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infuse_v by_o god_n ibid._n 11._o of_o fate_n or_o destiny_n ibid._n 12._o of_o prescience_n 6_o 13._o of_o providence_n ibid._n 14._o of_o predestination_n 7_o 15._o of_o fortune_n as_o it_o may_v seem_v against_o reason_n and_o providence_n ibid._n chap._n ii_o of_o man_n estate_n in_o the_o creation_n and_o of_o god_n rest._n 8_o §_o 1._o man_n the_o last_o and_o most_o admirable_a of_o god_n work_n 9_o 2._o of_o the_o intellectual_a mind_n of_o man_n and_o god_n image_n in_o it_o ibid._n 3._o of_o the_o frailty_n of_o our_o body_n and_o the_o care_n due_a to_o our_o immortal_a soul_n 11_o 4._o of_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n breathe_v by_o god_n into_o man._n 12_o 5._o man_n a_o little_a world_n his_o mortality_n disobedience_n god_n rest_v on_o the_o seven_o day_n 13_o chap_n iii_o of_o paradise_n and_o the_o various_a opinion_n about_o it_o 14_o §_o 1._o that_o it_o be_v the_o first_o habitation_n of_o man._n ibid._n 2._o by_o some_o hold_v to_o be_v allegorical_a ibid._n 3._o moses_n description_n of_o paradise_n ibid._n 4._o it_o be_v no_o vain_a curiosity_n to_o inquire_v after_o it_o 15_o 5._o paradise_n not_o total_o deface_v by_o the_o flood_n ibid._n 6_o 7_o 8._o paradise_n not_o the_o whole_a earth_n various_a opinion_n about_o it_o 16_o 9_o 10._o paradise_n be_v in_o eden_n 17_o 11_o 12._o two_o objection_n touch_v the_o dvision_n of_o the_o river_n and_o eden_n fertility_n answer_v 19_o 13_o 14._o pison_n and_o gehon_n two_o river_n of_o paradise_n 20_o 21_o 15._o paradise_n most_o pleasant_a and_o fruitful_a be_v in_o 35_o degree_n 21_o chap._n iu_o of_o the_o two_o chief_a tree_n in_o paradise_n 22_o §_o 1._o the_o tree_n of_o life_n a_o material_a tree_n ibid._n 2_o 3._o becanus_n opinion_n that_o it_o be_v the_o indian_a figtree_n 23_o 4._o of_o the_o name_n of_o the_o tree_n of_o knowledge_n and_o adam_n sin_n 24._o chap._n v._n memorable_a thing_n between_o adam_n and_o noah_n 25_o §_o 1_o 2._o cain_n murder_v his_o brother_n dwell_v in_o the_o land_n of_o nod._n ibid._n 3._o moses_n very_o brief_a in_o the_o story_n of_o cain_n 26_o 4_o 5._o the_o various_a and_o long_a life_n of_o the_o patriarch_n ib._n 6._o the_o patriarch_n deliver_v their_o knowledge_n by_o tradition_n enoch_n write_v before_o the_o flood_n 27._o 7_o 8._o of_o the_o man_n of_o war_n and_o giant_n before_o the_o flood_n 28._o chap._n vi_o the_o original_a of_o idolatry_n and_o relic_n of_o antiquity_n in_o fable_n 29_o §_o 1_o 2_o 3_o ancient_a truth_n in_o old_a corruption_n as_o in_o the_o family_n of_o noah_n and_o the_o old_a egyptian_n ib._n 4_o 5_o 6._o jupiter_n be_v cain_n vulcan_n tubal-cain_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o several_a sort_n of_o jupiter_n 30_o 7._o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o wise_a
who_o brother_n he_o be_v cyrus_n ever_o after_o so_o trust_v he_o that_o in_o his_o journey_n to_o scythia_n he_o leave_v he_o to_o advise_v cambyses_n his_o son_n §_o 5._o cyrus_n after_o the_o conquest_n of_o lydia_n as_o it_o seem_v invade_v scythia_n and_o take_v amorges_n who_o wife_n spartha_n renew_v the_o war_n take_v cyrus_n and_o so_o by_o exchange_n recover_v her_o husband_n he_o also_o reduce_v the_o phocian_o and_o greek_n in_o lesser_a asia_n be_v fall_v off_o and_o have_v settle_v all_o his_o province_n prepare_v to_o attempt_n babylon_n as_o the_o height_n of_o his_o design_n whereto_o he_o enforce_a head_n and_o hand_n cyrus_n have_v spend_v ten_o year_n in_o order_v former_a purchase_n and_o prepare_v for_o babylon_n know_v the_o strength_n of_o it_o be_v treble_a wall_v of_o great_a height_n and_o surround_v with_o water_n unfordable_a and_o victual_v for_o twenty_o year_n despair_v to_o carry_v it_o by_o assault_n or_o to_o famish_v it_o in_o short_a time_n or_o 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the_o dam_n between_o the_o river_n and_o his_o trench_n to_o be_v cut_v down_o euphrates_n sudden_o fail_v the_o city_n and_o leave_v the_o