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           The
           STORY
           of
           JETZER
           ,
           Taken
           out
           of
           Dr.
           G.
           Burnet's
           Letters
           :
           With
           a
           Collection
           of
           MIRACLES
           Wrought
           by
           Popish
           Saints
           ,
           During
           their
           Lives
           ,
           and
           after
           their
           Deaths
           ,
           Out
           of
           their
           own
           Authours
           ,
           for
           Information
           of
           all
           true-hearted
           PROTESTANTS
           .
           WITH
           A
           Prefatory
           Discourse
           ,
           declaring
           the
           Impossibility
           and
           Folly
           of
           such
           vain
           Impostures
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Randal
             Taylor
          
           ,
           1689.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           EPISTLE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             READER
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           grand
           design
           of
           this
           Collection
           of
           
             Popish
             Miracles
          
           ,
           i●●o
           inform
           thee
           of
           the
           Absurdities
           and
           Wickedness
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           in
           compelling
           her
           Members
           to
           believe
           such
           ridiculous
           Stories
           ,
           as
           are
           here
           related
           out
           of
           Popish
           Authours
           ,
           set
           out
           and
           own'd
           by
           their
           Church
           ;
           and
           some
           of
           them
           very
           lately
           published
           to
           the
           World
           by
           Mr.
           Cressy
           ,
           in
           his
           Church-History
           ,
           Printed
           1668.
           who
           has
           raked
           together
           out
           of
           
             Bede
             ,
             Capgrave
          
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           such
           stuff
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           sure
           must
           needs
           fill
           thee
           with
           admiration
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Ignatius
           ,
           the
           Character
           given
           of
           him
           in
           his
           Life
           denotes
           him
           to
           be
           little
           better
           than
           a
           lunatick
           Person
           ,
           for
           
             pag.
             146.
          
           this
           is
           related
           of
           him
           ,
           
             But
             that
             he
             had
             regard
             to
             the
             good
             of
             his
             neighbour
             ,
             (
             for
             which
             it
             was
             necessary
             for
             him
             to
             uphold
             himself
             and
             his
             authority
             )
             he
             would
             have
             walked
             the
             streets
             half
             naked
             ,
             in
             a
             contemptible
             manner
             ,
             that
             so
             he
             might
             have
             been
             held
             and
             reputed
             a
             Mad-man
             .
          
           And
           
             pag.
             80.
          
           we
           have
           an
           account
           of
           the
           
             Devil
             's
             appearing
             to
             him
             ,
             endeavouring
             to
             fright
             and
             distract
             him
             in
             his
             Prayers
             ,
             and
             was
             often
             with
             a
             little
             stick
             chased
             away
             by
             him
             .
          
           And
           
             pag.
             48.
          
           we
           have
           this
           Vision
           ,
           
             At
             such
             time
             as
             he
             composed
             the
             Constitutions
             of
             his
             Society
             ,
             having
             one
             day
             consecrated
             the
             Holy
             Host
             ,
             and
             offered
             to
             Almighty
             God
             the
             Rules
             of
             his
             Society
             ,
             God
             the
             Father
             appeared
             most
             gratiously
             unto
             him
             ,
             insinuating
             by
             some
             mystical
             signification
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             be
             a
             thing
             pleasing
             to
             his
             Divine
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             the
             Mother
             of
             God
             should
             offer
             up
             her
             Prayers
             unto
             Him
             for
             him
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             Blessed
             Virgin
             suddenly
             appeared
             ,
             recommending
          
           St.
           Ignatius
           
             to
             the
             Eternal
             Father
             ;
             and
             demonstrating
             ,
             that
             her
             own
             flesh
             was
             there
             present
             in
             the
             Eucharist
             ,
             in
             the
             flesh
             of
             her
             Son.
          
           At
           one
           time
           we
           have
           account
           ,
           that
           
             both
             Father
             and
             Son
             appeared
             to
             him
          
           ;
           and
           at
           another
           ,
           
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
          
           :
           And
           many
           such
           extravagant
           passages
           ,
           which
           are
           more
           probable
           to
           be
           the
           Frenzies
           of
           a
           Mad-man
           ,
           than
           the
           Visions
           of
           a
           Saint
           :
           For
           God
           says
           ,
           
             Exod
             33.
             20.
             
             There
             shall
             no
             man
             see
             me
             and
             live
             .
          
           But
           it
           is
           in
           vain
           to
           bring
           Scripture
           against
           those
           ,
           that
           both
           deny
           the
           Scriptures
           to
           be
           the
           Iudge
           of
           Controversie
           ,
           and
           likewise
           make
           it
           their
           
           business
           to
           derogate
           from
           it
           .
           In
           a
           Spanish
           Catechism
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             Caton
             Christiano
          
           ,
           composed
           by
           ,
           
             Geronimo
             de
             Rosales
          
           ,
           a
           Jesuit
           ,
           and
           Printed
           at
           Sevil
           ,
           1670.
           this
           plainly
           appears
           ;
           for
           instead
           of
           citing
           Scripture
           to
           confirm
           the
           Doctrins
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Church
          
           ,
           he
           brings
           in
           forged
           Miracles
           for
           Examples
           :
           As
           to
           instance
           only
           in
           one
           :
           To
           prove
           the
           lawfulness
           of
           praying
           to
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           ,
           he
           tells
           this
           wonderfull
           Story
           :
           
             A
             great
             Sinner
             put
             himself
             into
             a
             Religious
             Order
             ,
             and
             being
             grosly
             ignorant
             he
             was
             not
             able
             to
             learn
             the
             Christian
             Doctrin
             ,
             no
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
          
           Ave
           Maria
           
             throughout
             ,
             but
             only
             these
             words
             ,
          
           Hail
           Mary
           full
           of
           Grace
           ,
           
             which
             he
             repeated
             many
             times
             .
             This
             man
             died
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             there
             grew
             on
             his
             Grave
             a
             very
             handsome
             Tree
             ,
             on
             whose
             Leaves
             were
             these
             words
             written
             ,
          
           Hail
           Mary
           full
           of
           Grace
           :
           
             The
             Miracle
             was
             divulged
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             came
             and
             caused
             the
             Tree
             to
             be
             digg'd
             up
             ,
             and
             they
             found
             that
             the
             Root
             of
             this
             Tree
             came
             out
             of
             the
             Man's
             Mouth
             .
          
           This
           is
           their
           way
           of
           proving
           their
           Doctrins
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           seen
           throughout
           this
           Catechism
           .
        
         
           That
           most
           of
           these
           Miracles
           were
           invented
           by
           the
           Romish
           Priests
           and
           Monks
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           ignorant
           Laity
           have
           a
           more
           venerable
           esteem
           for
           them
           ,
           (
           than
           which
           nothing
           has
           more
           contributed
           thereto
           ,
           )
           and
           to
           distribute
           their
           Riches
           amonst
           them
           for
           Pardons
           ,
           Masses
           ,
           for
           freeing
           their
           Souls
           from
           Purgatory
           ,
           &c.
           needs
           no
           other
           proof
           ,
           than
           the
           impossibility
           and
           impertinency
           of
           the
           things
           related
           ,
           and
           the
           Doctrins
           they
           maintain
           ,
           
             viz.
             Invocation
             of
             Saints
             ,
             Worshipping
             of
             Images
             ,
             &c.
          
           which
           ▪
           are
           quite
           contrary
           to
           the
           revealed
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Practice
           of
           the
           Holy
           Apostles
           :
           and
           therefore
           if
           some
           things
           of
           this
           nature
           have
           been
           miraculously
           acted
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           attributed
           to
           our
           most
           holy
           God
           since
           it
           tends
           to
           the
           violating
           his
           Commands
           ,
           by
           setting
           up
           ne●
           Doctrins
           contradictory
           thereto
           ,
           but
           rather
           to
           the
           subtilty
           and
           power
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           who
           in
           all
           Ages
           has
           made
           it
           his
           business
           to
           seduce
           Men
           to
           the
           most
           abominable
           Sin
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           end
           did
           work
           many
           Miracles
           in
           the
           Temples
           of
           the
           Heathen
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           no
           new
           thing
           for
           him
           to
           work
           Miracles
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           to
           gain
           himself
           Proselytes
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           has
           been
           so
           far
           deluded
           by
           him
           ,
           as
           to
           break
           the
           Second
           Commandment
           ,
           in
           giving
           Divine
           Worship
           to
           Images
           ,
           is
           learnedly
           proved
           by
           Dr.
           Moore
           ,
           Dr.
           Stillingfleet
           ,
           and
           others
           in
           their
           Books
           of
           the
           Idolatry
           of
           that
           Church
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           ▪
           they
           may
           see
           what
           danger
           they
           are
           in
           ,
           whilst
           they
           communicate
           with
           a
           Church
           ,
           that
           imposes
           such
           not
           orious
           Lies
           on
           her
           Members
           to
           support
           her
           false
           Doctrins
           .
           God
           give
           them
           grace
           to
           see
           their
           Errours
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           withdraw
           themselves
           from
           that
           
             Idolatrous
             Church
          
           ,
           and
           cast
           anchor
           in
           the
           true
           Protestant
           ,
           grounded
           on
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           the
           Practice
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           hearty
           Desire
           of
           the
           Publisher
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           MIRACLES
           Wrought
           by
           POPISH
           SAINTS
           .
        
