. A child's book of warriors . 41. How They Saved Nisibis This is the story of Jacpbus of Edessa, who came inhis rough goat-skin and took his place amid thesplendour of the Synod of Nicaea, more like a wildcreature of the woods than a bishop. Loath had he been to forego his hermit life amongthe Masian Mountains, where he had lived on wildherbs, nuts, and berries; his drink had been thetorrent; his bed in summer the earth, with theleaves of the forest as a covert against the planetsthat strike and the blindness that comes of the lightof the moon; but in winter, when the great coldwhich is the s
. A child's book of warriors . 41. How They Saved Nisibis This is the story of Jacpbus of Edessa, who came inhis rough goat-skin and took his place amid thesplendour of the Synod of Nicaea, more like a wildcreature of the woods than a bishop. Loath had he been to forego his hermit life amongthe Masian Mountains, where he had lived on wildherbs, nuts, and berries; his drink had been thetorrent; his bed in summer the earth, with theleaves of the forest as a covert against the planetsthat strike and the blindness that comes of the lightof the moon; but in winter, when the great coldwhich is the sister of death was abroad on the heights,he took shelter in a cave hewn out of the rock. Amid the peace and gladness of that lonely life,his nearness to God brought him nearer to men, andmost of all he loved the people of Nisibis, the city ofhis birth. Far below upon the plain, in the Landbetween the Rivers, it lay glittering within the 43 A Childs Book of Warriors strength of its triple brown walls; wide orchards andgardens and f
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