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Nor was Herod unacquainted with the disturbance they were under;
and as he thought it unseasonable to use violence with them, so he spake
to some of them by way of consolation, and in order to free them from that
superstitious fear they were under; yet could not he satisfy them, but
they cried out with one accord, out of their great uneasiness at the offenses
they thought he had been guilty of, that although they should think of
bearing all the rest yet would they never bear images of men in their city,
meaning the trophies, because this was disagreeable to the laws of their
country. Now when Herod saw them in such a disorder, and that they would
not easily change their resolution unless they received satisfaction in
this point, he called to him the most eminent men among them, and brought
them upon the theater, and showed them the trophies, and asked them what
sort of things they took these trophies to be; and when they cried out
that they were the images of men, he gave order that they should be stripped
of these outward ornaments which were about them, and showed them the naked
pieces of wood; which pieces of wood, now without any ornament, became
matter of great sport and laughter to them, because they had before always
had the ornaments of images themselves in derision.
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