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It begins Sura LIX on the Emigration, praising God, describing the expulsion of unbelievers from the people of the Book, and regulating spoils distribution among the apostle, kin, orphans, poor, and refugees.
transgresseth the precept of God, assuredly imperilleth his own self. Thou knowest not whether, after this, God may not cause something new to occur which may bring you together again. And when they have reached their set time, then either keep them with kindness, or in kindness part from them. And take upright witnesses from among you, and bear witness as unto God. This is a caution for him who believeth in God and…
Pepys meets the Duke of York, hears bills proposed for Clarendon’s banishment/treason, learns Clarendon is in Calais after fleeing by boat, and draws a lesson that silence is better than speaking in such crises.
escape out of the nation. This day Gilsthrop is buried, who hath made all the late discourse of the great discovery of 65,000l. of which the King hath been wronged. 6th. With Sir J. Minnes to the Duke of York, the first time that I have seen him, or we waited on him, since his sickness: and blessed be God, he is not at all the worse for the small-pox, but is only a little weak yet. We did much business with him, …
Ulysses is released by Alcinous’s household, carried aboard a Phaeacian ship, falls asleep, and the crew rows into Ithaca at dawn, taking him ashore and hiding the gifts by an olive tree and off the road.
death, the common lot of mankind, lay their hands upon you. I now take my leave; be happy in this house with your children, your people, and with king Alcinous.” As he spoke he crossed the threshold, and Alcinous sent a man to conduct him to his ship and to the sea shore. Arete also sent some maidservants with him—one with a clean shirt and cloak, another to carry his strong box, and a third with corn and wine. When…
At Pylos, Telemachus refuses to be delayed at Menelaus’s friends’ house, orders preparations for sailing home, and meets Theoclymenus, a seer fleeing Argos after killing a man.
under the echoing gatehouse of the outer court. Then Pisistratus lashed his horses on and they flew forward nothing loath; ere long they came to Pylos, and then Telemachus said: “Pisistratus, I hope you will promise to do what I am going to ask you. You know our fathers were old friends before us; moreover, we are both of an age, and this journey has brought us together still more closely; do not, therefore, take me…
The narrator reflects on his son’s innocence beyond the color-line, the burial and relocation from Georgia to the North, and the hope that death means escape from bondage under the Veil.
what cared I, within my home beside my wife and baby boy? Wast thou so jealous of one little coign of happiness that thou must needs enter there,—thou, O Death? A perfect life was his, all joy and love, with tears to make it brighter,—sweet as a summer’s day beside the Housatonic. The world loved him; the women kissed his curls, the men looked gravely into his wonderful eyes, and the children hovered and fluttered a…
Israel departs Egypt from Rameses to Sucoth after 430 years, observing Passover with rules excluding strangers and uncircumcised people and forbidding breaking bones or carrying flesh outside.
and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment. And the LORD gat the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and so they borrowed and robbed the Egyptians. Thus took the children of Israel their journey from Rameses to Sucoth six hundred thousand men of foot, beside children. And much common people went also with them, and sheep, and oxen, and cattle exceeding much. And they…
After his mother’s death and separation from siblings, Douglass sets sail from Miles River to Baltimore, stops at Annapolis, lands at Smith’s Wharf, and is taken to Alliciana Street on Fells Point.
off what would be called by pig-drovers the mange, but the skin itself. I went at it in good earnest, working for the first time with the hope of reward. The ties that ordinarily bind children to their homes were all suspended in my case. I found no severe trial in my departure. My home was charmless; it was not home to me; on parting from it, I could not feel that I was leaving any thing which I could have enjoyed …
Douglass is moved from Baltimore to St. Michael’s after Master Thomas marries Rowena Hamilton and quarrels with Master Hugh; he longs for Baltimore boys and considers escape.
present, to wipe from her wrinkled brow the cold sweat of death, or to place beneath the sod her fallen remains. Will not a righteous God visit for these things? In about two years after the death of Mrs. Lucretia, Master Thomas married his second wife. Her name was Rowena Hamilton. She was the eldest daughter of Mr. William Hamilton. Master now lived in St. Michael’s. Not long after his marriage, a misunderstanding…
Venus-huntress explains Carthage’s origin from Dido’s flight from Tyre and her brother’s tyranny, and then asks Aeneas who he is and what he seeks on Libyan land.
