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As soon as ever Titus had said this, he leaped upon his horse, and
rode apace down to the lake; by which lake he marched, and entered into
the city the first of them all, as did the others soon after him. Hereupon
those that were upon the walls were seized with a terror at the boldness
of the attempt, nor durst any one venture to fight with him, or to hinder
him; so they left guarding the city, and some of those that were about
Jesus fled over the country, while others of them ran down to the lake,
and met the enemy in the teeth, and some were slain as they were getting
up into the ships, but others of them as they attempted to overtake those
that were already gone aboard. There was also a great slaughter made in
the city, while those foreigners that had not fled away already made opposition;
but the natural inhabitants were killed without fighting: for in hopes
of Titus's giving them his right hand for their security, and out of a
consciousness that they had not given any consent to the war, they avoided
fighting, till Titus had slain the authors of this revolt, and then put
a stop to any further slaughters, out of commiseration of these inhabitants
of the place. But for those that had fled to the lake, upon seeing the
city taken, they sailed as far as they possibly could from the enemy.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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