e horsemen,
and we had undergone the dangers of it courageously for a long time, we
were beaten; for upon the Romans encompassing me about, my soldiers were
afraid, and fell back. There fell in that battle one of those that had
been intrusted to guard my body; his name was Justus, who at this
time had the same post with the king. At the same time also there
came forces, both horsemen and footmen, from the king, and Sylla their
commander, who was the captain of his guard: this Sylla pitched his camp
at five furlongs' distance from Julias, and set a guard upon the roads,
both that which led to Cana, and that which led to the fortress Gamala,
that he might hinder their inhabitants from getting provisions out of
Galilee.

72. As soon as I had gotten intelligence of this, I sent two thousand
armed men, and a captain over them, whose name was Jeremiah, who raised
a bank a furlong off Julias, near to the river Jordan, and did no
more than skirmish with the enemy; till I took three thousand soldiers
myself, and came to them. But on the next day, when I had laid an ambush
in a certain valley, not far from the banks, I provoked those that
belonged to the king to come to a battle, and gave orders to my own
soldiers to turn their backs upon them, until they should have drawn the
enemy away from their camp, and brought them out into the field, which
was done accordingly; for Sylla, supposing that our party did really
run away, was ready to pursue them, when our soldiers that lay in ambush
took them on their backs, and put them all into great disorder. I also
immediately made a sudden turn with my own forces, and met those of the
king's party, and put them to flight. And I had performed great things
that day, if a certain fate had not been my hinderance; for the horse
on which I rode, and upon whose back I fought, fell into a quagmire, and
threw me on the ground, and I was bruised on my wrist, and carried into
a village named Cepharnome, or Capernaum. When my soldiers heard of
this, they were afraid I had been worse hurt than I was; and so they
did not go on with their pursuit any further, but returned in very great
concern for me. I therefore sent for the physicians, and while I was
under their hands, I continued feverish that day; and as the physicians
directed, I was that night removed to Taricheee.

73. When Sylla and his party were informed what happened to me, they
took courage again; and understanding that the watch was negli