lawn, or in the forest stray’d? A painted quiver at her back she bore; Varied with spots, a lynx’s hide she wore; And at full cry pursued the tusky boar.” Thus Venus: thus her son replied again: “None of your sisters have we heard or seen, O virgin! or what other name you bear Above that style; O more than mortal fair! Your voice and mien celestial birth betray! If, as you seem, the sis…
Aeneas narrates leaving ruined Troy, building a fleet, landing in Thrace, founding Aenos, and encountering a prophetic horror when he breaks myrtle and learns from a ghostly revelation that the land is polluted by Polydore’s blood.
THE ARGUMENT. Aeneas proceeds in his relation: he gives an account of the fleet with which he sailed, and the success of his first voyage to Thrace. From thence he directs his course to Delos and asks the oracle what place the gods had appointed for his habitation. By a mistake of the oracle’s answer, he settles in Crete. His household gods give him the true sense of the oracle in a dre…
Equiano charts a voyage from Antigua/Montserrat to Jamaica, takes Musquito Prince George to church, observes market activity, buys enslaved labor for cultivation, then sails to the Musquito shore at Dupeupy.
On the fifth of January we made Antigua and Montserrat, and ran along the rest of the islands: and on the fourteenth we arrived at Jamaica. One Sunday while we were there I took the Musquito Prince George to church, where he saw the sacrament administered. When we came out we saw all kinds of people, almost from the church door for the space of half a mile down to the waterside, buying and selling all kinds of commod…
Lycurgus, fearing political envy from his queen’s family after the birth of Charilaus, goes into exile to travel and learn laws, notably influencing Sparta via Thales and later Homer.
with his nephew, if the child should chance to fail though by a natural death. Words of the like import were designedly cast abroad by the queen-mother and her adherents. Troubled at this, and not knowing what it might come to, he thought it his wisest course to avoid their envy by a voluntary exile, and to travel from place to place until his nephew came to marriageable years, and, by having a son, had secured the …
After Athens falls, Alcibiades flees to Bithynia and then to Phrygia seeking Artaxerxes’ aid, while Athens, under Lysander’s Thirty, regrets expelling him and debates his potential to restore Athenian democracy.
thousand prisoners, whom he put to death. And within a short time after, he took Athens itself, burnt all the ships which he found there, and demolished their long walls. After this, Alcibiades, standing in dread of the Lacedaemonians, who were now masters both at sea and land, retired into Bithynia. He sent thither great treasure before him, took much with him, but left much more in the castle where he had before …
Marius sails via Aenaria to Africa, is denied entry by Roman governor Sextilius, receives cautious help from Numidian king Hiempsal, and escapes after a concubine’s intervention and omens.
to the isle of Meninx, where he first heard the news of his son's escape with Cethegus, and of his going to implore the assistance of Hiempsal, king of Numidia. With this news, being somewhat comforted, he ventured to pass from that isle towards Carthage. Sextilius, a Roman, was then governor in Africa; one that had never received either any injury or any kindness from Marius; but who from compassion, it was hoped,…
After the defeat at Pharsalia, Pompey abandons his horse, wanders through the Tempe pass, rests with a fisher, then boards a merchant ship guided by a dream of Peticius and rescues companions.
of soldiers who had armed themselves to go out to battle, so possessed with the expectation of success and so full of empty confidence had they gone out that morning. When Pompey had got a little way from the camp, he dismounted and forsook his horse, having but a small retinue with him; and finding that no man pursued him, walked on softly afoot, taken up altogether with thoughts, such as probably might possess a m…
When Clodius becomes tribune, he uses his power to send Cato to Cyprus with minimal attendants and orders to restore Byzantium’s refugees; Cato advises Cicero to avoid civil war and prepares to negotiate with Cyprus’s rulers.
