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herself_o which_o so_o sensible_o touch_v domitius_n who_o be_v sick_a already_o that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o outlive_v the_o grief_n of_o abandon_v a_o man_n who_o by_o kindness_n revenge_v himself_o for_o his_o perfidiousness_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n canidius_n arrive_v with_o the_o legion_n who_o as_o he_o see_v the_o danger_n near_o he_o change_v his_o mind_n concern_v cleopatra_n he_o will_v have_v have_v anthony_n send_v back_o the_o queen_n and_o himself_o go_v into_o macedonia_n and_o fight_v by_o land_n with_o so_o much_o more_o advantage_n because_o dicome_n king_n of_o the_o getes_n promise_v he_o a_o powerful_a assistence_n then_o say_v canidius_n one_o ought_v not_o to_o regard_v a_o false_a kind_n of_o shame_n in_o have_v caesar_n master_n of_o the_o sea_n where_o his_o soldier_n have_v gain_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o experience_n during_o the_o war_n with_o pompey_n that_o it_o will_v be_v a_o renounce_v both_o sense_n and_o reason_n to_o put_v to_o the_o hazard_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o wind_n a_o victory_n which_o by_o land_n they_o be_v certain_a of_o by_o the_o valour_n and_o experience_n of_o their_o general_n who_o to_o this_o day_n have_v keep_v up_o the_o title_n of_o invincible_a and_o by_o the_o courage_n of_o their_o soldier_n who_o he_o have_v try_v in_o so_o many_o danger_n anthony_n be_v very_o much_o incline_v to_o follow_v this_o advice_n but_o cleopatra_n bias_v he_o the_o other_o way_n and_o oblige_v he_o against_o his_o will_n to_o hazard_v both_o his_o empire_n and_o his_o life_n in_o a_o sea-fight_n here_o also_o it_o be_v that_o anthony_n have_v like_a to_o have_v fall_v into_o a_o very_a great_a danger_n and_o this_o may_v serve_v for_o a_o instruction_n to_o person_n of_o his_o rank_n not_o too_o free_o to_o expose_v themselves_o when_o they_o be_v near_o the_o enemy_n they_o have_v make_v a_o kind_n of_o causey_n which_o run_v out_o very_o far_o into_o the_o sea_n to_o go_v from_o anthony_n camp_n to_o his_o fleet_n as_o he_o pass_v often_o in_o this_o place_n without_o any_o distrust_n and_o slender_o accompany_v some_o of_o caesar_n soldier_n have_v notice_n of_o it_o by_o a_o slave_n make_v out_o a_o party_n to_o carry_v he_o off_o and_o come_v so_o near_o that_o they_o take_v the_o officer_n that_o march_v before_o he_o they_o have_v likewise_o take_v anthony_n if_o their_o impatience_n have_v not_o discover_v they_o too_o soon_o he_o have_v much_o ado_n to_o save_v himself_o and_o caesar_n man_n retreat_v with_o their_o prisoner_n extreme_o trouble_v at_o their_o too_o much_o haste_n chap._n xxviii_o the_o battle_n of_o actium_n the_o retreat_n of_o cleopatra_n the_o flight_n of_o anthony_n caesar_n make_v himself_o master_n of_o anthony_n navy_n and_o his_o land-force_n anthony_n have_v take_v a_o resolution_n to_o fight_v by_o sea_n burn_v all_o his_o ship_n of_o burden_n
