“Sister mine! thou in the Lord my sister,

Dost thou know some plant of demon-virtue,

Which may bring our sister to perdition?”

Radool’s wife her sister swiftly answered:

“In the name of God, what mean’st thou, sister?

Of such cursed weeds I know not.—Did I,

Never would I tell thee of them, never;

For my brothers love me; yes! they love me—

To their love full many a gift bears witness.”

When Paul’s youthful wife had heard her sister,