on_o the_o sea_n aither_o of_o the_o party_n repute_a hiâ—_n self_n to_o have_v have_v the_o victory_n cap._n xviâ—_o how_o the_o peloponesians_n faill_v to_o take_v the_o port_n of_o pyrea_n prive_o cap._n xviii_o how_o sitalces_n king_n of_o odrisians_n enter_v the_o country_n of_o macedonia_n for_o to_o conquer_v it_o from_o the_o king_n perdiccas_n and_o how_o he_o return_v cap._n nineteeen_o of_o some_o feat_n of_o war_n that_o phormio_n do_v in_o the_o land_n of_o acarnanâ—â—_n and_o of_o the_o original_n or_o beginning_n of_o the_o say_a country_n cap._n xx_o ¶_o the_o chapiters_n of_o the_o third_o book_n of_o thucydides_n how_o the_o city_n of_o mythilene_n willinge_v to_o rebelle_n against_o the_o athenian_n be_v by_o they_o assiege_v and_o how_o they_o send_v towards_o the_o peloponesians_n to_o have_v succour_n and_o of_o a_o discomfort_n that_o the_o athenians_n have_v in_o noriqua_n cap._n i._n the_o proposition_n and_o narration_n of_o the_o mythilenians_n at_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o ally_n and_o confederate_n of_o grece_n cap._n two_o of_o some_o great_a preparation_n and_o of_o some_o small_a feat_n which_o be_v do_v that_o same_o â—eare_z of_o the_o one_o side_n and_o of_o other_o cap._n iii._n how_o the_o athenyas_n that_o be_v assiege_v in_o platea_fw-la and_o one_o part_n of_o the_o cytezin_n do_v save_o them self_o by_o great_a force_n and_o labour_n and_o pass_v through_o all_o the_o wall_n dyche_n and_o fort_n of_o the_o peloponesienâ—_n which_o hold_v they_o assiege_v ca._n iiii_o how_o the_o mythyleniens_fw-la for_o fault_n of_o be_v succour_v in_o time_n by_o the_o peloponesians_n do_v render_v themselves_o to_o the_o wylle_n of_o the_o athenians_n and_o it_o be_v determine_v by_o the_o athenyans_n to_o slay_v they_o all_o and_o also_o of_o some_o thing_n that_o be_v in_o that_o same_o time_n do_v by_o the_o people_n of_o both_o party_n cap._n v_o the_o narration_n of_o cleon_n in_o the_o counsel_n of_o thatheniens_fw-la capit._fw-la vi_fw-la the_o opinion_n of_o diotodus_n against_o that_o same_o of_o cleon._n cap._n seven_o how_o the_o city_n of_o mythilene_n be_v in_o dangier_n to_o be_v utter_o destroy_v and_o the_o punyshment_n that_o it_o receyve_v for_o rebellyone_n and_o how_o the_o platean_v render_v themselves_o to_o the_o will_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n &_o also_o of_o some_o other_o feat_n of_o war_n that_o be_v do_v the_o same_o year_n cap._n viij_o the_o defence_n of_o the_o platean_n before_o the_o lacedemonyans_n cap._n ix_o the_o oration_n of_o the_o thebain_n against_o the_o platean_n and_o how_o they_o be_v slay_v and_o discomfort_a cap._n x._o how_o the_o peloponesians_n have_v a_o victory_n by_o sea_n against_o the_o athenyans_n and_o the_o corciriens_n that_o take_v their_o part_n by_o mean_n of_o the_o dyvysyon_n that_o be_v move_v among_o the_o same_o corciryens_fw-fr cap._n xi_o the_o coâ—spiraties_n and_o partiality_n which_o roase_o up_o aswelle_v in_o the_o city_n of_o corciria_n as_o in_o all_o the_o other_o cyte_v of_o grece_n by_o mean_n of_o the_o war_n that_o be_v between_o the_o athenian_n and_o peloponesians_n and_o the_o curse_a evyls_n that_o thereby_o chance_v capit._fw-la twelve_o how_o the_o athenian_n send_v their_o army_n into_o sycill_a and_o of_o that_o which_o they_o do_v and_o that_o that_o chance_v unto_o they_o aswell_o in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o same_o summer_n as_o during_o the_o winter_n and_o about_o the_o beginning_a of_o the_o summer_n then_o follow_v both_o in_o the_o say_a country_n of_o sycill_a and_o in_o grece_n and_o also_o in_o their_o own_o land_n and_o how_o the_o lacedemonyans_n do_v build_v the_o cytye_n of_o araclea_n cap._n xiii_o how_o demosthenes_n capytayne_n of_o the_o athenyans_n be_v before_o leâ—cade_n depart_v to_o come_v to_o make_v war_n against_o the_o etholyens_n and_o how_o he_o be_v by_o they_o discomfort_a and_o some_o thing_n that_o