cassius_n p._n 407._o chap._n thirty-nine_o cassius_n lay_v waste_v the_o city_n of_o tharsus_n he_o join_v himself_o with_o brutus_n they_o take_v measure_n for_o carry_v on_o the_o war_n p._n 410._o chap._n xl._o cassius_n attack_n rhodes_n the_o siege_n of_o that_o city_n the_o take_n and_o desolation_n of_o rhodes_n by_o cassius_n p._n 413._o chap._n xli_o brutus_n enter_v into_o lycia_n he_o besieges_fw-fr the_o city_n xanthus_n p._n 417._o chap._n xlii_o the_o take_n of_o xanthus_n the_o fury_n and_o despair_v of_o the_o xanthian_o p._n 420._o chap._n xliii_o caesar_n and_o antonius_n cause_v their_o troop_n to_o pass_v into_o macedonia_n cassius_n join_v himself_o with_o brutus_n their_o interview_n p._n 424._o chap._n xliv_o brutus_n see_v a_o ghost_n cassius_n satisfy_v he_o by_o his_o reason_n p._n 426._o chap._n xlv_o the_o force_n of_o cassius_n and_o brutus_n those_o of_o antonius_n and_o caesar._n cassius_n speak_v to_o his_o soldier_n p._n 429._o chap._n xlvi_o the_o two_o army_n draw_v near_o each_o other_o a_o description_n of_o the_o city_n of_o philippi_n and_o its_o outwork_n p._n 432._o chap._n xlvii_o the_o two_o army_n retrench_v themselves_o their_o different_a movement_n and_o some_o skirmish_n the_o uneasiness_n of_o cassius_n p._n 434._o chap._n xlviii_o antonius_n possess_v himself_o of_o a_o post_n behind_o the_o enemy_n camp_n brutus_n resolve_v to_o fight_v contrary_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o cassius_n p._n 437._o chap._n xlix_o the_o battle_n of_o philippi_n brutus_n overthrow_v caesar_n troop_n cassius_n be_v defeat_v by_o antonius_n in_o despair_n kill_v himself_o p._n 439._o brutus_n melancholy_a his_o fleet_n defeat_v that_o of_o caesar_n and_o antonius_n and_o brutus_n know_v not_o of_o it_o he_o speak_v to_o his_o troop_n to_o confirm_v they_o p._n 444._o chap._n li._n brutus_n utter_o defeat_v by_o antonius_n and_o caesar_n p._n 447._o brutus_n last_o word_n and_o death_n messala_n go_v over_o to_o caesar_n with_o all_o his_o force_n p._n 452._o the_o content_n to_o the_o continuation_n chap._n i._o after_o the_o battle_n of_o philippi_n anthony_n and_o caesar_n bring_v their_o enemy_n to_o punishment_n they_o part_v the_o force_n of_o pompey_n caesar_n go_v into_o italy_n p._n 457._o chap._n ii_o anthony_n go_v into_o grecia_n he_o stay_v at_o athens_n he_o go_v into_o asia_n where_o he_o be_v honourable_o receive_v his_o speech_n to_o the_o deputy_n p._n 463._o chap._n iii_o cleopatra_n queen_n of_o egypt_n her_o character_n she_o come_v to_o anthony_n their_o interview_n anthony_n put_v arsinoe_n the_o sister_n of_o cleopatra_n to_o death_n p._n 470._o caesar_n sickness_n he_o come_v to_o rome_n his_o difficulty_n in_o distribute_v reward_n the_o danger_n he_o run_v upon_o this_o occasion_n p._n 475._o chap._n v._o misunderstanding_n between_o caesar_n fulvia_n and_o lucius_n they_o come_v to_o open_v war._n the_o negligence_n of_o pompey_n p._n 485._o chap._n vi_o fagius_n lieutenant_n of_o caesar_n be_v overthrow_v in_o africa_n by_o anthony_n lieutenant_n caesar_n and_o lucius_n make_v preparation_n of_o war_n against_o each_o other_o p._n 491._o chap._n vii_o the_o force_n of_o the_o two_o party_n the_o character_n of_o the_o principal_a officer_n as_o agrippa_z salvidienus_n ventidius_n and_o pollio_n lucius_n be_v besiege_v in_o perusia_n p._n 496._o chap._n viii_o the_o siege_n of_o perusia_n caesar_n in_o danger_n the_o extreme_a misery_n of_o the_o besiege_a p._n 501._o chap._n ix_o lucius_n resolve_v to_o treat_v with_o caesar_n he_o harangue_n his_o soldier_n and_o send_v deputy_n to_o caesar_n p._n 507._o chap._n x._o lucius_n speech_n to_o caesar_n his_o answer_n p._n 511._o chap._n xi_o lucius_z and_o caesar_n part_n lucius_n deliver_v up_o the_o town_n caesar_n speak_v to_o the_o besiege_a soldier_n with_o indignation_n he_o punish_v the_o senator_n of_o perusia_n the_o town_n be_v pillage_v and_o by_o accident_n burn_v tiberius_n continue_v the_o war_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o naples_n