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 near to Sifôr and said, "Thou are sitting here listening to foolish words, and King Misdai is enraged thinking how to destroy thee because of this sorcerer and deceiver, whom thou hast brought into thy house!" Upon hearing this, Sifôr was discouraged, not because of the king's threat against him, but on account of the apostle, because the king was opposed to him. And he said to the apostle, "I am distressed for thee. For I told thee from the beginning that that woman is the wife of Charis, the relative and friend of the King, and that he does not suffer her to do what is promised, and that the king grants him everything which he asks." And the apostle said to Sifôr, "Fear nothing, but believe in Jesus, who comes to our defense. For we have been gathered to his place of refuge." Upon hearing this, and having put on his cloak, Sifôr went to King Misdai.

103. And the apostle inquired of Mygdonia, "What is the cause that thy husband is so enraged and has prepared these devices against us?" She said, "Because I did not yield to his desire. In the evening he wanted to force me and to subject me to that passion in which he indulges. But he to whom I commended my soul delivered me from his hands. And naked I ran away and slept with my nurse. But what happened to him that he made these cunning devices, I know not." The apostle saith, "This shall not hurt us. Believe in Jesus, and he will destroy the wrath in Charis and his