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Homily
VIII.
Chapter I.—Peter’s Arrival
at Tripolis.
Now, as Peter was entering
Tripolis,1085
1085 [For the
general parallelism of Homilies VIII.–XI. with
Recognitions, iv.–vi., see the footnote on
Recognitions, iv. 1. Homilies VIII., IX., contain matter
included in the single discourse of Recognitions, book
iv.—R.] | the people from
Tyre and Sidon, Berytus and Byblus, who were eager1086
1086 Lit.:
More willing to learn than the others. | to get instruction, and many from the
neighbourhood, entered along with him; and not least were there
gatherings of the multitudes from the city itself wishing to see
him. Therefore there met with us in the suburbs the brethren who
had been sent forth by him to ascertain as well other particulars
respecting the city, as the proceedings of Simon, and to come and
explain them. They received him, and conducted him to the house
of Maroones.1087
1087
[“Maro” in Recognitions, iv. The
resemblance between that book and this Homily is quite
marked.—R.] |
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