And now he was kindly received of the nation, because of the good success he had.

So when he was at rest from war, he fell into a distemper; for he was afflicted with a quartan ague, and supposed that, by exercising himself again in martial affairs, he should get rid of this distemper; but by making such expeditions at unseasonable times, and forcing his body to undergo greater hardships than it was able to bear, he brought himself to his end.

He died, therefore, in the midst of his troubles, after he had reigned seven and twenty years..