and the sailors came to such violence as to be nothing more than the dying; for the nature of the necessity made them out to be corpses buried in a short time. But immediately a hope, and arriving beyond hope, you shone for them on the sea as a light-bringer, showing a light sweeter than the sun; for the one knows how to burn bodies, but you piously refresh hearts. And indeed running out to the very cargo-ship, though weary you drew everyone to eagerness, blushing for their master toiling in such great personal labor of good deeds. For the multitude of the swift cargo-ships immediately ran together vigorously into one, and everyone then serving under arms, throwing away his bow and setting aside his shield, armed himself for the watery struggles. And it was possible then to see those who had cut the seeds of the generative organs for the sake of good will running together to the same place, in no way cut off from their male nature. Thus each one gladly hastened to share in part of your sweat; nevertheless all brought the thanks to you; but by you all that was done was pursued with zeal, so that the reward of all might run together to the cause and the occasion of the deed. For some were pushing the vessel, which was rooted as if by necessity among the sea rocks, while the sailors, taking it with the taut tow-ropes, were pulling the cargo-ship as they could, until overpowering it they with difficulty dragged the ship which had fallen into the net of the rocks.

O sympathetic mindset and strength of soul and one care sufficient for all; again you are anxious and again you join battle against the storm; for neither the danger of the sea's onslaught, nor the storm on land provided an obstacle to your zeal; but just as some wise man in steering through a storm, seeing the wild winter gales, then shows his skill the more, and anticipating the great waves with his reason, he cuts through the current of the storm, running against it, and often empties the force of the wind, so you, having mastered the necks of life, when it was winter and a tumult of affairs, anticipating each great wave of misfortunes, in one way you cut through, in another you empty its force, and in another, piously running up to the height, you extinguished the surge of land and sea. But Envy, seeing these things and groaning—for he knew he had suffered a great loss—seeing so many saved in a short time, strikes the tip of your toe, having fashioned himself into a stone, as it seems; and a hot gush of blood shot forth, dyeing the earth and calling it to witness; for it was necessary for the marks of piety to remain for you as an undiminished grace. But as you snatched that vessel of necessity from so many waves, so may the Word of God, who protects you everywhere, save the entire cosmic cargo-ship from the storm through you forever. 