qui gregem ovium invafiflent , difper-,A
filféntque . Mihi vero neganti , & ju-
rariti nullam ’ in me culpam refidere ;
non crédiderunt , fed perlliterunt di-
cere , quod ego fuffuratus elfem > di-
Iperlîlfemque illorum oves . Demum_>
ergo me ' cubito ligatum tradiderunt
Prætori , qui me detrudendum man-
davit in carcerem ; ubi duos viros vin-
étos reperi , quorum alter falfo inli- ^
mulabatur homicidii , alter vero adul- "■
ter ii. Peregi autem in carcere dies qua-
draginta ; poft quos , mihi dormienti
aftitit adolefcentulus quidam afpeétu
terribilis, ad me placida • voce dicens :
Ephræm , quid in illo agis carcere ?
Ad quem ego : Domine > alpeélu tuo
ita . fum perculfus , ut omnes me vires
deficiant. Ad me autem adolefcentulus
: Noli timere, fed die mihi .çauf- q
fam tuam . Sumpta igitur majori ex
manfuetis illius verbis fiducia , cum
multis lacrymis dixi ad ilium : Domine
Domine , milfus fum à parenti-
bus meij ad fuburbia , & me vefpera
opprelïït in via ; invenerunt autem me
paftores ovium , qui me apud fe de-
tinuerunt : eademque no«fle > ovile in-
vaferunt fera; , quæ univerfum gregem.
difperferunt . Tenuerunt autem m o D
domini ovium , objicientes quod lures
ego adduxifsem , qui gregem ovium
fuarum invafiflent , dilperfiflentqut-* .
Quare vin«fhim me tradiderunt Præ-
tori .* Ego autem infons fum Domine ,
& illi injufte me çalumniati funt. At-
que ille vultu fubridens : & ego > in-
quit , te culpa vacantem novi , quod
ad hoc attinet, illamque mere calum- -,
niam elle. Scio tarnen quid paucis ante
diebus egeris , quomodo lapidibus in-
fecutus fis juvencam pauperis viri ,
eamque occideris . Intellige ergo, non
elfe injullitiam apud Deum : fed . ju-
Tßlm, 35« dicia Domini abyflus 'multa . Et ut
cognofcas viros quoque illos qui tecum
detinentur in carcefe, extra culpam
elfe in eo , fuper quo accufati
funt , & in vincula conjeéti . Verum p
interroga illos , & intelliges illos non
intempeftive vinculis iftis detineri : ut
feias quod jullus fit Dominus , Sc ju-
llitias dilexit . Et hoc referens , qui
Tfalm, i o . || ||| apparuit adolefcens > evanuit .
Mane autem fa«flo , vocatis ad me vi-
ris , qui mecum in carcere erant ,
dixi aa illos : Fratres , ob quam cauf-
fam inclufi eftis in carcere illo ? Ref-
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XXV
A pondit autem unus ex illis : Ego homicidii
crimine implicor , verum hu-
jus culpa vaco . Et alter : Detineor,
-inquit, caufïà. adulterii , & hujus qui-
dem fum criminis expers . At ego ad
ipfos : plané ; verum quænarn funt a
vobis gravia commifïa peccata , ob
quæ permifîî eftis a providentia , hif-
ce criminibus & accufationibus impli-
cari ? Oui alter ille ; qui ob homi-
B cidium detinebatur r Vere ego vobis
peccatum meum enunciabo : Ante_>
paucos hos dies , pertranfibam pon-
tem fluvii extra civitatem ; alii autem
duo viri poft me veniebant , inter
quos fuborta eft contentio , at-
que adeo ad manus ventum eft : cum-
que alter in alterum invaluiflèt , de-
jecit ilium ex ponte defuper in flu-
vium , & abiit. Cumque ego pertran-
E. fîrem , potuiflem illi manum præbere
& extrahere eum ex fluvio , ne mo-
reretur : At illo vociférante , & opem
meam cum multis lacrymis implorante
, ut illi manus porrigerem «
ego nolui , fed illo reliefto , abii .
Ut autem multum diuque lu «flatus ef-
fet ^ nec aqua exire poffet , fuftulit
ilium unda fluvii , & periit , me ad-
liante & infpeftante . Illud meum_,
eft peccatum , & certo fcio , quod
illius caufla , permifît me Deus ca-
• lumniis premi ,* & in carcerem iftum
detrudi : Non enim eft injullitia a-
pud Deum . Dixit vero & alter ,
qui accufabatur adulterii 1 Comme-
morabo & ego peccatum meum : Ante
duos hos annos , res contigit ejuft-
modi : Erant duo fratres milites , qui-
g bus magna obvenerat a parentibus
hæreditas , quam cum nondum inter
fe divififlènt , • illorum lbror vidua earn
partem requirebat , quæ ad fe pertinent
: Fratres autem cum nollent ei
quidquam dare , cauflam quærebant ,
qua iilam pollen t de patrimonii pof-
feflïone dejicere ; ac proinde calum-
niis ambo fororem propriam obruere
ftudebant , quod in fornicatione vi-
P xifîèt , afferentes fe illius rci telles
habere . At puella jurejurando aflir-
mabat, fe illius confciam non efîè,
quod objiciebatur . Iftis vero adfe-
verantibus fe rem earn, probaturos ;
convenit inter illos in prælèntia te-
llium , ut ft earn de fornicatione con-
vicerint ,• protinus earn hærëditate ac
patrimonio paternorum bonorum ex-
cludendam . Venerunt ergo ad me-*
fra-
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