1 Maccabees 13:44-46

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴⁴ And they that were within the engine leaped into the city: and there was a great uproar in the city.

⁴⁵ And they that were in the city went up with their wives and children upon the wall, with their garments rent, and they cried with a loud voice, beseeching Simon to grant them peace.

⁴⁶ And they said: Deal not with us according to our evil deeds, but according to thy mercy.