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 remonstrated with him, "It is impossible for thee to obtain this woman, especially also since she separated from the communion with her husband out of piety. Or dost thou alone not know that Andronicus, who was not before what he now is, namely a godly man, had locked her up in a tomb, saying, "Either I'll have thee as a wife, as I had thee before, or thou must die? And she rather preferred to die than to do the act repugnant to her. Now, if she denied out of piety to her husband and master her consent to (sexual) intercourse, yea, persuaded him to become like-minded, should she consent to thee, who wishes to commit adultery with her? Desist from thy passion, which gives thee no rest! Desist from thy scheme, which thou canst not accomplish!"

64. Though his intimate friends remonstrated with him, they could not persuade him, who was even so impudent as to send her word. When Drusiana heard of his disgraceful passion and shameless demands, she became very despondent, and after two days she was ague-struck. She said, "O, if I only had not come back to my native city where I became a stumbling-block to a man, who believes not in the worship of God! For if one were filled with God's word, he would not fall into such a passion. Therefore, O Lord, since I became accessory to a blow which struck an inexperienced soul, deliver me from this prison and take me soon to thee!" And without being understood by anyone, Drusiana, departed this life in the presence of