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husband_n apollonius_n of_o all_o the_o strange_a accident_n that_o happen_v unto_o she_o after_o his_o cast_v she_o forth_o into_o the_o sea_n namely_o how_o her_o chest_n be_v cast_v on_o land_n at_o the_o coast_n of_o ephesus_n and_o take_v up_o by_o a_o physician_n and_o how_o she_o be_v reviue_v and_o by_o he_o adopt_v and_o for_o preservation_n of_o her_o honesty_n place_v among_o the_o nun_n in_o the_o temple_n of_o diana_n where_o he_o than_o find_v she_o according_o as_o it_o appear_v before_o in_o the_o history_n wherefore_o they_o bless_v the_o name_n of_o god_n and_o yield_v most_o hearty_a thanks_n unto_o he_o that_o he_o have_v preserve_v they_o thitherto_o and_o grant_v they_o so_o joyful_a a_o meeting_n chap._n xxi_o how_o apollonius_n depart_v from_o ephesus_n and_o sail_v himself_o his_o wife_n his_o son_n and_o daughter_n unto_o antiochia_n and_o then_o to_o tyrus_n and_o from_o thence_o to_o tharsus_n where_o he_o revenge_v himself_o upon_o stranguilio_n and_o 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