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call_v prusias_n but_o of_o his_o come_n the_o sleyghty_a romayn_v have_v knowledge_v to_o bithinye_a down_o their_o letter_n send_v if_o hanybal_n escape_v they_o shall_v repent_v the_o letter_n red_a the_o king_n the_o same_o day_n make_v his_o people_n besiege_v the_o dungeon_n where_o duke_n hannibal_n of_o trust_n alone_o lay_v all_o destitute_a when_o he_o know_v this_o treason_n tescape_v his_o enemy_n drink_v wilful_o poison_v chase_n rather_o so_o other_o escape_n be_v none_o then_o in_o the_o hand_n to_o fall_v of_o his_o fone_n tofore_o his_o dethe_v say_v this_o oryson_n to_o all_o y_fw-mi â—_o god_n devout_o down_o knel_v that_o they_o will_v of_o this_o false_a treason_n take_v vengeance_n of_o prusias_n the_o king_n which_o be_v cause_n by_o his_o false_a work_n of_o the_o destruction_n and_o dethe_v final_a of_o this_o famous_a worthy_a hanyball_n ¶_o lenuoye_n this_o tragedy_n froward_a to_o write_v
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delight_n of_o lecherous_a outrage_n be_v all_o his_o lust_n with_o watch_n &_o drunkenness_n will_n in_o his_o court_n of_o reason_n be_v mistress_n cause_v the_o people_n through_o all_o the_o region_n to_o rise_v again_o he_o by_o rebellion_n contrary_a he_o be_v to_o all_o good_a discipline_n the_o people_n arise_v again_o he_o on_o a_o day_n and_o he_o for_o fear_n in_o habit_n feminine_a like_o a_o wretch_n flee_v cowardly_a away_o take_v at_o mischief_n there_o be_v make_v no_o delay_n false_o confess_v hear_v many_o a_o man_n again_o nature_n that_o he_o be_v a_o woman_n the_o troth_n know_v and_o the_o slander_v rife_o all_o of_o assent_v the_o people_n antiochene_n rose_n atone_v and_o so_o he_o lose_v his_o life_n they_o be_v so_o woo_v again_o he_o in_o their_o tene_z thus_o of_o fortune_n the_o change_n be_v always_o see_v from_o better_a to_o worse_o she_o can_v so_o well_o transmue_v the_o state_n of_o they_o that_o will_v no_o virtue_n sue_v the_o xxiiii_o chapter_n â§_o how_o andriscus_n of_o low_a birth_n bear_v have_v no_o title_n become_v king_n of_o macedon_n and_o be_v after_o take_v and_o die_v in_o prison_n but_o of_o one_o thing_n fortune_n be_v to_o blame_v that_o she_o be_v so_o changeable_a of_o courage_n to_o set_v a_o boy_n unknowen_a of_o birth_n and_o fame_n by_o false_a error_n upon_o a_o royal_a stage_n for_o one_o andriscus_n by_o surquedous_a outrage_n without_o title_n by_o subtyll_o compass_a of_o macedon_n take_v on_o he_o to_o be_v king_n colour_n be_v none_o his_o claim_n to_o make_v stable_n except_o that_o he_o of_o there_o and_o of_o visage_n be_v to_o king_n philyp_v of_o feture_n most_o semblable_a whereby_o the_o people_n in_o their_o furious_a rage_n catch_v opinion_n of_o wylfull_a false_a dotage_n again_o reason_n bochas_n do_v discrive_v that_o king_n philyp_n be_v rise_v from_o death_n to_o live_v whilom_o father_n of_o perses_n as_o i_o tell_v and_o for_o andriscus_n bring_v up_o in_o wretchedness_n in_o 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