Living_Oracles(i)
23 nay, he swore to her, Whatsoever you shall ask, I will give it you, were it the half of my kingdom.
24 And she withdrew, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? She answered, The head of John the Immerser.
25 Her daughter then, returning hastily to the king, made this request: I would that you give me presently in a basin, the head of John the Immerser.
26 And the king was much grieved; however, from a regard to his oath, and his guests, he would not refuse her,
27 and immediately dispatched a sentinel with orders to bring the Immerser's head. Accordingly he went, and beheaded him in the prison,
28 and brought his hand in a basin, and presented it to the young woman; and the young woman presented it to her mother.