having so said, and yet more glorified the Lord, he gave up the ghost, while we all wept and
lamented at our parting from him.
And after the decease of the blessed Andrew, Maximilla together with Stratocles, caring nought
for them that stood by, drew near and herself loosed his body: and when it was evening she paid
it the accustomed care and buried it (hard by the sea-shore). And she continued separate from
Aegeates because of his brutal soul and his wicked manner of life: and she led a reverend and
quiet life, filled with the love of Christ, among the brethren. Whom Aegeates solicited much, and
promised that she should have the rule over his affairs; but being unable to persuade her, he arose
in the dead of night and unknown to them of his house cast himself down from a great height and
perished.
But Stratocles, which was his brother after the flesh, would not touch aught of the things that
were left of his substance; for the wretched man died without offspring: but said: Let thy goods
go with thee, Aegeates.
For of these things we have no need, for they are polluted; but for me, let Christ be my friend and
I his servant, and all my substance do I offer unto him in whom I have believed, and I pray that
by worthy hearing of the blessed teaching of the apostle I may appear a partaker with him in the
ageless and unending kingdom. And so the uproar of the people ceased, and all were glad at the
amazing and untimely and sudden fall of the impious and lawless Aegeates.
[Not much of this last paragraph from Narr. can be original. All the texts end with a statement
that the apostle suffered on the 30 th of November.]
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(Ron)
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