As she said this, Andrew, the apostle of the Lord, also came journeying to that place, and as he drew near to Polyxena he felt in his heart some commotion arising in himself.

2Standing, therefore, to pray, and folding his arms in the shape of the cross, he said, Lord Jesus Christ, partaker of light and knower of things hidden, from whom nothing on earth is hid, do unto me kindness and mercy, and make clear to me this commotion of heart, and calm my reason, you that makest peace always with those that love peace.

3Then Polyxena ran to him, and Andrew, the apostle of the Lord, said to her, Approach me not, daughter, but tell me who and whence you are.

4Polyxena said, My lord, I am a stranger here, but I see your face is gracious, and your words as the words of Paul, and I suppose you to be of the same God.

5Andrew understood that she spoke of the apostle Paul, and said to her, And whence do you know of Paul?

6She said, From my own country, for I left him in Spain.

7Andrew said to her, And how do you happen to be here, the country being far distant?

8She said, Because it was thus appointed for me, and came to pass; but I beseech you and fall at your feet, seal me, as Paul seals, by the baptism of regeneration, so that even I, lowly one, may be known by our God, for the kind God, seeing my tribulation and distress, sent you to pity me.

9Andrew, the great apostle of the Lord, said to her, Let us go, daughter, where there is water.