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3 for Herod having secur'd John, bound him, and put him in prison to please Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
4 for John had said to him, it is not lawful for thee to have her.
5 he would have put him to death, but for fear of the people, who reckoned him a prophet.
6 but when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in publick, and made such an impression upon Herod,
7 that he promised her upon oath, to give whatever she should ask;
8 who being before instructed by her mother, pray, said she, order John Baptist's head to be brought here in a charger.
9 and the king relented: nevertheless out of regard to the oath, and to those who sat with him at table, he commanded it to be brought to her.
10 and pursuant to order, John was beheaded in the prison,
11 whence his head was brought in a charger, and given to the young lady, who carried it to her mother.
12 upon which, his disciples came to take away the body, and having buried it, they went to tell Jesus what had happened.