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But the people were desirous of making Florus ashamed of his attempt,
and met his soldiers with acclamations, and put themselves in order to
receive him very submissively. But he sent Capito, a centurion, beforehand,
with fifty soldiers, to bid them go back, and not now make a show of receiving
him in an obliging manner, whom they had so foully reproached before; and
said that it was incumbent on them, in case they had generous souls, and
were free speakers, to jest upon him to his face, and appear to be lovers
of liberty, not only in words, but with their weapons also. With this message
was the multitude amazed; and upon the coming of Capito's horsemen into
the midst of them, they were dispersed before they could salute Florus,
or manifest their submissive behavior to him. Accordingly, they retired
to their own houses, and spent that night in fear and confusion of face.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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