Source: Apocryphal book of Judith.]
1. The Feast
. . . . . . . . . . [She] doubted [not] the gifts
In this wide world. There worthily she found
Help at the hands of the Lord, when she had the highest need,
Grace from God on high, that against the greatest of dangers
5 The Lord of Hosts should protect her; for this the Heavenly Father
Graciously granted her wish, for she had given true faith
To the holy Ruler of heaven.
Holofernes then, I am told,