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1 10 | 10. At last we got rid of our
2 2(4045)| See Letters i. 15, iii. 3.~
3 3 | Persia was close by and p. 316 the frontiers were guarded
4 6 | monastic state which p. 317 I had lost, and said: “Wretched
5 9 | after we saw in the dim p. 318 distance two men riding
6 2(4044)| In the year 374.~
7 3(4047)| which Jerome spent the years 375–80. See Letters ii., v.,
8 Int | written at Bethlehem, a.d., 391. Its origin and purpose
9 1(4042)| written in the following year, 392.~
10 4 | 4. On the road from Beroa
11 5 | 5. At length, after crossing
12 6 | 6. But no condition can ever
13 7 | 7. After a long time as I
14 8 | 8. When I returned to my chamber,
15 3(4047)| Jerome spent the years 375–80. See Letters ii., v., xiv.,
16 9 | 9. Three days after we saw
17 Int | was written at Bethlehem, a.d., 391. Its origin and purpose
18 4(4048)| formerly the capital of Abgarus’ kingdom: at this time a
19 4 | without having any fixed abode. Through fear of them travellers
20 6 | flight; sometimes I was absent for even a whole month like
21 2 | the Spirit? All with one accord replied that they were holy
22 1 | soldiers on the decks and accustom them to stand steady with
23 3 | Scriptures, and told me that even Adam and Eve in the beginning
24 4 | from Beroa to Edessa 4048 adjoining the high-way is a waste
25 6 | you by Jesus Christ, and adjure you by this hour of trial,
26 1 | harbours and calm waters by adjusting the helm, plying the oars,
27 6 | and, much as I had before admired the virtue of the woman,
28 8 | constantly looking behind us, and advanced more by night than day,
29 1 | of Christ 4042 from the advent of our Saviour up to our
30 3 | misfortune to conquer my adviser. I thought he was seeking
31 2(4043)| Patronos. Properly defenders or advocates, but passing into the sense
32 7 | assistance. In short that day afforded me a delightful entertainment.
33 1 | our Saviour up to our own age, that is from the apostles
34 1 | what means and through what agents it received its birth, and
35 6 | long as her husband was alive (her husband had been captured
36 5 | being so excessive as to allow of no clothing beyond a
37 | already
38 | although
39 4 | old men, youths, children, altogether about seventy persons. All
40 8 | on account both of the ambushes of the roaming Saracens,
41 | amongst
42 9 | not so bad to bear as the anger of the man. Our hearts failed
43 7 | to the shrewdness of the ant and quickens our sluggish
44 2 | thirty miles to the east of Antioch in Syria. After having many
45 6 | dishonesty in me (I knew that the Apostle has given command that masters
46 1 | own age, that is from the apostles to the dregs of time in
47 10 | travelling through the desert arrived at the Roman camp. After
48 3 | a son of Satan. I do not ask your reasons nor take your
49 4 | horses and camels made an assault upon us, with their flowing
50 4 | travellers in those parts assemble in numbers, so that by mutual
51 4 | possession of my inheritance, was assigned, along with another poor
52 6 | loving.” I confess, I was astonished and, much as I had before
53 8 | inflated the skins and got astride upon them, we intrusted
54 9 | venturing to stir a step we awaited the issue, having no wall
55 9 | afraid of some snare and aware that she had been seen took
56 9 | rage of the lion was not so bad to bear as the anger of
57 3 | to a funeral, and at last bade me farewell, saying, “I
58 8 | a point on the opposite bank much below that at which
59 7 | the earth from pits and banking it up to keep out the water.
