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Wherefore I counsel thee in good faith that thou look to a day when thou canst be there; that thou send greeting to her that thou wilt be there on such day to do her honour, and take her to wife." "Forsooth," said King Florus, "I will send word that I will be there in the month of Paske, and that she apparel her to receive such a man as I be."
When the King Florus had heard these words, he fell a-pondering, and spake no word for a great while. "Sir," said a knight who was of his most privity, "what ponderest thou so much? Forsooth, all these words well befit a good lady and wise to say; and so, may help me God, she is both wise and valiant.
When Floras tried to prove that under Hadrian's rule Rome had risen to the highest stage of its manhood, his friend, Demetrius, of Alexandria, interrupted him, and begged him to tell him something about the Emperor's person. Florus willingly acceded to this request, and sketched a brilliant picture of the administrative talent, the learning, and the capability of the Emperor.
Florus owed his appointment to Poppaea, the profligate wife of Nero, and his conduct bears the interpretation that he was deliberately anxious to fill the measure of persecution to the brim and drive the nation to war. The very forms of privilege which had been left to the Jews were turned to their hurt.
And they, expecting this, fed sparingly on the meat that was set before them, so that the provision seemed sufficient for them all. When I had talked thus waggishly to the company Florus had a mind to talk gravely concerning these shadows, and have it discussed whether it was fit for those that were so invited to go, or no. His son-in-law Caesernius was positively against it.
Here endeth the tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane. In years bygone was a Count of Ponthieu, who loved much chivalry and the world, and was a much valiant man and a good knight. In the same times was a Count of St. Pol, who held all the country, and was lord thereof, and a man much valiant.
As Favorinus and the Alexandrians raised themselves on their pillows Florus cried: "No god shall make me stir from this place, not if the whole house is burnt down and Alexandria and Rome, and for aught I care every nest and nook on the face of the earth. It may all burn together. The Roman Empire can never be greater or more splendid than under Caesar!
On his fourth visit he was more fortunate, for Florus, who had noted him before, asked why he stood there so patiently. An officer replied that the man had a petition to make. "Let me hear it then," said the governor. "I sit in this place to administer justice by the grace and in the name of Caesar."
This injustice and oppression caused violent excitement in Jerusalem when the news reached that city. The people assembled around the Temple with the loudest outcries; but it was the purpose of Florus to drive the people to insurrection, and he gave his soldiers orders to plunder the upper market and to put to death all whom they met. Of men, women, and children there fell that day 3,600.
Katherine Philips, who could not number versification among her qualities. The plot of this play, so far as history is concerned, may be read in Livy, Florus, Dionysius Halicarnasseus, &c. Our stage has lately had a play founded upon this story, added to the many it has received, called the Roman Father, by Mr. W. Whitehead. Besides this translation, Mr.
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