f these
narrow lakes, and he stood himself where was the greatest multitude of
his enemies, and with his darts he put a stop to them; as with him
did Domitius Sabinus also, a valiant man, and one that in this battle
appeared so to be. Thus did Caesar continue to shoot darts at the Jews
continually, and to hinder them from coming upon his men, and this until
all his soldiers had retreated out of the city.

2. And thus were the Romans driven out, after they had possessed
themselves of the second wall. Whereupon the fighting men that were
in the city were lifted up in their minds, and were elevated upon this
their good success, and began to think that the Romans would never
venture to come into the city any more; and that if they kept within it
themselves, they should not be any more conquered. For God had blinded
their minds for the transgressions they had been guilty of, nor could
they see how much greater forces the Romans had than those that were now
expelled, no more than they could discern how a famine was creeping upon
them; for hitherto they had fed themselves out of the public miseries,
and drank the blood of the city. But now poverty had for a long time
seized upon the better part, and a great many had died already for want
of necessaries; although the seditious indeed supposed the destruction
of the people to be an easement to themselves; for they desired that
none others might be preserved but such as were against a peace with the
Romans, and were resolved to live in opposition to them, and they were
pleased when the multitude of those of a contrary opinion were consumed,
as being then freed from a heavy burden. And this was their disposition
of mind with regard to those that were within the city, while they
covered themselves with their armor, and prevented the Romans, when they
were trying to get into the city again, and made a wall of their own
bodies over against that part of the wall that was cast down. Thus did
they valiantly defend themselves for three days; but on the fourth day
they could not support themselves against the vehement assaults of Titus
but were compelled by force to fly whither they had fled before; so
he quietly possessed himself again of that wall, and demolished it
entirely. And when he had put a garrison into the towers that were on
the south parts of the city, he contrived how he might assault the third
wall.

CHAPTER 9.

Titus When The Jews Were Not At All Mollified By H