         
           ABOUT
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           15th
           Century
           ,
           a
           Franciscan
           happened
           to
           preach
           in
           Francfort
           ,
           and
           one
           Wigand
           a
           Dominican
           coming
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           Cordelier
           seeing
           him
           ,
           broke
           out
           into
           exclamations
           ,
           praising
           God
           that
           he
           was
           not
           of
           an
           Order
           that
           prophaned
           the
           Virgin
           ,
           or
           that
           poysoned
           Princes
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           (
           for
           a
           Dominican
           had
           poysoned
           the
           Emperour
           Henry
           the
           VII
           .
           with
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           )
           Wigand
           being
           extremely
           provoked
           with
           this
           bloudy
           reproach
           ,
           gave
           him
           the
           Lye
           ,
           upon
           which
           a
           dispute
           arose
           ,
           which
           ended
           in
           a
           tumult
           that
           had
           almost
           cost
           the
           Dominican
           his
           life
           ,
           yet
           he
           got
           away
           .
           The
           whole
           Order
           resolved
           to
           take
           their
           revenge
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           Chapter
           ,
           held
           at
           Vimpsen
           in
           the
           year
           1504.
           they
           contrived
           a
           method
           for
           supporting
           the
           credit
           of
           their
           Order
           ,
           which
           was
           much
           sunk
           in
           the
           opinion
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           for
           bearing
           down
           the
           reputation
           of
           the
           Franciscans
           .
           Four
           of
           the
           juncto
           undertook
           to
           manage
           the
           design
           ;
           for
           they
           said
           ,
           since
           the
           people
           were
           so
           much
           disposed
           to
           believe
           Dreams
           and
           Fables
           ,
           they
           must
           dream
           of
           their
           side
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           cheat
           the
           people
           as
           well
           as
           the
           others
           had
           done
           .
           They
           resolved
           to
           make
           Bern
           the
           Scene
           in
           which
           the
           project
           should
           be
           put
           in
           execution
           ;
           for
           they
           found
           the
           people
           of
           Bern
           ,
           at
           that
           time
           apt
           to
           swallow
           any
           thing
           ,
           and
           not
           disposed
           to
           make
           severe
           enquiries
           into
           extraordinary
           Matters
           .
           When
           they
           had
           formed
           their
           design
           ,
           a
           fit
           Tool
           presented
           it self
           ;
           for
           one
           Ietzer
           came
           to
           take
           their
           habit
           as
           a
           Lay-brother
           ,
           who
           had
           all
           the
           dispositions
           necessary
           for
           the
           execution
           of
           their
           project
           :
           For
           he
           was
           extreme
           simple
           ,
           and
           was
           much
           inclined
           to
           Austerities
           ,
           so
           having
           observed
           his
           temper
           well
           ,
           they
           began
           to
           execute
           their
           project
           the
           very
           Night
           after
           he
           took
           the
           Habit
           ,
           which
           was
           on
           Lady-day
           1507.
           one
           of
           the
           Fryars
           conveyed
           himself
           secretly
           into
           his
           Cell
           ,
           and
           appeared
           to
           him
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           in
           Purgatory
           ,
           in
           a
           strange
           figure
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           a
           Box
           near
           his
           mouth
           ,
           upon
           which
           as
           he
           blew
           ,
           fire
           seemed
           to
           come
           out
           of
           his
           mouth
           ;
           he
           had
           also
           some
           Dogs
           about
           him
           ,
           that
           appeared
           as
           his
           Tormentors
           .
           In
           this
           posture
           he
           came
           near
           the
           Fryar
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           a
           bed
           ,
           and
           took
           up
           a
           celebrated
           Story
           that
           they
           used
           to
           tell
           all
           their
           Fryars
           ,
           
           to
           beget
           in
           them
           a
           great
           dread
           at
           the
           laying
           aside
           their
           habit
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           the
           Order
           ,
           who
           was
           Superiour
           of
           their
           House
           at
           Soloturn
           ,
           had
           gone
           to
           Paris
           ,
           but
           laying
           aside
           his
           habit
           ,
           was
           killed
           in
           his
           Lay-habit
           .
           The
           Fryar
           in
           the
           Vizard
           said
           ,
           he
           was
           that
           person
           ,
           and
           was
           condemned
           to
           Purgatory
           for
           that
           Crime
           ;
           but
           he
           added
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           be
           rescued
           out
           of
           it
           by
           his
           means
           ,
           and
           he
           seconded
           this
           with
           most
           horrible
           Cries
           ,
           expressing
           the
           Miseries
           which
           he
           suffered
           .
           The
           poor
           Fryar
           (
           Ietzer
           )
           was
           excessively
           frighted
           ,
           but
           the
           other
           advanced
           ,
           and
           required
           a
           Promise
           of
           him
           to
           doe
           that
           which
           he
           should
           desire
           of
           him
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           delivering
           him
           out
           of
           his
           Torment
           .
           The
           frighted
           Fryar
           promised
           all
           that
           he
           asked
           of
           him
           ;
           then
           the
           other
           said
           ,
           he
           knew
           he
           was
           a
           great
           Saint
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           prayers
           and
           mortifications
           would
           prevail
           ,
           but
           they
           must
           be
           very
           extraordinary
           .
           The
           whole
           Monastery
           must
           for
           a
           week
           together
           discipline
           themselves
           with
           a
           Whip
           ,
           and
           he
           must
           lie
           prostrate
           in
           the
           form
           of
           one
           on
           a
           Cross
           ,
           in
           one
           of
           their
           Chapels
           ,
           while
           Mass
           was
           said
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           all
           that
           should
           come
           together
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           he
           added
           that
           if
           he
           did
           this
           ,
           he
           should
           find
           the
           effects
           of
           the
           love
           that
           the
           B.
           Virgin
           did
           bear
           him
           ,
           together
           with
           many
           other
           extraordinary
           things
           ;
           and
           said
           ,
           he
           would
           appear
           again
           accompanied
           with
           two
           other
           Spirits
           ;
           and
           assured
           him
           ,
           that
           all
           that
           he
           did
           suffer
           for
           his
           deliverance
           ,
           should
           be
           most
           gloriously
           rewarded
           .
           Morning
           was
           no
           sooner
           come
           than
           the
           Friar
           gave
           an
           account
           of
           this
           Apparition
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Convent
           ,
           who
           seemed
           extremely
           surprized
           at
           it
           ,
           they
           all
           pressed
           him
           to
           undergo
           the
           discipline
           that
           was
           enjoyned
           him
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           undertook
           to
           bear
           his
           share
           ;
           so
           the
           deluded
           Fryar
           performed
           it
           all
           exactly
           in
           one
           of
           the
           Chapels
           of
           their
           Church
           :
           This
           drew
           a
           vast
           number
           of
           Spectatours
           together
           ,
           who
           all
           considered
           the
           poor
           Fryar
           as
           a
           Saint
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           while
           the
           four
           Fryers
           that
           managed
           the
           imposture
           ,
           magnified
           the
           Miracle
           of
           the
           Apparition
           to
           the
           skies
           in
           their
           Sermons
           .
           The
           Fryar's
           Confessor
           was
           upon
           the
           Secret
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           means
           they
           knew
           all
           the
           little
           passages
           of
           the
           poor
           Fryar's
           life
           ,
           even
           to
           his
           thoughts
           ,
           which
           helped
           them
           not
           a
           little
           in
           the
           Conduct
           of
           the
           matter
           .
           The
           Confessor
           gave
           him
           an
           Hostie
           ,
           with
           a
           piece
           of
           Wood
           ;
           that
           was
           ,
           as
           he
           pretended
           ,
           a
           true
           piece
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           and
           by
           these
           he
           was
           to
           fortify
           himself
           ,
           if
           any
           other
           Apparitions
           should
           come
           to
           him
           ,
           since
           evil
           Spirits
           would
           be
           certainly
           chained
           up
           by
           them
           .
           The
           Night
           after
           that
           ,
           the
           former
           Apparation
           was
           renewed
           ,
           and
           the
           masqued
           Fryar
           brought
           two
           others
           with
           him
           in
           such
           Vizards
           ,
           that
           the
           Fryar
           thought
           they
           were
           Devils
           indeed
           .
           The
           Fryar
           presented
           the
           Hostie
           to
           them
           ,
           which
           gave
           them
           such
           a
           check
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           fully
           satisfied
           of
           the
           vertue
           of
           this
           preservative
           .
        
