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Love -««</ Religion 

Demonftrated ia the 

THEODORA, 

AND OF 

DIDYMUS 



By the Late Honourable ^o^rt^^Efq; 
f dim oi t\x Royttl Society^ 



The Second Edition Correfted. 



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PRE FACE- 



O convince you^ Sir% 
much more I art! dbncerhM 
roliwe you think,' I can 'Ofiey 
J^ell, than Write well ; I venture td 
prtd you the Account (as in*pcrfiDt9r 
unpoliih'd as ic is) thlAtyoW 
plcas'd to comftiand Of^ Ufi 
trs of TheeJora^ But I Wuft ht^ 
ir leave to accompany it with 
^ther ^cr^i^^^ (though tnit a fliort 
»)how I csme to meddle with 

A a tliit 



The Preface. 

this SubjeA^ aticl why what I pre: 
(«it you abou^ it, is lb . mudi 
Maiop'd* and bM tto tatote Uolfoc^ 
mity. 

Having, had oo^ai|[bn'1|naiijr ^eac; 
ago to turn ov^lf a M^rcyrojogyi 
and (bmc other Books, chat related 
CO the Suficrings of the Primitive 
CJvtiftians ; I chanc d to light oo 
tbQieofa Virgin^ who, though (ta 
my wonder J me was left unnatn'c 
by the other Writers that mq 
licfi'd her/ fcctnd plainly to 
the (ame, that is hy one of the^ 

Vt9» not ^ little affedcdt at kH 
f^ing of luch fflOTing and vncoi 
inoA adventures as hers : and 
jng hear ftory to be related, by.^ 
<Aiithck tha,t naqi'd both hcr'^ 
fKNrLpyer, not oaii) .very fuoi^ii 
ai)4 impcrfip<i.iy,. but very 
coa^ I found nvy felf teinfitecij 
to enlarge this Stoty^ as tliac i 
might be contriv'd ^into a fotm 
wbat voiiiminoiis Romance •* E^ 



fi-^ii 



^tK>n i^nd rhougfatsi^ it appeared 
incongruous co turn a Martyr into 
I Njoiph Of an AmaTion : And I 
(onnder'd tooi that (to omit what 
ilCc might be objeded againft that 
Ebrt of Compofurcs) ^^ true Pearls 
are Cordials and Antidotes, which 
countcrSit ones, how fine foevcf 
they may appear, are not ; fo True ^ 
^.xamples do arm and fortify the 
mini far more efficacioufly, than 
Imaginary or Fi(ftitious ones can do ; 
ind the rebulous labours of Hercw^ 
»j, and lExploiti o^ Arthur of Br> 
fain^ will never make men afpire " 
to Hcroick Vcrtue half fb power- 
Rilly, as ihe real Examples of 
Koiiragi jihd 'Gallantry afforded by 
^dnathan Cdsfar^ of the Black Trince^ 
lut yer, thinking it great pity> 
Sjat 10 (liining a vbrtub as Tbeoda- 
(hould prove Exemplary, but 
her own time, and to one City; 
id remembring, that foon after 
:ht Age which flie Enhobrd, it 
' tt counted among the Primitive 
hf iiftiaM an aft o? Piety^ to build 

A J fair 



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The frefa€e. 

liir MoQ^mcnts, upon the formerly 
abjcdt Graves of the Martyrs ; to 
repay, by Honours done to their 
Memories, the Indignities and OiP* 
graces they had infler'd in their 
Perfbns ; I tbouj^htfit to try, if I 
could re(cue from more unskilful 
Hands than even mine, a (lory that 
abundantly deferv'd to be well 
told/ 

But upon farther thoughts, I Coon 
forefaw, that this Task was not 

more worthy to be undertakcrit 
than it wQuId prove difScuIt, to be 
well psrfoicm'd.- For the Mirtyrd^lo- 
gill having allowed fcarcebne whole 
Page, to a Relation, that perhaps 
merited aVolum^. had left (b ma- 
ny Chalm?, and fo many neccflary 
things unmentioned^ that 1 plainly ^ 
perceived I wanted a far greater 
nijunbW of Circuniflancestthan tbac. 
he had fupply'd rhe with tp ^^ke,[ 
Up Co msimd a ftory, tolerably^ 
coQipIedi; VAjid as the Rela|ttpiij 



dei^'^ me matter enough to. work ^j 

upon) 



The Preface. 

tipon, Co the nature of the Subje^ 
refus'd fiioft of thdfe Imbelliihments 
xrhidi in o(her Themes, where 
ypung Gallants ind fair Ladies are 
Ene chief Adlors, are wont to (up- 
ply the deBciences of the matter. 
BefideS) my cask was not near la 
eafie as ic would haVe tMeoi if I 
had been only to cetice the Intrigues 
of an Amouft with the liberty 
to feign Airprizing ' adventureir 
CO adorn me niftorical part 
of the amount/ and to make a Lo- 
ver fpeak as Palfionacely as t 
oould, and his Miftrels as Kindly 
as the indulgenteft Laws of decency 
would permit. But I was to intro* 
duce a Chriftian and pious Lover, 
who was to eoncaln the cxpreC^ 
Aonis of his Flame within the 
narrow bounds of his Religion; 
'and a Virgin, who, being as mo* 
deft and dilcreet as liandlbm, 
and as devout as eit her, was to 
own an iugh Eftdem for an ex- 
cellent Lover, and an uncommon 
Craticudc to a tranfce ndcnc Bene- 

A 4 fador^ 



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fador, without intrenching either^ 
up0!i her Vcrcuc, or her Reiar-^ 
vbcfnefs. And I perceived thedi^ 
faculty of my Task would be cri- 
creas^d, by that of Reconciling^ 
Theodora'^ Scrupuloufnefi to the 
humours of (bme youqg Perfbns 
of Quality of ^itbcr Sex, who were 
earned to esgsige my Pen on this 
cfccafion, and would expect thai 
I (hould make Theodbta mor^ Kind^ 
dian r thought her great Piety 
and ftri<5t M^eftv would permit. 
But for silt t^is ; the eftecm I had 
fbr the £iir Myrtyrs ExcellencieSj^ 
and the compliance I had for thofe 
that defir'd to receive an account 
of ib rare a Perfons a(f^ions and 
Sufferings, made me refblve to* 
try wbac f could 6xu Which t 
idventurd upon with the lefe 
Reiuiftartcy, becauie, though, 1 et; 
(tecm'd it a kind of Profanenefs^' 
Xf> transforrii a piece ofMartyrology 
into a Romance ; yet I thought it 
^ iWowable enough, where a Narra- 
tivQ was written fo Qoncifely^ and 

left 



i Tht<Preface. 

left; fo unperfeft, as that! hacf to ' 
deCcant upon ; to make fuch fup^ 
plements of CiccumftanceSi as were 
not ' itnupxohahle ia the nature of 
the thiAgi and were littje lefs than ^ 
nec6fl&r)r CO the'deafiklfs/ ahd cn- 
tireoc^ of the Story, and the de-* 
cent connedioQ of (he parti: \t 
flibuld eonfift of I fuppo^'d top^, . 
that I needled not fcruplc^ to lend 
Speeches to the Perfons I brought ' 
upon the Stage, provided they were 
fuicable to the Speakers, and Oc-^ 
calions; fmce I was warranted^^ bv >^ 
the Examples of Livy^ Plutarch^ ' 
and Other Grave arid judlcipus - 
Ifjflroriatis^ who make no fcruple 
to give us (et Orations> of their > 
own framing, and fbmecimes put 
them into the mouths bf Generals 
at the, head of their Armies^^ juft 
going to give Battel- chough at fuch 
times the hurry and diftradtion chat 
bpcb they and their Auditors mud 
'be in, mull make it very unKkely, 
either that they Ihould make e^a-* 
borate Speeches, or their Hearen 

A 5* mind 



The Preface. 

mind aod remembftf chetn well 
ehoiigh to repeat them to the Hi- 
{lorians* 

» 

Encourjig'd. by . jhe(e Liberties^ 
which t thought I might juHiy 
allow ray (elf r I drew ap, as well 
as r could) what you have been 
told 1 wrote at)out The^dor^, This I 
^thought /it tQ divide itito two parts ; 
jIn the.firft whereof (which was 
.ic& remote from being koqiantick^ 
1 gave (bme what 'at large the Chara* 
^ers of them both. I mentioned 
the rife and progrefs of PiJymus^s 
Love ; the degeneracy of the then 
Chrlftiaos, wh^ch provokM Piyinc 
Providence, to expofe them to a 
very Bloody Perfecution II de- 
clary, how 7)&^<?d!!7ni being involved 
in it,, was brought bcfbr? the 
PrefiJent oi Antioch ; .,hovy Jhe re- 
(blutelyowri^ her Religioa befcwre 
him, anfwer'd His Argpoienrs, 
and refilled both \m Promifcs^^ and 
his Menaces; ho\j)r. thereupon. the 
Judge doorp'd her eitlier to ; Sacra- 



The Treface. 

dec, or to be proftituced in the 
pablick Sfews. How 1hc% after ' 
an eager Debate in her own mind^ 
refufing to offer (acrifice^ was Cnot- 
wirhftattditig her filence) led awajr 
to the infamous place; how being 
(hut up there alone in a Room^:^ 
ihe employ'd the little timet that 
was granted her to confider whie^ 
ther Ihe wotild yet burn Incenfe' 
to the Roman Idok, in fervent* 
Pra5er to the true God, for a reP 
cue of Iier Purfty, not her Life ; 
in order whereuhto, (he de(tgri'd 
and hop'd'by Relifhince andGon*- 
tumeiies to provoke her firft Aflai- 
fant, to become hier Murderer^ JC9^ ' 
cher than her Ravi(her« 

Tbcfe were the chief ContQpfe ' 
ef the firft Book, Thofe of thefts.: 
cond, were more Hfftoipkral; and* 
condfted of? an account of the la(t 
hours of her Life, , and p^Eirticular- * 
ly of tliofe Sufferings that ended- 
in her ^^d.Didymus^s glorious Mar* 
tyrdonh Tliis piece having been- 

pcrus'd 



The Tnface. 

perus'd by thole ibc whofe (ake 
I wrote it ; wa» fib rortunate« tfaac 
itbavui^ without my ieavet been 
Tentur^d into feveral hands, as a 
Book of a namelefi Mid unknown 
Author^ it was lucky enough to 
b^» by fomc indulgent ReadersY 
attributed to One, and by fbme to 
Attother^of tiiQ two Perfoost that. 
were at that time counted the 
beft writers of di%ui$ci Hiftwies. 
Bjat among the many Hands it 
pa&'d through* it feends it fell in* 
to (bmcf, (Hit ^f which a great 
part of the loofe (heets ( which 
^eK not bound in a Book, but 
only tack'd together) were not 
to oe retrieved r whether it were 
by the negligence, or the contempt, 
that (bme h^ of (b unpolifh'd a 
V^orkf or whether there were 
(bme fatality in the Bufmefs^ tha£ 
The^Qras Sufferings (hould outlive 
h^r^ ^and her Story be as ill us'd 
as her Pertbn bad been. This loft 
(if it can de(erve that name^ I did; 
not much regtet .- Since I intend- 
ed 



The freface. 

ed^ fior^ to inakc tlie loft Pipers 
pablicky and had receiv'd much 
greater approbation and thaoks 
than they merked, from ^be par* 
ticular Per(bns chey were defign^d 
for. But after I had for many 
years worn out^ not only the (enfe^ 
but the memcMry of diis loCs x \t 
was made more trouble(bm to nt<^ 
than ever it was at firft, by the 
earned (blicitations of (bme emi« 
nent Perfons^hat had a great power 
over me) and fome ot them the 
repute of great Judges of this 
kind of Compofures. For having 
feen (everal Saeets, that laccid^n- 
tally lighted on, in tumbling ovec 
fi>me long neglecfled E^pers $ they 
obliged me to cauie tho(e old rude 
fiieets to foe cran(crib'd» And tM 
^Imoftall the ftrft Book was waot^ 
iog^ ^upon which a<;couat9 1 could 
not .be remov'd from my Refolu* 
tioft nc^t^tp trouble my felfabouK 
it>yet; (liecc was Co much; of the 
^fioond Book, but in parts no 
' ^guif .Cober^nt^ lii;tle . by little ro^ 
%^^ triev*d. 



The Tn face. 

ttiey'd, that a pretence was aflfor* 
ded to prefs me ro repair thofe 
Breaches^ and reftore out of my 
memory, or otherwi(e, a piccCr 
which they would needs perfwade 
me might do fome good, by rcR- 
dring Vertue AtntaWe, and recom- 
mending Piety to a fort of Rca- 
dert, that are much more afTed^- ^ 
ed by fhining Examples and pa^« 
thetical Expredlons, than by 
dry Precept$> and grave Diicour^ 
fcs. • 

rf tome of your more (crupulous^ 
Friends fliall objfeft, that 1 have 
mentioned Theodora sbcmty more 
often and advant-agiouny^ahd repre^ 
(em(Ki her Lovers Padion more* 
Pathetically, than the fubjedt of 
the llery exacted, and the tratir 
requir'd in Biftory would war- 
rant ; I fhall not altogether deny 
the charge r Being rather contMr 
to havb it thougl^, tha^ a youth-^ 
fui andjieated fancy tranfported 
my Pen, fomewj^at beyond the 

narrow 




frefate. 

narrow bounds of HiHtotf^ thaq^ 
chat ib Pious a perfbn as^^ Di^y* 
mui did not fceep both his Flamc^ 
and the Expreiuons of ir> within 
the limits of Rcafon and Reh'gion«, 
But Ujoughl pretend not to juftifie, 
alltHathas b^nfaidin cheilram. 
of an Encomiaft, or a Lavcr, yet 
I hop'd that i may much Extenu-^ 
ate, if not Ex<:ule it, by reprefent-^ 
lag fuch tliiags a$^ thefe 

That I have been careful, thagt; 
Theodora (hauld not be made to 
do>- or (ayy any things ibat» thes 
great Obligations ihe had to her 
Refcuerconfiderd, do intrench ci- 
ther upon lier Piety,, or her Ver- 
tuei, ox fo much ?s upon hier |te^ 
ierv'dne0. ' 



1 K 
?/t f 



Tliac.as for bidymttsi l.t|iighc 
fey, that probaWy he thought^ 
t;hd[Q Celebrations cliat would have 
bosa Flattery to anwher . Lady^ 
Wjcre, but JuUicc. to a Petfoa J* 
E}(£raoc4itiiary » ^<i Co accompiilhU 



Sexesr that I was chiefly to rc^rcl, 
would (carce be fuificieiitly mt£t'- 
ed by unfortunate Vertue, if the 
interweaving of pafiages relating to 
Beauty and Love^ did not help 
te make the Tragical ftory^Delig^t^ 
M, and the Excellent Sufierets Pte« 
ty^ Amiable. 

If tc beoUedc<f, that in fome 
of thetUfcoarfts of the cwo Mar- 
tyrs, there are PaHases that argue 
more KoowIedEe, tnan is Jikely to 
have beeif fi>una inlAy Perlons no 
Elder than chey. I-anHver^ thac 
(ttch Oiicourfes indeed were fome- 
whac(lraoge, if they were aicrib'd 
to a young Gallant, and a younger 
Lady) of Our degenerate Times { 
«f herein fo many Pcrfom of that 
Tort, make Diverflon their grand 
Buftnefs { and, having as little Lei- 
fure as Concern to mind any thing, 
bttc tli^ir Pleafiires and petty In- 
cerefts, think ic their Priviiedge to 
know little of Religton, and leave 
to mdartcr People the ftudy of 
' . things 



'ypmi'^'^mmmmnF 





'act. 

things Serious and UiefuL But, 
fi&^^^ among this. (brtc^ PcrCbt^^it 
were fo didQicttk p find many that 
would Emulate fuch Knowledge 
and Vertue as fhin'd in fhe^dara, 
that I fear they would not ib mwh 
as believe chem 5 yst among better 
qualify^i Judges^ the lately pro* 
pos'd obje(^on will be of no great 
foree, if ii be confider'd that Di- 
Jymus and Theodora Ixv'd in the 
Primitive and devout rimes of 
the Church) and in the Rma9$ Em- 
]>ire»*When the Chriftian Religion 
Wjis as diligently Taught by Excel- 
lent Divinesy as frequently Op* 
fios'd by Arguments! andviolenuy 
aJQaulted by PerJ^cu^ions. Upon 
which fccresi the zealous Candi* 
daces of Martyrdpmymany of which 
obcain'cl the Crown of iCf even in 
their greener Age, were early and 
skilfully inflruif^ed in the truths 
of their own Reiigjon, and fur-* 
nifh'd with gopd Argument^ both 
CO Defend Us and Coiifuce the Er** 
roneous Opinions and Impious Wor* 

ihips 



The ^refaci^ 

(bips of tfaeff Heathen Adirerfa- 
rieSb Nor is it any viroader^ that 
dbey fli6iild chink, That Religion 
WQcdi Scudying, that tliey thought 
Worth Dying for. I will not here 
CKaminei whether the Ignorance 
wont to be imputed to Women, 
be Their fault, or that of their Ac- 
cu(ers» and wlicthcr it is any na- 
tural want of Capacity, or rathec^' 
want of Indrudhon, that keeps 
moft of them from Knowledge, 
though This regaids not Sexes. But 
without inquiry 9 whether, it be. 
not our tntereft,or our Envy, that 
Makes Women what we ate wont 
to decry them for Being ; I fhall 
not (crupie to own, that I have 
fometimes had the honour to con* 
verlc With Ladies ; that convinc'd 
me, That, to attain to a great 
Proficiency in Knowledge, 'tis not 
necefiary to be a Doftor of Divi- 
nity, or fo cmuch as a Man, fmce 
tlicy diftoiiris^d of Divine things, 
with no lefi Wit than Piety. And 
to retuiii to our Mirtyr, if we 

may 



The ^rtfm. 

iiMy judge l;)y iche. EiifeiSts^ wttmf 
re^Conably iuppoi^ cfadc our Viih 
£4ns Pitrencs hoc OQly chouglit h 
their D^iy, but took much Fka« 
fure^ to CMlcivate fo exodlcnt and 
profi«riiig a Subjed as cheic fair 
Daughter. Since gitat advamai^ 
ges of Nature and general Graoi 
Ihouid rather Invite, than Excufe^ 
Imj^ovemefics by Educadon; as 
even xX^^GarJen ^f EJen^ xhm^ 
an admirably fertile Soil, aod plam 
ted by Qod's. own Handf, wa$ 
not io left to it felf^ but that ddam 
was af>{)oini;ed to dre& it, and to 
keep it. :And if the DiToourfes of 
o^ Martyrs are ibmetmie^ k:(s^ 
Su>rt than they itnight Juave Jbeeit 
made ; 1 iK^pe itsUiay be ibme ex«» 
cuie, tliat I was ti^ wiwilUng, to 
lay ^oki now and diea of the Ri- 
les ^afiocdad me tg^ fome occtift* 
pQ$9 po.4hQW^ th^t Roniantick Sub- 
jeiisare npr^ as too many Feribns 
of Quahty tllink thcniy the Only 
onest that may b^ treated of in a 

Gj^ntlem^tvltkei ftU?; and that even 

{bm6 



"J^he (Preface. 

fiimc hobte Queftiohs in Divihicy^ 
and feme of the ieverer Didtatcs 
of the Chridian Morals, may be 
difcours'd of, without the harinne(s 
of the School Terms, or the down- 
right plainnefe of (bme better 
Meant, tbanPen'd, Books of Theo- 
logy and Devotion. 

'Tis like Sir, you will think it 
ftrai^e, that I make (b Pious a 
Perfon as Theodora^ offer her Brcaft 
to Didyn^uss Sword, and by foil* 
citing bim to Kill her» tempt him 
CO an Adtion^ which would make 
i&er guilty of a Murder, and make 
him greatly acceflbry to it. But 
poflM>ly her A<^ion would not 
appear very ftrange, if we were 
not coo enclinable to eftimate the 
Affairs of Paft Times, and Remote 
JRegions, by the Opinions and Cu*» 
fioms of otirown Age andCoun*^ 
trys. For, what ever we now juftly 
think of the fmfulnefs of De(troy-» 
ing a' Mans (elf^ whether immedi« 
altely or otbttwife^ yet^i muil not 

deny 



The freftce. 

deny, but that dircrs of the Aa-r 
dent Cbriftiahs thought it not 
Criminal, when it was nccefTary 
for the preftrvation of Chaftity; 
Adds if I much mifiremember not, 
St. Jerom himfelf, where he fpeaks 
of the uniawfulneft of Self-deftroy- 
ing, intimates^ that he excepts 
the Ca(e of an inevitable danger 
of a Rape. But my chief anfwer 
is, that having found the Virgin- 
Matty ts propolai exprefly deiiyer'd 
by the Author 1 was to follow, . I 
judg'd it the part of an Hiftorian 
not to fupprefs it;, which I ac^ 
knowledge, I the rather declined 
CO do. l>ecaa{e Theodoras ofler was 
a noble evincement both of her 
Gratitude and her Generofity. And 
therefore inftead of pmicting (b 
confiderable an Adion of hers, I 
chofe rather to Set my thoughts 
a work, to find a p'aufible Co- 
lour for it. Which whether I 
have happSiy done, by Supplying 
her with the. Example of a Pro- 
phet,- who, though be would not 
■ ' caft ^ 

\ 



cifi Him(e!fiiitothe Sea, yet folia- 
ted Others CO caft him C^nd that ha- 
ving firft bband him) I mu^l leave 
You to judge, 

I fteely cpnfeft. Sir, that, if the 
foUowing Piec^ had been written 
by One, that I were fondof Gea- 
(bring, I could tny felf find enough 
in it to Criticize upon ; aad 
ftould objed agamft it, befides 
the want of Uniformity through- 
out. That if judged of by the ii^& 
Rules of Art, it ought to pafs !for 
an Irregular P.ccc. And there* 
fore I Siall not wonder, if Nicer 
Criticks, and more vers*d in £x- 
quifite Compofiires than I pretend 
to be, Ihall find fault with this 
Artlcis one of mine. But the re- 
ception that the foltowiog Papers 
met with, from the Perfons for 
whom they Wefe chiefly written, 
afibrds me the Confolation d^ri? 
vable from the ingenious faying 
^f that ©Kcdlcrtt Wit, who dc- 
clar'd^ //e had rather the Di/hes 

JervJ 



thefreface. 

fervJ Up at f his Tnaf.JhimlJpkafe 
theGueftSf thorn theCt^ks ^Andl 
miglit fay too, that fomc of the 
Paiges that triay mecc with 
Ccnfpre, would perhaps efcape it; 
if in writing this Book many 
years ago, I had not had fbme 
Aims, that I then thought more 
fit to be Purfu'd, thati 1 now do 
to be Declared. Yet I will not 
here diflemble, that I know it may 
be thought by fome, that this 
Paper fhould have confifted left 
of Converfations, and more of 
Narratives- But I chofe the^ way 
of Writing f have employed, part^ 
ly becauie the Authors I met with 
furnifli'd me with fo very few 
maftcrs of Fad, that if I would 
have confined my fclf to Relati- 
ons ; I muft have compriz'd this 
piece in a very few Pages, and 
have finifh'd ic prefcntly after I 
had begun it; And partly too^rand 
indeed much more) becaufe (as 
1 lately began to intimate) my 
chief dcfign was not (b much, to 

B perform 



The Preface. 

perform the Office of a racer Hif- 
corian, as to take Riiet from the 
(everai Circumftances I fhould 
relate, to convey unperceivedly, in- 
to the minds of thofe young Per- 
Tons of Quality for whom 1 wrote, 
Sentiments of true Piety and Ver- 
tue. And thefe I thought would 
not fo happily gain admittance and 
entertainment, if they were pre- 
fcjnted inaSdipiar like-Pi(cour(e,or 
aprofef^'dBook of devocion^aswhen 
they were taken^not from common 
places but from the Nature of the 
Things andPcrfons lntroduc'd;and 
withoutformalitylnfliird by theoc- 
cafional difcourfes of a y oungGen- 
tleman and fairLady,for whom the 
Beauty andtheMerit afcrib'd to the 
Speakers, had given the Hearers a 
great Eftecm and Kindnefs. And I 
Ihall not fcruple to own, that I, 
who value time above moft other 
things, did not think it worth the 
expence of mine, to give my felf 
the trouble of Writing aBook^only 
to give others a Divertifement in 

Reading 



Tij9 iPrtfme. 

JtoKHtig iu And whiKl I iwas 
'Odnyeffiog with fuch £xceUe«c 
Compaaj^ is ^ur nobie Mzttyn^ 
and Meditating on fuch SeracHHS 
Sabjc£tBf as are Deaths and the 
Wocth of clot Heavenly Religion 
for whofe Akc They ^le^is'd it ; 
I found my (elf (ncited, aad 
tboogfat my iblf Obliged, toaiM 
lefe ^t die Pkafmg of Tome fimr 
Nu» Exadors.of Regularky^thaa 
€D Po/feis manyReaders with htgh 
and noble SeQtiffiems0f the Chri* 
i\w\ Religion, and the fublime 
Dt&at€9 of it; a»d thereby both 
Elevate their miadis to a generoua 
Conremptof all they can loftAj^ 
fui^er for it, and Fill tlieia with 
bright iJeas of Horoick Verfite, 
and of the much brighter Glories 
that will Crown it. By fuch Re- 
fle<9"ions, I was indued not to 
omit fome Paflages that feem*d 
likely to further the main Ends I 
purfu'd,though I forefa w, that per- 
haps fome rigid Judges would fay, 
tliat they might have been fpar'd. 

B X For 



Ih Treface. 

¥ot as 'I writ not a Romftnce, 
wherein Authors are wont to aim 
no higher, tlian to Dehght the De- 
licareReaders^and E(cape theCriti- 
cal ones, by making their Com- 
pofures Diverting and Regular ; 
Jo i prefum'd that to employ a 
more Ufcful, though left Fafhio- 
nable way of Wriiing, was al- 
lowable for Me, who ought to eo* 
deavour in fuch a piece as This^ra- 
thcr to propofe Patterns of . Vcr- 
tue, than Models of Skill or Elo- 1 
quettce;and to think it more Sue-! 
cefsful, if the Readers (hall upon 
perufing it. Imitate our excellent 
Martyrs Piety,thanif theyfliould 
only Applaud thcirHiftory.Which 
both as CO Stile and Reatonings^is 
freely fubnaitted to your Judg- 
meat, by 



Sir^ 



4 

VOMT mpfi £cc< 



THE 



Ci) 



Love ^^^ Religion 

Dcmonftrated in the 

T HEODOR A. 

AND OF 

DIDYMUS 



«i 



CHAP, 1. ^ 

T Hough it may^feem (ill-nator'd ta 
leave theCfaaft The^dwA in to de- 
plorable a Condition, yet it is 
rcqaifite to^ do fp for a while, that we 
may learn what was attempted to relcue 
heroQtofit. 

It B not to be doubted, but that Didy^ 
mus was not long kept a ftrdnger to the 
barbarous ufage Ihe had fuflered. That 
of fo illuftrious a Lady could no t but 
make! a great noife, and reach a multi- 
tude of et^rs ^ and efpecially thofe of (b 
concerned a Ferfbn as Didymns : The 
wounds of Lorers tender hearts, giving 

B » them 



1 



i ^ Thi Martyrdom. 

them oftentsmes fecrct Prefages of ap*- 
proaching' misfoduaes relating: to tfteir 
Love : As mapy other wounded men have 
the unhappy Priviledge of being able, by 
feeling of pain, to difcerniich approaches 
of ill weather, as affed not unhurt men. 

DiJymtis therefore being quickly too ' 
much afcertain'd of the unwelcome News ! 
of the d iftrefs of his hit Miftrefs^ waf tea 
generous a Lover to deliberate, w hethcr 
he fhould expofe his life for her refcue : 
His deliberation being only about the 
means, how to make fo difficult an at- 
tempt a profperous one. In order to this, 
he happily finds out one of th^^^ 0£c«FS 
of the Guards, that were placed about 
the infamous Houfe, to which Theodora 
Was condemned : Who having been his 
fellow Soldier in the Roman Armies j he 
iboped would either for the fake of Ver- 
taie or of Didymns^ be prevaiPd with to 
further fo handfom a Defign as his. 

Wherefore addrcfling himfelf to this 
Commander, with a very obliging and 
l^ct civil Freedom: Generous Septinuus^ 
im be, I cannot but look upon it as one 
« the chief advantages I have obtained by 
i^otiring my Lite in the Roman Camps, 
tl^t I had th^ happinefs to be acquainted 
with fotf there, and to be a fpeftator of 

your 



your Galjlantry ^ whkh did not only Ui^Q. 
raifq me to a defiie of imitating it, but al*. 
lows me now to own a reqqefi: to you^that 
noB^but a gallant Pcrfon ought to be en- 
truft^d with, or would eafily grant. Ge- 
nerous Did^mm^ replies thq Romsfl« 
When I accompanied you in following 
our propitious Eagles, I ^upd fci great 
a contentment in your acquaintance, and 
fo ftrong a fpnr to Glory, in your exam- 
ples, that I look'd upon the advantage 
of having been your fellow Soldier, as 
preferable to the honour of Leading the 
moft numerous Troops I may at any time 
Ck>iHfiiand. And I fhall think all the ha- 
zards I then exjpps'd my felf to, abundant* 
ly rewarded, if any power they have pro* 
cured me, may enable me to do you 
fffrvice. Tell me then frankly, in what 
caiie, and after what manner, you would 
]iav« it employ'4 for you ^ and as I af- 
i^v^e g)y leltv t;h^t fo vertuous a Friend as 
J^id^m^wir^ will delire nothing bfft what is 
]^A^ fo h,e^ may alT^te himfelf, not to be 
refused ^f^J fervif:e, that is but Dange- 
rous. 

Our Lover embolden'd by ib encoura- 
ging a declarJ^tioo, firH: fR^ae him a very 
grateful Acji^tnowledgmj^nt p^r it, and tkeu 
procfedicd to fay, ^f you haye^vtr.)^ 

B4 ''^thc 



^ The Martyr Jem 

thehapplncfs toTbe acquainted with Thte- 
d^ra^ or fo much as to have ftcn her, 
kwould be needlefs, as well as improper, 
for me to ofFer at giving you a Charafter 
of her, which you muft needs think iu- 
juriousto her. But if you have not, the 
Ihortnefs of the time will only permit rae 
to aflure you, that not ©nly Ihe has given 
me thofe Sentiments of her Excellencies, 
that I never had, nor ever thought my 
felf capable of having, for any of her Sex ; 
but that in other Perlons ftrangely in- 
difpos'd to admit fuch imprellibns, fhe 
has often excited fuch wonder and fuch 
flames» as very rarely h^ve beea prodnced^ 
in other men, and perhaps, more rarely 
been merited by other women. 

This admirable Perlbn, for exercifing; 
among other vertues, that of an invinci^i* 
ble Conltancy, to .her Religion, and re- 
fufing to Sacrific^to Venns Fhrd^ and 
fome other of thofe Deities^ whom her 
Terfedions might,though herReligiosjdict 
Bot, exempt from adoring •, is by your 
lavage Prefident condemnM to be exjios-d 
tothepublickLuft: And a Party of thofe 
gallant Roman Soldiers, that ufe to be fo 
glorioufly led on by you to win Battels, 
conquer Kingdoms, and enlarge at once 
thcJFame and Limits of the Empire, arc 

now 



ofTheodora. f 

flow employed to cai>tiTate innocent Vir- 
gins, and defend their brutilh Raviihers^^ 
Yott may eafily gucft by this, cdntiiittcs 
he, that my requeft is Kkc to prove an 
earneft one^ that yon would pleare to 
treat with Ibmeof thofefoldiersof yours^ 
in whom you think you Ware the greateft 
Fhtereft, and difpof^ them to aflift meia 
refcuing Theodora outeffb infamous • 
Prifon,and acceptfronr megrcater recom<*^ 
peaces for doing a faandfom adion, tbaa 
they can expea from the Prefkienc, for 
doing a barbarous one ; I hope I need aok 
tell you, in the haft this af&ir requires^ 
that all poflible care will be taken to keep 
you from being endanger'd by Th€$d^M*i 
deliverance, nor wHl I add how unex* 
preffible an Obligation you w ffl lay on iDff» . 
to heighten my gratitude to Ibme pro- 
X>ortion to your Favours ^ becaule 1 know 
it mufl neceflarily h\\ (hort of them, and 
are due to a perfbn that loves to do gal* 
lant Afflions for their own fake, andhad 
rather have great debte of gratitude, re- - 
main due ta him, than paid t& him ^ 
wherefore I ihall only mind you, that the 
time is £0 ihort, that if yonr alTiIlancebe 
not as quick as obliging, I fear 'twill be 
asineffedual. I fhall quicken 70^ only by 
aifiring you, that wheg you ad for the 

B J accompliflfd 



6 The Martyr Mfff 

accomplifh'd Theodora^ you aft for a pet-' 
ion that has a Right to all that Beauty and 
Vcrtuecan give one a Title to. 

With the r^me freedom, replies Sef^ 
timiHs^ with which you haveownM to me 
four Religion, I declare to you, that mine 
is that of my Country, and my Anceftors ^ 
and that I worihip thofe propitious 
Deities, that have made the Romans the 
Conquerors of the World, and re* 
warded thofe that adored them with an 
Univerfal Monarchy ^ but though I ex- 
ceedingly approve fo triumphant a Reli 
g'ouy yet I confefs to you, that I do not 
ce the ways that the Prefident takes to 
propagate it : fuch cruel methods being 
apt to mike the world fufped^, that our 
belt Argument is Force : And whiUt the 
Ferfecutors think it a glorious thing to fee 
the Temples filPd at any rate ^ 1 had rather 
fee in them fewer but iincere Votaries,than . 
have them throng'd with fuch pufillani- 
mous Diflfemblers, as would not come in, 
vnlefs they were Scar'd in, thither* And, 
though Terrors and Torments work 
fometimes upon the weaker fort of Chri^ 
fiinfis^ yet the more refoUitc do lb often 
defpife them, that our Perfecutions con- 
^ Yert not thofe unhappy Perfons, but fre- 
^ ^aently ftagger many of our own ^ and I 

confefs 



ofTh€9d^ra. 7 

cdfifbH freely t0 jm^ JDisfymMs^th^t^Sl iitt 
Chriftians Arguments work lels Witji me^ 
than our iit humane manner of coafiKiag 
them. But I do not only di{approve,bu$ 
deteft, this infamous Praaice»of our Pre*- 
fident \ which makes him loofe not th6 
refped only and the pitty^but the comoiDiA 
Humanity we owe to Women^ and thiid^ 
to do the Goddefles a fervice^ by d;i$figu<« 
ring their faireft Images here bclowy wkh 
the moft (hameful ofBlemiflics. I caimoii 
bring my felf to imagine, thsit fdcb gently 
Deities, can like fuch barbarous Wor^ 
Ihippers, whonotbnly iramolatetQlhefli 
i\\^ lives of men, but what is far mtim 
precious, the Vertuc and Honour , q£ 
Women ^ for if I could believ^ they. 1^ 
fuch Sacrifices, I fhould: tbiok tbemrina^ 
worthy any Saciifices at all.i Yi(»i wift 
e^ly thensjfbte BiAymm^ credit m^ that 
I W3S abfent when my foldiers were ^.^.tiy 
the infolent Judge, upon fo meaa an 
employment. He durft not bare of^ed 
to have obtruded it uppnthem^ bad Ji)9efi 
there; or if he had, 1 hid <lared to i^ 
him ps his: kifolcocB had: ^pftryfuJU : fittft 
without loofing time in pafium^te %%^^, 
ftulations, about things made remedilefi^ 
by being pall, let us fpeedtly apply our 
felves tp the refcup • xjf 3lbf (^ijm. Fqr^ 

though 



A 



8 The Martyrdom 

thbi^ I haTeheatd ftraage things of her; 
and rech as made me think Fame a great- 
Fiattferer, if not a frontlcfs Liar^ yet I be- 
lieve the Reports about Tiftodars^ as I 
believe the Dclphick Oracles, now that I 
find fb undeniable a Teftimony of her 
wtttit, as her being yoar Mifttefs. I mil 
therefore without delay, prepare fomc 
Soldiers to-affift you in lier Refcue, and I 
cannot doubt the iucce(s in an attempt 
iftiade to ferve a diftrefl: Beauty, and ar 
generous Friend. If there be occafion, you 
aeed not doubt of my more openly ap- 
pearing for you. For how highly foevcr 
filch an aftion may provoke the Prefident^y 
or even the Emperour, I hope ta let you- 
&e, that you have trufted a Roman, a 
perfbn that had rather be the objeft, than 
Ai^minifter of their Cruelties, and would 
sot beacceSary toiuch a mifemployment 
ef Abibluie Power, to be made a Sharer 
mit. 

