forces by a stratagem; so I immediately placed those my friends
of Tarichee, on whom I could best confide, at the gates, to watch
those very carefully who went out at those gates: I also called
to me the heads of families, and bade every one of them to seize
upon a ship (14) to go on board it, and to take a master with
them, and follow him to the city of Tiberias. I also myself went
on board one of those ships, with my friends, and the seven armed
men already mentioned, and sailed for Tiberias.

33. But now, when the people of Tiberias perceived that there
were no forces come from the king, and yet saw the whole lake
full of ships, they were in fear what would become of their city,
and were greatly terrified, as supposing that the ships were full
of men on board; so they then changed their minds, and threw down
their weapons, and met me with their wives and children, and made
acclamations to me with great commendations; for they imagined
that I did not know their former inclinations [to have been
against me]; so they persuaded me to spare the city. But when I
was come near enough, I gave order to the masters of the ships to
cast anchor a good way off the land, that the people of Tiberias
might not perceive that the ships had no men on board; but I went
nearer to the people in one of the ships, and rebuked them for
their folly, ,and that they were so fickle as, without any just
occasion in the world, to revolt from their fidelity to me.
However, assured them that I would entirely forgive them for the
time to come, if they would send ten of the ringleaders of the
multitude to me; and when they complied readily with this
proposal, and sent me the men forementioned, I put them on board
a ship, and sent them away to Tarichese; and ordered them to be
kept in prison.