heir good opinion
of me as their governor; and they made a clamor against Jonathan and
his partners for coming to them when they had suffered no harm, and as
though they would overturn their happy settlement; and desired them by
all means to go back again, for that they would never be persuaded to
have any other to rule over them but myself. When I heard of this, I did
not fear to go down into the midst of them; I went, therefore, myself
down presently to hear what Jonathan and his companions said. As soon as
I appeared, there was immediately an acclamation made to me by the whole
multitude, and a cry in my commendation by them, who confessed their
thanks was owing to me for my good government of them.

49. When Jonathan and his companions heard this, they were in fear of
their own lives, and in danger lest they should be assaulted by the
Galileans on nay account; so they contrived how they might run away.
But as they were not able to get off, for I desired them to stay, they
looked down with concern at my words to them. I ordered, therefore, the
multitude to restrain entirely their acclamations, and placed the most
faithful of my armed men upon the avenues, to be a guard to us, lest
John should unexpected fall upon us; and I encouraged the Galileans to
take their weapons, lest they should be disturbed at their enemies,
if any sudden insult should be made upon them. And then, in the first
place, I put Jonathan and his partners in mind of their [former] letter,
and after what manner they had written to me, and declared they were
sent by the common consent to the people of Jerusalem, to make up the
differences I had with John, and how they had desired me to come to
them; and as I spake thus, I publicly showed that letter they had
written, till they could not at all deny what they had done, the letter
itself convicting them. I then said, "O Jonathan! and you that are sent
with him as his colleagues, if I were to be judged as to my behavior,
compared with that of John's, and had brought no more than two or three
witnesses, [20] good men and true, it is plain you had been forced,
upon the examination of their characters beforehand, to discharge the
accusations: that therefore you may be informed that I have acted well
in the affairs of Galilee, I think three witnesses too few to be brought
by a man that hath done as he ought to do; so I gave you all these for
witnesses. Inquire of them [21] how I have lived, and whether I hav