[These things are the fuel and food of the fire; and it lodges especially among those worthy of the fire, among the moist and slack and fruitless souls, which are the fuel of fire... Or he means this: that with him there dwell together both certain great demons and those of lower rank in wickedness; or that he comes upon men both small and great, running in alike upon all. For the 'tender shoots' are the side-growths; he speaks therefore as of shade beneath trees—thus among these he takes his rest. 'And the branches of the chaste-tree (agnos).' Since many, often even after practicing chastity, have become of his portion, like the foolish virgins; for there are some practicing chastity even with him.]