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But I omit any further discourse about these affairs; for there have
been a great many who have composed the history of Nero; some of which
have departed from the truth of facts out of favor, as having received
benefits from him; while others, out of hatred to him, and the great ill-will
which they bare him, have so impudently raved against him with their lies,
that they justly deserve to be condemned. Nor do I wonder at such as have
told lies of Nero, since they have not in their writings preserved the
truth of history as to those facts that were earlier than his time, even
when the actors could have no way incurred their hatred, since those writers
lived a long time after them. But as to those that have no regard to truth,
they may write as they please; for in that they take delight: but as to
ourselves, who have made truth our direct aim, we shall briefly touch upon
what only belongs remotely to this undertaking, but shall relate what hath
happened to us Jews with great accuracy, and shall not grudge our pains
in giving an account both of the calamities we have suffered, and of the
crimes we have been guilty of. I will now therefore return to the relation
of our own affairs.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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