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the_o most_o precious_a and_o spotless_a and_o therefore_o the_o most_o salvific_a that_o ever_o be_v pay_v as_o a_o ransom_n comprehend_v in_o itself_o alone_o all_o that_o be_v requisite_a towards_o the_o redemption_n of_o the_o whole_a man_n haec_fw-la via_fw-la totum_fw-la hominem_fw-la mundat_fw-la &_o immortalitati_fw-la mortalem_fw-la ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quibus_fw-la constat_fw-la partibus_fw-la praeparat_fw-la ut_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la alia_fw-la purgatio_fw-la quaereretur_fw-la ei_fw-la parti_fw-la quam_fw-la vocat_fw-la intellectualem_fw-la porphyrius_n alia_fw-la ei_fw-la quam_fw-la vocat_fw-la spiritalem_fw-la alia_fw-la quae_fw-la ipsi_fw-la corpori_fw-la proptereà _fw-la totum_fw-la suscepit_fw-la veracissimus_fw-la potentissimúsque_fw-la mundator_fw-la &_o salvator_n st._n august_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la 10._o 32._o the_o most_o perfect_a gentile_a sacrifice_n can_v not_o purge_v the_o soul_n but_o christ_n our_o sacrifice_n cleanse_v the_o whole_a man_n and_o prepare_v mortal_n for_o immortality_n in_o all_o the_o part_n of_o which_o they_o be_v make_v up_o for_o to_o the_o end_n we_o shall_v not_o seek_v one_o
five_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n in_o spite_n of_o the_o natural_a dyscrasie_n of_o that_o monster_n and_o the_o temptation_n to_o a_o early_a apostasy_n which_o a_o absolute_a sovereignty_n lay_v before_o he_o vid._n tacit._n a_o 15._o and_o who_o be_v himself_o as_o much_o a_o philosopher_n in_o the_o inward_a of_o his_o soul_n as_o in_o the_o outward_a habit_n of_o his_o beard_n and_o gown_n as_o much_o a_o moralist_n in_o practice_n as_o contemplation_n and_o precept_n as_o the_o great_a humanist_n of_o france_n the_o lord_n nountaigne_n essay_n l._n 1._o c._n 32._o have_v more_o than_o essay_v to_o vindicate_v he_o to_o have_v be_v against_o dion_n calumniation_n xiphil_n è_fw-fr dione_n nero._n pag._n 519._o ground_v upon_o tigellinus_n and_o his_o party_n report_n who_o to_o have_v his_o enemy_n and_o slanderer_n be_v seneca_n honour_n tigellinus_n be_v a_o person_n of_o so_o filthy_a and_o calumniate_a a_o tongue_n as_o dion_z himself_o but_o three_o page_n before_o he_o 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up_o all_o the_o philosopher_n then_o flourish_v when_o the_o christian_a philosophy_n be_v first_o commend_v to_o the_o world_n i_o will_v therefore_o cease_v the_o further_a prosecution_n of_o that_o point_n and_o glance_n at_o their_o dogmata_fw-la the_o divine_a axiom_n they_o deliver_v touch_v divination_n by_o augury_n and_o prophetical_a theology_n where_o that_o i_o may_v avoid_v tedious_a repetition_n i_o shall_v in_o a_o manner_n confine_v myself_o to_o the_o collector_n of_o the_o opinion_n of_o other_o tully_n who_o though_o himself_o a_o augur_n not_o only_o deride_v divination_n by_o bird_n by_o dream_n by_o oracle_n etc._n etc._n but_o evince_v the_o vanity_n of_o they_o by_o chrysippus_n his_o reason_n affirm_v in_o general_a that_o they_o be_v the_o production_n of_o superstition_n which_o disperse_v through_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n take_v occasion_n from_o humane_a imbecility_n have_v almost_o oppress_v all_o man_n mind_n and_o tyrannize_v over_o they_o ut_fw-la verè_fw-la loquamur_fw-la superstitio_fw-la fusa_fw-la per_fw-la gentes_fw-la oppressit_fw-la omnium_fw-la ferè_fw-la animos_fw-la atque_fw-la hominum_fw-la imbecillitatem_fw-la occupavit_fw-la the_o divinat_fw-la l._n 2._o pag._n 265._o 1._o in_o particular_a he_o explode_v divination_n by_o dream_n from_o several_a instance_n of_o one_o that_o be_v to_o run_v in_o the_o olympic_a game_n dream_v he_o see_v himself_o overnight_o