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Chap. 21. Besides infinite numbers of those that perished in the waters.

In the Villages of Idumæa ten, thousand.

At Gerasa, one thousand.

At Machærus, one thousand seven hundred.

In the Wood Iardes, three thousand.

In the castle of Maßada which slew themselves, nine hundred and sixty.

In Cyrene by Catulus the Governour were slain, three thousand.

But in the City of Ierusalem throughout the whole time of the siege, the number of them that dyed or were slain is, ten hundred thousand.

Taken ninety seven thousand.

The whole number amounts to (besides infinite omitted) twelve hundred and forty thousand.

What say you Lipsius? Do you cast down your Eyes at these things? Look up rather; and (if you dare) compare Rh