60 9 | venomous beasts such as vipers, basilisks, scorpions, and other creatures
61 1 | who have to fight a naval battle prepare for it in harbours
62 9 | seized upon by the wild beast before he reached our hiding
63 | became
64 | become
65 | becoming
66 8 | did not reject the idea. I begged her to be silent on the
67 | beginning
68 9 | how intense our joy! We beheld, though our master knew
69 7 | belongs to any one, all things belong to all.~
70 7 | community, and, since nothing belongs to any one, all things belong
71 | below
72 7 | rather, if they saw one fall beneath his burden they would put
73 3 | fell upon his knees and besought me not to forsake him, nor
74 Int | of Malchus was written at Bethlehem, a.d., 391. Its origin and
75 10 | sleeping in the Lord; I betook myself therefore to this
76 3 | and my mother coaxed me to betray my chastity requires no
77 8 | and we floated in suspense betwixt hope and fear. I had in
78 | beyond
79 1 | what agents it received its birth, and how, as it gained strength,
80 2 | my intimate friend, the Bishop Evagrius, 4045 whose name
81 3 | said he, I used to farm a bit of ground at Nisibis 4046
82 3 | on the monasteries and (I blush to confess my faithlessness)
83 2 | marriage, or kindred, or the bond of the Spirit? All with
84 1(4042)| towards it, and also the book De Viris Illustribus (translated
85 4 | with their broad military boots, their cloaks streaming
86 4 | with their flowing hair bound with fillets, their bodies
87 5 | mistress and her children, we bowed our heads. Here, as if I
88 4 | shoulders. They carried their bows unstrung and brandished
89 3 | I see that you bear the brand of a son of Satan. I do
90 4 | their bows unstrung and brandished their long spears; for they
91 3 | ward off destitution. To be brief, I came at last to the desert
92 6 | not shed your blood and bring its guilt upon me. If you
93 4 | bodies half-naked, with their broad military boots, their cloaks
94 6 | Christ knows you are my brother. We shall easily convince
95 9 | believe that before our eyes a brute would fight for us?~One
96 7 | saw one fall beneath his burden they would put their shoulders
97 9 | Come out, your master is calling and patiently waiting for
98 1 | prepare for it in harbours and calm waters by adjusting the
99 10 | desert arrived at the Roman camp. After being presented to
100 | cannot
101 4(4048)| Mesopotamia, formerly the capital of Abgarus’ kingdom: at
102 10 | desert, virtue is never a captive, and that he who is devoted
103 6 | alive (her husband had been captured with us, but carried off
104 10 | my companion here to the care of the virgins; for though
105 9 | would fight for us?~One cause of fear was removed, but
106 1 | censurers will at length cease to persecute me, now that
107 7 | and to regret the monk’s cell, and long to imitate those
108 1 | grant me life, and if my censurers will at length cease to
109 4(4048)| kingdom: at this time a great centre of Syrian Christianity.~
110 3 | at last to the desert of Chalcis 4047 which is situate between
111 8 | 8. When I returned to my chamber, my wife met me. My looks
112 5 | if I were a prisoner, I changed my dress, that is, learnt
113 Int | sufficiently described in chapters 1 and 2.~
114 10 | history of chastity for the chaste. Virgins, I exhort you,
115 3 | stay with my mother and cheer her widowhood while she
116 5 | the desert. I fed on fresh cheese and milk, prayed continually,
117 10 | called dromedaries, quietly chewing the cud. We mounted, and
118 9 | shouted like a madman as he chided the slowness of his slave,
119 6 | its guilt upon me. If you choose to die, first turn your
120 4(4048)| a great centre of Syrian Christianity.~
121 7 | loads they carried were clearly larger than their own bodies.
