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After these men's performances, Josephus, and the rest of the multitude
with him, took a great deal of fire, and burnt both the machines and their
coverings, with the works belonging to the fifth and to the tenth legion,
which they put to flight; when others followed them immediately, and buried
those instruments and all their materials under ground. However, about
the evening, the Romans erected the battering ram again, against that part
of the wall which had suffered before; where a certain Jew that defended
the city from the Romans hit Vespasian with a dart in his foot, and wounded
him a little, the distance being so great, that no mighty impression could
be made by the dart thrown so far off. However, this caused the greatest
disorder among the Romans; for when those who stood near him saw his blood,
they were disturbed at it, and a report went abroad, through the whole
army, that the general was wounded, while the greatest part left the siege,
and came running together with surprise and fear to the general; and before
them all came Titus, out of the concern he had for his father, insomuch
that the multitude were in great confusion, and this out of the regard
they had for their general, and by reason of the agony that the son was
in. Yet did the father soon put an end to the son's fear, and to the disorder
the army was under, for being superior to his pains, and endeavoring soon
to be seen by all that had been in a fright about him, he excited them
to fight the Jews more briskly; for now every body was willing to expose
himself to danger immediately, in order to avenge their general; and then
they encouraged one another with loud voices, and ran hastily to the walls.
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