Hon. I have heard much of your husband, and of his travels and wars, which he underwent in his days. Be it spoken to your comfort, the name of your husband rings over all these parts of the world: his faith, his courage, his enduring, and his sincerity under all, has made his name famous. Then he turned him to the boys, and asked them of their names, which they told him. And then said he unto them: Matthew, be thou like Matthew the publican, not in vice, but in virtue. 822 Samuel, said he, be thou like Samuel the Prophet, a man of faith and prayer. 823 Joseph, said he, be thou like Joseph in Potiphar’s house, chaste, and one that flees from temptation. 824 And James, be thou like James the Just, and like James the brother of our Lord. 825
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