122 4 | broad military boots, their cloaks streaming behind them, and
123 5 | excessive as to allow of no clothing beyond a covering for the
124 3 | threatened and my mother coaxed me to betray my chastity
125 1 | when the real encounter comes, because they have had experience
126 3 | faithlessness) keep some to spend in comforts for myself. My abbot began
127 6 | that the Apostle has given command that masters should be as
128 10 | her as a sister, I did not commit myself to her as if she
129 7 | doings, where toil is for the community, and, since nothing belongs
130 4 | danger. There were in my company men, women, old men, youths,
131 5 | given to me to tend, and, comparatively speaking, I found this occupation
132 9 | possession of our retreat. Our confidence was not restored all at
133 6 | what I had preserved in the conflict. In this strange wedlock
134 10 | Christ may die, but cannot be conquered.~
135 9 | so great dangers save the consciousness of our chastity; when, early
136 2 | zealously pious and such constant frequenters of the Church,
137 5 | cheese and milk, prayed continually, and sang psalms which I
138 1(4042)| Monks may be regarded as a contribution towards it, and also the
139 7 | prevent their store from being converted into grass through the dampness
140 9 | strangle him, and drag him, covered with blood, farther in.
141 5 | of no clothing beyond a covering for the loins. Some sheep
142 9 | basilisks, scorpions, and other creatures of the kind, which often
143 5 | 5. At length, after crossing a great river we came to
144 7 | was thus musing I saw a crowd of ants swarming over a
145 1 | grew by persecution and was crowned with martyrdom; and then,
146 3 | myself. My abbot began to cry out that it was a temptation
147 9 | had been seen took up her cub in her teeth and carried
148 9 | entered about three or four cubits, and we in our hiding place
149 10 | dromedaries, quietly chewing the cud. We mounted, and with the
150 3 | labour of my hands, and curbing the wantonness of the flesh
151 2 | John to be seen. With some curiosity I asked the neighbours what
152 5 | being commanded after the custom of the people to pay reverence
153 7 | dampness of the ground, were cutting off the tips of the grains
154 7 | converted into grass through the dampness of the ground, were cutting
155 4 | they may escape impending danger. There were in my company
156 9 | in the midst of so great dangers save the consciousness of
157 9 | master’s voice, and I hardly dare mutter a word. He sent his
158 6 | spot. Well; by this time a darker night than usual had set
159 1(4042)| towards it, and also the book De Viris Illustribus (translated
160 10 | where we sold our camels. My dear old abbot was now sleeping
161 3 | monks, he said, had been deceived by such suggestions, for
162 1 | draw up the soldiers on the decks and accustom them to stand
163 3 | enemy lay hid. It was, he declared, a case of the dog returning
164 1 | influence and in wealth but decreased in Christian virtues. But
165 2 | companion was an old woman very decrepit who seemed to be at death’
166 9 | issue, having no wall of defence in the midst of so great
167 2(4043)| Patronos. Properly defenders or advocates, but passing
168 5 | in the monastery. I was delighted with my captivity, and thanked
169 7 | short that day afforded me a delightful entertainment. So, remembering
170 8 | partly lost, and we could not depend on it for more than three
171 Int | purpose are sufficiently described in chapters 1 and 2.~
172 6 | with me? I would die if you desired it. Take me then as the
173 3 | barely sufficient to ward off destitution. To be brief, I came at
174 4 | every moment expecting destruction, and suspended, I may say,
175 10 | captive, and that he who is devoted to the service of Christ
176 4 | dispersed, and carried in different directions. I, meanwhile,
177 9 | days after we saw in the dim p. 318 distance two men
178 3 | placed myself under their direction, earning my livelihood by
179 4 | and carried in different directions. I, meanwhile, repenting
180 6 | increasing and finding no dishonesty in me (I knew that the Apostle
181 4 | plunder. We were seized, dispersed, and carried in different
182 8 | She asked why I was so dispirited. I told her the reasons,
183 9 | we saw in the dim p. 318 distance two men riding on camels
184 9 | my tongue stammers with distress and fear; it seems as if
185 3 | declared, a case of the dog returning to his vomit.
186 6 | thing I wished to avoid doing when I despised them? And
187 7 | imitate those ants and their doings, where toil is for the community,
188 2 | seemed to be at death’s door, both of them so zealously
189 7 | with their forceps were dragging along the seeds of herbs:
190 8 | three days’ sustenance. We drank till we could drink no more
191 1 | and grappling irons. They draw up the soldiers on the decks
192 1 | from the apostles to the dregs of time in which we live,
193 5 | a prisoner, I changed my dress, that is, learnt to go naked,
194 10 | their great speed called dromedaries, quietly chewing the cud.
