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However, he failed in his purpose of abusing Phasaelus, by reason
of his courage; for though he neither had the command of his sword nor
of his hands, he prevented all abuses by dashing his head against a stone;
so he demonstrated himself to be Herod's own brother, and Hyrcanus a most
degenerate relation, and died with great bravery, and made the end of his
life agreeable to the actions of it. There is also another report about
his end, viz. that he recovered of that stroke, and that a surgeon, who
was sent by Antigonus to heal him, filled the wound with poisonous ingredients,
and so killed him; whichsoever of these deaths he came to, the beginning
of it was glorious. It is also reported that before he expired he was informed
by a certain poor woman how Herod had escaped out of their hands, and that
he said thereupon, "I now die with comfort, since I leave behind me
one alive that will avenge me of mine enemies."
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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