him. And when he had prayed he said to Fronto, "Depart, and be
healed." And when he resisted, and remained within some days,
Antony continued saying, "Thou canst not be healed if thou remainest
here; go forth, and as soon as thou enterest Egypt, thou shalt see
the sign which shall befall thee." He, believing, went forth; and
as soon as he only saw Egypt he was freed from his disease, and
became sound according to the word of Antony, which he had learnt by
prayer from the Saviour . . .

[Here follows a story of a girl cured of a painful complaint: which
need not be translated.]

But when two brethren were coming to him, and water failed them on
the journey, one of them died, and the other was about to die. In
fact, being no longer able to walk, he too lay upon the ground
expecting death. But Antony, as he sat on the mountain, called two
monks who happened to be there, and hastened them, saying, "Take a
pitcher of water, and run on the road towards Egypt; for of two who
are coming hither one has just expired, and the other will do so if
you do not hasten. For this has been showed to me as I prayed." So
the monks going found the one lying dead, and buried him; and the
other they recovered with the water, and brought him to the old man.
Now the distance was a day's journey. But if any one should ask why
he did not speak before one of them expired, he does not question
rightly; for the judgment of that death did not belong to Antony,
but to God, who both judged concerning the one; and revealed
concerning the other. But this alone in Antony was wonderful, that
sitting on the mountain he kept his heart watchful, and the Lord
showed him things afar off.