195 | each
196 2 | question the man with much eagerness about the truth of what
197 3 | myself under their direction, earning my livelihood by the labour
198 6 | are my brother. We shall easily convince them we are married
199 9 | can see nothing. His voice echoed through the cave: “Come
200 4 | On the road from Beroa to Edessa 4048 adjoining the high-way
201 1(4042)| purpose was never carried into effect. These Lives of the Monks
202 2 | taken for Zacharias and Elizabeth in the Gospel but for the
203 | elsewhere
204 8 | much below that at which we embarked, and that thus the pursuers
205 1 | after reaching the Christian Emperors, how it increased in influence
206 1 | from all this when the real encounter comes, because they have
207 8 | the thirst we expected to endure, then hastened away, constantly
208 7 | afforded me a delightful entertainment. So, remembering how Solomon
209 10 | the monastic life, while I entrusted my companion here to the
210 5 | in the desert the monk’s estate which I was on the point
211 2 | intimate friend, the Bishop Evagrius, 4045 whose name I now give
212 3 | told me that even Adam and Eve in the beginning had been
213 | every
214 9 | fellow-servant, brought by the evidence of our footsteps to our
215 7 | setting before us such an example, I began to tire of captivity,
216 3 | openly. He set before me many examples from the Scriptures, and
217 7 | seeds of herbs: others were excavating the earth from pits and
218 6 | threw herself at my feet and exclaimed: “I pray you by Jesus Christ,
219 3 | your reasons nor take your excuses. The sheep which forsakes
220 10 | for the chaste. Virgins, I exhort you, guard your chastity.
221 8 | told her the reasons, and exhorted her to escape. She did not
222 4 | desert waste, every moment expecting destruction, and suspended,
223 1 | comes, because they have had experience of it in the sham fight.
224 3 | forsakes its fellows is at once exposed to the jaws of the wolf.”~
225 6 | Devil. How manifold past expression are his snares! Hid though
226 9 | right hand a cave which extended far underground. Well, we
227 9 | us, for the nature of the eye is such that those who go
228 9 | believe that before our eyes a brute would fight for
229 7 | and quickens our sluggish faculties by setting before us such
230 3 | the devil, and that under fair pretexts some snare of the
231 6 | that masters should be as faithfully served as God Himself),
232 3 | and (I blush to confess my faithlessness) keep some to spend in comforts
233 7 | rather, if they saw one fall beneath his burden they
234 9 | ourselves the horror of falling in with her.~
235 3 | son, said he, I used to farm a bit of ground at Nisibis 4046
236 3 | wantonness of the flesh by fasting. After many years the desire
237 5 | masters or fellow slaves. My fate seemed to be like that of
238 5 | shepherds in the desert. I fed on fresh cheese and milk,
239 9 | do you suppose were our feelings? What was our terror, when
240 3 | failed to convince me he fell upon his knees and besought
241 9 | there stood our master and fellow-servant, brought by the evidence
242 3 | sheep which forsakes its fellows is at once exposed to the
243 9 | the cave: “Come out, you felons; come out and die; why do
244 6 | confess it. Then I really felt my captivity; I threw myself
245 6 | order to secure my greater fidelity, gave me the woman who was
246 4 | flowing hair bound with fillets, their bodies half-naked,
247 8 | had in the flock two very fine he-goats: these I killed,
248 | first
249 4 | and fro without having any fixed abode. Through fear of them
250 3 | proof than the fact that I fled from home and parents. I
251 9 | a step farther, lest in fleeing from death we should run
252 6 | was no suspicion of our flight; sometimes I was absent
253 8 | another in whispers; and we floated in suspense betwixt hope
254 4 | assault upon us, with their flowing hair bound with fillets,
255 3 | but his own comfort. So he followed me from the monastery as
256 1(4042)| which was written in the following year, 392.~
257 2 | what I heard, and learnt as follows.~
258 3 | of their race, wished to force me into marriage, but I
259 7 | bodies. Some with their forceps were dragging along the
260 9 | with all speed. At once foreboding ill I began to think my
261 | formerly
262 3 | knees and besought me not to forsake him, nor ruin myself by
