Now to His Apology to Anastasius

So far I have answered the charges about my crimes, and indeed in defense of those crimes, which the crafty man who once sang my praises urged against me before, and which his disciples still keep pressing. I have done it not as well as I ought, but as well as I could, holding back my complaints; for my aim has been not so much to accuse others as to defend myself. I will now come to his Apology, in which he tries to justify himself to Anastasius, bishop of the city of Rome, and, in order to defend himself, builds up a mass of slanders against me. His love for me is like the love that a man swept away by a storm and nearly drowned in deep water feels for the strong swimmer whose foot he clutches. He is determined that I will sink or swim with him. [a]