_Hypatia_’s tragical Death, perpetrated by _Cyril_’s Clergy, who hated her for Intimacy with _Orestes_.
But _Cyril_’s Rage was not yet satiated. Tho’ _Orestes_ had the good Luck to escape being murdered, _Hypatia_ must fall a Sacrifice to the Prelate’s Pride and to the Ghost of _Ammonius_. This Lady, as we mentioned above, was profoundly respected by _Orestes_, who much frequented and consulted her; _for which Reason, says _Socrates_, she was not a little traduced among the Mob of the Christian Church; as if she obstructed a Reconciliation between Bishop _Cyril_ and _Orestes_. Wherefore certain hot-brained Men, headed by one _Peter_ a Lecturer, entered into a Conspiracy against her, and watching their Opportunity when she was returning Home from some Place, they dragged her out of her Chair; hurried her to the Church called _Cesar_’s, and stripping her stark naked, they killed her with Tiles.