for consuls, they set up Calpurnius Piso, the father of Caesar's wife, and Aulus Gabinius, one of Pompey's creatures, as they tell us, who best knew his life and manners. Yet when they had thus firmly established all things, having mastered one part of the city by favor, and the other by fear, they themselves were still afraid of Cato, and remembered with vexation what pains and trouble their success over him had co…
After Pompey abandons Italy and Cato follows him into exile, Cato marries Marcia again, continues mourning, governs in Sicily, counsels moderation, and later joins Pompey’s Asian campaign with his sister Servilia.
like a friend. And Cato advised the senate to put all into the hands of Pompey; "For those who can raise up great evils," said he, "can best allay them." Pompey, finding he had not sufficient forces, and that those he could raise, were not very resolute, forsook the city. Cato, resolving to follow Pompey into exile, sent his younger son to Munatius, who was then in the country of Bruttium, and took his eldest with …
Cleomenes sails from Cythera to islands, rejects retreat to Egypt, debates with Therycion who then kills himself; Cleomenes reaches Alexandria, wins Ptolemy’s respect, and becomes involved in relieving Greek refugees.
out for joy, "O glorious day!" and presently bringing up a quantity of blood, fell into a fever, which never left him till his death. And thus much concerning Antigonus. Cleomenes, sailing from Cythera, touched at another island called Aegialia, whence as he was about to depart for Cyrene, one of his friends, Therycion by name, a man of a noble spirit in all enterprises, and bold and lofty in his talk, came privatel…
The passage describes Cicero’s early public career: fearing Sulla, he travels to Greece, studies with Antiochus of Ascalon, improves his rhetoric, and sails via Asia and Rhodes, where Apollonius predicts his eloquence will go from Greece to Rome.
he was not likely ever to have a fairer and more honorable introduction to public life; he therefore undertook the defense, carried the cause, and got much renown for it. But fearing Sylla, he traveled into Greece, and gave it out that he did so for the benefit of his health. And indeed he was lean and meager, and had such a weakness in his stomach, that he could take nothing but a spare and thin diet, and that not…
Cicero changes his dress as a suppliant and is harassed by Clodius’s men, but many young equestrians follow him; despite senate plans and armed obstruction, Cicero ultimately consults friends and flees Rome at night.
of the maid with whom he had come in. This matter being much talked about, Caesar put away his wife, Pompeia, and Clodius was prosecuted for profaning the holy rites. Cicero was at this time his friend, for he had been useful to him in the conspiracy of Catiline, as one of his forwardest assistants and protectors. But when Clodius rested his defense upon this point, that he was not then at Rome, but at a distance i…
Unsatisfied exiles keep disrupting property holders, threatening Sicyon with desolation; Aratus seeks Ptolemy for reconciliation by sailing from Mothone, suffering detours to Andros and then Caria, eventually reaching Egypt and sending the king prized paintings.
him from the king, he took them, but gave them all to his fellow-citizens, who wanted money, amongst other purposes, for the redemption of those who had been taken prisoners. But the exiles being by no means to be satisfied, disturbing continually those that were in possession of their estates, Sicyon was in great danger of falling into perfect desolation; so that, having no hope left but in the kindness of Ptolemy,…
In Lent 1203 the crusaders sail from Zara after the Venetians destroy Zara’s walls and towers; nobles desert for Hungary, then the fleet departs for Corfu, where Alexius arrives and is received with honor.
together. And as to this they refer themselves to you, as to their good Father, that you should tell them what are your commands, which they are ready to perform.” And the Pope said to the envoys that he knew full well that it was through the default of others that the host had been impelled to do this great mischief, and that he had them in great pity. And then he notified to the barons and pilgrims that he sent th…
Ricote explains to Sancho how the royal edict against Moriscos drove him to flee alone, describing banishment’s hardships, his travels through France and Italy, and his scheme to recover hidden treasure at risk.
