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

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Section 39

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XXXIX. Thus now by the foreknowledge of Christ

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,

the

prefect

sent

us

away

with

supplies

for

the

voyage

,

sending

also

his

son

with

us

.

And

when

we

had

sailed

twenty

days

,

Polyxena

was

greatly

exhausted

,

and

we

touched

at

a

certain

island

for

the

sake

of

rest

.

And

behold

,

certain

fierce

and

hardened

men

,

coming

down

to

us

and

seeing

Polyxena

,

prepared

for

battle

;

but

by

the

grace

of

Christ

our

men

defended

Polyxena

and

vanquished

them

,

although

the

strangers

were

more

numerous

and

more

powerful

.

Polyxena

therefore

fearing

again

to

become

a

captive

threw

herself

into

the

sea

;

but

the

pilot

dragged

her

out

,

having

suffered

no

harm

.

Then

we

embarked

in

the

vessel

and

fled

,

for

the

places

were

rough

and

wooded

,

and

we

were

afraid

to

remain

,

and

in

twelve

days

we

arrived

in

Spain

,

by

the

grace

of

God

.