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proof_n that_o may_v induce_v any_o moderate_a judge_n to_o believe_v that_o we_o ever_o attempt_v such_o a_o horrid_a crime_n can_v any_o man_n show_v that_o poison_n be_v prepare_v by_o we_o for_o you_o or_o that_o we_o conspire_v with_o any_o or_o that_o we_o corrupt_v any_o servant_n with_o money_n and_o gift_n or_o that_o we_o write_v any_o letter_n against_o thou_o yet_o calumny_n may_v feign_v every_o one_o of_o these_o upon_o no_o occasion_n it_o be_v a_o grievous_a matter_n for_o discord_n to_o be_v in_o a_o prince_n court_n and_o the_o hope_n of_o dominion_n which_o your_o majesty_n affirm_v to_o be_v the_o reward_n of_o piety_n do_v often_o impel_v man_n mind_n unto_o heinous_a offence_n but_o although_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o we_o can_v be_v convict_v of_o any_o crime_n yet_o how_o o_o o_o can_v we_o clear_v ourselves_o from_o accusation_n forge_v against_o we_o before_o they_o that_o will_v not_o hear_v we_o but_o do_v we_o speak_v some_o insolent_a word_n yet_o 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return_v and_o have_v return_v they_o this_o answer_n he_o betake_v himself_o to_o his_o prayer_n and_o prostrate_v himself_o upon_o the_o earth_n and_o cast_v ash_n on_o his_o head_n and_o fast_v himself_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n he_o call_v upon_o god_n and_o pray_v after_o this_o manner_n o_o lord_n almighty_a if_o i_o have_v not_o vain_o submit_v myself_o to_o thy_o protection_n but_o have_v entire_o choose_v thou_o l_o l_o for_o my_o only_a and_o true_a god_n be_v thou_o my_o help_n and_o assistance_n and_o not_o only_o deliver_v i_o from_o my_o enemy_n but_o also_o abate_v and_o control_v their_o pride_n who_o have_v not_o be_v afraid_a in_o their_o blasphemous_a language_n to_o profane_v thy_o holy_a and_o sacred_a name_n and_o utter_v blasphemous_a speech_n against_o thy_o power_n thus_o pray_v he_o with_o sigh_n and_o tear_n and_o god_n hear_v he_o for_o the_o very_a same_o night_n vologesus_n receive_v letter_n by_o which_o he_o be_v certify_v that_o a_o great_a number_n of_o dahan_n and_o sacans_fw-la take_v opportunity_n by_o his_o absence_n be_v enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o parthia_n and_o spoil_v the_o whole_a country_n for_o which_o cause_n he_o return_v back_o into_o his_o country_n without_o any_o further_a trouble_n and_o thus_o izates_n by_o god_n providence_n be_v deliver_v from_o the_o parthian_a threat_n not_o long_o after_o this_o die_v izates_n deliver_v up_o the_o kingdom_n to_o his_o brother_n monobazus_n and_o die_v after_o he_o have_v live_v fifty_o five_o year_n and_o reign_v four_o and_o twenty_o m_o m_o and_o leave_v behind_o he_o four_o and_o twenty_o son_n he_o die_v and_o appoint_v his_o brother_n monobazus_n to_o succeed_v he_o in_o the_o kingdom_n requite_v hereby_o his_o faith_n and_o loyalty_n in_o that_o during_o the_o time_n of_o his_o absence_n and_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n he_o have_v faithful_o rule_v and_o govern_v the_o kingdom_n to_o his_o use_n his_o mother_n helena_n hear_v news_n of_o his_o death_n lament_v very_o grievous_o that_o she_o be_v his_o