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the_o rain_n carry_v any_o fish_n into_o it_o they_o immediate_o die_v and_o float_v upon_o the_o surface_n of_o the_o fat_a water_n vi_o so_o much_o concern_v the_o lake_n now_o let_v we_o proceed_v to_o say_v something_o of_o its_o bank_n and_o the_o circumjacent_a country_n beside_o what_o we_o have_v already_o relate_v of_o it_o by_o the_o by_o josephus_n speak_v of_o the_o territory_n about_o sodom_n thus_o express_v himself_o near_o this_o lake_n say_v he_o be_v sodomitis_n former_o a_o delicious_a and_o fertile_a land_n and_o famous_a for_o the_o riches_n of_o its_o city_n but_o now_o whole_o burn_v up_o after_o this_o he_o go_v on_o in_o the_o follow_a word_n so_o that_o you_o will_v rather_o think_v that_o tacitus_n or_o any_o pagan_a author_n speak_v rather_o than_o josephus_n the_o report_v run_v that_o for_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n it_o be_v destroy_v by_o thunderbolt_n indeed_o the_o remainder_n of_o the_o divine_a fire_n and_o the_o resemblance_n of_o 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