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 1 3 |     begin as Antony had begun. Said he: “Antony is reaping the
 2 4 |        He who once boasted and said, 4020 “I will ascend into
 3 6 |      was swallowed up. Then he said, 4022 “The horse and his
 4 12|        does not fear robbers.” Said they, “At all events, you
 5 12|   might be killed.” “I might,” said he, “I might; and therefore
 6 13|      Forgive my boldness,” she said: “take pity on my necessity.
 7 14|      On reaching the saint she said, “I pray you by Jesus our
 8 14|        At first he refused and said that he never left his cell
 9 17|     was free, “Bow your head,” said he, “and come.” The man
10 18|  fasting. The saint smiled and said, “Be quiet, and let me have
11 18|        ground, while the saint said, “Lord Jesus, release this
12 18|        buy it?” And when Orion said with tears, “Take it and
13 18|        Be not sad, my son,” he said; “what I do for my own good
14 20|        He therefore smiled and said, “Why do you not rather
15 21|     preserve her as a virgin,” said he. “You preserve her, betrayer
16 21|     attached credit to what he said. He declared that demons
17 22|      magic arts, “I care not,” said the saint, “how you came
18 23|       addressing him in Syriac said, “You do not alarm me, devil,
19 27| journey by a repast of grapes. Said the saint, “Cursed be he
20 28|    ground. “Don’t you notice,” said he, “the horrid stench,
21 29|       visit to Antony also. He said to her, “I should like to
22 31|  blessed Antony. Here, so they said, Antony himself used to
23 31|      to the garden, “You see,” said Isaac, “this garden with
24 32|   drought, and it was commonly said that even the elements were
25 34|        ought therefore, it was said, to return to the relics
26 35|  sinner and a beggar?” This he said that the sailors and merchants
27 40|    posterity. Verily, what was said to the Apostles, 4036 “If
28 41|    turned to his disciples and said, 4040 “O ye of little faith,
29 41|        out-stretched hand, and said, “Thus far and no farther.”
30 43|        to the prostrate man he said, “I bid you in the name