Chapter
1 II | divine teacher." The king said, "And who are these enemies
2 II | saintly man answered and said, "Anger and Desire. For
3 II | The hermit answered and said, "O king, if thou askest
4 II | mien. So he answered and said: ~"Unhappy man, that hast
5 II | Nowhere in that land, they said, had there ever been seen
6 III | long counsel held, they said that he should be mighty
7 III | by fire and sword. "For," said he, "these be they that
8 IV | unto thee." Our nobleman said unto him, "For very charity
9 IV | hearts for himself. "But," said they, "if thou wilt prove
10 IV | called the man apart and said, to prove him, "Friend,
11 IV | brought before him, and said, "I remember thy saying
12 IV | beggar-man considered and said, "Be it known unto thee,
13 IV | man's saying, did as he said. When the king saw and heard
14 IV | perish not with hunger." Said the king, "He that dreadeth
15 IV | monks, as I ween, shrewdly said, "How now? Said ye not but
16 IV | shrewdly said, "How now? Said ye not but this instant,
17 V | birth. "'Twas in order," said he, "that thou mightest
18 V | young prince heard this he said never a word more, but the
19 V | passing well. On a day his son said unto him, "There is something
20 V | heart at the very word, and said, "Tell me, darling child,
21 V | into gladness." The boy said, "What is the reason of
22 V | and pleasaunce." "But," said the son unto his father, "
23 V | unforeseeable?" "What man," said they, "can discern the future,
24 V | that thou seest." "And," said he, "what will be his end?"
25 V | will relieve him." "But," said he, "is this the appointed
26 V | grief knew no ease; for he said to himself, "And is it true
27 V | their former communications, said, "I have told thee already
28 VI | and desirable." The tutor said, "Though, to all seeming,
29 VI | Barlaam, "Well hast thou said that thou hast never seen
30 VI | tutor withdrew, and Ioasaph said unto the elder, "Shew me
31 VI | hast never heard." ~Ioasaph said unto him, "For myself, reverend
32 VI | and seeing him in tears, said, `O fool, and slow of understanding,
33 VI | cheap and of paltry worth, said they. Then said the king
34 VI | paltry worth, said they. Then said the king to them, `I know
35 VI | presented a hideous sight. ~"Said the king, `Here is a figure
36 VI | of their stores. And he said unto them, `Know ye to whom
37 VI | be disappointed." Ioasaph said unto him, "Fair and fitting
38 VII | took up his parable and said, "If thou wilt learn who
39 VII | death, for by sin, as I have said before, came death into
40 VIII | believeth not shall be damned." ~Said Ioasaph, "All that thou
41 VIII | day of death." ~Ioasaph said unto him, "And what is this
42 VIII | of these I have already said that our Lord Jesus Christ
43 IX | IX. ~Ioasaph said unto him, "Great and marvellous,
44 IX | but made all that they said and did to shine clearer
45 IX | damnation.' And again he said concerning the resurrection
46 IX | torment in hell. To him said Abraham, `Thou in thy lifetime
47 IX | wedding garment, and he said unto him, "Friend, how camest
48 IX | he was speechless. Then Said the king to the servants, "
49 IX | us.' But he answered and said, `Verily I say unto you,
50 IX | thoughts; for the Saviour said, `I say unto you, that for
51 X | melted into tears; and he said to the elder, "Thou hast
52 X | What shall we do?', Peter said unto them, `Repent, and
53 X | wise. ~"'Idol worshippers,' said he, `are like a fowler who
54 X | power of articulate speech, said to the fowler, `Man, what
55 X | turned towards our friend and said, `Never try to attain to
56 X | gleaned any profit therefrom, said, as she flew aloft, `Shame,
57 X | her again. `Come hither,' said he, `into my house: I will
58 X | honour.' But the nightingale said unto him, `Now I know thee
59 XI | XI. ~Ioasaph said unto him, "All thy words
60 XI | of the Lord. For when he said to the Apostles, `Go make
61 XI | his appearing." ~Ioasaph said unto the elder, "Well then,
62 XI | and, bemoaning himself, said, `How many hired servants
63 XII | XII. ~To this said Ioasaph, "But how, after
64 XII | Barlaam answered, "Well said, my lord and king. That
65 XII | life of one of them who is said to have been the founder
66 XIII | parable with great joy and said, "How true this story is,
67 XIII | truest friend of all, and said, `Thou wottest, friend,
68 XIII | The other answered and said unto him, `Man, I am not
69 XIII | labour? Tell me at once.' Said he, `I have on leisure today
70 XIII | ashamed and downcast, he said unto him, `I can scarce
71 XIII | pricked at heart, the other said with tears, `Wo is me! Which
72 XIII | interpretation thereof. Then said Barlaam, "The first friend
73 XIV | XIV. ~Again said Ioasaph, "The Lord God prosper
74 XIV | took up his parable and said, "Hear then a similitude
75 XIV | me thus, `Come ye out,' said he, `all ye that will to
