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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d read_v the_o rest_n in_o that_o place_n the_o rabbin_z say_v that_o the_o latin_a scribe_n have_v write_v that_o this_o nimrod_n who_o reign_v first_o in_o babel_n make_v himself_o a_o god_n and_o command_v that_o they_o shall_v serve_v he_o because_o it_o be_v he_o that_o first_o have_v build_v babel_n etc._n etc._n after_o this_o he_o make_v a_o idol_n after_o his_o own_o image_n and_o call_v it_o bel._n to_o this_o purpose_n the_o rabbin_z concern_v the_o stature_n of_o nimrod_n i_o have_v say_v nothing_o have_v not_o methodius_n say_v too_o much_o who_o affirm_v and_o from_o he_o luca_n tudensis_n that_o this_o nimrod_n be_v no_o less_o than_o ten_o cubit_n high_a believ_n this_o that_o will_v if_o it_o be_v or_o can_v be_v so_o the_o seventie_o interpreter_n do_v well_o to_o call_v he_o a_o giant_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o his_o death_n annius_n have_v make_v berosus_n lie_v spirit_n take_v he_o away_o and_o funccius_n will_v needs_o believ_n this_o as_o appeareth_z 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jew_n be_v call_v hebrew_n from_o abraham_n he_o say_v also_o that_o abraham_n go_v into_o egypt_n and_o teach_v the_o king_n astronomy_n the_o king_n name_n he_o call_v pharetho_n his_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o will_v say_v pharaoh_n thus_o artapanus_n in_o euseb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d melo_n in_o his_o discourse_n against_o the_o jew_n write_v also_o of_o this_o abraham_n and_o say_v that_o he_o be_v so_o call_v to_o express_v thus_o much_o in_o force_n to_o wit_v his_o father_n friend_n one_o part_n of_o his_o name_n signify_v a_o father_n indeed_o and_o the_o other_o according_a as_o it_o may_v be_v write_v may_v be_v force_v to_o signify_v a_o friend_n but_o let_v that_o pass_v this_o melo_n tell_v of_o his_o two_o wife_n of_o his_o son_n by_o both_o and_o sum_v up_o his_o whole_a story_n of_o these_o testimony_n see_v more_o in_o eusebius_n pamp._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v abraham_n thus_o eusebius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 19_o see_v also_o what_o julius_n africanus_n have_v story_v of_o abraham_n and_o his_o expedition_n to_o pentapolis_n euseb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 19_o ninus_n colophonius_n phoenix_n a_o poet_n have_v thus_o set_v forth_o the_o life_n of_o this_o prince_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ninus_n vir_fw-la quidam_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la audio_fw-la assyrius_n qui_fw-la auri_fw-la mare_fw-la possidebat_fw-la et_fw-la alia_fw-la copiosius_fw-la quà m_fw-la arena_fw-la est_fw-la caspia_n astra_fw-la nunquam_fw-la vidit_fw-la nec_fw-la forsitan_fw-la id_fw-la optavit_fw-la ignem_fw-la apud_fw-la magos_n sacrum_n non_fw-la excitavit_fw-la et_fw-la lege_fw-la statutum_n est_fw-la deum_fw-la nec_fw-la virgis_fw-la attigit_fw-la sacrificiis_fw-la deos_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la veneratus_fw-la jura_fw-la non_fw-la reddidit_fw-la subjectos_fw-la sibi_fw-la populos_fw-la affari_fw-la non_fw-la didicit_fw-la ac_fw-la nè_fw-la numerare_fw-la quidem_fw-la verùm_fw-la ad_fw-la edendum_fw-la ac_fw-la bibendum_fw-la strenuissimus_fw-la vinúmque_fw-la miscens_fw-la cetera_fw-la in_o saxa_n amandabat_fw-la vir_fw-la ille_fw-la ut_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-la se_fw-la testimonium_fw-la reliquit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la sepulchrum_n hoc_fw-la conspicatus_fw-la nunc_fw-la ubi_fw-la ninus_n sit_fw-la audi._n sive_fw-la sis_fw-la assyrius_n sive_fw-la medus_n sive_fw-la coraxus_fw-la sive_fw-la à _fw-la supervis_fw-la indus_n capillatus_fw-la frivola_fw-la non_fw-la denuncio_fw-la quondam_a ego_fw-la ninus_n fui_fw-la spiritumque_fw-la