from_o whence_o he_o be_v drive_v by_o caesar_n p._n 516._o chap._n xii_o the_o diversion_n of_o anthony_n and_o cleopatra_n the_o prodigality_n of_o their_o entertainment_n the_o ingenuity_n of_o cleopatra_n p._n 521._o chap._n xiii_o anthony_n receive_v the_o news_n of_o his_o brother_n defeat_n he_o resolve_v for_o war_n and_o make_v a_o alliance_n with_o pompey_n caesar_n marry_v scribonia_n the_o death_n of_o fulvia_n anthony_n be_v master_n of_o domitius_n his_o fleet_n which_o yield_v to_o he_o p._n 526._o chap._n fourteen_o anthony_n arrive_v at_o brundisium_n he_o be_v refuse_v entrance_n the_o veteran_n force_n caesar_n and_o he_o to_o agree_v they_o come_v to_o a_o treaty_n by_o the_o mediation_n of_o cocceius_n anthony_n marry_v octavia_n the_o punishment_n and_o death_n of_o salvidienus_n p._n 531._o chap._n xv._n rome_n afflict_v with_o famine_n the_o people_n mutiny_n against_o anthony_n and_o caesar_n they_o agree_v with_o pompey_n his_o generosity_n p._n 541._o chap._n xvi_o the_o people_n joy_n upon_o the_o first_o news_n of_o the_o peace_n caesar_n go_v into_o gaul_n and_o anthony_n stay_v at_o athens_n p._n 548._o chap._n xvii_o new_a cause_n of_o breach_n between_o caesar_n and_o pompey_n caesar_n marry_v livia_n several_n fight_v between_o the_o lieutenant_n of_o caesar_n and_o pompey_n p._n 552._o chap._n xviii_o the_o wreck_n of_o caesar_n fleet._n the_o arrival_n of_o anthony_n at_o brundisium_n he_o agree_v with_o caesar_n by_o mean_n of_o octavia_n p._n 561._o chap._n xix_o caesar_n put_v a_o powerful_a fleet_n to_o sea_n command_v by_o agrippa_n he_o attack_n pompey_z in_o sicilia_n lepidus_n come_v to_o caesar_n assistence_n several_a action_n p._n 568._o chap._n xx._n the_o action_n of_o agrippa_n against_o pompey_n who_o beat_v caesar_n fleet_n p._n 574._o chap._n xxi_o caesar_n give_v new_a order_n for_o the_o fight_n of_o pompey_n who_o in_o a_o general_a battle_n be_v entire_o defeat_v p._n 580._o pompey_n flight_n lepidus_n endeavour_n to_o make_v himself_o master_n of_o sicily_n his_o soldier_n forsake_v he_o to_o serve_v caesar_n who_o order_v the_o affair_n of_o rome_n with_o great_a prudence_n p._n 585._o chap._n xxiii_o pompey_n go_v into_o asia_n where_o he_o make_v war._n the_o lieutenant_n of_o anthony_n fight_n and_o take_v he_o the_o death_n of_o pompey_n p._n 593._o chap._n xxiv_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o division_n between_o anthony_n and_o anthony_n unfortunate_a expedition_n against_o the_o parthian_n his_o return_n to_o alexandria_n p._n 599._o chap._n xxv_o caesar_n accuse_v anthony_n in_o the_o senate_n he_o declare_v war_n against_o anthony_n his_o force_n p._n 605._o chap._n xxvi_o anthony_n with_o cleopatra_n go_v to_o athens_n plancus_n and_o several_a other_o of_o his_o friend_n forsake_v he_o p._n 611._o chap._n xxvii_o the_o force_n of_o caesar_n and_o anthony_n they_o write_v sharp_a letter_n to_o each_o other_o caesar_n approach_v anthony_n army_n which_o lie_v at_o actium_n p._n 617._o chap._n xxviii_o the_o battle_n of_o actium_n the_o retreat_n of_o cleopatra_n the_o flight_n of_o anthony_n caesar_n make_v himself_o master_n of_o anthony_n navy_n and_o his_o land-force_n p._n 623._o anthony_n displeasure_n against_o cleopatra_n he_o retire_v into_o libya_n and_o return_n into_o egypt_n p._n 630._o chap._n xxx_o caesar_n go_v into_o italy_n he_o pacify_v the_o soldier_n and_o besieges_fw-fr alexandria_n p._n 635._o chap._n xxxi_o anthony_n defeat_v caesar_n s_o cavalry_n he_o be_v forsake_v by_o his_o man_n