Volume 4 — ON THE REQUEST OF THE DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS.
Reading edition
"I will that forthwith thou give me in a dish the head of John the Baptist." Fie, silly child! Thou askest more Than Herod doth engage to grant— As time hath truly shown. That head, enshrouded in its gore, Would be a price exorbitant For all of Herod's throne.
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