As fbon as Seftimius had ended thefe 
words, he did^ to prevent thofe acknow- 
ledj^itieats he faw DiJymus was about to 
JXtake him, tata^ that gallant Youth by the 
hand \ and leading Mm towards the place^ 
where he expeflred tovfind the Soldiers he 
moft confided in, he entertain'd bimia 

idlr way about the hopcfuUeit £^dients 

fee 



V • 



efTheoJorn. ^ 

for th€ Compaffing of his admirable 
Miftrefles Rcfcuc. And having afterwards 
fent for the two pcrfons,. he thought like- 
lieft to be prevaiTd on, to a convenient 
place, near to that to which they had 
Drought Tfcw^r^-, he briefly, but pathe- 
tically, declaring to them, how raucfe the 
brave Didymas was his friend, and how 
much he delerv'd to be fb, enflam'dthem 
with an indignation at the (avage Pr^fi- 
dents difgraciag them, by fo infamous 
an employment, as they were now about j. 
and then affiir'd them of rewards fronj 
Biifymusy fuitabk to the fiberafity of lb 
generous a- Perfbn : After withdrawing 
bimfelf, to give Didymus a (hort account, 
how far he had proceeded ji he left the reft 
tobecompleatedby him; who prompted 
by his native liberality, and his high 
concern,, did not ftay to cheapen his 
Miftrefles Liberty, but with the h§fty 
Pallionofa Lover, profier'd them more 
tban even Stftimins's promifes gave them 
reafon to exped: Nor would he have 
dcclin'd to embrace any Articles (^ A* 
greementi they could have proposed, 
though the parting with his Life had been 
one,fo Theoaaras^s Deliverance were ano- 
ther. 
The fence thoft fbldi^jp had of the 

afiroa 



%.v~«— 



lo The Martyr Jam 

affront put oh them, by the Prcffdtnt^ > 
joyn'd with the AmbitioH they had to 
pleafe their lov'd Commander, and the 
gratitude his friends profusM Bounty had 
newiy pblig'd them to ; made them 
quickly accommodate Didymus with a 
military Habit, and prepare Ibme of their 
Comrades to allow him the firft admit- 
tance into her Chamber 5 partly by (baring 
feme of the newly receivM Prefcnts a- 
mong them, and probably by rcprcfenting 
him to them, when thus prepared as a 

{)erfon who having been paffionately in 
ove with Theodera^ and been icornfuUy 
flighted by her, was defirousat any rate, 
to fatisfic at once his appetite and his 
revenge. And By this means, before that 
ftiort time was expir'd, that had been as 
an Aft of Grace, allowM the difconfolatc 
Virgin, to deliberate whether flie would 
yetcomply with thejudge^n entrance into 
her Chamber was permitted to her Lorerj 
who C'm order not only to his preftnt but 
farther Defign) had purpofely clofed the 
vizor of his Helmet j upon which fcore, . 
not being knowable by his fair Miftreft, 
he met with from her the reception we . 
have formerly related. 



CHAP. II. 



(ff Theodora, it 

CHAP. IT. 

T Hough, in the fad Condition wbereia 
our difguis d Lover, found hb dcfo- 
late Miftrefs, her forrow and her fears, 
did Ibmewhat cloud her Beauty, yet they 
could not hinder her looks from being fo 
charming and Majeftick, as to create le(s 
pitty than refped. Wherefore with ge- 
ftures, wherein this was as vifible as he 
could make it, he told her, without ap- 
proaching too near ; Do not. Madam, I 
befeech yo«, add to your other troubles, 
the apfjrehenfion, that becanfe I appear 
in the circumllances of a Rariflier, I come 
to commit a Rape : Theodora is fo great 
an ornament to the Chriftian Religion, 
and her Purity is an ornament fo dear to 
Theodordy that Heaven will not permit, 
either that Antioch Ihould be rob'd of one, . 
or Ihe of the other. And therefore, that 
Providence which you have fb gcneroufly 
tmfted, hasferitmetoyoarrefcue, which 
after the care I have taken to difpofe 
things without doors, 'twill not be 
difficult to corapafs, if you pleafe to make 
ufe of the Military Habit Ihave brought 
- hither, difguife and convey your felf 
hence. Nor need you be folicitous, what 
will become o( me, for 1 am under the 

fame 



IX The Martyr Jam 

fame care of the fimc Providencr, that* * 
now juftifies your reliance dn it, by pro- 
viding for your efcape : And I that found 
means to come in hither, may be faccesftil 
in attempting a Retreat, or if I fliould not- 
fijccced in it, I ffiall not mils the joy of 
paying my Duty, where I had the moftf 
defire and caufe to do if, and Ihall leaver 
the world with the fatisfaftion of having 
highly oblig'd it, by the prelcrvatFon oF 
the moft accomplilh'd Perfon in it. And 
Madam (continues X)/^wi#r/ J that you 
may not doubt t^le willingnefs or theia- 
tentioBS wherewith, this oiFer vi made 
you, be pleas'd to know tl^af it comes 
from the now fortunate Dicfymnsy, whcx- 
juftly thinks fthat in afpiring toyour ac» 
ceptance of it, he does lefs proffer a fer- 
vice, than beg a favour, that will not on- 
ly bt a full Recompence,^ but a high Ob- 
ligation* 

The nanre of Didymns) afid" Difixrurie 
fo fuitable to it, made by him that af^ 
fumM it, foon diflipated the difmal ap« 
prchenfions his (habit, and her[circuni- 
ftaaces had given her: She knew fo well 
his Courage, his Vertue, and his Love, 
that nothing unlawful or mean, was to be 
fear'd •, but the boldeft things,if they were 
as Aoble as |hazardou$, might juflly be 

expefifedk 



cxpeded, from him : Sathat this attempt 
did perhaps as much oblige her, as it 
furprisM hcr.Wherefore,as (bon as (he had 
recompos'd her lately diforder'd thoughts 
(he told him, with looks fercne' enough to 
let him fee how much (he trufted him ; 
This aftion, generous Dldymhs^ is of a 
nature fo extraordinary^ that my ingrati- 
tude would be fo too, if my fenfe of it 
were aot. To own and refcue a perfc- 
cutcd and affronted Maid, and to do it 
with more hazard than you need run in 
the Roman Armies, to purchafe Fame 
and Honours, in an adion fo difinterefled, 
and lb unexampled, that I want words 
to celebrate it, as well as merit todcferve 
it, and power to requite it. But I admire 
fo rare an cflfeft of Vertue, (^continues 
flie)can confent to th^ deftrudion of its 
Author. No, Generous Didymns^ 'tis 
enough tftat the vertues ofChrifii^s be 
treated as crimes by the Romans : They 
mult not meet the like u&ge front The- 
•dor a J (he muft not purchafe z life, that 
Ihc values as little her felf as others liarc 
caufe to do, at fo high a rate, as youi 
partial Chai^ity perfuade&^you to fet upon 
it For even thofe that do now raoftpitty 
me would repine at the prefervation of 
my lifc^^it it Ihoiild coft that of a Heroe. 

Efpecialiy, 



14 The Martyrdom 

EfpecbUy, it I fhould delignedly be ac- 
ceflbry to fo great a IjoS: Which ac- 
companied with a publick Indigaation, 
aiMl my owa Reproches for twy Ingrati- . 
tude, would certainly make that Life a 
bucden to me^ that at fo dear a rate you 

would preferve as a Bleffing, But 

Here Theodora was going to proceed, 
when her griev'd Lover, tearing that if 
ibe did ib^ Ihe might make fome Declara* 
ration unfavourable to his Wiihes,tbooght 
fit to endeavour to prevent it, by faying, 
to her with a profound refped. Ah, 
Madam, do not make your miftaking 
Compaffion more cruel to me, then the 
feveiiiy of the^o»^4»j themfelves, which 
we Chriftians juftly Tax, can poffibly ba 
For they will but in a few moments tako 
away that Life^ which you would at x>iag^ 
protraft and render Miferablc. Do mt^ \ 
befeech you, Mada©, (contimies b^ 
thiak my fcrvices Meritorii^us, bccaufe 
they are paid you in this pldce, and im 
your Pcrfecuted Condition. No^ Madam^ 
Theodora, has Prerogatives cnoi^b, to 
make many kfs unworthy (though net 
more Maloos) than I^ ambitious to ferv« 
her, in what Circumftances fcever Provi- 
dence ftail think fit to place hier. What- 
ever \h^.Rimansy that worftip Fortune 

and 



of Theodora. 15 

and Vidory as Goddefles, and find their 
Profperity the powerftiUeft Argument to 
fupport and fpread their Religion, may 
think ofSufferings embraced forConfcience 
fake: fure we 0xriftians^ that adore a 
Grncified Saviour, who? as he took npn 
him the form of a Servdttt^ was put to 

Death between two Thieves, as a Slave 
and a Malefadtor too j ought not to let 
any Perfecutions, or Indignities, Icflen 
our Veneration or Concern for thofe that 
chufe to Sutler tor him, and imitate ajs 
well as own him, whatever itcoft them. 
Nor, Madam (purfues Diefymns) needs 
your having been brought to this place,. 

mskc ycu think your felf at ai] diOio- 
nour'd, in the Opinions of thofe that can 
mak^jnft Eftimates of things. They, look, 
on Sufferers for truth with His unde- 
ceiveablc Eyes, that, by one of the Pen- 
men he iofpir'd, having raenti«n'd thofe 
Perlbns that for Religions fake were Im* 

prlforPd^ DefiitHte^ Tormented^ Affronted 
forcM in the Skins of Beafts, to wander 
like them in Defarts, and lodge in Dens; 
Honours them with this Charadcr and 
Teftimony, more glorious than all the 
Panegyricks of Orators, and Laurels of 
Conquerors, Thsit The World was not wor* 
thy of them. And fuch Judges will think 

Fenns 



1 6 The Martyr Jam 

f^cvHs an infamous Courtezan, though 
the RomMns adore her in their Temples \ 
and will not think Theodora the lefs 
excellent Pcrfbn, for having been con- 
demnM on the fcore of Vertne to a 
Scandalous place. Honour wete a mean 
thing, and not worthy to have its lofs 
much fear'd, or regretted ^ if we could 
forfeit it without having forfaken Vertueij 
and much more, if we could be deprived 
of it for having clofely followed Her. 
Nothing can blemifli true Reputation, 
that cannot be declined without manifelE 
injury to Religion, which juftifies our 
AAing whatever it impofes. The Angels 
themfelves that were ftut toSodomScvvi'^Yi: 
kfi to go even thither, then to difobey 
him that made it their duty to dt> fo, nor 
were polluted by entering into that 
abominable place ; and being attempted 
by the brutilh Inhabitqrs of i^, carried 
thence the Angelical Purity wherewith 
they came thither. 

Didymns thought fit to fay what has 
been repeated, that be might Gonfole fo 
thaft a Virgin as Theodora^ who had ftill 
enjoy'd, as well as merited, a fpotlefs 
Reputation-, by afluring her, that the 
barbarous AfFiont Jhe had been cxpos'd 
to, for Confl:ancy|to her Religion,- had 

nott 



li : ; : i.L 



^4 L. 



^ "^ 



of Theodora. 17 

not, among unbyafs'd Judges, leflca'd 
the high Efteem her former Life had juftly 
given them of her Vertue. But he would 
not difcourfe long of a Subjeft {o Nice \ 
that 'twas difficult not only to infill on it, 
but fb much as to mention it, without be- 
ing uneafie to fo tender a Modelly as hers 
he was (peaking to. Upon which account, 
pafling on to another Argument, he told 
her, Thefe things I have mentioned. Ma- 
dam, to let you fee, how little I can pre- 
tend to merit by the Circprnftaaces of the 
duty I pay you ^ and confeqoently, how 
little you ' need fcruple to accept of my 
further Service, without which ray pail 
Endeavours will be ufelei^ to us both. 
And give me leave to own to you. Madam, 
that 'twas not without much trouble, as 
well as furpriz.e, that I heard the incom- 
parable Theodorah Merit fo much iaiur'd, 
as to have the valuablencfs of my Lite put 
into the Ballance with that of hers, nay, 
and made to Preponderate. Alas, Madam, 
there are Legions, that as well as I dare 
expofe their Jlives to the greateft hazards, 
and ^un greater dangers for feme defpi- 
cable pay, or a few worthlefs Leaves, 
than I do to ferve my Religion, and the 
faireft ProfefTor of it. Every day affords 
thoulands of fuch Men as 1: Elfe the Roman 
Camps would not be fo frequently Re- 
cruited, 



1 8 The Martyrdom, 

cruited, and thofe Numbers that fall in 
Breaches, or in Battels, weuld not have 
their Rooms fo ambitioufly fupplied, by 
Men that fee them do fo. But fiidi Per* 
Tons as attain to be both the OtRraieiits 
of their Religion, and the Honour of their 
Sex, muft be fo Excellent, and are fo 
Rare, that ^tis not «vcf y Age that pro- 
duces fo much as one of them. Such Ex- 
emplary L&dies, do as well improve as 
enoble the times and places they live it : 
The refpeft and love Men havo for them, 
makes their good Coimfelsvery perfua- 
five •, the lovelincfs of their Perfons is fo 
difFus'd to their Aft ion, as, by making 
Men forward to take them for Examples, 
adds to their Vertues, both a great 
Splendor, and a powerful InfliTence. 
That Theodora is not only one of that 
fmall Number, but eminent in it ^ nothing 
but her Prefcnce, could keep it from 
being uneafiefor me to evince. But, Ma- 
dam (continues he) though in fuch Cir- 
cumftances as mine, your fcrupulous Mo- 
dcfly may keepMen filent,yet it ought not 
to keep them from being Juft. Your pro- 
found Humilitymay draw a Curtain, that 
may hide your Vertues from your. Eyes j 
but in the Eyes of others, it cannot but 
encreafe their Number, and exceedingly 

ad4 



ofTheadora. 19 

a4ld to their Luftre. You need not there- 
fore. Madam (purfues he) fcruple to 
receive the Service I afpire to do you^ up- 
on an injurious apprehenlion, that 'tis 
above Reward j whilft indeed it pretends 
not^to any at all, except the Satisfaftion 
and Honour^ that will be infcparable 
Item the performance it ftlf. Here Didy- 
mus paused for ibme moments j being 
fenfible, how difficult a task he was en- 
tering upon : Since ^twas, without pre- 
judicing his Love, to own to his Miltrefs 
herfelf, that he did not ferve her upon 
the firore of That, But however ^ the 
U^erity of his affeftion, and the great 
defire he had to make his perfaafions pre- 
valent, haften'd him to prevent her 
Anfwer^ by thus profecuting his Dif- 
cpurfe : 'Tis truc^Madam, that Theodora's 
perfedions did not mifs in me, to have 
the operation that they are wont to have, 
upon thole that enjoy the opportunities 
of confidering them : and if Ihe had been 
in a diftrefs greater than that (he is now 
in, though her Religion bad not at all 
contributed to bring her into it, I Ihould 
joyfully haveexpos'dmyfelf, to a greater 
hazard than I now run, to refcue her 
from it. But, Madam, that is not our 
cafe i for that which how brings rae hi- 
ther, 



xo The Martyrddm 

ther, is none of thofeA fentiments, that if 
I were poflclTor of a Crown, would bring 
mcto lay that and my fclf at your feet, 
and think my felf more happy in your 
acceptance of it, than in all the advan- 
tages and prerogatives that could bblong 
to it. For, Madam, the rcfolutipn that 
led me hither, was not infpir'd by the 
fair, but by the devout and vertuous Theo^ 
dffra. If fhe had no Charms:, but thofe 
that cannot be fcen with bodily Eyes, or 
if hcrtifible Beauty were but moderate 
or none at all J her Exemplary Piety and 
tlnfhaken Conftancy, (hining in fuch 
fextraordinary Expreffions of them, as fhe 
has this day given, would make me think 
my felf unworthy of Life, iflfiiould ftick 
at hazarding it to fave fb precious a one, 
as hers, and what I knew (he would far 
more unwillingly loofe^ and thereby do 
forae right to Divine Providence, which 
byfo unexampled a reliance on it, was 
thought in feme fort engaged to anfwer fb 
uncommon and entire a Truft. After 
what Ihe did for Chrift, 1 did not think 1 
could do enough for her, if I did lefs than 
I have endeavoured to do. And therefore. 
Madam (concludes he) I hope as well- as 
beg, that you will no longer fcruple,to 
accept of thaf refcue, that Providence 

offers 



oKrs yfiii, by an tomcrcciiafy knd nibft 
wiiiingharid, but^h^viff'vaiicblafe tomakit 
ufc of this Military Garmeot (at which 
wordsi)»^J»/w with great refpcft^pdintcd 
at His) and^IIow my cndcaToui^ by prp^ 
coring your fafrty, to fccurc rty Kappi^ 
Xiiifs. ' " ■ ■ " -.•''.: • ; ■-' ■■-i ^'^-'^^ 
To this moving Speech^ thfe fair per-i 
fon, that 'twas addrefs'd to, ifetuw'd thh^ 
cairn Anfwcr. 

ThoTigh the handfom awd oWigiflg 
things you have beeh pfteas'd to iay, Ge- 
nerous DtdfmHJy hate made 's\\ the im-* 
preffibns bn me that they ought t6' have^' 
yetl muft^ with your pat^n^ freefy tclF 
yon, that they naturally afibrd an infe- 
rence, quite oppofite to what you tfbuld 
ocHiclude from themjfihcebydifcorering* 
more afrfd more (rfyoui^ Gall' ntry aW 
Frkndftip^they 1«t mi ffilUfuither fee,; 
how much the World wbuld loofe, by^ 
being deprivM of fo ranch Vertue, and 
how unexciifible I^aboveall others,(hould 
be, if I fliould be willingly acceflbry to 
that lofs. Your too too exceiEve Comple- 
ments, Iffiuft not pretend to aiifwetjlmrt ' 
'twould be tck) great a refleftion oh rolr • 
Judgment, as wellas Afmr, to'think you ' 
memt them for any thing more than what 
I have called them. But in anfwer to the 
ferious part of your Difcoivrfc, I Ihall tell ^ 



^ 9f tikie thjij&s. YQUi h^ve. £(id^ by fircii^ 

ticms It niggefted to mc. When tbe-.i»f, 
IVWMni Pnij(fdeH$icomkm^Th^94fir^ bad 
^*''^5'^9l4^^<^ €itb<^r tQ.o%^ SaoirificQift 
an idol Temple, or be led awayi to tfai$ 
Ujfo W W Bl*Qe i I wa^ ifi imh a, p^-p^f xi- 
tjt $ii4.^of^^W.l^Jpdlj/;b€c;<wq«y^ 
y^^ci^lyifc t€ri«ft.th3t; if ijatof laji 
S^; iiojj t)«rt iti ftlf, wjas. tliouglife t^ 
irM M^cyil;. tJO.bQ qw. of tbples, amoBg 
ir^M wa«sc«iidpnip'd to ^nakiBmy chqiu; 
Qa thcrOBcfi^^q i. the infamy of thi^de-. 

tpfflk ^A^. M«itjK)qt. tlje utmofl: herfpitandi 
inrtigo^tioiHi apd qot . xjaly -niy; 8ex.a«ih 
%-^cdjjng;, but eueathe Plctpite? of mor« 
tjftn oiif^ VcijrtBe (Modefty axnl Ghallity)) 
cpq^urr'd tahigM^n my abhorreii(}e of it,, 
^ut on ttic^QtHw fid^-i I.remembr€|l,thafc 
1 did nor v^W'OliedJi.Wcp tp Qqd witb anf 
ejfceptiowQT riefcr^^v ti^atii, W4S.bothi 
a^DilcipJa and a. WorihippeFjOf aiPerfe- 
cfltpd and' Affronted Redecoier^forwhoraj 
(though.tberei wereqpt j^; infinitdneqpa- 
lity becwfieu^Uf. Cppdipions) I cottld not! 
fufe mpTF^ , tti^ft) liftfead airtj^dy. fuJier'd. 

for 



i^r^Qiy iake \ .baring not only tnditt^dthe 

trofsy bat fkffis^d the ^fjame^ W hkfif tn'c 
^tws iilfdlent ^ITce,. and thk Romans 
Barbardus Cuftom, 6ad annexed to 
if. And' I thought that^ pcrlfaps, ,Pr6>- 
VKieifcc had led lae into this diftre6^ to 
give'^me an Opportunity o^ lh'ewiiitgvtha| 
I^ could do more than diefor Cfirilt. But 
rmull-noYnow trouble ybuy w|tK tlic va« 
iTous tTioimhts tl^.it.diftraaed my Mina 
off fhisJdfftiaroccd:{joa von which all tliat 
r could' fiy, tot hole Aaf rdde^ P";^^^'^ 
mc to give a pofitive anuvery was thatof 
tne things thcy^ propostM^ I plainly faw' 
tfiat-both were to be refusM-^ncf tl^erefore] 
I could malce cKdice of* nefifher. Bu t. lincc* 
I would makenoEleftionfoi- myfelf^thw' 
Malice loon- made one for me, of tliis <fej 
teltaWcpface.- I wasloconfoqadfcd, ana. 
as it were fl-uan'd',' at thefirff fteps t'KejT 
forcM" mc to take' towards itytHat^I fc^rcc^ 
knew^ what to think, Or what I did jTavc^ 
that I'rcaiemheiedy that Idolatry v^as in 
tBe Sacred' Books reprefented as a raoft 
odious, though. Spiritual, Forniciation ;; 
aud* that A^poHfacy would be my own 
Criniey whereas the Confequences of re* 
fufiriglti could ^^ake me but theOpjeflt- 
ofanotHers". And remembring my felf to 
be a Daughter of him^tbatagainft Hope 
believed in'ttope,r to follow God^sCdlyl 

C 2 di^V 



/ 



14 ^-^ Martyrdom 

did like him, Ohey^ not knmln^ v^hether I 
went : Yet having this Satisfeftion, that I 
afted according to the Diftatcs of a well 
inform'd Confcience, fo that, whatever 
the way might prove, I need not fear to 
befflified byclofely following an Infalli- 
ble Guide. 
Here the Chaft Virgins words were a 

little interrupted by the flowing Tears^ 
and the inevitable Difcompofure, that 
were produc'd by the fad remembrance df 
the dip:refs'd Condition (he was recount- 
ing. But having, as foon as fhc was a\Ac 
fupprefs'd, thofe vifible cfFeSs of her ver- 
tuous Grief, fhc thus purfuM her Dif. 

Goorfe- 

Revolving thefe and the like thoughts 
in fflV Mind. I arrived at this infamous 
place. And being for a v^hile left alone 
m thi$ Room, to try whether yet I could 
be brought to change my Mind •, the Nea- 
rer approach of what I was to end arc, 
making it look more hideous to mc,than, 
till then, I thought 'twas poffible for any 
thing to appear, made me pirefently think 
of flying tor Refuge to the dark Sandu- 
afy of Death ^ and by difpatching my 
felf drown in my yet tntainted Blood, 
both my own difmal fears, and my Per- 
feentors bruitifli hopes. But then there 
came into my mind, what I had been of- 
ten 



dfTheoJora.' if 

fen taught, and; whilft I was uiKoncef d,^ 
)<idg'd rational to believe, oftheunlaw- 
fulnefs of Killing ones fcif, upon any ac- 
count Whatfoevef . I-confidcr'a, that God,^ 
who made our Love unto our felvespthc 
ilandard erf the affeaioa we owe our 
Ncighboifr, iii forbidding us to deftroy a- 
nothers Lifc^muft be luppos'd much more' 
to prohibit us that violence againft our 
own. And if Fratricide be juftly lifted* 
amongft the blackeft Crimes, bccaufe of" 
that Relation the flatigh telr'd pcrlons have 
to thofc that Kill^thfcm^ *, how Criminal 
upon that fcotc mufi: be the Murder of 
our /elves, wherie the Relation is not nea- 
rer, only becaufe ^tis tdo near, to be pro- 
perly any at all ? The-^ycrelgn Author 
aind abfolute Lord of ouf Lives, having 
thought lit to employ us here in his Ser- 
vice, we cannot, without violating our' 
Duty to him,^ defertit until wc have pcr- 
fOrm'd his Errand, which is, to glorific 
him by our Lives •, till loyalty to hisTruth, 
or his Commands, convince us, that we 
may better glorific him by our Deaths. 
Such Confiderations as thele would^ I 
hope, have reftrain'd me from ending my 
life with a Grime i but the thoughts of«*^ 
it were quickly fuppreft, by my remem*;- 
btingthac in this place, I wasdeftitutc' 
of Inftruments to aft it with. Where-: 

C 3 fore 



%^ The Mar ^4^ 

V^ if It J »«4 fiis flHTpe Friends wcr« n^ 
4pliyf ry from thp Fiery Furnace, till ttpcy 
^ hfiPiif^itintQ it i ^nd haviag I^aio^ 
bir ^lofe £x9«|ip}e^ that oo SucccHirs paa 
Cflp^ IP9 late, that God defigqs ^or ^ 
J^flf »e, I }0ftfio\^ my fclf to Prayer, «i tHf 
i9pjgt l)ppf»f|i|l, 9S well as the moft inAQpe^t 
<SWrff , } cpnl4 take i and wUb ga ar^wr 
<^¥» h«ightpn'-d lipith the extremity of mf 
QU^refs, I ^i$ feeftpching God, tbeogl^ 
vjitJljhpiofi ofpiyUfc, to pr^Vf » 
BHri(y,that by hi^ Cvace hiid be^a hi^«ff 

t(>)^fptnQ\>teit^ift'd, whfn fQxiif^Btnph 

€tpA ester^qcf^ brought me a rrtfiTA «i 
tbpiib Praycri) 1 bad yet fcarce uttfr'ni. 
Judge th^R, (^q(^ron« I^ipim (fublomil 
Th4(lQx4) by thp Qadi^oft I was ui^^mf 
iHRch I rowft ^hink wy fejf PWig'-d by fiai 
br»¥f aad ikii^qabl; 49 sttptppt to ^9\h 

Tfl few ft) bright « V?f^^ ledgM w 
ff) nqble ^ Shri^i^ I tj^Qugl^t^ Madam 
C<«y5 *«*j/)fia5Mffa I^tewupnngli^T; to bca^ 
Qupb my Duty, ai tq baY^fpwod ia Qpr 
gprtyaity tq dp it, is wy Happinefs : and 
if yw pleafe t^ peyrpit i»e,a5 1 now hope 
yqu wiu, tbc HonpurVpd Sati^f^ftioa of 
cftropkatiogniy EndfiYountQ d^Uver- 
jm \ I fiiall much vmo value my i^f, 

upon 



vpoii the hei¥ia( ptid ydu tiM Scfvice 
(iftiough it ibe iaore prd^Orddsalie t6 otf 
piiwer<i tbiMi to my xlefires) tk^ If I had 
rdc^ediPi Rcmtm Geafenal, or for ilKx:efsM 

atmnptf^- be6il'ti»d« GHie ttiy fe]f» 

repljrfi Tlnrvilfm^ to diftlaim a rigbt to 
theCQ, do^ jiot forfeit it^ btittaorwc if^ 
EOT ihoed ydtt mtlfie mt lui^ neit' Ptofif^ 
OQ^ fifimaiter the Tiftinnialcs ^Jdm ham 
giireaine already of yoal: .V^rtafefl^ 'afad 
yeur Frioaddi])^ L udoU makt m^ 9t\t 
aawotthy of tbem, ifl doabted or their 
Reality^ or GreataeTs. Yes, Didmm^ I 
h^eye irhat you dSclar^of the Difiatac. 
reft^diiefi of your prooeedhigs ia th* 
Rtffoieof a.P^<^bofao greater Aferii^ 
thia I can pretodd to : Since the Ckvitb^ 
ftaaces of your Attempt, make it appear 
too (enercftis to let mefufpeS, that thi 
Aim of it !«fas other thaa nbble t9a And 
iftdeod^ afi;tr what yOu hare done (qoi^ 
tiflues Sbe) it woiud iU become ote to 
firupie to be further oblig'd by you^ and 
therefore i (hall reniure to nlakt yos % 
Kequeft^ food as I (hall ha^e acq[uaiflMl 
you mdb the Reaibas, 'tis RTdaddtfd om 
Dii^tms beins furprit'd at thiswel- 
com £^latattOn^ was gbmg with Trad* 
fporti to aflare Her^ he codld deay her 
nQtbutg^llor obey her ta any thlag Witil^ 
. ^ C. 4 out 



}Li The Mar^hJem 

out Joy \ when fheprcremcd him, by f hcis 
GonttttmngherDifoourfe. Yott knovr^ my 
Generous Deliverer, that yii^ns have fb 
great ^d clear a Right to ktep tbt^felVes 
lach^againftfiU outward, Aflkults^thtt Mo- 
saiirUs themfelrcs (^ wboie Force is not to 
be by force oppos'd, when it tends but to 
deprive us of our lives) may be forobly 
refifted^when they ftrive to ofier Violence 
to our Chafticy. Since then, dn untain- 
ted Purity is ^ Je w^l , that the PoflMbrs 
are allowed t3 preferveand d^end, even 
by uncommon ways, if others will not 
ferve ^ and inch as would in other Caf^ 
be unwarrantable : Though I do not, as 
1 lately told jou^ think it lawful, » 
many do^ to lecure Virginity by Self- 
Itf urder ^ yet I cannot diftpprove their 
Opinion, that allow a Virgin in Gafe of 
Extremity, to emplore that Dkath from 
anothers h^nd, that the is forlMdden to 
give her fdf, with her own *, ' fince in fvicb 
a Calamitous ConditioQy Heaven, byde«» 
barring her all other ways of cfcaping 
from Defilement^ : ftems to approve of 
this. And the Scripture informs us,that 
though the Prophet 5oMJ held it unlawful 
, to drown himfclf, yet he per- 
Sf^Mkx.iii. fuaded tbofe that S^U'd with 
, (i ;. iL i.bim, tOfCaiblnm boundintp 
^ Sqi, ; when: jasit her they nor he ex** 
J pefted ^ 



ofTTebdara. %^y 

]>65l(i>d he could out-live many Mini]tes(as» 
indeed 'twas not without Miracle that he 
did.^ Wherefore, purines Tibro^crrif^if you 
vriU pcrfeft what you have fo Obligingly 
I begoo, you mult lend me your Arm and 
I Sword, to free me by a fpccdy Peath/ 
from mifcfaiefs much greater than itt The 
Romans vii^ eafily believe, that my refift*^ 
I ance and provocations tranfported yon to ' 
I a Revenge, at which the bart^rous uiag<» 
I have received at their bands, make$ it " 
unlikely they will be much ofiended : The 
grant of my requeft will not hinder y<m 
from being, what you are pleas'd tothinfc 
a Title, T%eoderd^s Deliverer* For, m the 
e/fimatioii of Equitable Judges, as w^B^jF - 
\ in Hers, 'twill fuffice to ^ive you a right 
to that 1 itle. That you have deliver -d \ 
her from her great^ft Calamity and Dan- 
ger. Nor will the good office I defire^ 
be inconfiftcnt with my obtaining the Ho- - 
noor of Martyrdom: St. J^ the Bap* 
till:, becaufe bis bold Zeal for the Laws 
of Religion, gave the £rft rife to thofis 
Perfecutions that terminated in his Deathly . 
is juftly reckon'd among Martyrs, though 
he was privately beheaded in his Prifon^ 
at the folicitation of a Curtezan : and if : 
one willingly fuffers death for the Troth, 
or the Intereft of Religion, there needs 
not a Scaffold or a Stake, and a public^ 
Execotioner,to make fuch a peribn a Mar- 

C $ tyr. 



30 t%e P^PtyrMm 

tyc. Aad finee tbt Porfec4itk>Qs ^at AoiiF 

ifiakdhavock of the ^kurch,^ are (ii^e to 

oontiniie lon^ *, and fioce I am refelivM^ 

hiy (3^s affiftance, nearer to avoid tbem^ 

I^Y aa; either t^alawfbl or unhancUbm 

^ys the Efcape y<^ would perfyadc me 

td. would but for a while deia;j^ thofe Snf- 

f»iags I oDgbt not to fliua, and would 

jnakethem nfuch left acceptabhr , by my 

h^v^Bfi endeavour^ to avbid ih^ ; ef* 

pedally by an aSfioa lb mean, if not cri- 

Aidal fcoo, afr to conftnt to the lofs of 

an excelleai Pct^fbn, tliat moft geoerbufl; 

okpos'd himitlf k>^ my iafety. Deny me 

sot iborelbFe, concludes Th^odiroj wi^b 

Tears in her Eyes, the laft reaueft I (ha? 

f¥» uKike you ^ but b]^ iheathing ^uf 

^word'here (at which wordsfbepMoiated 

with blufhes^ at her fair and tiinoceal 

lbreaft]| be pleas'd, by one quick and cha-; 

ritable Stroke, toperfedmydeiivenaGBi 

witboDt making me Stain it whh the 

ttood of niy dettvcrer ; hw us bQth fvim 

tmiheat Danper^iw of bdug Diflionbur^d, < 

f nd f9H of being Tormented ; and by 

^ fimeAft of Fdendftlpl fecure me tht 

Coronet of Vir^itjs ^d procure laie 

the Grown of Martyrdom. 