2 Demosthenes, come forth with boldness of speech; words are prevailing; do not be troubled now by fear; Philip is not present, but the Lord; there is no danger, even if you should suffer silence, with all being commonly and nobly defeated. But as my words are urged to run back, I fly again to the courses from the beginning. For you gave no hindrance to the cargo-ships until, having passed through the road of the currents, you came upon the so-called Gates, arriving as an unexpected day-runner. From there, just as a gushing of a spring-fed channel, set in motion from the veins deep within, is joined together and collects the streams, but in its pastures is variously divided, so you, having opened the veins of your reason, by your varied and wise division, divide yourself for the pastures of affairs. For who is the general? The king before all. Who will teach the laws of military command? All looked directly to you. Who is a safe counselor for what is needed? Again the turning of eyes is toward you. How well-ruling a monarchy with God; for it was not a many-faced anarchy, but a monarchy ruling with God, which warms all things and directs them by reason and overturns disorderly digressions; for in this way nothing like the creeping disease of disorder bites and consumes substance and takes hold of the vital parts within it. But if I should wish to relate the various kinds of words and the differences of cares, as many as you zealously undertook on behalf of all, having failed in two ways

καὶ πρὸς τοσαύτην ἦλθον οἱ πλῶται βίαν ὡς μηδὲν εἶναι τῶν νεκρουμένων πλέον· νεκροὺς γὰρ αὐτοὺς ἐν βραχεῖ τεθαμμένους ἐσχημάτιζε τῆς ἀνάγκης ὁ τρόπος. ἀλλ' εὐθὺς ἐλπὶς καὶ παρ' ἐλπίδα φθάσας ἔλαμψας αὐτοῖς ἐν θαλάττῃ φωσφόρος, τὸ φῶς προδεικνὺς ἡλίου γλυκὺ πλέον· ὁ μὲν γὰρ οἶδεν ἐκπυροῦν τὰ σώματα, σὺ δὲ δροσίζεις εὐσεβῶς τὰς καρδίας. καὶ δὴ πρὸς αὐτὴν ἐκδραμὼν τὴν ὁλκάδα, κάμνων ἐφείλκου πάντας εἰς προθυμίαν ἐρυθριῶντας δεσπότου πονουμένου ἐν τῇ τοσαύτῃ τῶν καλῶν αὐτουργίᾳ. καὶ τῶν ταχυδρόμων γὰρ εὐθὺς ὁλκάδων τὸ πλῆθος εἰς ἓν εὐτόνως συνέτρεχε, καὶ πᾶς ἐν ὅπλοις ἐστρατευμένος τότε ῥίψας τὸ τόξον καὶ παρεὶς τὴν ἀσπίδα πρὸς τὰς ἐνύγρους συμπλοκὰς ὡπλίζετο. καὐτοὺς δὲ τοὺς τεμόντας εὐνοίας λόγῳ τῶν τεκνοποιῶν ὀργάνων τὰ σπέρματα εἰς ταὐτὸ συντρέχοντας ἦν ὁρᾶν τότε τμηθέντας οὐδὲν τὴν φύσιν τὴν ἄρρενα. οὕτως ἕκαστος συμμετασχεῖν ἐκ μέρους τῶν σῶν ἱδρώτων ἡδέως ἠπείγετο· ὅμως ἅπαντες σοὶ προσῆγον τὴν χάριν· ὑμῖν δὲ πᾶν τὸ πραχθὲν ἐσπουδάζετο, ὅπως ὁ πάντων μισθὸς εἰς τὴν αἰτίαν καὶ τὴν ἀφορμὴν συνδράμοι τοῦ πράγματος. οἱ μὲν γὰρ ὤθουν ἐκ θαλαττίων λίθων ῥιζωθὲν ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀνάγκης τὸ σκάφος, οἱ ναυτικοὶ δὲ τοῖς ἀποσχοίνοις τόνοις λαβόντες εἷλκον, ὡς ἐνῆν, τὴν ὁλκάδα, ἕως κατισχύσαντες εἵλκυσαν μόλις τὴν ναῦν πεσοῦσαν ἐν σαγήνῃ τῶν λίθων.

