ABSTRACT

And, instead of an oath, they plucked out the hair from their eyebrows and eyelashes and blew it upwards toward the sky ; and the common people played their trumpets, drums and shell-trumpets, and, with great shouting, they brought this action to an end, and the king returned to his palace. He then commanded a review to be held ; he found thirty-five thousand soldiers, and he distributed them in camps of suitable climates.