         
           The
           Fryar
           ,
           that
           pretended
           he
           was
           suffering
           in
           Purgatory
           ,
           said
           so
           many
           things
           to
           him
           relating
           to
           the
           Secrets
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           Thoughts
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           from
           the
           Confessor
           ,
           that
           the
           poor
           Fryar
           was
           fully
           possessed
           with
           the
           opinion
           of
           the
           reality
           of
           the
           Apparition
           .
           In
           two
           of
           these
           Apparitions
           ,
           that
           were
           both
           managed
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           the
           Fryar
           in
           the
           Masque
           talked
           much
           of
           the
           Dominican
           Order
           ,
           which
           he
           said
           was
           excessively
           dear
           to
           the
           B.
           Virgin
           ,
           who
           knew
           her self
           to
           be
           conceived
           in
           Original
           sin
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Doctors
           who
           taught
           the
           contrary
           were
           in
           Purgatory
           :
           That
           the
           Story
           of
           S.
           Bernard's
           appearing
           with
           a
           spot
           on
           him
           ,
           for
           having
           opposed
           himself
           to
           the
           feast
           of
           the
           Conception
           ,
           was
           a
           Forgery
           :
           but
           that
           it
           was
           true
           ,
           that
           some
           hideous
           
           Flies
           had
           appeared
           on
           St.
           Bonaventure's
           Tomb
           ,
           who
           taught
           the
           contrary
           .
           That
           the
           B.
           Virgin
           abhorred
           the
           Cordeliers
           for
           making
           her
           equal
           to
           her
           Son
           ;
           that
           Scotus
           was
           damned
           ,
           whose
           Canonization
           the
           Cordeliers
           were
           then
           soliciting
           hard
           at
           Rome
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Town
           of
           Bern
           would
           be
           destroyed
           for
           harbouring
           such
           plagues
           within
           their
           walls
           .
           When
           the
           enjoined
           discipline
           was
           fully
           performed
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           appeared
           again
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           he
           was
           now
           delivered
           out
           of
           Purgatory
           ,
           but
           before
           he
           could
           be
           admitted
           to
           Heaven
           he
           must
           receive
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           having
           died
           without
           it
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           he
           would
           say
           Mass
           for
           those
           ,
           who
           had
           by
           their
           great
           charities
           rescued
           him
           out
           of
           his
           pains
           .
           The
           Fryar
           fancied
           the
           voice
           resembled
           the
           Prior's
           a
           little
           ;
           but
           he
           was
           then
           so
           far
           from
           suspecting
           any
           thing
           ,
           that
           he
           gave
           no
           great
           heed
           to
           this
           suspition
           .
           Some
           days
           after
           this
           ,
           the
           same
           Fryar
           appeared
           as
           a
           Nun
           all
           in
           Glory
           ,
           and
           told
           the
           poor
           Fryar
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           St.
           Barbary
           ,
           for
           whom
           he
           had
           a
           particular
           devotion
           ,
           and
           added
           ,
           that
           the
           B.
           Virgin
           was
           so
           much
           pleased
           with
           his
           charity
           ,
           that
           she
           intended
           to
           come
           and
           visit
           him
           :
           He
           immediately
           called
           the
           Convent
           together
           ,
           and
           gave
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Fryars
           an
           account
           of
           this
           Apparition
           ,
           which
           was
           entertained
           by
           them
           all
           with
           great
           joy
           ;
           and
           the
           Fryar
           languished
           in
           desires
           of
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           the
           promise
           ,
           that
           St.
           Barbara
           had
           made
           him
           .
           After
           some
           days
           the
           longed-for
           delusion
           appeared
           to
           him
           ,
           clothed
           as
           the
           Virgin
           used
           to
           be
           on
           the
           great
           Feasts
           ,
           and
           indeed
           in
           the
           same
           Habits
           :
           there
           were
           about
           her
           some
           Angels
           ,
           which
           he
           afterwards
           found
           were
           the
           little
           Statues
           of
           Angels
           ,
           which
           they
           set
           on
           the
           Altars
           on
           the
           great
           Holy
           Days
           .
           There
           was
           also
           a
           pulley
           fastned
           in
           the
           room
           over
           his
           head
           ,
           and
           a
           cord
           tied
           to
           the
           Angels
           ,
           that
           made
           them
           rise
           up
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           and
           flie
           about
           the
           Virgin
           ,
           which
           encreased
           the
           delusion
           .
           The
           Virgin
           ,
           after
           some
           endearments
           to
           himself
           ,
           extolling
           the
           merit
           of
           his
           charity
           and
           discipline
           ,
           told
           him
           that
           she
           was
           conceived
           in
           Original
           Sin
           ,
           and
           that
           Pope
           Iulius
           II.
           that
           then
           reigned
           ,
           was
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           the
           dispute
           ,
           and
           was
           to
           abolish
           the
           Feast
           of
           her
           Conception
           ,
           which
           Sixtus
           IV.
           had
           instituted
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Fryar
           was
           to
           be
           the
           instrument
           of
           persuading
           the
           Pope
           of
           the
           truth
           in
           that
           matter
           :
           She
           gave
           him
           three
           drops
           of
           her
           Son's
           bloud
           ,
           which
           were
           three
           tears
           of
           bloud
           that
           he
           had
           shed
           over
           Ierusalem
           ,
           and
           this
           signfied
           that
           she
           was
           three
           hours
           in
           Original
           Sin
           ,
           after
           which
           she
           was
           by
           his
           Mercy
           delivered
           out
           of
           that
           state
           :
           For
           it
           seems
           the
           Dominicans
           were
           resolved
           so
           to
           compound
           the
           matter
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           gain
           the
           main
           point
           of
           her
           Conception
           in
           Sin
           ;
           yet
           they
           would
           comply
           so
           far
           with
           the
           reverence
           for
           the
           Virgin
           ,
           with
           which
           the
           World
           was
           possessed
           ,
           that
           she
           should
           be
           believed
           to
           have
           remained
           a
           very
           short
           while
           in
           that
           state
           .
           She
           gave
           him
           also
           five
           drops
           of
           Bloud
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Cross
           ,
           which
           were
           Tears
           of
           Bloud
           ,
           that
           she
           had
           shed
           while
           her
           Son
           was
           upon
           the
           Cross.
           And
           ,
           to
           convince
           him
           more
           fully
           ,
           she
           presented
           an
           Hostie
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           appeared
           as
           an
           ordinary
           Hostie
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           sudden
           it
           appeared
           to
           be
           of
           a
           deep
           red
           colour
           .
           The
           cheat
           of
           those
           supposed
           visits
           was
           often
           repeated
           to
           the
           abused
           Fryar
           ;
           at
           last
           the
           Virgin
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           to
           give
           him
           such
           marks
           of
           her
           Son's
           love
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           matter
           should
           be
           past
           all
           doubt
           .
           She
           said
           that
           the
           five
           wounds
           of
           St.
           Lucia
           ,
           and
           St.
           Catharine
           were
           real
           wounds
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           would
           also
           imprint
           them
           on
           him
           ;
           so
           she
           bid
           him
           reach
           his
           hand
           ;
           he
           had
           no
           great
           mind
           to
           receive
           a
           favour
           in
           which
           he
           was
           to
           suffer
           so
           much
           :
           but
           she
           forced
           his
           hand
           ,
           
