Chapter

1501 II |       Vitellius, who occupied a raised seat within the shadow of the
1502 III|              Sadducees rose from their seats and rushed towards Jacob.
1503 III|             giving a certain effect of seclusion.~Upon three ivory couches,
1504 II |                Jews would discover his secret. His reluctance to lift
1505 I  |           unfolded to the tetrarch the secrets of her recent undertakings,
1506 II |             was suddenly shut down and secured by Mannaeus, who would have
1507 I  |               an attempt to befool and seduce Eutyches the denunciator.~“
1508 I  |         tetrarch in displeasure. “Thou seekest Iaokanann, no doubt.”~“And
1509    | seeming
1510 I  |            very life. When he had been seized and bound with cords, the
1511 III|        eagerness of a vulture’s claws, seizing upon olives, pistachios,
1512 I  |                he had the hardihood to send various men from Machaerus
1513 II |             emperor and had delayed in sending assistance to him.~The tetrarch
1514 I  |                 my lord, the Most High sends a message to the people
1515 I  |                he felt an overwhelming sense of oppression at the sight
1516 II |                 he established his own sentinels at the gates, at intervals
1517 III|            like a basilica, which were separated by columns of sandalwood,
1518 I  |              tetrarch; others were the servants of his expected guests,
1519 II |               of mother-of-pearl, that serve to increase thy stature;
1520 II |             Philip, and was now in the service of Antipas.~Presently he
1521 I  |                  Thy grandfather was a servile attendant upon the temple
1522 I  |        vineyards, Carmel her fields of sesame; and the tower of Antonia,
1523 II |         nothing but empty quivers; the seventh, greaves for protecting
1524 II |        sleeveless tunic, and a fur cap shaded his face. His chin was covered
1525 III|                she carried a patera, a shallow vessel of silver used by
1526 II |                the flowing stream; thy shame shall follow thee, thy disgrace
1527 II |          beheld a vague and terrifying shape in its depths.~This proved
1528 III|            looked at it curiously.~The sharp blade of the sword had cut
1529 I  |              The sun, now fully risen, shed a dazzling splendour on
1530 I  |             Dead Sea now looked like a sheet of lapis-lazuli; and at
1531 I  |               a troop belonging to the sheikh of the Arabs, the daughter
1532 III|               The closed eyelids had a shell-like transparency, and the candelabra
1533 II |              as sheep crowd around the shepherd; and, thrusting forward
1534 III|            painted cups, the plates of shining copper, the cubes of snow
1535 I  |                without appearing to be shocked at the strength of the invectives.~
1536 III|            little feet were seen to be shod with slippers made of the
1537 III|              distinguished. A scarf of shot-silk fell from her shoulders,
1538 III|          Eleazar raised his voice to a shout in order to make himself
1539 II |            stamped upon the ground and shouted:~“I have found it! I have
1540 II |             door, giving it a powerful shove; whereupon it quietly slid
1541 III|               it with rapture.~Then he showed them the lugubrious object,
1542 II |                actually surrounded and showered with curses.~“Prostrate
1543 II |              small bands of parchment, showing lines of writing.~Almost
1544 II |              matters it? All the world shows me injustice,” said Antipas,
1545 III|           Jacob replied.~The Sadducees shrugged their shoulders. Jonathas,
1546 III|          voluptuousness and vice. They shuddered when the attendants sprinkled
1547 III|           their heads. The people from Sichem declined to eat turtles,
1548 II |         accommodate animals in case of siege.~“This close confinement
1549 I  |               said Herodias, with grim significance.~Antipas understood her;
1550 II |            inquired.~The tetrarch by a significant gesture indicated that Mannaeus
1551 II |              others?” Vitellius asked, significantly.~He had taken hostages from
1552 I  |          Antipas, seemed to be weeping silently. After a few moments she
1553 II |        smallest objects stood out like silhouettes. Antipas was able to distinguish
1554 III|                full trousers, of black silk, were embroidered in a pattern
1555 II |              torches set in sockets of silver-gilt.~The proconsul advanced
1556 III|               one of the guests, “that Simon of Gitta washed away his
1557 III|              Chaldean name, called him simply “the Asiatic.” From time
1558 II |                world’s redemption from sin and sorrow; of the glories
1559 I  |             figure swayed about with a singularly elastic grace and elegance.
