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

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Section 5

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V. Therefore Xanthippe saying these words and others

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like

them

,

groaned

continually

all

the

night

,

and

Probus

heard

her

and

was

greatly

distressed

,

and

arising

from

his

couch

when

the

morning

came

he

went

in

to

her

,

and

seeing

her

eyes

inflamed

with

tears

,

he

said

,

Wherefore

,

lady

,

dost

thou

thus

vex

me

,

and

wilt

not

tell

me

thy

pain

?

Tell

it

me

,

that

I

may

do

whatever

is

pleasing

to

thee

,

and

distress

me

not

with

thy

trouble

.

Xanthippe

says

to

him

,

Be

of

good

cheer

rather

,

my

lord

,

and

be

not

vexed

,

for

my

trouble

shall

not

harm

thee

,

but

if

I

have

found

favour

before

thee

,

go

forth

now

to

the

salutation

,

and

allow

me

to

indulge

myself

in

it

as

I

will

,

for

it

is

not

possible

for

man

to

take

from

me

the

insatiable

pain

.

And

listening

to

her

he

went

out

immediately

to

receive

the

salutations

of

the

men

of

the

city

,

for

he

was

the

great

man

among

them

,

and

was

also

known

to

Nero

,

the

Emperor

.

And

sitting

down

,

great

grief

appeared

in

his

countenance

,

and

being

asked

the

reason

of

his

grief

by

the

chief

men

of

the

city

,

he

said

to

them

that

he

had

fallen

into

many

and

unfounded

charges

.