of attempting to break my bonds ; but again , when I felt the smartsmartof their arrows upon my face and hands , which were all in blistersblister, and many of the darts still stickingstickin them , and observingobservelikewise that the number of my enemies increasedincrease, I gave tokenstokento let them know that they might do with me what they pleased .
But before this , they had daubeddaubmy face and both my hands with a sort of ointment , very pleasant to the smell , which , in a few minutes , removedremoveall the smartsmartof their arrows .