1560 II |              water; like the slug that sinks into the sand as it moves;
1561 III|               of Gitta washed away his sins in fire. And a certain man
1562 III|                torrent; and the women, sitting in the galleries, thought
1563 II |              and to excuse his present situation.~“Without doubt,” said Eleazar, “
1564 II |       battalion of fiery serpents. The sixth cell contained nothing but
1565 II |                That which is now worth sixty pieces of silver will not
1566 II |             the exactness of Phanuel’s skill in astrology.~Suddenly he
1567 III|             tiny ears, and ivory-white skin could be distinguished.
1568 II |               captain of his troops of skirmishers, and Jacim, the Babylonian.~
1569 III|              The Pharisees had pointed skulls, bristling beards, feeble
1570 III|             over a scarlet peplum with slashed sleeves. On either side
1571 II |                thrusting forward their sleek necks, they looked at him
1572 II |             was empty. The slaves were sleeping. The day was drawing to
1573 II |             arms were thrust through a sleeveless tunic, and a fur cap shaded
1574 I  |          intervals along the ramparts, slept or dozed, leaning against
1575 II |            shove; whereupon it quietly slid out of sight into the wall.~
1576 III|              speak to them, being only slightly protected by some of the
1577 III|              were seen to be shod with slippers made of the feathers of
1578 II |              Antipas beheld a bare arm slipping through a portiere hanging
1579 I  |              than the river-bed of the slow-running Jordan.~These aspects of
1580 II |                running water; like the slug that sinks into the sand
1581 II |             horizon, against which the smallest objects stood out like silhouettes.
1582 III|           front of it she leaned over, smiled upon the tetrarch, and,
1583 III|               breath, mingled with the smoke from the candles, formed
1584 III|             upon her.~A sound like the snapping of fingers came from the
1585 I  |               entered thy family!” she sneered.~“It is at least the equal
1586 III|         priests did not understand his sneers, and Phineas, of Galilean
1587 I  |              splendour on its walls of snowy marble and the plates of
1588 III|        bristling beards, feeble hands, snub noses, great round eyes,
1589 III|              Jesus perform some of his so-called miracles. “You should have
1590 II |               bosom shall be rent with sobs. God execrates the stench
1591 II |                perfumed torches set in sockets of silver-gilt.~The proconsul
1592 I  |             with the unevenness of the soil. A zigzag road, cutting
1593 III|             arts of pleasing, with the sole idea of bringing her to
1594    | somewhere
1595 II |              his foot it had not their sonority. He struck them all, one
1596 II |                words not to have known sooner of the favour of his presence
1597 II |                were yet broken of that sorcery which once she had woven
1598 I  |           Eschol had her pomegranates, Sorek her vineyards, Carmel her
1599 II |                redemption from sin and sorrow; of the glories of heaven;
1600 III|                aided by demons of some sort!”~Jacob, standing between
1601 I  |            soft advances. The love she sought to rekindle had died long
1602 I  |               of the abyss, filled the soul of Antipas with a vague
1603 I  |                was a murmur of voices; sounds of the moving of heavy furniture
1604 I  |               lapis-lazuli; and at its southern extremity, on the coast
1605 I  |             Philip, his third brother, sovereign of Batania, was arming himself
1606 II |       voluminous mantle covered a wide space of the wall behind him.
1607 II |               shall take from thee thy sparkling jewels, thy purple robes
1608 II |               of the cypress, like the sparrow; in caverns, like the wild
1609 III|              you,” he said to the last speaker, who was still standing. “
1610 I  |             plainly seen; men carrying spears were moving about among
1611 I  |                escape or talks about a speedy deliverance. At other times
1612 III|             lambs’ tails, dressed with spices, a favourite dainty.~To
1613 I  |         intercepted, and the number of spies stationed at the city gates.
1614 III|      inquisitive Psyche, or a floating spirit that might at any moment
1615 III|              in the assistance of evil spirits.~The friends of Antipas
1616 III|          tetrarch, fearing he would be splashed with drops of oil if he
1617 I  |             listening to the murmur of splashing fountains, within sight
1618 I  |           fully risen, shed a dazzling splendour on its walls of snowy marble
1619 I  |              that moment she had never spoken to Antipas of her daughter.
