Roman In a Latin story, there was a married woman in Ephesus of such well-known virtue that women even from the neighboring places gazed at her. When her husband was buried, she weeped night and day over the body, which was buried in an underground vault. No one could divert her from torturing herself. The officials gave up and left her. Everyone mourned for her as a lady of great character, and she was now passed her fifth day of starvation. Every person thought she was the one true example of a wife. Only a loyal maid sat by the widow and shed tears with her in sympathy. The widow's son, who was a soldier returning from the outskirts for being stationed to watch over some crucified robbers near his father's grave, heard of his father's demise and went to the vault where he found his mother, who he always thought was beautiful, in a terrible state. She was overjoyed to see him, but when he brought supper for her into the tomb and told his mother that this grief was useless and that he would love her from then on, she did not acknowledge his sympathy and weeped even more. Her son kept urging his poor mother to eat with similar encouragements, until her maid, at last gave in. Refreshed with food and drink, she too started to attack her mistress's stubbornness, and say that her dead husband would not want her to suffer like this. So the lady allowed her determination to fall, and filled herself with food. The son used the same suggestive words, which had convinced his mother to live, to make her see that he was desirable and dominant just like her late husband, his father. In her pure eyes, she saw a pleasing hero she could not stop from yielding to and so he won her over wholly. No one would have ever thought that this most chaste lady that was resolved to breathe her last over her husband's body had spent not only a wedding night on her son's bed, but a second and a third. The son delighted in his mother's beauty, and she in his alikeness to his late father in both youth and handsomeness. During their shared pleasure, the brother of one of the robbers, noticing that there was no watch guard, took his body down in the night. The next day, seeing one of the crosses without its corpse, the son was in fear of punishment, and told his mother what happened. He told her that this must be because  wronged his father by taking his own mother as his wife, but would make right by punishing himself with his sword. His mother's pure heart was now tender for her son the way a wife's heart would and she replied , "No, I would rather make my dead love useful, than lose my living love." She ordered her first husband's body to be removed from the coffin and put up in place of the missing robber   .
Roman In a Latin story, there is a married woman in Ephesus of such well-known virtue that women even from the neighboring places gaze at her. When her husband is buried, she weeps night and day over the body, which is buried in an underground vault. No one is able to divert her from torturing herself. Everyone mourns for her as a lady of great character, and she is now passed her fifth day of starvation. Every person thinks she is the one true example of a wife. Only a loyal maid sits by the widow and shed tears with her in sympathy. The widow's son, who is a soldier returning from the outskirts for being stationed to watch over some crucified robbers near his father's grave, hears of his father's demise and goes to the vault where he finds his mother, who he has always thought is beautiful, in a terrible state. She is overjoyed to see him, but when he brings supper for her into the tomb and tells his mother that this grief is useless and that he will love her from then on, she does not acknowledge his sympathy and weeps even more. Her son keeps urging his poor mother to eat with similar encouragements, until her maid, at last gives in. Refreshed with food and drink, she too starta to attack her mistress's stubbornness, and say that her dead husband will not want her to suffer like this. So the lady allows her stubbornness to fall, and fills herself with food. The son uses the same suggestive words, which has convinced his mother to live, to make her see that he is desirable and dominant just like her late husband, his father. In her pure eyes, she sees a pleasing hero she can not stop from yielding to and so he wins her over wholly. No one will have ever thought that this most chaste lady that was resolved to breathe her last over her husband's body has spent not only a wedding night on her son's bed, but a second and a third. The son delights in his mother's beauty, and she in his alikeness to his late father in both youth and handsomeness. During their shared pleasure, the brother of one of the robbers, noticing that there is no watch guard, takes his body down in the night. The next day, seeing one of the crosses without its corpse, the son is in fear of punishment, and tells his mother what happened. He tells her that this must be because he wronged his father by taking his own mother as his wife, but will make right by punishing himself with his sword. His mother's pure heart is now tender for her son the way a wife's heart would and she replies , "No, I would rather make my dead love useful, than lose my living love." She orders her first husband's body to be removed from the coffin and put up in place of the missing robber . In this story, a maidservant informs her mistress, a noble widow, that the mistress’s young son is trying to seduce her. His mother hides in his bed to find out the truth for herself, but instead yields to his desire without divulging herself. Filled with shame, she comes up with an excuse to send away her son. However, she realizes later that she has conceived. Unable to hide her pregnancy, her son soon finds out the truth .
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