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

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Section 33

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XXXIII. The ass-driver, as if

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commanded

by

the

voice

of

God

,

eagerly

receiving

the

maidens

,

went

on

his

way

rejoicing

in

the

Lord

.

And

he

said

to

Polyxena

,

Alter

thy

appearance

to

that

of

a

man

,

lest

for

thy

beauty’s

sake

some

one

snatch

thee

away

from

me

.

And

coming

to

an

inn

,

they

stayed

there

,

and

on

the

morrow

they

went

forward

taking

heed

to

the

way

.

And

behold

there

came

past

a

certain

prefect

journeying

to

Greece

,

who

seeing

the

maidens

ordered

Polyxena

to

be

carried

off

on

his

chariot

.

Then

the

ass

-

driver

followed

,

crying

and

saying

,

A

prefect

does

violence

to

none

.

Why

do

ye

this

?

Then

they

beat

him

and

drove

him

away

.