carry_v in_o a_o chariot_n draw_v with_o four_o horse_n which_o one_o interpret_v to_o signify_v that_o he_o shall_v win_v the_o prize_n because_o of_o the_o horse_n swiftness_n another_o that_o he_o shall_v lose_v it_o because_o he_o have_v see_v four_o swift_a creature_n before_o himself_o of_o another_o who_o dream_v he_o see_v a_o eagle_n that_o portend_v thou_o shall_v win_v quoth_v one_o augur_n for_o that_o be_v the_o swift_a bird_n thou_o shall_v lose_v say_v another_o for_o the_o eagle_n pursue_v all_o other_o bird_n and_o be_v herself_o pursue_v by_o none_o therefore_o she_o be_v always_o hindmost_a quae_fw-la est_fw-la ista_fw-la ars_fw-la conjectoris_fw-la eludentis_fw-la ingenio_fw-la a_o quicquam_fw-la significant_a nisi_fw-la acumen_fw-la hominum_fw-la ex_fw-la similitudine_fw-la aliqua_fw-la conjecturam_fw-la modò_fw-la huc_fw-la modò_fw-la illuc_fw-la ducentium_fw-la pag._n 2._o 64._o what_o be_v this_o else_o but_o the_o art_n of_o a_o guess_a witty_o shift_v off_o his_o want_n of_o wit_n what_o do_v those_o interpretation_n signify_v but_o man_n quickness_n of_o wit_n from_o some_o resemblance_n or_o other_o draw_v their_o conjecture_n sometime_o this_o way_n sometime_o that_o 2._o divination_n by_o oracle_n he_o deride_v as_o fasten_v by_o imposture_n upon_o thë_n divine_a spirit_n motion_n id_fw-la certe_fw-la magis_fw-la est_fw-la attenti_fw-la animi_fw-la quam_fw-la furentis_fw-la hoc_fw-la scriptoris_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la furentis_fw-la adhibentis_fw-la diligentiam_fw-la non_fw-la insani_fw-la pag._n 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answer_v for_o his_o male-administrations_a find_v he_o dead_a when_o he_o arrive_v there_o josephus_n indeed_o do_v not_o write_v caiaphas_n the_o son-in-law_n of_o annas_n it_o not_o be_v his_o wont_a to_o set_v down_o any_o relation_n but_o that_o of_o father_n and_o son_n in_o his_o catalogue_n of_o high_a priest_n but_o he_o write_v anna_n old_a enough_o to_o have_v be_v his_o father-in-law_n in_o his_o mention_v eleazar_n the_o son_n of_o annas_n to_o have_v be_v high_a priest_n before_o caiaphas_n so_o that_o hitherto_o the_o chronology_n of_o st._n luke_n keep_v time_n perfect_o with_o the_o foreign_a and_o secular_a account_n instance_n 3._o lysanias_n that_o lysanias_n be_v then_o tetrarch_n of_o abilene_n appear_v from_o the_o story_n of_o josephus_n ant._n 15._o 13._o thus_o translate_v by_o the_o judicious_a dr._n heylin_n in_o his_o palestine_n this_o tract_n make_v up_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o calchis_n possess_v by_o ptolemy_n the_o son_n of_o menneus_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o herod_n rise_n who_o die_v leave_v it_o to_o lysanias_n his_o elder_a son_n murder_v about_o seven_o year_n after_o by_o m._n antony_n at_o the_o instigation_n of_o cleopatra_n but_o m._n antony_n and_o cleopatra_n have_v leave_v the_o stage_n lysanias_n the_o son_n of_o the_o murder_a prince_n enter_v upon_o his_o father_n estate_n by_o the_o permission_n of_o augustus_n during_o who_o time_n zenodorus_n lord_n of_o the_o town_n and_o territory_n of_o paneas_n farm_v the_o demesne_n of_o lysanias_n and_o pay_v a_o very_a great_a rent_n for_o they_o not_o only_o permit_v the_o trachonite_n to_o play_v the_o robber_n and_o to_o infest_v the_o merchant_n of_o damascus_n but_o himself_o receive_v part_n of_o the_o booty_n with_o they_o augustus_n upon_o complaint_n hereof_o commit_v the_o whole_a country_n of_o trachonitis_n batanea_n gaulonitis_n and_o auramitis_n to_o herod_n late_o create_v king_n of_o jewry_n that_o he_o may_v quell_v the_o robber_n and_o bring_v the_o country_n into_o order_n leave_v unto_o lysanias_n nothing_o but_o the_o city_n abila_n of_o which_o he_o be_v the_o natural_a lord_n whereof_o