all in vain, for they were drier and more sapless than a rush by that time, which made the jollity that had been kept up so far begin to flag. Every now and then someone of them would grasp Sancho’s right hand in his own saying, “Español y Tudesqui tuto uno: bon compaño;” and Sancho would answer, “Bon compaño, jur a Di!” and then go off into a fit of laughter that lasted an hour, without a thought for the moment of …
In the house, Christian tells why he became a pilgrim: he was driven out by destruction, guided by Evangelist to the wicket-gate, shown the Interpreter’s visions, and had his burden lifted through Christ’s cross and the sealed roll.
which I needed not to have trod but once; yea, now also I am like to be benighted, for the day is almost spent. O, that I had not slept! {109} Now, by this time he was come to the arbour again, where for a while he sat down and wept; but at last, as Christian would have it, looking sorrowfully down under the settle, there he espied his roll; the which he, with trembling and haste, catched up, and put it into his bos…
In 909–910, Bishop Denulf dies in Winchester and St. Oswald’s body is moved to Mercia; King Edward campaigns against northern Danes at Tootenhall and Ethelfleda builds Bramsbury and other forts.
A.D. 909. This year died Denulf, who was Bishop of Winchester; and the body of St. Oswald was translated from Bardney into Mercia. A.D. 910. This year Frithestan took to the bishopric of Winchester; and Asser died soon after, who was Bishop of Sherborne. The same year King Edward sent an army both from Wessex and Mercia, which very much harassed the northern army by their attacks on men and property of every kind.…
In 1051 King Edward proclaimed Earl Godwin and his sons outlaws after refusing hostages, while northern earls marched to Gloucester, counselled peace, and Godwin moved to sea and later to Ireland.
unless Eustace and his men were delivered to them handcuffed, and also the Frenchmen that were in the castle. This was done seven nights before the latter mass of St. Mary, when King Edward was sitting at Gloucester. Whereupon he sent after Earl Leofric, and north after Earl Siward, and summoned their retinues. At first they came to him with moderate aid; but when they found how it was in the south, then sent they no…
The chronicle describes later 1051 negotiations at court: Godwin and Sweyn tried to secure safety with hostages, the king demanded thanes and compliance, and the earls left for Bruges and beyond sea.
to the intent that they might go to their natural lord, and to all the peers that were assembled with him; to have the king's counsel and assistance, and that of all the peers, how they might avenge the insult offered to the king, and to all the nation. But the Welshmen were before with the king, and bewrayed the earls, so that they were not permitted to come within the sight of his eyes; for they declared that they …
Julian survives as the last remaining cousin of Constantius: after being seized by guards to Milan, he endures pressure from eunuchs, is saved by Empress Eusebia, then is exiled to Athens to study Greek philosophy.
tom. ii. p. 19. But the former was partial towards an Arian monarch, and the latter transcribed, without choice or criticism, whatever he found in the writings of the ancients.] Besides the reigning emperor, Julian alone survived, of all the numerous posterity of Constantius Chlorus. The misfortune of his royal birth involved him in the disgrace of Gallus. From his retirement in the happy country o…
Darwin describes Charles Island’s small exile colony, its inland settlement and lush upper region after ridge crossing, then reports on Albemarle and James Islands’ volcanic landscapes, salt-lakes, tortoise hunting, and extreme heat.
have taken away as many as seven hundred, and that the ship's company of a frigate some years since brought down in one day two hundred tortoises to the beach. September 29th.--We doubled the south-west extremity of Albemarle Island, and the next day were nearly becalmed between it and Narborough Island. Both are covered with immense deluges of black naked lava, which have flowed either over the rims of the great …
Cortés tells caziques they are now vassals of Emperor Charles, organizes Palm Sunday worship and a procession, builds another cross on a ceiba tree, then departs with the fleet near Cintla, heading toward San Juan de Ulúa.
themselves to him; as, for the future, in all their difficulties they would only have to apply to him, and wherever he might be he would come to their assistance. The caziques thanked him for this offer; they solemnly declared themselves to be vassals of our great emperor, and these were the first among the inhabitants of New Spain who subjected themselves to his majesty. As the day following was Palm Sunday, Cortes…
Machiavelli gives Venice’s origin myth: refugees from Attila’s sack of Aquileia settle in Adriatic marshes like Rivo Alto, develop laws and trade, gain ports through agreements with Pepin and the Greek emperor, and later lose reputation to alliances.
