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Show A i i ' Fi . %1 1. N, : ¥ & oA (e : ! eM 5 1 F ug §IE s g r itMY i S HE fhii 1. L 3 455 (el S Be ELVS v 4 K § L I MY o revenge himfelfalle. " Uponknowledge of " this acceptande, thefe Rob_ébcs'fb" mit with extraordinary Alacrityto his Command and Author,i y 5. wherei e;f nof{ooner invefted, but firft of all they fall upon the Judge'tha gave the f; i whom they immediately kill'd : "Thenthey fell upon the Ar y of the T"rtltence Vice-Roy,which they quickly routed and putto flight 5 but he rallyine his I;zng ¥P i d. il‘ on the fame as' the'béft and moft likely méans; Hot only to repair his 'Dan:) ;.ng ap ", i 1 him, was not long tonfulting, but fuddenly aceepted of their offer - 10) ukr w & 111 ia1 e ',nl RIREE :‘I-u SH P E 3 Hh L 4| 1 {) ¥ 1 R RO R 1 % 3 ) L W i DA w & WE R g &1 fa § & yR 3 0 4 4 1 B i gL S M 1 i Vi p T . e Vi A k L b L ' gt A i RI { r V w { B \1 " ( L 3 o & ME T 3% E 1 ¢ £ N 13 S 1. L g | $i 38 Y E 5 L : ' $ ¢ 1t R L T R ‘ S0 Bise 1 v e > g - - continued till fix of the eight Generals were flain, and only the two fouteft, Lieungzus and Changhienchnngus, left alive to difpute the quarrel. For the mor ealie bringing this to pafs, each endeavoured to win to'his fide the Forces of th other. flaixl Generals, to ftrengthen themfelves; for to fuch height was thei Ambition now grown, that there was no thoughts of dividing the ftakes between cach refolving to be ant Cefar ant nibil 5 fo were they elated with the thoughts o Soveraignty Filled with thefe thoughts, thefe two Generals took {everal ways to advanc their Interefts and Defigns ; Licungzns withhis Forces falling into the Province of Xenfi and Honan ; but the other imagining to get the beft booty in thofe o S "C.b"e an Huguang marche thicher; fo that now they no longer fought on again{t another as formerly, but fecking Wealth and Booty removed far enoug remote from each other L IM""‘_"M‘".' '. S s SWWE o b i et -.' ¢ Fid having' now thus firengthned themfelves wit Forces, and got great ftore of Wealth by Preying and Stealing, they then refolve not to reft there, but driving higher defigns in their heads,began to confult abo the reducing of the whole Empire under their {fubje@ion, and the unthronin of the Emperour : For the accomplithing whereof and advancing himfelf; evet one of the eight Generals thought himfelf of fufficient firength to get that Morfel,and fancied himfelf capable and fit to bear fo weighty a burthen. clean.sh data import.tsv out README Wit which ambitious thoughts puffed up, each of them began tomake War upon th other,in hopes to be Conquerors,and to Encircle his head with ¢he Royal Diadem and Ennoble his Pofteritics blood by the poficflion of tlic Empire. This Wa Thefe Robbersand Mutineer ‘ 1R h Valiant Men among them mies into the Field, appointing for their Generals fuch as they counted the miof 1 R # o ' il0 W ufual yearly Taxespaidhim, as ina Froitful year; which exalion fet the Jnha bitants of thofe Provinces upon plotting' againft him, and at length to joyn wi; the Robbers, by whofe affiftance in a fhort time they brought Eight ftrong Ar i DI NSTS om i 4 Ain $ Y R®TE E i e nels', gave aver thefe Thieves, which hapned chiefly in the Provincesof Xenfi and Xanting. Ano ther Provocation or Inftigation ‘was, that the Emperonr Zungehinius béinQ of covetous and milerable nacure, would have (notwithffanding che Dearti;) t e L ¥ i) orthern Pro a {earcity of Provifion, and confequently a''great desy great occafion to the rifing and encreafing of thekhunlber‘o 4 " ¥R ( hod de- broyd all ; e il| and Pra~ sSt vinces of China, caufin W { )‘ HE MR N | E S again, as they did i a thort time after we 5 turned back again upon them withfuch Fary, that h forced them};o% e into IC? Mountains with a very great Slanghter ; notwithfiandin all which the) rcm?'t l( againy but fRill kept in their holdstill they had an opportu ity to fhew t);mfif Im | ¢ ¢ eir Ceneral, and be'affiftant to them in the c rry‘i.ng en thi' Bwou} This gredt Perfon poflefled yet with fury for the remembrance o the i;F clig P ftand'by ‘him with their lives, to hielp himito'tedrels his wrong provié dehy beCOme‘fh B kept themfelves in great nutnk;cr perfon to let him''know that if he pleafed to accept of ‘their power B ( e Mountains, without making any furtherdiftarbance 5 b t they fent to tbl‘lp'm'] i 'r |8 i (R AE "mr i 1 A < R i ‘ot bersy aftérthe raifing of their Siege |I felf as Friends and Alliance, there was no'geod to berdone therej % A General Defoription: o ! 1 1 i i 30 e i HE . o1k i R o Lt V L :el i I h I |