be_v do_v by_o the_o athenian_n in_o sycille_n capit._fw-la xiiii_o how_o eurylochus_n capitayne_n of_o the_o peloponesiens_n have_v fayll_v to_o take_v the_o city_n of_o naupacte_a at_o the_o persuasyon_n of_o the_o ambracyens_fw-fr enterprysed_a war_n against_o the_o amphilochiens_n and_o the_o acarnaniens_n and_o how_o the_o athenians_n do_v purifye_v &_o consecrate_v the_o isle_n of_o delos_n capit._fw-la xv_o howe_n hurilochus_n and_o the_o ambraciens_fw-la be_v by_o demosthenes_n and_o the_o acarnanians_n and_o amphilochians_n discomfyte_v two_o time_n in_o three_o day_n &_o of_o the_o sluggyshnes_n that_o the_o say_v lacedemoniens_n use_v towards_o the_o say_a ambrociens_fw-fr capit._fw-la xuj_o ¶_o the_o chapitre_n of_o the_o four_o book_n of_o thucydides_n of_z some_o exploicte_v of_o war_n that_o be_v do_v between_o the_o athenyens_n and_o lacedaemonian_n and_o chief_o how_o the_o place_n and_o isle_n of_o pylus_n be_v assiege_v by_o the_o peloponesians_n and_o how_o the_o truse_a be_v make_v among_o they_o which_o be_v in_o the_o army_n capit._fw-la i._n the_o narration_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n to_o the_o athenyans_n &_o the_o answer_n which_o they_o have_v and_o how_o the_o truse_a be_v fayll_v they_o begin_v to_o war_n again_o cap._n two_o of_o thing_n that_o be_v do_v at_o this_o time_n in_o sycille_n aswell_o by_o the_o athenyans_n &_o their_o ally_n as_o by_o they_o of_o the_o contrary_a part_n cap._n iii._n how_o the_o athenyans_n have_v the_o victory_n at_o pylus_n cap._n iiii_o of_o a_o victory_n that_o the_o athenian_n have_v against_o the_o corinthiens_n in_o their_o land_n capit._fw-la v._n how_o they_o that_o be_v dryven_v from_o corinthe_n be_v take_v by_o they_o of_o the_o town_n by_o the_o help_n of_o the_o athenyans_n and_o afterwards_o cruel_o slay_v cap._n vi_fw-la of_o many_o victory_n and_o prosperyte_n which_o the_o athenyans_n have_v in_o that_o same_o saysonne_n against_o the_o peloponesians_n and_o specyal_o in_o the_o isle_n of_o cithere_n and_o in_o thrace_n and_o some_o other_o thing_n cap._n seven_o how_o the_o secilians_n at_o the_o persuasion_n of_o hermocrates_n make_v peace_n among_o themselves_o and_o return_v or_o send_v away_o the_o athenyans_n cap._n viij_o how_o the_o athenian_n fayll_v to_o take_v the_o â—ytye_n of_o megare_n by_o the_o confederacy_n of_o some_o of_o the_o cytezen_n and_o how_o it_o be_v socour_v by_o some_o of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n cap._n ix_o of_o a_o loss_n of_o shyppe_n that_o the_o athenyans_n have_v &_o how_o brasidas_n pass_v through_o the_o country_n of_o thrace_n by_o the_o aid_n of_o perdiccas_n king_n of_o macedon_n and_o of_o some_o his_o friend_n of_o the_o say_a country_n for_o to_o come_v to_o aid_v the_o chalcidiens_n cap._n x._o how_o the_o acanthiens_n forsake_v the_o athenian_n and_o do_v take_v part_n with_o the_o peloponesians_n capit._fw-la xi_o the_o narration_n of_o brasydas_n to_o the_o acanthiens_n cap._n twelve_o how_o hipocrates_n and_o demosthenes_n duke_n of_o the_o athenian_n make_v a_o enterprise_n upon_o the_o land_n of_o beotiens_n in_o the_o which_o they_o always_o fail_v to_o their_o great_a loss_n and_o disavauntage_n cap._n xiii_o the_o narration_n of_o pagondas_n to_o the_o man_n of_o war_n beotiens_n cap._n xiiii_o the_o exhortacyon_n of_o hippocrates_n unto_o the_o souldeour_n at_o the_o joyninge_v of_o the_o battle_n how_o brasidas_n duke_n of_o the_o lacedemonyens_n take_v the_o cytye_n of_o ampipholis_fw-la secret_o and_o some_o other_o in_o the_o country_n of_o thrace_n by_o treaty_n cap._n xiii_o how_o brasidas_n take_v the_o cytye_n of_o torone_n by_o treaty_n and_o consederation_n and_o that_o same_o of_o lecythe_n by_o force_n cap._n xiiii_o the_o demonstracyon_n of_o brasidas_n to_o the_o toronian_n how_o the_o athenyans_n do_v make_v truse_a for_o one_o year_n with_o the_o lacedemonyans_n cap._n
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