mother_n be_v deprive_v of_o a_o son_n that_o so_o zealous_o honour_v and_o fear_v god_n yet_o notwithstanding_o she_o be_v comfort_v when_o she_o understand_v that_o her_o elder_a son_n be_v to_o succeed_v he_o in_o the_o kingdom_n and_o haste_v with_o all_o diligence_n to_o go_v and_o meet_v he_o as_o soon_o as_o she_o arrive_v in_o adiabena_n she_o live_v not_o long_a time_n after_o her_o son_n izates_n whereupon_o monobazus_n take_v both_o her_o body_n and_o his_o brother_n bone_n and_o send_v they_o to_o jerusalem_n command_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v bury_v n_o n_o in_o three_o pyramid_n which_o helena_n have_v build_v 8._o hedio_fw-la &_o ruffinus_n cap._n 5._o alias_o 8._o some_o three_o stade_n or_o furlong_n from_o jerusalem_n but_o hereafter_o we_o will_v recite_v the_o
joy_n for_o his_o recovery_n pag._n 829_o chap._n iii_o caius_n abandon_v himself_o to_o all_o kind_n of_o debauchery_n and_o with_o horrible_a ingratitude_n and_o dreadful_a cruelty_n constrain_v tiberius_n grandson_n to_o the_o emperor_n tiberius_n to_o kill_v himself_o pag._n 830_o chap._n iu_o caius_n put_v to_o death_n macro_n colonel_n of_o the_o praetorian_a guard_n to_o who_o he_o be_v oblige_v both_o for_o his_o empire_n and_o life_n pag._n 831_o chap._n v._o caius_n put_v to_o death_n marcus_n syllanus_n his_o father_n in_o law_n because_o he_o give_v he_o wise_a counsel_n and_o that_o murder_n be_v follow_v by_o many_o other_o pag._n 833_o chap._n vi_o caius_n require_v to_o be_v reverence_v as_o a_o demi-god_n pag._n 834_o chap._n vii_o the_o folly_n of_o caius_n increase_v he_o require_v to_o be_v worship_v as_o a_o god_n and_o imitate_v mercury_n apollo_n and_o mars_n pag._n 835_o chap._n viii_o caius_n enrage_v against_o the_o jew_n because_o they_o will_v not_o reverence_v he_o as_o a_o demigod_n like_o other_o people_n pag._n 837_o chap._n ix_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o alexandria_n take_v advantage_n of_o the_o displeasure_n of_o caius_n to_o commit_v great_a cruelty_n and_o outrage_n upon_o the_o jew_n they_o destroy_v most_o part_n of_o their_o oratory_n and_o set_v up_o the_o emperor_n statue_n though_o no_o such_o thing_n have_v ever_o be_v attempt_v in_o the_o reign_v of_o augustus_n or_o tiberius_n the_o praise_n of_o augustus_n ibid._n chap._n x._o caius_n be_v already_o incense_v against_o the_o jew_n of_o alexandria_n be_v much_o exasperate_v by_o the_o calumny_n of_o helico_n former_o a_o egyptian_a slave_n but_o now_o in_o great_a favour_n with_o the_o emperor_n pag._n 840_o chap._n xi_o the_o jew_n of_o alexandria_n send_v ambassador_n to_o caius_n to_o represent_v their_o grievance_n of_o which_o number_n philo_n be_v chief_a caius_n receive_v they_o kind_o in_o appearance_n but_o philo_n judge_v very_o well_o that_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v trust_v pag._n 841_o chap._n xii_o philo_z and_o his_o colleague_n be_v inform_v that_o caius_n have_v send_v order_n to_o petronius_n governor_n of_o syria_n to_o cause_v his_o statue_n to_o be_v set_v up_o in_o the_o temple_n of_o jerusalem_n p._n 842_o chap._n xiii_o petronius_n be_v sensible_a of_o the_o injustice_n and_o ill_a consequence_n of_o it_o be_v much_o