and_o of_o the_o adjoin_a territory_n he_o be_v afterward_o create_v tetrarch_n by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o tetrarch_n of_o abilene_n which_o he_o enjoy_v till_o about_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o tiberius_n for_o his_o tetrarchate_n be_v not_o dispose_v of_o till_o caligula_n give_v it_o to_o herod_n agrippa_n josep_n antiq._n 18._o 19_o 13._o from_o lysanias_n the_o city_n of_o his_o residence_n and_o from_o whence_o his_o tetrarchate_n be_v call_v abilene_n be_v style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o the_o phoenician_n abala_n scal._n in_o notis_fw-la eusebeanis_n chron._n ex_fw-la ptolomeo_n §_o 7._o there_o be_v one_o passage_n in_o josephus_n which_o have_v find_v the_o great_a wit_n work_v enough_o to_o reconcile_v it_o to_o sacred_a chronology_n and_o give_v a_o better_a ground_n for_o vossius_fw-la his_o distinction_n of_o tiberius_n his_o reign_n with_o augustus_n and_o alone_o than_o i_o elsewhere_o meet_v with_o as_o seem_v to_o force_v upon_o we_o either_o the_o reject_v of_o josephus_n his_o authority_n or_o the_o conclude_v that_o st._n luke_n calculate_v tiberius_n his_o year_n from_o tiberius_n his_o colleagueship_n with_o augustus_n the_o place_n of_o josephus_n antiq._n 18._o 8._o be_v this_o at_o this_o time_n die_v philip_n the_o brother_n of_o herod_n in_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o tiberius_n his_o empire_n after_o he_o have_v just_o and_o prudent_o manage_v his_o tetrarchate_n thirty_o seven_o year_n the_o knot_n this_o if_o herod_n have_v be_v dead_a thirty_o seven_o year_n in_o the_o twenty_o of_o tiberius_n and_o our_o saviour_n but_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n in_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o christ_n thirty_o seven_o fall_n in_o tiberius_n his_o twenty_o second_o and_o by_o that_o acount_n he_o must_v be_v bear_v two_o year_n after_o herod_n death_n at_o which_o philip_n his_o son_n enter_v upon_o his_o tetrarchate_n if_o in_o solution_n hereof_o it_o be_v say_v that_o josephus_n reckon_v the_o year_n of_o tiberius_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n alone_o but_o st._n luke_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o colleagueship_n with_o augustus_n that_o will_v make_v christ_n thirty_o seven_o fall_n in_o tiberius_n his_o twenty_o and_o give_v room_n to_o date_n his_o birth_n about_o half_a a_o year_n before_o herod_n death_n for_o if_o christ_n be_v thirty_o year_n of_o age_n in_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o from_o his_o colleagueship_n with_o augustus_n he_o must_v be_v thirty_o two_o and_o almost_o a_o half_a at_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o from_o his_o reign_n alone_o and_o by_o consequence_n thirty_o seven_o at_o the_o twenty_o of_o tiberius_n alone_o five_o add_v to_o christ_n thirty_o two_o make_v he_o thirty_o seven_o and_o five_o add_v to_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o make_v his_o empire_n twenty_o year_n old_a but_o then_o we_o contract_v a_o worse_o snarl_v and_o must_v be_v force_v to_o date_n our_o saviour_n baptism_n before_o pilat_n presidencie_n which_o so_o palpable_o contradict_v st._n luke_n give_v this_o as_o one_o of_o the_o character_n of_o the_o time_n of_o christ_n baptism_n that_o it_o be_v when_o pontius_n pilate_n be_v precedent_n of_o judaea_n as_o we_o break_v the_o evangelist_n head_n in_o thus_o plaster_v josephus_n and_o yet_o we_o need_v not_o with_o scaliger_n here_o whole_o reject_v the_o authority_n of_o josephus_n but_o rather_o salve_v it_o by_o suppose_v that_o the_o number_n twenty_o in_o josephus_n be_v falsify_v by_o the_o inadvertency_n of_o the_o transcriber_n and_o shall_v be_v twenty_o two_o at_o least_o as_o scaliger_n himself_o