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

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VI. And Xanthippe went out into the garden

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,

that

she

might

await

there

looking

closely

for

certainty

of

her

husband

,

and

she

saw

the

delight

of

the

trees

,

and

the

various

warbling

of

the

birds

,

and

said

,

groaning

,

O

beauty

of

the

world

!

for

that

which

we

hitherto

thought

to

come

of

itself

,

we

know

now

that

all

things

are

beautifully

fashioned

by

the

beautiful

One

.

O

power

and

invention

of

wisdom

!

for

not

only

has

he

placed

in

men

a

thousand

tongues

,

but

also

in

birds

he

has

distinguished

various

voices

,

as

if

from

anthems

and

responses

to

receive

sweet

-

voiced

and

heart

-

stirring

hymns

from

his

own

works

.

O

delightfulness

of

the

air

,

declaring

the

inimitable

creator

!

Who

shall

turn

my

sorrow

into

rejoicing

?

And

again

she

said

,

God

to

whom

praise

is

sung

by

all

,

give

me

peace

and

comfort

.

As

she

said

these

things

,

Probus

also

came

up

from

the

street

to

break

his

fast

,

and

when

he

saw

her

countenance

altered

by

tears

,

he

began

to

pull

out

the

hairs

of

his

head

,

but

he

dared

not

speak

to

her

then

so

as

not

to

mingle

other

trouble

with

her

trouble

.

So

he

went

and

fell

upon

his

couch

,

and

said

,

groaning

,

Alas

,

that

I

had

not

even

the

consolation

of

a

child

from

her

,

but

only

acquire

grief

upon

grief

.

Two

years

are

not

yet

full

since

I

was

wedded

to

her

,

and

already

she

meditates

divorce

.