trouble_v about_o the_o execution_n of_o that_o order_n pag._n 844_o chap._n fourteen_o petronius_n order_v a_o statue_n to_o be_v make_v but_o very_o slow_o he_o endeavour_v to_o persuade_v the_o jew_n to_o admit_v it_o but_o in_o vain_a the_o jew_n assemble_v from_o all_o place_n unanimous_o conjure_v he_o against_o the_o execution_n of_o that_o order_n and_o to_o give_v they_o leave_v to_o send_v ambassador_n to_o the_o emperor_n pag._n 845_o chap._n xv._o petronius_n affect_v with_o their_o reason_n and_o think_v it_o unsafe_a to_o run_v they_o into_o despair_n write_v to_o caius_n on_o purpose_n to_o gain_v time_n caius_n be_v enrage_v but_o dissemble_v it_o in_o his_o answer_n to_o petronius_n pag._n 846_o chap._n xvi_o king_n agrippa_z come_v to_o rome_n and_o find_v from_o caius_n his_o own_o mouth_n his_o design_n of_o erect_v his_o statue_n in_o the_o temple_n of_o jerusalem_n he_o fall_v into_o faint_a fit_n be_v recollect_v be_v write_v to_o the_o emperor_n pag._n 848_o chap._n xvii_o caius_n relent_v upon_o agrippa_n letter_n write_v to_o petronius_n to_o alter_v nothing_o in_o the_o temple_n but_o repent_v immediate_o he_o cause_v a_o statue_n to_o be_v make_v private_o in_o rome_n and_o send_v as_o private_o to_o jerusalem_n when_o he_o be_v to_o go_v to_o alexandria_n he_o continue_v his_o resolution_n to_o be_v own_v there_o as_o a_o god_n his_o injustice_n and_o cruelty_n pag._n 851_o chap._n xviii_o the_o passion_n wherewith_o caius_n treat_v philo_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o ambassador_n pag._n 852_o a_o table_n of_o the_o chief_a and_o most_o memorable_a thing_n which_o be_v handle_v in_o this_o work_n a._n aaron_z moses_n brother_n 67._o g._n come_v to_o meet_v he_o ibid._n 1._o hold_v up_o moses_n hand_n 77._o a._n elect_a high_a priest_n 88_o m._n his_o son_n 89._o a._n high_a priesthood_n confirm_v to_o he_o 102._o k._n give_v his_o priestly_a ornament_n to_o eleazar_n 104._o i._o his_o death_n ibid._n k._n aaron_n rod_n fructifi_v 103._o a._n abdon_n judge_n of_o israel_n 139._o e._n renown_a for_o his_o issue_n ibid._n f._n abel_n second_o son_n of_o adam_n 29._o b._n be_v commend_v ibid._n c._n be_v slay_v by_o his_o brother_n and_o why_o ibid._n c._n abias_n levi_v a_o army_n 223._o i._o overcome_v jeroboam_n ibid._n n._n die_v ibid._n o._n his_o issue_n ibid._n abiathar_n escape_v saul_n hand_n 166._o l._n tell_v david_n of_o his_o family_n slaughter_n ibid._n ask_v counsel_n of_o god_n 173._o b._n dispossess_v of_o the_o priesthood_n 104._o i._o help_v adonias_n 199._o d._n abigail_n pacifi_v david_n 169._o b._n c._n after_o marry_v to_o david_n ibid._n e._n abibu_n aaron_n son_n burn_v 89._o g._n and_o why_o ibid._n g._n abimelech_n king_n of_o geraer_n enamour_v of_o sara_n 39_o e._n plague_v for_o take_v she_o ibid._n e._n make_v a_o covenant_n with_o abraham_n ibid._n g._n expel_v isaac_n his_o country_n 43._o f._n after_o make_v a_o league_n with_o he_o 44._o i._o abimelech_n gideon_n bastard_n son_n 137._o b._n kill_v 69_o of_o his_o brethren_n and_o usurp_v ibid._n b._n practise_v against_o the_o sichemite_n ibid._n e._n slay_v he_o and_o sack_v their_o city_n ibid._n g._n burn_v the_o sichemite_n flee_v to_o the_o rock_n 