his_o despair_n he_o wound_v himself_o be_v carry_v to_o cleopatra_n his_o death_n p._n 639._o chap._n xxxii_o caesar_n enter_v into_o alexandria_n he_o visit_v cleopatra_n her_o death_n the_o posterity_n of_o anthony_n p._n 663._o the_o history_n of_o the_o first_o triumvirate_n volume_n i._n chap._n i._n the_o estate_n of_o the_o roman_a commonwealth_n after_o catiline_n conspiracy_n never_o be_v the_o city_n of_o rome_n in_o such_o danger_n since_o its_o be_v sack_v and_o burn_v by_o the_o gaul_n as_o it_o appear_v to_o be_v in_o the_o conspiracy_n of_o catiline_n it_o be_v impossible_a in_o the_o account_n sallust_n give_v of_o it_o without_o horror_n to_o read_v of_o the_o rage_n the_o madness_n the_o debauchery_n and_o ambition_n of_o that_o man_n and_o yet_o at_o the_o same_o time_n his_o address_n in_o manage_v a_o design_n that_o be_v to_o carry_v fire_n and_o sword_n even_o into_o the_o very_a bowel_n of_o his_o country_n but_o the_o wisdom_n and_o vigilancy_n of_o cicero_n hinder_v its_o take_a effect_n and_o catiline_n be_v slay_v at_o the_o head_n of_o those_o troop_n he_o be_v lead_v against_o the_o city_n but_o neither_o this_o man_n defeat_n or_o death_n be_v sufficient_a to_o settle_v so_o firm_a a_o peace_n in_o that_o city_n but_o that_o still_o she_o lay_v expose_v to_o the_o enterprise_n which_o some_o more_o ambitious_a senator_n than_o the_o rest_n be_v always_o form_v against_o her_o liberty_n nor_o can_v their_o
have_v wear_v arm_n contrary_a to_o the_o law_n in_o that_o case_n provide_v so_o that_o every_o body_n according_a to_o their_o own_o inclination_n give_v their_o particular_a account_n of_o this_o business_n but_o all_o dispute_v of_o that_o nature_n be_v quick_o end_v by_o the_o fate_n of_o vettius_n who_o die_v in_o prison_n and_o be_v one_o of_o but_o obscure_a condition_n there_o be_v no_o body_n who_o take_v very_o great_a pain_n to_o inquire_v how_o he_o come_v by_o his_o end_n the_o management_n of_o cicero_n in_o all_o this_o business_n begin_v to_o render_v he_o very_o much_o suspect_v to_o the_o triumvirate_n and_o he_o have_v lose_v his_o reputation_n with_o they_o utter_o by_o a_o discourse_n which_o he_o make_v against_o caesar_n in_o plead_v for_o caius_n antonius_n who_o have_v be_v his_o colleague_n in_o the_o consulship_n caesar_n think_v it_o not_o by_o any_o mean_v worth_a his_o while_n to_o contend_v with_o cicero_n in_o ill_a language_n and_o rail_a and_o therefore_o take_v another_o way_n to_o revenge_v himself_o and_o the_o very_a same_o day_n wrought_v the_o people_n to_o give_v their_o consent_n for_o the_o adoption_n of_o clodius_n this_o man_n who_o labour_v by_o all_o mean_v imaginable_a for_o the_o ruin_n of_o cicero_n aspire_v as_o be_v say_v before_o to_o the_o charge_n of_o the_o tribuneship_n and_o to_o take_v away_o the_o objection_n against_o that_o pretence_n of_o his_o be_v of_o the_o family_n of_o the_o patrician_n have_v procure_v himself_o to_o be_v adopt_a by_o a_o man_n among_o the_o people_n called_z flavius_z now_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o the_o people_n shall_v confirm_v this_o adoption_n by_o their_o approbation_n and_o this_o be_v bring_v to_o pass_v whole_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o caesar._n cicero_n be_v too-sharp_a sight_v not_o to_o discern_v easy_o whither_o this_o matter_n tend_v but_o be_v sufficient_o convince_v when_o he_o see_v clodius_n make_v tribune_n of_o the_o people_n he_o appeal_v for_o 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