263 3 | excuses. The sheep which forsakes its fellows is at once exposed
264 9 | servant entered about three or four cubits, and we in our hiding
265 8 | perfectly at rest, yet my frame shudders from head to foot.~
266 2 | pious and such constant frequenters of the Church, they might
267 5 | in the desert. I fed on fresh cheese and milk, prayed
268 2 | possession of my intimate friend, the Bishop Evagrius, 4045
269 7 | others called to mind my friends the monks, and specially
270 10 | At last we got rid of our fright; and when that day was spent,
271 4 | the Saracens roam to and fro without having any fixed
272 9 | was our terror, when in front of the cave, close by, there
273 3 | close by and p. 316 the frontiers were guarded by the soldiers
274 1 | persecute me, now that I am a fugitive and shut up in a monastery)
275 9 | returning, supposed that the fugitives being two to one were offering
276 3 | if he had been going to a funeral, and at last bade me farewell,
277 4 | taken, and far indeed from gaining possession of my inheritance,
278 6 | still more. Yet I never gazed upon her naked person; I
279 2 | race and speech, in fact a genuine son of the soil. His companion
280 6 | speaking I drew my sword which glittered even in the dark, and turning
281 9 | speaking when lo! through the gloom we saw a lioness seize the
282 3 | through the hope of becoming gods. When he failed to convince
283 2 | Zacharias and Elizabeth in the Gospel but for the fact that there
284 10 | gained from the new supply of grain, after ten days travelling
285 7 | cutting off the tips of the grains they had carried in; another
286 1 | I have purposed (if God grant me life, and if my censurers
287 1 | making ready the hooks and grappling irons. They draw up the
288 7 | from being converted into grass through the dampness of
289 9 | sins, we have found our grave. What do you suppose were
290 6 | brought me to this, that in my gray hairs I must lose my virgin
291 6 | me in order to secure my greater fidelity, gave me the woman
292 1 | as it gained strength, it grew by persecution and was crowned
293 10 | Virgins, I exhort you, guard your chastity. Tell the
294 3 | 316 the frontiers were guarded by the soldiers of Rome;
295 6 | your blood and bring its guilt upon me. If you choose to
296 4 | upon us, with their flowing hair bound with fillets, their
297 6 | to this, that in my gray hairs I must lose my virgin state
298 4 | rather than seated. Flesh half raw was our food, camel’
299 4 | with fillets, their bodies half-naked, with their broad military
300 2 | 2. Maronia is a little hamlet some thirty miles to the
301 3 | livelihood by the labour of my hands, and curbing the wantonness
302 8 | terrified even as I relate what happened; and, although my mind is
303 1 | battle prepare for it in harbours and calm waters by adjusting
304 9 | my master’s voice, and I hardly dare mutter a word. He sent
305 8 | expected to endure, then hastened away, constantly looking
306 8 | the flock two very fine he-goats: these I killed, made their
307 8 | yet my frame shudders from head to foot.~
308 5 | her children, we bowed our heads. Here, as if I were a prisoner,
309 8 | betrayed the sadness of my heart. She asked why I was so
310 9 | the anger of the man. Our hearts failed for fear: without
311 3 | parents regarding me as the heir and the only survivor of
312 1 | waters by adjusting the helm, plying the oars, and making
313 9 | within ourselves: If the Lord helps us in our misery we have
314 7 | dragging along the seeds of herbs: others were excavating
315 | herself
316 4 | led, or rather carried, high upon the camel’s back through
317 4 | Edessa 4048 adjoining the high-way is a waste over which the
318 7 | those coming out did not hinder those going in; nay rather,
319 2 | accord replied that they were holy people, well pleasing to
320 1 | oars, and making ready the hooks and grappling irons. They
321 9 | pictured to ourselves the horror of falling in with her.~
322 4 | sudden the Ishmaelites on horses and camels made an assault
323 7 | stranger still in such a host, those coming out did not
324 6 | and adjure you by this hour of trial, do not shed your
325 8 | She did not reject the idea. I begged her to be silent
326 3(4047)| years 375–80. See Letters ii., v., xiv., xvii.~
327 9 | speed. At once foreboding ill I began to think my master
328 1(4042)| and also the book De Viris Illustribus (translated in Vol. iii.