Great was the Surprife« and greater 

was the Trouble, wherewith DidjfmMs 

kcard the concloiions of this Diftourfe : 

' -• ' • In 




yg. it 

In an/Wer to w^ich, as foM afs iSA ^Km 
niOtmoit would perfnit him to tp^ ; Ah 
Madam, fays hc^vrhat have you eter ttwk 
m th€ uaforttjiKite Didpm^i^ that cbtild 
tempt you tor make Wm lb ftrange a pfo*- 
pofitiop. That I, vrhofeETWm! mhet 
was to ventm'e my Life Iti yotrf Seftfcf, 
flkould my ftlf dcftrtry the admirable ifer* 
fi>a I qam^ to Refoie *, and that tHifyimi 
fliould tmbroe bis gnilty Hands in The0d&^ 
r^s iiuioccBt Blood, to live one drop Of 
which, He wotdd gladly flierf aB hi»oirtL 
As yoOT Piety defervcs to be the Pat fchf 
of mote than on*^ Age, fo 1 donbfitet; 
but that in times vety remote front ours, 
your Memory wiff ffiiirc as br^ht, as yotpr 
Vcrtue^ndyourEyesdonow; ^n^t^Q^ 
hem hJdhous a Monffer muff 1 appes>r to 
PoftsTitv, th^tf wiH look ii^n mfe ^*di^ 
t^ar coukf ia a tt^iqev R^fi trom pi^cridv 
iilg tcrbe yourDeBverer, to^bc'reaflyyoflr 
Mofdcrcf ^ and thi^for no other Keafeff^ 
thap ttetyou wcreplcas'd to maffifbff j^ 
great concern for my PVefirvatibn ? An* 
pafdbn me^ Madanr/cpntiiiinis Brrfy/jmrj^ 
if P ueffyw, that y our Gentrofity^mjilte* 
ypo foc^et f&me: oTyour other vertdesi 
aijd.cvenof theDiftates^of ttte Religion^ 
you* Have hitherto adbrn'd •, Since your 
(^mmandls, ifiobey'd, would engagemr 
to cominit'a CHme, and^maiLryouyottT 



£r^^j9pve,4i9A accefTop; ta jtJor^Madamv 
fii;ic&yoU/ackaovvledg Sclf-Marder to be 
ttolawful, how can yo«r Gomtnaiuls give 
me a right to take from you^ a Life, that 
you have not power to difpole of / aad 
^^at Exji^fiie caa I have^ without lb much 
astt^prqteopedFading i^der Authority^ 
todpftrdyan InaoccatPerToo,? For^Ia- 
dam, fkicc ji am to declare, why I ptc- 
liime to do tlic thing in the World I 
would ^eaft he put up.an> to difi>bey Thto^ 
rs,^ give rpe leave to {tell you, that,(hquld 
I execute .what you require, th^ Aftioa 

Jfpjild not ^e txcufaWe ia either of us*, 
QxasAddm linned in doiag a forbidden 
thing, though flie thatprevail'd with him 
tp do it, Was fir i in the Trdn^riJfion\ and 
ihtjmifk Piiopnet was torn in pieces by 
aLion,.thouga be did whjat he wasfe* 
duc'd to, by theperfuafions of a Prophefc 
& the Scxipture clearly condemns Dmvid 
of Murder, becaufe hekill'dZ^r^ though 
not with bis own hand,yet with the Smord 
rfthe Children rf Amman : And the Scrip- 
ture telk us .too that God plaguM the 
Children of l/^ael in the Wlldernefs, be- 
caufe, as the Text expreiles it, Thejii }i^d€ 
the Calf y that Aaroamade, And indeed 
by whatever Hand innocent Blood is 
ihedy theGuiltofit will light upon the 
Perlbn that procured it to be fpilt* And 

to 



tp.t^is-I muft add, That fia^e Chrifiisns 
arc in forae cafes, not only permitted, 
but Exhorted, if not Comcnandcd, T# 
l4y dcwin their Lives for me dnother : The 
high value and concern, I jufUy have for 
jjtfirs, makes me conclude, that this is* 
certainly one of thofc Cafes, . and confer 
quentjy, that I may lawfully ofier you a 
Service, which you, perhaps, cannot 
lawfully refufe : Siflce Provideacehas left 
y:ou no 9l;her Innocent way, than the ac- 
ceptance of i t,to efcap^^ your prefent d^n- 
fier« And the guilt otfelf-Miuifder tx^y, 
tot ought \ Jcnow^ be Contraftcd, not 
only by a pofitive Ad, but by an inflexi* 
blc refijfal of the proffer'd means of Safety • 
Pardon me, Ibefeechyou, Madam, pur- 
fUes DidymHs^ if the great Concern I have 
for fuch a Perfon as Theodorff^ has Ex tor* 
t^ fron) me,a greater plainnefs of Speech, 
than my profound Refpcdt for Her would 
permit me, upon any other occaflon. And 
becaule I perceive tb^t, that which makes 
you mofticruple to grant my humbly Re- 
queft, is. That your Superlative Gcne- 
roGty, and what ybw Humility perfuades 
you to think Gratitude, make you folici* 
tons for the prefervation of a Life, ha- 
zarded for your fake ^ I muft afTure you. 
Madam, that your inflexiblenefe will no 
way make provifion for my fafety. For, 

if 



-^ I 



)4 7hiMirrt)im 

if I fllonld bf CoodemaM hif yoQv crud 
Gomfn^nds, to leave yOQ exp6sVl to tke 
bltrbsroti^ and defiling rudeaeft of thoft 
Bnutifli S^tyr^^ that impatiently w«l 
witl^qut the regret and (hame, of bavfaig 
mis'd the Honour Qf Th^cthrJ^ RMboc^ 
will gfvcpiefur greater Tormetife, thsS 
the lk§miins pin, for having eft»«d H* 
Af^d I muft a^d on thin Oe^^iiyMa<jbfli^ 
(continues he, not without fome change 
of Cl^^Iqur and Voice> that feme Senti? 
ments (wh(ch ttiough I think not this^ a 
lit timfe or pfeics to name. Have been mM^i 
CongrinVI ai^d Heightned,by what 1 bav« 
this dajj had opportunity to obrcFVo)liarT€ 
ft) faft tied my Happine(5 to yoorWelfere^ 
tha tthe preieqicc ^ n»y Soul is ftarce more 
hecclfery ^o my Life^ than* yonr S^fil^ty^ jst 
Nt>r%^by^ Mad^m, that the belief 1 own 
pf theun^vvi^lndfs of Setf- Murder, wil 
ftqirc njy Life : for there are other vrays^ 
to procure Death to tiim that^ weary of 
Li^ than his own Sword, or adtonght 
of Poylbn *, iince Paflion aio^e, wlyen rais^ 
to a ql>mpetent degree, naay dodletOiSQC 
ofei^er of thofe. And fince joy * it ft^ 
thpiigt^^he £toft pleafm^ and ftiendly of 
the nffipns« has-by its E^ccds, proved d«- 
ftfodiv^, of MeH& LiVes \ why may; not 
Gr^ and Shame^nd lii^igaatioa^wWh 
arePaflioiis morc-violent^rafld very un- 
friendly 



♦^ 



fetef Bfl^i^ Amd ta^iew you, Madm, 
(coQilhues JE>i^mi») how much reafbo f 
have |o think, tfiat your Ooiiditioa difn 
ptafes me from o^ying tho IDiidkates of 
y^dr Oener-ofity, let me. But, 1^ 

fepe Diifyptm ba^ aaa«x'd his Reaibas, a 
)4&ifif made wiihout, ga^ him a hot AU 
larm, aad mad« him leav, the patience ol 
feme that waited without, would not 
kft Very* much kwgcv ^ and therefore 
addreffing himfel^ to Tbeo^a^ with s| 
CouAtenanceasPetkioniogas hh Words^ 
and £ye$, in vhich his Courage could 
ftarce reprels the Tears : How long, 
A^am, &ys he, will yo9 upon ground* 
leis 'Scruple, iiegtefif an Opportunity^ 
Whoft OmiiBoa *wiS be Irreparsiili; 
And how can you juftilie to God, die 
flijghting the means His ProYidence 
preients you, of eafily fecuring your 
Safety. Ah, Afadam, thta ("concludes 
Did^mus) by one quick and neceflary Re* 
folre, regain your' Liberty, prtier«rc 
your Honour, adid ftcuire your LHe. Rut 
if nqthlnj; that has rebtfeii to yoor VdS 
alone wiu move you, bje pleas'4 to n- 
ward the Seinrices, I haVe ISbfd to da 
you, with tiie iiQl>k>r*d grant of yoar 
own Safety ^ and tfermit mfefor this ittcei 
rather to Serve you than Obey yob. 

Nor 



^& The MartYrdbm 

Kor need your geaerous Solicitude for me^ 
hinder, or retard your Refoludon : The 
World will not blame a Spotlefs Virgk^ 
jfor doing what is neceflary to keep Her 
ielf fnch \ nor look upon it as a pcirto{ 
Ingratitude, to grant, to one that has 
done his heft to ferve Her, a Recompeace^ 
that he is fo ambitious of, as to venture 
his Life to obtain it at her Hands. In (hort. 
Madam f for the time allows tne not a 
long Difcourfe, if yout Crudty will not 
permit me to prevent your Death \Gritf^ 
and other Paflions, will not allow me to 
furvive it : And then (fuppofing 1 (bould 
fail of making retreat^ would it not be a 
much more happy Fate, that the conftaat 
Didyrmu fh<Miid Die, for having fav'd the 
mAtchXthThe^derOy than for having loft 
Her? 



CHAR III. 

TO thefe patbetick Words he thought 
not fit to ftay fpr an anfwer, but 
retiring to a corner of the room Jhedivef- 
ted him&tf of his military Coat, and up- 
on his knee, prefented it to 7%^#^#r4.She 
in the mean time, refleAing upon his Ar« 
gumcnts^ was by their force, convincVL, 
that the motion me bad aiade himi, of kil- 
ling 



0fTbeoihra. 37 

her, was grounded upon a dang6- 
Etron And the noife that had beeh 
madC) in the outward rooixL alarming 
her, atleaft as much as it haa done him, 
letlier fte (he had no further time left her 
ra deliberate. And therefore being pre- 
vail'd with, by fapplicattons, made in fo 
perfuafive a * way, that it appear'd a far 
\x£% cradty, eren towards hiai^ fo accept, 
than foally to refiiie) his offer : She mft 
laade her Blu(hes,and her fiknce intimate 
her oonfent, and then declared it more 
exprefly, by raifing him, and taking out 
of his hind what he preiented to her* 
And to his joy (which his£>refight that 
hi% fuccefs would be fatal to him, conldr 
not hiirder from being very great) (he re^^ 
cdv'd from him inftrudion how to pot 
it on, Md permitted him (though not: 
without ftrange diibrder in her mind and 
looks^ to aflift her : For as it was ablbs 
Intely nqcefl&r^todoit^v fo hedjd itvi^ith' 
all imaginable c^e, to drltii^r^ifo nice^ 
Modefty, a$ little as. Was^poifibler : And 
therefore, as foonasiever he had done, 
tjiat, with all therifpcft and decency the^ 
place and« ocxalloa wiould by any meau^? 
pennit^iaU that could be done without 
Wna, he left her to do heiJCelf,: withdraw- 
ing^toa part of the room, whence he 
€oold not fee hen Which Rietreat he was« 

induced 



3$ The MartjrJdm 

iadflc'd to mike, not only out of cit iitt| 
and refpofty bot pcrcbaice becaufe the 
dangffs that Chreaf a interiMl Chaftitj, 
bare this peculiar fate, that ufually thofe 
periau are moft careful to ihufi then, 
tint are the sioft reibWd, md %bc beft 
able, to foriDoaat them* 

As fboa as tke mutual ExchKJ^e <^ 
their babhahad made it decent for tfatti 
to dtfconrfe together, the difgub'd Vk^ 
gk) widi Cheeks cover'd vtUh Blofliea, 
and with looks fo obli^jg, that tbejr 
alone would have recompensed Didfmms 
lor any lefi fervice than that ihe now 
recdvM, addrefiing her fdf to her Bea&> 
firftor ', If yumr Reafons,^ fays (be, had 
not conviac^d me^ that I couM not witb« 
ont a crime free my felf from my wret^ 
cd Condition by death, and if yet dndi 
were not the only way, by whkh^ if 
I decline your generoos profier, I caa 
poffibly Sbauj what I fiur more'aj^prebend 
l^aa death, dilhonor; I ftonld notkaVe 
you in a danger, wherein only y out ox^ 
cera for Religion andfor me^hasengag'd 
jpM. Bot I doubc not t)%: fame Charky, 
that put yoa mpon making me yoar 
generovs proffer, and prdCng ms not 
to deddae it, wBI make yo«t pardoii n 
ftult, to w^iicfa your ow» Ric^dRxis aad 
I'mportunifCy have made p>n highiy ac*- 

ceiTory j 



iFeq^eof^U PtSli^ilMPt;* to betbiiigi fi> 
^ll^waMe 14 % Vir|ia, 9$ vrry ttucli 
9ietie9i|8t«, if j|Qt juftifie, whtt tbcf 
r«i|uire of hfiTf Aoc} iodeed I ihdU (to 
ym t«it right, wb^n I thanj^Uy fickaow-* 
ledg$, that i& thil whoi« tno&Aioa 4* 
boat m RAfcve;, fenr carriage has hetfo 
f9^b us would leavi: q»$49 dcnibt, if crer 
I h«i hoso ib qoj J0: 4s to have any, df 
the parity and diiinter^ftedncfs of yonr 
iat«atioiis, by which { am not a litde 
confirm'd in th« opinion I have always 
Imdi^ That Vertue «iay iafpire as Njbla 
and as Hazardous Enta'prifes, asPaffioa 
can. I know that in this days w:>rk yon 
aia'd at higher Hetribations than coald 
he cxpefiiea from one in my Gonditioi. 
But yet 1 think my felf oblig'd to aflTofc 
you. That your H^rciick Afts of Vcrtnc 
and Frieadfhip, have not b^n etercis'd 
towards a Perfo^ infenfihle of them *, but 
that your Merit, and jfcoir Fa(vonrs, have 
praduc^l aU the elbeem and other Senti« 
ments, which the^ mg\x^ to. produoe, \m^ 
a|^6r^i\, ihat ia not altogether iacapaUe* 
to difcern and value them* And if the 
PrayVs of a difeonft\ate Virgin, then 
fai^Hi l>y yon, when all thQ r^ of fhe 
WoFid had afemdon\i her, cgn hare any 

iotfreft 



A 



40 The Martyr itm 

iitereft at the Throne of Grace •, thcf 
wUl obtain for you, Bleffldgs as great as 
your generofity to me has been and no6 
lefi lafling, than oiy Senfe of it will be \ 
and you will during a long protraded' 
Kfe) either be atlowM quietly to cojoyj 
tiie Glory, your many meritoi ious Has^ 
zards of it have purchasVI, or elfe be en- 
abled to find ahappinels in your very Sdf- 
ferings, by vertue of thofe peculiar 
Cenfotationsthat are refervd for a per^ 
ftcuted Condition \ as anciently Manna 
was vouchlafeil the IfirdtUtes^ only whilft 
they were Exiles in the Wildern^s. 
The quick fiicce& God has been pleiira 
to grant mj Ftayfrfer my^ own de^ 
liverance, lets me not de(]^ir to fiiid 
Urn propitious, to thofe I maU with no 
lefi ardency put up for yours : But if 
your Charity fliould expofe you to further 
danger, I fblemnly promife you, that 
you Ihaflfind, I have been inftrud^d, as* 
well as oblig'd, by your generofity, and 
would not have left you expos'd for my 
fake, that I might fliun any danger that 
had threatened but my life. 

And now the mournful Virgin, beings 
to bid her accomplifli'd Votary a fere- 
wel, which probably enough would prove 
die lafl ^ by a manifeft change m her 
comntenance, aad thetone of her voice, 

aad 



ef Theodora. 41 

• • 

and by the multitude of tear?; that fell 
from her fair Eyes, convinc'd him no lefs 
of the trouble (he was in upon his account, 
than any verbal expreffions could do it j 
though Ihe faid to him, iii a moft oi)li- 
ging manner, Farewel my Generous 
Deliverer \ and may that Qod, who fee? 
with what telodancy I cpnfent to your; 
danger, free you happily from it, and 
richly recompcnfe that noble Charity that 
led you into it. I hope we fliall yet lee 
one another again upon Earth, I am 
coaiFident we (hall meet joyfully in Hea- 
ven ; by which 1 muft confefs my felf 
very highly favour'd, not only in my 
Deliverance, but in the inftrument of itj 
fince God makes m« not beholden for my 
Refcue to any common perlbn, but is 
pleas'd fo' to order it, that I receive the 
greateft of earthly Benefits, from the moft 
Generowsof men. 

Madan, replies the much troubled 
DidymHs^ your own uncquaPd perfedions, 
and the operation they have had on me, 
make me fb much yours, that your wifli- 
ing me happy,* does more towards the 
making me fo^ than your humility will 
aUow you to be aware of. You have too 
much Merits Madam, to let the Services 
I have paid you, have a title to any * and 
what I haive had thehappin^fs to perform 

is; 



4x Tht Martyrdom 

is but what was-evcry brave man in Jn* 
ti0ch*s duty td enddavottf.^ Buf if your 
Gdbdn^fs \fi\t iitedi m^e you tfiin^', 
that ifly poor Service's ffioutd Rave ano- 
f hef Cfor they cail fcafcie Have a gifeatcrj 
recompeQce,, tb^n' yoof have altead^ 
iJven" tfieraV by fuftenhg them to cofi^ 
tribute to your iafety>and if you will 
toucfilafe to allo^w' the memory of Him 
that did them^ a room in $om thbiigh'ts, 
f which is the happie/^ Station it cad a- 
fpire to upoa earth :) I- humbly beg yovr 
faithful feryants Iitiage may be lookM on 
without afiy trodblefom degree of pity •, 
iince his condition will then need ifone, 
and the Idea would yery much mifrepre- 
fent the Original,, if ir Ihoulddifquiet her, 
whom he never approacH'd^ but to ferve 
Her, 'Tis fuitable^ Iftada'm, to this 
fi-ame of mind, that for Theodara% fake, I^ 
mulf now deaymyfelffb much, as to 
baften her departure, leaft fome crofs ac- 
cident ihould prevent it: At which 
words, looking on her with a counte* 
nance that all his Courage could not keep 
from a^difcernable Change : Farewel, laid* 
Ke,. incomparable Thei^dora'^ may you* 
continue long the ornament and'the Pat- 
tern of your Sex : And fince we fee that 
fbme Fruits may be as well preferv'd in 
ll Honey, as others m Brine and Vinegar^. 

may 



aaf the hdqjfatoC yoor Vcrtacbekeptupi 
bst the obfoasof it ft chalng'dY tb^t faf 
iifttAod Proilpttitjr yoo imf heoodbriL 
have occaiion to cxcrdft poar nmlerad** 
OQ and yovo gratitude^ iaftead of yoiir 
coxmfp and; yooRr patience. Oner hiofv. 
BveiMl^> cQAdadM he^ uncqual'di iHoe^ 
Anl ; aad tnaji ftm Vve^botmtli^s^oiudf 
CoDteotmeat, as if I Mer for yw^ I 
(hall diewith Sktu^&dlnra. 

Tboogilt th^e moviag' Exprefliciarr 
aad! tier, accent vrhcrewitl* they vMSt^ 
deBvvr'd^ did very* fdnfibly toucha per^ 
foafaweff: Hatur'd and! grateful asv 'tht^- 
iwm:^. jictl fhaer thought the fitOBft tteonm 
fte could* tiiea make to her tdver'r dif- 
jcourftv wasy pwfently to follow the ad- 
Wee he vwa fo earneft to- have her Ipeedi-- 
lyemHraee* Aad! therefore biddiagthini:: 
wowid only by a' look:, whereim higfe 
degrees, of: Ibrrovr and- gratitude were; 
plainly- mingled \ (he immediately dlF- 
pos'dher felf toqnit that difmal' piice : 
Wiiah' theat afforded a noble inftance^ 
hdivir/ little a. great mind cam be Hindral' 
from: difclofibg it ftlf to be fo, by* the: 
Stage 'tis obiig'di to ad upotii Fon wtaift 
iadiverS'Otthe ftately Templesof? Anti^ 
rcfc, Whores, CfudT'asf^<?/^i</ and'^£V<?n^)^ 
and Raviihers, and:Adultbrers^ (Ibchtas 
^wjittr aad MwH) were fdleranly adbt'di v 

in 



^4 ^^ Martyr dwn 

in an infeiboii$ Scene, dedicated to pub*- j 
lick Liift aiKJ Violence •, the ftriaefti^ 
Chaftity wascxcrcisM, aod Martyrdom 
itfelf was contended fon 

Having once vcotur'd • into the cut- 
wardroom, That Providence,' to which 
(he had in fuch difcouraging Circnm- 
ftanccs tnjfted her Virgin Parity,' would 
not kave the relfcue « it, iacompleat i 
but whilft the waiting' Ruffians were 
eagerly contending, who Ihould iMc-- 
ceed the perfon they toqfk by the HaWt 
to be DiJ^mus^ (and wbbfc face they did 
not wonder to fee m uffled, prefently af- : 
ter fo favage an aSion as they fuppos'd 
him to have committed) brought her 
faffely out of that infamous Place. 
Whence, by the leaft frequented Paflages • 
fhe knew, flje was quickly convey'd to 
thehoufeof her dear Friead>f»f, which : 
happened to be nearer than her own. 

There to avoid fufpicioQ, fomeof her 
friends and relations were met together, 
to lameat her Ciptivity, and joyn in 
Prayer to blm tkat alone couW deliver 
her to be direfted by God how they * 
might (it it were poQJble^ contribute to ' 
her refcue. But, though their Prayers \ 
were probably made with more zeal than 
hope, they were not a little alarm'd, 
when looking out to fee who knock'd at 

the 



of Theodora. 4 j? 

rdEior, thef ^^^-^ us tlM^ thooght^ ^ 

Bicldisrletia, if Ifnte had MO pi^Alb'S 
I to be D/^wmr, who iHM Hoi^^^ 
fier his Service to Ms <Mp€int«d VS^ 
\f&. But 'tifr not' eslie to^ 6Jt^^ the 
ofldef »nd the )^% witiii9e4)i6b4tte]fDlb»9ii: 
ifcover'd that this mzA nof T^mHyaf^ 
»ver, but berfcif ; wh^fe Btauty ait# 
or military DnA^ vwuki ftate madei^ 
ec, had the JT^hmm^' G^«rd9 ACt^^tf^ 
er, pafs for tfa^t PdtiM ViW was fte& 
Hbbit, thoBgfc inrpf oi^er f<» a Vi»gSte^ 
flftiitabie to- a Gre^Ry as neM a«^€haAf 

Bac ttawgh her pfefemre never iWedetf 
Jecndoarmeat ofa^ Swrprife, yet the ittu- 
i;>€dedlBd$ of iir^ that tiMoradd glhee^ 
Wfed- ta the Tran^rts it^roifiicfffv 
k^ijAlY'mJrefiez Wtioaft^ 9 thotkikiicl 
Nulafions' and csi^^s, ' sR tdfigtH^ 
fggM in the iMAff of ^ ifltpatienl^ 
iJmpanyy tw kaow^ h5«^ Ae Mefifhg 
teji ail i«ceiv^d itt he* fiieedbra^ was^ 
pcuif d. Iol whittte fwftidafele requelfc 
K:aniv(er'dv by/maktng'a4&drtHittfait1t«^ 
^Narrattw, of whtft ha;tf OGcuf'SP iinc«! 
te time Ac ^v«» ckttd before the Ft^efi^^ 
^% till 010 came tO' take Satid^iary a- 
*^ng them^ pioAjfly codcludittg, that^, 
*^hat (he had done not misbecoming a 

D Chriftiaa, 




46 The Martyrdom 

Qtriftian, was altogether by the afiifta 
(^Divine Grace, fo the facconr fhe 
ceiv'd to bring her ont of danger 
by the Condud of Divine Providence, 
which in her delivery made u(e of tix 

bi£h vertue and eenerofity cf X>#4y><^^* 
This Relation xomt the Com p my St A 
return Thinks and Praifes to the Diving 
Goodnels, which were follow^ by the 
celebrations of the happy Inlc ument d 
it: every one, asitvwre by turns, en- 
deayoufing to vye, who Zhou Id moll com- 
mend jR> venturous and difintereiled t 
Lovep. Nor perhaps did Theodtra. hef 
felf) inwardly diflent from that grate- 
ful company. For, though her modeftf 
and refervranefs kept her from decl^ 
ring her Sentiments, as others did theirs; 
yet perhaps that was becaufe She thought^ 
that having given a Candid account oi 
his deportment, her Narrative had made 
her praifes needlefi, the Hiltory it fell 
being indeed a Panegyric. I 

After the Companies curiodty wasibflM 
ij^hat fatisfied by what Theodora had toll 
them,and.both Irene and Ihe had made a re- 
quell: taa Gentleman that knew DidymHS 
well, to endeavour to bring ttem fpeed) 
notice of what had happened to hioi, or 
was like to befal him : The two excellent 
Ladies retir'd to the apartment of Irer»e. 

Ther( 



of Theodora. 4^ 

There the pious Theodorny haviog de- 
voutly paid her foleraa Thanks and 
Praife, for her almoft miraculous Deli- 
verance, to the Divine Author ot it j 
Ihe was accommodated by her Friend, 

. with Cloaths befitting her Sex, Nor was 
it difficult for Irency f though on fo fud- 
den an occafion) to furnifh her with a 
Habit flie liked j for befides^that, a Perfon 
fo Ibap'd and .fafhioned ^s theodara^ 
could make almoft any drefs Graceful 9 
fte us'd tp pity the mean vanity of thofc 
Ladies, that could be either Ambitious 
or Proud of what they muft owe to a 
Taylor or a Dfcfler, and affefted to be 

. taken notice of^ not fo much for what 
tbey are, as for what they wear : And 

• therefore, tho' (he did not fcrupulouQy 

• decline taOiionable Clothes becaufe they 
w«re fb^ yet all the Ornaments that 
pafs d the limits of the modefleft Decen- 
cy, (he always as little valu'd as (he ileed>- 
cd them. 



CHAP. IV- 

BEfore this rare Couple returned to 
the reft ot the Company^ Irenes 
kindnefs for DidyntHs made her think, 
flie ought not to loofe this opportunity 

D 2 of 



46 The Martyrdom 

QtrilHan, was altogether by the afliAana 
(^Divine Grace, fo the foccoor die rei 
cciv'd to bring her ont of danger wai 
by the G>odiid of Divine Providenct, 
which in her delivery made u(e of tiie 
high vertue and eencrofity cf X>f ^isyfff.^ 
This Relation nukte the Com p my friU 
retun Thwks and Praifes to the Diving 
Goodnefs, which were follow «^ by die 
celebrations of the happy Inlc ument of 
it: everyone, asitvwre by turns, oi* 
dcayouringto vye, who/hould moA xrovor 
mend to venturous and difintcre/Ted a 
Lover. Nor perhaps did TTn^dara herl 
ftlfi inwardly diflent from that grate- 
fbl company. For, though her modefly 
and refervednefs kept her from decla- 
ring her Sentiments, as others did theirs; 
yet perhaps that was bccaufe She thought^^ 
that, having given a Candid account oi 
his deportment, her Narrative had made 
her pnufes needleis, the Hiftory it felf 
being indeed a Pan^yric. 

After the Companies curiofity waslbat 
what fatisfied by what Thfiara had told 
them,and.both/reirf and Ihe had made a rt* 
quefl; to a Gentleman that knew Dufyfnns 
weU, to endeavour to bring them fpeedy 
notice of what had happened to him, or 
was like to befal him : The two excellent 
Ladies retir'd to the apartment of Iret,e. 

There 



] 



of Theodora. 47 

There the pious Theodor^y having de- 

, voutly paid her Ibleraa Thanks and 

Praife, for her almoft miraculous beli- 

verance, to the Divine Author of it j 

ihe was accommodated by her Friend, 

with Cioaths befitting her Sex, Nor was 

it difficult for Irenty f though on fo fud* 

den an occafion) to furnifh her with a 

Habit flie liked j for befides,that, a Perfon 

fo fhap'd and »fafhioned as 'thtodora-^ 

could m^ke almoft any drefs Graceful i 

Jhe us'd tp pity the mean vanity of thoft 

Ladies, that could be either Ambitious 

or Proud of what they muft owe to k 

Taylor or a Dfcfler, and affefted to be 

taken notice of, not fo much for what 

they are, as for what they wear : And 

' therefore, tho' (he did not fcrupuIouQy 

decline taOiionable Clothes becaufe they 

w«rc fo \ yet all the Ornaments that 

pafs^d the limits of the modefleft Pc5;en- 

cy, (he always as little valu'd as (he iieed>^ 

ed them. 



CHAP. IV- 

BEfbre this rare Couple returned to 
the reft ot the Company, Irenes 
kindnefs for BidyntHs made her think, 
(he ought not to lodfe this opportunity 

D 2 of 



4& T'ht Martyrdom 

of doing good offices to her abfeot 
Fncud. And therefore hating (as (he 
cafiJy mightj brought the difcourfe to 
fall upon his late performances \ I hope, 
Wadanj^ fays. flic, to Theodwray^ you are 
now fitisfi'd^ that the Gharafter I garc 
yon of the greatncffe of my Gonfins Ver- 
tuc^ ajid the Ardency of bis Ftame^ was 
diftitcd more by his Merit than my 
f riendftiip. \ were very ungratehil, re- 
plies Thiodcra^ if I did not willingly 
acknowledge his Generofity to be alto-, 
gether extraordinary, and that, ss, he 
conld not oblige me more highly diaa 
he has done, fo it was not poffiblc that 
lie Ihonld do it mere handfomly. 

I know, Madam, faith Irency that 
Ttcedira may freely choofe among all the 
HTultrious Youth of Amech^ what per- 
fon flxc would pkafe to make happy: 
And, without con fid cring her left obvi- 
ous, thongh more admirable, PerfeAi- 
on.i far lefs Bieauty than fhe is Miftrcfs 

a fliare in tSie Iiop^iat Throne, and 
perhaps too, plac'd them upon the Ro* 
mi;^Altafs» But yet, continues file,, fi«ncr 
Ijbave the honouii to biow you too wel^ 
BOtto be oonfident, tlurt you value Piety 
iud Vertue, and a Flame regulated and 
excited by them, above thofe outward 

advantages 



a4raiita§es ivhkh weaker Starksiic ja*^ 
llueacVi by^ I ^thuik Imaf nrefiime to 
(ajr ; that I know not anfr peraon v^ An* 
f^Acfa, 4io wiiom tbe £air Thea^M may 
with kgOMukfeenfian tTOTdiiafeaSfcare 
ia her Earour^ than to hitn, that had 
the happtneis to g'tvc her lb clear it {atx^ 
t)f the ankncy, the pmitjT) and the di» 
iintereftfidne&of hts Flame. 

If I hdd act repl;^ The^Anrm wiA m 
fonewhat diflk^y'd look, been tmsch 
finpriicd at tlie beguinkig of yoar £>tP' 
ttuic \ I had fimnodasidy ftgf^ you 
there : AbI ii m c ucd i ay infelicity^ that 
iHvr^ whom i tthoiight toy felf happy in 
kvnB% far my frirad, allows her (elf 
wtetis^fe repsgoamt to trae ^-iendAim 
«s battery is, loxild, continues IhetJtmm 
mtttOQt paiifiag for fear of being pre» 
^veitted i ea£iy, and vmh the approbati'^ 
m txf many of the bdlb Judges in Ami9d%^ 
Tetnrn the ftir irme her o«rn 'GO]ii|de«> 
anents, if I tboi:^it fit to ifiiitate «vfaat I 
nomac appi ove. And to Speak ifenDnfiyi 
ooEfitinues She^ nei^er you nor I, nor 
any of oarr Sex, ooghtto tbiek Skin-deep 
£e^y as great a Blcffiog, as ^ an ap«- 
planded fone. for without wk faplt, and 
In Spight of our cane to jwcferve at, a 
Thoiifand accidents may^ and tiaie cbti- 
taiaiy mU, rime the Loieelieft Faces ^ 

D 3 and 



So The Martyr Jam 

aad i>erhaps to that degree, as not in the 
remains to leave it credible that ever > 
they were hanfom. 'Tis true that thofe 
▼ain Men, whole Paffion mailers thek 
realbn, are wont (for the moft part with ^ 
defigns we ought not to be proud of ) to ^ 
Speak extravagant things^ and too often 
even prophane Ones, of the beauties they 
profeis to adore. But though they really 
meant (which they very feldoBi do) aU 
they fay, in praife of thofc they rcpre- 
i^nt as GoddefTes ;yetl think aconfider- 
ing perlbn will Icaitebe very proud of re* 
ceiving that Title, from thole who can 
think that a few Colours and Features 
luckily mingled, are (ufficient to make 
a Deity. An uncommon degreeof Beauty^ 
adds ihc, expofes the owner to eictraor^ 
dinary troubles, from the Envy of th(^ 
that want it, and the Importimicies of 
thofe that court it. And, without as 
much caution and watchfulnefs as turn it 
into a trouble, it too often proves a 
^rong Temptation to thofe that admire 
it^ and a dangerous Snare to thofe that 
poifefsit. And if I had the vanity to 
think, what you would perfuade me to 
believe, I ihould yet lake Beauty in a 
"Woman, to be like a rich Perfume ^ which 
though it be a thiiig very grateful in moft 
companies, and perhaps (eipecially at 

firft 



of Theodora. 

firft) very delightful to the wearer, yet 
does often difcompofe^ not only ftrangers 
(he chances to converfe with, but the 
befl: Friend (he has v and not feldom does 
mifchief even to herfelf,by difordering her 
head, orcaftingher into fits of the mo- • 
ther. I beg your pardon. Dear Madam, 
fays the fair Irene^ with ibmewhat of fad- 
nefs in her looks, ttj^t whiKt I had {b 
much Beauty in my eye and thoughts, I 
forgot, that it was in Theodora accom- 
panyM with a far greater and fcrupuloHs 
Humility ; and I did not apprehend that 
I could be thought guilty of Flattery, fo 
near toawitnefs (at which words (he 
pointed to a Looking-Glals, that hung 
up in the room) ready :to juftifie more 
than I had occafion to fiy. I willingly ac^ 
knowledge with you, tftat the amiable- 
nefs dilcoverable by the Eyes of erery 
gazer, is a thing far lefs defirable than 
defired: And procures the pofleflbrs 
more praife^ than it brings them hap-^ 
pineis. And for my part, adds ihe, it I 
had the weaknefs to believe my felf Mi- 
ftrefs of what the fblly of fome has made 
them flatter me with, yet I fliould not be 
over much pleas'd with a Quality, ' that 
would add to thofe harms mj friailty 
makes me guilty of, thofe whicli I ncrer 
intended ^ and makes Ladies fomifthief- 

D 4 ous. 



^z The Martyr Jetn 

pns, to thoie that oioft lovr tbmi^ that 
crcnwhen they do not robmep gf tlicir 
f TOTCcacy, they deprive them of thdr 
<5!piet. I confels therefore^ Madura ?c0ji» 
tiiyies/r^j/f) thatix w^s ^QJ.uriou$ t9 Jio- 
ifrft »pon thepraifcs of a facc^ when, Jipw 
littfc foever it can be MaPtdiM io ijcs owe 
kjiifl, 'tis accpxnjpankd sivjith Se^rixal 
Stoitks of a oiuch nobler Icind. , Bi^t that 
inrhicb induced me to fpeak as I did^ w^^ 
to let the fkir Theodora fee, iji^at I was 
joftiy fcnfibJe how great a thing I bcig^'d 
for my Friend ^ when I iniplorM for hm 
an intercft in Her Favour. And I do tjie 
IdQi Aefpair of tie dftfts of youjr Qood* 
ne&i botli to Vim and me^ fiecaoie I Ibqg 
iixtm for an abfent friend^ who is not la 
a condition to fpeak for hsmftU; and vthoy 
as 1 ptrceivM oy the obliging Relation 
you were pleas'd to make), of bisCaff-riage 
towards yoQ^ declined maldng you any 
ie^^9 when his Services were fo hap^ 
py as not 'to be ^felefs to you. His fiLbncei 
ttfitwers *fheodora^ iufiicb CircnjnftaoccSj, 
liad more e^efit on me, than his paffio* 
iiateft folicitatioas would have produced. 
But the tbiag^ 1 prdTume, you aim at^ 
foe 11193, is of tbat mosoent taaiie, that 1 
cannfet tbii^ fit iio d^ifoourre of it till we 
.tan dQ fo vfiih ^jiiore oalmnelsand leifiue, 
. ihatt we <:an at tbii tipn^ cxpeft. You 



know, »wir, th« I *»▼« flil! lookM -up- 
on Marriage ire «ne of flie n»ft impor- 
tatit Aawns'of life? And, thou^ I 

tWnIt tTicjr *»▼* to*> «<»i* « «otkm ^ 

ffappmefe «!kI Mifery, •vrbo inagme 

lliat oiftcCre*tiire<;«fltnafae cKherof th*i» 

the pmtiwi^MeAcr-, yet1thu&,tlwe 

•not only the dilates of €iftttlSoii, !»« 

thofe of fincerityaad ehaftiqr, obfige « 

-vnrroaatofcafea^reat care, not •» **- 

ter into -lb wear and indHfeikjMe -a^sdar- 

tion, trpon any grotm<3s, 'Aat are'sot 

liketolaft-asloiigas tt jfai*aconftq«eilt- 

iy, asonrTiws: And tfjerdbre, a -wo- 

maatfcat rdbircs to bcw^at fce %mM. 

be., -wlhen a wife, ought to *€li^j«« 

iniidi upon a Choice me can "pirtifcaDljf 

■mike "bat once -, and not neefflefly T«a- 

toretoaclbarq** bcrfdf on a Sea€» i*- 

femonsforfreqoent'Siiipwracks, oaiyy* 

•caiift Ibc is oifer'd a fine «hip to w*e 

"Ae long Voyage with. B«, coaWMiti 

l!he bafhfnl Virgin -fnot withoHt «|«« 

little dijbrder tn her looks) finoe my4«r 

Irefie wll needs B*ake ofe of the pnvi- 

ledee flie lias, to know more W wy 

^mightsthan 1 -wotfld difdofe to any o- 

tlhcr pe^on in the worid-, oar fnendl 

fti p prevaite witli ne to ttifl tier, ^^ 

1 -wore altogether at my own dijBfel, 

and cooM !be indncVl to, admit vtA « 

I> 5 chiagc 



54 ^^ Martyrdom 

change of condition, as I have always 
been averfe from \ I fiiould be more in- 
fluenc'd in my choice by the (bining Vcr- 
tuesand Extraordinary Services of DiJjf^ 
musy than by all the Advantages that ei- 
ther Titles, or Riches, or Dignities 
could give any of his Rivals. Bat, my 
Dear Irene (adds ihe) we live in fucQ 
times, and I, for my own particular, 
am befet with fuch Circumftances ; that 
'twere not only very unreafonable, but 
wildly extravagant, for me to encreafe 
my Commerce with the World. 