138._o h._n take_v tabez_n ibid._n k._n be_v wound_v and_o slay_v ibid._n k._n abiram_n rebellious_a 101._o c._n he_o and_o those_o that_o be_v with_o he_o swallow_v up_o 102._o h._n abisai_n overcome_v the_o idumaean_n 182._o l._n send_v against_o the_o ammonite_n 183._o e._n abisaei_n valour_n 197._o a._n abisag_n nourish_v david_n 199._o c._n abner_n saul_n uncle_n 151._o b._n question_v with_o saul_n ibid._n b._n general_n of_o his_o army_n 164._o m._n make_v isboseth_n king_n 176._o h._n revolt_v from_o isboseth_n ibid._n o._n kill_v azael_n ibid._n k._n persuade_v the_o governor_n to_o create_v david_n king_n 177._o b._n be_v slay_v 177._o d._n e._n abraham_n son_n of_o thare_n 35._o c._n ten_o from_o no_n ibid._n c._n teach_v the_o egyptian_n religion_n and_o art_n 36._o m._n first_o preacher_n of_o the_o word_n 35._o f._n his_o wisdom_n ibid._n a_o astronomer_n 36._o m._n and_o a_o arithmetician_n ibid._n m._n his_o house_n 36._o i._o oppress_v by_o famine_n ibid._n k._n divide_v the_o land_n with_o lot_n 36._o k._n rescu_v lot_n from_o the_o sodomite_n 37._o e._n son_n promise_v he_o ibid._n f._n foretell_v his_o progeny_n to_o be_v evil_o entreat_v 38._o h._n circumcise_v himself_o and_o ishmael_n 38._o l._n entertain_v angel_n and_o entreat_v for_o the_o sodomite_n ibid._n n._n intend_a to_o offer_v his_o son_n 41._o b._n c._n marry_v chetura_n ibid._n g._n provide_v a_o wife_n for_o his_o son_n 42._o k._n die_v 43._o d._n be_v commend_v ibid._n absence_n of_o david_n excuse_v 164._o l._n absalon_n kill_v amnon_n 186._o o._n flee_v to_o gessur_n 187._o c._n revoke_v from_o banishment_n and_o how_o ibid._n f._n affect_v the_o kingdom_n 188._o k._n proclaim_v king_n ibid._n l._n pass_v over_o jordan_n 191._o b._n his_o overthrow_n 191._o e._n slay_v by_o joab_n ibid._n f._n abundance_n foretell_v 61._o g._n abundance_n of_o silver_n 216._o m._n abundance_n of_o victual_n foreshow_v 239._o m._n affect_v 240._o e._n abundance_n of_o victual_n show_v 736._o i._o acclamation_n of_o the_o people_n 463._o a._n accusation_n of_o laban_n against_o jacob_n 47._o d._n of_o jacob_n against_o he_o ibid._n f._n of_o putifar_n wife_n against_o joseph_n 54._o h._n of_o doeg_n against_o achimelech_n 166._o i._o of_o aristobulus_n and_o hircanus_n 362._o e._n f._n of_o antipater_n against_o his_o brethren_n 592._o m._n of_o nicolaus_n 601._o b._n of_o antipater_n against_o archelaus_n 606._o m._n of_o the_o jew_n 610._o k._n achab._n son_n of_o amri_n king_n of_o israel_n 225._o n._n follow_v impiety_n ibid._n take_v to_o wife_n jezabel_n 226._o b._n seek_v elias_n 227._o h._n covet_v naboths_n vineyard_n 228._o f._n his_o repentance_n 229._o k._n twice_o overcome_v the_o syrian_n 213._o c._n d._n reprove_v for_o dismiss_v adad_fw-la 231._o k._n imprison_v michaias_n and_o why_o 233._o h._n reject_v his_o advice_n ibid._n i._n wound_v die_v ibid._n k._n ahab'_v seventy_o son_n 243._o k._n achar_n steal_v the_o spoil_n dedicate_v to_o god_n 123._o e._n hide_v they_o in_o his_o tent_n ibid._n find_v guilty_a and_o put_v to_o death_n 124._o i._o achaz_n king_n of_o judah_n sacrifice_v his_o son_n 251._o i._o serve_v idol_n ibid._n overthrow_v in_o battle_n ibid._n o._n hire_v theglaphalasar_n ibid._n