7
And they said to him: If thou please this people, and soothe them with kind words, they will be thy servants for ever.
8
But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, and began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train.
9
And he said to them: What seemeth good to you? or what shall I answer this people, who have said to me: Ease the yoke which thy father laid upon us?
10
But they answered as young men, and brought up with him in pleasures, and said: Thus shalt thou speak to the people, that said to thee: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease it: thus shalt thou answer them: My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father.
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My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, and I will add more weight to it: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.