Esodo 1:22

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

Ver. 22. And Pharaoh charged.] Imperio non tam duro quam diro. This was a most bloody edict: therefore, when God came to make inquisition for blood, he gave them blood again to drink, for they were worthy. The like he did to Nero - qui orientem fidem primus Romae cruentavit - to a Julian, Valens, Valerian, Attilas, Girzerichus, Charles IX of France, and many other bloody persecutors. See Trapp on " Rev 16:6 "

a Tertullian.