In this ditch he
found many dead bodies, and from one of them, that of a peasant who
had died but recently, took the clothes and a long winter cloak of
sheepskins, which he exchanged for his own garments. Then, keeping only
his sword, which he hid beneath the cloak, he passed the Roman pickets
in the gloom and fled into the country. When daylight came Caleb cut
off his beard and trimmed his long hair short. After this, meeting a
countryman with a load of vegetables which he had licence to sell in the
Roman camp Caleb bought his store from him for a piece of gold, for he
was well furnished with money, promising the simple man that if he said
a word of it he would find him out and kill him. Then counterfeiting the
speech and actions of a peasant, which he, who had been brought up among
them down by the banks of Jordan, well could do, Caleb marched boldly to
the nearest Roman camp and offered his wares for sale.
Now this camp was situated outside the gate of Gennat, not far from the
tower Hippicus. Therefore, it is not strange that although in the course
of his bargaining he made diligent inquiry as to the fate of the girl
who had been taken to the gate Nicanor, Caleb could hear nothing of her,
seeing that she was in a camp situated on the Mount of Olives, upon
the other side of Jerusalem.
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