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And thus did Josephus dispose of both his bodies of men; but then
for the useless part of the citizens, the women and children, when they
saw their city encompassed by a threefold army, (for none of the usual
guards that had been fighting before were removed,) when they also saw,
not only the walls thrown down, but their enemies with swords in their
hands, as also the hilly country above them shining with their weapons,
d the darts in the hands of the Arabian archers, they made a final and
lamentable outcry of the destruction, as if the misery were not only threatened,
but actually come upon them already. But Josephus ordered the women to
be shut up in their houses, lest they should render the warlike actions
of the men too effeminate, by making them commiserate their condition,
and commanded them to hold their peace, and threatened them if they did
not, while he came himself before the breach, where his allotment was;
for all those who brought ladders to the other places, he took no notice
of them, but earnestly waited for the shower of arrows that was coming.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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