besieger_n a_o ready_a entrance_n upon_o a_o secure_a people_n drown_v in_o their_o cup_n no_o historian_n if_o he_o have_v be_v present_a can_v have_v better_o set_v out_o babel_n calamity_n in_o that_o surprise_n than_o do_v isaiah_n two_o hundred_o year_n before_o and_o jeremy_n above_o seventy_o year_n who_o prophecy_n be_v now_o accomplish_v §_o 6._o cyrus_n his_o last_o war_n and_o end_n be_v diverse_o report_v herodotus_n and_o justin_n tell_v we_o of_o his_o war_n with_o the_o massaget_n and_o his_o death_n by_o queen_n tomyris_n but_o i_o believe_v with_o viginier_n that_o war_n be_v rather_o that_o which_o he_o have_v before_o with_o the_o scythian_n and_o that_o tomyris_n be_v sparta_n ctesias_n report_v he_o be_v wound_v in_o his_o war_n with_o derbician_n scythian_n and_o die_v three_o day_n after_o and_o by_o strabo_n report_n he_o be_v bury_v in_o his_o own_o city_n pasagarde_v who_o tomb_n alexander_n the_o great_a open_v say_v curtius_n there_o be_v no_o likelihood_n of_o any_o such_o overthrow_n of_o the_o persian_n in_o scythia_n consider_v cambyses_n present_a journey_n into_o egypt_n and_o therefore_o i_o believe_v he_o die_v at_o home_n as_o xenophon_n report_v set_v down_o his_o oration_n to_o his_o son_n etc._n etc._n §_o 7._o cyrus_n his_o decree_n for_o building_n god_n temple_n be_v in_o true_a consideration_n the_o noble_a of_o all_o his_o act_n as_o a_o service_n to_o the_o author_n of_o all_o goodness_n accomplish_v what_o the_o lord_n have_v promise_v seventy_o year_n before_o touch_v the_o return_n of_o the_o jew_n etc._n etc._n restore_v the_o vessel_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o re-building_n the_o house_n of_o god_n yet_o be_v the_o work_n hinder_v all_o the_o day_n of_o cyrus_n by_o the_o samaritan_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o province_n who_o wrought_v upon_o cambyses_n in_o his_o father_n day_n and_o after_o upon_o suggestion_n that_o it_o be_v a_o rebellious_a city_n etc._n etc._n he_o reign_v thirty_o or_o one_o and_o thirty_o year_n §_o 8._o cyrus_n have_v two_o son_n cambyses_n and_o smerdis_n three_o daughter_n atossa_n and_o meroe_n who_o cambyses_n their_o brother_n marry_v and_o aristona_n wife_n to_o darius_n hystaspes_n as_o be_v atossa_n after_o cambyses_n death_n codman_n mistake_v she_o for_o hester_n because_o she_o be_v call_v hadasa_n but_o nearness_n of_o name_n confound_v not_o the_o person_n where_o the_o one_o be_v the_o know_a daughter_n of_o cyrus_n the_o other_o a_o jew_n who_o though_o a_o while_n she_o conceal_v her_o kindred_n yet_o she_o after_o discover_v it_o etc._n etc._n chap._n iu._n of_o the_o persian_a affair_n from_o cyrus_n to_o darius_n §_o 1._o the_o persian_a king_n be_v diverse_o number_v but_o eusebius_n and_o most_o latin_a author_n follow_v the_o greek_n krentzheim_n have_v refell_v all_o the_o other_o and_o beucer_n 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the_o mountain_n which_o divide_v susiana_n and_o persia_n but_o by_o a_o lycian_a which_o live_v there_o he_o find_v another_o way_n and_o come_v sudden_o upon_o ariobarzanes_n and_o force_v he_o who_o not_o find_v entrance_n into_o persepolis_n return_v with_o a_o second_o charge_n upon_o the_o macedonian_n and_o be_v slay_v teridates_n another_o of_o darius_n trusty_a grandee_n send_v to_o alexander_n to_o make_v haste_n to_o persepolis_n before_o the_o people_n pillage_v the_o treasury_n which_o at_o that_o day_n be_v the_o rich_a in_o the_o world_n this_o place_n alexander_n commit_v to_o nicaride_n a_o creature_n of_o his_o own_o and_o leave_v the_o body_n of_o his_o army_n there_o while_o he_o with_o a_o thousand_o horse_n and_o some_o choice_a foot_n not_o able_a to_o stand_v still_o will_v in_o the_o winter_n see_v the_o part_n of_o persia_n cover_v with_o snow_n when_o his_o footman_n be_v impatient_a of_o that_o extreme_a travail_n he_o leave_v his_o horse_n to_o bear_v a_o 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traitor_n
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