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And of his mother who was a queen you made a slave Herodias.

Herod, swayed by Herodias, did not allow the unwelcome reprover to go unpunished: he "sent and apprehended John and bound him in prison" .

HERODIAS What does that matter? You know well that it is I whom he seeks to revile. And I am your wife, am I not?

For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.

HERODIAS Well said , my daughter ! As for you , you are ridiculous with your peacocks .

HERODIAS You hear what he says about you. He says that you shall be eaten of worms.

22When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests.

HERODIAS: You are looking again at my daughter.

Saint Jerome says Herodias kept the head for a long time after, stabbing the tongue with his dagger.

For instance, the Tetrarch's brother, his elder brother, the first husband of Herodias the Queen, was imprisoned there for twelve years.

HERODIAS It was thyself didst steal it. Thou speakest at random and without wit. I will not stay here. Let us go within.

HERODIAS You are looking again at my daughter. You must not look at her. I have already said so.

But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

HERODIAS: [Laughing] You see how she obeys you.

HERODIAS: I told you not to look at her.

HEROD Of a truth, dear and noble Herodias, you are my wife, and before that you were the wife of my brother.

THE PAGE OF HERODIAS: Oh! what is going to happen?

Salome , daughter of Herodias , dance for me .

HERODIAS: You hear what he says against me?

IOKANAAN: Art thou not afraid daughter of Herodias?

HERODIAS: There are others who look too much at her.

Herodias has filled the cup of the Tetrarch.

HERODIAS: I do not believe in prophets.

HEROD: [To Herodias] You see how you have brought up this daughter of yours.

Noble Herodias we are not mindful of our guests.

HERODIAS: Thou knowest well that it is true.

HERODIAS: I do not believe in omens.

HERODIAS: My daughter has done well.

HERODIAS Yes, you have sworn an oath. Everybody heard you. You swore it before everybody.

HERODIAS: She does right.

HERODIAS: How these men weary me!

HERODIAS What is it to you if she be pale or not?

HERODIAS You must not look at her.

HEROD You hear how she answers me, this daughter of yours? HERODIAS She does right. Why are you always gazing at her?

HERODIAS What is it to thee if she dance on blood? Thou hast waded deep enough in it.

HERODIAS: What wine is that the wine of God?

THE PAGE OF HERODIAS: She is like a woman who is dead.

HERODIAS You hear what he says against me? You suffer him to revile her who is your wife!