their city from a more remote period; that everyone may understand what were their beginnings, and the causes which so long withheld them from interfering in the affairs of Italy. When Attila, king of the Huns, besieged Aquileia, the inhabitants, after defending themselves a long time, began to despair of effecting their safety, and fled for refuge to several uninhabited rocks, situated at the point of the Adriatic …
Jefferson continues with guidance for communication (letters in cipher), instructions for trade and return routes after reaching the Pacific, arrangements for credit through U.S. consuls, and post-return duties including arranging land for attendants.
you should decline, only saying, we wish you to err on the side of your safety, and to bring back your party safe, even if it be with less information. "As far up the Missouri as the white settlements extend, an intercourse will probably be found to exist between them and the Spanish posts of St. Louis opposite Cahokia, or St. Genevieve opposite Kaskaskia. From still further up the river the traders m…
Orestes and Electra beg Zeus to support them at Agamemnon’s tomb, explaining they are exiled and hungry, and Orestes insists Apollo ordered vengeance on their father’s slayers.
love thee—thee that wast A brother leal, sole stay of love to me. Now by thy side be strength and right, and Zeus Saviour almighty, stand to aid the twain! ORESTES Zeus, Zeus! look down on our estate and us, The orphaned brood of him, our eagle-sire, Whom to his death a fearful serpent brought Enwinding him in coils; and we, bereft And foodless, sink with famine, all too weak To bear unto the eyrie, as he bore, Such…
Abigail Adams writes from Boston on 16 November 1777, worries about long gaps without letters by post, quotes a passage about letters aiding the banished, and narrates a thwarted “secret expedition” to Newport and later mixed news from Cambridge.
18 May, 1778. I have waited with great patience, restraining, as much as possible, every anxious idea for three months. But now every vessel which arrives sets my expectation upon the wing, and I pray my guardian genius to waft me the happy tidings of your safety and welfare. Hitherto my wandering ideas have roved, like the son of Ulysses, from sea to sea, and from shore to shore, not knowing where to find you; some…
This introductory material provides biographical and contextual notes around early letters, describing Calvin’s education and recalling him to Noyon due to his father’s illness.
we can go over it at our leisure. Pray do not hesitate to write, both concerning that and the calling of the synod, at which our ministers will willingly attend. [*Lat. orig. autogr.*--*Library of Geneva.* Vol. 106.] [47] Peter Caroli, of Rosay in Brie, doctor of the Sorbonne, known by his disputes with Farel and with Calvin. His unsettled disposition, as well as interested motives, led him towards the work o…
From Strasbourg in September 1538, Calvin explains his hurried departure from Basel, summarizes Bucer’s advice about Geneva negotiations, argues against conciliation that admits scandal, and mentions his first preaching to the French church.
STRASBOURG, [*September 1538.*] My departure from Basle was so hurried and disorderly, that I brought away with me, stuffed aside in the innumerable travelling-pouches of the brain, the letter which I promised would be left for you; nor indeed was there at the time, anything that required my writing sooner. Three days after my arrival a messenger presented himself, and there was already somewhat worth communicating.…
Ethelred’s sons take refuge at Rouen in Normandy, while King Olaf Haraldson arrives from a viking cruise, wintering together and agreeing that Olaf should try to take Northumberland from the Danes.
31. KING SIGURD'S DRESS. King Sigurd Syr was standing in his corn-field when the messengers came to him and brought him the news, and also told him all that Asta was doing at home in the house. He had many people on his farm. Some were then shearing corn, some bound it together, some drove it to the building, some unloaded it and put it in stack or barn; but the king, and two men with him, went sometimes into the fi…
In the story of Harald Hardrade, Harald escapes the battle of Stiklestad, is hidden by a peasant, and later travels with Ragnvald Brusason from Jamtaland and Helsingjaland to Sweden.