           and
           struck
           a
           nail
           through
           it
           ;
           the
           hole
           was
           as
           big
           as
           a
           grain
           of
           pease
           ,
           and
           he
           saw
           the
           Candle
           clearly
           through
           it
           ;
           this
           threw
           him
           out
           of
           a
           supposed
           transport
           into
           a
           real
           agony
           ;
           but
           she
           seemed
           to
           touch
           his
           hand
           ,
           and
           he
           thought
           he
           smelt
           an
           Oyntment
           ,
           with
           which
           she
           anointed
           it
           ,
           though
           his
           Confessour
           persuaded
           him
           ,
           that
           that
           was
           onely
           an
           imagination
           ;
           so
           the
           supposed
           Virgin
           left
           him
           for
           that
           time
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           night
           the
           Apparition
           returned
           ,
           and
           brought
           some
           linen
           Clothes
           ,
           which
           had
           some
           real
           or
           imaginary
           virtue
           to
           allay
           his
           Torment
           :
           and
           the
           pretended
           Virgin
           said
           ,
           they
           were
           some
           of
           the
           Linens
           in
           which
           Christ
           was
           wrapped
           ;
           and
           with
           that
           she
           gave
           him
           a
           soporiferous
           draught
           ,
           and
           while
           he
           was
           fast
           asleep
           ,
           the
           other
           four
           wounds
           were
           imprinted
           on
           his
           body
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           that
           he
           felt
           no
           pain
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           order
           to
           the
           doing
           of
           this
           ,
           the
           Fryars
           betook
           themselves
           to
           Charms
           ,
           and
           the
           Subprior
           shewed
           the
           rest
           a
           book
           full
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           he
           said
           ,
           that
           before
           they
           could
           be
           effectual
           ,
           they
           must
           renounce
           God
           ,
           and
           he
           not
           onely
           did
           this
           himself
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           formal
           act
           put
           in
           writing
           signed
           with
           his
           Bloud
           ,
           he
           dedicated
           himself
           to
           the
           Devil
           ;
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           oblige
           the
           rest
           to
           this
           ,
           but
           onely
           to
           renounce
           God.
           The
           composition
           of
           the
           Draught
           was
           a
           mixture
           of
           some
           Fountain-water
           and
           Chrism
           ,
           the
           Hairs
           of
           the
           Eyebrows
           of
           a
           Child
           ,
           some
           Quicksilver
           ,
           some
           grains
           of
           Incense
           ,
           somewhat
           of
           an
           Easter
           Wax-Candle
           ,
           some
           consecrated
           Salt
           ,
           and
           the
           Bloud
           of
           an
           unbaptised
           Child
           .
           This
           Composition
           was
           a
           secret
           which
           the
           Subprior
           did
           not
           communicate
           to
           the
           other
           Fryars
           .
           By
           this
           the
           poor
           Fryar
           ,
           Ietzer
           ,
           was
           made
           almost
           insensible
           :
           when
           he
           was
           awake
           ,
           and
           came
           out
           of
           this
           deep
           sleep
           ,
           he
           felt
           this
           wonderfull
           impression
           on
           his
           body
           ,
           and
           now
           he
           was
           ravished
           out
           of
           measure
           ,
           and
           came
           to
           fansie
           himself
           to
           be
           acting
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           Passion
           :
           he
           was
           exposed
           to
           the
           People
           on
           the
           great
           Altar
           ,
           to
           the
           amazement
           of
           the
           whole
           Town
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           no
           small
           mortification
           of
           the
           Franciscans
           .
           The
           Dominicans
           gave
           him
           some
           other
           draughts
           that
           threw
           him
           into
           convulsions
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           came
           out
           of
           those
           ,
           a
           voice
           was
           heard
           ,
           which
           came
           through
           that
           hole
           which
           yet
           remains
           ,
           and
           runs
           from
           one
           of
           the
           Cells
           along
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           for
           a
           Fryar
           spoke
           through
           a
           pipe
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           hole
           ,
           there
           was
           an
           Image
           of
           the
           Virgins
           ,
           with
           a
           little
           Jesus
           in
           her
           armes
           ,
           between
           whom
           and
           his
           mother
           the
           voice
           seemed
           to
           come
           ;
           the
           Image
           also
           seemed
           to
           shed
           Teers
           ,
           and
           a
           Painter
           had
           drawn
           those
           on
           her
           Face
           so
           lively
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           were
           deceived
           by
           it
           .
           The
           little
           Jesus
           askt
           why
           she
           wept
           ;
           and
           she
           said
           ,
           it
           was
           because
           his
           honour
           was
           given
           to
           her
           ,
           since
           it
           was
           said
           that
           she
           war
           born
           without
           sin
           :
           in
           conclusion
           ,
           the
           Fryras
           did
           so
           over
           act
           this
           matter
           ,
           that
           at
           last
           even
           the
           poor
           deluded
           Fryar
           himself
           came
           to
           discover
           it
           ,
           and
           resolved
           to
           quit
           the
           Order
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           in
           vain
           to
           delude
           him
           with
           more
           Apparitions
           ;
           for
           he
           wellnigh
           kill'd
           a
           Fryar
           that
           came
           to
           him
           ,
           personating
           the
           Virgin
           in
           another
           shape
           with
           a
           Crown
           on
           her
           head
           :
           he
           also
           over-heard
           the
           Fryars
           once
           talking
           amongst
           themselves
           ,
           of
           the
           Contrivance
           and
           Success
           of
           the
           imposture
           ,
           so
           plainly
           ,
           that
           he
           discovered
           the
           whole
           Matter
           ,
           and
           upon
           that
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           easily
           imagined
           ,
           he
           was
           filled
           with
           all
           the
           horrour
           with
           which
           such
           a
           Discovery
           could
           inspire
           him
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Fryars
           fearing
           that
           an
           imposture
           ,
           which
           was
           carried
           on
           hitherto
           with
           so
           much
           success
           ,
           should
           be
           quite
           spoiled
           ,
           and
           be
           turned
           against
           them
           ,
           thought
           the
           surest
           way
           was
           to
           own
           the
           whole
           Matter
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           engage
           him
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           Cheat.
           They
           told
           him
           in
           what
           esteem
           he
           would
           be
           ,
           if
           he
           continued
           to
           support
           the
           reputation
           that
           he
           had
           acquired
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           become
           the
           chief
           person
           of
           the
           Order
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           end
           they
           persuaded
           him
           to
           go
           on
           with
           the
           Imposture
           :
           But
           at
           last
           ,
           they
           fearing
           lest
           he
           should
           discover
           all
           ,
           resolved
           to
           poyson
           him
           :
           of
           which
           he
           was
           so
           apprehensive
           ,
           that
           once
           a
           Loaf
           being
           brought
           him
           ,
           that
           was
           prepared
           with
           some
           spices
           ,
           he
           kept
           it
           for
           some
           time
           ,
           and
           it
           growing
           green
           ,
           he
           threw
           it
           to
           some
           young
           Wolves
           Whelps
           that
           were
           in
           the
           Monastery
           ,
           who
           died
           immediately
           .
           His
           constitution
           was
           also
           so
           vigorous
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           gave
           him
           Poyson
           five
           several
           times
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           destroyed
           by
           it
           ;
           they
           also
           prest
           him
           earnestly
           to
           renounce
           God
           ,
           which
           they
           judged
           necessary
           ,
           that
           so
           their
           Charms
           might
           have
           their
           effect
           on
           him
           ;
           but
           he
           would
           never
           consent
           to
           that
           :
           At
           last
           they
           forced
           him
           to
           take
           a
           poysoned
           Hostie
           ,
           which
           yet
           he
           vomited
           up
           soon
           after
           he
           had
           swallowed
           it
           down
           ;
           that
           failing
           ,
           they
           used
           him
           so
           cruelly
           ,
           whipping
           him
           with
           an
           iron
           Chain
           ,
           and
           girding
           him
           about
           so
           strait
           with
           it
           ,
           that
           to
           avoid
           farther
           Torment
           he
           swore
           to
           them
           ,
           in
           a
           most
           imprecating
           stile
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           never
           discover
           the
           secret
           ,
           but
           would
           still
           carry
           it
           on
           ;
           and
           so
           he
           deluded
           them
           till
           he
           found
           an
           opportunity
           of
           getting
           out
           of
           the
           Convent
           ,
           and
           of
           throwing
           himself
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           discovered
           all
           .
        
         
           The
           four
           Fryars
           were
           seised
           on
           ,
           and
           put
           in
           prison
           ,
           and
           an
           account
           of
           the
           whole
           Matter
           was
           sent
           ,
           first
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Lausanne
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           Rome
           ;
           and
           it
           may
           be
           easily
           imagined
           ,
           that
           the
           Franciscans
           took
           all
           possible
           care
           to
           have
           it
           well
           examined
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Lausanne
           ,
           and
           of
           Zion
           ,
           with
           the
           Provincial
           of
           the
           Dominicans
           ,
           were
           appointed
           to
           form
           the
           Process
           .
           The
           four
           Fryars
           first
           excepted
           to
           Ietzer's
           credit
           ;
           but
           that
           was
           rejected
           :
           Then
           being
           threatned
           with
           the
           Question
           ,
           they
           put
           in
           a
           long
           plea
           against
           that
           ;
           but
           though
           the
           Provincial
           would
           not
           consent
           to
           that
           ,
           yet
           they
           were
           put
           to
           the
           question
           ;
           some
           endured
           it
           long
           ;
           but
           at
           last
           ,
           they
           all
           confessed
           the
           whole
           progress
           of
           the
           Imposture
           .
           The
           Provincial
           appeared
           concerned
           ;
           for
           though
           Ietzer
           had
           opened
           the
           whole
           Matter
           to
           him
           ,
           yet
           he
           would
           give
           no
           credit
           to
           him
           ;
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           he
           Charged
           him
           to
           be
           obedient
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           Fryars
           said
           plainly
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           in
           the
           whole
           secret
           ,
           and
           so
           he
           withdrew
           ;
           but
           he
           died
           some
           days
           after
           at
           Constance
           ,
           having
           poyson'd
           himself
           ,
           as
           was
           believed
           .
           The
           Matter
           lay
           asleep
           some
           time
           ,
           but
           a
           year
           after
           that
           a
           Spanish
           Bishop
           came
           ,
           authorized
           with
           full
           power
           from
           Rome
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Cheat
           being
           fully
           proved
           ,
           the
           four
           Fryars
           were
           solemnly
           degraded
           from
           their
           Priesthood
           ,
           and
           eight
           days
           after
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           last
           of
           May
           1509
           ,
           they
           were
           burnt
           in
           a
           Meadow
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           River
           ,
           over
           against
           the
           great
           Church
           ;
           the
           place
           of
           their
           Execution
           was
           shewed
           me
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Hole
           in
           the
           Wall
           ,
           through
           which
           the
           voice
           was
           conveyed
           to
           the
           Image
           .
           It
           was
           certainly
           one
           of
           the
           blackest
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           best
           carried
           on
           Cheat
           ,
           that
           has
           been
           ever
           known
           ;
           and
           no
           doubt
           had
           the
           poor
           Fryar
           dyed
           before
           the
           discovery
           ,
           it
           had
           passed
           down
           to
           posterity
           ,
           as
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Miracles
           that
           ever
           was
           ;
           and
           it
           gives
           shrewd
           suspition
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           the
           other
           Miracles
           of
           that
           Church
           ,
           were
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           ,
           but
           more
           successfully
           finished
           .
        
         
           
           
             Miracles
             wrought
             by
             Ignatius
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             related
             in
             
               Ch.
               16.
               and
               17.
            
             of
             
               The
               Glory
               of
               the
               Blessed
               Father
               St.
            
             Ignatius
             ,
             Printed
             at
             Roven
             ,
             1633.
             after
             the
             Copy
             compiled
             at
             Cracovia
             .
          
           
             
               Miracles
               wrought
               by
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               in
               his
               life
               time
               .
            
             
               IGnatius
               ,
               Founder
               of
               the
               
                 Society
                 of
                 Iesus
              
               ,
               is
               reported
               to
               have
               done
               these
               following
               Miracles
               in
               his
               Life
               time
               .
            
