Ælfric

“ But write me now, of thy own will, that thou renouncest Christ and thy baptism, and I will perform thy desire, and thou shalt be condemned with me at Doomsday.'
Then the wretch wrote the document with his own hands even as the devil dictated it to him; and the devil immediately sent to the maiden his foul spirits, who stir up lust, and enkindled the maiden to the man's desires. ”

“ Then said the bishop, "Oh, if I had but thy sins only!' Then they knelt again; and Ephrem then spake in the Greek tongue, praising God, and the holy Bishop ordained him as mass-priest, and his interpreter as deacon, and they went back again to the wide-stretching desert, glorifying God. A certain very wealthy woman was living as if in widowhood, but she lived shamefully, even as swine on a dunghill, and was destroying herself by deadly sins ”

“ He was baptized into Christ, but he knew not His faithi, but followed heresy through the persuasion of heretics.
Then the Emperor commanded to fetch the saint to Antioch, the beautiful city.
Then while the heretic was considering about his death, his own son became grievously sick, and hopeless of life, lay at [the point of] death.
Then the queen went to the emperor, and said, Evilly thou disposest thy purpose in God's sight; now our son is dying on account of the just man.
Then the emperor cried and said to Basil. ”

“ Then said the archbishop, 'I also am sinful, and need mercy of the heavenly Lord; but go thou to the desert, and thou shalt find a man of holy life, who is called Ephrem ; give him this writing, and make known to him concerning thy self, and he with prayers shall gladden Almighty God.'
The woman then went to the desert quickly'; and Basil was brought by disease near to his departure, foreknowing it however.
A noble leech was dwelling in the city, called Joseph, a heathen and a Jew ”

“ Then said the fiend again, 'Ye are very unfaithful ; when ye have need of me, then I help you, and afterwards ye renounce me and turn to your Christ, who is very merciful and mercifully receiveth you. ”

“ Thus the soldier related, and kneeled to the bishop, praying baptism, and the bishop granted him this.
Then Basil offered the citizens their property, but they all said with one voice, 'If we granted these costly things to the mortal (man) , that he might not destroy our winsome city, much rather ought we to offer the treasure to the true God who has delivered us from death ”

“ Behold, about seven days afterwards came to the same city one of the emperor's knights, and made this known to the citizens : Julian was encamped by the river Euphrates, and a sevenfold guard watched over him ; then came a warrior unknown to us all, strongly armed, and immediately pierced him through with awful assault, and was not seen afterward ”