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Now these ambassadors, Veranius and Brocchus, who were both of them
tribunes of the people, made this speech to Claudius; and falling down
upon their knees, they begged of him that he would not throw the city into
wars and misfortunes; but when they saw what a multitude of soldiers encompassed
and guarded Claudius, and that the forces that were with the consuls were,
in comparison of them, perfectly inconsiderable, they added, that if he
did desire the government, he should accept of it as given by the senate;
that he would prosper better, and be happier, if he came to it, not by
the injustice, but by the good-will of those that would bestow it upon
him.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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