             
               It
               fell
               out
               at
               Barcelona
               ,
               that
               two
               Brothers
               ,
               about
               their
               Patrimony
               ,
               had
               long
               sued
               one
               another
               ,
               and
               he
               ,
               in
               fine
               ,
               whose
               fortune
               it
               was
               to
               lose
               the
               Suit
               ,
               falling
               through
               too
               vehement
               apprehension
               into
               despair
               ,
               hung
               himself
               with
               a
               Halter
               upon
               a
               Beam
               in
               his
               Chamber
               :
               The
               bruit
               of
               which
               came
               no
               sooner
               to
               the
               Ears
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               but
               suddenly
               he
               betook
               himself
               to
               the
               place
               ,
               and
               cutting
               asunder
               the
               Halter
               from
               that
               unfortunate
               Rafter
               ,
               gave
               order
               that
               the
               dead
               Body
               should
               be
               laid
               upon
               a
               Bed
               ;
               which
               done
               ,
               falling
               apart
               upon
               his
               Knees
               ,
               he
               began
               with
               many
               tears
               to
               demand
               the
               safety
               of
               that
               miserable
               Creature
               at
               the
               Hands
               of
               Almighty
               God
               ;
               but
               whilst
               Ignatius
               (
               being
               at
               that
               time
               but
               a
               Student
               in
               the
               Grammar-School
               )
               was
               thus
               earnest
               in
               his
               Prayers
               ,
               they
               who
               were
               there
               present
               standing
               in
               suspence
               ,
               with
               their
               Eyes
               fixed
               upon
               the
               Bed
               ,
               (
               a
               thing
               full
               of
               miracle
               )
               the
               dead
               Man
               returned
               suddenly
               to
               life
               ,
               and
               had
               the
               use
               of
               his
               Voice
               so
               long
               ,
               till
               calling
               for
               a
               Ghostly
               Father
               ,
               he
               had
               confessed
               his
               Sins
               and
               received
               Absolution
               ,
               and
               then
               at
               last
               gave
               up
               the
               Ghost
               ,
               lately
               redeemed
               from
               out
               the
               Jaws
               of
               Hell
               into
               the
               Hands
               of
               his
               Creator
               .
            
             
               He
               recovered
               immediately
               a
               certain
               Man
               called
               Bastida
               ,
               who
               had
               been
               many
               years
               sick
               of
               the
               Falling-Sickness
               ,
               by
               casting
               up
               his
               Eyes
               and
               Prayers
               for
               him
               to
               Heaven
               .
            
             
               He
               often
               chased
               the
               Devil
               out
               of
               possessed
               Persons
               ,
               by
               the
               Sign
               of
               the
               Cross.
               
            
             
               He
               restored
               a
               Woman
               to
               health
               ,
               who
               lay
               half
               dead
               of
               a
               Consumption
               .
            
             
               He
               delivered
               one
               
                 Simon
                 Rodriguez
              
               ,
               being
               also
               at
               Death's
               door
               ,
               from
               his
               Disease
               ,
               by
               a
               pious
               Embrace
               .
            
             
               
                 Iohn
                 Baptista
                 Coco
              
               ,
               who
               by
               accident
               one
               Evening
               had
               so
               burnt
               his
               Hand
               ,
               that
               it
               became
               utterly
               unserviceable
               ,
               and
               disabled
               for
               any
               manual
               Function
               ,
               the
               next
               day
               by
               his
               Prayers
               had
               his
               Hand
               healed
               and
               restored
               .
            
             
               Returning
               sick
               into
               his
               own
               Countrey
               of
               a
               quotidian
               Ague
               ,
               and
               Preaching
               often
               in
               the
               open
               Fields
               ,
               (
               because
               the
               Churches
               were
               not
               capable
               of
               the
               Concourse
               of
               People
               ,
               )
               howbeit
               his
               weakness
               would
               not
               permit
               him
               to
               raise
               his
               Voice
               aloud
               ,
               yet
               every
               word
               of
               his
               Sermon
               was
               perfectly
               and
               distinctly
               heard
               and
               understood
               by
               all
               Men
               for
               the
               space
               of
               more
               than
               300
               Paces
               .
            
             
               Coming
               once
               to
               visit
               one
               
                 Alexander
                 Petronio
              
               ,
               who
               lay
               sick
               in
               a
               dark
               and
               close
               Chamber
               and
               Bed
               ,
               in
               regard
               the
               Windows
               and
               Doors
               were
               kept
               shut
               to
               keep
               out
               the
               light
               ,
               he
               replenished
               the
               Room
               with
               the
               supernatural
               splendour
               of
               his
               Face
               ,
               and
               recovered
               the
               sick
               Person
               .
            
             
             
               He
               freed
               one
               
                 Elutherio
                 Pontano
              
               ,
               who
               had
               been
               grievously
               molested
               for
               the
               space
               of
               more
               than
               two
               years
               ,
               with
               certain
               foul
               Temptations
               of
               the
               Devil
               ,
               by
               his
               only
               seeing
               and
               discoursing
               with
               the
               Party
               .
            
             
               The
               College
               of
               Loretto
               being
               fearfully
               haunted
               with
               Spirits
               ,
               appearing
               in
               sundry
               foul
               shapes
               of
               Men
               and
               Beasts
               ,
               and
               the
               ordinary
               Exorcisms
               ,
               and
               other
               Ceremonies
               ,
               usually
               having
               been
               applied
               ,
               and
               those
               fearfull
               Apparitions
               nevertheless
               not
               ceasing
               ,
               the
               Rector
               of
               the
               College
               addressed
               himself
               by
               Letters
               to
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               commending
               the
               business
               to
               his
               holy
               Sacrifices
               and
               Prayers
               ,
               who
               no
               sooner
               received
               news
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               he
               absolutely
               freed
               the
               House
               from
               those
               haunts
               of
               ill
               Spirits
               by
               his
               Prayers
               and
               Letter
               ,
               not
               for
               the
               present
               only
               ,
               but
               for
               ever
               after
               .
            
             
               St.
               Ignatius
               his
               Linen
               ,
               being
               washed
               with
               devotion
               by
               a
               certain
               devout
               Woman
               ,
               restored
               life
               and
               motion
               to
               her
               withered
               and
               dead
               Arme.
               
            
             
               One
               Isaac
               ,
               a
               Jew
               ,
               refusing
               with
               a
               passionate
               obstinacy
               to
               become
               a
               Christian
               ,
               and
               contemning
               courtesies
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               courses
               taken
               with
               him
               by
               others
               ,
               was
               by
               Saint
               Ignatius
               soon
               satisfied
               ,
               appeased
               ,
               and
               persuaded
               to
               be
               Baptized
               ,
               by
               the
               only
               uttering
               of
               these
               three
               words
               ,
               
                 Mane
                 nobiscum
                 Isaac
              
               .
            
             
               A
               certain
               Person
               of
               Note
               ,
               being
               of
               a
               more
               turbulent
               Spirit
               than
               was
               fit
               longer
               to
               be
               endured
               ,
               and
               St.
               Ignatius
               not
               being
               able
               by
               gentle
               persuasions
               to
               cure
               his
               diseased
               Mind
               ,
               changing
               at
               last
               his
               style
               ,
               and
               beginning
               to
               call
               upon
               the
               Justice
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               represent
               unto
               him
               the
               Vengeance
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               he
               did
               it
               with
               such
               a
               feeling
               ,
               and
               expression
               of
               fervour
               ,
               that
               the
               Walls
               and
               House
               appeared
               to
               him
               to
               tremble
               and
               shake
               with
               horrour
               ;
               with
               the
               sight
               of
               which
               the
               standers
               by
               ,
               being
               stricken
               ,
               immediately
               fell
               upon
               their
               Knees
               ,
               imploring
               the
               Mercy
               of
               God
               by
               their
               Prayers
               and
               Vows
               ;
               and
               the
               Delinquent
               ,
               prostrating
               himself
               at
               the
               Feet
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               and
               with
               a
               Voice
               of
               Confusion
               begging
               pardon
               for
               his
               offence
               ,
               promised
               from
               thence
               forward
               an
               amendment
               of
               himself
               .
            
             
               Father
               
                 Leonard
                 Kesselius
              
               ,
               residing
               at
               Colen
               ,
               had
               a
               vehement
               desire
               to
               see
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               then
               at
               Rome
               ,
               above
               300
               Leagues
               distant
               from
               thence
               ;
               and
               having
               besought
               the
               B.
               Father
               by
               .
               Letters
               ,
               that
               it
               might
               be
               lawfull
               for
               him
               to
               travel
               on
               foot
               to
               Rome
               ;
               he
               made
               answer
               ,
               that
               his
               presence
               was
               necessary
               at
               Colen
               for
               the
               good
               of
               others
               ,
               enjoining
               him
               besides
               not
               to
               stir
               from
               thence
               ,
               for
               that
               Almighty
               God
               peradventure
               by
               some
               other
               course
               might
               so
               provide
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               see
               him
               without
               the
               pains
               and
               toil
               of
               so
               tedious
               a
               journey
               ;
               the
               Father
               therefore
               being
               one
               day
               at
               his
               Prayers
               ,
               St.
               Ignatius
               appeared
               unto
               him
               ,
               being
               yet
               alive
               and
               breathing
               ,
               and
               discoursed
               long
               with
               him
               ,
               to
               his
               infinite
               contentment
               .
            
             
               The
               B.
               Father
               lying
               often
               sick
               ,
               if
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               any
               difficulty
               hapned
               ,
               for
               the
               solving
               of
               which
               his
               vertue
               and
               wisdom
               was
               required
               ,
               he
               seemed
               in
               a
               manner
               to
               be
               perfectly
               recovered
               ,
               and
               his
               Mind
               guiding
               his
               Body
               ,
               appeared
               a
               sound
               Man
               ;
               so
               that
               it
               became
               familiar
               to
               them
               of
               the
               Houshold
               ,
               as
               often
               as
               he
               fell
               sick
               ,
               to
               desire
               that
               some
               Business
               of
               Consequence
               might
               happen
               ,
               for
               the
               facilitating
               of
               which
               St.
               Ignatius
               might
               rise
               ,
               and
               be
               quit
               of
               his
               Disease
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Miracles
               wrought
               by
               St.
               Ignatius
               after
               his
               decease
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Processes
               for
               the
               Canonization
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               commenced
               by
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
               Ordinaries
               first
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               by
               that
               of
               the
               See
               Apostolick
               ,
               more
               than
               200
               Miracles
               are
               related
               ,
               wrought
               by
               the
               Merits
               and
               Intercession
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               after
               his
               decease
               ;
               besides
               which
               ,
               there
               are
               divers
               others
               as
               authentical
               ,
               not
               yet
               published
               ,
               (
               because
               those
               former
               for
               his
               Canonization
               were
               more
               than
               sufficient
               )
               confirmed
               nevertheless
               by
               the
               grave
               Testimonies
               of
               Men
               beyond
               exception
               ,
               and
               Printed
               at
               Rome
               ,
               and
               other
               Parts
               of
               Italy
               ,
               in
               Spain
               ,
               and
               in
               Germany
               and
               other
               Places
               ,
               by
               the
               approbation
               of
               them
               whom
               it
               concerneth
               to
               approve
               them
               :
               Here
               only
               I
               will
               relate
               some
               few
               ,
               because
               my
               brevity
               promised
               will
               not
               permit
               many
               .
            
