288 THE PASSION OF her," You who are in such sufferingnow, what willyou do when you are thrown to the beasts,which you despisedwhen you refused to sacrifice?"And she replied,"Now itisI thatsufferwhat I suffer; but then therewillbe anotherin me, who willsufferforme, becauseI alsoam about to suffer for Him." Thus she brought forth a littlegirl,which a certainsisterbrought up as her daughter. 3. Since then the Holy Spiritpermitted,and by permit tingwilled,thatthe proceedingsof that exhibitionshouldbe committed towriting,althoughwe areunworthy to complete the descriptionof so greata glory; yet we obey asitwere the command of the most blessedPerpetua,nay her sacredtrust, and add one more testimony concerning her constancyand her loftinessof mind. When they were being treatedwith more severitj'by the tribune,because,from the intimations of certaindeceitfulmen, he feared lestthey shouldbe with drawn from the prisonby some sortof magic incantations, Perpetua answered to his face,and said," Why do you not at leastpermitus to be refreshed,being as we are objection able to the most noble Caasar,and having to fighton his birth-day? Or isit not your gloryif we are brought for ward fatteron thatoccasion? " The tribuneshuddered and blushed,and commanded thatthey shouldbe kept with more humanity, so that permissionwas given to theirbrethren and othersto go in and be refreshedwith them ; even the keeper of the prisontrustingthem now himself. 4. Moreover, on the day before,when in that lastmeal, which they callthe free meal, they were partakingas faras they could,not of a free supper,but of an agape; withthe same firmnessthey were utteringsuch words as thesetothe people,denouncing [againstthem] the judgment of theLord, bearing witnessto the felicityof theirpassion,laughingat the curiosityof the peoplewho came together; while Saturus said," To-morrow isnot enough foryou, for you to behold with pleasurethatwhich you hate. Friendsto-day,enemies to-morrow. Yet note our faces diligently,that you may recognisethem on thatday of judgment." Thus alldeparted thence astonished,and from thesethingsmany believed.