1620 II |            treasure was hidden in that spot.~“What is concealed there,
1621 II |                Fountains of milk shall spring from the rocks; men shall
1622 III|          shuddered when the attendants sprinkled them with galburnum and
1623 I  |         Iaokanann, afterwards known as St. John the Baptist. Had he
1624 I  |              soldiers were prepared to stab him if he resisted, but
1625 II |                the fertile valleys and stagger with the fumes of wine!~“
1626 II |        assistance to him.~The tetrarch stammered in attempting to reply to
1627 III|        Iaokanann, and other men of his stamp.~“It is said,” remarked
1628 II |                one after another; then stamped upon the ground and shouted:~“
1629 III|              the Messiah?”~The priests stared at one another, and Vitellius
1630 I  |              the future by reading the stars, had succeeded in commanding
1631 III|                but soon returned, in a state of great perturbation.~During
1632 I  |                and the number of spies stationed at the city gates. She did
1633 II |             his luxurious gardens, his statues, his furniture of carved
1634 II |                slaves, armed with long staves, charged upon them, striking
1635 II |                to behead Iaokanann. He stayed the hand of the lictor after
1636 II |                sobs. God execrates the stench of thy crimes! Accursed
1637 II |              God inflict thee with the sterility of mules!”~At these words,
1638 II |              twelve fasces—a bundle of sticks with an axe in the centre.
1639 I  |               he was a follower of the Stoics. Mannaeus instantly rushed
1640 I  |               the sky, lighting up the stony shores, the hills, and the
1641    | stop
1642 III|              survey of the heavens. He stopped when he reached the pavilion
1643 III|             route; and he recalled the stories he had heard of the mysterious
1644 II |             vegetables, antelopes, and storks; large fish, of a brilliant
1645 I  |             that poured upon me like a storm from heaven!”~Continuing
1646 I  |           Herodias. And she retold the story of her humiliation one day
1647 II |                who would have liked to strangle Iaokanann then and there.~
1648 III|               had drowned Aristobulus, strangled Alexander, burned Mattathias
1649 III|           which the Pharisees reserved strictly for services in the Temple.~
1650 III|              seemed ever beckoning and striving to entice to her side some
1651 I  |                was maddening! Herodias strode to and fro upon the terrace,
1652 III|              jaw with a swift downward stroke. The corners of the mouth
1653 I  |              that formed its roof. The structure shone like a luminous mountain,
1654 II |               could be seen: tomahawks studded with nails; poisoned javelins;
1655 II |            month, he said, he had been studying the heavens every morning
1656 III|       iconoclastic rage, their brutal, stumbling bearing. The proconsul wished
1657 III|                back in his chair as if stunned.~He had bound himself by
1658 III|             Platonist, pronounced them stupid, and told the Greeks that
1659 I  |             calmer, he returned to the subject of the prisoner.~“Sometimes
1660 I  |           honesty of his projects, the submission of the Essenians to the
1661 II |         procure for the proconsul very substantial benefits, although the glances
1662 I  |              by reading the stars, had succeeded in commanding a certain
1663 I  |                even to tell him of her success in an attempt to befool
1664 III|              moved at the sight of his suffering, thinking that perhaps the
1665 II |                castle munitions of war sufficient for forty thousand men.~
1666 III|            dishes were vulgar, and not sufficiently disguised with delicate
1667 I  |             whose uneven piles of sand suggested crumbling ampitheatres or
1668 I  |         superhuman, eclipsing even its suggestion of opulence and pride.~Mannaeus
1669 III|              made the child one of his suite, but as he never could remember
1670 I  |               wind brought an odour of sulphur, as if it had rolled up
1671 III|             huntsmen and herdsmen, the Sultan of Palmyra, and sailors
1672 II |                the Babylonian, Jacim.~“Summon him, then!” was the command.~
1673 I  |                loud blast upon a conch summoned from far and near all the
1674 II |              Heavy, round bronze lids, sunk in the stones of the pavement,
1675 II |            drawing to a close, and the sunset spread a deep rosy glow
1676 I  |             indicated something almost superhuman, eclipsing even its suggestion
1677 III|         wonderful being belonging to a superior race.~The feast went on.