             
               When
               the
               Body
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               lay
               exposed
               upon
               the
               Bier
               ,
               for
               the
               performance
               of
               his
               Funeral
               Rites
               ,
               one
               Bernadina
               ,
               a
               Roman
               ,
               had
               a
               vehement
               desire
               to
               bring
               a
               Daughter
               of
               hers
               ,
               who
               had
               been
               long
               troubled
               with
               the
               Hemorrhoids
               ,
               so
               grievously
               ,
               that
               no
               art
               of
               Physick
               could
               cure
               her
               ,
               to
               kiss
               the
               Hands
               of
               his
               dead
               Body
               ,
               assuring
               her self
               the
               recovery
               of
               her
               Daughter
               by
               that
               touch
               ;
               but
               the
               Daughter
               ,
               transported
               oftentimes
               by
               the
               press
               of
               People
               ,
               not
               being
               able
               for
               the
               throng
               to
               approach
               near
               the
               Body
               ,
               her
               Mother
               laid
               hold
               of
               a
               piece
               of
               his
               Garment
               ,
               and
               had
               no
               sooner
               applied
               it
               to
               her
               Daughters
               Body
               but
               she
               was
               quit
               of
               her
               Disease
               .
            
             
               Father
               
                 Nicholas
                 Bobadilla
              
               ,
               having
               been
               long
               sick
               of
               an
               Ague
               ,
               was
               recovered
               by
               lying
               in
               the
               Bed
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               .
            
             
               At
               Manresa
               ,
               a
               certain
               Lady
               of
               Quality
               feeling
               no
               living
               motion
               of
               her
               Child
               in
               her
               Womb
               ,
               for
               the
               space
               of
               three
               hours
               before
               she
               was
               brought
               to
               Bed
               ,
               at
               last
               was
               delivered
               of
               a
               dead
               Child
               ;
               the
               unfortunate
               success
               of
               which
               ,
               being
               much
               lamented
               by
               the
               standers
               by
               ,
               the
               rather
               because
               the
               Child
               had
               not
               been
               Christened
               ;
               the
               Midwife
               about
               half
               an
               hour
               after
               the
               delivery
               of
               the
               Woman
               ,
               implored
               with
               confidence
               the
               help
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               and
               had
               scarce
               begun
               her
               Prayers
               ,
               but
               the
               Child
               ,
               before
               pale
               and
               black
               ,
               returned
               now
               to
               Life
               .
            
             
               St.
               Ignatius
               being
               besought
               for
               the
               Life
               of
               a
               little
               dead
               Infant
               of
               an
               Indian
               Woman
               ,
               restored
               the
               Child
               to
               Life
               .
            
             
               He
               restored
               many
               blind
               Men
               their
               Sight
               ,
               deaf
               Men
               their
               Hearing
               ,
               lame
               Men
               their
               Limbs
               ,
               cured
               Men
               stricken
               with
               the
               Palsie
               ,
               others
               given
               over
               by
               the
               Physicians
               and
               lying
               at
               death's
               door
               ,
               he
               restored
               perfectly
               to
               their
               Health
               .
               He
               appeared
               to
               many
               after
               his
               decease
               ,
               either
               delivering
               them
               from
               grievous
               tentations
               ,
               or
               freeing
               them
               from
               their
               Diseases
               or
               other
               dangers
               ,
               or
               giving
               them
               good
               Counsel
               ,
               or
               foretelling
               things
               to
               come
               ,
               or
               comforting
               such
               as
               served
               him
               with
               divine
               Consolations
               ;
               and
               in
               his
               Journey
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               at
               the
               very
               instant
               of
               his
               decease
               at
               Rome
               (
               as
               afterwards
               appeared
               by
               computation
               of
               Hours
               )
               he
               appeared
               in
               Glory
               to
               that
               Noble
               and
               Religious
               Lady
               
                 Margareta
                 de
                 Lilus
              
               ,
               commending
               the
               Society
               to
               her
               ,
               as
               a
               principal
               Benefactress
               of
               the
               College
               of
               Bolonia
               .
            
             
               Many
               Devils
               have
               been
               cast
               out
               of
               possessed
               Persons
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               Houses
               which
               they
               haunted
               ▪
               by
               the
               Relicts
               of
               the
               Holy
               Father
               ,
               or
               by
               hanging
               up
               his
               Picture
               .
            
             
             
               The
               Oil
               of
               the
               Lamp
               which
               burns
               before
               his
               Body
               ,
               hath
               wrought
               many
               strange
               Cures
               .
            
             
               He
               hath
               eased
               many
               Women
               who
               have
               called
               upon
               him
               in
               the
               extremity
               of
               their
               Child-bearing
               Labours
               ,
               and
               bestowed
               Children
               upon
               barren
               Women
               .
            
             
               At
               Carpentras
               a
               certain
               Woman
               being
               delivered
               of
               a
               Child
               without
               motion
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Complexion
               of
               a
               Blackmoor
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               was
               doubtfull
               what
               course
               was
               to
               be
               taken
               in
               this
               prodigious
               accident
               ,
               whether
               the
               Child
               ought
               to
               be
               Christened
               or
               no
               ,
               or
               whether
               it
               were
               to
               be
               deferred
               till
               some
               motion
               were
               discovered
               in
               it
               ;
               at
               last
               ,
               by
               the
               persuasion
               of
               a
               certain
               Canon
               ,
               they
               implored
               the
               aid
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               by
               which
               the
               Child
               was
               suddenly
               not
               recovered
               only
               ,
               but
               so
               recovered
               that
               his
               Countenance
               became
               chearfull
               and
               fair
               .
            
             
               He
               cured
               divers
               of
               the
               Pleurisie
               .
            
             
               He
               protected
               many
               Men
               from
               the
               fury
               of
               their
               Enemies
               ;
               others
               ,
               being
               fallen
               head-long
               from
               some
               dangerous
               precipice
               ,
               were
               defended
               from
               all
               hurt
               by
               invoking
               his
               Name
               .
            
             
               At
               Cesenza
               one
               
                 Angelo
                 Lopez
              
               ,
               upon
               the
               Eve
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               in
               expression
               of
               his
               affection
               ,
               had
               filled
               his
               Windows
               with
               many
               Paper-Lanthorns
               ,
               adding
               to
               each
               Lanthorn
               the
               Picture
               of
               the
               Saint
               ,
               and
               with
               infinite
               demonstrations
               of
               gratulation
               ,
               repeated
               often
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 Io
                 Loyola
                 ,
                 B.
                 Pater
                 io
                 !
              
               but
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               this
               triumph
               ,
               by
               chance
               it
               came
               to
               pass
               ,
               that
               by
               the
               greatness
               of
               the
               Wind
               the
               Fire
               had
               taken
               hold
               of
               his
               Lanthorns
               ,
               which
               when
               it
               was
               observed
               by
               some
               Rascality
               of
               the
               Vulgar
               ,
               they
               began
               to
               scoff
               at
               his
               devotion
               ,
               upbraiding
               the
               man
               for
               his
               superstition
               ,
               and
               with
               a
               bitter
               allusion
               to
               his
               Motto
               of
               Triumph
               ,
               invert
               the
               words
               of
               it
               thus
               ;
               
                 At
                 ,
                 at
                 ,
                 Beatus
                 uritur
                 :
                 At
                 ,
                 Loyola
                 crematur
                 !
              
               At
               which
               the
               man
               growing
               infinitely
               out
               of
               patience
               ,
               out
               of
               his
               sense
               of
               this
               irreligion
               used
               to
               St.
               
                 Ignatius
                 ;
                 And
                 I
                 for
                 my
                 part
                 ,
              
               quoth
               he
               ,
               
                 have
                 so
                 high
                 an
                 esteem
                 of
                 the
                 Sanctity
                 of
                 the
                 B.
                 Father
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 believe
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 protect
                 his
                 singed
                 Picture
                 from
                 the
                 Fire
                 :
              
               Neither
               was
               he
               deceived
               in
               his
               belief
               ,
               for
               the
               flame
               having
               consumed
               the
               Paper
               round
               about
               it
               ,
               forbore
               to
               touch
               the
               Picture
               ,
               either
               in
               demonstration
               of
               the
               Sanctity
               of
               the
               B.
               Father
               ,
               or
               in
               observancy
               of
               the
               zeal
               of
               him
               who
               desired
               it
               .
            
