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And now it was that, at the king's command, Nicolaus, when he had
premised a great deal about the craftiness of Antipater, and had prevented
the effects of their commiseration to him, afterwards brought in a bitter
and large accusation against him, ascribing all the wickedness that had
been in the kingdom to him, and especially the murder of his brethren;
and demonstrated that they had perished by the calumnies he had raised
against them. He also said that he had laid designs against them that were
still alive, as if they were laying plots for the succession; and (said
he) how can it be supposed that he who prepared poison for his father should
abstain from mischief as to his brethren? He then proceeded to convict
him of the attempt to poison Herod, and gave an account in order of the
several discoveries that had been made; and had great indignation as to
the affair of Pheroras, because Antipater had been for making him murder
his brother, and had corrupted those that were dearest to the king, and
filled the whole palace with wickedness; and when he had insisted on many
other accusations, and the proofs for them, he left off.
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