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But now there fell out a terrible sedition among them within the
city; for the inhabitants themselves, who had possessions there, and to
whom the city belonged, were not disposed to fight from the very beginning;
and now the less so, because they had been beaten; but the foreigners,
which were very numerous, would force them to fight so much the more, insomuch
that there was a clamor and a tumult among them, as all mutually angry
one at another. And when Titus heard this tumult, for he was not far from
the wall, he cried out," Fellow soldiers, now is the time; and why
do we make any delay, when God is giving up the Jews to us? Take the victory
which is given you: do not you hear what a noise they make? Those that
have escaped our hands are ill an uproar against one another. We have the
city if we make haste; but besides haste, we must undergo some labor, and
use some courage; for no great thing uses to be accomplished without danger:
accordingly, we must not only prevent their uniting again, which necessity
will soon compel them to do, but we must also prevent the coming of our
own men to our assistance, that, as few as we are, we may conquer so great
a multitude, and may ourselves alone take the city:"
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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