ὦ συμπαθὲς φρόνημα καὶ ψυχῆς τόνος καὶ φροντὶς ἀρκέσασα τοῖς ὅλοις μία· πάλιν μεριμνᾷς καὶ πάλιν κατὰ ζάλης μάχην συνάπτεις· οὐδὲ γὰρ θαλαττίας κίνδυνος ὁρμῆς, οὐδὲ τῆς γῆς ἡ ζάλη τῇ σῇ παρέσχεν ἐγκοπὴν προθυμίᾳ· ἀλλ' ὡς σοφός τις ἐν κυβερνήσει ζάλης χειμῶνος αὔρας ἠγριωμένας βλέπων τότε πλέον δείκνυσι τὴν εὐτεχνίαν, καὶ τῷ λογισμῷ τὰς τρικυμίας φθάσας τέμνει τὸ ῥεῦμα τῆς ζάλης ἀνατρέχων κενοῖ τε πυκνῶς τὴν βίαν τοῦ πνεύματος, οὕτω κρατήσας τοῦ βίου τοὺς αὐχένας, χειμῶνος ὄντος καὶ ταραχῆς <τῶν> πραγμάτων, φθάνων ἑκάστην συμφορῶν τρικυμίαν πῇ μὲν διατέμνεις, πῇ δὲ τὴν βίαν κενοῖς, πῇ δὲ πρὸς ὕψος εὐσεβῶς ἀνατρέχων γῆς καὶ θαλάττης τὸν σάλον κατέσβεσας. ἰδὼν δὲ ταῦτα καὶ στενάξας ὁ Φθόνος πολλὴν γὰρ ἔγνω ζημίαν πεπονθέναιβλέπων τοσούτους ἐν βραχεῖ σεσωσμένους, πλήττει τὸν ἄκρον τοῦ ποδός σου δάκτυλον, ἑαυτόν, ὡς ἔοικε, μορφώσας λίθῳ· θερμὴ δ' ἀνηκόντιζεν αἵματος χύσις βάπτουσα τὴν γῆν καὶ καλοῦσα μάρτυρα· ἐχρῆν γὰρ ὑμῖν εἰς ἀμείωτον χάριν τῆς εὐσεβείας προσμένειν τὰ στίγματα. ἀλλ' ὡς ἐκεῖνο τῆς ἀνάγκης τὸ σκάφος καὶ τῶν τοσούτων κυμάτων ἀφήρπασας, τὴν κοσμικὴν ἅπασαν οὕτως ὁλκάδα σώζοι δι' ὑμῶν μέχρι παντὸς ἐκ ζάλης ὁ πανταχοῦ σκέπων σε τοῦ Θεοῦ Λόγος. 2 ∆ημόσθενες, πρόελθε σὺν παρρησίᾳ· λόγοι κρατοῦσι· μὴ ταράττου νῦν φόβῳ· Φίλιππος οὐ πάρεστιν, ἀλλ' ὁ δεσπότης· κίνδυνος οὐδείς, καὶ σιωπὴν εἰ πάθοις, κοινῶς ἁπάντων καὶ καλῶς ἡττημένων. παλινδρομεῖν δὲ τῶν λόγων ἠπειγμένων πρὸς τοὺς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς αὖθις ἵπταμαι δρόμους. οὐ γὰρ παρέσχες ἐγκοπὴν ταῖς ὁλκάσιν ἕως διελθὼν τὴν ὁδὸν τῶν ῥευμάτων αὐταῖς ἐπέστης ταῖς καλουμέναις Πύλαις, ἐλθὼν ἀπροσδόκητος ἡμεροδρόμος. ἐντεῦθεν, ὥσπερ βλύσμα πηγαίου πόρου κινούμενον μὲν ἐκ φλεβῶν τῶν ἐν βάθει ὁμοῦ συνῆπται καὶ τὰ ῥεῖθρα συλλέγει, ἐν ταῖς νομαῖς δὲ ποικίλως μερίζεται, οὕτως ἀνοίξας τοῦ λογισμοῦ τὰς φλέβας τῇ ποικίλῃ σου καὶ σοφῇ διαιρέσει σαυτὸν μερίζεις ταῖς νομαῖς τῶν πραγμάτων. τίς γὰρ στρατηγός; <ὁ> βασιλεὺς πρὸ τῶν ὅλων. τίς ἐκδιδάξῃ ταξιαρχίας νόμους; πάντες πρὸς ὑμᾶς εὐθέτως ἀπέβλεπον. τίς τῶν δεόντων ἀσφαλὴς βουληφόρος; πάλιν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἡ ῥοπὴ τῶν ὀμμάτων. ὡς εὖ κρατοῦσα σὺν Θεῷ μοναρχία· οὐ γὰρ πολυπρόσωπος ἦν ἀναρχία, ἀλλὰ κρατοῦσα σὺν Θεῷ μοναρχία, ἣ πάντα θάλπει καὶ διευθύνει λόγῳ καὶ τὰς ἀτάκτους ἐκτροπὰς ἀνατρέπει· οὕτω γὰρ οὐδὲν ὡς ἀταξίας νόσος ἕρπουσα δάκνει καὶ δαπανᾷ τὴν οὐσίαν καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ καιρίων καθάπτεται. ἀλλ' εἰ θελήσω τῶν λόγων τὰ ποικίλα καὶ τὰς διαφορὰς ἱστορεῖν τῶν φροντίδων, ὅσας προθύμως ἀνθ' ὅλων ὑφίστασο, διττῆς ἁμαρτὼν