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that_o be_v either_o present_a at_o this_o victory_n of_o cyrus_n or_o that_o receive_v the_o report_n from_o other_o true_o as_o it_o be_v can_v better_o describe_v and_o leave_v the_o same_o to_o posterity_n after_o it_o be_v act_v than_o isaiah_n have_v do_v in_o many_o part_n of_o his_o prophecy_n which_o be_v write_v two_o hundred_o year_n before_o any_o of_o these_o thing_n be_v attempt_v the_o greatness_n and_o magnificence_n of_o babylon_n babylon_n be_v it_o not_o by_o divers_a grave_a author_n record_v may_v seem_v altogether_o fabulous_a for_o it_o be_v report_v for_o truth_n that_o one_o part_n of_o the_o city_n know_v not_o that_o the_o other_o be_v take_v three_o day_n after_o which_o be_v not_o impossible_a if_o we_o consider_v the_o vast_a circumference_n of_o it_o diodorus_n siculus_n say_v that_o it_o be_v in_o compass_n three_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o furlong_n which_o make_v forty_o five_o mile_n the_o wall_n be_v so_o thick_a that_o six_o chariot_n may_v pass_v 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