. The works of Josephus. feven fur-longs off from the City. This interview offo many Kings, was the original of thatdif- /grifi-i iscontent that grew betwixt him and Marfas ; who feeing all thofe Kings that came no dirpieifcdfee Agrippa, fitting in the fame Charriot with him, fufpefted fuch Concord and fo great fc fend^n^^à-Amityj fuppofing that this agreement offo many Kings, would be no ways profitable way the beneficial to the Romans. For which caufe he prefently fent unto them, chargingthem with all expedition, to return each of them into their own Countreys : Which ,. ^;,ftriâ: C
. The works of Josephus. feven fur-longs off from the City. This interview offo many Kings, was the original of thatdif- /grifi-i iscontent that grew betwixt him and Marfas ; who feeing all thofe Kings that came no dirpieifcdfee Agrippa, fitting in the fame Charriot with him, fufpefted fuch Concord and fo great fc fend^n^^à-Amityj fuppofing that this agreement offo many Kings, would be no ways profitable way the beneficial to the Romans. For which caufe he prefently fent unto them, chargingthem with all expedition, to return each of them into their own Countreys : Which ,. ^;,ftriâ: Commiffion, Agrippa took fo ill, that he never had any kindnels for Marfics after- lstiènJ,s \hêG wards. He took the Priefthood from Matthias, and gave it to Mion£iis the Son of Sonofo:,VtMQith£Hs. After he had reigned three whole years over Judxa., he came to Ccjarca, pr^gft.^^ .which in times ft, was called the Tower of 6m2?<7« 5 and there he made Sports in ho-nour ^J4 JOSEPHUS of the Antiquities BockXIX-. nour oîCicfar^ where all the Nobility of the Countrey was prefcnt. On the fécond day Hof ihisSoleroniiy, he being apparelled in a Robe of Silver, made with admirable Work-manfliipi came into the Theatre in the morning : Where atthe fiift reflex of t he rifingSun beating upon his Robe, he (hined fo bright, that all thofe that beheld him werefcized with reverence and fear. Whereupon, a company of bafe Sycophants (wholeflatteries do ufually poyfon the hearts of Princes) cried out thus : Be merciful jwto us ;kitherto we Live feared thee as a man, but hence-forward vpc will confefs and ackiicwlcdg?thee to be of a Nature morecxczUeKt than mortal Frailty cat?,jttainunto. Jgrippa reprov-ed them not for ufing thefe words ^ neither rejeftcd he their palpable and deteflableFlattery, as he ought to have done. But not long after, he looking upwards, perceiv-ed an Owl over his head, pearched upon a cord, and knew prefcntly, that he was but Ia meifenirer of his misfortune^w
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