and then to all those that were round me; bowing before them to the earth, and kissing the border of their garments, I prayed them to have compassion upon me. “Consider,”
said I, “that I am a stranger, and ought not to be subject to this rigorous law, and that I have another wife and children in my own country.” Although I spoke in the most pathetic manner, no one was moved by my address; on the contrary, they ridiculed my dread of death as cowardly,
and then to all those that were round me; bowing before them to the earth, and kissing the border of their garments, I prayed them to have compassion upon me. “Consider,”
said I, “that I am a stranger, and ought not to be subject to this rigorous law, and that I have another wife and children in my own country.” Although I spoke in the most pathetic manner, no one was moved by my address; on the contrary, they ridiculed my dread of death as cowardly,
