How fare the Jews?
FUGITIVES.
The coming of this mischief hath been sore And grievous to the people.

All the land Is full of lamentation and of mourning.
The Princes and the Elders weep and wail; The young men and the maidens are made feeble; The beauty of the women hath been changed.
JUDAS.
And are there none to die for Israel?
'T is not enough to mourn.

Breastplate and harness Are better things than sackcloth.

Let the women Lament for Israel; the men should die.
FUGITIVES.
Both men and women die; old men and young: Old Eleazer died: and Mahala With all her Seven Sons.
JUDAS.
Antiochus, At every step thou takest there is left A bloody footprint in the street, by which The avenging wrath of God will track thee out! It is enough.

Go to the sutler's tents; Those of you who are men, put on such armor As ye may find; those of you who are women, Buckle that armor on; and for a watchword Whisper, or cry aloud, "The Help of God." SCENE III.