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

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Section 23

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XXIII. Xanthippe, having said this to Polyxena

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,

and

having

made

a

cross

of

wood

,

went

to

Paul

,

but

Polyxena

remained

alone

in

the

bed

-

chamber

,

her

nurse

having

gone

together

with

Xanthippe

.

And

about

the

middle

of

the

night

,

a

certain

man

,

powerful

in

wealth

and

assistance

,

finding

the

doors

open

and

using

magical

arts

,

entered

within

,

desiring

to

carry

away

Polyxena

.

She

discovering

this

fled

into

the

mill

,

but

the

magicians

led

by

the

demons

found

her

.

And

she

,

not

finding

any

door

to

escape

by

,

said

,

Alas

that

I

am

given

over

to

this

destroyer

;

for

she

had

heard

that

he

was

at

enmity

with

her

suitor

,

and

he

did

this

to

assail

and

vex

him

,

being

a

man

who

was

a

robber

and

exceeding

cruel

.

Therefore

seizing

her

they

went

out

of

the

city

,

dragging

her

to

the

sea

.

She

looked

round

this

way

and

that

,

but

there

was

none

to

deliver

her

,

and

groaning

she

said

,

Alas

,

my

sister

Xanthippe

,

thou

didst

send

seven

hundred

pieces

of

gold

to

Rome

and

buy

books

,

that

through

them

thou

mightest

prophesy

by

me

;

for

this

evening

thou

didst

read

,

I

looked

to

my

right

hand

and

beheld

,

but

there

was

no

one

that

knew

me

;

flight

perished

from

me

and

there

is

no

one

that

seeketh

out

my

soul

.

Notes

2
Psalm 142. 4.