EUMENES
EUMENES. Eumenes was thought to be slain by a conspiracy of Perseus. That report being brought to Pergamus, Attalus his brother put on the crown, married his
wife, and took upon him the kingdom. Hearing afterwards his brother was alive and upon the way, he met him,
as he used to do, with his life-guard, and a spear in his
hand. Eumenes embraced him kindly, and whispered in
his ear:—
If a widow you will wed,
Wait till you're sure her husband's dead.
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But he never afterwards did or spake any thing that showed
any suspicion all his lifetime; but when he died, be bequeathed to him his queen and kingdom. In requital of
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which, his brother bred up none of his own children,
although he had many; but when the son of Eumenes
was grown up, he bestowed the kingdom on him in his
own lifetime.
