ronger than
us, and opening the doors, he leaped out:

13:40. But having taken this woman, we asked who the young man was, but
she would not tell us: of this thing we are witnesses.

13:41. The multitude believed them, as being the elders, and the judges
of the people, and they condemned her to death.

13:42. Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said: O eternal
God, who knowest hidden things, who knowest all things before they come
to pass,

13:43. Thou knowest that they have borne false witness against me: and
behold I must die, whereas I have done none of these things, which these
men have maliciously forged against me.

13:44. And the Lord heard her voice.

13:45. And when she was led to be put to death, the Lord raised up the
holy spirit of a young boy, whose name was Daniel:

13:46. And he cried out with a loud voice: I am clear from the blood of
this woman.

13:47. Then all the people turning themselves towards him, said: What
meaneth this word that thou hast spoken?

13:48. But he standing in the midst of them, said: Are ye so foolish, ye
children of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth,
you have condemned a daughter of Israel?

13:49. Return to judgment, for they have borne false witness against
her.

13:50. So all the people turned again in haste, and the old men said to
him: Come, and sit thou down among us, and shew it us: seeing God hath
given thee the honour of old age.

13:51. And Daniel said to the people: Separate these two far from one
another, and I will examine them.

13:52. So when they were put asunder one from the other, he called one
of them, and said to him: O thou that art grown old in evil days, now
are thy sins come out, which thou hast committed before:

13:53. In judging unjust judgments, oppressing the innocent, and letting
the guilty to go free, whereas the Lord saith: The innocent and the just
thou shalt not kill.

13:54. Now then if thou sawest her, tell me under what tree thou sawest
them conversing together: He said: Under a mastic tree.

13:55. And Daniel said: Welll hast thou lide against thy own head: for
behold the angel of God having recieved the sentence of him, shall cut
thee in two.

13:56. And having put him aside, he commanded that the other should
come, and he said to him: O thou seed of Chanaan, and not of Juda,
beauty hath deceived tee, and lust hath perverted thy heart:

13:57. Thus did you do to the daughters of Isra