Edition Masquer
De Virginitate B. Mariae

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Rhetoricati sumus, et in morem declamatorum, paululum lusimus. Tu nos, Helvidi, coegisti, qui jam Evangelio coruscante, ejusdem vis esse gloriae virgines et maritatas [Al. maritas]. Et quia arbitror te veritate superatum, ad detractionem vitae meae et ad maledicta converti (solent enim hoc et mulierculae facere, quae victoribus dominis male optant in angulis), illud dico praeveniens, gloriae mihi fore tua convicia, cum eodem quo Mariae detraxisti, ore me laceres, et caninam facundiam servus Domini pariter experiatur et mater.

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The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary

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I have become rhetorical, and have disported myself a little like a platform orator. P. 346 You compelled me, Helvidius; for, brightly as the Gospel shines at the present day, you will have it that equal glory attaches to virginity and to the marriage state. And because I think that, finding the truth too strong for you, you will turn to disparaging my life and abusing my character (it is the way of weak women to talk tittle-tattle in corners when they have been put down by their masters) , I shall anticipate you. I assure you that I shall regard your railing as a high distinction, since the same lips that assail me have disparaged Mary, and I, a servant of the Lord, am favoured with the same barking eloquence as His mother.