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A46295	The wonderful, and most deplorable history of the latter times of the Jews with the destruction of the city of Jerusalem. Which history begins where the Holy Scriptures do end. By Josephus Ben Gorion whereunto is added a brief of the ten captivities; with the pourtrait of the Roman rams, and engines of battery, &c. As also of Jerusalem; with the fearful, and presaging apparitions that were seen in the air before her ruins. Moreover, there is a parallel of the late times and crimes in London, with those in Jerusalem.; Josippon. English. Abridgments.	Joseph ben Gorion, ha-Kohen, attributed name.; Howell, James, 1594?-1666.; Ibn Daud, Abraham ben David, Halevi, ca. 1110-ca. 1180.; Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.	1671 (1671)	Wing J1086A; ESTC R216340	213,458	417

or new matters chanced His off-spring was not out of the Children of Israel but of those Romans which chanced to be vanquished and become subject under the dominion of the Israelits being but strangers and of no Noble house in Israel He had foure Sonnes Joseph the Eldest the next P●…silus the third Herod and the fourth Pheroras these had also a sister called Salumith Antipater favoured Hircanus so entirely for his justice and uprightness sake that he opened unto him his brother Aristobulus and the Saduces intent giving him counsell to flye to Hartam King of Arabia but Antipater himself went before to break the matter to Hartam of whose coming Hartam was very glad Then Antipater declared to him how Harcanus was in mind to flye unto him because of Aristobulus his Brother If thou w●…lt help him saith he and lend him speedy aid thou shalt easily set Aristobulus beside the Kingdom for all Israel is inclined to Hircanus and favour not Aristobulus Hartam answered I am afraid of the Jews and their craftiness Alexander his Father put me thrice to the foil in battel by his subtilty and took my dominions from me Then Antipater swore unto him He shall be saith he thy true and trusty friend to do whatsoever thy heart desireth Thus Hartam was perswaded and they made a league together Then Antipater turned to Jerusalem caused Hircanus to flye in the night and they both went together to the King of Arabia who much rejoyced at Hircanus coming and received him honorably When they came together to intreat of the league Hartam demanded restitution of such Cities as Hircanus Father had taken from him to whom Hircanus consented in all things Wherefore Hartam raised all the people of Arabia and led them to Jerusalem to war upon it To Hircanus also came all the men of Juda save only they that dwelt at Jerusalem so betwixt them they beset the City round about It fortuned that in the solemnity of the Pa●…seover they could not have their service of the solemnity in the holy place because of the wars whereupon a certain just and perfect man of the Town called Honyauriga brake out privily into the Camp of Hircanus and Antipater his counseller and besought them with much prayer and tears that they would grant a truce unto Jerusalem while the feast of sweet bread lasted that they might execute the service of solemnity in the Holy place To whom Hircanus said Thou art a just man and often when thou hast prayed the Lord hath heard thee pray now therefore unto the Lord to deliver Aristobulus into our hands and that Israel may rest Honyauriga answered Am I a God or able to remove battels that be stirred up for many mens iniquities Thus when he seemed to be unwilling to pray Hircanus men compelled him drawing their swords and saying it thou wilt not pray thou shalt dye for it Therefore as he saw his life in jeopardy he cryed unto the Lord O Lord everlasting which hast chosen thy people Israel out of all people and hast set thy Name in his house may it please thy Majesty to plant among the children of Israel friendship and brotherhood take away from ●…mong them this hatred which is risen of nothing and let not the one of these factions prevail against the other seeing they all be thy Servants and children of thy Covenant When the servants of Hircanus heard him say so they ran upon him with their swords and killed him But God deferred not his vengeance for he struck the host as well of the Arabians as of Hircanus with a grievous pestilence CHAP. II. AT the same time came from Rome a famous Captain called Pompeius to war against the country of Armenia This Pompeius sent one of his chief men to Damasco of whom as Aristobulus thus besieged had heard and that an Army of the Romans was come to Damasco he sent him a present of four hundred pound weight in gold desiring him to remove the Army of the Arabians from him and to raise the siege In those daies all the world obeyed the Romans That Captain therefore writ unto Hartam King of Arabia in this wise Depart from Jerusalem if not thou shalt understand thou hast broke thy league with the Senate of Rome and the whole Army of the Romans shall shortly invade thy Land Hartam on the sight of this letter raised his fiege and departed from Jerusalem Hircanus also and Antipater departed with shame and reproach Aristobulus upon that gathered a power and pursued after them gave the Arabians and Israelites that took Hircanus part a great overthrow and after returned to Jerusalem with much joy Shortly after Pompeius came to Damasco where Aristobulus presented him with a Vine of gold marvellous artificially wrought The roots of the Vine leavs clusters and Grapes that were upon it were pure gold the weight whereof was five hundred pound Pompeius was very g●…ad thereof and sent it to Rome to the Consul And the whole bench of the Senate which was of the number of three hundred and twenty Senators wondered at the cunning and wit of him that made it and with great joy they bare it into the Temple of their gods placing it in the presence of the great Idol Jupiter so called after the planet Jupiter Pompeius writ his Letters to Aristobulus with great thanks and commendation for the same assuring him how both he and the whole Senate favoured him and that he should have a friend of him to speak in his cause as long as he lived Hircanus hearing of this was clean dashed and in despair But Antipater comforted him saying let not the friendship that is betwixt Pompeius and thy brother dismay thee I will go to him and make him thy friend Upon that he went to Pompeius and perswaded his mind to hate Aristobulus and to favour Hircanus informing him thus If thou saith he defend Hircanus all Israel will be content to be under thy protection for they love him every man but if thou defend Aristobulus the people will not obey thee for they hate him Pompeius charged him that no man should be made privy to their communication For I quoth he will send for Aristobulus to come to me to Damasco and then I will cause to be laid hands upon him and deliver him bound to his brother restoring the Kingdom to him Aristobulus upon the sight of Pompeius letters resorted unto him Hircanus also came from the rock of the wilderness and as they appeared together before Pompeius Antipater desired him that he would do justice betwixt Hircanus the King and Aristobulus his brother that rebelled against him and took his Kingdom from him without cause whose sayings a thousand of the Elders of Israel stood up and witnessed to be true Aristobulus answered I never strove with him for the Kingdom untill such time as I saw all these that made Hircanus King to run in great obloquie and to sustain much reproach because he was