329 7 | monk’s cell, and long to imitate those ants and their doings,
330 3 | which is situate between Immæ and Beroa farther south.
331 9 | were offering resistance. Impatient in his rage, and sword still
332 4 | assistance they may escape impending danger. There were in my
333 1 | peace, because silence was imposed on me by one to whom I give
334 1 | Christian Emperors, how it increased in influence and in wealth
335 6 | master seeing his flock increasing and finding no dishonesty
336 | indeed
337 8 | about ten miles off, having inflated the skins and got astride
338 9 | death expected than death inflicted! Again my tongue stammers
339 1 | Emperors, how it increased in influence and in wealth but decreased
340 2 | to show the source of my information. Well, there was at the
341 4 | gaining possession of my inheritance, was assigned, along with
342 9 | We therefore barely went inside, and took shelter in a pit
343 7 | look of the father who had instructed me, kept me, and lost me.
344 9 | was our terror now, how intense our joy! We beheld, though
345 5 | great river we came to the interior of the desert, where, being
346 2 | into the possession of my intimate friend, the Bishop Evagrius, 4045
347 8 | got astride upon them, we intrusted ourselves to the water,
348 1 | the hooks and grappling irons. They draw up the soldiers
349 4 | persons. All of a sudden the Ishmaelites on horses and camels made
350 9 | stir a step we awaited the issue, having no wall of defence
351 2(4043)| of proprietor, as in the Italian padrone.~
352 5 | seemed to be like that of Jacob in sacred history, and reminded
353 3 | is at once exposed to the jaws of the wolf.”~
354 3(4047)| The desert in which Jerome spent the years 375–80.
355 2 | the fact that there was no John to be seen. With some curiosity
356 9 | terror now, how intense our joy! We beheld, though our master
357 9 | the midst of our fear, and just as we realized that our
358 7 | father who had instructed me, kept me, and lost me. While I
359 8 | very fine he-goats: these I killed, made their skins into bottles,
360 9 | and other creatures of the kind, which often resort to such
361 2 | them; was it marriage, or kindred, or the bond of the Spirit?
362 2 | which we might render “king,” a Syrian by race and speech,
363 4(4048)| the capital of Abgarus’ kingdom: at this time a great centre
364 3 | convince me he fell upon his knees and besought me not to forsake
365 2 | account of them. Longing to know more I began to question
366 6 | you are my husband. Christ knows you are my brother. We shall
367 3 | earning my livelihood by the labour of my hands, and curbing
368 6 | the ground, and began to lament the monastic state which
369 7 | in; another with solemn lamentation were removing the dead.
