But he began to consider discreetly, and as became his age, and the excellency of his ancient years, and the honour of his gray head, whereunto he was come, and his most honest education from a child, or rather the holy law made and given by God: therefore he answered accordingly, and willed them straightways to send him to the grave.
But he thought the matter through carefully, in a manner befitting his age, his venerable years, the dignity of his gray hair, and above all the holy law given by God from his youth, and he answered accordingly, telling them at once to send him to his death.
