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Life of St Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza
Mark the Deacon, tr. Hill, 1913
Chapter 55
Now we came to Rhodes in five days.1 And we were desirous to go out to the saint Procopius, the anchorite; and though we earnestly besought the owner of the ship to allow us three hours, he would not allow it, saying that ‘I shall not find so fair a wind’. But we said unto him that ‘The prayers of the holy man are able both to preserve us and to give us a fair wind’. But the owner of the ship hardened his heart and would not accept our request; but when we had taken in water, we put out to sea. And we were sore grieved, that we had failed of this meeting. We besought him, therefore, by prayer to pardon us and to pray for us, that we might be preserved and fulfil the work which we had taken in hand.
Notes
- in five days. i.e. on April 23, 402.