1678 II |              indeed wonderful animals; supple as serpents, light as birds.
1679 I  |       flagstones, and his body had the suppleness of an ape, although his
1680 III|            moment when he had made his supplication to Jesus.~The Pharisees
1681 III|                 she looked like Cybele supported by her lions. In her hands
1682 I  |                 the best policy was to suppress him.~The tetrarch replied
1683 II |                these words, a sound of suppressed laughter arose here and
1684 III|              felt that at last she was sure of retaining her power over
1685 II |                as they fell. They were sure-footed among rocky passes, and
1686 II |               proconsul’s orders. Of a surety, the proconsul’s family
1687 II |                wall.~A wave of hot air surged from the depths of the cavern.
1688 II |               Agrippa; and expressed a surmise that he himself might be
1689 III|           banqueting-hall, a murmur of surprise and admiration swept through
1690 III|             courtyard, to make another survey of the heavens. He stopped
1691 I  |              fast. It must not even be suspected that he still lives!”~Mannaeus
1692 III|                silence fell again. The suspense was becoming intolerable.~
1693 II |         Antipas appeared to him rather suspicious, he established his own
1694 III|               she sighed for an absent swain or was expiring of love
1695 III|               do me good to bathe.”~He swallowed a quantity of snow; then
1696 III|                 a black mass of people swarmed in the ravine; and from
1697 I  |             closing and portieres were swaying as if in a high wind, with
1698 I  |             were deserted. Eagles were sweeping through the air high above
1699 III|           while the music of dulcimers swelled louder and the excited spectators
1700 III|                surprise and admiration swept through the multitude. A
1701 III|             her movements of bird-like swiftness, Salome stood erect. The
1702 III|              antipathy to the flesh of swine, intimating that no doubt
1703 II |             stood quietly eating, they switched their tails gently to and
1704 II |                Antipas was almost in a swoon.~Louder still rose the voice
1705 II |         sunlight, and their glittering sword-hilts threw out glancing golden
1706 II |               the Romans.~The tetrarch swore that no treasure was hidden
1707 III|           wreaths, regarding them as a symbol of Roman voluptuousness
1708 II |        proconsul should they appear to sympathise with her. Antipas was almost
1709 I  |             Vitellius, the Governor of Syria, had not yet arrived, he
1710 II |              publicans, carrying their tablets of wood under their arms.~
1711 I  |             then he longs to escape or talks about a speedy deliverance.
1712 I  |              sycamore wood, upon which tall poles had been erected to
1713 III|              wines of the palm and the tamarisk, those of Safed and of Byblos,
1714 III|      accompanied by slaves bearing wax tapers, Herodias appeared, her
1715 III|        platform of sycamore wood. Rich tapestries from Babylon were hung about
1716 II |               were hung with a kind of tapestry made of slender reeds, laid
1717 I  |               a peplum ornamented with tassels of emeralds; and blue silken
1718 II |               the kitchens, led by his taste for gormandizing, which
1719 II |            people to refuse to pay the tax!”~“Is that true?” he demanded.
1720 III|             upon the table beside him. Tears were running down the cheeks
1721 III|              than the first. It seemed tedious to every one.~Presently
1722 I  |               her recent undertakings, telling him how many men had been
1723 III|             like a flower blown by the tempest. The jewels in her ears
1724 II |               games; that he had built temples in the honour of Augustus;
1725 I  |             arranged them in a kind of temporary couch upon the floor behind
1726 I  |             for this sudden display of tenderness.~During their brief conversation
1727 I  |               and live with her—in her tent! Eat her bread, baked in
1728 III|             see lighted torches on the terraces of the neighbouring houses;
1729 I  |              of the wrath of the gods, terrified him, and he leaned heavily
1730 II |              cavern beheld a vague and terrifying shape in its depths.~This
1731 I  |                mantle, and frozen with terror at the curses that poured
1732 III|                heavy black mantle, the texture of which was almost hidden
1733 II |            duty of the whole people to thank him, as the conqueror of
1734 III|                of sacrificers would be theirs. Antipas appeared to be
1735 I  |          jewels nor other ornaments. A thick tress of rippling black
