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ARGUMENT.

Exordium.—Time of the Destruction of Babylon (seventy years after “the carrying away of the Jews”)—Cyrus conquers Sardis; —and diverts the Euphrates.—Belshazzar's Feast.—The army of Medes and Persians, under the conduct of two Babylonians (Gobryas and Gadatas) enters the city, along the channel of the river.—The capture—and present state of Babylon.—Address to Rome,—and London.—Conclusion.