AFTERthespectacleinCaesar', butpursuitbroughtinfewerandfewerpersons,—barelyenoughforcomingexhibitions, ; theyshowedgrowingweariness, , whichhadspreadthroughthecity, , , inspiteofeveryeffortofTigellinusandhisassistants, theopinionkeptspreadingthatthecityhadbeenburnedatcommandofCaesar, andthattheChristiansweresufferinginnocently.
, freshorderswereissuedtodistributewheat, wine, , newruleswerepublishedtofacilitatethebuildingofhouses; , andcounselledwiththe "fathers" onthegoodofthepeopleandthecity; , aboveall, tofixinpeople', fornoonewishedtooffendCaesar; andbesides, thosewholookedfartherintothefutureinsistedthatthefoundationsofRomanrulecouldnotstandagainstthenewfaith.
Thedeadandthedyingweregiventotheirrelatives, , ; halfseparatedfromlife, hewashimselfwhollyabsorbedinChrist, ; , hehadchangedintoabeingalmostimmaterial, 'shandandgotoheaven, whereChristwouldblessthem, , andletherfallasleepcalmlyinprison; , , too, 'sdeathcouldbesweet; hencehewisheditforLygiaandhimselfasthechangeofanevil, sad, andoppressivefateforabetter.
, andchanginggraduallyintoakindoftrans-terrestrial, , whoformerlyhadtoiledagainstthecurrent, hadstruggledandtorturedhimself, yieldednowtothestream, , too, thatLygia, aswellashe, waspreparingfordeath,—that, inspiteoftheprisonwallsseparatingthem, theywereadvancingtogether; andhesmiledatthatthoughtasathappiness.
Infact, , anyhope, , fromthehandsofCaesarandTigellinus,—notonlyasliberation, , , whichwasevenearthly, sothatshewaitedforitalsoasabetrothedwaitsforthewedding-day.
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