For,/r^^,coatinues (he ,in my opinion, 
)i CbrijUM does not deferre to be happy, 
and a true one cannot think he is happy, 
whilft the Clmrch of Chrift is miferablc : 
At lead, as far as outward Calamities can 
xakkc it. When I fee the Empire over- 
run with Idolaters and Perfecutors ; 
when I fee Ra vifliers and Whores, ador'd 
in ftately Temples, and the only Wor- 
fhippersof the True God driven into Cor- 
ners, and purfu'd even thither ;^ when! 

fee fuch as God is pleas'd to 
Heb. 11.38. declare the Werld not to he 

iponhy rfy treated by men as 
perfons not worthy 10 live in the World j 
but daily expellM out of it, with igno* 
jnitiy and torments : When I fay ("adds 
Tfmi^r^ with tears in her Eyes,) 1 conC- 

dcr 



Iff Theodora. ^f 

dir the general Defolation of the Churchy 
and that I am likerand willing to be, not 
d meer Speftatar, but a fafTering Ador^ 
in this Tragedy ^ I cannot, in the midft 
df Her Sighs and Groans, iiften to the 
onfeafonable Complements of a Lover, 
think of relifliingany Coatentment, that 
delcends not from a place too high for 
Perfecotion to reach. In thefe Senti* 
ments, fabjoyns (be, I am warranted, by 
fto tefs Authority timajtbat of an Apoitl^ 
Who, though not: iuol&voorable to the 
Marriage State, difad^ifes thofe womeil 
that are free, from entering into it, at 
leafl: during (h^ prefent diftrefs ^ though 
that were in ^is rime, vei y much inferi*- 
our to thofe traits wc are now. reduced 
to. Yeti Mao^ra, fays: L&-f;f<, th6fe fix-i 
pre(nonr*t>f FriendQiip, that a Conjugal 
Relation invipeS, are not only made al- 
lowable by it, but commendable, and are 
as real duties of Piety, and Vertue, as 
divers of the more ab(trad:ed Exerciies of 
Religion. I do not contradift tbdt, replies 
Thecdoroy but look upon that very ttungf 
as a difTwafive, from the ft^te of life, fovt 
would recommend. For, if 1 could tbinlt 
iit, to enter into it, it fliould be with a 
refolution, to do all that becomes me ia 
it. And in fuch a calamitous Time as wCc 
live io^ I could aot do tbar^ .without com^ 

ing 



i^ lie Mtrfpntnif 

wwlds reach ; finced JbostitAiak it my 
dncf^ tiod perhqx iie]eagag?i<iti)qpoa:iiiio- 
tteracooimc^ toJiaiie'fhchaffrtbealiiG^o^ 
for t near f rknds daagor, us dcny w^ 
vMifidlbe QQctpifaieicf fivlng (me. And 
the rC u n uaiiB t aBD l jKMrioqtof^ iQ ^ dif* 
polMim M qoktihe wjorid '9«tthDiit ^e^ 
govt, would be.deftnp^ii, or nt toft n)- 
fekjr'^, byafl«aaifift€;&ft02|i9t±<fi&thjiHi8^ 

mucbfaAeiifMW. iHere /yWlaras:gD^ 
ing l»4ntonai(pciier!by an ^fii^r j; jn^ho^t 
ker im ffritnd prevfimcd imr« by ^us 
cofitintiins iier difccmf& : And to me k 
ieeais veryrcoaftderaUe^ that the Apcftte 
Mjtf^ mentioned, trkariy enough iMi-- 
nates^that to perftrerein a ¥kgi&-Statc^ 
intiflfies ofPerfecution, giMs thaife(tin(r 
ppeftrit) thegreatadranflaigefaf ifervlag 
God >moc€ andiftrodedly ;^ mad cooler 
gently t)f being more ^entiisly and lua* 
iffterraptedly fimf^loy'd^ m (Che dife^ 
Coatemfdatioa aad ^Services, tof jm (]1^ 
|C& <fo Sufafime that pnr dmndcajiact d^^ 
irert -to a&ottier, ^itdiocrt .fio0|>rn(g to^asi 
iolcriottr /one. And though it !he ^true^ 
timttbe 4uties crf^a Rdatkxa, aEayidgiitt* 
iiilly*dhfilieii^ a partofaa engagM tp^^ 
ftiisiiiaeaiidcare^ ^l feeaat f^faf o^ 
tfaatlias 110 aee^> iKXiAd^Qtar ttto a Slew 

latio% 




^o wfwer 'TheA^^^ Riea&fls, jiet daflr 
^Mdoers^^hfir abfeat ^rieod^ jmade Js&r 
fimfli^Iing fe) lafe the loppoirtiiiuity thj^ir 
.pf^aq^jg^^is ifaw«> ilj9 «34fcie one at 
M0re4aii^ i9ts^w : 'Whk^ {(ht did) 
fiijkH^ to d>is E^sicellent .Mifl^^^i^ ; Bu 
•0)^1 got <tt^ >as 6ritihfni as unl^d^i^y iQ^ 

^biNe rdj^final Qocucj^ ibhat j^pfir rdM^^n 

Ihow'rs of Stood, fhall h^^'f^Hoion 

over, he may have a particular fhare in 

the publidc Joy and Tranquility \ that 

Ms SufFeringp^fhaH ci|d with the Perfecu- 

tions of the Church ; that thofe fatal re- 

jfolntioQS) itia^t ^e la i^rudiye tojhii 

h^^n^% m9^ i^9& winh their occafipn^ 

jihnt jymd0rM Severity mlU iiiQt.<)iit UsYt 

li^fymmiCxn^^ni ^kst b^F hwrt mill 

4icitl>ti)he loft pi«cfi, #)ene tjbe ffnpt'- 

mjMicr«iEd£di3:3«^HlG(^a)a(9Uie ft(» ^;shv^9 

^dmbOperatioju 

<tf onfakdtto be io^efs^d^rhoiw nnfeafon^^ 
iJijr (do !|(pt3 :aMr lii&vmf^SQ m^ iSL^wt 
4tea^ vebtiog loa iimt, tp wlukhvflry 
fKohabiyinigr life «wll)5MDver raach. For^ 
.Snbjcf as'iShe, ito .<tol ckarif mthyw-y 

V ' aa 



f 8 I be Martyrdom 

an Expe^tion of tbofe Halqron days I 
wifti you may live to fee, that I (hall not 
be fiiq)riz'd^ if this day prove the laft I 
ftall Spend in this World. And if before 
Night, i pafs thence into another -, where 
the frailty and Mortality, upon whidi 
Marriage was founded ceafing, that con* 
dition of Life will have no Place ; but 
will be Succeeded by an Angelical State, 
where our Friendfhips. as well as our 
Perfons, wiU be Transngur'd, and made 
Incomparably more Perfeft than they 
can be here below. 



■ *■ <m 



CHAP. V. 

^'^HeodorM had Scarce made an end of 
faying this, when her Converfa- 
tionwith her fair Friend was Interrup- 
ted, by the notice that was give them of 
the arrival of a Gentleman of their Rdi- 
gion, who brought fome News that it 
Concerned them to know. This adver- 
tifement foon brought back thefe two Ex- 
cellent Indies to the reft of the Compa- 
ny \ to which this Intelligent and Inqui* 
iitive Perfbn was going to give an ac- 
count, which the Sad^els of his Looks 
Erepar'd them to find ^ unwelcom one. 
[owever \ they Ufte^'d to him with 

great 



ff Theodora. f^ 

great attention, as well as Concern : 
and He, after a fliort Preamble, briefly 
acquainted them with Tome particulars, 
that will hereafter be more fully related. 
But that which he himfelf feem'd moil 
mov'd at the mention of, and which moft 
affeded his hearers, was this ^ That 
when the Prelident had notice of Thiodo* 
rdh efcape, though there wanted not 
(bme Generous Men, that endeavoured 
by feveral Arguments todifwade him 
from profecuting her any further j Yet 
he wa s fo far from being prevailed with, 
to Comply with fb reaibnable a motion, 
that he iblemnly Protefted, that if ever 
he could get this Fugitive (as he was 
pleasM to call, that admirable Perfon) 
once more into his power, he would ne- 
ver ftrive again to reclaim her by the 
ksLT of Infamy (a thing which, faid he, 
I perceiv'd She defpis'd) but by t^e ter- 
rour of death ; Suppofing, as ne added, 
that She would not fly from an Altar, to 
a Scafibld or a Stake \ and refolving, in 
cafe She were inflexible, to Sacrifice her 
to the indignation of thofe Incens'd 
Deity's, She had (b Obftinately pro- 
vok'd. 

The former part of this Difcourfe, 
which related to Didymus^ his Excellent 
Miftrefs heard not, without fuch inward 

Gomznotions, 



t^ The MinfyrJmn 

Comnjotions^ tfhat iu Spigbt of tlic 
Gdmnrfs andTcrenrtdiids oflierecrnper, 
<3Tcy riiearly enough difclos'd thcmfwes 
tnlicr fact;, 5)jr fcrcral Changes t)"F Co- 
lour, -Which rtiolc that had lately tKJtnhM 
tlT?^reatncfs t>f licrCotrrage, cotiHi not 
but afbrJbe to 1ihat<of -her concernfof litr 
iKflTcffed "Lover, flut-wfren the B^dator 
ted centihided that part ot Ws t^am- 
tire, that iKiieaiy regarded 'her *lf!i tfhtf 
It fird rffl the Auditors vtith grief and 
ttnrour^ Theodora Xeem'd to %avc gainM 
•a new lik ^ iSince in her looks, the ri-fi- 
We tcikens of a deep &dn€fs, were ^- 
cceded by jio^l^fe XDanifeft^ns trfjoy. 

W-hile ihe reft tyf thole to^vvhoni the 
Mciaticholy account was ^vcn, were -en- 
tcrtairiing one another with the refletfti- 
ons they made upon it i Irene Ihavhijg 
drawn her fair friend a fide^ was impati- 
ent to learn the caofe of that Jpieafing 
diange, fhe had dbXorv'd in tier fooks. 

Wtilft; aoifwers Theodora J was 
liflreniug to the report of fhe Enwnent 
'Danger^ Which the Generous Didymits 
ivasfepos'^d to for my Sake, I couM not 
but be Extreamly Troubled, to find tny 
SiBlfrcftrain'xi from attempting his Het 
cue, by the manifeftDaoger^ eSrbetng 1>y 
the Bai1)arous Prefident fcnttacktotte 
Urfamous place, whence your rertnoos 

friead 



frcad had v^Ortur'd fo much to ff ce a)e : 
fiiut WW that the . JudgP. by .a folcnw 
O^cT^J^tjofl^ has tyed ,up nis o wo hand$ 
fronj tciOTjliojg me^ by tp^uftUiable a fear 
as that oitofainv j ''twas jip wojider my 
Looks difclos'a fome Totems of a )o^» 
^roujid-ed upon fo welcom aa opporiimi- 
ty to cxercufe my Grajtitudc wjxhi>ut Jha* 
«rding my Honour. 

What Theodora 1 laltTi Irene^ as it w«rc 
Tbynder-ftruck with this uncxpeatcd 
wfwer i 4o you put fp frnall ^ valu^ up* 
on that woaderful Deliverance^ that 
Icarc^ ao hour a^o you did b devoutly 
and (lp<^rtr#»/4iTT 'Jive Thanks fr»r tU/it vnw 

.JP^W **w»^>» m^i^^M^lf ftl. - T. w;trf»»>^. ,...,. .4ir» y 



wiQ fb £bon rum into greater daugn^ 
than tboie that required little lefs tji^ a 
iairacle to refcue yon from them ? 

I faope, replies calmly theodor^i that I 
Ihall iaever forget^ nor without a deep 
ienle remember^ the admirable reicue 
you Q)eak o£ But I lake tbe tiioft graci^ 
ous part of that OeU^eraace, tocoa^ft 
io my being refcu'd from Dlihoaour ^ 
and think it would be much ie& obUg- 
ix]g than it is» if it debar'd isic from tbe 
iareA and diredeft ways to Glory ^ and 
if^ to prefcrve my external Purity, it did 
con4emn me to lagratitude, towards 

;hc meriiK>riOQsXnflrument of that Pre- 

eivation- . 

Our 



t 



6t The Martyr Jem 

Oar Lives, laith Irene^ being trailed 
to us, as well as vouchfaf d us,l)y God ; 
are not fo much at our own difpofal^that 
'tis allowable for us to part with them, 
as we think fit : And lis poffible for ns 
to abandon them, not only when we do 
diredly and violently rid our felves of 
them, but when we do thofe things, 
whole natural Confequence is an untime- 
ly Death. 

I believe with you, faith Theodora^ 
that our Lives arc to be reckoned among 
thofe Goods that we arc entruftcd with^ 
rather as Stewards than unaccountable 

frcpricton; sudacknowtedgetoo, that 

certain adions, that do Aot diredly^ may 
yet criminally, tend to their deitrudioa 
But I do not think the care of our Lives 
is committed to us, as that of our Souls 
is, with fo indifpenfiible an obligation to 
keep them -, that it can never upon any 
terms whatfoever, be lawful for us to 
loofe them. For, I think Life to be a Ta- 
lent, which is indeed to be carefully hus- 
banded and prcferv'd j but is committed 
to us, not fo much to keep fafe, as to 
negotiate with y and is entrufted to us in 
order to a condition better than it fclf. 
And therefore, if Religion, or Vcrtue, 
rcqiiire any thing at our hands, which 
cannot be performed without endangcr- 



of Theodora. 6 J 

ing, or even loofing our Lives, in that 
cafe to venture tbem, or to part with 
them, is a duty -, and conlequently at 
leafl: a juftifiable adioi^ : And this pur- 
fues thtodora^ I take to be my fcafe ; who 
am fummon'd by Faithfulnefs to a jaft 
Promife, and bv Gratitude to an extra- 
ordinary Benefador, to endeavour the 
favingof an innocent Perfon, whoisac- 
cusM on my account, and has brought 
himlelf into a great danger, only for 
having mod obligingly Rc^uM me from 
a greater. 
But what, replies hont^ if the attempt 

you defign- IS ter-mo^f likely lod^ftrey 

you, than to fave Didfrnas f For tiiie 
barbarous Judge, is fo much an Enemy 
to all Chriftians. as fuch, and (b much 
incens'd againft You, for your Efcape« 
and Him for having been the Author of 
it \ that the Cruelty of that inexorable 
man, will make him gladly deftroy you 
both, as far as humane pow'r and rage 
can doit And fo, without pre(erving 
to the Church oi Antioch^ one of its Or- 
naments, you will deprive it of another, 
and a greater \ by denying it the Influ- 
ence it might receive, by fo lafting an 
Exemplary a Vertue, as may juftly be ex- 
peded in a perfbn fo pious, and fo young, 
as Theodora. 

The 



^4 T^be Martyrdm» 

The Experieace,* anTsrers. The^der^ 
tfaat this very day hasaffbided me^ for- 
bids file to uiltruA Divioe Provideaoe \ 
ajod iceq)s loe from ddpaSriflg to fiad imr 
codisavours to reTave your Rmfman^ iiic« 
oesful^ if the Moft Wife and Good, a$ 
wtll as AblbUrte Difpo&r i^ Eircats^ 
dull not think it lefs our advaatage, to {le 
reprivM thaa crowa'd. WUh(Mit pr«- 
fiuniog therefore^, to for^fee Eveots^ ^tks. 
my part to do what God has vouch&^ 
tp put uto my poirer : aad 'tis aot mj 
duty to rcfcue DiJfymus^ but it is to Jtf- 
tempt it ^ and thereby aojuit oiy felf as 

^ir 9« I •am *»M« r^fturlifit | owe tO BM' 

pronnfe) and my l^atitude. If thad CM 
ilMity to thmk, adds fhe, that ia a pcr« 
ibaofmySexandmilties^ fiichaGhmrch 
as tbit ofAmhdo^ could bt oiuch cofi«- 
cer a'd i I ihoeld think toos that the at^ 
tcui|^ I aoi about to aia4ce^ were the beft 
way to anake my life fovaewhat figiufi^ 
Quit. For, tfhereas our heathen Adorer-* 
fiirefes are ft) Ukded with Pt^judioes^that 
they iobk ufion all we door fiiSer for 
Chnftiaaity, e% the efleftsof a kiod of 
SuperftitiousS^r^ixy, that fetz.es tets, a^ 
U'anfpoits v^ wheaerer the Articles or 
our ^ftitlh are xjoateoded for :: My expo* 
fifig my ifelfto their fury, rather thaa 'be 
wanting to the dilates of Gratitude^ 

which 



of Theodora. 6^ 

wbkb th^^ as vfxA as we^ look on> a& ^ 
Moral Vertuie^ n»y hdjp^ ta coaviace 
tbeoa, that CHtr love t» VeFtucis^ gcnem]^ 
and more difinterefted^tfaM tfacy tbougbt 
it : Si<Qce ChriCbiaa&aia veatareaodpart 
witfotheir Liv^ as well t^lhun lagpatU 
tadcy as torefi/l IdoJatrj. 

This. gratitad«^ (r&^k^hem} wiofe 
exceg gives, you aiid us^^ fo istf ch. titwUtf, 
i& a relative thing, v ^^ Beae^ oir Sen^ 
vices, received) ought ta be reauiisd bj 
A(ftioaa) that are acceptable to tnfio&^tbeji 
are ddiga'd to g^ratify j but fure^ ucNt bj^ 
£uchv as w'e know will be imwekonie ta 
th^rm^ And therefore fcontinues^ fiie> 
the faitbfuleft,, and moft diiii^refted of 
your Servants^ will be far more uaba^ 
py^ than the Rsman Crueky ca^. make 
binv,^ if whan he has done, dotb not ccm^ 
viae?6 'you^ that be can; never look upoa 
aay things as a favour or retribution coi 
biniy that ftiall deftroy^ or fb mu4;b aft 
endatnger^ his adored Miftrefs. 

Iwercverty ua worthy (r«)oyn&Tfef<^ 
ibra^iiV did notthiniL Didymi^ capabte 
of the highelt Sentiments thac Gene- 
tofity and fcient^Ibip can. ioipire : But he 
is too juft, to forbid thofe he loves, to 
afpire to fome fhare of thofe noble Qua- 
lities^ upon, whofe account, lamtocon- 
fider, not fo much what his Vertue will 

relifli, 



66 7%e Martyrdom 

relifl), as what his oondition requires *, 
there being a fort of Debts, to which 
mine to him belong, that ought to be the 
more carrfiilly paid, the more frankly 
they are remittal. 

The forrowftil Irtne^ being exceeding 
troubled, to fee her endeavours unfuc- 
ceisfbl, on an occalion, upon which of 
all others, Ihe moft wifhM to find them 
prevalent, was prompted by her grief, 
to bring her Eyes to the affiftance of her 
Tongue \ and weeping, feid to her in- 
flexible Miftrefs •, If, Madam, you wB 
not have any compaffion for the txcAr 
lent Theodora^ at lea ft takefome pity tip* 
on the difconfolate /rf;;f i and if her >*•• 
^Hmtms cannot move you, be not at leaft 
inexorable to her Fears. You have (con- 
tinues (he) voucV faf d me the honour of 
your Friendfhip, and the Happinefs of 
ofyourConverfation; and by boththefe 
blellings, have given me fb much efteem 
and kindnefs for fo great a bencfador, 
that if you deny me, whati now implore, 
you will turn the nobleft parts of my hap- 
pinefs upon Earth, into inftruments of 
my Infelicity •, fince, in a World deprhr'd 
oiTheedoraj the defolate /rfi7f, willLan- 
guiOi, rather than Live, if (he (hould be 
able to furvive fo great a l-ofs. '^^ 

Theodora^ whofe Refolution and good 

Nature 



of Theodora. 6j 

Nature were both of them extraordinary, 
though (he had courage enough to fup* 
port calmly her own perlbnal Sufferings, 
yet (he had tendernefs enough to be very 
fenfible of thofe of her Friends. And the 
moving cxpreflions of the forrowfiil Ire* 
«<, together with the Tears that accom- 
panyM them, made fuch an impreflion 
on her, that though, having forefeen 
this Storm, it did not furprize her, yet 
it did much di(tre(s her, and let her fee, 
how many uneafie Viftories (he was to 
f^ain, berore (he could triumphantly com- 
plcat that days work. And though after 
a (hort, but ftmrp, Conflift, between her 
kindnefs and her Refolution, the latter 
of them prevail'd, yet, 'twas notwith- 
ODt (bme Reludai^ and Commotion, 
that (he was able to return this Anfwer. 
Ah, dear hene^ do not excrcife fo much 
Cruelty your felf, whilft you reproach 
me for being Cruel ^ and do not add to 
the ^reat affliftion of parting wich fuch 
a Friend as Ixene^ that of feeing her fo 
much troubled on my account, and of 
feeing my felf neceffitsted to the unealie 
Task of denyhiga Requeft of hers. If 
what I owe to my Religion, and to your 
generous Cou fin, would fufFer me upon 
any terms,to alter the Rc(blvcs it promp- 
ted me to ^ the delaration of your defire 

to 



69 TIjc Martyrdom 

to lure me do it, would have aoadeaft 
the Argmauits yeu employ 'd to pedWade 
nietoitf UQoeccilar}^. 'Tis true, thtfa* 
moag VertuOBS Frieniv kiadoersiiuif 
chafleag^ muc&^ botaot to^tbe prejMdice 
of Confcience and Rq^utaiioa. L hope 
our Friendlhip » iiot)» and amr fure it 
ongl^t not to be,! barely a. mutual feiid« 
Dels of two young Virgins *, but that iPer« 
tue had a greater (hare in making aad 
continuing it^ than Sympathy and In- 
clination had- And 'tis but Joft^ that 
a ^ndfliip, grounded chiefly upon Vor* 
tue^ (houid be governed and regulated by 
it. Permit me therefore^ purflles.fhe) with 
that freedom and plainnefs, that ow 
Friendfhip allows,, t^^ put yon ia mind, 
that in the ftraits whereia Providence has 
now placdl us, it calls^upoaustoconfiw 
der,. not only that we are friends^. buti> 
that we are ChrifiUm too j whe^ ought 
inreafon, as well for our darting as 
our departed Friends,, to liften to the A^- 

poftle of us G^KtUes^, who 
i/thefs^ 13. forbids us, upon the- re-» 

movalofthofewe' lo¥e, to^ 

give uf owr felves ta forrow^ as- thpfi that- 
have »o hope. Indeed, ifwe weref^'ovrr^ 
ansy that believe the Soul as mortai, as 
the Body •, or fuch other. Pagans, as bUr 
ry ia the Graves of their Friends, the 

hopes. 



of Theodora. 6^ 

Jiopes, or at leafl: the confidence^ ot 
meeting them again : we could fcarce too 
bitterly deplore a Separation, that would 
certainly, or at Icaft for ought we knew, 
prove an Eternal one. But having, 
through the Goodnefs of God being emr 
bracersof theGofpel, and enabled,though 
but iniperfedll)5, yet fincerely to live ac- 
cording to its Didtates, and be ready to 
die for its defence j the fame Grace may 
keep us from fearing, that the time of 
our reparation will be lifting enough, to 
bear any confiderable proportion to that 
Eternity, which will beallow'd us toen- 
joyeach others Company in. And give 
me leave to tell you, Ireye^ that I cannot 
rejoyce at any exprefliohs, even of your 
kindnefs, that are injurious to your Piety, 
and bring your love of me, into a com- 
petition with that, which ought to be as 
unparallel'd as its Objed is. They love 
''a Creature too much, that think it too 
good to be parted with, for the Creators 
fervice. *Tis a high injury to him, to 
think, we can lofe any thing for him^ 
that he cannot make us a rich amends fon 
And I muft not conceal my Opinion, that 
a Chriftian difparages both himfelf and 
his profefllon, if he complains, that any 
lofscan make him unhappy,while he pou 
felTes the favour of God. Wherefore, my 

E dtareft 



^ I 



JO The Martyrdom 

dearcft Irene (concludes She J let yoi 

Friend ftip alleviate wy Grief, by (hewinj 

me how handfbmly you bcar^(?w own-^ aiii 

prefer,! befeech you, upon this fad occafi^ 

on,the exercife of the more gtnerens^ {^ 

that of the morer^Wfr^EfFedsofKindnel 

Alas, Madam, fays the diftrefs'd Iren^ 

all the fine things you lay to comfort m^ 

produce in me, an EtkQ: quite contrarj 

to that you defign by them ^ fmce they do 

but the more difcover the Excellency 

andKindnefs of the incomparable Per- 

fon I am going to be depriv'd of j after 

whofe company, I Ihall find that of the 

reft of the World, too infipid, fo mwdi 

as to divert me: and therefore, if you 

will not grant me the Bleffiiag of Living 

with you, at leaft do not deny ixic tk 

fetisfaftion of Dying with you. ForJ 

though Martyrdom be very formidably 

to a frail Woman, yet Heaven is more 

defirable to a Chriftian ^ and I fball not 

tear to take a Scafix)ld or a Stake in my 

way, when I travel to fuch a Place, as 

That, in fuch Company as yours. ''^ 

You know (replies T^f^^^rii)aswen.a$E 

that our Religibn commands us to fbfler 

Martyrdom, when we areobligM to doj 

it ; but forbids «s to thruft our lelves un- 

necellarily upon fo fatal and diflicult a 

work : The Apoftles themfelrcs, whole' 

peculiar 



of Theodora. 7I 

pculiar Office it was, to be the Heralds 
ad Champions of the Gofpel, were comi. 
landed, when they were pcrfecutcd In 
tie City, to fly into another-, and ac- 
jrdinglyoncof themoft couragioui of 
lem, to avoid needlefs and un&aibn*- 
ble dangers, fled to J^n* 
icm from DamafcHS ^^jltt.ig, 25. 
lough to do fo. He was fain 
> be let down from the wall of this Place 
1 a Basket And 'tis bat reafonable, we 
lould not, without a manifefl: Cad of 
^rovidence, venture upon a Conflift, in 
vhich we do fo much depend upon ex- 
raordinary Afliftances for the Viftory, 
hat the fame bold Difciple, that fo confi- 
cntly promised our Saviour, that He 
mulddie for Him,wasin an hour or two;, 
he firfl: that reaounc'd him. An inipir'd 
feachec, who was ambitious to be, as 
!e afterwards provM a Martyr, reckons 
t to be the Gift of God, not only to Be^ 
icve in Chrifl:, but to fufFer for that Be- 
ief.If (continues She^our Conditions were 
xchang'd, and Irenes infteadof me,were 
jf Divine Provi4e(ice li^gl'd outfor Mar- 
frdom^ Ifliould not envy Her theGlo- 
7, of letting many of both Religions fee, 
nat Chriftianity CM elevate the Cou- 
^ge of a Woman, to a degree that they 
jiink appropriated to Men* I would em* 

E 2 ploy 



72* The Martyrdom 

ploy my Prayers rather to obtain af Hea-j 
ven^ a divine Support of Her Refolutionii 
than an inglorious Change of it. And 
imitating that well natur d ifraelite^ who, 
not only willingly but gladly, parted 
with his dear Efier^ when She went from 
Him to a Throne j I ihould be more 
fatisfied with /r#»f's Advancement, than 
with Her Company: And if I did not 
prefer Her Happinefs to my Own, it 
would be, becaufe indeed 1 fhould look 
upon them fo united, that 1 fhould find 
Mine in Hers. Let me then ffays TheoJt- 
rd) conjure yoii, by all oBr paft and fu- 
ture Friendlhip, rather to congratulafe^ 
than lament, the Remove I am goings to 
make. And be n'§t troubled, that one 
whom you have been pleasM, fo much to 
Love*, is caird to be early happy. Infuch 
hazardous times as thefe, you know not 
how foon a Pevfecutor's Sword may fend 
you after Her. And at moft^ this Mor- 
tal Life is too fliort, to let our Separati- 
on be very long. And in the mean time, 
the comfortable Expedation of an un- 
changeable ftate, CT whofe Bleffedncfs 
the renevved Fruition of each other, will 
make a Part, and not tht greateft nei- 
ther : may Confole you for the aWence 
ofaPerfon, that in the interim will be 
happy enough to wilh You where She #/, 

V upon 



of Theodora. 7 J 

ipbu much jufter grounds than you can 
rifh Her where She was. Let it then 
coTichx^e^Theodera^ with weeping eyes,) 
»c a fufficient proof of my Efteem and 
^ve of Ir^ene^ that I part from Her with 
Pears, when I am going to a Placed where 
lie Divine Oracles affure us, 
:hat dli Tejtrs fhall he wifd Rev. 7, 1 7, 
rom our £y^i,and be fucceed- ♦ 

A by ^Ful/jefs of Jay^ that Pfal.i5.iK 
hall laft for evermore. 



" ■ ■ mm 



GFiAP. VI- 

T Hough thefe Rcifohingr were fuch, 
' zs^rene knew not well how to an- 
fwcr^ yet, being uncapable of acquief^ 
dflgmanyPifcourfe, that inferred it to 
be her duty, to part with Theodora j (he 
relblv'd to tryj whether the per fwa Cons 
!)f the company (which (he knew, would 
be very forward to afGft her) would not 
be niore prevalent, than hers had been : 
And that feemM an accident very friend- 
ly to her defign, that juft then happenM^ 
by the arrival of an intelligent Gentle- 
man, whom (he kad a while before em- 
ployM to learn News of her Friend j and 
who, ontbatfcore, had been a curious 
and heedful Spedator, of all that 'had 

E 3 pafe'd, 



74 l^he Martyrdom 

•pafs'd, at the prefidents^ ia relation to 
j)idymHf^ and was come to hxia^ Irene 
an account of it. To hear this, £e and 
her forrowful Friend were defir'd to re* 
joyn the reft of the compaBy : To whicfe, 
tlie high and juft efteem they all had of 
fo brave a Gentleman, as Didymm^ gave 
aa impatient defire to be informM of his 
Adventures. To fatisfie this Cnriolity, 
the Gentleman that was to do it,, did, af- 
ter a (hort ];>aure, make them the flow- 
ing Narrative. 

I fuppofe this compaay -needs not be 
informed by me, of what liappenfd to 
the generous Didymus^ between the time, 
that the excellent TibwitfTii was condemned 
to an infamous place, and. that wherein 
be had the happinefs, of helping her to 
make an elcape out of it. And therefore 
without wafting any of that little time 
whereof^ I fear, we may have bat too 
great need, I iball proceed to inform 
you, that when this aftooilbment, oc- 
cafion'd by this Surprize, of findiqg a 
Young man in the efcap'd Virgins Room^ 
was a little over, and they had cloatbM 
Dufymus in a habit more decent, to ap- 
pear, ixi^ before a publick Afiembly ^ they 
led bun aw^y w ,the Judge : to. whom 
iome of them rented, malicioufly enough, 
what had pafs'd> earneftiy begging 

JulticC) 



Juftice of bim, againfl a Perlba, who 
(they^id) could not but be a Chriftian 9 . 
and who was not content, to behimfeu 
an Offender agaiaft the Laws, but had 
dared to tefcue another Offender, from 
the Puaiihment to which thej bad 
doom'd her. 

Againft. this Charge, the undaunted' 
DidymHs being ask'd, what Defence he 
had to make, addrcffing himfelf to the: 
Judge, made this refolute anfwer. I ftand ' 
accused of a twofold Crime of being a> 
Chriftian, and oiTheodard's Refcue : And 
though I cannot fo loon have forgot, how 
heinous my Accufers have endeavour'd to 
'maJce them appear, yet, inftead of deny- 
ing either of them, I Ihall own, that I 
glory in both. . 

As for Chriftianity, in an Age, where*- • 
in it is fo cruelly Perfecuted, I would not 
have embraced the profeflion of it, but 
that I was refolv'd, if there were occafi- 
oa, to fuffer for it. And therefore 1 fball 
neither deny what they call a Crimej nor 
make an Apology for it, nor deprecate- 
any Infti^ion^ (for fb I call it, rather than 
Pumjhmifjt^ which ftill-fuppofes a fault) 
whereto it can expofe me. Nor could I^ 
without bdng wantliig to the duty of 
Humanity, refiife my afliftance, to pre- 
ferve the purity of fo noble a Shriae of 

E.4 Ghaftitf,_ 



y6. The Martyrdom 

Chaftity, as the Savage defignefs of a 
Rape on Theodora^ were going barba- 
roiifly to violate. And the inward f atis- 
faftion of having done what became mc 
on fiich occafions, will fnpport mc under 
any Sufferings, that (hall be drawn upon 
me, but by my Loyalty to perfecuted 
Truth, and niy compaffion of diltrefs'd 
Vcrtue. 

The experience I have had f anfwei^ 
the Prefideni) of the efFeds of thofe det 
parate Errours, you mifcal . Religion^ 
makes me inclinable enough, to think, 
that you, as well as many others of your 
wild Seft, have both Madnefi and Impie- 
ty enough, to put off the Apprehenfioas, 
as. well as the other common fentiments, 
of Human Nature,and fear Deaths as little 
as you do the Gods. But fince you pre- 
tend to be more vertuous Men, and obe- 
dient Subjeds, than others ^ pray tell me, 
what you can fey, jFor your refcuing a 
Malefedor, out of the. hands of thole 
Minifters of Juftice, that were going to 
Execute the fentence of Condemnation 
upon her. 

If (replies DidymHs\ the Sentence you 
fpeak of, had doom'd her hut to Death ^ 
^puftb I fhould moft gladly have fufferM 
it in her ftead, yet I bad deplor'd your 
Cruelty, without attempting to defeat it 

But 



of Theodora. 77 

Btit I coofefs, I could not without Indig- 
nation, as well as Grief, fee fuch a perfon 
as The§d0ra^ who for her Beauty, Ver- 
ttfc, and other Perfedions, is juftly.ad- 
mir'd by all that knew her, and looked ' 
u{)On as the honour of her Sex ) moll: in*^ 
jurioufly condemn^ to fo infamous and 
barbarous an uiage, as were unfit for the 
meaaeft and deQ)icableft of Creatures, ^ 
that belong to the Sex (whereof (he is the J 
Ornament.) And conlidering with my 
felf, that Chaftity in Women, and efptt-c 
cially in Virgins, is fo much a Vertue,. 
and their right to prefer ve it, fi> con-l 
fesMly inherent, that all Nations agrec^.^ 
in aflribing to* them a right to defend it, 
without referve, againft whofbever at-* 
tempts to deprive them of; it I coDcluddd, ^ 
that to help a diilrefled Virgin t6 pre-. 
!crve fo acknowledged a right, was tat 
lefeat Ravifliers, rather than to^oppofe^ 
Vfagiftrates, and not commit a Crime, 
Nit hinder theaccompiifhing of one. Nor 
rould I thinkv that 'twasagunfl: the 'Ro- ^ 
man }>idges I a&ed, when loppos'd Per* ^ 
bbs, whom their Savage xiefign made> 
Be look upon as the worit fort of S^rba^ 
iMns. And: I did not doubt Sir (con^ 
inues Didymus) that in /our own Breaft, 
^hen calmer thoughts fhall come there, 
o iiicoeod thofeithat lately poflefs'dit, L . 