the skald, Thorarin Skeggjason, Valgard o' Val, Od Kikinaskald, Grane Skald, Thorleik the Fair, Stein Herdison, Ulf the Marshal, Arnor the earls' skald, Thorkel Skallason, and King Harald Hardrade himself. 1. HARALD ESCAPES FROM THE BATTLE OF STIKLESTAD. Harald, son of Sigurd Syr, brother of Olaf the Saint, by the same mother, was at the battle of Stiklestad, and was fifteen years old when King Olaf the Saint fell,…
Boswell shifts to late 1768, noting Johnson’s views on Sunday behavior, savage versus civilized life, London’s learning, and marriage, while framing it with Paoli’s exile after French rule in Corsica.
me more in Scotland, and prevent me seeing him so often as when I was a single man; but I found he was at Brighthelmstone with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale. After his return to town, we met frequently, and I continued the practice of making notes of his conversation, though not with so much assiduity as I wish I had done. At this time, indeed, I had a sufficient excuse for not being able to appropriate so much time to my Jou…
Michael recounts God’s call of Abraham out of Chaldea to Canaan, blessing his seed, then traces the descent into Egypt, the oppression of Israel, and the Exodus led by Moses and Aaron with the ten plagues and the Red Sea crossing.
(Things by their names I call, though yet unnamed;) From Hermon east to the great western Sea; Mount Hermon, yonder sea; each place behold In prospect, as I point them; on the shore Mount Carmel; here, the double-founted stream, Jordan, true limit eastward; but his sons Shall dwell to Senir, that long ridge of hills. This ponder, that all nations of the earth Shall in his seed be blessed: By that seed Is meant thy gr…
After Europa’s abduction, Agenor commands Cadmus to find her or never return; Cadmus consults Delphi, follows a motherless heifer, and prepares to found a city at Bœotia.
FABLE I. [III.1-34] Jupiter, having carried away Europa, her father, Agenor, commands his son Cadmus to go immediately in search of her, and either to bring back his sister with him, or never to return to Phœnicia. Cadmus, wearied with his toils and fruitless inquiries, goes to consult the oracle at Delphi, which bids him observe the spot where he should see a cow lie down, and build a city there, and give…
The attendants of Cadmus are driven into exile by family misfortunes, and Cadmus and Hermione flee to Illyria, where both are transformed into serpents.
thee, Melicerta, a little {child}, in her bare arms, she cries aloud “Evoë, Bacche.” At the name of Bacchus, Juno smiles, and says, “May thy foster-child[66] do thee this service.” There is a rock[67] that hangs over the sea; the lowest part is worn hollow by the waves, and defends the waters covered {thereby} from the rain. The summit is rugged, and stretches out its brow over the open sea. This Ino climbs (madness…
A fable describes Myscelos (Myscelus) being warned in a dream to found Crotona in Italy, escaping an Argive exit ban through a miracle acquittal after Hercules aids him.
FABLE I. [XV.1-59] Myscelos is warned, in a dream, to leave Argos, and to settle in Italy. When on the point of departing, he is seized under a law which forbids the Argives to leave the city without the permission of the magistrates. Being brought up for judgment, through a miracle he is acquitted. He retires to Italy, where he builds the city of Crotona. Meanwhile, one is being sought who can bear a wei…
Constance survives a perilous sea voyage by divine protection, reaches Northumberland after shipwreck, is cared for by the castle constable and his pagan wife, and gradually converts them through faith.
now may she bait, After her death full often may she wait*, *expect Ere that the wilde waves will her drive Unto the place *there as* she shall arrive. *where Men mighten aske, why she was not slain? Eke at the feast who might her body save? And I answer to that demand again, Who saved Daniel in the horrible cave, Where every wight, save he, master or knave*, *servant Was with the lion frett*, ere …
Constance reveals herself to her father, asks not to send her daughter again to heathen lands, and Alla and Constance are finally reunited with joy, while their lives continue in Christian practice.
gan their woe increase. I pray you all my labour to release, I may not tell all their woe till to-morrow, I am so weary for to speak of sorrow. But finally, when that the *sooth is wist,* *truth is known* That Alla guiltless was of all her woe, I trow an hundred times have they kiss’d, And such a bliss is there betwixt them two, That, save the joy that lasteth evermo’, There is none like, that any creatu…
After eight days, Cellini is still weak and decides to travel to Florence in baskets, where he visits his sister, receives friends, and faces political danger from Duke Alessandro’s anger.