write_v it_o out_o of_o josephus_n twice_o in_o less_o than_o two_o line_n if_o the_o printer_n have_v not_o serve_v he_o as_o the_o scribe_n serve_v josephus_n canon_n isag._n 309._o which_o i_o suppose_v he_o have_v because_o otherwise_o scaliger_n argument_n be_v not_o cogent_a for_o the_o twenty_o second_o of_o tiberius_n concur_v with_o our_o saviour_n thirty_o seven_o even_o according_a to_o st._n luke_n account_n who_o reckon_v christ_n thirty_o full_a at_o the_o begin_n of_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o as_o scaliger_n himself_o with_o strenuous_a reason_n assert_n the_o emend_v lib._n 6._o de_fw-la natali_fw-la domini_fw-la ad_fw-la canon_n isag._n l._n 3._o pag._n 306._o and_o be_v manifest_a from_o the_o text_n itself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o beginning_n to_o be_v of_o the_o age_n of_o thirty_o year_n which_o no_o man_n in_o common_a speech_n can_v be_v say_v to_o do_v till_o he_o be_v thirty_o complete_a the_o difference_n of_o which_o phrase_n from_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v begin_v the_o thirty_o of_o his_o year_n be_v so_o manifest_a as_o every_o schoolboy_n understand_v it_o beside_o the_o incongruousness_n
of_o such_o a_o speech_n to_o grammar-rule_n for_o have_v that_o be_v the_o evangelist_n sense_n he_o will_v have_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v begin_v his_o thirty_o year_n and_o its_o insignificancy_n as_o to_o the_o describe_v christ_n age_n for_o he_o be_v begin_v his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_v thirty_o year_n and_o all_o the_o year_n beside_o he_o live_v first_o on_o earth_n and_o since_o in_o heaven_n the_o first_o minute_n he_o be_v bear_v and_o therefore_o i_o wonder_v how_o it_o escape_v that_o most_o learned_a man_n observation_n that_o josephus_n as_o he_o render_v he_o if_o his_o printer_n do_v not_o mistake_v in_o his_o twenty_o second_o of_o tiberius_n make_v philip_n reign_n young_a than_o our_o saviour_n and_o a_o good_a deal_n young_a if_o we_o take_v in_o here_o that_o note_n of_o his_o in_o emend_v temp_n l._n 6._o concern_v philip_n the_o tetrarch_n reign_v to_o wit_n that_o according_a to_o josephus_n he_o hold_v his_o tetrarchate_n but_o thirty_o six_o year_n complete_a for_o this_o perfect_o accord_v josephus_n with_o his_o own_o and_o some_o other_o learned_a man_n opinion_n touch_v the_o time_n that_o herod_n live_v after_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n which_o they_o at_o the_o utmost_a extend_v not_o to_o two_o year_n for_o if_o philip_n be_v but_o tetrarch_n full_a thirty_o six_o year_n in_o tiberius_n his_o twenty_o second_o and_o christ_n have_v begin_v thirty_o one_o in_o the_o fifteen_o of_o tiberius_n his_o thirty_o eight_o must_v be_v begin_v in_o tiberius_n his_o twenty_o second_o and_o so_o his_o birth_n state_v one_o complete_a year_n and_o a_o good_a part_n of_o another_o before_o herod_n death_n but_o because_o i_o presume_v the_o quotation_n out_o of_o josephus_n of_o philip_n death_n in_o the_o twenty_o second_o of_o tiberius_n be_v the_o mistake_n of_o the_o printer_n for_o the_o place_n in_o josephus_n specify_v the_o twenty_o year_n i_o will_v at_o present_a lay_v no_o great_a stress_n upon_o this_o argument_n than_o what_o may_v incline_v the_o ingenuous_a reader_n not_o to_o think_v i_o immodest_a in_o this_o proposal_n that_o perhaps_o what_o befall_v scaliger_n by_o the_o press_n may_v happen_v to_o josephus_n by_o a_o inobservant_a pen_n and_o that_o twenty_o may_v be_v creep_v into_o his_o text_n instead_o of_o twenty_o two_o or_o twenty_o three_o until_o i_o give_v he_o out_o of_o josephus_n himself_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o my_o surmise_n to_o wit_n that_o his_o date_v philip_n death_n in_o tiberius_n