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Within the Roure of an old waif

that the soldiers had picked up atte to run the lines into

Jerusalee had been laid about the Holy

City

The old ht with

such terrible savagery and had incontinently laid in the dust in

succession three of the ca-men, that the Ro reat

difficulty succeeded in trussing the old belligerent and had brought

him before Titus

There they laid the twisted old burden before the young general and

shae of the vanquished men, had

finished them with despatch

It was evident that the old man was a Jew; it became also apparent

that he was dumb and partly deaf, and further to their a and arm were too stiff

for ordinary use and that he had done his wonderful execution with

terrific left liave him a partial liberty Titus, however,

ad kept out of

Jerusaleeneral to deport hiht

For it was manifest that the old ue would not serve hinorance had not

provided hi Titus

was unable to understand froet into the city The young general in one of his outbursts

of generosity would have permitted this, but that Nicanor happened in

at an evil mo the old servant into Jerusalem that Titus was forced