NOTE C.
“Josephus
tells of a Jewish exorcist, who by
means of a magic ring and Solomonian talismans,
drew devils out of the nose of persons possessed by
them; that in order to convince the bystanders that
the evil spirit had really gone out, he placed close by
a bucket full of water, and ordered the devil to upset
it, which the latter really did; and Josephus assures
us that he himself had been a joint spectator of this
proof of the incomparable wisdom of his countryman,
Solomon.”—
Strauss' “New Life of Jesus,” authorised translation,
1865. Vol. II., p. 185.