PERPETUA AND FELICIFAS. 285 CHAPTER IV. AKGuMEKT. — St. Saturus (in a visiongranted to him) and St. Perpetua beingcarriedby angelsintothegreat light, beholdthe martyrs; and beingbroughtto the throneof God, are receivedwitha kiss. They reconcileOptatusthe bishopand Aspasiusthepresbyter. 1. Moreover, also,the blessedSaturus relatedthis his vision,which he himself committed to writing:— u We had suffered,"says he, u and we were gone forth from the flesh, and we were beginning to be borne by four angelsintothe east; and theirhands touched us not. And we floatednot supine,lookingupwards,but as if ascendinga gentleslope. And being set free,we at length saw the firstboundless light; and I said,4Perpetua' (forshe was at my side),'this iswhat the Lord promisedto us ; we have receivedthe pro mise.' And while we areborne by thosesame four angels, there appears to us a vast space which was likea pleasure- garden, having rose-treesand every kind of flower. And the height of the treeswas afterthe measure of a cypress, and theirleaveswere falling1incessantly.Moreover, there in the pleasure-gardenfour other angels appeared,brighter than the previous ones,who, when they saw us, gave us honour, and saidto the restof the angels,'Here they are! Here they are!' with admiration. And those four angels who bore us,being greatlyafraid,put us down ; and we passed over on footthe spaceof a furlong in a broad path. There we found Jocundus, and Saturninus,and Artaxius, who having sufferedthe same persecutionwere burnt alive; and Quintus,who also,himselfa martyr,had departedin the prison. And we asked of them where the restwere. And the angelssaidtous,'Come first,enterand greetyour Lord.' 2. "And we came near to a place,the wallsof which were such as if they were builtof light; and before the 1 " Cadebant;"but "ardebant"— "were burning"— seemsa more probablereading.