his_o twenty_o will_v no_o way_n consort_n with_o those_o story_n which_o he_o say_v bear_v the_o same_o date_n with_o philip_n death_n such_o as_o pilat_n be_v turn_v out_o of_o office_n which_o in_o all_o reason_n can_v not_o be_v long_o before_o the_o death_n of_o tiberius_n in_o the_o twenty_o three_o of_o his_o reign_n which_o yet_o he_o lay_v in_o the_o precedent_a chapter_n and_o that_o of_o vitellius_n his_o make_v peace_n with_o artabanus_n and_o his_o procure_v he_o to_o send_v his_o son_n a_o hostage_n to_o tiberius_n to_o which_o he_o immediate_o subjoin_v the_o narration_n of_o philip_n death_n with_o this_o chain_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o die_v philip_n etc._n etc._n now_o that_o artabanus_n have_v not_o make_v peace_n with_o caesar_n in_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o tiberius_n appear_v out_o of_o tacitus_n annal._n l._n 6_o pag._n 134_o etc._n etc._n where_o the_o first_o mention_n of_o the_o occasion_n of_o artabanus_n his_o war_n with_o vitellius_n be_v make_v in_o the_o consulship_n of_o c._n gessius_n and_o m._n servilius_n who_o be_v the_o last_o pair_n of_o consul_n but_o two_o in_o tiberius_n his_o reign_n and_o therefore_o belong_v to_o his_o twenty_o first_o year_n of_o which_o he_o give_v this_o account_n that_o artabanus_n who_o till_o then_o for_o fear_n of_o germanicus_n have_v be_v faithful_a to_o the_o roman_n and_o just_a towards_o his_o own_o subject_n take_v heart_n from_o the_o decrepit_a old_a age_n of_o tiberius_n and_o successfulness_n of_o his_o own_o arm_n against_o some_o neighbour_a country_n and_o gape_v after_o the_o armenian_a kingdom_n who_o king_n artaxias_n be_v thenâ—_n late_o dead_a do_v not_o only_o impose_v his_o elder_a son_n arsaces_n upon_o armenia_n but_o also_o send_v to_o demand_v the_o treasure_n that_o vonon_n have_v leave_v in_o syria_n and_o cilicia_n together_o with_o the_o ancient_a bound_n of_o the_o persian_a and_o macedonian_a empire_n threaten_v that_o he_o will_v invade_v all_o the_o country_n that_o cyrus_n first_o and_o afterward_o alexander_n have_v possess_v upon_o this_o his_o noble_n by_o the_o practice_n of_o vitelius_n the_o deputy_n of_o syria_n conspire_v against_o he_o go_v to_o rome_n and_o obtain_v of_o tiberius_n to_o appoint_v phrahates_n king_n of_o parthia_n phrahates_n by_o desert_v the_o roman_a custom_n of_o live_v to_o which_o he_o have_v be_v enure_v his_o body_n not_o brook_v that_o change_n contract_v a_o mortal_a sickness_n he_o be_v dead_a tiberius_n institute_n tiridates_n in_o his_o room_n king_n of_o parthia_n and_o mithridates_n king_n of_o armenia_n mithridates_n take_v artaxata_n the_o chief_a city_n of_o armenia_n and_o by_o help_n of_o pharasmanes_n force_v artabanus_n out_o of_o armenia_n and_o parthia_n what_o be_v hitherto_o report_v of_o artabanus_n as_o it_o can_v in_o reason_n be_v otherwise_o conceive_v tacitus_n affirm_v to_o have_v be_v two_o summer_n work_v and_o therefore_o see_v the_o occasion_n of_o thâ—se_a transaction_n against_o artabanus_n to_o wit_n the_o embassy_n of_o his_o noble_n and_o complaint_n against_o he_o to_o tiberius_n fall_v in_o tiberius_n his_o twenty_o first_o they_o can_v not_o be_v end_v at_o the_o soon_a before_o the_o twenty_o second_o of_o tiberius_n be_v almost_o expire_v quae_fw-la duabus_fw-la â—statibus_fw-la gesta_fw-la coujunxi_fw-la quo_fw-la requiesceret_fw-la animus_n à _fw-la domesticis_fw-la malis_fw-la these_o parthian_a affair_n say_v he_o which_o last_v two_o summer_n i_o have_v here_o handle_v altogether_o that_o i_o may_v divert_v my_o thought_n from_o the_o unpleasant_a meditation_n of_o our_o domestic_a mischief_n sueton._n in_o tiberio_n cap._n 66._o report_v tiberius_n his_o receipt_n of_o letter_n from_o artabanus_n as_o that_o which_o be_v the_o