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DURINGthefollowingnightthereappearedtomeindreamsamarvellousbeingintheformofamostlovelyyouth,whocried,asthoughhewantedtoreproveme:“Knowestthouwholenttheethatbody,whichthouwouldsthavespoiledbeforeitstime?”IseemedtoanswerthatIrecognizedallthingspertainingtomeasgiftsfromtheGodofnature.“So,then,”hesaid,“thouhastcontemptforHishandiwork,throughthisthywilltospoilit?CommitthyselfuntoHisguidance,andlosenothopeinHisgreatgoodness!”Muchmoreheadded,inwordsofmarvellousefficacy,thethousandthpartofwhichIcannotnowremember.
Ibegantoconsiderthattheangelofmyvisionspokethetruth.SoIcastmyeyesaroundtheprison,andsawsomescrapsofrottenbrick,withthefragmentsofwhich,rubbingoneagainsttheother,Iposedapaste.Then,creepingonallfours,asIwaspelledtogo,Icrawleduptoanangleofmydungeondoor,andgnawedasplinterfromitwithmyteeth.Havingachievedthisfeat,Iwaitedtillthelightcameonmyprison;thatwasfromthehouroftwentyandahalftotwenty-oneandahalf.Whenitarrived,Ibegantowrite,thebestIcould,onsomeblankpagesinmyBible,andrebukedtheregentsofmyintellectualselfforbeingtooimpatienttoendurethislife;theyrepliedtomybodywithexcusesdrawnfromallthattheyhadsuffered;andthebodygavethemhopeofbetterfortune.Tothiseffect,then,bywayofdialogue,Iwroteasfollows:-
Benvenutointhebody.
Afflictedregentsofmysoul!
Ah,cruelye!haveyesuchhateoflife?
TheSpiritsofhissoul.
IfHeavenagainstyouroll,
Whostandsforus?whosavesusinthestrife?
Letus,Oletusgotowardbetterlife!
Benvenuto.
Nay,gonotyetawhile!
Yeshallbehappierandlighterfar-
Heavengivesthishope-thanyewereeveryet!
TheSpirits.
Wewillremainsomelittlewhile,
IfonlybygreatGodyoupromisedare
Suchgracethatnoworsewoesonusbeset.
AfterthisIrecoveredstrength;andwhenIhadheartenedupmyself,IcontinuedreadingintheBible,andmyeyesbecamesousedtothatdarknessthatIcouldnowreadforthreehoursinsteadofthebarehourandahalfIwasabletoemploybefore.
WithprofoundastonishmentIdweltupontheforceofGodsSpiritinthosemenofgreatsimplicity,whobelievedsoferventlythatHewouldbringalltheirheartsdesiretopass.IthenproceededtoreckoninmyowncasetooonGodsassistance,bothbecauseofHisdivinepowerandmercy,andalsobecauseofmyowninnocence;andatallhours,sometimesinprayerandsometimesinmunionwithGod,IabodeinthosehighthoughtsofHiThereflowedintomysoulsopowerfuladelightfromthesereflectionsuponGod,thatItooknofurtherthoughtforalltheanguishIhadsuffered,butratherspentthedayinsingingpsalmsanddiversotherpositionsonthethemeofHisdivinity.
Iwasgreatlytroubled,however,byoneparticularannoyance:mynailshadgrownsolongthatIcouldnottouchmybodywithoutwoundingit;Icouldnotdressmyselfbutwhattheyturnedinsideorout,tomygreattorment.Moreover,myteethbegantoperishinmymouth.Ibecameawareofthisbecausethedeadteethbeingpushedoutbythelivingones,mygumsweregraduallyperforated,andthepointsoftherootspiercedthroughthetopsoftheircases.WhenIwasawareofthis,Iusedtopulloneout,asthoughitwereaweaponfromascabbard,withoutanypainorlossofblood.VerymanyofthemdidIloseinthisway.Nevertheless,Iacmodatedmyselftothesenewtroublesalso;attimesIsang,attimesIprayed,andattimesIwrotebymeansofthepasteofbrick-dustIhavedescribedabove.AtthistimeIbeganposingaCapitoloinpraiseofmyprison,relatinginitalltheaccidentswhichhadbefallenme.ThispoemImeantoinsertinitsproperplace.
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