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Now upon these accounts, though Herod was somewhat afraid of the
young men's high spirit, yet did he not despair of reducing them to a better
mind; but before he went to Rome, whither he was now going by sea, he called
them to him, and partly threatened them a little, as a king; but for the
main, he admonished them as a father, and exhorted them to love their brethren,
and told them that he would pardon their former offenses, if they would
amend for the time to come. But they refuted the calumnies that had been
raised of them, and said they were false, and alleged that their actions
were sufficient for their vindication; and said withal, that he himself
ought to shut his ears against such tales, and not be too easy in believing
them, for that there would never be wanting those that would tell lies
to their disadvantage, as long as any would give ear to them.
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