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 to me,  that  I  might  of  my  own  will  have  lived  here  with  thee? Woe is  me! that thou  hast  so  long  concealed  thyself! How hast thou passed  through  the  old  enemy's  snares;  and  now  hast  entered into the  eternal  life! '    Then  Agapitus,  hearing  this,  began  to  be much  amazed,  and  went  hastily  to  the  abbot,  and  showed  him  all; and he  thereupon  came  thither,  and  fell  upon  the  holy  corpse,  and said:  '  Euphrosyne,  bride  of  Christ,  and  offspring  of  holy  parents! be not  thou  forgetful  of  thy  fellow-servants  and  of  this  minster; but pray  to  the  Lord  for  us,  that  He  may  make  us  come  manfully to the  harbour  of  safety,  and  make  us  partakers  with  Him  and  His saints.'     Then  he   bade   that  the  brethren  should  assemble,  and reverently commit  the  holy  corpse  to  the  grave. Then when  they found that  she  was  a  woman,  they  gloried  in  God,  Who  in  the womanly and  tender  nature  worketh  such  wonders. There came thither a  certain  brother  who  was  one-eyed,  and  he  then,  with weeping, kissed  the  holy  corpse,  and  touched  her;  and  his  eye  was given to  him  again,  and  they  all  glorified  God,  of  Whom  are  all such things  as  are  good;  and  they  then  buried  her  in  the  sepulchre of her  fathers. Then her  father  paid  into  the  minster  and  into God's Church  a   great  part  of  his  possessions,  and  entered   the minster with  the  most  part  of  his  riches,  and  dwelt  ten  years  in the    cell  wherein  his   daughter  had    before   lived,   and   exercised himself in  leading  a  good  life;  and  then  departed  to  the  Lord. Then the abbot  and  his  company  buried  him  beside  his  daughter;  and the day  of  their  departure  is  honoured  in  the  minster  unto  this present day;  to  the  glory  of  God  the  Father  and  His  only  begotten Son,  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  together  with  the  Holy  Ghost;    to Whom  be  glory  and  worship  for  ever  and  ever. Amen.