Discourse
1 Intro | with great joy, saying, 'O, my daughters you have come
2 Marc | this seduction, saying, "O Lord, Father, and Governor
3 Marc | innumerable number.24 ~This, O Arete, is my discourse to
4 Theoph | Marcella, interrupting, said, "O Theophila, there appears
5 Theoph | you answer sophistically, `O, my friend, by those who
6 Theoph | and say, "Thou didst not, O Lord, grudge us this common
7 Theoph | colours."22 ~These words, O Arete, I bring according
8 Thal | Compared.1~You seem to me, O Theophila, to excel all
9 Thal | before. For you seem to me, O Theophila, to have discussed
10 Thal | Argument.~For consider, O virgins, how he,38 desiring
11 Thal | according to my power, O Arete, I offer to thee as
12 Thal | Euboulios. Through many things, O Gregorion, she has scarcely
13 Theop | If the art of speaking, O virgins, always went by
14 Theop | thus:77 "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right
15 Theop(81)| O Jerusalem.~
16 Theop | our Ruler and Bridegroom, O illustrious virgins, commands
17 Theop | discourse suffice for thee, O Arete, in proof of my education
18 Thall | Our Age.~I must endeavour, O virgins, by a true exposition,
19 Thall | be perfect and blameless, O Abraham, when thou hast
20 Thall | blessed."6 For consider, O virgins, when He mentions
21 Thall | endeavour to explain to you, O virgins, the rest of that
22 Thall | then, I offer to thee, O Arete, on the spur of the
23 Agathe | this admirable discourse, O Arete, if thou go with me,
24 Agathe | all come into this world, O virgins, endowed with singular
25 Agathe | Reward of Virginity.~These, O fair virgins, are the orgies
26 Agathe | meadows, and offer to thee, O Arete.~Agathe having thus
27 Procil | lawful for me to delay, O Arete, after such discourses,
28 Procil | time for me to speak. This, O virgins, is the one true
29 Procil | than all spices! Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb;
30 Procil | Canticles.7 ~Consider now, O virgins, that, in saying
31 Procil | the prophets who follow, O virgins, you will see what
32 Procil | of mine to speak to thee, O Arete, concerning chastity,
33 Procil | willingly hail thy readiness, O Thekla, in which I confide
34 Thekla | corruption of the body. Whence, O Arete, whether thou hast
35 Thekla | Be Examined.10~Now, then, O Virgins, daughters of undefiled
36 Thekla | interpretation, our mother,14 O virgins, being a power by
37 Thekla | we have said: "But how, O virgins, can this explanation
38 Thekla | laver? "We will answer, But, O faultfinder, not even to
39 Thekla | that we are staying here, O virgins, is the accurate
40 Thekla | discourses are held, teaching us, O fair virgins, to imitate
41 Thekla | heads are the ten opposites, O virgins, to the Decalogue,
42 Thekla | Whence, if you permit me, O Arete, now that I have completed
43 Thekla | Mathematicians.~If it were better, O wretched ones, that man
44 Thekla | be acceptable to thee, O Arete, my mistress.~Euboulios.
45 Thekla | bravely and magnificently, O Gregorion, has Thekla debated!~
46 Tusiane | of the World Completed.~O Arete, thou dearest boast
47 Tusiane | for burning. And moreover, O hard breasts, if the citron
48 Tusiane | as keep holy day."24 I, O Arete, my mistress, offer
49 Tusiane | Euboulios. I am much moved, O Gregorion, considering within
50 Domn | Government of the Soul.~O Arete, I also, omitting
51 Domn | can so much profit a man, O fair virgins, with respect
52 Domn | will bring forward to you, O virgins, from the Old Testament,
53 Domn | with him. "Even to you, O rebellious," said he, "I
54 Domn | preaches, saying: "Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice,
55 Domn | shalt thou return."25 ~This, O Arete, is the discourse
56 Domn | my ability; which I pray, O mistress, although it is
57 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
58 Arete | Thekla. I. From above, O virgins, the sound of a
59 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
60 Arete | behold Thy beauty for ever, O blessed One.~Chorus. I keep
61 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
62 Arete | my golden home for Thee, O King, I have come in undefiled
63 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
64 Arete | Thekla. 4. Having escaped, O blessed One, from the innumerable
65 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
66 Arete | I forget my own country, O Lord, through desire of
67 Arete | and of kindred, for Thou, O Christ, art all things to
68 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
69 Arete | Giver of life art Thou, O Christ. Hail, light that
70 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
71 Arete | Thekla. 7. With open gates, O beauteously adorned Queen,
72 Arete | us within thy chambers. O spotless, gloriously triumphant
73 Arete | celebrating thy happy nuptials, O youthful maiden.~Chorus.
74 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
75 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
76 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
77 Arete | sweet nectar; let us drink, O virgins, for it is celestial
78 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
79 Arete | prefiguring Thy death,6 O blessed One, with flowing
80 Arete | slain by a brother's hand, O Word, I pray Thee to receive
81 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
82 Arete | Thy valiant son Joseph,7 O Word, won the greatest prize
83 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
84 Arete | fulfilling the type of Thy body, O blessed One, bravely cried:-~
85 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
86 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
87 Arete | maddened with desire, said, O dear lady, we have come
88 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
89 Arete | betray my nuptials to you, O mad for women, and so to
90 Arete | vengeance. Save me now, O Christ, from these evils.~
91 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
92 Arete | life-blood, he cried to Thee, O blessed One:-~Chorus. I
93 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
94 Arete | betrayed the marriage-bed, she, O blessed One, when pregnant,
95 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
96 Arete | to see Thy nuptial day, O blessed One, as many angels
97 Arete | as many angels as Thou, O King, calledst from above,
98 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
99 Arete | Thee.~Thekla. 20. In hymns, O blessed spouse of God, we
100 Arete | of the Bride honour Thee, O undefiled virgin Church
101 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
102 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
103 Arete | various wiles of the serpents, O blessed One.~Chorus. I keep
104 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
105 Arete | thee towards the heavens, O Queen, all manifestly crowned
106 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
107 Arete | to meet Thee.~Thekla. 24. O blessed One, who inhabited
108 Arete | things by everlasting power, O Father, with Thy Son, we
109 Arete | keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding
110 Arete | Euboulios. Deservedly, O Gregorion, has Thekla borne
111 Arete | by chastity, and wisely, O Gregorion. But lest in any
112 Arete | chatterer, so you seem to be, O Euboulios.~Euboulios. Why
113 Arete | know? But, come, tell me, O wisest lady, in what do
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