vitalem_fw-la hausi_fw-la nunc_fw-la verò_fw-la aliud_fw-la nihil_fw-la quà m_fw-la serra_fw-mi factus_fw-la sum_fw-la quicquid_fw-la comedi_fw-la habeo_fw-la quicquid_fw-la volupe_fw-la mihi_fw-la fuit_fw-la et_fw-la quiquid_fw-la pulcharum_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la in_o amore_fw-la lascivii_fw-la open_v quibus_fw-la eram_fw-la beatus_fw-la inimici_fw-la coeuntes_fw-la auferent_fw-la hoedum_fw-la ut_fw-la crudum_fw-la quae_fw-la bacchantur_fw-la thyades_n ad_fw-la inferos_fw-la cùm_fw-la descendi_fw-la nec_fw-la aurum_fw-la nec_fw-la equum_fw-la nec_fw-la argenteum_fw-la currum_fw-la egi_fw-la cinis_fw-la jam_fw-la multus_fw-la qui_fw-la olim_fw-la mitram_fw-la gestavi_fw-la athenaeus_n lib._n 12._o diodorus_n speak_v of_o this_o ninus_n give_v another_o report_n for_o he_o say_v this_o man_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bear_v to_o be_v martial_a and_o valorous_a even_o to_o emulation_n ninus_n make_v war_n with_o the_o armenian_n in_o which_o case_n their_o king_n barzanes_n perceive_v himself_o too_o weak_a conquer_v his_o enemy_n by_o his_o submission_n which_o ninus_n ingenious_o apprehend_v as_o generous_o reward_v and_o restore_v the_o kingdom_n to_o the_o king_n again_o diodor._fw-la lib._n 2._o ninus_n die_v and_o be_v bury_v in_o the_o palace_n in_o memorial_n of_o who_o be_v erect_v a_o most_o stately_a monument_n in_o height_n nine_o furlong_n and_o in_o breadth_n ten_o a_o wonderful_a sumptuous_a tomb_n if_o ctesias_n say_v true_a but_o scaliger_n say_v that_o he_o be_v scriptor_n nugacissimus_n if_o he_o be_v i_o wonder_v much_o that_o diodorus_n shall_v so_o often_o use_v his_o authority_n as_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o he_o do_v concern_v the_o city_n which_o ninus_n build_v the_o author_n of_o the_o chronological_a abstract_n before_o cite_v say_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d semiramis_n all_o writer_n have_v show_v their_o good_a will_n to_o make_v the_o world_n acquaint_v with_o the_o renown_n of_o this_o manly_a woman_n but_o in_o their_o discourse_n there_o have_v be_v as_o much_o deceit_n as_o in_o her_o desert_n diodorus_n confess_v her_o pedigree_n to_o have_v no_o better_a authority_n then_o from_o the_o fable_n the_o most_o say_v she_o be_v the_o wife_n of_o ninus_n so_o ctesias_n and_o diodorus_n and_o many_o beside_o but_o conon_n in_o photius_n say_v she_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o ninus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o error_n of_o this_o ancient_a author_n be_v most_o apparent_a for_o by_o ninus_n he_o mean_v ninias_n who_o also_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o affricanus_fw-la witness_v and_o so_o indeed_o she_o be_v the_o wife_n of_o ninus_n
neriglissoroor_a but_o when_o he_o have_v the_o kingdom_n he_o be_v honour_v with_o the_o name_n of_o bel_n and_o call_v belshazar_n this_o king_n make_v a_o impious_a feast_n and_o profane_n the_o vessel_n of_o god_n house_n to_o quaff_v in_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o shac_n for_o so_o these_o feast_n day_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o they_o be_v like_o the_o roman_a saturnalia_fw-la as_o we_o have_v say_v and_o as_o berosus_n expound_v in_o athenaeus_n and_o causaubon_n out_o of_o he_o scaliger_n also_o in_o his_o note_n upon_o the_o greek_a fragment_n in_o this_o feast_n the_o king_n heart_n be_v very_o merry_a the_o manner_n be_v express_v by_o the_o prophet_n daniel_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o this_o profuse_a jovialtie_n god_n interpose_v his_o doom_n his_o fate_n be_v write_v in_o chaldee_n upon_o the_o wall_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o now_o it_o be_v plain_a to_o read_v meneh_n for_o god_n have_v number_v this_o kingdom_n and_o finish_v it_o tekel_n 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