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he comrnaunded that Stranguilio and Dionisiades should be brought before him, which being done, he thus spake vnto the people. Ye Citizens of Tharsus, I am come hither in armes as you see, not moued by my will, but constrained by iniurie. Wherfore tell me, was I euer vnthankfull vnto your Citie in generall, or vnto any of you al in particular? They all answered with one voice no my lord, and therfore wee are ready all to spend our Hues in thy quarrel!.: and as thou knowest well wee haue erected heere, in per-petuall memorie of thee, a statue of brasse, because thou preseruedst vs from death, and our citie from vtter destruction. Then said Apollonius, vnderstand then this much my friends, that when I departed last from this citie. I committed my daughter in trust vnto Stranguilio and his wife Dionisiades; and when I came to require her they would not deliuer her vnto me, nor tell me the trueth what is become of her. Imme-diatly they were both called forth to answere vnto these matters before Apollonius, where falling downe on their knees before him, Dionisiades answered in this manner: My lord, I beseech you stand favourable vnto my poore husband and mee^and not to beleeue any other thing concerning your daughter, then that shee is departed this life. And as for hir grave, you haue seene it, and also the monument of brasse erected by the wliole citie in the memoriall of her, and moreouer you haue read the superscription. Then Apollonius com-maunded his daughter to stand foorth in the presence of them all, and shee saide vnto Dionisiades : beholde thou wicked woman, dead Tharsia is come to greete thee, who as thou diddest well hope, shoulde neuer haue been forth comming to haue bewrayed thy wickednesse. But when the miserable woman beheld Tharsia, her heart quaked for feare, and shee fell to the ground in a swoond: and when shee recouered againe, shee cried out vpon the just iudgment of God,