76 XV | XV. ~Said Ioasaph unto the elder, "
77 XV | nor deceiveth." ~Ioasaph said, "When thou spakest a minute
78 XV | The elder answered and said, "I teach thee no law introduced
79 XV | written in the Law, Jesus said unto him, `One thing thou
80 XV | he was very sorrowful, he said, `How hardly shall they
81 XV | of things everlasting." ~Said Ioasaph, "If, then, this
82 XVI | XVI. ~Ioasaph said unto the elder, "Are there
83 XVI | The other answered and said, "In this your most unhappy
84 XVI | sent to thee." ~Ioasaph said unto him, "Hath my father
85 XVI | to evil." ~"Would God," said Ioasaph, "that he too were
86 XVI | good. One night the king said unto him, "Come now, let
87 XVI | such good cheer. The king said to his chief counsellor, `
88 XVI | seized the happy moment and said, `But to thee, O king, how
89 XVI | he became as one dumb. He said, `Who then are these men
90 XVI | better than ours?' `All,' said the chief-counsellor `who
91 XVI | entrance, if a man but will.' ~"Said the king, `And what is the
92 XVI | understanding worthy of the purple, said unto him, `What hath hindered
93 XVI | The chief counsellor said, `It was not from negligence
94 XVI | obey thy behest.' `Yea,' said the king, `not every day
95 XVI | zeal.' ~"We have heard," said Barlaam, "that this king
96 XVI | of ungodliness." ~Ioasaph said unto him, "The Lord undertake
97 XVI | heard her hymn of praise and said, `Damsel, what is thine
98 XVI | called to her father, and said unto him, `Give me thy daughter:
99 XVI | and piety.' But the elder said, `It is not possible for
100 XVI | daughter.' Again the young man said, `Yea, but I will take her,
101 XVI | wed-her.' But the old man said unto him, `I cannot give
102 XVI | mine only child.' 'But,' said the youth, `I will abide
103 XVI | had never beheld. And he said unto him, `Son, all these
104 XVII | XVII. ~Said Ioasaph unto Barlaam, "This
105 XVII | steadfastness of my purpose?" ~Said the elder, "I have already
106 XVII | keenly pricked at the heart, said, "All this I too long to
107 XVII | of his power." ~Barlaam said unto him, "I pray God to
108 XVII | thought and sense, still said, `We know in part, and we
109 XVIII | XVIII. ~Ioasaph said unto him, "If thou hadst
110 XVIII | of my life." ~The elder said, "Mine age is, as I reckon,
111 XVIII | not the truth." ~Barlaam said unto him, "If it be the
112 XVIII | eternal life.'" ~Ioasaph said unto him, "Since thou reckonest
113 XVIII | in hell.'" ~"These then," said Ioasaph, "are the good deeds
114 XVIII | as thou lovest truth." ~Said Barlaam, "Our sustenance
115 XVIII | of immortality." ~Ioasaph said, "But whence cometh this
116 XVIII | endurance, burst into tears, and said to the elder, "Since thou
117 XVIII | discipline" ~But Barlaam said unto him, "A certain rich
118 XVIII | Again Ioasaph, in tears, said unto him, "If this be the
119 XVIII | to distribute." ~Ioasaph said unto him, "Make plain to
120 XVIII | Barlaam answered, "I said not that these men were
121 XIX | to Christ his God. ~Then said Barlaam unto him, "Blessed
122 XX | therefrom, as I have already said. ~"But thou, who hast been
123 XXI | s palace, named Zardan, said to the prince, "Thou knowest
124 XXI | my room. ~The king's son said unto him, "This do, Zardan,
125 XXI | within the curtain, and said to the elder, "Sum me up
126 XXI | to try his disposition, said unto him, "Thou hast heard
127 XXI | unto thee?" ~The King's son said unto him, "I knew full well
128 XXI | subject him to punishment, said unto Barlaam, "Since it
129 XXI | But Barlaam answered and said unto him, "Seeing that I
130 XXI | When thou seest my gift," said he, "thou mayest bear my
131 XXI | remembrance." ~But the elder said, "It is not lawful for me
132 XXII | prayer and bitter tears, and said, "O God, haste thee to help
133 XXII | despondency; Zardan answered and said, "Mighty is my peril, and
134 XXII | as never before." ~Again said the king, "And of what neglect
135 XXII | I have been guilty," said he, "of negligence in my
136 XXII | trouble and confusion of mind, said, "O king, trouble and distress
137 XXII | matter. "This, O king," said Araches, "do we first of
138 XXII | overwhelmed with grief, and said unto them, "Where is that
139 XXII | dwelling." The governor said, "Thou knowest him then?" "
140 XXII | knowest him then?" "Yea," said the hermit, "I know him
141 XXII | served by you." The governor said, "It is for Barlaam that
142 XXII | shouldest certainly have said, `Where is he that hath
143 XXII | have not seen his face." Said Araches, "Show me his abode."
144 XXII | savage glance upon him, said, "Ye shall die no ordinary
145 XXII | Barlaam before me." "What," said the monk, "seest thou in
146 XXIII | tormentors to cease. Then said he unto them, "Why bear
147 XXIII | from their touch." ~Again said the king, "If the thought
148 XXIII | already perished?" ~The monk said, "Five reasons I gave thee,
