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 Thou knowest thyself, my sister Tertia, that the man has nothing more beautiful than his wife, which he enjoys. Now it happened that his wife went to the sorcerer, of whom thou hast heard that he came as a stranger into the land of the Indians, and she became enticed by his sorceries and separated from her husband. And he knows not what to do. And as I was about to destroy the wicked fellow, he would not allow it. But go thou and advise her to turn again to her husband, and to keep away from the foolish words of the sorcerer."

135. And Tertia rose up immediately and went to the house of Charis, the relative of her husband. And she found Mygdonia prostrated upon the ground resting on a sack and ashes. And she prayed that the Lord would pardon her her former sins and quickly take her from this life. And Tertia says to her, "Mygdonia, most beloved sister and companion, what disease has taken hold of thee? Know thyself and return again. Draw near to thy numerous family, and save thy husband Charis, and do not what is unbecoming thy free birth!" Says Mygdonia to her, "O Tertia, thou hast not yet heard the preacher of life! His voice has not yet come to thy ears, neither hast thou tasted the medicine of life, nor hast thou been delivered from destructive sighs. Since thou standest in the temporary life, thou knowest not the life eternal and the redemption, and without perceiving the imperishable communion < thou art tormented by corruptible communion >. Thou standest here clad in