370 2 | After having many owners or landlords, 4043 at the time when I
371 7 | they carried were clearly larger than their own bodies. Some
372 4 | meanwhile, repenting too late of the step I had taken,
373 6 | Christian, and that it was not lawful for me to take a woman to
374 3 | some snare of the old enemy lay hid. It was, he declared,
375 9 | teeth and carried it away, leaving us in possession of our
376 9 | shelter in a pit on the left, not venturing a step farther,
377 9 | venturing a step farther, lest in fleeing from death we
378 6 | Let the witness for Christ lie unburied in the desert;
379 2 | neighbours what was the link between them; was it marriage,
380 9 | though the rage of the lion was not so bad to bear as
381 1 | dregs of time in which we live, and to show by what means
382 3 | her widowhood while she lived (for my father, as I had
383 3 | their direction, earning my livelihood by the labour of my hands,
384 1(4042)| carried into effect. These Lives of the Monks may be regarded
385 9 | was still speaking when lo! through the gloom we saw
386 7 | put their shoulders to the load and give him assistance.
387 7 | over a narrow path. The loads they carried were clearly
388 5 | beyond a covering for the loins. Some sheep were given to
389 6 | this condition because I longed for home. What are we to
390 2 | strange account of them. Longing to know more I began to
391 7 | monks, and specially the look of the father who had instructed
392 8 | chamber, my wife met me. My looks betrayed the sadness of
393 6 | partner of your chastity; and love me more in this union of
394 6 | married when they see us so loving.” I confess, I was astonished
395 9 | cavern, and shouted like a madman as he chided the slowness
396 | make
397 1 | helm, plying the oars, and making ready the hooks and grappling
398 6 | snares! Hid though I was, his malice found me out. My master
399 6 | shut out the Devil. How manifold past expression are his
400 2 | 2. Maronia is a little hamlet some
401 8 | returned to my chamber, my wife met me. My looks betrayed the
402 4 | half-naked, with their broad military boots, their cloaks streaming
403 9 | the Lord helps us in our misery we have found safety: if
404 3 | Unhappily for myself I had the misfortune to conquer my adviser. I
405 5 | to pay reverence to the mistress and her children, we bowed
406 4 | through a desert waste, every moment expecting destruction, and
407 3 | poor, settle part on the monasteries and (I blush to confess
408 6 | absent for even a whole month like a trusty shepherd traversing
409 9 | chastity; when, early in the morning, the lioness, afraid of
410 5 | and reminded me also of Moses; both of whom were once
411 10 | quietly chewing the cud. We mounted, and with the strength gained
412 7 | lost me. While I was thus musing I saw a crowd of ants swarming
413 9 | voice, and I hardly dare mutter a word. He sent his servant
414 4 | assemble in numbers, so that by mutual assistance they may escape
415 7 | of ants swarming over a narrow path. The loads they carried
416 9 | could not see us, for the nature of the eye is such that
417 1 | They who have to fight a naval battle prepare for it in
418 7 | not hinder those going in; nay rather, if they saw one
419 2 | some curiosity I asked the neighbours what was the link between
420 10 | strength gained from the new supply of grain, after ten
421 3 | farm a bit of ground at Nisibis 4046 and was an only son.
422 4 | those parts assemble in numbers, so that by mutual assistance
423 1 | adjusting the helm, plying the oars, and making ready the hooks
424 5 | comparatively speaking, I found this occupation a comfort, for I seldom
425 9 | fugitives being two to one were offering resistance. Impatient in
426 3 | devil never showed himself openly. He set before me many examples
427 8 | stream to a point on the opposite bank much below that at
428 Int | Bethlehem, a.d., 391. Its origin and purpose are sufficiently
429 3 | in the beginning had been overthrown by him through the hope
430 2 | Syria. After having many owners or landlords, 4043 at the
431 2(4043)| proprietor, as in the Italian padrone.~
432 1 | me by one to whom I give pain when I speak of him. But
433 8 | flesh became sodden and partly lost, and we could not depend
434 6 | it. Take me then as the partner of your chastity; and love
435 4 | them travellers in those parts assemble in numbers, so
436 7 | keep out the water. One party, in view of approaching
437 6 | strange wedlock many days passed away. Marriage had made
438 2(4043)| defenders or advocates, but passing into the sense of proprietor,
439 6 | the Devil. How manifold past expression are his snares!