E 5 . ibaU 



7^ Tbe Martyr dim 

(ball be abfolvM froqi an a£don, which 
kept yoa from difiu>iio\irmg your felf as 
much, as the execntion of ynar Sentence 
would have defil'd Thcedara ^ . and 
kept yoa innocent as to Ad:> from what 
would have made yon Enemies for ever, 
not only of the faireH half of Mankind, 
lint of all thofe of our Sex, tibat retain 
any Sparks either of Vertue, or good Na- 
ture. 

^ If Thi^J§rd (replies the PreJtJevi) were 
not a Beauty, aikl one ot your obllinate 
SfiEtj I doubt you would never, for her 
iUie, have adventur'd upon fo defperate 
aji Attempt, as makes you, not more 
DHbbedient, than Obnoxious, to the 
Law. 

I fee not, Sir ^rejoyns Diiftnus) why 
it fllottld be a difparagement to Thepdo- 
rM^ Beauty, octo thetmpreflions I have 
reoeiv-d of it, that all that it has engaged 
me to do, has been, with the utmoft 
bayard of my Life, To refcue her Puri- 
ty, and deny my felf, in tbe firft place, 
tbe advantages l endeavour^ to deprive 
others of, £tot the Charms of her Mind^ 
needed not thofe of her Face, to »ike 
xne attempt to preferve -her. I havecftea 
ii^ Camps contended, not without ha*- 
2ard enough, with my vidorious fellow^ 
Soldiers, to. keep ^em front vioUtuix 

:' ' the. 



afl!%eodora. 79 

thcChaftity of Captives, who had nci* 
ther Beauty to Captivate others, nor 
any thing clfeto engage me in their Quar- - 
rcl, except their being innocent and di- 
ftrefled Women, Bvtt Theodora ^j fetting ; 
her Beauty and Birth ailde, has been fo ' 
eminent, for all the good Qualities and 
Excellencies that can accomplifh a Perfoa * 
of her Sex, and efpecially, for her Cha- - 
ftity, that my Heart would have re- ^ 
proach'dme for not prizing Vertuce^- 
nough, if I had declined fo happy an Op- ^ 
partunitj, to exprefs the veneration I^ 
paid fo mining a one, as Hers. But (pur<» ^ 
fues DUfyffUts) I would not by what I have - 
faid, be thought to deny, that my Reli- - 
gion had a fhare in the attempt I made to -* 
fcrve a Pcrfon, that did (b much adorn * 
it, and was fo loyal to it. The Chrifti- - 
an Ddftrine, among many other excel- - 
lent things, that it prefcribes to its em- 
bifacers, teaches them, that in Ibme cafes, .^ 
among which others iscompriz'd, the/ 
Ought to lay down tliir Lives 
for one another. But Sir 1 7ipfcf,3•l(r/' 
('concludes DidfmHs) you 
may be pleas'd to take notice, that whit ^ 

• laaed, was according to the Rules of^* 
it too. For I did not oppofe tfie Exe- " 
cution of your cruel Sentence, by force; v 

,l>ut only prevented it by an innocent ^ 

, Stratag«B,^' 



8p The Martyrdom 

Stratagem, whereby my ends were ob- 
tain'd without Bloodflied or Violence \ 
no Mans Life having been lb much as en- 
dangered, except my own ; which I ne- 
ver, thought my felf bound to preferve 
from any Danger, that Piety or Humani- 
ty fommori'd me to undertake. 

Though the Prepdcnt could not but be 
fenfible, that Didymus had faid more for 
himfelf, than was expefted ; yet, that 
lie might not be thought to be fatisfied 
'with the Defence of a Perfon, whom he 
meant to condemn, he told him \ I do not 
think it ftrange, that thofe Who dare 
call the very Worfhip of the Gods, Sufer* 
jUttM and Idolatry^ and that which all 
Men but your felves c II Impiety, Reli£i' 
#», Ihould ftile Rebellion agamft the Ma* 
tifirate*^ Loyalty to the Truth. But 
how induftrioufly foever you drive, not 
only to cloak a Criminalaftion,but trans- 
form it into a Vertuous or e j I can eafily, 
through all its difgiiifes, perceive the 
difbbedience and refraftorinefs to Civil 
Government, that is fo contagious, and 
fo fpred among the embracers of your 
Seft i th^t Princes have no other way, 
but your Rmne, to fecure their own 
Safety, which would be quickly endaa^ 
gerMi' ifyour powers and numbers were 
half a$ great, as the difloyalty of your 
jPrinciplcs and PraSices, To 



of theodora* 8 1 

To be a Sufferer for my Religion (an- 
fwcrs VidsmHs) is that, which I Ihall not 
lb properly fubtnit to, with Refignation, 
as Embrace, with joy. Bnt to find my 
Religion a fufferer with nie, if not for 
me i and to fee Chriftianity made a State 
Crime, while it leverely prohibits and 
condemns all Crimes, and none more ex* 
iprefly, than difobedience to the jtift com- 
mands of Magiflrates ^ is that, which I 
confefs, do's not a little trouble me. And 
therefore, Sir, I hope you will allow a 
Perfon, that is much more concerned to 
keep his Religion than himfelf, from be- 
ing endanger'd by this Accu&tion \ to 
give you a rrghter apprehenlion, than 
our Calumniators have done, of the in- 
nocentefl-^ as well as the trucft, Religion 
in the World. 

Though for my part (continues I>%^^ 
nuts) I think, that the liberty of ferving 
God, by fuch ways as are not repugnant 
to the Light, or Laws of Nature, or the 
welfare of civil Societys, is the common 
right of Mankind, and cannot be denied 
Man, without Injuftice •, yetl^o not now 
plead for it : and you are more con^ 
cern'd to look to that, than \. For if you 
' make me fuffer, for the innocent ufe of 
that Right, which God and Nature have 
granted unto all men j I fliall but under. 

g6 



8i The Marty r Jam "^ 

go a Tranfient Puniftment, but you will 
expofe your fclf,. to an Eternal, and 
("which is worfe) to a deferved one. No 
Perfons in the World, can pay more O- 
bediencc to the JUstws of their Superiours, 
than Chriftians dcf, We that can Ihed 
the Enemies Blood, and hazard our own, 
as freely, and perhaps as fiiccesfiilly, af 
any Soldiers in your Armies, fufFeryou 
to fhed oursi as tamely as any (heep you 
have in your folds. And fure, we arc 
very unhappy, as well as you very incre- 
dulous, thatthofe Profeffions of Loyalty 
and Obedience, that are not more vifibly 
written in our Books, than frequently 
fign'd with our Blood, cannot gain Cre^ 
dit with you \ nor our death it felf coui- 
vince you, when the wounds' that we^ 
quietly fofer to pierce our Breafts, would 
open you Windows into our hearts, if 
fomehadnot a greater mind to peiree 
them, than to know them. But the fame 
juft care we have to obey Authority, what 
rate foevcr the fubmilBons coft us, for- 
Uds us to do thofe things for the ref uial 
wher^fy Authority condemns us. For 
God being, as the only Creator, fo the 
Supreme Governor of man, his Laws arc 
thofe of the trueft Supreme Authority : 
and Princes tbemfelves being his Subjeds, 
and but his Lieutenants upon Earth v to 

dedine 



»f Theodora. 85 

itcix&t their commands, when ever they 
proTC repugnant uato his, is not fo much 
dn Aft of difobedicnce to the Subordi- 
nate power, as of Loyalty to the fupr emc 
and univerfal Sovereign. And in foch 
cafes we are no more Rebels agaifift the 
Empefor, when we prefer the perfor- 
mance of Gods Laws, to a compliance 
'with his, than we ftiould be, in cafe we 
fliould dlfobey the orders of the Gover- 
nourof the Province we live in, if they 
fliould prove repugnant to thofe otjlih- 
fufiHs. And even in thefe cafes i if we 
cannot yield an Jltive eMience to the 
commands of the Civil Sovereign, we do 
not refiife him, the utmoft we can con-^ 
fent to, which is Pafm obtMence : and 
when our confcicnces permit us not to 
do thofe to us unlawful things, that he 

commands, they enjoyn f. «>.1J*^ »°I 
refiftedly, whatever penaltiCT he pleales 
to iropofe. And give me leave Sir, to 
addffo Dtd¥m»t contmues)thatwe are 
fofer, ftWmakine R«o« * Cloak^to 
the purfuit of prefent advantages, that 
vou daily fee us renounce them aU, and 
our Uvea to boot, to maintain our Loy- 
alty to our Maker, without bop<» of be- 
ing recoutpensM, but in another World; 
snS evealiere we cannot cxped any, bot 
by the fcntenccof « Judge, whom none 



84 7^^ MartyrJom 

can either bribe' or deceive, and whois 
more feverc to crimes, than any Perfe- 
cutor on Earth can be, to Innocents. I 
will not tell you, purfues Didymns^ that 
on the other fide, the aflurance we have 
of the ineftimable rewards laid up in hea- 
ven, for Loyalty to God and his Troths, 
and the internal applauies of a good con- 
fcfence, are things of fo elevating and 
fatisfying a nature, that our Religion 
can make the hearts it pofleflfcs, not on- 
ty deteft the Aniibition of tbofc Sybjefts, 
that afpire to Earthly Crowns, but per- 
haps, pitty the condition of thofe Princes, 
that poflefs them. But 1 dare, Sir^ a- 
vow, that the harmlefneftofour Princi- 
ples, is not more legible in our Profeffion 
than in our Pr^fticcs and Suferings. For 
the multitude of Ci&r//?j<iw is lb great, 
that [In your Cities,your Oou n- 
try, your Courts of Juftice, TcrtnL 
your Ca^ttps, and all places of 
Publick Refoirt, except yoiii? Temple?, 
they aife^ not only prefent*^ hut nume- 
ous J 3 and your Enemies, at well as your 
Arfiiies, have been, fofficientlj^iiairirinc'dj 
riiey know as well how to Kill, as Dye j^ 
fo that 'tis only becaufe we if^ittnot for- 
feit our Innocence, by a forbidden way 
of defending it, that we are cxpos'd.to 
foth crud Sufferings for it And I doubt 

not 



of Theodora. 8y 

not but equitable Eftimators of thing* 
wiU conclude, that onr calmly fubmitting 
to fuch inhuman Ufeges, fufficicfn'tly 
fhews, that we do not deferve them. 

The Judge, difcerning ftill more 
deariy, that his difddurfes m^de much 
lefs impreffions upon Didymus^ than 
tbofe ofD^'^mn/ did upon the Hearers j 
refolv'd to break ofFthis kind of Gonver- 
fation, and with a item Coantenaiice, 
told the; Prifoner , that ^twas high time 
for him to remember, that he was a 
Jxidge, and not a Prieft ^ and that there- 
fore, though his compaffion had hither^ 
to invited him to employ Perfuafions, 
y.ct now their unfucce^fulnefs oblig'd him 
to declare pofitively, that he was furc 
the Gods,that he and jhe world worfhip'd,' 
were the- trbe- ones; and t>at if Dy^- 
mus did not forthwith^ acknowledge them* 
to be fo, by Sacrificing to them, he 
fliould quickly feel their power by being 
put to a. deaths his obllinacy - made him 
both deferve, and appearrfbnd of. 
. Didymns^ without fe^ning "to be at all 
raov^d at this rough Language, calmly 
as well as refolutely, reply'd. 

Tho'Sir, lam mod ready, whenever 
I am calFd to it, to Suffer for my Religi* 
on, yet I would not be thought to expofe 
myfelf, for an obftinate Denial, to bear 

and 



8^ The, Martyr dm 

and coditder, what may be obje^ed a^ 

gdml it We Chnftismjj whatever wil- 
Inefs may be mifiaiputed to us, are not 
fo fond of Sufferings, or of our own Con* 
ceits, as not to be more wiUing to have 
them brought to the Bar^ than to be con- 
demn'd there for them : And perfccuted 
Opinions are things, which, as we do^ 
not renounce, fo we do not embrace, for 
t|>eir being fiKh. Nor are we fb blind 
and wilful, as to rejeft clear Argumentis, 
that would both inftrud us and relcue 
us too, if any fuch could be p>ropos'd, by 
the Embracers of your Religion. 

This I fay. Sir, continues Didymus^ 
not td contradift what you were faying, 
of your being not a Prieft but a Judge j 
^t to clear Con^ftancy, from tbeJmpia>i«. 
tatioa of Obfliinacyi^ and dejclare, that if 
we could fee Reafons on your fide, fitted 
4o deliver us from Error, and from 
death, we would not be {b mad, or fo 
per verfe, as to chufe rather to renounce 
Life, than embrace Truth. But pardon 
me,Sir(!'fubjoyns he)ifl think,that though 
you are commiflionM by the Supreme 
Power, to be a Judge for Life and Death, 
yet you are not conftituted by the Su- . 
jMreme Verity, a Judge of Truth and 
Falihood. And therefore, I take your 
owningto wprlhip many Gods who, by,- 

their 



their very being many Deities^ aire 
fufficiently prov^ not to be true ooes ; 
for a Declaration ofyomr Opinion, not a 
DemofiftratioQ. that it ought to be mine 
too* If you prefs us with Arguments^, wc 
are ready to anfwer yours, and oiler you 
ours : But when inftead of them, you 
employ Threats, we do not think it pro- 
per to argue againft ttem, but tp deQ)ife 
them V Cnce 'tis not?our Reafi»i that tb^ 
Aflault, but our ConD:ancy. And therer 
fore, give me leave to teU you. Sir, con- 
cludes Didymus^ that the Chri^ian Religi- 
on can fo fortifie and elevate the Mind^ 
and place it lb much above the reach of 
a Political Jurisdidion, that I (hall fuf* 
fer your Sentence witb*^ left trouble^' 
thafi you will fbon or late feel, at the 
lemembrance of your having pro- 
nounc'd it \ and you will not find it in 
the power of all your executed threats, 
to ruine eithermy Conftancy, or fb much 
as my Joy. 

The Judge, enrag'd, to fee his Power 
thus defpis'd, and as he interpreted it, 
affronted, by a PriC)ner declared, he 
would defer no longer than one hour 
(which fpace he allow'd him to repent 
his Errors in,) to pronounce againft 
him the fatal Sentence, and commanded 
him to be immediately led to the place, 

where 



as 



The Martyrdom 



where 'twas to be executed •, towards 
whkh he himfelf intended to follow 
at fbmc diftance : " Whether it were to 
feed bis cruel Eyes 'With a Speftacle, 
whofe tragicalbefl his revenge would 
make acceptable to him \ or to prevent 
any Tumult or Diforders, that the 
Courage of Did^mus^ and the efteem 
and pity it hadf excited in the nume- 
to^ by-ftanders, might pofllbly oc- 
cafiom 



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C H A P. 



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i^ Theodora. 89 

CHAP. VII. 



AS foon as the Gentleman^ that made 
the paft Difcourfe!, had ended ity 
the juft Idea it farm'd in the minds of 
the hearers, and efpecially of the two 
Ladies, of the fingular Piety and heroick 
Courage of Didymas^ made fuch an ira- 
prefllon on the grateful and corapaflionate 
Tloeodmra^ as exceedingly heightncd her 
refolution to refcue him, if it were 
poffible, and haftened her to. begin im- 
mediately to attempt it. In order to 
which, having obfervM that the hearers 
lifteh'd fo attentively to what the Rela- 
tor faid, that they then minded nothing 
clfe, Ihe took that nick of time to with- 
draw herfelffilently, into another room; 
and by a pair of back flairs, conveyed her- 
felf out of the houfe : Whence by in- 
dircft ways (for fear of being overtaken 
in the (horteft,) fhe went with as much 
haft and gladnefs, to an almoft certain 
death, as others are woat to Ihun and', 
cicape it with-; leaving Irene and. her o-. 
ther friends, no lefs amazM than troubPd, 
when fometime afterward, they per- 
ceiv'd her milling, and found all the dili-^ 
gence they employ 'd to retrieve hcr,^ 

fruitlcfs. 



V 



^ the Martyrdom 

firuitlefs* For, Theodora^ fearing (be could 
not long c:G:ape the dtligence of her 
^urfuers, unlets (he haften'd to a pDice, 
where he juftiy thought they would not 
follow her-, delay'd not to go dircdly 
towards the Company, that (he was told 
attended the Prefident^ in the affiirs that 
were tranfading in his Court* Among 
thefe Attendants, (he had not Itaid long, 
before (he difcry'd her brave Lover,under 
a (trid and rude Guard j but with a look 
lb manly, and fo fercne, as fhew'd, that 
he defcrv'd another ufage \ and was not 
in the leaft daunted nor difcomposM by 
that he met with. This moving Sight, 
fo affeded the generous and compaflionate 
Theodora^ that tho' in (b publick place 
and manner, (he could with lefs reludancy 
dye for Didymus^ than (he could plead 
for him j yet her gratitude furmounting 
her ba(hfulne(s, after fome conflid with- 
in herfeif, (he made towards the Tribu- 
nal -, to which (he found a more eafie paf- 
fage than (he cxpefted. For,, the advan- 
tagioufnefs of her (hape and ftature, and 
gracefnlnefs of her motions, eafily pro- 
duct for her, fuch Sentiments, in the 
admiring by*(ldnders, as made them 
with great refpeft, give her way, and 
let her, without difturbance, pafs on to 
the Bar. She had but aVery little while 

ftaid 



df Theodora. pj 

ftaid there, before the Prefidem was 
mov'd, by thecorKTOurfe ofthofe whom 
Guriofity and Wonder invited to gaze 
on the fair ftranger, to caft his eyes on 
Her ; and notwithftanding the unlikeli- 
hood^that file (hould appear there,without 
having been Forcibly brought thither j as 
foon as, out of refpeft to his Dignity, flic 
had lifted up her Veil, he difcera'd tfiat 
it was flie, by a fort of Beauty lo pecu- 
liar, as was not eafily either to be met 
with in others, or to be forgotten by 
anv that had ever ieen it. 

But, though the Judge were thus fur- 
priz'd at her prefence, yet he little lefs 
admirM her Courage than her Beauty, 
when, with a Face, wherein the Bluflies 
of her Cheeks, and the Aflurednefs of 
her Looks,equally difcover'd her Modefty 
and her Fearlefnefs, flie told him: I 
'know. Sir, that 'tis a very nnufual thing, 
for a Perfon of my Sex and Religion, to 
come to this Place unfent for. But I hope 
you will bepleas'd to confider, that, as 
the ^fF/tfu is extraordinary, the Occafion 
of it is fo too. For both Juftice, the Vir- 
tue that you fit here to dillribute \ and 
Gratitude, founded upon the higheft Ob- 
ligations, engage me to appear before 
you, on the behalf of that brave Prifoner, 
(at which wwds flie pointed at Didymns/) 

aid 



'- \ 



The Martyrdom 

aad pre&ot you th^Objedt, on which you . 
may inflift with Legal Joftice, what , 
you cannot make him fufFer^ without be- '^ 
ing taxM of Cruelty. For fuppofing a \ 
Debt to be due to the Law, yet it would 
be more Severe than Juft, to profecute 
the Security, now the Principal offers to 
pay the Debt. He may well be lookM up- 
on as my Hoftage, whom I now come to 
redeem : And 'tis nor, Sir, your intereft, 
to decline the Exchange, lijice by it you 
will preferve a Pcrfon, whofe Courage, 
ingag'd by his Gratitude, may do Cgnal 
Service.in the Romsfn Army. And fince 
myEfcape, was all his Crime, I befeech 
you, let my fu r render of w^yi//, obtain 
his ali&lution. 

Here Theodora pius'd a while, partly | 
to recover from the Diforder, founufual - 
and diffici^lt ^n Effort pf her Modefty had ; 
put her into ; and partly, toobfcrvethe j 
Judges Countenance, upon his hearing j 
what flie had laid, and^to take meafures j 
thence in what fhe was further to fpeak.' ,g 
The Preftdtnt in the mean time continued ^^ 
filent, whether the longer to hear the.:^ 
mufick of her Voice, or becaufe lb many j 
Charms, as nature had crouded in her 
Face, andfo much fadnels, as her concern 
for her Loierli^di difplay'din her Looks, 
hid fomewhat moUify'd him,as they might 

have 



\ 



9f Theodora. ^J 

av€ done a Tiger. Whereupoa the fair 
tfifflutnf^ bopiQg that his not interrupt 
iag bei , proceeded from fome relenting 
rKughts, relumes her Difcourfe, iii 
hefe terms. But if^ Sir, to procure the 
liffflilfion of this Gentleman^ yOur Jnftice 
lad seed to be feconded by your Cle« 
nency, perhaps you never had, nor nc- 
rcr will have, aa Objed whofe merit 
Day fo well warrant the fullelt Exercife 
)f it. For his Life^ ever lince he bore 
Irms, has been imploy'd in the Service 
ff his Princes, and fc rlefsly hazarded! 
Or their Greatnefs. And the Aftion for 
vhich he is now in trouble, is fo Heroick, 
nd fo difint^Tefted an one of Courage 
iod Compafflon, that in it he couM fcarce 
wve any other motive, than the Grestt* 
tcfi of his Ges7irofityy uor other End, thaa 
^ Exercifeof it. Nor need you fear^ 
hat your Clemency on this occafion 
iould introduce a bad Example j for this 
f DiJymHs is never like to be imitated, 
or can be fo, but by Perfons too ver- 
lous to be Delinquents* And if fuch 
lAions be Criminal, at leaft 'tis unlikely 
^ will grow common Crimes. And 
ere Thtadvrd^ perceiving that the imjpa* 
ent Diipms fnoiv come again to him-^ 
:lf, after tiie ai^poiAiag furprize, this 
adventure gave hi m^ was upon the; jjpin^ 

F to 




94 ' ^he Martyrdom 

to interrupt her, flic thus prevents' 
And you, brave Didymtis^ forbear to o| 
/pofe the accomplifliraent of my joft 
' fires. The courfe th..t I now take, is tl 
'^onJy that I could take, to cvidei 
my Gratitude, and to let you fee, 
you have not exercis'd the nobleft A\ 
•of Gcnerolity and Friendfliip, towarc 
a Perfon infenfiblc of the Didates 
thofc Ver tues. I could not (continues 
feut be glad to be refcu'd from the Ign( 
.min7of a Rape, but! did not intend i{ 
berobbM of the Glory of Suffeiing f< 
Chrifl: *, which is alfo ttie only means Id 
incto evince, that I Dtclin'd Dilhonolj 
aiidnbt .Death, and never meant fo irudl 
todifobiige the World, as for the fal 
oFan infignificant Maid, to deprive it 
oneofthemoft generous of Men. Y< 
have left your fclf but one way to en' 
creafe your paft fevours, which, is, tj 
allow me the only real Exprcffion I cai 
make of my fenfeof them,and that in fud 
away, as can, at mofl-, but n:ake feed 
little Dimihution of them, without prc^ 
tending to make a Retribution for theai! 
If therefore (concludes fhc) yon will coiri 
pleat the Obligation you have laid on mt\ 
by pir^ferving tome the Coronet of Vir- 
ginity^you muft not oppofe my obtaiaiA^ 
t?he Crown of Martyrdom; 



of Th€oJofa. 9S 

^/^wi^/had need of all the Refped^ 
^ he paid his admirable Miftrefs, to 
p him thus long, from interrupfiog 
^ifcourfe, that tended To little to. his[ 
^fat^ion ^ and therefore Ihe had no 
dier put a period to it^ than ( with at 
^ iigh } he told her \ Ceaie, TbeoJarM^ 
ft, to plead for the continuance of 
e^that y ou are almoft as cruel to me^ isi] 
IS irideavouring to preferve,as you are^, 
thns hazarding jr^/»r«iri?. And if Idurft 
t hope for,from the?n?/&/fi7r,more thatt 
^ I niuH on thi^ occafion, exped from 
r; llhould think.myfelf as pcrfeftly 
:etched^ as (whatfocvcr yoiif intenti- 
s be) your proceedings are unkind* 
It I amconfident, our unbyas'd Judgof 
too impartial, not to difcern in your . 
licourfe^ that the ejccefs of your Good* 
fs, has had the chief Incerelt in the 
aaagement of your Plea^ the cafe a-' 
>ut which we differ^ "being in it ftlf fo 
5ar,that alone to ftate it^ is lufficicnt to 
cad it on my Behalf, ir or I entic'd you 
lefcape outofPrifon, and then, at m^f 
ffji peril, facilitated to you the means of 
aiiig- fo : You leave me behind, as a 
&WQ to the Laws, and thefe finding me 
I your room, make their great MinUteCji 
efa>re whofe Tribunal we (land, doom 
^«, ^Tyof$r Offence, to the Death de* 

f X figaH 



j(6 The Manjfrdam 

ikQMi!^)QttrPuiiiiliinent;: Which (^ 
1 JoyfuBy pttrfRtr my ^^^ to fuflfer I 
J0i.>*; or rather, ffnce you ful&r it 
«i« your Pfoxy^ the iHuftrioiis Pr^/Si 
i^ too weff 9cq^aifite(t with hts OiSce, 
need to be told, thac, at lea<l in Eq; 
^e Smrtrfx F^aymeitt dilcfaarges ] 
trinci^id from the Pebt , eQ)ccialiy, wl 
Jin iio( oply profits the Paytneat, i 
iBoft earneftiy defircs the acceptai 
of fc, as a great advantage to bm 
hope then. Great Sir> fays he Cturw 
liuhfelf to the P^r/T/Zfrr, with addicio^ 
ReQyed to that he had Ibew'd him | 
jfore) that you will accept of jny Life, i 
tbfsA of her $y who deferves a loBg a) 
.happy one \ s(nd that, when my Sentflj 
of Condemnation fhaH be pronoufi^ 
and gladly acquiefifd in^ it may Free ii 
fam Gpndemn'd for* The totcofSfl 
preiervation k (b^ natural, that it cafliU 
DN? made Capital, without afironting 1^ 
tyre, and puniihiqg as well what Ml 
dre^ a$ what the> ; And the lore of A 
lity and Honour does fo much becoowi 
Cibaft VirgK that the natural confi 

Silences of it are too CommeitdaUe (o i 
t to be xnade Peoal 'Tis I who haK 
ifig^defpis'd Dangers that I might ea^ 
hate: aroided^^ when ^was a QiiefHoo fi 
^aniilegaitnihg, do yet glory in tin 

Qrime 



rime) tfH^^ua the foft smd proper Ol^ 
SI bf the riigotir of ytoar Lawk: Aod^ 
^ Y«Ts are yet fotenderHtn^ bcr Dtf^ 
bfition fo iimoctm, that fiotte/ if fii^ 
line err'd) it was by my petftalim^if ihe 
^ to be puQifiiM^ klbouM beln my pcr^ 
^. All that a»slias(m<:t alledg'ct toa^ 
rfa|>rmte my guilty or tnwlTelerftlf ia- 
t wau i hope^ by a Romm Matiftnte 
ploofcMon^ as it is indeed, av an ar^ 
imeiit of her gt&erofityvuid not of her 
rime. And the JC#i»«^ scre too mach 
tends tD ga>^iitryj to puaifb in a La^^ 
% that Vertoe, that they applaud and 
town erenln Soidiers. ^ 
''^Biit now, continnes Didfmtts^ I mall 
Idr^myfitf toyoQ^O 3^ea^^#i : And- 
Nt complain oL or at kaft deplore, mj 
Ifidktty ; that after I had done an4^&p- 
ll'd^ all that I coald^ ttoagh ^twai 
kocb teft than I woald, for the prefer* 
^on of fodeara.Lift asyoiiris)^ 
ame now to hazard it» to make mint 
ad witii iotrow. Botvgrantlng yon 
Nmld prevail, in the no left linwelcotn 
fatain generous Attempt, yon arepleasU 
1 make ; how cruel were you^ to entf > 
^ at once^ the two higheft Honours^ 
im my Ambition afpir'd to i tht Qktf 
\i Martyrdom, and that of Tkiodorm Re» 
mi liad I at mai^y livet as you btye 1^*^, 



98 The Martyr Jm " 

tnes^ I ihonld iefteem them all but 9 cheap 
ranibm for a few hours of yours : So un- 
likely I am, and ought to be, to he ew 
thcr capable or dcfirous, of being pre- 
ftry'd,by your faffcring for my adions. 
Aad therefore, Madam, if you think mj 
littk Services deferve fome recompence^ 
fioce my higheft contentments on earth, 
terminate in your happinefs, there k no 
Other way left you to reward them, bqt 
the care of your own prefer ?ation : It be- 
In^ the only return that I expeft or defirc 
ofmy Services, that you will not, by 
yonr infiexiblenefi, finally make then^ 
Ihiitlefs ^ but be content to live fbrM^ 
iakc, that wiH rejoyce to dye for yoi*. 
Ail the while this noble pifpittelaftfd, 
thejwlge was, thoi^h not an nhcoa*. 
ccrnfd, yet a lilent Hearer.of it: The 
ftnlnge novelty of: the conteft, and oo 
Ids extraordinary generoiity and grace- 
folnefs of the Contenders, jiaviiig gives 
him ah attention,, that, kept him rromifl' 
terrupting them*. But. when their de- 
bate had proceeded thus far; his ftem 
nature, whofe anions had been bat 
fqipepded by his curiofity, prompted 
him to te& the generous Couple ^ 1 ksovr 
not what pre/umption makes you plead, 
as if each of you wiere the others ouiy 
lodge, and had. thir. JSupreme Authority 

■ ' ^. of 



ofTbeodtjra. 99 > 

^f conderrming; or ab(Mvmg you; and 
'i;^w'erc only an iinconcern'd auditor, or 
at leaft,. fate hereto ratifte the Sentence, 
you Ihall agree 13 pon, between your felves. 
But you wiil quickly find, to your coftj^ 
that the Reman Laws, and Magiftrates,, 
arc not to be trifled with. 

Great Sir, replies Didymm^ you raucif 
mifapprehend our CondudV,-if you thirilcx 
your ielf flighted by it : For, 'twas not 
want of refpcft to yonr Autliority, and" 
Power, that madeusdifconrfeaswc didj. 
but a liippofition, not injurious to you, 
that you would in the exercife of thar 
Power, manifttt that you defervc it, by 
tempering it with two excellent vertucs, 
that bed become a Magillratc, Equity 
and Clemency. This- prcfumption, Sir^ . 
and not any difrefpedful one, was that 
^^n which we proceeded in our diP 
courfe-, ftill taking it for granted, that 
you would not punilh two, for that which 
was iridfecci, but the fault of oncj and^ 
that if either pf us were, by the others*^ 
^^^nfent, to fuffer.; your Equity, or your 
fCleraency, would prevail with you, to* 
'i^cle^afe the other. 

Though Dldymns^ had worded what 
Jtefaid, {b cautioufly, that a difcerhing' 
•jcarer might perceive, that his expref-' 
lions related to-the Judges Dignity, not' 



#90 IKC Martyrdom 

fels perlbii i yet that felf-flattery, v?hicb is 
iiilttDO commou ao attendant on Menk 
Fewer, aukiag the Prefident take at 
thjeTeTefpe^^l words to himielf, imlk 
him^\\oviDidymns^ without iaterrupti- 
oa, to proceed ia his difcourfe, and&y^ 
yon will eafily grant, Sir, that GopdneK^ 
wberpof Clemency is a noble part may 
lxw% a Magiftrate, who is He^Vefli 
Vicc-gerent upon Earth, as high a Veae-' 
fation as Power or Greatnefs does j if 
^ou pleaie to conftder, that thofe d 
your Religion, when they would with 
th^ (npft deference fpeak of God, give 
tbe Title oiMcfi Go0d the preference to 
tbat 9f AM Grtii^ Ilyling kim, as thfi 
Okri^M^i: likewiie often do, Z>#«^/ Q^k 
mM$ m^t^imihs. Certainly> Clemeacyis 
nev^ more a vertije, nor Icfs grudgM 
«t ^y Jijftice, than when 'tis exercisM 
tQward?^ VQrtvious Pprfon^, by rcifcuiAg 
tbfa freni the perf^utions of For time, 
^n4 the uqintended rigour of the Laws. 
1 lay wimemdfid rigour^ lays Dldymns^ for 
I cannot think that the Roman Legiflators 
that have honqr'd iajarM Chaftity ft 
much in Lncretia^ and eacourag'd Gal*' 
la »tty mid other Vertues, bynolefsthafl 
Ctqv^rs ^d Triumphs^ meant to majke 
thcpnadq(^oasofO&^y?ffy, Conj^^ncyzni \ 
G^mti^ Qrimnni things. And, tho* 

Chriftim. 



tf Theodora; te*^ 

mi^hsMfat ffomdtfMrs in naHbaf^ 
d!Refigion, y«t thdfS atonil Vertatis ttai 
'iittt & efte<m*d bf ttte Mmtmn €6 Ml 

€hrifti/mi : And thofe brit^ Qtttf v WMW' 
rove ti> Virtue made ttwirt Mall:«r»tff ^ 
Vf dffd!» did not fetdpl^ to hdAodif if itt 
tjteir V6r]r£rn«ilik» ^ and did ii fit iiftitK; 
e^enhi themoft irreconcibMt df ihtfli^, 
that morethatt Offe ov tvro ^mA'SmHrn* 
nihai were eroQtd 4f tbnUf $ li 
whith Triuitrbhdflt CSty 1i^{ter» M))r. 

Honor'cf hittt, tkad tF^uifp<l Itidf. AffJ 
f^re thef that thought XM^^Vi^^itffitf 
merited fy tiitef ^tsKu«% tfoitM: i6f ^ 
thinkfh^oJotHi dderv^da SCakei»# jiS(3^ 
fold. Thi^Udi««adk>il>»ald ttttfetyltftf 

ddt fahattioUH ^^i^ t)^i« ItamHtfjbto:. 
(biis» «ild miM^r^Aes, tM^ IteiVdfit^ 
loe^'d 6tinmkfi n<60oil twy <ttfil!fi/)l^'- 
ftt>mtBi(taf<rirrihiatoaesv BUftS^, ddlK- 
ttH\ieiI>iimii^ ^(MifQui^MIIMftlftofH^ 
fMOm^ in* a- 1^ hiMiStd nMiilMV if 
tl<d:c ilMJtr Aifcdff Iftf^diRHr'd^tij^ ftlfhtf (kw 
ctffictt'ttf af^^^afe f h« diigt^ La<M*(. f (|«u 

iid«i«b&' t^ho]^tdiiwsra(ir#ifQt'> iefiu^' 

F $ inakf 



XOft 7be Martyrdo)n 

Blake it reafoAable, but meritorious, lax. 
itwniprc{erteto>^//Vri[?its faireft Or- 
nament \ and a Life fo Exemplary, that 
tpgireit an untimely period, for a&i- 
ons,^ which^ being laudable in their owa 
fiature,. nothing but a rigid interpreta- 
tion of the Law can make criminal, 
would be to make the Laws a terror, rsr, 
ther to the good than to the wicked. It 
would b& thought inhumane to treat her 
at a delinquent,, whom you may jivftly 
wJAiyouc:. daughters ftiould refeiuWci 
when by the Grant of wh^t I inipiorc, 
JoivwiJl be fure to receive both the th mb 
of her Sex, and tbeapplaufe pf ours, and 
w|i^t out-ralues both, the fa,tisfigidion of 
having ikv'd.and oblig'd one oC the moftt 
admirable Perfons in the world. 

