No woman is excepted.

The wives of kings live in the sight of all, and must obey the law twice and thrice as strictly.

Since Herod put away his rightful wife, the Arab king's daughter, and lives openly in incest with his brother's wife, the angel of hell will strike at her." "You all hear," said the women, turning to the assembled crowd.

Then they pulled up their gowns high over their ankles, stepped into the river where it is shallow, and bared their brown necks, in order that the wild preacher might pour the water over them.

The men pressed closer, but the prophet tore a branch from the cedar and drove the hypocritical penitents back.