Thus the wisest saints shrink from being tempted.

As the world is filled with snares, hermits flee to the desert, where they scourge themselves, throw themselves on the snow, or in beds of prickly herbs.
A solitary monk covers his fingers with his mantle, that he may aid his mother in crossing a creek.

A martyr bound to a stake, being tempted by a young girl, bites off his tongue with his teeth and spits it at her.
All glorify the state of single blessedness.

Alexis, very wealthy and in a high position, marries, but leaves his wife at the church-door.
One weds only to die.

Justina, in love with Cyprianus, converts him, and they walk together to their punishment.