The Acts of Paul and Thecla [Chapter XI]
The Acts of Paul and Thecla [Chapter XI] Chapter XI. Chapter XI. 1 Is attempted to be ravished, 12 escapes by a rock opening, 17 and closing miraculously. 1 THE devil then suggested bad advice to their minds; and being on a certain day met together to consult, they reasoned among each other thus: The virgin is a priestess of the great goddess Diana, and whatsoever she requests from her, is granted, because she is a virgin, and so is beloved by all the gods. 2 Now then let us procure some rakish fellows, and after we have made them sufficiently drunk, and given them a good sum of money, let us order them to go and debauch this virgin, promising them, if they do it, a larger reward. 3 (For they thus concluded among themselves, that if they be able to debauch her, the gods will no more regard her, nor Diana cure the sick for her.) 4 They proceeded according to this resolution, and the fellows went to the mountain, and as fierce as lions to the cave, knocking at the door. 5 The holy martyr...
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