poured out his whole Soul to her in the warmest Protestations of Love and Constancy: when amidst all his Sighs and Languishings she asked him, whether the private Orders he left with his Uncle
Joseph
were an Instance of such an inflamed Affection. The Jealous King was immediately roused at so unexpected a Question, and concluded his Uncle must have been too Familiar with her, before he would have discovered such a Secret. In short, he put his Uncle to Death, and very difficultly prevailed upon himself to spare
Mariamne
.
After this he was forced on a second Journey into
Egypt
, when he committed his Lady to the Care of
Sohemus
, with the same private Orders he had before given his Uncle, if any Mischief befel himself. In the mean while