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Life and Conduct of the Holy Women, Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca

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Section 22

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XXII. After supper then Probus went forth to

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hear

the

word

,

but

Xanthippe

sitting

in

her

bed

-

chamber

was

reading

the

prophets

,

her

sister

Polyxena

lying

upon

the

couch

.

Xanthippe

loved

Polyxena

exceedingly

,

because

she

was

younger

than

herself

,

and

beautiful

in

appearance

,

and

Probus

also

loved

her

greatly

.

And

as

Polyxena

lay

upon

the

couch

she

saw

this

dream

,

that

a

dragon

,

hideous

in

appearance

,

came

and

signified

to

her

to

come

to

him

,

and

when

she

did

not

obey

him

to

go

to

him

,

he

came

running

and

swallowed

her

.

From

fear

of

this

the

girl

leapt

up

trembling

,

and

Xanthippe

running

to

her

said

,

What

has

happened

to

thee

,

dearest

,

that

thou

hast

leapt

up

thus

suddenly

?

She

for

a

long

time

was

unable

to

speak

;

then

coming

to

herself

she

said

,

Alas

,

my

sister

Xanthippe

,

what

danger

or

tribulation

awaits

me

,

I

know

not

;

for

I

saw

in

my

dream

that

a

hideous

dragon

came

and

signed

to

me

to

go

to

him

,

and

,

when

I

would

not

go

,

he

came

running

and

swallowed

me

,

beginning

at

my

feet

.

While

I

was

terrified

at

this

,

there

suddenly

spoke

out

of

the

air

,

in

the

light

of

the

sun

,

a

beautiful

youth

,

whom

I

thought

to

be

the

brother

of

Paul

,

saying

,

Verily

,

thou

hast

no

power

.

Who

also

took

me

by

the

hand

and

straightway

drew

me

out

of

him

,

and

straightway

the

dragon

disappeared

.

And

behold

his

hand

was

full

of

sweet

odour

as

of

balsam

or

aught

else

for

fragrance

.

Xanthippe

said

to

her

,

Truly

thou

must

be

greatly

troubled

,

my

sister

Polyxena

,

but

God

has

thee

dear

,

seeing

that

he

has

shown

thee

strange

and

marvellous

things

.

Therefore

arise

quickly

in

the

morning

and

receive

the

holy

baptism

,

and

ask

in

the

baptism

to

be

delivered

from

the

snares

of

the

dragon

.