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10 Now forsooth we shall tell of Eupator, son of (the) unpious Antiochus (or And now we shall tell of Antiochus Eupator, who was the son of this unpious man), what things were done, and abridge, or shortly tell, the evils that were done in battles [or abridging the evils that be done in battles].

11 For when this Eupator had received the realm, he ordained on (or over) (the) needs of the realm a man (called) Lysias, prince of knighthood, of Phenice and (Celo)Syria (or the governor of Phoenicia and Greater Syria).

12 For why Ptolemy, that was said (or that was called) Macron, ordained for to hold just things against (or unto) (the) Jews, and most(ly) for (the) wickedness that was done against them, and peaceably for to do with them.

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