             
               At
               Braga
               a
               certain
               Woman
               having
               been
               lately
               brought
               to
               bed
               ,
               was
               so
               much
               weakened
               ,
               for
               many
               days
               after
               ,
               with
               a
               continual
               Flux
               of
               Bloud
               ,
               that
               life
               could
               hardly
               be
               kept
               in
               her
               from
               following
               the
               course
               of
               the
               Flux
               ;
               who
               drinking
               of
               the
               water
               into
               which
               her
               Child
               had
               been
               dipped
               ,
               having
               been
               wrapped
               immediately
               before
               in
               the
               Garments
               of
               Saint
               Ignatius
               ,
               her
               Flux
               suddenly
               stopped
               ,
               and
               she
               recovered
               her
               accustomed
               strength
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Town
               of
               Gumarent
               a
               certain
               Woman
               having
               lost
               the
               use
               of
               her
               Sight
               and
               Hearing
               ,
               and
               received
               the
               Holy
               Oil
               and
               other
               Rites
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               lay
               utterly
               out
               of
               her
               senses
               ;
               and
               whilst
               some
               about
               her
               ,
               out
               of
               Devotion
               ,
               were
               endeavouring
               to
               put
               her
               in
               mind
               of
               her
               last
               words
               ,
               a
               certain
               Woman
               ,
               who
               in
               courtesie
               came
               to
               visit
               her
               ,
               called
               to
               remembrance
               ,
               that
               a
               little
               piece
               of
               the
               Girdle
               St.
               Ignatius
               used
               in
               his
               life
               time
               ,
               having
               lately
               been
               sent
               to
               her
               by
               a
               Son
               of
               hers
               of
               the
               Society
               ;
               which
               she
               with
               great
               Confidence
               ,
               and
               Reverence
               towards
               God
               ,
               presently
               applied
               
               to
               the
               sick
               Woman
               ;
               which
               done
               ,
               she
               began
               to
               recover
               her
               senses
               by
               degrees
               ,
               to
               breath
               ,
               to
               stretch
               out
               her
               Hands
               ,
               and
               make
               signs
               for
               Meat
               ,
               to
               the
               Admiration
               of
               the
               Physicians
               ,
               for
               the
               suddenness
               of
               the
               Cure.
               All
               which
               things
               were
               afterwards
               confirmed
               by
               the
               Attestation
               of
               sworn
               Witnesses
               .
            
             
               At
               Caglari
               a
               certain
               elder
               Brother
               snatching
               up
               a
               Knife
               at
               dinner
               time
               ,
               hurt
               his
               younger
               Brother
               in
               the
               Eye
               ;
               and
               at
               the
               same
               time
               the
               Daughter
               of
               a
               certain
               Gentlewoman
               ,
               carving
               at
               the
               Table
               ,
               was
               sorely
               hurt
               in
               like
               manner
               ,
               in
               one
               of
               her
               Eyes
               ;
               both
               which
               calling
               upon
               the
               Aid
               of
               Saint
               Ignatius
               ,
               were
               delivered
               from
               danger
               ,
               beyond
               expectation
               .
            
             
               Another
               Woman
               had
               been
               so
               weakned
               ,
               for
               the
               space
               of
               four
               Months
               ,
               with
               continual
               Pains
               ,
               that
               she
               was
               utterly
               deprived
               of
               the
               use
               of
               her
               Feet
               ;
               but
               the
               Feast
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               drawing
               near
               ,
               she
               ,
               desirous
               to
               partake
               of
               the
               common
               Jollity
               that
               day
               expressed
               in
               our
               Church
               ,
               was
               not
               frustrated
               of
               her
               desire
               ;
               for
               her
               Pain
               ceasing
               ,
               and
               her
               Feet
               being
               restored
               to
               their
               wonted
               Strength
               ,
               she
               came
               thither
               with
               Joy
               ,
               to
               have
               a
               share
               in
               the
               Devotion
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               same
               place
               ,
               upon
               the
               Eve
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               the
               Artillery
               playing
               round
               ,
               a
               little
               Infant
               who
               could
               not
               speak
               ,
               and
               who
               had
               never
               heard
               the
               Name
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               cryed
               out
               ,
               to
               the
               Admiration
               of
               all
               standers
               by
               ,
               
                 To
                 morrow
                 is
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 B.
              
               Ignatius
               .
               But
               they
               who
               were
               present
               ,
               hearing
               a
               thing
               so
               full
               of
               Wonder
               ,
               for
               Experiment
               sake
               ,
               demanded
               again
               of
               the
               Child
               ,
               what
               was
               to
               be
               done
               to
               morrow
               ,
               who
               answered
               as
               before
               .
            
             
               At
               Majorca
               dwelt
               a
               certain
               Woman
               ,
               who
               through
               the
               Contraction
               of
               her
               Sinews
               ,
               was
               become
               so
               Lame
               ,
               that
               she
               could
               not
               go
               without
               Crutches
               ;
               the
               whole
               Town
               therefore
               being
               filled
               with
               the
               noises
               of
               Trumpets
               ,
               Voices
               ,
               and
               other
               Musical
               ▪
               Instruments
               ,
               Almighty
               God
               inspired
               her
               with
               a
               desire
               of
               Visiting
               our
               Church
               ;
               who
               put
               her self
               in
               readiness
               to
               go
               ,
               notwithstanding
               the
               dissuasions
               of
               her
               Sister
               ,
               who
               feared
               she
               might
               miscarry
               by
               the
               press
               of
               People
               ,
               she
               nevertheless
               gave
               no
               Ear
               to
               her
               Dissuasions
               ,
               but
               put
               her self
               upon
               the
               way
               ,
               and
               was
               suddenly
               Cured
               ,
               and
               recovered
               strength
               in
               her
               Feet
               ;
               and
               throwing
               away
               her
               Crutches
               ,
               without
               any
               help
               betook
               her self
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               where
               in
               Thanks-giving
               she
               caused
               a
               Mass
               of
               the
               B.
               Sacrament
               to
               be
               said
               .
            
             
               Another
               Woman
               ,
               who
               some
               years
               past
               had
               received
               her
               Sight
               by
               the
               means
               of
               this
               B.
               Father
               ,
               lying
               now
               again
               desperately
               sick
               ,
               and
               being
               given
               over
               by
               four
               Physicians
               ,
               not
               forgetfull
               by
               whom
               she
               had
               received
               Light
               before
               ,
               now
               again
               reposed
               all
               her
               Hopes
               and
               Confidence
               in
               the
               same
               Physician
               :
               One
               Night
               therefore
               she
               called
               out
               upon
               one
               of
               the
               Women
               ,
               who
               were
               accustomed
               to
               Watch
               with
               her
               
                 Make
                 haste
              
               ,
               quoth
               she
               ,
               
                 come
                 hither
                 with
                 speed
                 and
                 behold
                 this
                 Glorious
                 Splendor
                 !
                 O
                 if
                 thou
                 hadst
                 come
                 sooner
                 ,
                 thou
                 shouldst
                 have
                 beheld
                 my
                 St.
              
               Ignatius
               
                 visiting
                 me
                 !
                 for
                 I
                 am
                 now
                 Recovered
                 ,
                 and
                 perfectly
                 well
                 .
              
               And
               the
               Event
               confirmed
               it
               to
               be
               true
               ;
               for
               the
               Physicians
               themselves
               could
               not
               deny
               ,
               but
               that
               she
               was
               Cured
               by
               some
               Secret
               Power
               .
            
             
               At
               Monte
               in
               Gallicia
               a
               great
               Fire
               raging
               for
               many
               days
               together
               ,
               and
               consuming
               a
               certain
               Wood
               ,
               gathered
               still
               new
               forces
               ,
               dispersing
               and
               spreading
               it self
               
               far
               and
               near
               ,
               there
               being
               no
               humane
               means
               to
               stop
               or
               restrain
               it
               ,
               to
               which
               the
               Wind
               rising
               upon
               a
               sudden
               ,
               drove
               the
               Flames
               towards
               the
               Barns
               and
               bordering
               Town
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               Fire
               was
               now
               advanced
               within
               three
               or
               four
               Paces
               of
               the
               Corn
               and
               Houses
               ;
               a
               certain
               person
               therefore
               ,
               taking
               the
               Picture
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               which
               he
               had
               about
               him
               ,
               and
               falling
               to
               his
               Prayers
               ,
               threw
               it
               into
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               Flames
               ,
               there
               where
               the
               Fire
               raged
               most
               ,
               and
               threatned
               greatest
               Ruine
               ,
               and
               immediately
               the
               fury
               and
               rage
               of
               it
               ceased
               ,
               the
               Flames
               which
               flew
               highest
               descended
               and
               vanished
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               Fire
               returned
               upon
               a
               sudden
               from
               whence
               it
               began
               :
               And
               ,
               which
               is
               worth
               Admiration
               ,
               a
               certain
               Woman
               ,
               who
               had
               observed
               the
               throwing
               in
               of
               the
               Picture
               ,
               leaping
               into
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               smoaking
               Brands
               ,
               raked
               away
               the
               Ashes
               with
               her
               Fingers
               ,
               and
               being
               unhurt
               ,
               brought
               away
               the
               Picture
               from
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               burning
               Coals
               .
            
             
               At
               Friburg
               a
               little
               Child
               of
               three
               years
               of
               age
               by
               chance
               had
               broken
               his
               Arme
               ,
               the
               Mother
               of
               whom
               fearing
               the
               displeasure
               of
               her
               Husband
               ,
               being
               then
               absent
               ,
               invoketh
               the
               help
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               but
               she
               had
               scarce
               ended
               her
               Prayers
               ,
               when
               ,
               to
               her
               infinite
               contentment
               ,
               she
               found
               her
               Child
               before
               her
               Eyes
               ,
               whole
               and
               without
               hurt
               .
            
