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Upon this the multitude were pleased, and presently made a trial
of what he intended, by asking great things of him; for some made a clamor
that he would ease them in their taxes; others, that he would take off
the duties upon commodities; and some, that he would loose those that were
in prison; in all which cases he answered readily to their satisfaction,
in order to get the good-will of the multitude; after which he offered
[the proper] sacrifices, and feasted with his friends. And here it was
that a great many of those that desired innovations came in crowds towards
the evening, and began then to mourn on their own account, when the public
mourning for the king was over. These lamented those that were put to death
by Herod, because they had cut down the golden eagle that had been over
the gate of the temple. Nor was this mourning of a private nature, but
the lamentations were very great, the mourning solemn, and the weeping
such as was loudly heard all over the city, as being for those men who
had perished for the laws of their country, and for the temple. They cried
out that a punishment ought to be inflicted for these men upon those that
were honored by Herod; and that, in the first place, the man whom he had
made high priest should be deprived; and that it was fit to choose a person
of greater piety and purity than he was.
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