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Now Judas had heard of the fame of the Romans, that they were mighty and valiant men, and such as would lovingly accept all who joined themselves unto them and make a league of amity with all who came unto them,
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and that they were men of great valor. It was told him also of their wars and noble acts which they had done amongst the Galatians, and how they had conquered them and brought them under tribute,
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and what they had done in the country of Spain for the winning of the mines of the silver and gold which are there;
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and that, by their policy and patience, they had conquered all that place (though it were very far from them), and the kings also who came against them from the uttermost part of the earth, till they had discomfited them and given them a great overthrow, so that the rest gave them tribute every year;
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besides this, how they had discomfited in battle Philip, and Perseus king of the Macedonians, with others who lifted up themselves against them, and had overcome them;