him and desired him to frustrat the bond that was between himself and Herod and also between him and Thigarus the Son of Alexander that was hanged So Pheroras came to the king turned his mind and dissolved the covenant of Marriage This done Pheroras and Antipater that sate upon the kings Throne were become great friends banquetting one another day and night and discoursing of their affairs When this came to the kings eare he was sore afraid of their combinings and commanded that his Brother Pheroras should for evermore be banished the Court Antipater his Sonne was sent to Octavian Augustus to establish the kingdom unto him and to enter in League with him For Herod was so old that he could not go Antipater journeying toward Rome passed thorough Egypt desirous to see it before the death of his Uncle Pheroras And as he travelled by the high-wayes of Egypt there came a certain Merchant with a viall in his hand close covered which cryed saying Who will buy a thing of great price before he see it Antipater marvelled at his words and ask't him what was in the viall But the Seller told him not what it was before he had bought it and paid dear for it Then whispered he in his ear telling him that it was a strong poison that would kill one out of hand This vial Antipater sent to Pheroras to be kept until he returned from Rome In the mean season Pheroras died and his Wife hid the viall After when Antipater came home again from Rome Pheroras Wife and he fell at striffe insomuch that she objected unto him that he was the cause Pheroras was banished the Kings presence the sorrow whereof was his death On the other side Antipater went about to accuse her sowing discord between her and the King to stir him against her He suborned also a certain Eunuch or gelded person to go to the King and enform him how that at what time as he took displeasure with Pheroras his brother and banished him his presence Pheroras procured a strong poison and gave it to his Wife commanding her to destroy the King therewith The king hearing this was wroth with the Eunuch and said I searched for that venome long ago when it was noised that thy houshold servants would give it me to drink but I could not find the thing to be true yea I have been too rash in such matters for I put my Wife Marimi to death without cause and Alexandra my Mother in law with my two children When Antipater heard that the king credited not the Eunuch he made suite to the king to send him to Octavian the second time for he was afraid of the Viall that was in Pheroras Wifes house He had writ also with his hand how that he sent it intending therewith to poison the kings Sons Children But he that prepareth a pit for another oftimes falleth into it himself So desiring the king to send him he let him go After this the king commanded to make search if the Eunuchs words were true or no he sent first for Pheroras houshold servants and examined them whether ever they could perceive that Pheroras was in mind to hurt him They all sware No. Then the king commanded to scourge them very sore but they confessed nothing although some died under their hands in the examination Some he ordered with many kind of torments of some he caused to pluck out their teeth and as he had scourged a cer●…ain woman servant which had been very trusty to Pheroras at the length when she could no longer stand for strokes she cryed out and said The holy and blessed God revenge us of Rostios the kings Wife Antipaters Mother which is the cause of this The king hearing these words bad let her alone she will disclose all Then spake she Antipater made Feasts every foot for th●… brother Pheroras and himself and as they eat and drank they devised how to poison thee especially when as Antipater was going to Octavian for they said except we destroy him he will destroy us as he hath done all the children of his house Moreover he lo●…eth the children of his sons that were put to death w●…ich grow a pace and it is possible he may change his mind and make one of them king Antipater also said to thy Brother The king makes as though he were much my friend but I trust him not he gave me saith he a hundred pound weight in Gold but all that satisfieth not me W●…en the king heard this he told how he had given Antipater this Gold secretly And the woman said moreover There is a viall of strong poyson in Pheroras house that thy Son sent out of Egypt straightway the king sent to Pheroras Wife that she should bring him the viall of poison her own self when she saw the kings Eunuches com●… to fetch her whether she would or no she go 〈◊〉 up to the top of her house and cast her self down headlong to kill her self because she would not see the king nor abide his torments but the died not thereof whereupon the kings Messengers brought her in a Horse litter and set her before the King Then she confessed to him how Antipater his Son had conspired with Pheroras to kill him with a poyson that he had bought in Egypt and sent it to Pheroras when he went to Octavian and how Pheroras being at the point of death repented him thereof charging that we should never give that venome to Antipater but poure it upon the ground that the king might not be poysoned therewith And I did as he bad me cast it out all save a li●…tle that I kept in the glasse-bottom for I ever feared that which is now come to pa●…se Then at the Kings commandment the Vial was brought forth before him and there was a little of the venome left wheresore they gave better credit to her words so that the King was content with her and bad his Physitian heal her and she recovered This done the King writ to Antipater to come home with speed because I am old saith he and weak uncertain how shortly I shall die CHAP. IIII. THe King had also two other sons at Rome Archelaus and P●…lemus So when Antipater writ to answer his father's letters he signified unto him that his two sons had defamed the King and slandered him unto Octavian But the King answered him Come and bring them with thee and I will order them as thou thinkest good Notwithstanding Antipater lingred for the space of six moneths to see if he might learn somewhat of his father's doings but he could hear nothing The messengers his father had sent lay upon him every day and urged him to make haste Therefore at the seven moneths end he took his journey towards Judea and came to Caesarea There heard he ●…is father had taken displeasure with his Mother and banished her the Court but he could not learn what should be the cause therefore he was strucken with