I stood still a good space and said nothing, for I could not tell what to say, nor what word I shoulde first speake, nor what thanks I should render to the goddesse, but the great Priest understanding all my fortune and miserie, by divine advertisement, commanded that one should give me garments to cover me:  Howbeit as soone as I was transformed from an asse to my humane shape, I hid the privitie of my body with my hands as shame and necessity compelled mee.  Then one of the company put off his upper robe and put it on my backe:  which done, the Priest looked upon me, with a sweete and benigne voice, gan say in this sort:  O my friend Lucius, after the endurance of so many labours, and the escape of so many tempests of fortune, thou art at length come to the port and haven of rest and mercy:  neither did thy noble linage, thy dignity, thy doctrine, or any thing prevaile, but that thou hast endured so many servil pleasures, by a little folly of thy youthfullnes, whereby thou hast had a sinister reward for thy unprosperous curiositie, but howsoever the blindnes of fortune tormented thee in divers dangers:  so it is, that now unwares to her, thou art come to this present felicitie:  let fortune go, and fume with fury in another place, let her finde some other matter to execute her cruelty, for fortune hath no puissance against them which serve and honour our goddesse.  For what availed the theeves:  the beasts savage:  thy great servitude:  the ill and dangerous waits:  the long passages:  the feare of death every day?  Know thou, that now thou art safe, and under the protection of her, who by her cleare light doth lighten the other gods:  wherefore rejoyce and take a convenable countenance to thy white habit, follow the pomp of this devout and honorable procession, to the end that such which be not devout to the Goddes, may see and acknowledge their errour.  Behold Lucius, thou art delivered from so great miseries, by the providence of the goddesse Isis, rejoyce therefore and triumph of the victory of fortune; to the end thou maist live more safe and sure, make thy selfe one of this holy order, dedicate thy minde to the Obsequy of our Religion, and take upon thee a a voluntary yoake of ministrie:  And when thou beginnest to serve and honour the goddes, then thou shalt feele the fruit of thy liberty:  After that the great Priest had prophesied in this manner, with often breathings, he made a conclusion of his words:  Then I went amongst the company of die rest and followed the procession:  everie one of the people knew me, and pointing at me with their fingers, said in this sort:  Behold him who is this day transformed into a man by the puissance of the soveraigne goddesse, verily he is blessed and most blessed that hath merited so great grace from heaven, as by the innocencie of his former life, and as it were by a new regeneration is reserved to the obsequie of the goddesse.  In the meane season by little and little we approached nigh unto the sea