“For then did the old greedy dragon taste in the head of the servant what he so thirsted after—the passion of the master.”
Peter Chrysologus, 5th c. — SERMONS 174
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27And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
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25And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
26And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
— Mark 6:27 —
28And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
29And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.