PERPETUA AND FELICITAS. 291 again,and bound up her dishevelledhair; foritwas not be coming fora martyr to sufferwith dishevelledhair,lestshe should appear to be mourning in her glory. So she roseup ; and when she saw Felicitascrushed,she approachedand gave her her hand, and liftedher up. And both of them stood together; and the brutalityof the populace being appeased, they were recalledtothe Sanavivariangate. Then Perpetua was receivedby a certainone who was stilla catechumen, Rusticus by name, who kept closeto her; and she, as if aroused from sleep,so deeplyhad she been in the Spiritand in an ecstasy,began to look round her, and to say to the amazement of all,u I cannot tellwhen we are to be led out to that cow." And when she had heard what had already happened, she did not believeit untilshe had perceived certainsignsof injury in her body and in her dress,and had recognisedthe catechumen. Afterwards causing that catechumen and her brothertoapproach,she addressedthem, saying," Stand fastin the faith,and loveone another,allof you, and be not offendedat my sufferings." 4. The same Saturus at the other entranceexhortedthe soldierPudens, saying, " Assuredly here I am, as I have promised and foretold,forup to thismoment I have feltno beast. And now believewith your whole heart. Lo, I am going forthto that beast,and I shallbe destroyedwith one biteof the leopard." And immediatelyat the conclusionof the exhibitionhe was thrown to the leopard; and with one biteof hishe was bathed with such a quantityof blood,that the peopleshouted out to him as he was returning,the testi mony of his second baptism," Saved and washed, saved and washed."1 Manifestlyhe was assuredlysavedwho had been glorifiedin such a spectacle.Then to the soldierPudens he said," Farewell,and be mindful of my faith; and letnot these things disturb,but confirm you." And at the same time he asked for a littleringfrom his finger,and returned itto him bathed in hiswound, leavingto him an inherited token and the memory of his blood. And then lifelesshe is cast down with the rest,to be slaughteredin the usual 1A cryinmockeryofwhatwasknownastheeffectofChristianbaptism.