Down came the net, grazing his head.

Swiftly he sprang upon the Jew, striving to entangle him.
Antipater pulled away.

Again the Roman was upon his enemy and the two struggled to the very noses of the cohort.

Hard by the centre of the column, where sat Vergilius on his charger, the powerful prince threw his adversary, and, choking him down, secured the net over his head.
Swiftly he began to drag the fallen youth.

Vergilius, angered by the prince's cruelty, could no longer hold his peace.
"'Tis unfair," said he, pointing at Antipater.