1736 II |                observed.~Some of these things did not belong to him at
1737 III|                sight of his suffering, thinking that perhaps the next day
1738    | though
1739 II |               war sufficient for forty thousand men.~He had accumulated
1740 III|               of Herod’s army; a dozen Thracians, a Greek and two Germans;
1741 III|               foot of the pavilion and threatened Antipas with their knives.
1742 II |               the Roman tongue all the threats and invectives that rolled
1743 III|            blood on fire.~Suddenly the thrilling chords of a harp rang through
1744 II |           CHAPTER II~The ramparts were thronged with people when at last
1745 II |              wore around his neck, and throwing the seal into the pit, he
1746 II |            legs; his massive arms were thrust through a sleeveless tunic,
1747 II |              around the shepherd; and, thrusting forward their sleek necks,
1748 I  |             over his shoulder with his thumb, saying:~“Over there—still
1749 II |          ancient prophets. The captive thundered them forth like bolts from
1750 I  |              were the bearers of great tidings.”~Antipas bent his head
1751 III|                a linen toga.~Aulus had tied behind his back the sleeves
1752 II |               many colours were lashed tightly about his knotted legs;
1753 II |             the scent of thy hair, the tint of thy nails,— all the artifices
1754 III|               a rainbow. Her lips were tinted a deep crimson, her arched
1755 II |             plains a whole day without tiring, they would stop instantly
1756 I  |            intrigued to become king, a title for which the tetrarch was
1757 II |           personages surrounding them: Tolmai, Kanthera, Schon, Ammonius
1758 II |             barbarians, could be seen: tomahawks studded with nails; poisoned
1759 II |              translated into the Roman tongue all the threats and invectives
1760 II |                of your bodies from the tops of the mountains!”~Of which
1761 I  |         numerous angles and ornamental towers that stood out like jewels
1762 II |            escorted the priests in the train of the proconsul; they all
1763 II |              light as birds. They were trained to gallop rapidly, following
1764 II |             thee, O people! Woe to the traitors of Judah, and to the drunkards
1765 III|            Galilean origin, refused to translate them. Aulus suddenly became
1766 II |       interpreter, in impassive tones, translated into the Roman tongue all
1767 III|     interpreter paused a moment before translating it. Then he said that Messiah
1768 III|               for the execution, to be transmitted to the soldiers placed on
1769 III|               eyelids had a shell-like transparency, and the candelabra on every
1770 III|               graceful dancer appeared transported with the very delirium of
1771 II |              wild ass, like a woman in travail! The punishment of heaven
1772 I  |       humiliation one day when she was travelling towards Gilead, in order
1773 I  |             balcony stood a large open travelling-hamper or basket, and girdles,
1774 II |              be cut.~Herodias, who now treated him with a kind of disdainful
1775 I  |          untameable in spite of severe treatment, endowed with the power
1776 III|             and looked at it a moment, trembling, then held it up with its
1777 I  |               other ornaments. A thick tress of rippling black hair hung
1778 III|             children of the proscribed tribes, partisans of Mattathias,
1779 I  |             horde of slaves offered as tribute to King David! My forefathers
1780 I  |         uninjured. The inanity of such tricks exasperated Herodias. Besides,
1781 I  |              for beauty, quivered with triumph, and her face was alight
1782 I  |             the rising sun.~This was a troop belonging to the sheikh
1783 II |           entered their quarters, they trotted up to him, as sheep crowd
1784 III|      protection in case any unexpected trouble should arise. But his attention
1785 I  |            nature, which seemed to his troubled fancy signs of the wrath
1786 I  |             weary of pondering on this troublesome matter.~The mountain peaks
1787 III|               fretted silver. Her full trousers, of black silk, were embroidered
1788 III|               If Iaokanann was in very truth the Elias so much talked
1789 I  |                is Phanuel, and he will try to seek out Iaokanann, since
1790 I  |                 as for the man who was trying to influence the people
1791 II |              long points emerging from tufts of feathers. The walls of
1792 II |                flowing skirts of their tunics embarrassed their movements
1793 III|              that he regarded all this turmoil as no concern of his.~The
1794 I  |           Herodias sank upon them, and turning her face away from Antipas,
