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At that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Iesus,

And said vnto his seruants, This is Iohn the Baptist, hee is risen from the dead, and therfore mighty workes doe shew foorth themselues in him.

For Herode had layd hold on Iohn, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife.

For Iohn said vnto him, It is not lawfull for thee to haue her.

And when he would haue put him to death, hee feared the multitude, because they counted him as a Prophet.

But when Herods birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias daunced before them, and pleased Herode.

Whereupon he promised with an oath, to giue her whatsoeuer she would aske.

And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Giue me heere Iohn Baptists head in a charger.

And the king was sorie: neuerthelesse for the othes sake, and them which sate with him at meate, he commanded it to be giuen her:

And he sent, and beheaded Iohn in the prison.

And his head was brought in a charger, and giuen to the Damsell: and she brought it to her mother.

And his Disciples came, and took vp the body, and buried it, and went and told Iesus.