DUymm$ now perceiving, that; the per- . 
ibn he pleaded for, was preparing her* 
fclf to interrupt huQ -{ readdrefs'd him* 
l|b|f to her,, and told her ^ do not,. Ma-. 
tlam, I beleechyou^ require of my obfe-^ 
qjiioMoCiefv proofs inconfiftent with my. 
iQyej; and add not tp my infelicity, by, 
l^^tting me, in (auneafie a condition, as 
^fra/d it my duty to o^gofe your defires: 
Ah ! refufe not to. oblige the world, by 
igxfikfving the moik accoinpljlb'd it caa 
WHi^i Deny mcv not the iatisfaaion,^^ 
^mm.h m P^^]^J^K of .i)ein& thr ' 



fiappy inflrament of your deliverance^ ; 
and.jtheft I may fay, that I >nevcr could ^, 
j^Iy jdye more feafonably than now,,, 
when being at the height of all my joy^V^ 
ray longer life mufl: of ncceffity give aa^^ 
ebb to my felicity ^Jince after the Glpryy 
of having fav'd Tke^ora.^ I hope for na 
higher Oil Eaith, ,tbau that of dying j. 
for her. Then perceiving her ready to^ 
rcaew/the Conteft, he told her fwitha^> 
fow voice, that the Judge might notieaiu' 
hi<T>, and %vkh a iadnefs in his look$^. 
^hich fhe, that knew his Courage, could? 
ifljputeto nothiiTg but his alaaoll boundr - 
Icfv concern for he^- v) Madam, though; - 
the Piff//i/e^r^iinpatience did not call up-- 
on us^to c'>nclude our CpnteftAy^t wf^^ 
feouditi04) and r^fokitian ought to put ,a>': 
hafty period to it : for,, Madame imult ^'- 
pofidvely declare to., you, that Jt wouU: . 
be asbootlefs as cruel, for yow to thlnfc^ 
toprotcft ni,j:.Ufe, by the abandoning 
<>f your own : Since ta awe a Lifeto tliaS^T 
Gaufe, would ma fee it not only uri«»i'lTci>c: 
biit infiipportable to me, and confcquent-- 
lyKuncapableof lafting. So that cnjoyn- -- 
w^ me to furvive yoji, would condemn >. 
^•c4o a Life,, which after the lofeof > 
yotiis, muft be fpent^ i£it could laft, m ^ 
friiitlcfs deploring that Lofs. Forbear ^ 
' pe, concUidesJie, \ moll earn^]^ 



ibf The MArtyriim- 

btlcedi yott Rfadam, to exaft fa(?Jrproafi' 
of my Obedience, that 'tis as little ia my 
power to give yo», as it ought to be in 
5OTr will to require them ; fioce for Di- 
Jbpms to> forTive 7%f#^ar^, is as great an 
iQipcrfBbHfty, as it wouM be an unte^ 
ptliefi* O admirable Contoft ! wbare 
the noble AntagoBifb did not ftri?e tor 
Viftory> but DNeath ^ or end«avourM to 
overcome ^cb other, tliat the VidiDr 
nushtperlfli lot the Vaa^uifliM : Where 
9^|r-loTe, the moft radiqil afieftion of 
Iniraan N^ture^ is fiicrific'd to a Love, e« 
<]]tialty chaft aQd dirmterefs!^d : And 
wtietie Vcrtue makes each of the Conten- 
4ers, ingeniottfly Solicitous to appear 
Cfhmnal, that the Antagonift may be 
treated as inaoceat How well does this 
|^i?aceedtog prove that iBfpir'd Septence 
ffite, that Love is Streffgnr th^m DsmA^ 
IFnce in thi^Conflid^the geaerom Fricsds, 
*c by tfae former, madcL Riimls 6» the 




QUAE. 



HAP. VHI. 



^•^BE affliacd Virgin, to whom thefe 
^ moviap: things were faid^, finding^ 
that (be fliould but lofe her difwafions oa 
IHdfmtti^ thoi»gfat fit to addrefs herfelf 
ooce moare, to the PreGdent ; and with 
humble Geftures, accompaiiyM with 
Looks^ and wh;h a Voice, that wpald 
ha^e ibfteit'd any that were not invinci- 
bly Obdurate^ (he told him ; Though > 
Sir> the Arguments .tta'd by this Gentle* 
mao^had £ir better pravM thaa they have^ 
that, of us two^ he^ is the fitteft perfon to 
be condemned ; yet I hope,; where you 
Freiide with fo much Authorityi he will 
not fare the worfe for being generous j, 
afid Aat what he has done, will be more . 
pceYakst with, you, than what he has 
j^d» Ever iioGe he wa&capableof bea- 
Arois^ be employ'd thm ia the fer* 

;^the Emperors^ andixt their Camps 

chearfuHy follow'dv the Romm Eagles^ . 
wbfiireimr they durHfly: And after his- 
hfliviag this day hazarded himfelf- fi> ge* 
ntroufly, outpfoompafliaa to^a diftrels'd' 
Vifgia \ what examples of gallantry may 
a^t be expc&ol from {ochia Courage, 
oag'd bi hi$Qratitiide» «beA.he&IL 




iO/S" The^ Mart yrJm 

for the acqucfl of (jlory, and the Scnrfec 
of his Coiratry ? If 4 guHty intention Bi^ 
neceflary to make an aftion fa, his will 
not be found to be Criminal 5; fincc he did 
not intend the violation of any Law^ but 
to fecond, what we are told to be, the 
defiga of all jtril Laws •, which is, to pro- 
teft the Innocent, and encourage Vcrtue^' 
But if by a rijid interpretation of tlit 
Lavy,hc may be brought within the reach- 
of. it J I hope hfs MifHemein^rf willnot 
appear (b great, but that your Cremency 
may allow hitn alt that I beg for hirOy. 
whici) is, that he may be permitted to 
repair a miftafke in the exercife of h's ver-- 
tuc^ by the contiitnation of thofe Services* 
ia the kbma-^i Army, w icfi will be far 
more ufeful to the pablick than his death,' 
iahs prereiltcifcumftaiTce:^, can be. To- 
t\\\sThjtodora would perhaps have added, 
^though (he could fcarce:hive done l^ 
without foiue relirftancy from her mo- 
dcfty)T^he things, Sir, that he has been 
pleas'd to aft aind hazard for me, may per- 
ft^de you, that if, contrary to my pray-» 
eis and hop^s, yo.alhouldideiigh fevcritys 
towards him, you may more fenfibly piN 
niftrhim, by my. death-, than by more 
immediate iofliftions on. himfelC And , 
*cis like (he would have enforcMherar*' 
g»rajgitt$> aji4 intr^Raties^ for aPcrfon^^ ^ 

wlionk,^ 



whom ffie wasfo much and fb juftly con-, 
c^rn'd^ when the Pr^r/F-ii^J/^ vex'd tt) find 
th^ff both of them fo litftevalu'djjfe^ 
intbbfe deprivatioa was the.mbfl: formi-. 
dabl^ thing he could threaten them with^ 
prcvebted her, by fayijng, with a ftcrn 
countenance.No, I. will hear no more, 
having heard but too much already : It* 
d<)es iwt become a RomM Magiftrate, to 
fiiffer any longer with patience 5 , that 
Prifonersand Criminals fhould daringly 
difqbey the Laws, flight all their threats,^ 
and glorj in their violation. What each 
of you has Ciid to prove hii^ifelf guilty^ 
affords abundant realbn. to condemn you- 
bpth. \\'her€jfore, iince you cannqt 
agree among. your felves, \ will be your 
Urfipire, and give both of you what eacl^ 
defires and merits. You, Obftinate Maid, 
fay,shc, turning to Theodora^ ihall dye 
fer having broken Prifon^^, You, Pifobe- 
^cnt Soldier, lays he to Di/fymusy flialt 
dye for having per.fuadcd ajid further'd 
herEicapc* Rat toipecifieyourchiefeft 
Q*inie, than which there needs no other^ 
Bor.caatf«.agreate|f,.you botji ftall dye 
becaufe yoiu are dfcr^^/^w/, ajidiconfc-^, 

quentlitaewies taxh%Xm4^^v^i^9ts^.^ 
aj^ theGdds that made tbem fo; 

Thh^fdX9ll^^ bemgpronciuac'iayth^: 



ixyS' The Martyr iom 

to be taken a fide, and llrongly gtiardec^ , 
tiH all things were in readinen tor trhcir. 
Execution : Which preparatives hcgaf« 
order to haffien. Yet finding Brf the diP^- 
contented looks, and confus'd murrtii«rSj ^ 
of the byftanders, that the Charms and 
Innocence of Thtodwa^ and the Youth, 
Courage anrt Friendlhjp, of both the no 
I^ generous than nnfortonate Prtfbncrs, 
made bis Sentence be far lefs fiftM^than 
were the perfbns and- behavior of thofeit 
had pals'd upon j declarM, that whilflr hw 
was dHijatchtng ©ther pablick bnfinefsi 
he permitted any that ffiould have Chari- 
ty enough to make ar hopeleis' Attemptf; 
to endeavour to con vert thofe obftindt^e^ 
mifcreants : Adding witfwlan rntfrnsreiorr, 
that even they might fpeed m their fate^tf 
ther would fcafonaMy, ivitfrincetffe to 
tbeir hands;>flee to the Altars' of theCodS^ 
and hnmMy implore of Tfeem, x^tttcw 
aird'Sofbt^s 

This reAtte,;a!f it expdsr'd'tbr gffteifDcii 
Couple to have tfitir conffiincY aflSHilMd 
by Infidek,. amfiithNis ffix»ltka% fSdH iU 
riiftriony PeiAus Fi'ofiiytfeSy fi^ if g3V9% : 
ttiem tlirwekx>nr iTOoreimiff ,, of kflttiu 
cbangiDg; .fiinic d^RHlr(t^ witti^ one aiMl* 
ther. ^ _ ' /"'^ 

TheftrCboftftfloes wcn^ begttn tty i^ 

o£ ' 



of Tbeod$ra. 109 

of iiA^l Separation from hh «daiirable 
Kfiih-eft, coutd not forbear feeliqg 2a him- 
fdrfudi dirorderS) as on ^U other ikdoo* 
caHons, hi$ greit Courage had kepthicn 
from relenting. And this unufual com* 
ijtotionof mind^ w:»s uneaiie enongh to 
oblige him to fay, to the fair Perfon that 
occaCon'd it ; Though, Madam, the mi- 
litary courfe of life I have with fome for- 
wardoefs purfu'd, has accuftom'd me to 
meet Death in variety of formidable 
Shapes and DrelTes, without being diT* 
cptapos'd by it \ yet when I fee the world 
going to be rob'd of its nobUft Orntaient^ 
and my felf to be dej^riv'd of the perfon 
I moft iQve and admire in it \ and when 
Ifee this matchlefi Perfon ready to be ra« 
yViiCi from us, both in the flow'r of her 
age, and by tbeinfiMOOus hand of an Ex-* 
ecutioner} I think it were rather ftnpid« 
neis not to be aiBi&edy than any weak^ 
nef^ to be deeply (b. 

I vvas,3nrwer'd Thnd^ra^ ib fully fatis« 
fy'd betore, ofyoiirFriendftipandCom- 
pigffion^ that this new grief of yours, a3 
'ti^ a very nccdicfs proof of them, fo 'tis 
a very nnwelcom one. For, if I were to 
allow aay thing to grieve me, when I am 
catring into tkt ftdnefs of 7#y, it ought 
to be, that I find yo^r good n turc ren- 
ders this fecm^^ngly^ diurefs'di Condition 

o£ 



lo Tbi Martjrim 

f miiie very uneaficto You \ which 
tiroughGodsaffiftance, is very little fo 
[) me V and yet wilT be lefs fo^ if cob* 
ratulating rather than deploring our 
lartyrdom, you will eafe me of the jafl:- 
(l and greateft part of ray Grief,that con- 
fts in being unhappily acceflbry to 
ours, and feeing you needlefly troublM 
t-mine* That circumftance, adds (he, 
f mydeith,which I perceive much afflifts 
otT; might in my opinion more juftly le(V' 
rn, thin aggravate your Sorrow. For, 

look upon it rather as a Favour, than 
n Infelicity, that I am early removM out 
t the World, where I fee^ and fuffer^and 
which is worft of all) do, fo much 111. 
fo be early rcfcuM trom the Snares of a- 
)angerotis and Pcrfeeutiag A^c, and* 
irefervM fr^m the E9H tp cpme^ is rather 

Privilege, than a Calamity, to thofe 
Kit are duly fetifible, as I defire to be, 
flit one can never arrive unfeafonably 
t Heaven, nor be too early happy. And,^ 
a this perfua lion (contiiHies Theod^ra^ I 
m confirmM by confidering, that the 
'irft of thofe who are recorded to have re- 
igioufly deccas'd, in the old Teftaraent, 
ndin the new, juft jlhel^ and John the 
feptift •, both of them dyM young, and 
)eri(hM by the hands of thofe that Perfc- 
jj ted them for their Piety. . And even 

that. 



•r— * . — - 



^- Theo^iora, 1 1 1 

thBt fpotlefs Lamb of God v^o Hi n^ fm^ 
but by hisSatisfadlion^ Precq)ts, and Ex- 
ample^ takts awf^ the fin cf the W^ld'^ 
wasfacrific'd almoft in the flow V of his 
Age: So little is it an unhappinefs, of a 
mark of Gods disfavour, to clcape the 
toylesand dangers of a troublefome Na- 
▼igatton, by being early, though by a 
boifterous Wind, blown into, the Port/ 
And, if it could become a Woman to cn- 
oonragea Heroe,^ I ihould exhort bath 
you and my felf too, generous J>idymus^ 
(continues Ihe^ toentcrtain our preient 
Gonditbn with Sentiments becoming 
Cbrifiians. And^ as it does not trouble 
me dire&l^) fo it ought not to trouble you 
upon the (core of rympathy ; that I am ft* 
pirM>£rofflr the hazaras and inoottvenien* 
des of Age r But; be pleasU to makeuie* 
of that Courage,: now at the end of your 
days, that you have conftantly exprefs'd 
inthe,courfeofyoajr.life. And, do not> 
Htcfcech you, reifittei.. either that you or 
Iv is to tall l^y^tESI Hand o£an Executioner. 
For that feeming, and but feeming Igno- 
miny, was the lot botlvof our Saviour's 
immediate Harbinger, and of our Saviour, 
himfelr. And, when we. confider foiv 
whom, andforwhat wefufFeri we may 
find reafon enough to alTume the fonti* . 
mcnt^pf the Apoftlcs, who, after Tiaving. 

been . 



irx Tkht Martyr iom 

keen mifts'd bf the jewUh Coiacil) mik» 

ABs^j^u theybsd hitnih^Mght worthy tth 
Sf^er f§r His name ; for wbm 

we are going to faffer and the like thiags» 
For, Didfmus^ Gods gracions Previdence^ 
has not left us to perifh, by ling'riag or 
torcnenting Sicknefs, or troublefimi Old' 
Age \ nor yet for fome cosunon Canfe^or 
iboie unicnportant Eixl. But all in otir 
fateisnobfe: Aodwhattoodiersisflieer 
Death, a debt due to Nature, or ttm p^ 
nilbmentofSia^ tons is Marty rdom, the- 
Qobleft aft of Cfariftianity, and flNnrtuft: 
way to Eferia^ng GlcNry. 

A Difbowfe that rdiihM ib imdiittNre 
of a Martyr thaa of a Vfa|^ gave 2MAk 
mm a rift to coat! aoe a Cmmfttioii, by 
which hefbond himfdf la weB affifted, n. 
dMrmM \ and therefore ohferf i ng the fe» 
renity of his Miftrefles looks^ to te littlt 
inferiour to the beanW of her face, a&d 
remcBibring what inftances flie had that: 
day given of an altogether extraordinary 
Piety and Orar age *, was, by the ienti-^ 
ments thele refleftioas ptXKliic'd in him^ 
prompted to tell her : I (hould be iuibly 
lOGonfolable, Madam, to (ee my felf aod 
the world, upon the point ofbeingde- 
priv'doffb admirable a Peribn^ as72ie#«^ 
^cirithas, bydiisdaysiVjirions Tryal$,ma- 

nifcftcd 



of TheodpTM^ II j 

nifefttd Her fclf to be j tf I were not coi>- 
fidcot, that my Lois wit) be as ihoit as 
great i and that in the State we are now 
eatringupoii, I fi^ll beallaw'd whatap*- 
proacbiag Death will deny mcin this^smd 
fhall fiiid in Hcaveia the endearing happi- 
nefiof ceaverfin^ with Her raore freely,, 
than our Perfecutiojis and Her Referved* 
nc(s would here permit. For'Macbani, 
(continues He) I am Friend enough to ray 
own Felicity, to believe afltiredly, that 
thofe w ho ftallr be happy enough to meet . 
in Heaven, will know one another there, 
and have their joys hightned by the re- 
membrance of whit palt between them 
upon Earth, For in the blelt State we 
are baltening to, our Faculties^ and con- 
fequcntiy oiir memory,, will not only be 
gratify'd with Suitable Objefts, but be 
improved by enlargM Capacities. And 
eveaina condition fbort of that we this 
day expedj mens knowledge has been 
adyaacM, at Leaft as much as is neceiTarf 
&>T our knowing one another, withoi t 
the helps that are ordinarily requiiite to 
make u£ do fo^ As icon as ever jidam 
law Eve^ he could confidently iay of her» 
thatjhi tMihtfnit^^his bwSy mdj&^pfbH> 
jufi^ Wbea Nook ^wakM front lusSle^ 
he could tell that duriug his fleep,. hit 
youager Soa bad behav'd himleif irreve- 
rently 



xi4 ^f'^ Martjrdtm 

rcntly towards him. When our Savhur 
was transfigur'd on M. T^^nr^ the three 

chos'n difciplcs ihat attended 
Mat. 1 1 >^ hina prefently knew Mffes ^nd 
Lfik.^.ii* Elias, whom they had never 

feen before, in fpite of the Dif- 
guife that the Glory they appearM in put 

upon them. St. P^mI tells his 
I Thef. 1. TheJfalorriAnSy they fhall be his 
19, 20, joy and crown, before their 

common Lord at h's appea- 
ring : To the truth of which it feems 
requifitc, that both the Preachers and the 
Converts (ball be quickly known at that 
great appearance, and Jffemhly af the firfi 
korn^ wbofe names are written in Heaven \ 
and confequently, that men there (hall 
know one another. Our Divine Redee- 
U;er, continues DidyiriHSy teaches us, that 
there is Joy in the prefence of the holy 
Angels over a repenting Sinner ', which 
argues, that whether they know t)f his 
Converfion in a more intuitive *vay, or 
by theinfonTiaticfnbfthofe Angels, that 
are fomctimes lent to thts lower world 
about huwan affairs they yet have a 
knowledge of particiflar perfons, and 
take notice of psirtiCnlar tfiings that con- 
cern them. And, which makes exceed- 
ingly for my prcfent purpofe, he elfe 
where introduces jibrabMrn in Paradicc, 

calling 



calling upon the uncharitable Rich Man^ 
to rcmeraber what his own aijd LarHs\ 
differing States had beea npm *1Eirth : 
and,whichris yet rnore,to fliew tliat evenin 
the place of utter Darkne Is and Torment, 
the Memory of paftthings and perfons is 
not obliterated ^ the Rich Man is intro- 
duced, as remembring not only LauirHSy 
but his own five Brothers, and their dan- 
gerous Condition. • • 

The panfe that Didymus made, after 
thefc words, invited ThcoJora 10 tell him: 
Since, generous DiJywus^ \ have obferv'd 
our foundell Teachers to be of differing 
opinions about the Subjeft of your Dif- 
courfe, and that they do not lookupoa 
it as an Article of Faith, either that the 
Blcffed jdo, or that they do not, know 
one another in Heaven ^ I prefume I may 
be allowed to'think,tJiat if they do f which 
I know is the moft received Opinion) they 
do it in likelihood with ether fentimcnts 
than we commonly imagine. Far, when 
the beloved Difciple teaches, tbat,though 

we be here the Children ofGod^it does not 
yet appear tphat we Jhall he ; and adds oaly 
in general, xhtt^when our Savicnr^ or that 
Blefs-d State, (hall be mamfefied^ WC Ihall 

be like Him : When, I lay, I reflcS oa 
this, and fome things of the fame import^ 
1 am prone to fear,that we judge too rnudi 

of 



11 6 The Martyr dim 

of our future glorious State, by wrong 
meafures, takea trom our prcfenC frail 
and mcan'Ccmditioa, And I am apt to 
think, that wc mnft ftay till we come to 
Heaven, before we ihall frame Ideas fui- 
table to the Prerogatives of its Blefs'd In- 
habitants, I think our Notions will then 
be rais'd, as well as our Duft, and out 
Love, and other Afieftions, will be trans- 
figur'd, as well as our Bodies. If we kaow 
one another, though our nnnual Love 
may perhaps be greater than it ever was 
on Earth, yet it will not be upon the for- 
mer Accounts i but will be as well better 
grounded, as better regulated. That ex- 
ternal Beauty, purfucsthe fair Speaker, 
that here is io i^uch doted on and over- 
valued, will there be found Io- mucii in- 
feriour to that of every Glorify'd Body, 
that the difference and degrees of it will 
be very inconliderable, and unable to 
make diSering impreffions on thofe that 
(hall remember them : As the refulgent 
fplendor of the Sua obfcures all the Stars^ 
and keeps our eyes from beiag any more 
afleded by the greateft and brigbteft,tbaa 
by any of the reft. So that our kiAduels 
to one another wiU be very little grouJ^' 
ded upon Exteraai Q^lities,; which will 
there affed; us far lefs, than our being 
nearly xdatedrto aur common Lord vour 

refemblance 



^f tlseodora. 117 

rcfemblaijce to whom will be the chief, as 
wefl as juibeft Ground of our mutual 
efteem and affedion. When Childrea 
of the fimc Parents have been early par- 
ted, and long bred in diltaat places \ 
though when they arc grown men ^nd 
women, they chance to meet again, 'tis 
obferv'd, that at firfl: they know not one 
another any more than meer Grangers : 
and when they are informed of their Re- 
lation, 'tis not the little accidents that 
happen'dto them at play;- nor fome fea- 
tures, that perhaps pledi^d one of thenl 
in the others Face, bnt are now very much 
changed by Time and Growth \ that pro* 
dnce their new kiudneft •, but the know- 
ledge that they^e Children of the fame 
Father, and their finding in each other 
perfonal qualities, fit to adorn their pre- 
frnt State, and thereby to challenge 
todnefs g,nd efteem. And if fome years 
abfeacecan produce fo great a Change, 
as to make our neareft Relations unknow-- 
able by us 5 and nuke us look with pity, 
on the fondnelTes that trifles produced in 
^s in our infancy : What Changes, may 
we think, muft be made on thofe that con- 
^ersVl together upon Earth, when after 
numerous ages, they fhall meet in Hea- 
yen, wi:h minds as much chang'd and 
irtprov'd as their bodies will then be ? 

G Shall 



l1 



U9 The fiartyrdim 

Shall vc not by the grounds of a T«tu« 
. ou$ Complacency, be more a&ded and 
united, tnan we are xxow Jiy natucal Re- 
htioiis, or by external Beaaty i andtfaofe 
oth^ triSes chat here produce the great- 
tfti^ondnefles. 

J^ut Theodora (anfwers the farpriz'd 
^jDitffy^iv/) can you b&fb rigid as to tbink^ 
;; that 4)ure and vertuous-Ai&dions cannot 
beiidtnitted into Heaven ^ fince the Scrip- 
ture Informs us,/ that not only Joy and 
Deiire are to be found even among the 
Angels, (who ate £aid to rejoyce at a 
iinner's Converfion, and defire to pry in- 
to the Myfteries.of our Religbn) but Care 
and A^dings for oppolite Ends v (as whea 

the Angelof P/r/rW withftood 
7)sn.io.ii. Michael^ and the Angdthat 

talk'd to Daniel:) 
1 do not abfolutely deny, Theodora re- 
plies, that the Blefled know one another 
in Heaven. And, (ays ihe, with a li^ht 
cluiage of colour, I am fi> far inclined to 
believe it is true, as, for DidymHs\ &kC| 
to wHh it fo. But, as I lately told ymi, 1 
axn not apt to think, the Sentiments oc« 
cailan*d by that knowledge, will be fudi 
as molt jr.en imagine. Beftdes thofe Reg* 
fons that you have ingisnioiifly laid toge* 
ther, I think, your perfuaiion of the Saints 
mutual knowledge the more probable,be* 

caufe 



ckwkk feems not readily comitivabie^how 
at the great Day of Judgment) th€ Jii- 
fticeof God, ia rewarding and puaifhuig 
particular Virtues aad Crimes, can be 
maaifefted to^the world, without dilco* 
yeriiig the Perfons by whom they wef« 
performed : Since Perlbnal CirGumftances 
do very mudi alter the nature of moral 
Anions. And iince the happy reHdcftts 
in heav'n, will have an eternity allow VI 
tiiem to converfe with one another in ; 
it feems highly probable, that in their 
various Cojnfercnccs, they will mecl wldi, 
at lealt fometime or other," occafioas^that 
by lei^ fag^city then their euyghtiuKl 
minds will then be endowed with, may he 
improved to the difcovery of the Periods 
they were formerly acquainted witb.JBot 
on the other fide (continues TheoJ^ra^wc 
fliall have fiich noble md charming Entec* 
tainments to employ our attention,as will 
cngrofs it from the little and defpiqibfe 
Objfiflte, (as we fliaU then think them J 
that now amtrfe or boSe us ^ as when wc 
behold fttch a pompous Solemnity as a 
^ Raman Triismph, thb variety of fplendid 
' and magniiiceut Objefts, that fiuccefOirdy 
^reieist themfelves to our view^ make us 
;foi]itent upoatboft fiirprizingSpeftacloSy 
that even (the umi^eft and deardt Rdatt^ 
^ons, though .perhaps gaziagat Ae 6me 

G X Sight 



i 



€ 10 The Martyrdom 

Sight, out of the fame windows, are apt 
to forget one another. And (continues 
(he) even when the Saints aftually know 
and Temembrr one another, they may 
"love and converfe, upon terras very dif- 
fering from thole, that wer« fuitable to 
their mortal Condition. Yes, Didfmms^ 
("adds fhe) -4/ there will be no fixh diffe- 
rence of Ages and Sexes, in Heaven, as 
there are on Earth ^ finceall (hall there 
be lUithe jlngtlsj and have Efda c^n^ 
fwnid $0 the Gluteus Body of their R^^ 
deemer ; S^, the Rational Friendfhips, 
that will be pradis'd in that happy i^iace, 
will receive their meafure$from the new 
and perfonal Excellencies of the Friends \ 
from their being Rivals in the lore of 
Gtd \ and from their differing degrees 
ofrefemblance to Him, that is the Bright^ 

fiefs of his Glory ^ and the exfrefs Image of 
His Per fort. But, co:ic\\xAt% Theodora^Vit 

need not fpcnd more time in dilcourfiog 
Oijiefturally about Queftions, whereiu 
the Change, we are now going to make, 
will foon bring m to be refolv'd. And 
in the mean time, we may welKreft (atis^ 
fy'd, with this aflurance. That, (ince Hea- 
ven is a Place, or State, where we fliall 
te Blefs'd with the Fulnefs of Joy j 
to kno*r and converfe with each other, 
will be there found, either a part of 

our 



i 



of Theodora, ill 

^ur Felicity, or not ncceflary to it. 

CHAP, IX. 

T rT ytHilft DidymHs and his excel* 
y y lent Miftrcfs, ftood waiting, 
till the infamous Minifters of the Prefix 
dtnts Cruelty, had prepared all things re- 
quifite to the Execution of his ^arlxirous 
Sentence ^ among thofe many- RomM 
Soldiers that were aflemblfed there, tabc 
fpcdators of the approaching Tragedy, 
an Officer, whom his own Gallantry had 
ftrongly inclinM {t^ fympathize with a 
Perfon, in whom he faw that Quality fo 
Eminent, thought himfelf obligM to at- 
tempt the difwadin^ htm, fipom perlifting 
in fo fatal a Refolution as he had taken. 
Whereterc, approaching^ our Martyr, 
^ith very obliging looks and geftures, 
and drawing him afide. The Gods, fays* 
he, can bear me witnefs, generous 
Youth, that 'tis not without fome a*- 
mazement, and more trouble, than a* 
ny afflidion of my own has been wont to 
give me, that I fee the Pofleflbr of (<>» 
much Gallantry, upon the point to be 
deftroy'd by an unhappy Ck>nflancy, 
which, though in other cafes a vertue, 
mi^Il, being exercis'd agalnft the Gods, 

G 3,. become 



^Z9 The MMTtyrJim 

become ft CruB^ And therefore^ \caisir 
not but ardently wifii, that after having 
ihewn fo mncli Patience and Courage, 
you would at Itngth cxprefi your Pm^ 
dencc too, by letting your felf be per- 
fii^aded tp si Compliance, th&t m«)p re£- 
cue yoi^ at oQce from Impiety aodl from 
XJeatb. 

Aa a4^ice, anfwers DiJvmK;^ that is 
]^topps'4 with (b much kindfneS aad; qL* 
utility, and yet prefs'd l>ut by Cicb iw>- 
i^tiBlying RcELfpos, does juflly deferve my 
tbanka ^r it, bu,t not my compliaJOjoe 
with it. For tiie Argument yon briag a- 
gmS: myConftaUjcy tx) the Truth, is our 
ly, ttet my perfijijing ii;^ it will coft mc 
^ mty Uft y whic^ i% a proof indeed^ that 
'^thiK lUUgion Iprofefs, will lead me inta 
P^^gft-^ but 90W ^att, thatit h^ mifl^ 

Tis altogether extriaScK aodaccidjea«>. 
tal to a ReUgions^ being true or falfe, 
tb^t iitsi Eqibracers happea to be eo* 
vCQur^'d by Pf^femients, or exposM t«» 
CerfecQlion^^ fear is bat aa ill CounfeL^ 
l0f ia pattens of Sleligioay unjefs it be.< 
ti^e feaf of chafing a bad o^ or Uvias 
iip,werthy of a gpod one. He deferyes 
Qot t^Q BlefllQg of having made a good 
cli|04c;eankOflg,ReUgioASy tt^tdoes more 
i^k io ^. c))£ikey tite. qooceraments of 

^ ^ his 



mm 



hisil^Q, tiiaa of bi$ SouIk Aati afi 'tis) 

Onlj^fpf its &^Bg: the Um 099| tbsi^ w^ 

i^Hildiip^ke ch(HC0 of ouf R^ligi^Q^: S^ 

b^ng: Qoce choTfsa it,, liothipg^ fhwlii' 

make n^^dcdcrt it, )»t a. convidion of its^ 

being enoafiOD^ apd cenf^qaeatly: ol; i&. 

wajatiii^ tba^ Trujt}*>. w.hof€ ^pp^jsufasfsc 

madt; us ei^brace 4i;^ If therefore^, yiou. 

ca& iihe5¥ pKHi tbat ^e 09riftim K^lIgjiiHl^ 

is falfe^ or that yours is better j I acn QPt 

foia love;witl): waiodring^. astogp^qa ia 

a wroag way, b^ca^i I ow:€ hanet^ byr 

weakj»c^ormi»&i;tun^ b«e9^ miik4' bto 

it. got if youii A^Eg.amegts. be bat. me^^v 

i3aces^. or any tbi^g that is o£ tl)at fort,, 

wblchcan <^jr maaifeil:,, that the p^ei* 

isoayottr fide^ bat do not at. all 6vifice>. 

that the troth is not on niiiacv ^ a^u& 

Idipli upoii wbjit -yqu urge, as not. d«^. 

ierviag to be^ covply'd with, but con- 

tesm'd. And if it w^re not my cufton^at^ 

ver to take any tbiajg: ill> that I think b^ 

nisant w«}l> 1. fiiould eftecminy f^f API ^ 

little in-)oar*d, by the af gjiment you? «3sr- 

ploy to make me abandpUi CKrifti^ity. 

Since,, if a perfoa lefs civil and ^bi^^ 

had made uf^ o£ it, I (bouM QOficiHd.ei, 

^be muft fuppofe me a Coward, $a 

hope, by foch pe]rfwaik>ns to ma^ a^ 

Profelyte. And tbough I were U>f% a^. 

ftrM thauLl ?m,. of the Truitfe «C Ae> Re^ 

G .4. ligipn 



■^1 



1x4 The MartyyJam 

ligion I have always ownM ^ yet would I 
not for all the world, on this occafion, 
by profeffing yours, dqfert it: Leaft by 
forfaking it, when I am threatened for 
flicking to it ^ I Qiould procur my fttf 
a djlquieting temptation to ftfpeft, thsit 
I did not deal finccrely and impartially 
in chuiing a Religion; iince I made 
choice of one, that I judg'd . not worthy 
to be dy'd for. 