1795 III|            from Sichem declined to eat turtles, out of deference to the
1796 I  |             were about one hundred and twenty cubits high, having numerous
1797 III|             remained impassive and her twinkling feet still moved in their
1798 II |            Caesar could be seen on the umbo, or central knob. To the
1799 I  |              terrace, white with rage, unable to find words to express
1800 I  |               sometimes life itself is uncertain within their depths,” said
1801 III|              flesh of the wild ass, an unclean animal, and their anger
1802 I  |              the secrets of her recent undertakings, telling him how many men
1803 I  |              of a wall, whose outlines undulated with the unevenness of the
1804 III|            form, she caused mysterious undulations to flow downward over her
1805 I  |             sight of the desert, whose uneven piles of sand suggested
1806 I  |            outlines undulated with the unevenness of the soil. A zigzag road,
1807 III|              as protection in case any unexpected trouble should arise. But
1808 I  |               common.~Then she rapidly unfolded to the tetrarch the secrets
1809 II |                the perfume of powders, unguents, cloud-like gauzes and embroideries
1810 I  |             they had died, leaving him uninjured. The inanity of such tricks
1811 II |       imploring him to abolish certain unjust laws, asking for privileges,
1812 I  |                Herodias, Mannaeus, and unknown dangers.~Phanuel tried to
1813    | unless
1814 I  |                of Antipas with a vague unrest; he felt an overwhelming
1815 II |           throng; and their tiaras sat unsteadily upon their brows, around
1816 I  |            people, clad only in linen, untameable in spite of severe treatment,
1817    | Until
1818 II |             had allowed them to remain untouched. As he spoke, he managed
1819 III|            nave and prayed aloud, with uplifted arms.~At sunrise the two
1820 I  |             Then they departed towards Upper Galilee, saying that they
1821 III|             words.~In the midst of the uproar Antipas remembered the medallion
1822 I  |            flocks to pasture; children urged heavy-laden donkeys along
1823 III|             galburnum and incense, the use of which the Pharisees reserved
1824 I  |              the man might some day be useful to them. His attacks upon
1825 I  |       violently that he could scarcely utter the single word:~“Vitellus!”~“
1826 I  |                injurious words to her, uttered before a throng of listeners,
1827 II |               harmonious as if he were uttering a chant. He spoke of the
1828 I  |                must be extended to the uttermost ends of the earth.”~For
1829 III|               banqueting-hall, and the vapour of their breath, mingled
1830 III|        vanquished,— Antigone, Crassus, Varus.~“Miserable creatures!”
1831 II |         cinnamon burning in a porphyry vase and the perfume of powders,
1832 II |            near Samaria for the golden vases that had belonged to King
1833 II |                like wool in the dyer’s vat. He shall rend you, as with
1834 II |          basket-loads of food, fruits, vegetables, antelopes, and storks;
1835 III|               pavilion she removed her veil. Behold! she seemed to be
1836 III|               of filmy blue gauze that veiled her head and throat, her
1837 I  |                or basket, and girdles, veils, head-dresses, and gold
1838 I  |              ancestors, boiling in her veins.~“Thy grandfather was a
1839 III|               cried aloud together for vengeance, echoed by the rest of the
1840 III|          formed a right angle with her vertebrae. The full silken skirts
1841 III|            carried a patera, a shallow vessel of silver used by the Romans
1842 III|               Roman voluptuousness and vice. They shuddered when the
1843 III|                 nec post mortem durare videtur.~By this time Aulus was
1844 I  |              evening rendezvous at the villa, among the flowery groves,
1845 III|                mince-meat dressed with vine-leaves. The priests discoursed
1846 I  |                pomegranates, Sorek her vineyards, Carmel her fields of sesame;
1847 I  |                his anger with too much violence,” Phanuel replied calmly. “
1848 I  |               with dust, and panted so violently that he could scarcely utter
1849 III|                back the sleeves of his violet robe, embroidered with silver.
1850 I  |        shoulders were bent beneath his violet-bordered toga; his whitening locks
1851 II |         tinkling of cymbals! O race of vipers, bursting with pride!”~The
1852 I  |                 Protracted anxiety had visibly aged the tetrarch. His shoulders
1853 II |                direct from the goddess Vitellia. A highway, leading from
