. The works of Josephus. y fJjould fee my wicked a&s, andthe fudden vengeance of my Brothers blood God difcover- G purfue and over take How long, 0 thou mifcr able Body, wilt thou detain my Soul from [/«X .^/being facrificed to thevengeance of my Mother and Brother s deaths Why do 1 thus linger- diech mifera-ingly languiflj, in offering apart of my blood unto them i? Let them take it all at once j and ^y- B b b 5 Ut 562 JOSEPHUS, Of the Wars Book AUxandir Thiodore. Veflival day. faileth the d-ftle of Amith,and razeth it. let not the Divine Vengeance laugh any longer to
. The works of Josephus. y fJjould fee my wicked a&s, andthe fudden vengeance of my Brothers blood God difcover- G purfue and over take How long, 0 thou mifcr able Body, wilt thou detain my Soul from [/«X .^/being facrificed to thevengeance of my Mother and Brother s deaths Why do 1 thus linger- diech mifera-ingly languiflj, in offering apart of my blood unto them i? Let them take it all at once j and ^y- B b b 5 Ut 562 JOSEPHUS, Of the Wars Book AUxandir Thiodore. Veflival day. faileth the d-ftle of Amith,and razeth it. let not the Divine Vengeance laugh any longer to fee the ejfnfion of mine Entrails. Thisfaid Hhe died, after he had only reigned one year. His Wife after his Death delivered his Brother Alexander from Prifon, and eftablifedhim King, who was both the eldell, and Teemed to be the moft moderate among thereft of his Brethren, But growing by this means both proud and potent, he put one ofhis Brethren to death, forafpiring after the Kingdom ; but fpared the-other alive, forthat he contented himfelf with a private and contemplative life. He made War alfo a- ,g2im{, that was called L^i/Â;r^^, who had furprized the City of 4/^^/(>, and puta great number of his enemies to the Sword •?, neverthelefs, Ptolemeys fide obtained theVictory: But retiring himfelf into the Countrey of E^j/A, by rcafon that his MotherCleopatra purfued him with open War 5 Alexander forcibly entred -the City of Gad
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