440 7 | ants swarming over a narrow path. The loads they carried
441 9 | your master is calling and patiently waiting for you.” He was
442 2(4043)| Patronos. Properly defenders or advocates,
443 5 | custom of the people to pay reverence to the mistress
444 8 | and, although my mind is perfectly at rest, yet my frame shudders
445 | perhaps
446 1 | will at length cease to persecute me, now that I am a fugitive
447 1 | gained strength, it grew by persecution and was crowned with martyrdom;
448 6 | desert; I will be at once the persecutor and the martyr.” Thus speaking
449 3 | not go to the East because Persia was close by and p. 316
450 6 | never gazed upon her naked person; I never touched her flesh,
451 4 | altogether about seventy persons. All of a sudden the Ishmaelites
452 9 | thought of coming out we pictured to ourselves the horror
453 6 | the hand of the Lord, or pierce ourselves with our own sword?
454 2 | both of them so zealously pious and such constant frequenters
455 9 | inside, and took shelter in a pit on the left, not venturing
456 7 | excavating the earth from pits and banking it up to keep
457 3 | There, finding some monks, I placed myself under their direction,
458 9 | often resort to such shady places so as to avoid the heat
459 8 | silent on the matter. She pledged her word. We constantly
460 3 | after putting my hand to the plough. Unhappily for myself I
461 4 | come not to fight, but to plunder. We were seized, dispersed,
462 1 | waters by adjusting the helm, plying the oars, and making ready
463 1 | them to stand steady with poised foot and on slippery ground;
464 3(4046)| A populous city in Mesopotamia.~
465 1 | wider scale I desire to practise myself by means of this
466 6 | my feet and exclaimed: “I pray you by Jesus Christ, and
467 5 | on fresh cheese and milk, prayed continually, and sang psalms
468 1 | to fight a naval battle prepare for it in harbours and calm
469 8 | bottles, and from their flesh prepared food for the way. Then in
470 10 | Roman camp. After being presented to the tribune we told all,
471 6 | should return to me, I would preserve the chastity which I have
472 3 | devil, and that under fair pretexts some snare of the old enemy
473 5 | heads. Here, as if I were a prisoner, I changed my dress, that
474 3 | chastity requires no other proof than the fact that I fled
475 8 | ourselves to the water, slowly propelling ourselves with our feet,
476 2(4043)| Patronos. Properly defenders or advocates,
477 2(4043)| passing into the sense of proprietor, as in the Italian padrone.~
478 9 | removed, but there was the prospect of a similar death for ourselves,
479 3 | taking with me some little provision for the journey, but barely
480 5 | prayed continually, and sang psalms which I had learnt in the
481 8 | embarked, and that thus the pursuers might lose the track. But
482 7 | beneath his burden they would put their shoulders to the load
483 2 | to know more I began to question the man with much eagerness
484 7 | shrewdness of the ant and quickens our sluggish faculties by
485 7 | save earth and sky, I began quickly to turn things over in my
486 10 | speed called dromedaries, quietly chewing the cud. We mounted,
487 4 | streaming behind them, and their quivers slung upon the shoulders.
488 4 | than seated. Flesh half raw was our food, camel’s milk
489 1 | martyrdom; and then, after reaching the Christian Emperors,
490 1 | plying the oars, and making ready the hooks and grappling
491 1 | shrink from all this when the real encounter comes, because
492 10 | come after, that they may realize that in the midst of swords,
493 9 | our fear, and just as we realized that our footsteps on the
494 6 | did not confess it. Then I really felt my captivity; I threw
495 6 | Farewell, unhappy woman: receive me as a martyr not as a
496 1 | and through what agents it received its birth, and how, as it
497 6 | servant in captivity. On my refusing and saying I was a Christian,
498 1(4042)| Lives of the Monks may be regarded as a contribution towards
499 3 | an only son. My parents regarding me as the heir and the only
500 7 | tire of captivity, and to regret the monk’s cell, and long
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