1854 I  |                utter the single word:~“Vitellus!”~“Has he arrived?” asked
1855 II |              should be punished.~Fresh vociferations now broke out in front of
1856 II |               on his hips, so that his voluminous mantle covered a wide space
1857 III|              them as a symbol of Roman voluptuousness and vice. They shuddered
1858 III|               glutton; the dishes were vulgar, and not sufficiently disguised
1859 III|                with the eagerness of a vulture’s claws, seizing upon olives,
1860 II |             gather up thy garments and walk through the flowing stream;
1861 II |                chief of the publicans, walked among these gloomy cells,
1862 I  |           meetings at the baths; their walks along the Sacred Way, and
1863 III|           guests, “that Simon of Gitta washed away his sins in fire. And
1864 I  |             full of alarm:~“Guard him! watch him well! Do not allow any
1865 II |            they disappear like running water; like the slug that sinks
1866 II |              of sight into the wall.~A wave of hot air surged from the
1867 III|          accompanied by slaves bearing wax tapers, Herodias appeared,
1868 I  |                the river to drink. The wayfarers descending from the heights
1869    | We
1870 I  |           outrages to his dignity, his weakness regarding the Phoenicians,
1871 II |               He had accumulated these weapons in anticipation of an alliance
1872 III|              Pharisees, who refused to wear the wreaths, regarding them
1873 II |               his heart.~Phanuel, also wearied by the recent agitating
1874 I  |             had repudiated in order to wed Herodias, already married
1875 I  |             from Antipas, seemed to be weeping silently. After a few moments
1876 I  |              out Iaokanann, since thou wert so foolish as to allow him
1877    | whatever
1878 I  |            could not fly from him; the wheels of my chariot sank in the
1879    | whereas
1880    | whereupon
1881 II |                missiles shall be found wherewith to stone the adulteress!”~
1882    | whether
1883 II |              bow on his shoulder and a whip in his hand. Cords of many
1884 III|            nostrils.~Next she began to whirl frantically around the table
1885 I  |              violet-bordered toga; his whitening locks were long and mingled
1886    | whither
1887 I  |       listeners, had been repeated and widely circulated; she heard them
1888 III|              young beauty and feminine wiles. The plan had proved successful,
1889 I  |               conciliate the Arabs and win back their allegiance, or
1890 III|              grapes. Through the large windows the guests could see lighted
1891 II |              well satisfied, among the wine-presses. The people shall prostrate
1892 III|               a follower of Jesus.~The wines of the palm and the tamarisk,
1893 III|              soft bread, upon which to wipe the fingers. As soon as
1894 III|                men from Galilee nodded wisely, saying: “It is evident
1895 II |          Absalom lie with his father’s wives, Judah with his daughter-in-law,
1896 II |             Under the bronze lid was a wooden trap-door of the same size.
1897 II |              carved ivory and precious woods, comparing him to the impious
1898 II |                in your own blood, like wool in the dyer’s vat. He shall
1899 II |         encased in the kind of buskins worn by consuls. A guard of lictors
1900 III|              called Jesus—”~“He is the worst of them all!” interrupted
1901 II |               rose. “That which is now worth sixty pieces of silver will
1902 I  |              the important matter thou wouldst communicate to me?” Antipas
1903 I  |               never return.~The Jordan wound its way through the arid
1904 I  |            troubled fancy signs of the wrath of the gods, terrified him,
1905 III|                who refused to wear the wreaths, regarding them as a symbol
1906 II |            parchment, showing lines of writing.~Almost at the same moment,
1907 II |          Sisenna.”~The publican drew a writing-tablet from the folds of his robe,
1908 II |             would jump fearlessly over yawning chasms; and, while ready
1909    | ye
1910 III|              of Tiberias! my citadels! yea, the half of my kingdom!”~
1911 I  |             extremity, on the coast of Yemen, Antipas recognised clearly
1912 II |               him. It was the arm of a youthful woman, as graceful in outline
1913 II |    constellation of Perseus was at the zenith; Agalah was scarcely visible;
1914 I  |              unevenness of the soil. A zigzag road, cutting through the
1915 I  |               his powerful arm towards Zion, and, with clenched fist
1916 II |             and to make music upon the zither, and the bravest of thy
1917 III|             Mattathias alive, beheaded Zozimus, Pappus, Josephus, and Antipater;