LXXXVI WHEN eight days had come and gone, my amendment was so slight that life itself became almost a burden to me; indeed I had been more than fifty days in that great suffering. So I made my mind up, and prepared to travel. My dear Felice and I went toward Florence in a pair of baskets; [1] and as I had not written, when I reached my sister’s house, she wept and laughed over me all in one breath. That day many fri…
Cellini completes his book and delivers it via the Pope’s grandson Sforza to Emperor Charles V, is paid for diamond and richly adorned book cover, then prepares to leave Rome for France.
and exclaimed: “Have patience, my dear Benvenuto, for I will give you a better reward for your virtues than the thousand crowns which Gaio tells me your work is worth.” On this I took my leave; and the Pope praised me in the presence of his household, among whom was the fellow Latino Juvenale, whom I have previously mentioned. This man, having become my enemy, assiduously strove to do me hurt; and noticing that the …
Cellini resolves to go to France to escape Roman court slanders, entrusts his friend Felice with his effects, hires an additional Italian worker, and sets off through several cities.
chastity, she contrived to caress the lad more perhaps than was quite seemly, which made me notice that he began to visit her more frequently than his wont had been. One day Ascanio took to beating one of our little shopboys, who, when I came home from out of doors, complained to me with tears that Ascanio had knocked him about without any cause. Hearing this, I said to Ascanio: “With cause or without cause, see you…
In Italy, Count Galeotto della Mirandola warns Benvenuto he should return to France to avoid enemies; Benvenuto instead presses toward Florence, where he meets his sister and her daughters and plans support arrangements.
LI AFTER we had been one day in Italy, the Count Galeotto della Mirandola joined us. He was travelling by post; and stopping where we were, he told me that I had done wrong to leave France; I ought not to journey forwards, for, if I returned at once, my affairs would be more prosperous than ever. On the other hand, if I persisted in my course, I was giving the game up to my enemies, and furnishing them with opportun…
A knight arrives and Two-Eyes, sheltered under a cask, reveals herself and breaks off a branch to save her life; she is taken to the knight’s father’s castle, dressed well, and married, while her sisters’ tree hopes collapse and then return to Two-Eyes’s window.
two sisters, instead of treating Two-Eyes better than they had done, were only the more envious of her, because she alone could gather the fruit--in fact, they treated her worse. One morning, not long after the springing up of the apple-tree, the three sisters were all standing together beneath it, when in the distance a young Knight was seen riding toward them. "Make haste, Two-Eyes!" exclaimed the two elder sister…
Only a small remnant of true philosophy-disciples remains—nobly educated exiles, souls from low cities, or those restrained from politics—yet such people may withdraw like lone men among wild beasts and storms until a suitable State appears.
No doubt, he said. Then, Adeimantus, I said, the worthy disciples of philosophy will be but a small remnant: perchance some noble and well-educated person, detained by exile in her service, who in the absence of corrupting influences remains devoted to her; or some lofty soul born in a mean city, the politics of which he contemns and neglects; and there may be a gifted few who leave the arts, which they justly despi…
Priest Paulus escapes to Carthage, tells Sergius to recover Hadrumetum, and raids by night with disguised sailors; Moors flee, return enraged, depopulate the land, and gather again with Stotzas.
were Severianus and Himerius. For it was not difficult for those who wished it to make their escape from Moors. And many also, not at all unwillingly, remained with Stotzas. Not long after this one of the priests, Paulus by name, who had been appointed to take charge of the sick, in conferring with some of the nobles, said: "I myself shall journey to Carthage and I am hopeful that I shall return quickly with an army…
Jacob learns Joseph lives in royal splendor and sets out for Egypt, stopping at Beersheba to sacrifice and sleep; God appears, promises Jacob will die in Joseph’s arms, and foretells Israel’s future.
