CATULUS, Governor of Lybia Pentapolitana, destroyed an infinite number of the Jews of this Province, who were got together in a Desart, under the conduct of one Jonathan a Weaver, who seduced these poor wretches with promises of performing all sorts of Miracles in their presence. Catulus, who had exceeded all bounds in the prosecution and punishment of the guilty, was in this world afflicted with very terrible pains, and seized with such extreme horrors, as permitted him to enjoy no rest1.
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Joseph. de Bello, l. vii. c. 28. ↩