149 XXIII | ambitious to rob thee of them?" ~Said the king, "I do well to
150 XXIII | except in him." ~But the king said, "Cease this foolish babbling,
151 XXIII | but stood unflinching, and said, "We are not commanded to
152 XXIII | sufferings, as hath been said by one, but not of us, when
153 XXIV | and produced his man. Then said the king in the hearing
154 XXIV | Then calling to his son, he said, "Child, what is this report
155 XXIV | boldness and courage, he said: ~"That which I have done,
156 XXIV | like any madman. "And who," said he, "is blameable for all
157 XXIV | entreated his foes." ~Again said Ioasaph, "Why, O king, hast
158 XXV | gently and tenderly, and said, "O my darling and well-beloved
159 XXV | he prayed in silence, and said, "Have mercy of me, Lord
160 XXV | rest of the psalm. ~Then said Ioasaph to the king, "To
161 XXV | more bitter than gall (as said my teacher), and is sharper
162 XXVI | had between them devised. Said he to his son, "Although,
163 XXVI | had thus spoken, his son said, "A righteous doom hast
164 XXVI | supposed to be Barlaam, he said, "Thou knowest, Barlaam,
165 XXVI | son beside him, as we have said. There beside him stood
166 XXVI | eminent of all his fellows, said unto Nachor, "Art thou that
167 XXVII | of him. ~"Now that I have said thus much concerning God,
168 XXVIII | discussion on the morrow. ~Then said Ioasaph to the king his
169 XXVIII | the prince called him and said, "Think not that I am ignorant
170 XXVIII | words, spake Nachor, "Well said! Sir prince, well said!
171 XXVIII | Well said! Sir prince, well said! I do know the true and
172 XXVIII | this (as father Barlaam said) except that men beyond
173 XXVIII | perfect health. Nachor at once said unto him, "O prince, more
174 XXIX | and teacher, because, he said, it was by the guidance
175 XXIX | held against them. And they said, "Except thou come thyself
176 XXIX | again unto his palace, and said milo Theudas, "Behold now,
177 XXIX | evil one. "Remove, O king," said he, "all thy son's waiting
178 XXX | God to help him, and he said, "Lord Almighty, who alone
179 XXX | the knowledge of God, and said, "Lady, be thou acquainted
180 XXX | and what is thy request?" said he. But she, setting her
181 XXX | behests." ~"In vain, O Lady," said he, "hast thou made this
182 XXX | doctrines." ~"Yea, Lady," said he, "all this is even as
183 XXX | greater one? Is not Paul said to have circumcised Timothy
184 XXX | this mighty city." But they said, "It is impossible for thee
185 XXX | told him his vision, and said, "Wherefore hast thou laid
186 XXXI | their evil countenance. Said Theudas, "And be ye so weak
187 XXXI | again summoned Theudas, and said, "Most wisest of men, all
188 XXXI | Theudas came forward and said, "Wherefore, Ioasaph, dost
189 XXXI | waited a while and then said unto him, ~"Give ear, thou
190 XXXII | XXXII. ~Theudas said unto him, "Behold, it is
191 XXXII | this great madness have said, with more truth, that they,
192 XXXII | use of images. For it is said that in the old times he
193 XXXII | toward the king's son and said, "Tell me now, thou man,
194 XXXII | and turn to him?" "Yea," said that preacher of truth; "
195 XXXIII | day-break he called his son, and said unto him, "This is now my
196 XXXIII | meaning of his word, he said, "Since, after all my labours,
197 XXXIII | desired. So he answered and said, "I have indeed been longing
198 XXXIV | father's heart (for it is said, he will fulfil the desire
199 XXXV | whereon Ioasaph was born, and said "Dearest child, yet not
200 XXXV | when he had prayed, and said, "Into thy hands, O God,
201 XXXVI | in the audience of all he said, "Lo, as ye see, Abenner,
202 XXXVI | departing from them. "But," said he, "why labour ye in vain?
203 XXXVI | not one day more. "For," said he, "I have fulfilled my
204 XXXVI | prayed, and then turning said unto Barachias, "Behold,
205 XXXVI | Benefactor. "Through thine," said they, "we learned to know
206 XXXVII | with him, as I have already said, save his own bones, and
207 XXXVII | the evil one to scorn, and said, "I know thee, deceiver,
208 XXXVIII| the prayer, when they had said the Amen, they embraced
209 XXXVIII| amazement, and with hot tears said, "Glory to thee, our God,
210 XXXIX | God. For he himself hath said, "I will never leave thee,
211 XXXIX | When blessed Barlaam had so said, Ioasaph's tears knew no
212 XXXIX | this, according to him that said, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour
213 XXXIX | to his friends, when he said, `If any man love me, he
214 XL | which I see?" "Thine," said they, "is the one, prepared
215 XL | was as one sore vexed, and said, "How is it possible that,
216 XL | been heard?" Then Ioasaph said unto him, as he was ever
217 XL | sights thereof. But Barlaam said that his time was not yet
218 XL | burden of the flesh. "But," said he, "if thou persevere bravely,
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