You miftake my intentions. Generous 
tHefymasj replies the ^^w/r;/, if you think 
I pretended to fright you into Apoftacy : 
my Vertue would as little z&ovf tne to 
have fo unworthy a defign^ as your 
Omragc would picrmit a^ hope, that it 
fhouldbe futccsful But looking upon my 
felf, a$ having made a right choice in that 
worfhip of the Gods, I make profeflion 
of, I Goiuld not think it iujarious to you, 
to pcrfwade you, rather to Live in the 
profeffion of a true Religion, than to Dye 
tor that of a filfeone. And fince my con* 
cerns for your fafety, and the little time 
you^^have to deliberate, oblige me to 
fpfeak freely to you ^ I cannot but won- 
der, thata Perfon that h.th courted Ho- 
jno^r at the rate you have done,(hould lofe 
himfelf> for Oiie^ whom the moft Sa- 
cred Per fons of his own Nation, crucifi- 
ed aS' a Malefador j and who has been lb- 
ill 



of7%eoJora. A^ 

in natur'd^ its to invite his Followers, 
bath by exprefs words, and by the nature * 
of the Religion he framM, which could . 
not but be Pcrfeaued, to involve them- , 
reives with him: ia the like unhappy 
fate. :v 

The Notions if replies BUymiu^ fbme- , 
what nettled at this Difcourie) that Ido- 
laters frame to theitifelvesj of the nature 
E>f the Chriltian Religion, are commonly 
as- erroneous, as the ways they take to 
confute it/arfe improper, and inhumane: 
And they are ufually no Icfs mifinforni'd ^ 
about the Grounds and Myfteries of our 
Religion, than they are miftaken about 
the Objefts of tteir own Adorations., 
'Tis true, that thefciyine Perfon I adorr, 
hcing fent froiii God his Father, to be 
the great Pr^^piiet and Reformer of the 
World, did, with a Prophetick.Freedom, 
as weU as Authority, iharply rebuke the 
^iperftitions of the Jewilh: Scribes and 
Pharifees, amoog whom he conversed j 
and did not more unmask their Hypo- 
cri/Ie, and repro^cli . their PraSices, by 
the Light of his Qodrine, than by the ^ 
ftfining adions of a moll exemplary and / 
ttnblejjiifli'd Life, . And his Holinefs ha-?, 
viag . cxafperatcd thefe impious HypOr 
elites, that found their Authority uiisr 
dermin'd, and theip Pcrfons difcredited 

G5 Iby 



it6 ThtMaftjrdim- 

byhftff: As tfecir nnfafKce was too great? 
ncrcto' attempt the Dcftnpftiaa of fudk 
ait Enemy ; fit his Gonfflancy wa» fcio 
great, to fiiffcr htm to decKne the 
greatcft dangers, by declining to peHift. 
in the.wontcd cxercile of his Vertues 5 
wlicreby he thw became exposed to^ a ' 
Death, whicfrheforcfeiir, aodfreottea^y 
fotctorfd, and which fce alib^ wffliag]^ ■ 
un d erwe nt , to procure Everbfting Life, 
fdrthofewljO'fboirldbdieveJnHfli, an^ 
iEriveto inritafe bint* 

And that his Death, whereoato he 

lobmftted to ctpiate the fins ol •thtrs^ 

was norinftifted on him for bis «wTy was 

aridcnt, by his being abfolv'd, not oiriy 

by the very Jndge, to whom a Crimtnal 

^ar of hisrAccuIers indifted the Sentence 

Yst ptwomic^d againft him, but by that 

StJprcme and Tnfenible Judge, G^ him- 

fttf\ vrbo dcdar'd by aftoatfbing Pro** 

digies, both in Heaven and Earth, how 

much, he was^ difpkasM with thofe, that 

Ottt his Son to Death ^ and by faifing 

Bim from the Dead within three days^ to 

sm Iimnortal Life, proclaimM h<»w dessir 

he was to him) and gave him Powcr^ la 

make hts FoHowert Partakers of that 

glorions coadkion he bimfelf was ad'* 

VancM to. So that rcominues Di^fymts) 

j^ieChampionsof hiS) w^mOiM vouch- 

fifes; 



oflt%e$Jara. ivf 

iSfes'«>'^*rftia;le mi t. from the reft of his 
Follo^vers, and carB to Martyrdom, have 
reafoit eaongh to look upon that CarB^r- 
as an in\raliiablc Honour, and a Prm^- 
ledge : Since, as they arc thereby made 
more comfbrmable to him, in chtarfully 
d^ihg for Truth aad Copftancy \ fo they 
will DC made mote* pfenfiftil flwrers ia 
thofe inefl-iroable advantages, mat his; 
ovrn meritorious Martyrdom pre^n^d 
him. Yes, for thoft to whom he votjch- 
iafes the Power and Honour ofSiiflfefitlg 
tor Him, and of imitating hinr, for the, 
iatereft of Truth and Piety ^ he doc^iUlt 
only refcrve fuch future Rec6m^cc% 
to crown tficir Love and FMeMty, but of- 
ten gives them here fuch happy foretalfe^* 
ill a perfed'aflnrance ofrt, that I cannot . 
but look upon it-^ as a vjft acceffion.to 
that infmenfe Love, that made hint dye 
for us, ttet he calls and iaaWcs us to dye 
fftrhiuy. 

r cotifeft (Didymus adds in jmrftit of 
MsDiifeourfe^ihat, a^ he took upour hiuft 
tteform of a Man, fo^^he ru%1f fiShfeff 
9y be us^tf as good Men tSoo often oiti . 
Bt)t his uwracuious power add'goodndS^, 
ftfifcieiitly prochim'd^ that he was mt 
thrown dbwn from Beaventc^ E^prttt^ ai^ 
yonr Vtrteanf is feid to have been; but* " 
that h^ <!e&eadlec^ from HtaveiT) tomaktr^ 

Men 



xa8 The MmyrMm- 

Men lire an heavenly life: Nor did he, 
like many of your Dei ties, cfpecially your 
JiipittTy aflTume an humane (bape, to do 
adions below the dignity of humane 
Nature y but he taught Men a Dodrine, 
wor^hy^, as well as Ukely, to be brought 
from Heaven ^ and gave them an exem- 
plary life, whole imitation would fit; 
them to be tranflatcd thither : And then 
fubmitted to the Torments ancl Infamy 
of the Crois, to purchafe for his fol* 
towers, by his Death, that heavenly con- 
dition, for which he had qualified them, 
hy his Spirit and his Life. 

^ The ^^«ir^ Officer, notyetouite dif- 
cfbnrag'd, by the unfuccesfulnets he had 
hitherto met with in his attempt, rc- 
Ibly'd to profecute it yet further, by lay- 
ipg: The fame reafon, that fomcwh^t 
leilens.my wonder at yonr defpiilng 
Deajth, for your erroneous Religion, cn- 
creales my admiration at your uncpn- 
ccrnednefs, to-avoid the kind of Death 
thatftireateps your obflinacy-For though 
the Ipve of glory, may invite a gallant 
Man. iikq pfifymHs\fto part witlj hi$ life 
for tb^ attainmeat of it^ yk that f^me he- 
roic^ paflion, ought to make thole it 
poUefles, more apprehenfive than others 
of thof^Xxtrenuiies," wherein - Death is, 
ascomp^y'd with . Infamy, and. made , 

.. * jaftly 



cf Theodora; 1x9 

jttftly terrible with ignominious CirCum- 
ftances ; of which, none can be moredif^ 
graceful, than the receiving it at the 
baie hand of a common Executioner. 

The Weaknefs and Examples of your 
•G'vls (replies jDi^w«/) have too much 
reduced you, to make Eftit^ates of Good 
and Evil, by thofc popular and pitiful 
meafures, that I cannot but think very 
unworthy to be acqiiiefc'd in by a Gbri* 
fiian i whOy tomerit that Title, muftbe 
fomewhat more tbau an ordinary Man. 
We judge of good and evil Aftions^ by 
the Laws of God, and right Reafon, not 
by thofe of Men in Power. And therefore 
do not think, that Conltancyceafes tobe 
aVertue, and confcquently an . honour- 
able^ not a difgracKul quality, becaufe 
legal Tyrants will can it Obftinacy,. and 
condemn Men for it, to' the fame Pu- 
niihments that are allotted to d iflionour- 
able Adions. The refpeft our Religion 
cammands us to pay to>a Civil Magi- 
ftrate, though a Perfecutor, permits us 
not by force to refill his unjuft Sentences. 
But this Submiflion of ours, does not at 
all keep his Sentences from being unjuft, 
npx forbid us to think them lb ^ and con- 
iequently leaves us the ineflimable iatis- 
faAion of our Confciences, that inward- 
ly abfolye us^ when outward Judges con^. 

denuL. 



\ 



%jp 7^ MdrtyrJm ^ > 

dcmniTs. Ancf for proof ©fthii, yoncatt^ 
not bnt have taken notice, that, where- 
as truly Criminal Perlbns being conlci- 
ous of their own Guilt, either deny wtert 
they are accufed of, or endeavour by all 
means, to palliate it, and to avoidf the 
being condemn^ for it. WeChriftians, 
on the contrary, do not only Confefs 
what you cdfta Crime, but Glory in It-, 
and do not deprecate the fete, that ^- 
tcnchourjConftancy. Nor can. it frtgfct^ 
us front.-ttndergoing Death, for a gFori- 
ons Caufe, that we thuft receive it from 
an liifeinousHand. For that by which we 
eftimatc, it isj the quality of the adion 
that procures \l^ not the condition of I^to 
that 18 enrploy'd to inflift it: And, fo 
wecan cDofider with jo-y, /<?r what^ we 
arc net much troubled to fee, #y wfeawr, jrt. 
Id that we fiiffer-, beiug fitisfkd^ that 
the ErecutioQcrs hand nwy deftroy a Wia- 
Ie6dx}r, bnt cannot make one -, and if 
the Cairfe that brings a Man ta the Seaf^ 
feldj be not culpable, the place om&et 
make the Death tb^it is there foffcred!, ia- 
fenious : Nay^ and if ; Ver tae leads \mft 
riiithcr, the fnftruments of his Deaths 
cannot keep it from being Glwions^ face 
this demonilTates the Snfi^enr unftatteit 
Conffancy to be infiiperablt, not! onJf 
by.Dea*^ butliy ttet which many ha^ 

embraced 



emS^ac'd D^atti tn flino, tHe Cantcanpt 
of the generafity* of Men. Your gaHaitt 
Koimn CommEodcf (jfttHiur RegtduA is- 
imtch Ic&.rcmeirrbrcd aad celebrated, for 
alt hU Military Exploits aad Attempts/ 
ttein. for the Cruel Death h^ fiiffer'd^ hy 
ordlftr of the e^t/^/yiifti^^ to wbon),, ia? 
performance of a. Promifc, he yielded 
htarfrff up, with' expcdatioa of fomc 
fuch Imrbai^mis Ufage as he met with» 
Af»d>fore^ as a fubmiflioa to lactigaitics^ 
msa.4pty not meaniy glorious in bii%^ 
toi 9mn the breakiog of his Word to lus: 
Eneniies •, the Hke' refigoation of therar 
fttves, will rioty. bji unbyafsfd Judges, 
be thoi^bt aa A£boa difbonourable ia 
Chriftkns, to prevent the violatian of 
their Faith^ foJcmnly given, n^t to au 
SavagtBaemy, but to a Divine Friend,, 
idio Has* already, without any oblig^ti^ 

on todo itf ibf&red oicnre fhame fcxr them, 

than the ftd:H&xttty of bis coaditioaleave$ 

k poflSble for ttmto ruifer for hiro. AM 

tbmiih that Greek Fhilofopher, Sotrates^ 

iflilioG) your cwrn Oracles,, with ©ore of 

'Bmtb than they are wont to be gjniky o4^ 

proaoimc'd the wUeft of Mea, was by 

Ml own Ccfiow-Citizens cooderon'd to 

die I^ Poyfoo, brought Hum by the hand 

6f an EmcaticMr : Te%^ iince that Sen^ 

teocewasLJiDtooniiwcd by bia CrUne$, 

but 

a] 



tT;v The, Martyr Jem 

bfat his Vertiies, the deadly draught did^ 
not deftroy his Fame with his Life \ and 
poyfbnM not his Reputation, which i^ 
extremely heightned, but that of his Ac- 
cufers, and his judges ^ whom after 
Ages have look'd upon, as worft Cri- 
minals than ever they Condemed, and 
more unworthy Perfons, than thofe- 
they employed to execute their Sentence: 
And for my part (continues Didymus) 
fome paflages of our facred Records en- 
courage me to exped, that, if a Pofthame 
Fame be fuch a Blcffing, as many ima- 
gine, the Indignities we fuflfer now, will 
hereafter procure it us, R>r I cannot 
bu^t hope, and methinks Fforefee, that, 
the Roman Eagles will one day ftoop to 
the Crofs of Chrift : And th« Temples 
of your Falfe Deities^ will be confecrated 
tt) the Service of the TtHJC God. The 
Sword of the Civil Magiftrate, which is 
now the great and only fuccefsful Argu- 
ment on your fide, will be then in 
Ghriftidn hands, which I tvifli may 
never employ it againft your Religion , 
whofe ruine will not require ^ the aSive 
oppofition of Power, but the bare 
withdrawing of it prefcrvii^ Sup- 
port. And then pofterity, more en- 
lightncd and more juft, will read the Hi«* 
ftory of thofeD^royepsof the Baptized 

(which 



4Th&ifd9ra, . ly 

(which is, at Icaft, the innocentcr) 
part of Mankind, with the fame re- 
ftntments, with which they will read 
the havocks made by Wars, Plagues^ 
Maflacrw, and other publick Calami- 



ties^ 



CHAK 



mmmifmmmmfrmmm 



r^tfi^immfm^mmmltmnmiii'^'^l'^^^^^^^^'^ 



A)4 ThfiMflftjrdm 



CHAP. 



X end of convincing the Perlbn, that 
occafion'd them^ that our Martyrs refo- 
lution was not to be fliaken^ either by 
threats or perfwafions. 

But yet the officious Reman^ cherilhing 
ibme hope, that, if DidymM ihould fee 
his Miftrefi ready to be kiird"by an infa- 
mous hand; that Beauty, which had 
conquered bis heart, would foften it, 
and thereby make it capable of relenting.- 
linpreflions: thought fit to make him one 
addrefs more, and tell him; It is not 
without extreme r^rett thatlfee your 
iDjBexlUe obftinacy defeat all my en^ 
deaTom's to procur your, fafety, . But ^ 
though your miftaken gallantry, may 
makeyou think it unhaudfbm in a Sol* 
dier, to difclaim a threatned opinion, 
that he once adher'd to, left the change 
fltotrld be imputed to Fear or Levity 5* 
yet 1 hope you will not think, that the 
ftrid rules of that deftruSive Gallantry, 
ought tQ,obligc a young Lady, in whofe ] 
Sex, Courage is, at leaf]*, an unrequlr* 
ed, it not an .altogether improper, Ver•^ 
tue. An4 therefore, I hope you will not 

refufe 



>•.• 



ft& to kcQAcLmy. Eodeavoiiisj^ to p«r- 
Joiadeliex, not to throw herlBi xmt; oCa 
Worlds of whjofii graodeurs. and. plftir 
fijres,. bee tcanlcendc^at Beauty promifes 
her aa extraordinary fbare,. asi^weHaaha 
Yottth fits her to rdifti them. pcrfo9iy> 
aAi enjoy them Ipng* 

DiifyntHs^ though at firit {Qinewha|i fiity 
q9iX!.Uat tbi^ matibj}.^ took aabogtimfi 
ta rqtuw wJTwccj^ hy lkxiog» I QonfcjB,. 
I csugwt poxtaJce of the trojuMq yxm. arc. 
pteaa^d to cjcprefs^ for tJie nol; prevailing 
of Y<>ur Endeavours to altej; my Reibloti- > 
o^s. For thQUgU the adviie. you pne^s'd 
ujpfL me% was obliging in you to f^rc^ 
yiQC if: woiud ha,ve been, Criipiaf^Lfor me 

tatsikaitr ^ 

css'di ^Fom nakiag. wt$M( afix:e(R>ry tt . 
yourddignoftftrnpuaghsn For^iam^y 
o]^AAKi, be that ialiate& another, to 
wfiat be beli&veih a QrioM:, doth become 
guilty of one ^ fi^that, astOr whatcon- 
cext^TheotUray mfebovtbeisgatalK ifure. 
o£Qaakimg her Vertue^. I ibonld moftccr- 
taiivly ruioe my own innocence. Yet I 
cannot think (fays the Romany ini(^upt- 
ing him J but if you would enforce mf 
perfuafiotts mth yoms^ the (ntefcft you 
have in, ^sr, v^piUd pre^sul to make her 

rather. 



126 The Martyrdm 

rather accept of Life, than deny a Per^ 
ion, that file owes fo much to*, and doei 
not lefs highly, than juftly, value. 

If (replies Didymus) 1 (bould yield to. 
ufe fo Criminal means, as to gire her an. 
Example of the Apoftacy, you would 
have fQe invite iier to ; the attempt wonlcf 
be le(s improbable : But for me to per- 
fuade her to what I am juft going to give 
a convincing proof, that I believe to b^ 
worfe than Death \ would make her both 
hate me, and delpife me. And to con- 
vince you, that fuch a Motion as you 
wotild have me make^ would lofe me ail^ 
the (hare I may have ib her good opim^. 
on i I will dare to own to you, that if 
I thought her capable, I fay no^of tiida- 
vouring' to feduce me, l>ut brbeihg ft* 
duced by me, my efteem of her would al- 
ter upon her change .* And thou^ I 
could not deny lii v wonder to fo rare t 
Mafter^piece of Isatore, as is her vifibk 
part-, yet there would be a vaftdlfiercQce 
betwixt a meer admiration of external 
Beauty, which muft become the Trophy 
of Age or Death, and that high veneri« 
tion, that I now pay to that admirable 
Perfon's intrinfick AVorth, and uncon-r 
querable Vertue. 

Nor (holild you doubt (continues Z>». 
dyiHHs) of the Entertainment,^ that fucb 



of Theodora. 137 

« Piety as hers, would givefuch a Moti- 
0a as^you would have aie make \ fiace it 
would juftly give her a higher relent- 
meatof ;A;yK)iicitatioa% than of all the 
importunities of her Heathen 'P^y^<r/ir»r/: 
for thcfe do but advife her to decline 
Danger, by embracing what they think 
Truth \ whereas that which you would 
have meto pcrfwade.her to, is, to pur- 
chaft her lafety, by renouncing, what /, 
.as well as Shty know to be Truth : And 
I doubt not, that fuch a proceeding 
-would fb highly offend her, ^s to enable 
her, by a bare Pardon, to acquit hcrfelf 
ofthofeRcfpeds and Services of miiie, 
to which yoffibly a Pcrfon of her goo<l- 
nefsvoiichfafcs foine Title to htr grati- 
tude. 

There is ^replies the Roman) fo grc^t 
-a difference betwixt the cafe of a refolv'd 
Soldier, that thinks himfelf in point of 
Reputation engagM not to retreat, and 
that of a young Lady, from whom no 
Reiblutenefs, much lefs Obftinacy, can 
be expefted, that I muft yet think, our 
joyntperfwafions, though unaffifted by 
your Example, would with- hold her 
from Death, now ihe is near enough to 
it to fee the horrors of it. 

Nay (repyns DidymHs) I did not fpeak 
what I have been faying about my own 

averfneft. 



f^g The Martyrdom 

averfnefs, that 1 mfght huklcr ydn im 

tryiag yoor Fortane^ If fou tfaiidL i| 

with The^dork^s VcrtQe. I do not etfr 

iter Conftancy /whofe iiicc6lK« baire bee 

hitherto no fewer than its trjraisj d 

honour of grintag more than one Vide 

ry, inone iday. But what I have blee 

fiiymg, was, to giieyou one reafon/c 

my rcmfing to joyn with you in yoa 

propos'd attempt : againft which I iha 

now offer this other reafon, that I thai 

it little left than impoilibleit iboald fuc 

ceed. For Ithonght I had already (atisfi 

ed you, that as to my intereft in Theodc 

r4j if it were much greater^ than yoi 

for Want of knowing rs both, imagine 

fo great a mifimployment of it, woul 

make me juftly forfeit itj andperfwafi 

ons that would feduce her to Apoltaq 

inftead of making her follow the Adv'ia 

would make her but deteft the Advife] 

And as to the hopes, you ground on he 

feeing herfelf upon the point of pafliq 

out of the Worlds kt rae tell you, tha 

the ffcvere Exercifes, to which her ftri< 

Piety hath long accuflomed her, have.l 

difingaged her affe<ftions ftom tempora 

thinjp, that bei&g already mortified t 

the pleafures and vanities of the World 

Death can no w4o no more, but free he 

'from the troubles and perfecutioas of ii 

Shi 



9f Tbeo'dem. a 

rAe hatlraHplay^fda gfWt partntf her life, 
i ia preparing Jiwfelf to f»n 'With k j()y- 
flitty, ntfken-tffijr Nature of Virtue fliall 
i tfKj^xwix ^ and flietiill fkid it i^ry cMde 
k to lay it down fiwr Religioti, now flw is 
MQ a fofierlajg Oi>t{dition> Wh^n^ in htr 
s^Rioft flourifiiing o]i;e, file found it enough 
t to wean her fremi the lore df the|ji?felent 
ilife, that it detained her ftom the iiext. 
l^Gteat Veiftces, fuch as bfers, are like 
i great Rivers, which, the nearer they 
>;C09ne to the Sea^ where they are to end 
: their courft, the greater they anewont 
Kto grow, and the mot^ difficoU the 
f (bream is to be withftood or hinder'd from 
icsprogrds. Theodora now looks upon 
; herfelf, as having butane ftep more to 
* mAt^ to reach thkt Crown (he hath done 
i and fnffer'd fomuch for : And tiwt glo- 
t rioas Objed, view^ at fo near a diftance, 
vfo raviifaes^and fo poifeflb her Eyes, tbdt 
I fee will dDobtlefs either not fee, or oc* 
^ r^rd, any thing that would hinder or 
\ retard her taking pofieiBon of it. 
f- Here thesKi^iM;? Officer, fomewhat im- 
ij: patient at Didyfms^s Diicourk, would 
IsjBio loiiger forbear interrupting it, by tel- 
i^idiog him/. To hear you fpeak, onewouM 
f ima^ne, that «you are not talkhig ofa^ 
t youi% Lady, t«itof fomt ancieat Heroe, 
. ihait bad b&sa loi^ accoJQiom'd to dsfpile 
t. ^ the 



M I 



i^ the Martyrdom 

the Jrowas of Fartnne, and keep himfeK 
from ov^r^valuing her fmiles. 

Heroick Vcrtue (replies Di^mms) 
docs as Iktlc know Scxcs^ as doth the Soul 
wherein it properly re fides. A habitude 
cannot always be Eflcntial to the Nature 
of an Heroick Adion: Since the firft <rf 
that kiad that one does, is not the coa- 
fcquent, but the beginnings of a habi- 
tude : And a fincere and fettled rc&lur 
tion to be highly vertuous^ may make a 
Woman (as well as a Man) to be^ that 
which thenobleft fubfcqueat Adions can 
but declare her to have leen. And a Per- 
fon that^ like Theodora^ afts by the af- 
filhince, and as in the prefence, of the 
Deity, may, to maintain her Loyalty to 
God, and her Title to the ineftimablc 
Rewards he haih promis'd toprefcvering 
Piety, both aft and fufFer greater things, 
than thofe Tery Heroes you talk of were 
put upon, by fuch barely human Motives, 
as Cuftoro, Ambition, or Revenge. 
And particularly, as to the point ofper- 
feverance againft Menace jJ, and Proffcrs-, 
thefe are not like to prevail againft the 
Conftancy of Chi iftians much lefs pof- 
fefs'd with Divine Love and Hope, than 
Theodora is. And indeed, there can be 
nothing upon Earth capable to bribe 
them, to let go the Joys of Heaven, that 

fee 



if Theodora. 141 

tee themfelves entring upon the PoflciH^^ 
on^ and if)nd themleiVes fenfible of the 
ineftimable Value of them. 

Wherefore (concludes Didymui) you 
mil not, I prefume, think it ftran^f 
thae I reifufe to joyn with you, in a De- 
iign, that I could not lb much as 4t^ 
tempt, either with Hope, or without a 
Grime ^ and that thinking it worthier of 
my Endeavors, to imitate Theodords^ 
Gonftancy, than to feduce her from it^- 
I chufe rather to be a fliartr in the Tri-^ 
nmpbs of her Vertuc, than a Trophy.. 






CHAP, 



If !■ ' I » ' 



H 



C H A F. XL " 

C0^ft9M9 ^f Vidymt^i ^ IMch cauft 
tp ^ tteal Piii^i)mms\ Coofta^cy and his 

QITowff^s^ wQ«yl4 £^« v^^wy of the 

draviifti hn^r«lf^.iO¥.cb djj^wttnted at 
the unfuccesfulnefs of his perfwaiions^lic 
thought it would be knpious^ to make 
any intcrcefllon, for Perfons lie judged ia- 
vincibly obftinate, or divert the fatal 
PcQCccdings of the JudgC;> who hav^ing 
by this time made an end of tbofe other 
Af&irs, whofe difpatch Theodora^s rc- 
Ijpite was not to outiaft \ calPd for the in- 
nocent Criminals, and, with a item 
Couiitea^nce and Voice, demanded, whe- 
ther they were yet willing, to appcafe 
the Deities they had provokM ^ and by 
burning Incenfe to them, endeavour to 
atjone for the Affronts they had oflfer*4 
them. Adding, that there was now no 
more time left for deliberating, but that 
they muft immediately renounce their 
Impious Religion, Of fufier Death for it. 

But 



\ \ Bot'tbb <pM net ftafce the iUHftripi^ 

Fr^nersi Conftiaacy v whkb proinpS^ 

Iheai t0i malor, with z& mii^h hafte as thf 

PrtfidM could ddfir^ up ifiafwer^. t^f 

|. donfifted but; of jr fliort? god refolute der 

I daratifln v T^afc thty bgd: . Uy'4 Wpp^ 

[ flttpper&orChmil.^ 9q4 had a^tJbqul^l^ 

ijflies catber diQ^ ^haa x€9fe tobfii pt^^tQ 

tfaeifalfeGods^ ihcP)^fi4^t w^Quld ha)!^ 
them, adore V tbey hM rHthe^ t>et))$W 
Vi&ltfi^, that their Siiriipiiaats^ j. ^4 
£dl Sactifkeir t6 tb«(iH sitim offer tHfff 

/ This beld pr^f^flloif)]^ fo j.i3i^ns'd tj^ 
perfofa 'twas iiii^eto^ tjbat he H^mo^'-t 
atdy gave order, that dhf BiiifMflm 
flioiukl be^lodavi^y tOjt^ t^nce^f C¥$^ 
cation v ajidtbatt;^^ Minifies .rofJpftilML 
fas he. mifnamed l^is Cruellty) &|i4d» 
without delay,, go oawith the pc^tl^ 
tioAs that wore makiag, to deftr<»y tbem^. 
put while tbefe Officers wete foUcitous 
ta obey tfao& O^mmaadsv /Ziltfir^f rvi took 
the opiK>rciuiky, tO: tdl thie generoi^ 
Coiaapa.atoa of her Sui!<9*tugs : it was ' 
i coub&f whea. Wie diibours'd with 
fidtls, ta recommsod 
'^opes, by.gi^iag them the ^oriou^^TiL 
ties oiQoowK) and Triumphs. ^ fij^ he,» 
in^ tOc'defead the reafonablenefs i^ our 



/ 



/ 



t44. "Fhi Martyrdom 

Goflftancy, by the ^ireatiids of 'the. ire- 
wards v^texpedforit-, 'twas vetyi pro- 
per to reprefent thofe Cocleftial Recom« 
pences, under the iiotion of fuch Goods, 
as thpfe wt aqgued with, acknowledged 
to be the molt noble and defirable. But, 
(^coatiiiiies fte): when we fpeak of Hea- 
ven among our felves, give me leave to 
tell you, that 1 think wefliould lookup- 
00 it under a very difiering notion^ and 
make a wide difparity betwixC4iie» Chri« 
ftlans. PsarAdife^ and the Poets ^dE^yOvm. 
Tbt Triumphs we fliould moft delire in 
Heaven, ihould be, not over our out- 
ward Enemies, or peribaal Sufieringf, 
but over Sin and Ignorance, and the 
frailties of our Natures, and the imper- 
ftftions of our Vertues. And the pofitive 
Bltffings that ihould molt endear Hea- 
ven to tts^ ihould be, not fo much that 
weftall there be Crown d by ^ifi^ as 
as that we (ball live with him, and f^L- 

loxp that ff of Ufs Ldmb where ever he ^oes'^ 

That our gratitude it felf Ihall beperfedt, 

as well as the Bleflings that engage it 

iball be compleat ^ and that we fball have 

ji^ O eteriial Day, to contemplate that Siu$ 

^ ^-jRighteenCnefsy without having that 

gloi NfousObjedveil'd by anyinterpoling 

QpUi % iwcb leis hid from us by. the 



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\ 

V 



•\, \ 



(fTBeodora. fitJ 

viciffitudes of day and night Id ffiortv 
I thinly Devotion (hould in our faturife 
States afpireto other thingsi than thofe 
that jnay be the Objefti of nieet Ambitii 
bn» 

And now, generous Didymm (adds 
Xheodora fince we are entering tipon the 
laft fceneofour mortal Life; let usfl 
befeech you fummon- together and roufc 
irp all the Graces and Vertueswe hare 
receivM from Hearen and terventiy im- 
plore both an cncreaTe of them, and tf 
iuppiy ,of any that our prefent Circum- 
ftances require \ That we may go off 
the Stage Pioufly, as wellc as Ma&dfomfy, 
and both zSl and Ibfier a9 becomes 
Ghriftlan Martyrs; Eet Mt any Gru- 
elties or Affronts of our infulting Perfis 
cntors, be ah^e to dilcompofe us ; but 
let our evennefs of mind convinee them, 
that they can as little diibrder ui in our 
way to Heaven^ as hinder us to get- ta 
ttur Journey's end. But let not our ua-*^- 
dauhtednefs appear the eiftd of fbUoH 
ncft, orficrcenels, orofmeer refoMsd^ 
nefs J but let it be fo calm and charimblie, 
f hat we may not be Ibfpe&ed to be >the 
Martyrs, rather of our Glory, pr^-our 
Gbnrage, than of our Religiom --Lctlt 
Hot be ' thought that we hate A\(t^ <or 
defpife! it, but only that We thiflkf i* af 

H3 choap 



oheaip ptrchaile iar Heano, anoi fertitt 
liQMiir ^>o«rni|ig 9nd JbUowiflg a Rei> 
^bcttKTt iyhojr< to m^n% it for us^ toirii 
lfe»»QM?fti«hls.wiiy thither. ; ^ 

Admonitions fo becoming a dying 
ChdHiAiH rcceiy'4 fuch an cnter^io* 
fiwnt^ ^« th6 Piety of it, and the Vjene*. 
jTitionthekadibrtbe^iver, aaight jnftly 
(ShaHrage, from ibdeyouts^nd ideratedj 
Sk»u)ta» .^Ivstt ofViJjimus : wliofe if Iblitte 
a«fw«M to the fyff;^ p|i(^r,^ tc^etbfir 
wilthibi^ bebairiour, as well iioce ai Iki^ 
fore he made them, leaving bis Enemiei 
no aaore expe^tjon that he could be 
fewmVd with, either to alter his cmi 
refolu(ip% or tempt hit Mil^refs to^ 
cfaaDge.twrs ; be w^ appoiated to be firl| 
lf(laway;!|o£}{;«cui^ii;^at the ^ght<if 
lttsiUo(Ki 0Hght itsrrifie Theodora^ and 
flight bier i^o a icare to preTo^ii^e l)er 
amn. This Tefolution cf bis Enomiesi 
did mt^t all ktfeja-bU ^ but lia^lng «ai^ 
ly ebl^'d Jp^^ fr^ the i3^»M^ 
Oji(]i^$^vtbs(ti(roul,4 • not but :^mK ,tm 
Q^my^ iBA^fiXMVvhal cofnpaffida^i^p 
bis '- ^^itiWff, ^ i^¥ ^ ^^ words to 
Tho4fir0 /. .)Ue WfOfHt »> xhat Exoelkot 
Peofoft i t^ iappHfRaob^ng liusr with # far 
SrM9^r r«i^ft^ (^h^n.b^ . woul^ ibew (;> 
«»y.?f>?v««, jhat.cfttiifl bvt pTifferve that 
l*f^; wJbHWfa tJMi Rpmmi WW?.§oing to tatc 
from^ 



1 



fr^m him: He t^ld hrr; }^biir PfStf^ 
Madam, ^uui your Ewmplei mukiqfiiM 
prc£ii«^ tfaat uipoa fudh ao ocpafHia ^ 
t3u% I nay with ^&w i:oafea^ j^rc wj(^ 
a liigi;, rwliich ever fiice I htd: tbe^face t{^ 
fee yoU) b«$beeG lb aiaeh at^ y^Kt 4ft^' 
po&l i I am oow g<dag wkhout rel4»Ska<>- 
qr to perform iiiat laft duty, whertM^' 
F^ij^OR caUs me. But tln^fciiig mjr 9S^ 
obli^dy t0 begki wkb^the flflwaft cbnicDlt 
part of my Martyrdooii^ befidre I hid fin^"- 
wel to the World, my t^aciiMtfaa sw^ 
re{i>ed:^ brings me totalis my ia(t toav4* 
ofthe&ireftaad e»ceUegt Perfaa ia it* 
U^ Madami (fo he proceeds) I were ia »- 
conditio a <h piykig yoq aay fw6ber iiii^^ 
tl«^ my hu tnUe requeft to you trould b^ 
» hjwse tnc hoftwirtrf y«l»r farther Comr 
iMads* But fifice my conditioa ISM^i 
me not a capacity ot ferving you fbr thfe 
fiiture^ one of my laft Petitions to f bu 
miA be, ,to be^ pteas'd to look npoa m^. 
ptft Services, aselxtrasety flsort of tlli'^ 
defiree of a PerCbm, tfaib^loTM ^^ou. wMk^ 
as much Ardency, as your Charms tfaen!i»- 
felves could kbaidle \ aad yet^ with fo ^vm 
a flanve, that- tetil it beea vifibkv evta' 
Thevdor$f% Vertuc, tould not hai^ dafi* 
ap|N«by'd it. Bnt Madaiti f contiJiMit he> 
^thougli torque yots from the coqditi-^ 
ofryou art iil^Jthere is ti6 daMer fi^ 

H 4 deQ)erat& 



i4* Tie Martynfom 

de(})«rate that I would not joyfoHy a^ 
tempt, if I were agaia at libertfj and 
myit wtrt poflible I coold ftrvive Von •• 
yetlamto^muchconoern'dfer the no^ 
bl*f part of TheadwAy to wifli, Ac wookT 
Wemilbfo f^tkjfsa lifeto faveit. On- 
ly, »fadam, give me kare to be ft kind- 
and ChahtaWe to the World, as towifli' 
that Providence may find fome extjedi- 
«»ti to preferve for you, both yonr 

S!fT"J°**-y?"^ Head i and that yoa 
xaayarrtyefo late at Heaven j as to have 

kS.'JS» M -^^ ^''5^ ''•^h a long and 
awmplary Ufe ; and may you lead it 

witn ver^ae; and without kflowiac fo^ 
nwch as that trouble, which I fear, vour 

^thTdim JPo°thcremerabrancc. 
at ^he ferthfijleft of your Servants. 

♦fcZ ?'*°*^^^°**'*''« ^** occafion of. 
thjnvhavmg drawn fome. Ttears iatoi 

ttiam made >them very obliging to Diih. 
««f* yet his concern for her ^uiet, pre- 
firatly engag'd biBi to help hcrto.lbp-. 
^efi them, by niaking baft totey heiv^ 

2?l^? Prtythe ferenityof her mimj 
ttdlooks,^ which Vertue had ftill kept- 

WaM?? aV" ^**«"^«cuiJons had not 
*»<«-aWc to diforder, ftould be difcpm-t' 

posU. 



CpodtifiQes hb) t^^^h^ 'beipg o^^dent^ 
tha^ yoDT Gharricy will mate it uoaccef*^ 
iiry lor roe^to beg y<>ur Prayers, I wa&i 
going rtf(^ npal^u oiy petition to you,.. 
tfa^ yoB, v^6iii<jl.v^UiCbfii|e» aow^and tbeiL 
tQ icaA a tJftO«gkt^>jQ the^isjcaipry of af er^ 
£aii,rt^ wbof^'OfiiKl ypu w<^is^ .conftaiitiy 
jHScien^ : Yet, I> mH(t: now- f etrad that; 
h«imi>le reqtitft,.iiale& you are pieas^fl 
to grant; it me with this quaUfication^. 
Ti^ethe boaoDr yoii:^o me, may ngt.^e 
dt%ii0iag to . yo«.! For inow. .areai d 
bieUliig'ioev0r> ii i$, to enpy a; place i4 

your thottghts^V J®^<i^ ^^^ ''^"'ft*i'^^5* 
feat quite another, man than -Dii^rnf^. 

thit ihould, e{))eciaUyoH its own^lcoret^ 
becw^e trtHibleibm^to Thtnlpra ^mhole. 
cOtapafRon is as wellvneedlefs, a& undeli- 
red ; iince 'tis in jurio<us both to her fell: 
and me, tolooicAjponhimasa p^ibn.ta 
be pitied^ that is going to receive thc^ 
hoftour and fatisfa^ion, to fufTer in her 
fight, what he. fuffcrs partly for her fee- 
vice. An^ the place be implores ,but ui^ 
her fiavouFable not her mournful thou&hts^. 
will give him^^ the nobleft and deCraQleft 
Betf^ that he can have, upop Earthy 
when he ibalLbe in Heaven^ 

Tbe things which DiVj^mici faid, and 
tfae^^thcticaL way he faid them in, djd. 

