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And king Herod heard of him (for his name was spread abroad:) and hee said that Iohn the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mightie workes doe shew foorth themselues in him.

Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a Prophet, or as one of the Prophets.

But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is Iohn, whome I beheaded, he is risen from the dead.

For Herod himselfe had sent forth and laid hold vpon Iohn, and bound him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife, for hee had maried her.

For Iohn had said vnto Herod, It is not lawfull for thee to haue thy brothers wife.

Therfore Herodias had a quarrel against him, & would haue killed him, but she could not.

For Herod feared Iohn, knowing that he was a iust man, and an holy, and obserued him: and when he heard him, hee did many things, and heard him gladly.

And when a conuenient day was come, that Herod on his birth day made a supper to his lords, high captaines, and chiefe estates of Galilee:

And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod, and them that sate with him, the king said vnto the damosell, Aske of me whatsoeuer thou wilt, and I will giue it thee.

And he sware vnto her, Whatsoeuer thou shalt aske of me, I will giue it thee, vnto the halfe of my kingdome.

And she went forth, and said vnto her mother, What shall I aske? And she said, The head of Iohn ye Baptist.

And she came in straightway with haste, vnto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou giue me by and by in a charger, the head of Iohn the Baptist.

And the king was exceeding sory, yet for his othes sake, and for their sakes which sate with him, hee would not reiect her.

And immediatly the king sent an executioner, and commaunded his head to be brought, and he went, and beheaded him in the prison,

And brought his head in a charger, and gaue it to the damosell, and the damosell gaue it to her mother.

And when his disciples heard of it, they came and tooke vp his corpse, and laid it in a tombe.