Chapter

 1 II     |      he spake unto him thus: ~"O thou dullard and mad man,
 2 II     |         If it be thy pleasure, O king, to converse with me,
 3 II     |     hermit answered and said, "O king, if thou askest the
 4 II     |        that deceives, whereon, O king, thine heart alas!
 5 II     |    true good, from which thou, O king, art miserably sundered
 6 II     |       these? When we see thee, O king, the rather forgetting
 7 III    |      the courses of the stars, O king, the advancement of
 8 IV     |   answered in his simplicity, "O king, live for ever! Good
 9 IV     |   communing with me yesterday, O king. Behold, I am ready
10 IV     |       victuals." "Well spoken, O king," cried the monks. "
11 VI     |      thus: "It is not fitting, O prince, that I should say
12 VI     |    seeing him in tears, said, `O fool, and slow of understanding,
13 IX     |       swallowed up in victory. O death where is thy sting?
14 IX     |      death where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?'
15 IX     |        again he saith, `Arise, O God, judge thou the earth,
16 XIII   |       count upon at thy hands, O my dearest friend?' The
17 XIV    |     The Lord God prosper thee, O thou Wisest of men! For
18 XV     |        of Babylon, 'Wherefore, O Prince, let my counsel be
19 XV     |  darkness that lieth on them, 'O ye sons of men, how long
20 XV     |        high place of vantage, `O ye sons of men, how long
21 XVI    |        and said, `But to thee, O king, how seemeth their
22 XVI    |          Such, know thou well, O king, and even more unendurable
23 XVII   |        for all to understand, `O the depth of the riches
24 XVIII  |       up of life.' And again, `O wretched man that I am!
25 XX     |    complaint come before thee, O Lord: give me understanding
26 XXI    |      Why hath it pleased thee, O prince, to prove me that
27 XXI    |          shall fill thy place, O my father? And whom like
28 XXI    |      either hand, and saying, "O God and Father of our Lord
29 XXII   |       bitter tears, and said, "O God, haste thee to help
30 XXII   |         haste thee to help me: O Lord, make speed to help
31 XXII   |     eternal and blissful life. O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
32 XXII   |        answered, "My sickness, O king, is no malady common
33 XXII   |      confusion of mind, said, "O king, trouble and distress
34 XXII   |  sifting of the matter. "This, O king," said Araches, "do
35 XXIII  |    these clean and holy bones, O king, because we attest
36 XXIII  |    error that thou hast erred, O king. Thou fearest that
37 XXIII  |  unwise among the people, and, O ye fools, understand at
38 XXIII  |  commanded to fulfil thy hest, O king, but the orders of
39 XXIV   |         But sith thou thyself, O my father, hast brought
40 XXIV   |      Again said Ioasaph, "Why, O king, hast thou been kindled
41 XXIV   | confessed in him. But be wise, O my father, and shake off
42 XXV    |       the depth of his heart, "O Lord my God, my sweet hope
43 XXV    |        of Satan. Look upon me, O King: for my heart is enkindled
44 XXV    |       and tenderly, and said, "O my darling and well-beloved
45 XXV    |      and would have thee know, O my father, that thou art
46 XXVI   |     hast thou judged this day, O king. The Lord establish
47 XXVII  |      By the providence of God, O king, came I into the world;
48 XXVII  |         It is manifiest to us, O king, that there are three
49 XXVII  |      And I am moved to wonder, O king, how they, who are
50 XXVII  |  honour, gods? ~"Come we then, O king, to the elements themselves,
51 XXVII  |    kind. Wherefore the Greeks, O king, introduced an absurd,
52 XXVII  |     Ganymede. And so befel it, O king, that men imitated
53 XXVII  |        Persephone. Didst thou, O king, ever see madness greater
54 XXVII  |    have the Greeks introduced, O king, concerning their gods;
55 XXVII  |        God. So it is manifest, O king, that all this history
56 XXVII  | Therefore it hath been proven, O king, that all these idols,
57 XXVII  |        mankind. ~"Come we now, O king, to the Jews, that
58 XXVII  |      coming thou mayest learn, O king, by the reading of
59 XXVII  |     And that thou mayest know, O king, that I speak nought
60 XXVII  |       speech spoken unto thee, O king, prompted by the truth
61 XXVIII |        at once said unto him, "O prince, more noble in soul
62 XXVIII |   often offer up this prayer, "O Lord, my Lord and King,
63 XXIX   |        Theudas unto the king, "O king, live for ever under
64 XXIX   |      in this wise, "Dread not, O king, the oppositions and
65 XXIX   |      of the evil one. "Remove, O king," said he, "all thy
66 XXX    |       thy behests." ~"In vain, O Lady," said he, "hast thou
67 XXX    |      in him, saying, "On thee, O Lord, have I set my trust:
68 XXX    |   subject themselves. And now, O my father, since thou hast
69 XXXI   |     own hands the name of God. O wretched man, return to
70 XXXI   |      thine objects of worship, O Theudas, who art more senseless
71 XXXI   |    with what reason dost thou, O foolish and stony-hearted
72 XXXII  |       what proof seekest thou, O fool, that thy prophets
73 XXXII  |        voice, saying, "Verily, O king, the Spirit of God
74 XXXII  |      way. And why will ye die, O house of Israel?' For the
75 XXXII  |        turn to him, tarry not, O thou man, nor make delay:
76 XXXIII |       to be done with thy son, O king, that we have not done,
77 XXXIV  |           I will magnify thee, O God, my King, and I will
78 XXXIV  |       and ever. Great art thou O Lord, and marvellous-worthy
79 XXXIV  |  eternal and immortal. Behold, O Lord, with favourable and
80 XXXV   |     thou so full of heaviness, O my father, and wily art
81 XXXV   |    wool.' Fear not, therefore, O my father, neither be of
82 XXXV   |     and said, "Into thy hands, O God, thou lover of men,
83 XXXV   |       aloud unto God saying, ~"O God, I thank thee, King
84 XXXV   |       lover of souls. And now, O my Lord and God, whose ocean
85 XXXVI  |       of idols, and freed you, O my people, from cruel captivity.
86 XXXVI  |     reject his offer, saying, "O king, how wrongful is thy
87 XXXVII |    longeth my soul after time, O God. My soul is athirst
88 XXXVII |     the ascetic life, crying, "O my Christ, my soul is fixed
89 XXXVII |        of the enemy. Grant me, O Lord, to discover the way
90 XXXVIII|    aloud and saying, "Show me, O Lord, show me the man that
91 XXXVIII|      love thee! Glory to thee, O Christ, King of all and
92 XXXIX  |   thanks to God, thus saying, "O Lord, my God, who art everywhere
93 XL     |      more earnestly, saying: ~"O Lord my God, hearken unto
94 XL     |     soul hath sought for thee: O hide not thy face from me,
95 XL     |      away, and forsake me not, O God my Saviour, because
96 XL     |       forsake me; but do thou, O Lord, take me up. Teach
97 XL     |       me up. Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in the
98 XL     |    even from my mother's womb. O go not from me, because,