On Account Of The Famine. 1. As soon as Jacob came to know, by his sons returning home, in what state Joseph was, that he had not only escaped death, for which yet he lived all along in mourning, but that he lived in splendor and happiness, and ruled over Egypt, jointly with the king, and had intrusted to his care almost all his affairs, he did not think any thing he was told to be incredible, considering the greatn…
After Moses’ success, Egyptians plot to kill him and Pharaoh intends to do so; Moses flees through deserts to Midian near the Red Sea, rests at a well, and defends Jethro’s daughters before marrying one.
1. Now the Egyptians, after they had been preserved by Moses, entertained a hatred to him, and were very eager in compassing their designs against him, as suspecting that he would take occasion, from his good success, to raise a sedition, and bring innovations into Egypt; and told the king he ought to be slain. The king had also some intentions of himself to the same purpose, and this as well out of envy at his glori…
The Hebrews leave Egypt hastily, pass through Letopolis and reach Beelzephon by the Red Sea, eat unleavened bread for eight days, count 430 years since Abraham’s entry into Canaan, and carry Joseph’s bones.
Were Pursued By The Egyptians, And So Gave Them An Opportunity Of Escaping From Them. 1. When Moses had said this, he led them to the sea, while the Egyptians looked on; for they were within sight. Now these were so distressed by the toil of their pursuit, that they thought proper to put off fighting till the next day. But when Moses was come to the sea-shore, he took his rod, and made supplication to God, and calle…
After Samson’s death, famine drives Elimelech of Bethlehem to Moab with Naomi and sons who marry Moabite wives; Naomi returns to Bethlehem with Ruth, who later marries Boaz.
Ruth, From Whom Came Obed The Grandfather Of David. 1. Now after the death of Samson, Eli the high priest was governor of the Israelites. Under him, when the country was afflicted with a famine, Elimelech of Bethlehem, which is a city of the tribe of Judah, being not able to support his family under so sore a distress, took with him Naomi his wife, and the children that were born to him by her, Chillon and Mahlon, a…
David flees to Nob to Ahimelech the priest, receives Goliath’s sword, escapes to Philistia under Achish after feigning madness, then reaches Judah (Adullam) and Moab to protect his family.
issue of his affairs were in such an uncertain condition. The king granted him this favor, and paid great respect to David's parents all the time they were with him. 4. As for himself, upon the prophet's commanding him to leave the desert, and to go into the portion of the tribe of Judah, and abide there, he complied therewith; and coming to the city Hareth, which was in that tribe, he remained there. Now when Saul …
After David defeats the Philistines at Keilah, Saul besieges the city to kill him, but David learns the men of Keilah will betray him and flees to the desert near Engedi.
Did Not Kill Him. Also Concerning The Death Of Samuel And Nabal. 1. About this time it was that David heard how the Philistines had made an inroad into the country of Keilah, and robbed it; so he offered himself to fight against them, if God, when he should be consulted by the prophet, would grant him the victory. And when the prophet said that God gave a signal of victory, he made a sudden onset upon the Philistine…
Fearing Jezebel’s threats, Elijah flees to Beersheba, prays to die, then travels to Sinai where divine voices commission him to anoint Jehu, Hazael, and Elisha.
with it a great deal of rain; and the prophet was under a Divine fury, and ran along with the king's chariot unto Jezreel a city of Izar 35 [Issaachar]. 7. When Jezebel, the wife of Ahab, understood what signs Elijah had wrought, and how he had slain her prophets, she was angry, and sent messengers to him, and by them threatened to kill him, as he had destroyed her prophets. At this Elijah was affrighted, and fled t…
Onias the high priest’s son flees to Ptolemy Philometor in Alexandria, persuades the rulers to allow him to build an Egypt temple at Leontopolis, citing Isaiah’s prophecy of a temple in Egypt.
And How Onias Built A Temple In Egypt Like To That At Jerusalem. 1. But then the son of Onias the high priest, who was of the same name with his father, and who fled to king Ptolemy, who was called Philometor, lived now at Alexandria, as we have said already. When this Onias saw that Judea was oppressed by the Macedonians and their kings, out of a desire to purchase to himself a memorial and eternal fame he resolved…