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10 And it was done in (or on) the fourth day, Holofernes made a supper to (or for) his servants, and he said to Bagoas, the chamberlain, Go thou, and counsel that Hebrew woman, (so) that she consent willfully (or willingly) to dwell with me. [And it is done the fourth day, Holofernes made a supper to his servants, and said to Bagoas, (a) gelding, Go, and sweetly move this Hebrew, that willfully she assent to dwell with me.]

11 For it is a foul thing with men of Assyria, if a woman scorn a man, in her doing, and that she pass free from him. [Forsooth a foul thing it is with Assyrians, if a woman scorn a man, doing that she pass from him without her office.]

12 Then Bagoas entered in to Judith, and said, A good damsel be not ashamed to enter to my lord, (so) that she be honoured before his face, and that she eat with him, and drink wine with gladness. [Then went in Bagoas to Judith, and said, Be not adread, thou good child maid, to go into my lord, that she be made worshipful before his face, and eat she with him, and drink wine with gladness.]

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