1. Judith Beheads Holofernes 13 When evening came, his slaves quickly withdrew

2. She went to the bedpost near the head of Holofernes and taking his sword from it.

3. Abhominable: An old mode of spelling abominable , on the supposition that it was derived from <internalXref urlencoded="ab%20homine">ab homine</internalXref>, from or repugnant to man, ridiculed as pedantic by Shakspere in the character of the pedant Holofernes.