H 5J mt 



drd)^ tty, iR*^ ^amcyr^dfiers 4f mind, 
ftetisM tb'be^Mfftreft of on otlier occi^- 
cm. ADd MnlideifeKg tlieft 'as the laft 
and dying words oTfln^econiisliftM Qe&^ 
' iiif thaPt^ hsitf (o MgMy Ibi^vM mA 
tbrv^a^fe^flle^iad ««^ tiMei' *er rt^ 

i^^Cit^j '^^nrlt ftmcH^at of tfer * iMonted 
i e ft n M ntrfi. Whtrtkrt * -with Ey«h 
fwVcrem though Ihe cfldca?rourW ta &p* 
prd^Tdini, rflbe Ai<(3o^d ah edra^dhia^ 
^r^f -, Ml Wkh UMks, ^\migm both 
GratitMciandtObl^diiefi difptey'd'ttMHi' 
reh>c» ; (he tdld Mm, If I lookM Dpoa 
your Vertoe^ gcftcrous Didymnsy $s one 
tjmt were l30t foracwbat extraordinary^ 
f Jftfcnild think my ftlf oWigVi to make «x- 
.Cwtt^ and feek yonr pardon for ha^teg 
*eeni 'thtfngh nndefignedlj, fo ieceflarf 
tp'tfeearfy^lbfsoJfaSfe^ fo worthy to he 
ii lonfe tme. Hut wfiat ^on have this day 
doric^ TTtakes me appi^hend that ftcn 
DJfcpnrfcs, wonld not be very pieafing, 
' taone th^t delights in fuch Anions. Bat 
dpnot thiqk, ! coi) jure yon, that, though 
I cannot pretend to merit or requite 
•Services or fo nnufital a ftrain as yonrs^ 
I can be infenfftrle, how t^nch I owe to 
itlfaein^ not only, upon the feore<rf their 
*jfe?tne&, butnpou thatofthe hejdibm 

aad 



f&r f eofiititluc* flie, with a oAow that 
JbiHewhat expounded the fneafiiilg df 
what ftfe n^-pAng t6 fay) if atteMhif^^ 
Vtttueand C^ffiftttt you thh flay ^tiie^ 
prdsM, Pfoyldence had thought fit^eo- 
place -me ill aeoinikS^Q of ttiSdi^gy 
Retritrntions, jf Wtil allow you W thihkj. 
thatia chnfing them for you, f iftt^ 
hat^e been very nmch,. Jf not linrtfctvWf- 
ly, guided by ychir wilhd/ HtsA^fe' Ad ^ 
pans'd a whiter, and bJMb'd'tlte^fitteri 
that 'fee had laid, wfet . to her nteehel^ - 
feemM fb much } and the fortttr, tfexKwi- 
fider whether he deferv'd not ti» havd.^ 
mdre faid to him. But herobli^giag looki* 
did fo wdl fecbfld ^nd ebctjbond, Ifti' ofi - 
therwffe, fomewhait itidCTUite *v?ord%p% 
that Di4pnut\ Heart readily xi^AtxStiti& 
ttie Language of her Eyes 5 and her Heart 
fpoke fo clearly in^ber CtteeJrt, • ibmewhst - 
that- it fcf dpled to utters by her .T ott^ 
gut. Mi e^tpfelShg niot'e tmii ihi^dX 
withotit itajufing^hef^iodeftfiheirifefifOT.^ 
her Gratititde : ^t^f paflbiiate JcitsSmj 
eftceming himfclf more highly^ te«ih- 
penc?d, by, this permiQion, to fnj^Ktfif : 
her kindhjas than he woitld havt dOrt* 
by the petfcfteft affurance of' zttt othefsf 
lore ; And fencyirtg, thaif by thif Tigftif 3 *6f 
that new. Fire tbatflafifd b heir Chc'e^, 



I4f IhtMiprtyfJili^^ 

he could fljy(c$r0ria her Breaft fuch^a re- 
ikauhpat of bis Services, ^^ involvM an 
approbation of their caufe^ aiid imply'd \ 
ajpeqpliaritjr for hisPerfon v. he took thq 
h|gbw retribution be everdid, for the. 
highell he ever could receive from a l^^ 
dy^whofe Bpauty and Refervednefs were 
fq great;, that no favour olher.gr^nting^ 
cquld appear little. 

Bnt Thcad^ru quickly recovering the 
diipcde^, thi$..meritied. Declaration, had 
p^t-her Jnto^ made halt tp^ prof^ute her 
Q^^urie, by adding ^ But. tia my fatis*. 
^dtion^ and will Ihope> be.yoftrs^tbat, 
iince you a^ed upon ReligFons fcor^, as. 
Weill as ^llne, you will not wantarecotn- 
ptf nee, greater than it had been poffibl^^.: 
tor me^to, give you i fince in refcging roc. 
upon a Chriftian accoui^^. you have 
fervM a Matter, that is.abk moft^ richly,, 
to reward, even ycwr ^Performances .;and„. 
Sufferings : Anq doubt, nut Didymnk. 
("fontinue^ fhe) but tl|at^; whejQL you fh^Il 
^|54)eponefs'd,x)f a .Gloriqus^aad Im-^ 
ni^rtalQ-awn in Heaven, joq,, wUl.have- 
nq c^Rfc, ^ to betrpulji edr at yQujr. having* 
upon E^rth, left a Crown flfJL^mel^ or. 
tt^fs^'d onk of My^/lc. If, Lwere.to tar^ 
n^ot, rather languifti/ here. bdow, a*. 
in?nx. yeac? as^.yout. miftakea. kindnefs^^. 

»i^«?AyPf4?^iftjnf5 your faypurs.bavev 

b$£n^4, 



■n 



bdea fo extraordinary^ that, wkhootbe^ 
iDg guilty of an ingratitude, that, wmild 
Berio too, I cQukl never lofe the. remem* 
brance of them, nor omit paying you;tbe 
higbeft acknowkdgments, that the chief 
place, not oaly ia* my memory, but in 
jdy. efteem^ and friend (hip, cpuld make 
you. B«t do not Didymnsy I befeecb yon, 
think. of my, Surviving you, when the 
holding out a few minutes longer for 
Chrifi^ will introduce me into a>^Conditif- 
on, where I (hall ever fee. him^ aad/nfir 
vet* offend him* . List us then (concludes 
Jhe) qigit the. thoughts of this World, that 
w^ aregoing fo Toon to qiiit, and begin to. 
fix them jon thofe joys of another, that 
we are Roing to poflefs for ever ; and 
dpring that litrU timo, that is rcqni(ite 
to take our Crowns, let us (um'mon 
Dp all our powers, tocontributc.to a ber 
liaviour befitting fucb E^pedation^ Let 
our lalfc iervices to Religion,, be our nor 
bkft ones,.. that our Death$ may at leaft 
ado^n k, if not propagate it. Let us re- 
ceive thelalb effefts of otir Perfccution^ as 
perfons that do not deferve rujcb aa ufage, 
aod are above theirwch of it Let us 
afpire to ChrJfij temper, ,in his caufe^. 
aodfufler Like.,him,,.as we fuHer tor him : 
and theiv^werneed not doubt, but, in 
fj^gbjt.of,.t%. fljprtftl^^^^ we aw 

yielding 



154' TBtffbfiyrSm - 

fit\iiti% to for h\i Sake, .trt AaH jojMlf^^ 
ind for e^rer, medt tgatu, in a tetter 
place, and in an iMftimably baptttertoo* 
dition. 

necdorM had fcarae ffiftde an end 4fl(f 
[peakinKi when . all cMngs bdflg^ in t 
readioeftto put the Judges Sentence in 
BxecotioflV triey towhom^that infampm 
smployment wai committed, cmt to 
bring notice of it-to THAjmnf^ .who^ not* 
v^fcfafteiidiAg the rdit6hlncy he had, t6- 
part -vrtthi^e admirable, and nowoblig^ 
iiifg, ThtodtrA ^thinking it Would misbe- 
a)mc hhn,to ftay for being prcfs'd on fiich > 
an<occaflon dehy'd not^ with ailt^e^^e- 
folntion he was able.vto afTume, to take 
hts laftfarewcl of her. This cruel lebt^ 
ratioii, being not to hare an end^ before 
boththeir lives, was folemnil'd by that. 
Ktcdlcnt pair, with Geftiircs^»anA.Ex-' 
preflions ^.{eofible and moring, that, 
ieclming an account,^ which I could not 
tttem^ to ^ive, without IhariBg v«y 
much in a grief, that I ftouW be aWe, , 
itit rery imperfeftly, jo dcfcribe j I IhaH 
Slcntlypaft over the Circutnftances of 
rhis fid Separation, that more troubled^ 
:he generous Lover, and perhaps his*ad#^ 
jiirable Miftrefs too, than that of Soul ^ 
md Body, which was prefently to foBow^ 
t. But J^ii/^nx, now finally parted 

from.. 



- 0ffi0$dorm iff 

vvords! tihe: : plaa of his Si^riiigSi ^idi 
bf itsiieaffiibiiceQfhim, ^h^e fiLeligtoa 
catiUiiim tio them, affime t temper <«£ 
W^i$!d^ fuitable mtiie gkooos w^f Jgv be. 

^M^sTA 'faUfticAf^ after bariag dot^ aH^ 
tfliQt imanieid isnft^^ t» fuSor ai became - 
aOhVtftiioi, ' 

^Tbfe was flmcb tiie kfiidjffc»lt for 
Mfiifto doy i)ccaii;fe Us Wibole p^4Mfe 
itkMiam m^ Uk s j ^ . prefaf»tei^:tojBa)$e 
ttMaftilie iaftffpaiie«ili£ nv^f tih^. i For 
(«D^ add ftmewfaliC:^^^ to 

tiKX:;hifadcr gimed: ' of iitai ifi tbe &rft 
eook.;i)iM^im^waiaPer£bQ, ia whom 
SMruie Gtice had pswliic'd ib early a 
Ptcty<) ^i|t^^^M wdl^ri>im<^ifti^ 

Itfeav^ Anljijidging tte tmft fiOiit;ilh^S 
^msoihkhQ^ to bc» for that reafen^ 
tiieiitteS: to ho De?ofied to the moft 
fwrthy ^ Oi^eds ; He wb$ eaaU'd both 
*to fttppve6.tke beans <sif YoQtb» aad' 
defpi^etfaeVfitikieBiofthc/Woridi even 
'fi^le that a&«Uy»a|^MWn'd Age, iQadc; 
ihefdnflsr moft impel»OQ«^ aod gav€ 
the latter, the grfift^ndoanBenl; of No- 
velty. Mor4sd his being a Soldier, prove 
a» OisAacla of bis Fiety. The Cicaoi* 
^ of ytjM>;il^i^>>ff4tfW^^ and 

other 



tf6 The M4r:t]^im 

other brave Waniers o{tYittHd7efiime»f 
fliew, that Herokk Valour, may be ac*^ 
compaay'd with eminent Piety. And; 
the firft Profelyte the Heathen WoTi<L 
preftnted to Chriftiantty; beisg a .GapH> 
tain^y aad^ continuing ta^ be; fo after Ju^ 
Gdn?er(ion^ argues, that a MAitary ifcMfr 
of Life, tsadtiflcooGftent with the i»9fr 
irinocent of Religions. And. for Didv^. 
mns ', as he fought not on t : of Herteeoefi,: 
or Amice, or Ati^ition^ but toexcr^ 
eiftand improve. h)is Vertuef :fo amldA 
all his Military Oonllids, fa& Was ftillcare^ 
fill Tafij^hpihe. ^jood fyh * ^ Ruth i-. Aadb 
being taHight .by the Holy Scripture^ that 
The lAfe if Man here on l^th, is a kind 
9f Military mt : He us^'^d the R^man Camp 
as a School to a higher fort of .^arfare^v 
where, astheihardihip^areigrea^t^, and:^ 
the Victories more? diiScult, fo the 
Crowns and Triumphs are incoitiparably 
more Valuable and Glorious. A Perfon^ 
thus qiaaHfy'd and ijifpos'd^ could hoc 
fiiiid it very uneafic^ ro^ part, for hisReU— 
gion, with a Ufe that he had rled fo wett, 
and hazarded fo c^en ^ nor i«. leave a 
World, that Sin and Perfecutioii& emUt- 
tcr'd, and that was prefeatly , to^ be left . 
by T^ecdora^ that he-might pafsvto a 
place where they« fhonld imeetCto be. 
GrownMw*. Wberefoic, jffi&lving toihew 

that:: 



tiifttthe^pproach of a reputedly infamous 
Death, was not able, either to Ihake his 
OMiftancy, or extihguifli his eh&rityj 
IfediQ)os^a hihifclfto mingle in Ms laft 
Adionsand Sufferings, the courage of ai 
t^om^ Soldier, with the refignment of a 
Chriftian Martyr. And accon^gly, 
walking on towards the place of Execu- 
tion, with a calmnefs and undaunted^ 
ne^, that could (car ce have proceeded 
from a refolution not flrengthen'd by 
Faith i as Ibon as lie came thither, he 
looked' round about him upon theGuardSj , 
and' other AfRftants of this fad Speda- 
cle, in filch a way^ as if he rather pity'd 
them, jthan lik'd th^ Pity« which many - 
1^ them could not but by their Tears ex« 

]:^eflibr faifRi mddUcoufsUtolhem mth- 
ail the gracefninefsi tbat Youth and 
Courage could give fo esMraordinarv a 
Perfbn. And beoaufe he Hippos^dj^ tiiat 
(^as^twas uitial cm ffach x>cca(iohs ofOon*^ 
courii;) there were among the SpeSators, 
ibme Military Men that wereChriftians 
in their Hearts, though they had not been, 
caird to own it publickly vHc addreft'd., 
himfelf particularly to them. And hav^ 
ins premis'd, that he pretended not to ■. 
ifiitrud them as barely Cbriftiahs, be- 
caufo he doubted- not,, but be. bad been 
j^evented by the walgtoy. and movingi 
.' '^ Sermons, 



t^ff the Martyrimr 

CHAP. xn. 

4 

Tir^ H E Perfccutors of' Thn doray ho-^ 
X P"*g to intimidate her by ibXragicld 
ft Speoatle^ had condoded her to a place,, 
whence fccr niigh t fee all that had pafi'd v 
of which 'twill eafily be believM that flic 
had iMrt tt(?itt aq tinconccrn*a Spedator : 
Mer yfeV>t^e »id Kindnefs making her a 
%rer ill Hll Sufferings, by fympathifing. 
with him, and by codeavoaring, as far 
as fhe could, to r^ieve him by her moft 
ardent Prayers jThat his conftancy un- 
c[er them might , be Dif ineiy Siipported,. 
and ricWy Cfown'd. But while her 
thw^ts were, with a JOIvine j^ief^ Sb. 
lemniiing her loTs ; thofe cmel men that 
had procttrM it^ bei(ig defirous to make 
ttfe of the terriffin^ impreflions they (up- 
pos'd (he batf reeeiv\l, while they were 
frefh and recent, advanc'd* to TheoJprd^ 
bringing with them the purpofely disfi- 
gur'd remains ofDidyrnks j and then told 
her, that Ihe was now conyiatfd, that 
neither Youth nor Gallantry was able to 
proted, fromthefatal anger of the Gods,; 
t^pfe that obftinately refus'd to Worfliip 
them i and therefore they expefted,that.,, 
by a f^fonaiie care of herfelV flic would 

fliua 




'ftnit the imitatioirorfo^tagicaUo Ex- 
ample. To thUthe fair Martyr replied, 
that fhe was not^^l farpriz*d at vvha( 
had pafs'd, ^nditherefore, ^e kbevr iifs« 
why (he. fliOBld'*en«rrifiod by it. For; 
DiMmm aad Ih«,«id aU oUier coafidertDg, 
Gbrtftians^ that walk according to th«ir 
Mafter»4ireiai0QS, were woat d^fce-. 
tately t^wici]^' Ae conieqnences of em- 
bracing a ftriaaodt)erfeeoted Region, 
before they liiadc Profeflionofit-; And 
having fordfeen wKtt it might coft them, 
and fatisficd themfclve* that itdeferv'd . 
a yet higher Price •, they were not difcoo- 
rag'd nor furprit'd, to be put to pay that 
price •, cfpccially, when it open'd to them 
an immiediate paflage to the poflcflMin of 
what they gave itror. Sheaddedt that 
if the Example of the generous Martyr,^, 
were to haVc any operation upon her, It 
ought not to fright her from, but con- 
firm her in, the profeflion of a Rcli^on, 
whofe truth he thought worth dying for-, 
sod wiidch, notwithftanding all the hand- 
. feme concerns he had for herprefervation,- 
he would never fpeak one wo^d tbjper- 
fwade her to decline, for tht pfotrafting 
of her Liife. • His Example, Ccontinues 
TheodoTA) lets inie fee, that no violfcnces 
.ttiioa Earth, are able to deflsrqy ?,Q?B-. 
yra^e that M ailiited from De^ven, and 

fight* 



t6z 7^ IftMyri^m 

ftihtt in view af tAie'gloric&.iif bi Ail 
bis D«tdt mamfefk, bowqmcfc the ^ 
figemay be betw^||tisandaiiUK08i;^ 
parably better Life , and deadly Aewty 
lK>w foon the Qtmolfceileaief youir di^ 
dty, can place thdfc that dalpifek^bosi 
the reach of it. Hieo caftktg Jior mowrt^ 
ful Eyes upon the ftddeft ObjedrtfaBeevtfr 
they beheld ^ If yon ibonld, &ys fhe^ be 
fo inhumane, as to exerciCb any further 
Cruelty upon this now inanimate PrKbiiv 
whence his glad Soul has E&apM , yoift 
may intend him a imlchief, but he witt 
not feel it, unlefs it be ia the encreaie of 
the rccompences of his Martyrdom. Yoir 
may, if youplcafc, infultover bis dead 
Body \ and thofe whom his vertuc made 
his Frieads,inay fomeof them be troubled 
at it : but white you are ^iumphlog ^t 
bis Death, and others are deploring it, I 
doQ'btnot, but the welcomes and )oys he 
i^eives in the blefi^d place be is goneto, 
moke him happy enough, tO: pity not oa^" 
^ thofe that hate him, but thofe diat pi- 
ty him too. Wteit you ihew^ me a8;tbf^ 
Trophy of your Power, I look upon, a& 
that ctf bis/Conftancy : and for what yoa 
preftmie to be Your Yifitery, He wailfe 
really CrownM. The Grave, (can&K«s^ 
t^) is, I confel^ a M Profped, to tfaegk 
that look M further^ and^terofinate thtf 

■ fight 



IHht time { bcit notto: ^ft faiftrers fbr 
lAe Truths ^ho, with tbeEyt ef Faith, 
lacdtiag bcy)aiid k, fee alt tHoft^Glories 
OAthe other fide of it, ^at expei^ them 
there, \ wberettntOy as fome ^oib^ of Deatli 
xnftft necefEif^ilfb^ the way^ fa Martyr* 
doBiof^iit other is* the NoUeft. Where-* 
ifore, (concludes Thtod&rd) you wit) very 
much mifs yow aioi^if you forbear brings 
iag my coaftancy to the laft Tryal, only 
ufMHi hopes, that Death drefs'd with na- 
ufoal Horror, by being bcfmear'd with 
D'ubfmm^ Blood, flioiild frightea me in- 
to Apoltacy : For, 1 am much le& terri- 
fied b^ his Fate, dian enconrdged by bis 
l^yiova^Q. In imitation of which, I de- 
clare to yon once for all, that, as I al- 
ways valued tiKis World too Uttk, to be 
mnch. afraid to part with it for abetlTer^ 
5o I QialloeTr^r be. broiight to qnit an ex- 
I CfiSeat Religion, for a hod one, for fear 
I of exohii^nging a wpctcbed Life tor a hap- 
py OM. 

^his . pofiliro aad final declaraciofi c^ 
TUn^immy did & enrage thole towhogi 
\ % a»ade i^, that, finding themfthes 
; qtMe cUfappoirMRd of the hopes they had, 
t<^ teiptific iicrt by their hft- Expedienit, 
^^nmh De^ \ theyy preftotliy ted heii 
aiQMjitio p9«rtifii|iato (^' his F^e, which 

#. And 



r64 '^ Ifkttyrdm 

And now the admirable Hmd^d^ ht*- 
ving rcccWM that cruel, but wclcom 
Caramaad, moft readily difpos'd her felt 
to obey it : And confide^iag bow near 
flw was to put a period to al! the afilidi* 
onsof her Life, by the:^orioufeft AAi- 
on it could be cottcluded-with^ and how 
Ibonfte ftould enjoy the happinefs of en- 
tering Heaven, thorwigh the ftreightcft 
and nobleftOate at which it is acccffible; 
HerBcauty^that was before admirable ap- 
peared more fo than ever, being ftranfee- 
ly encreasM, by the elFafions of a CocleftK 
al Joy, that did too much abound in her 
heart, not to fla(h out manifeftly ia her 
looks i to wbofe native Charms, it fuper- 
added io much of Lufter and Majcfty, 
that Ihe feem'd (upon fom.e peculiar de- 
fign) to be newly come from the Heaven 
ihe was going to. So great a conftancy 
and chearfulnefs of mind^ upon fo fad an 
occafion, wanted n«ot a refembling Ope* 
ration, upon the generality of the won* 
dering Ainftants; For rib#wfc the Report, 
that was quickly fpread of fo uncommon 
an Aftion, as that of Tht^dora^ done by 
f> extraordinary a Perfon, as Fame had 
rcprefented her to be j had drawn a 

Seat cottcourfe of Fepple, to fee one 
at adted^ as well as . look'd, fo band- 
&aiely : Tit wfaeA they had a whUe be« 

heUt 



^ I 



of Theodora. l^$ 

cW her^ and law the cruel laftraments 
f what Ihc was doom'd tfo fiiffcr \ among 
hat numerous Throng of Speftators, 
here were none that were not AdmircrSi 
uny that look'd on her withdazled,ana 
^m without flowing Eyes. Every fort 
t Speftators found fomething in her Per- 
)a and Condition, that made them 
lournful Ones. The Chriftians that 
haacM to mingle with the reft of the 
Jrowd^ Lamented, to lee their Religion 
lepriv'd of fo great an Ornament, and 
i) Jhining an Example ; though their 
TicF were moderated by confidcring, 
hat Ihe was entering into a moft happy 
face, to which they might hope, crc 
ODg, to follow her. And in the mean 
Ime, 'twas no fmall credit to their Re* 
Igion, that a Lady of her Beauty, had 
iv'd accordiii^ to the ftrifteft Laws of 
: } and a Perlon of her youth and fex^ 
ras ambitious to dye for it, Thofe a- 
ipng the SpeQ:ators that yet retained JPd- 
Mf,n Spirits, and were the genuine Offl 
^ing of thofe noble Anceftors, that 
irupled not in t^m^ it felf, to allow pub* 
cl; marks of honour to its gre^teft Ene* 
liesj could not but betroublb(}. .tofte 
) rare a thing as a Female Hero, puni(h« 
\ for ft Generolity, that could not iuffi^ 
Icntly be Rewarded jand brought to a 

I untimely 



1 



MIS6 



TM Mattyrdcm 



nntimelyf aod, \\\ popular cftimatioii^ 
Ignominious End^ for having foTIowi 
Diftatcs of Gratittade and Piety. Tho] 
Infidels, on whofe fentiments Vertue hi 
more influence thaA Superftition, wen 
yery much ditfatisfied with the rigour 
their Magiftratcsj thoughtit a difet^ 
to their Religion, to ufe fuch baii^irau^ 
and yet inefFedual Courfes, to fright Mei 
into it ; and they thought |tan invidi 
ous ftrvice to their Gods, to deftroy th< 
faireft Mafterpieces they h?d made. Buj 
thofc that feemcd moft to deplore tJ 
feir Martyrs condition, were thofc thai 
were di^po^'d to have their AfFedioj 
wrought on by their Eyes, and wer< 
apt to be influenc'd by Beauty. Foi 
thefe much repinM and griev'ci(^ to fef 
{o glorious a Sun redue/4 tc^ iet in he 
Eaft. They envy'd D/^w«i, forhavinj 
fo gcDeroufly ferv'd and fufFer'd for f« 
rare a Perfon-, who,*tlley thought, ini 
fteadof the barbarous ulage Ibe receiv V' 
defeo'd to be as happy, as hey Smil( 
could make her Adorers. Audi they aj 
lowM themfelves to think, tha^ notbinj 
could be a Vertue, that depHv'd th\ 
World of fo much Beauty. In ftort 
moft of the By-ftarders griev'd, to be- 
hold a perlbn, whofe yo^b would pal 
for innocency, and whofe charms woi ' 

give] 



9f Theodora. t€f 

iw her Captives atnoBg Savages,' dc^ 
toyM in t^reea by Romans. So tha 
iting thofe few Barbarians, whpfe 
iperftilioa and Malice brought her 
i tb^t Condition : AH the other 
jcftal^rs of her Sufferings, were de- 
J6rcr2;of them too : And many to 
ft dcp*€«^ that to judge by Their 
oks, and thofc of our fair Martyr |u 
tt wftuld have believed that the Af* 
bnts* were, to be fuffcrers in the ap- 
loachfn^ Tragedy, and She but the 
jtftatorofit. 

And novf the Matchlefi * Theodors 
be tQ:,the place, whence her afpi- 
ftg Soul'iyfls tp take its flight to 
feaven-V in' order to which, fee firft ' 
jokM l^out ' her with a kind of pi- 
\ on thbfe that either never, or later 
tan Ibe, were to be admitted into the 
licity (he was prefently to poffefi ; 
ud afterwards (he paus'd a while, te 
w>ver frDm fome diforder that Ihe 
as put into ^ nc^ fo much to &e 
?r fclf environM with Guards, or fur- 
funded with Gazers : and then, though 
(t Balhfuinels made it more uneafie to 
tv to {l[>eak to the Afiiftants, becaufc 
^ fpeech muft be a publick one, than 
:caafe it muft beherlaft ^^ytt widi a 
oice and Geftures, wherein the Mo« 

la defty 



1^8 The Martyrdm 

defiy of a Virgia, and the Coun 
of a Martyr, were happily tempered, 
addrefi'd her felf to thofe that wi 
about her, in fuch as the foUowii 
terms. 

Since Cuftom has made it a kind d 
l!)uty, that thofe that come to i\^ 
place, Ihould fay fomething to itt 
Spcdators ; and make a publick Co^ 
feffion of their Guilt, or proteftadoa d 
their Innocence ^ I ihall in part do botJi 
the one and the other. For I will not 
deny, that I am, what the Laws hav^ 
condcmfi'd me for being. Yes : I owfl 
my felf a Chriftian, and in fpight ot 
all my paft and approaching fufferings, 
I declare, that I ttiink it an honour 
and a happinefs to be fo. ^ut on the 
other fide, I can moil truly proteft, 
that I have tranfgrefs'd no other Ro- 
man Laws, than thofe that are repug- 
nant to thofe of God ^nd Reafon. And 
jfince we Chriflians are taught by our 
great Matters Example, as well as Prc- 
c^t.% , not only to forgive, but to love 
our Enerries, and pray for our Perfe^ 
cutors ; I think my lelf oblige, and by 
his affiilance find my lelf enabled, not 
only to forgive, as I heartily do, the 
procurers of my Death, but ardently to 
implore for them, the Bklllng, and the 

unmolelled 



0f Theodora. 1^ 

Einfoleftcd Exercife of a RtUgion, 

bat they fee I value more than I do 

by Life. And I hope, thofe in Au- 

hority will, by the frequent Executions 

hat daily fucceed one another in thb 

^ace, be at length convince, how ia- 

Kflf^qal as well as inhumane, a way 

they take, to extirpate Chriftianityy 

Which being an Heavenly Light, can 

ibe as little ruitfd by the Violence 

mpioyed againft it on Earth, as Tern* 

efts can Extinguifh the Sm. And bc- 

lufe *tis likely that Charity or Curiofity 

las, among other Speftators, brought 

ikher fome Chriftians, I ftall now ad- 

drefe my felf to , Them \ yet not to dc* 

lire their Pity, but their Prayers, That- 

1 may be enabled to Of crcome the laft 

Enemy, Death, amlfimfh my Courfe^ in 
fuch a way, as may neither blemifli my 
)aft Life, nor the glorious Cauie I glad- 
ly loofe it for. But the chief part of 
my Reqneft regards your felvcs, not 
me. Fori rauft beg you to remember, 
that, befides an All feeing Eye, there 
are many other Eyes upon you, that 
pry into your Aftions with ftrong de- 
lires to find them Criminal : And that 
though the truth, nor the fubfiftance 
of Chriftianity does not, yet the Credit 
of it does much, <lepend upon the Na« 

I 3 turc 



I 



l70 ^^ Martyr Jam 

« 

tureof your A&i«ns. For^ as aQ yont 
perfonal faults t?ili be imputed to your 
Religion, fb yptir (hiaing Vertues, wifi 
probably hprng many lafidels firft to 
admire, iTiid thea to embrace Chrifiir^ 
nity % Mftly concluding, that That Re^ 
ligion xofxfk be excellent, that makes ttn 
profeflbrs tb ; and enabl^ as well as eo* ^ 
jojrns them , to lire blamelefs in the 
World, and go joyfully out of it. If 
you leadfuch lives, you wiQ not be much 
afraid of Martyrdom \ which will but 
fend you iboner to receive thofe ineftc* 
mable rewards of them, that Gods gOt>d^ 
aefs hath promised and provided. I 
wiOi you may never have caufe, nor up* 
on occaiioA want Coiirage, to enter in- 
to Life at that ftrdght Gate, that i am 
now gCHQg to pafs through. Buiif 
you be calrd to that way of glorifying 
God, let neither the igaominy, nor thi 

Kinfulnefs of it, deter you. Tis not J 
imeful, but glorious, tofuffcrforGod^^ 
for Truth, and for a Crown ; aud my 
Exa-rple may encourage the weakeft of 

you to exped, that Gods ftrength wiM bt ' 
mddi mamfefi inyonr Infirmity \ and tha€^ 

there's no Temptation but may be r^ 
lifted and vanquiihed, by the weakeft: 
hand, that is fupported and ftrengthen'd 
by an Almighty Arm- And though tbfi: 

diftaaCv . 



df ftance betweea Heaven and Earthy our 
Mortal and our Immortal ftate^ be very' 
great \ yet the p^flage between them" 
ntaybevery Ifaort: and a few moments ^ 
may bring us to exchange our Agonys ' 
for Extailes, and pals from the Lamen-* 
iations of our Friends, and the re^ 
proaches of our Perfecutors, to the 
Ck>ngratulations of Angels, and the* 
felemn: Wekwns of Him, whom even ^ 
tKoft Heavenly Spirits adore 

Asibon as (he had ended this Difcoorfe, 
tbovgb her Soul abandoning fHch a 
Body as hfers, could fcarce any where ^ 
Itut in Heaven, find an advantage by a 
change of Manfion ; yet it cbeerftilly^ 
difpos'd it felf to a Separation, that 
would give it a clofer and more imxnt->^ 
mecttate Union with the Divine Objeft 
of its Geleftial love. And after fhe 
bad decently and calmly) made all the^ 
preparation that on her mrt was reqiUr 
I'iite for what fhe was to filler, Ihe thought 
fit to make her Lifes laft adions, as^ 
moll of the reft had been, ASsof Pie*~ 
ty,aad Charity, And therefore elevating ' 
herEyes andHands towardsHeaven,wherc 
her Heart, as well as Her Treafure, had 
been plac'd long before \ flie firft paid 
her God molt huipbh thanks, for the 
Grace and Opportunity he had vouch- 

I 4 fiv'4 



17^ TT^e Martyrdom 

fav'd her ^ mt only to believe in his Li 
vine Sofiy km te Qiffer for him \ and tbctt 
made a fliort, but very fervent Pray*^ 
tr, for the Church, for her Enemies \ 
and for her (elf. Which done with a 
Countenance wherein ferenity was xxmgt 
led with )oy, (be ^ave a fign to the £x-» 
ecutioner to do his Office j who there- 
upon did all that was necedary to 
compleat her Martyrdom. And the ghd 
Soul was by the Angels fwhom flic 
had aljpir'd to refemble in Purity ami 
Devotion^ carry'd to that happy place, 

whofe Glorys are nei- 
1 Cor. II. p. ther to be ConccivM.by 

thofe that have not feea 
them, nor Defcrib'd by t hofe that haye^ 

fuch lupernatural FeH« 
I Cor. 12. 4. cities, as much Tran(^ 

cending man's Ideas and 
his Exprcffions as they forpafs his Me- 
rit 



THE 



*»■» 



THE 

CONTENTS^ 

Of the 

MARTYRDOMi 

THEoho R A- 

AND 



i«*»^«S»t~^^*"'"'""^""''"*"""" 



CHAP.. L 




Idymus hearmgof TheodoraV *• 
Captivity andVan^r^, addtef^ - 
fes hifnjelf in order ta her Refcuc, . 
to jRoman Officer^ whofe^ Midlers ^ 
»tre aff^ntcd for htr Gutrd \ and' 
fylUs favour and their Affijiamttt 



Tlie Contents. 

He is admitted i»t0 her Chamber, 
taider the Ifotion of one that cam 
t» tUat^ Her, 

CHAP. M. 

there he prejfes her to make an Bfcape 
M Ins CUtbes : She for a good mhik 
ftrupUs to make ufe of this Bxpedt- 
tnt ; and htftead of it, propofes that 
be would Kii her : ifhe thinking a 
Ija^id, as mawf then did, to dte 
if 4mthers hand, and not fy. hep 

C HA P. in. 

J^ this oiHging contefi^ fbe yieUs^ 
H ehange Haiits mth him, and 
tkut DiW^*d makes an Efcape, and 
li reeeiud into Irenes Hon^t vith- 
ggtat wonder a^joy. 

CHAP* 



The Contents* 
CHAIMV. 

Irene takes this occafion^ to reprrfettt ^ 
to her the extraordmary merits of 
her Deliverer anJLoverSkt Tlldo* ^ 
dora^ after very kind acknowkd^ ^ 
wents of them, declares the Refr'- 
lution Jhe had made ayiinfi Marri^'-\ 
^1^9 ^^ fke Rei^mt that bad ifo*^^ 
diicd her ta^make iti 

OHAP.V-^ 

> 
Theodora hearing what had happtndf^ 
to Didymus ^ter her Efcape^ re^-^ 
foivesp though fiarneft/y dijfkaded ijfif 
IrenCj to attempt bis Refcue^- 

CKTAKVLl 

AOentleinan Brip^s an Accounti\how^ ' 
l>\dvmMwas apprehended, andoar^' 
ried before the 'fudge : How^ b^^- 
ownd and defemkif what he bwd^^ - 
done; ^d his Retigim : And bm» ' 
He was Condemn d in fpi^tof fbii ^ 
tkfencei ^ 






i The Cdntems-* 

CHAP. VIR 

IfSafijf Didymus /r iea/n^ amayto tie 
place of ExeatttM, Theodora pre- 
feats berfelf hftre the J^fg, and 
hgs t» have him Relea/d: Offering 
.to u$idergo the Death, that he was 
Condemned t0t oh her Account. 
She /peaks to Didymus, to per- 
fiade him to ac^uiefce in that 
Fropofal : Whereupon grows a Ung 
Conteft ietvfien them before the 
Judge. 

CHAP. VIIL 

Me Condenms them hoth to die for 
Seing Chri/lians. Divers Difcour^ 
fes pafs hetween them^ as they 
go towards the place ^ Beecu^ 
tieau. 



CHAIV 



The Contents* 



CHAP. IX- 



A Rofnan Officer firlvts to p^erfwaJe 

liidymyxs to change his Religion^ ly 

fiver al Arguments : To all which 

be gives him fuch refqlute An/wers^ 

That, 

CHAP- X. 



TbeKomsJlJefpairing to gain him^ en^ 
deavours to engage him to per* 
fwaJe Theodera to fave her Life ; 
which Didymus refujes to^ Jo, for 
Reafons which inclades^ an Encomium 
of Her Fertues^ 



.* 



CHAP. XI. 

Vime of their Attempts fueceeJing^, 
$oth the Martyrs^ are commanded to 
be put to Death, the farewel 
Speeches that paft ietwixt them. 
Their final Separation $ immedi^ 

atelj 



The Contents. 

ately after which, Didymus is firji 
Executed, 

CHAP. XII. 

Theodora, ieit^ in vain filiciteJ t» 
Jhun the like tragical Fate, after 
a refihae Anfwer t9 her Perfecutors, 
and a fhwt Speech t9 the By-JlatiJers, 
aecm^'^d with a Prayer fir 
them i Receives the Crmm ef Mar- 
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