last_o experiment_n he_o have_v of_o the_o world_n opinion_n of_o he_o and_o press_v he_o to_o write_v that_o desperate_a letter_n to_o the_o senate_n wherein_o he_o protest_v he_o find_v god_n so_o bend_v to_o his_o ruin_n as_o he_o know_v not_o what_o to_o write_v postremò_fw-la semet_fw-la ipse_fw-la pertaesus_fw-la talis_fw-la epistolae_fw-la principia_fw-la tantùm_fw-la non_fw-la summam_fw-la malorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la professus_fw-la est_fw-la quid_fw-la scribam_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o content_n of_o artabanus_n his_o to_o he_o be_v the_o upbraid_v he_o with_o his_o parricide_n murder_n sloth_n and_o luxury_n and_o the_o advise_v he_o that_o he_o will_v satisfy_v the_o great_a and_o most_o just_a hatred_n of_o the_o roman_a citizen_n by_o lay_v violent_a hand_n upon_o himself_o he_o will_v never_o have_v write_v at_o this_o rate_n have_v his_o son_n be_v then_o a_o hostage_n with_o tiberius_n but_o suetonius_n be_v a_o historian_n no_o chronologer_n tacitus_n be_v both_o we_o will_v therefore_o return_v to_o he_o who_o after_o he_o have_v declare_v what_o cruelty_n tiberius_n exercise_v at_o home_n during_o those_o two_o year_n war_n with_o artabanus_n abroad_o he_o return_v again_o to_o the_o prosecution_n of_o his_o story_n tell_v how_o his_o noble_n repent_v of_o the_o change_n restore_v artabanus_n to_o his_o kingdom_n of_o tiridates_n his_o flight_n into_o syria_n and_o of_o the_o fire_n that_o happen_v the_o same_o year_n at_o rome_n from_o whence_o tiberius_n take_v occasion_n to_o redeem_v his_o credit_n with_o the_o roman_n and_o make_v a_o estimate_n of_o the_o value_n of_o the_o street_n and_o house_n that_o be_v consume_v he_o assign_v 1000_o sestertium_n towards_o the_o repair_n and_o commissioner_n to_o assign_v to_o every_o one_o their_o proportion_n thereof_o according_a to_o the_o loss_n they_o have_v sustain_v this_o so_o ingratiate_v he_o with_o the_o people_n as_o every_o one_o strive_v who_o shall_v outwit_n other_o in_o invent_v new_a honour_n for_o he_o which_o whether_o he_o receive_v or_o omit_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o so_o near_a approach_n of_o his_o death_n be_v uncertain_a say_v my_o author_n for_o soon_o after_o his_o last_o consul_n cn._n acerconius_n and_o c._n pontius_n enter_v into_o office_n and_o the_o seventeen_o of_o the_o calends_o of_o the_o next_o april_n tiberius_n his_o breath_n be_v stop_v now_o it_o be_v after_o this_o restore_n of_o artabanus_n to_o the_o parthian_a crown_n which_o tacitus_n thus_o clear_o date_n in_o the_o twenty_o second_o of_o tiberius_n that_o the_o emperor_n write_v to_o vitelius_n to_o make_v peace_n with_o artabanus_n ubi_fw-la
artabanus_n restitutus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o imperium_fw-la auditis_fw-la his_fw-la caesar_n petiit_fw-la amicitiam_fw-la artabani_fw-la &_o assentiente_fw-la illo_fw-la joseph_n antiq_n 18._o 6._o and_o it_o be_v after_o that_o peace_n that_o artabanus_n send_v his_o son_n darius_n a_o hostage_n to_o tiberius_n at_o what_o time_n say_v josephus_n herod_n inform_v tiberius_n of_o the_o article_n of_o that_o peace_n and_o therefore_o when_o vitellius_n send_v caesar_n a_o account_n thereof_o caesar_n return_v he_o answer_v that_o he_o may_v have_v spare_v that_o labour_n for_o herod_n have_v already_o give_v he_o information_n thereof_o at_o which_o return_n of_o caesar_n letter_n to_o vitellius_n josephus_n date_n the_o death_n of_o philip._n and_o therefore_o it_o can_v not_o be_v long_o before_o caesar_n death_n that_o philip_n die_v by_o this_o account_n of_o josephus_n to_o which_o point_n of_o chronology_n josephus_n himself_o subscribe_v tell_v we_o that_o at_o caligula_n the_o 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