. The works of Josephus. and turning their backs to their ene-mies f^ed in great diforder, as if they had been furprized with a panick fear 5yet was hates no ways daunted; but having difcovered that it was trea-Ibn and confpiracy of his greateft Peers, he retired alfo into his Camp, where he en-quired of the Caufe that they pretended. After he knew thatthey had plotted withthe Arabian, he caufed the Confpirators to be put to death : and the next day afterwent out to fight, and killed a great number of his enemies, and conftrained the reftto betake them to flight. He purfued their King alfo int
. The works of Josephus. and turning their backs to their ene-mies f^ed in great diforder, as if they had been furprized with a panick fear 5yet was hates no ways daunted; but having difcovered that it was trea-Ibn and confpiracy of his greateft Peers, he retired alfo into his Camp, where he en-quired of the Caufe that they pretended. After he knew thatthey had plotted withthe Arabian, he caufed the Confpirators to be put to death : and the next day afterwent out to fight, and killed a great number of his enemies, and conftrained the reftto betake them to flight. He purfued their King alfo into a Fort called Arfam, whichhe battered and aflaulted with fach vigour and diUgence, that he took the fame with G a great quantity of booty that was therein, and returned to Adiahem with great tri-umph : but he took not Abi,^ aUve, for he himfelf had prevented his captivity withhis death. The Lords o^Adia ena feeing themfelves ftuftrated of their former hopes, m Z z 3 ^lias: 53^ JO S E P H U S, Of the Antiqultm Book ix,it;s callcthupon God,who fendetlithe Sacans in-tofjrf^/i,up-on vihofe ar-rival hit IS dfliver-crli up theKingdom tohis Brother and dicth. Bdio & n<if-fin„i, chjj. 5. thepeople thatvvich a wordlie will to di-vide it thempaliijge : hewith hisfol-lowers arefljit». that by Gods hand they were delivçred into the hands of their King, could not con-tain their difpleafure, but praftiled further mifchief: for they wrote their Letters toVologejiis King of Purthia, defiring him to kill kates, and to beftow another King up-on them who was a Parthian, for that they hated their King who had aboliflied theirR-cligion and had embraced a ftrange Law. The Parthian underftanding hereof, pre-pared himlelf for War -?, and having no juft colour or pretext to authorize it, he fentameflènger unto him to redemand thofc honours which his father had given him,which if he refufed, he denounced War
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