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NAPOLEON

THE TYRANT.



BOOK I.



CHAP. I.

1. Appearance of an Evil Spirit on the face of the earth, being the forerunner of the Tyrant. — 2. It seizeth upon the inhabitants of the land of Gaul. — 3. Its progress. — 4. The idolatry of the Gauls. — 5. Description and signs of the Beast, or Idol, which this people worshipped.

And behold it came to pass, in these latter days, that an evil spirit arose on the face of the earth, and greatly troubled the sons of men.

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And this spirit seized upon, and spread amongst the people who dwell in the land of Gaul.

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