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And now when Agrippa observed that even the affairs of the Romans
were likely to be in danger, while such an immense multitude of their enemies
had seized upon the mountains round about, he determined to try what the
Jews would agree to by words, as thinking that he should either persuade
them all to desist from fighting, or, however, that he should cause the
sober part of them to separate themselves from the opposite party. So he
sent Borceus and Phebus, the persons of his party that were the best known
to them, and promised them that Cestius should give them his right hand,
to secure them of the Romans' entire forgiveness of what they had done
amiss, if they would throw away their arms, and come over to them; but
the seditious, fearing lest the whole multitude, in hopes of security to
themselves, should go over to Agrippa, resolved immediately to fall upon
and kill the ambassadors; accordingly they slew Phebus before he said a
word, but Borceus was only wounded, and so prevented his fate by flying
away. And when the people were very angry at this, they had the seditious
beaten with stones and clubs, and drove them before them into the city.
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