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relates that in the city of Edessa, in consequence of the presence of Christ's holy image, no heretic could reside: no pagan,—no worshipper of idols; no Jew. Neither could the barbarians invade that place; but if an hostile army appeared, any innocent child, standing before the gates of the city, read an epistle; and the same day on which the epistle was read, the barbarians were either appeased, or, becoming womanish, fled.

My beloved, that city is the city of the Apocalypse, namely, : or it may signify