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Gen_40:6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they [were] sad.
Ver. 6. And, behold, they were sad.] Or, Angry; and yet knew not how to help themselves. But carnal men digest their passions, as horses do their choler, by chewing on the bit. Pope Boniface being kept prisoner by Cardinal Columnus, tore his own flesh with his own teeth, and died raving. {a} Bajazet, the great Turk, could not be pacified in three days, after he was taken by Tamerlane; but, as a desperate man, still sought after death, and called for it. {b} Vivere noluit, mori nesciit; as it is said of that bishop of Salisbury, {c} prisoner in King Stephen’s days.
{a} Revius.
{b} Turk. Hist., fol. 220.
{c} Roger, Bishop of Salisbury.