sweet parts <strong>of</strong> government as rulers <strong>the</strong>mselves, but that <strong>the</strong> burden <strong>of</strong> administration will rest upon myself whe<strong>the</strong>r I will or not. And let every one consider what age I am <strong>of</strong>, how I have conducted my life, and what piety I have exercised; for my age is not so great that men may soon expect <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> my life; nor have I indulged such a luxurious way <strong>of</strong> living as cuts men <strong>of</strong>f when <strong>the</strong>y are young; and we have been so religious <strong>to</strong>wards God, that we [have reason <strong>to</strong> hope we] may arrive at a very great age. But for such as cultivate a friendship with my sons, so as <strong>to</strong> aim at my destruction, <strong>the</strong>y shall be punished <strong>by</strong> me on <strong>the</strong>ir account. I am not one who envy my own children, and <strong>the</strong>refore forbid men <strong>to</strong> pay <strong>the</strong>m great respect; but I know that such [extravagant] respects are <strong>the</strong> way <strong>to</strong> make <strong>the</strong>m insolent. And if every one that comes near <strong>the</strong>m does but revolve this in his mind, that if he prove a good man, he shall receive a reward from me, but that if he prove seditious, his ill-intended complaisance shall get him nothing from him <strong>to</strong> whom it is shown, I suppose <strong>the</strong>y will all be <strong>of</strong> my side, that is, <strong>of</strong> my sons' side; for it will be for <strong>the</strong>ir advantage that I reign, and that I be at concord with <strong>the</strong>m. But do you, O my good children, reflect upon <strong>the</strong> holiness <strong>of</strong> nature itself, <strong>by</strong> whose means natural affection is preserved, even among wild beasts; in <strong>the</strong> next place, reflect upon Caesar, who hath made this reconciliation among us; and in <strong>the</strong> third place, reflect upon me, who entreat you <strong>to</strong> do what I have power <strong>to</strong> command you, - continue brethren. I give you royal garments, and royal honors; and I pray <strong>to</strong> God <strong>to</strong> preserve what I have determined, in case you be at concord one with ano<strong>the</strong>r." When <strong>the</strong> king had thus spoken, and had saluted every one <strong>of</strong> his sons after an obliging manner, he dismissed <strong>the</strong> multitude; some <strong>of</strong> which gave <strong>the</strong>ir assent <strong>to</strong> what he had said, and wished it might take effect accordingly; but for those who wished for a change <strong>of</strong> affairs, <strong>the</strong>y pretended <strong>the</strong>y did not so much as hear what he said. Footnote: 1. That this island Eleusa, afterward called Sebaste, near Cilicia, had in it <strong>the</strong> royal palace <strong>of</strong> this Archclaus, king <strong>of</strong> Cappadocia, Strabo testifies, 103
B. XV. p. 671. Stephanus <strong>of</strong> Byzantiam also calls it "an island <strong>of</strong> Cilicia, which is now Sebaste;" both whose testimonies are pertinently cited here <strong>by</strong> Dr. Hudson. See <strong>the</strong> same his<strong>to</strong>ry, Antiq. B. XVI. ch. 10. sect. 7. 104
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