             
               St.
               Ignatius
               being
               invoked
               ,
               wrought
               a
               present
               Cure
               upon
               divers
               who
               had
               been
               sorely
               wounded
               ,
               whose
               Cure
               would
               otherwise
               have
               exacted
               a
               long
               time
               .
            
             
               Many
               Men
               by
               the
               presence
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               his
               Picture
               ,
               or
               by
               the
               presence
               ,
               or
               by
               the
               application
               or
               touch
               of
               his
               Relicks
               ,
               have
               cured
               the
               Plague
               when
               it
               raged
               most
               sorely
               and
               consumed
               Multitudes
               .
            
             
               A
               certain
               Nobleman
               at
               Placa
               perceiving
               the
               Sky
               to
               be
               overcast
               with
               thick
               Clouds
               ,
               and
               fearing
               a
               great
               spoil
               of
               his
               Corn
               ,
               lying
               yet
               open
               in
               the
               Field
               ,
               made
               a
               Vow
               to
               St.
               Ignatius
               for
               the
               preventing
               of
               the
               Tempest
               ,
               so
               that
               when
               all
               the
               adjoyning
               Territories
               swell'd
               with
               flouds
               of
               Rain
               ,
               not
               a
               drop
               had
               touched
               or
               fallen
               upon
               his
               Fields
               .
            
             
               At
               Naples
               one
               
                 Vincentio
                 Pagano
              
               having
               prepared
               certain
               artificial
               Fires
               for
               the
               Celebration
               of
               the
               Feast
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               had
               dangerously
               through
               his
               own
               folly
               scorched
               his
               Hand
               ,
               upon
               which
               accident
               certain
               Women
               of
               his
               acquaintance
               began
               to
               flock
               about
               him
               ,
               applying
               to
               his
               burnt
               Hand
               a
               Note
               or
               Superscription
               of
               St.
               Ignatins
               his
               Hand-writing
               ,
               the
               touch
               of
               which
               presently
               eased
               his
               pain
               ,
               and
               the
               raging
               of
               the
               burnt
               part
               ,
               which
               usually
               ceaseth
               not
               till
               a
               certain
               day
               ,
               was
               out
               of
               hand
               appeased
               .
            
             
               At
               Catanzaro
               a
               certain
               pious
               Woman
               ,
               having
               a
               Son
               by
               one
               
                 Gasper
                 Mariscano
              
               ,
               (
               her
               Husband
               ,
               )
               out
               of
               her
               Devotion
               to
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               had
               a
               desire
               to
               have
               him
               Christened
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Ignatius
               ,
               howbeit
               her
               Husband
               (
               in
               regard
               the
               Relicks
               of
               Irenaeus
               were
               preserved
               in
               that
               City
               )
               had
               rather
               the
               Child
               should
               have
               been
               called
               Irenaeus
               ;
               but
               in
               Conclusion
               ,
               after
               much
               debate
               about
               the
               business
               ,
               they
               concluded
               the
               Child
               should
               be
               named
               
                 Ignatius
                 Irenaeus
              
               ;
               but
               this
               contention
               occasioned
               many
               differences
               betwixt
               the
               Man
               and
               Wife
               ,
               for
               the
               Wife
               ever
               after
               called
               her
               Child
               Ignatius
               ,
               and
               gave
               a
               strict
               command
               to
               them
               of
               her
               Houshold
               to
               do
               the
               like
               ;
               and
               Gasper
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               commanded
               them
               to
               call
               him
               Irenaeus
               :
               The
               difference
               had
               continued
               thus
               betwixt
               them
               almost
               three
               months
               ,
               when
               arguing
               the
               business
               one
               morning
               ,
               
               they
               both
               grew
               somewhat
               hot
               ,
               till
               the
               Father
               ,
               at
               last
               ,
               in
               jest
               ,
               Well
               ,
               quoth
               he
               ,
               
                 let
                 the
                 strife
                 be
                 put
                 to
                 the
                 arbitrement
                 of
                 the
                 Child
                 it self
              
               ;
               to
               which
               the
               Mother
               was
               contented
               to
               agree
               ;
               whereupon
               the
               Father
               ,
               in
               merriment
               ,
               demanded
               of
               his
               Child
               ,
               at
               that
               time
               but
               three
               months
               old
               ,
               by
               what
               name
               he
               would
               have
               himself
               called
               ;
               when
               ,
               behold
               !
               the
               Child
               miraculously
               received
               the
               use
               of
               his
               Tongue
               ,
               distinctly
               pronouncing
               the
               name
               of
               Ignatius
               ;
               which
               Voice
               so
               took
               his
               Father
               with
               admiration
               of
               the
               Miracle
               ,
               that
               from
               thence
               forward
               he
               gave
               order
               his
               Child
               should
               be
               called
               Ignatius
               ,
               dedicating
               him
               to
               the
               Service
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Territory
               of
               Peru
               in
               the
               West-Indies
               ,
               one
               
                 Christopher
                 Martinez
                 de
                 Peredes
              
               ,
               for
               the
               space
               of
               four
               years
               together
               ,
               was
               forced
               through
               the
               lameness
               of
               his
               Feet
               to
               make
               use
               of
               one
               Crutch
               in
               the
               beginning
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               of
               two
               ;
               who
               hearing
               ,
               upon
               the
               Feast
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               the
               Triumph
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               
                 And
                 shall
                 I
              
               ,
               quoth
               he
               ,
               
                 upon
                 this
                 day
                 ,
                 when
                 all
                 Men
                 are
                 in
                 jollity
                 ,
                 remain
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 an
                 unbidden
                 Guest
                 ?
                 shall
                 I
                 alone
                 remain
                 destitute
                 ?
              
               which
               words
               he
               had
               scarce
               uttered
               ,
               when
               his
               Feet
               recovered
               forces
               ,
               and
               he
               found
               himself
               so
               strong
               ,
               that
               early
               the
               next
               morning
               ,
               without
               any
               other
               help
               ,
               he
               betook
               himself
               to
               the
               College
               .
            
             
               One
               
                 Benedicto
                 Lopez
              
               ,
               Prefect
               of
               the
               silver
               Mines
               ,
               pursuing
               a
               certain
               Ethiopian
               Fugitive
               ,
               was
               set
               upon
               by
               five
               others
               at
               unawares
               ,
               who
               stabbing
               and
               butchering
               him
               in
               sundry
               places
               dragged
               him
               from
               his
               Horse
               in
               a
               most
               barbarous
               manner
               :
               In
               which
               his
               extremities
               he
               implored
               the
               aid
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               who
               presently
               presented
               himself
               to
               him
               in
               these
               exigents
               ,
               and
               laying
               hold
               of
               his
               Cloak
               ,
               bore
               off
               ,
               with
               both
               hands
               ,
               the
               Blows
               of
               his
               Enemies
               ,
               so
               that
               at
               last
               (
               his
               Enemies
               being
               departed
               ,
               and
               the
               B.
               Father
               vanished
               )
               he
               found
               himself
               safe
               ,
               and
               without
               hurt
               ,
               saving
               that
               his
               Hat
               and
               other
               Garments
               were
               pierced
               .
            
             
               A
               certain
               Lady
               at
               Avignon
               had
               a
               Son
               much
               afflicted
               with
               a
               violent
               continual
               Fever
               ,
               who
               besides
               the
               Disease
               it self
               ,
               with
               the
               violence
               of
               it
               had
               one
               of
               his
               Hands
               disjoynted
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               deformed
               manner
               turned
               the
               wrong
               side
               outward
               ,
               so
               that
               in
               the
               opinion
               of
               the
               Physicians
               he
               was
               in
               danger
               of
               the
               loss
               of
               his
               Hand
               ,
               if
               not
               of
               his
               Life
               with
               it
               ;
               which
               lamentable
               case
               a
               certain
               Religious
               Woman
               ,
               allied
               to
               the
               sick
               Youth
               ,
               compassionating
               ,
               vowed
               three
               Masses
               ,
               and
               as
               many
               Wax
               Candles
               to
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               for
               the
               health
               of
               her
               Kinsman
               ;
               which
               done
               ,
               the
               Youth
               immediately
               recovered
               ,
               and
               for
               a
               more
               infallible
               confirmation
               of
               the
               Miracle
               ,
               his
               Hand
               was
               replaced
               in
               the
               right
               place
               .
            
             
               At
               Barcelona
               one
               
                 Elizabeth
                 Rebelles
              
               ,
               a
               Religious
               Woman
               ,
               being
               in
               some
               high
               place
               busie
               about
               her
               work
               ,
               upon
               a
               sudden
               unfortunately
               tumbled
               headlong
               to
               the
               ground
               ,
               and
               received
               so
               sore
               a
               blow
               ,
               that
               her
               Thigh-bone
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               solidest
               Bone
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               was
               utterly
               broken
               ;
               the
               Physician
               and
               Chirurgion
               were
               immediately
               called
               ,
               who
               for
               more
               than
               forty
               days
               together
               ,
               with
               what
               diligence
               was
               possible
               ,
               applied
               all
               the
               Remedies
               their
               Arts
               afforded
               ,
               howbeit
               to
               little
               purpose
               ;
               in
               conclusion
               ,
               the
               sick
               Woman
               was
               brought
               to
               those
               terms
               ,
               that
               in
               all
               Mens
               judgments
               she
               was
               past
               recovery
               ,
               and
               as
               it
               was
               conceived
               ,
               could
               not
               last
               longer
               than
               that
               day
               ;
               yet
               notwithstanding
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               a
               Relick
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               was
               applied
               to
               her
               heart
               ,
               she
               presently
               recovered
               .
            
             
             
               One
               
                 Hierome
                 Humphrey
              
               ,
               a
               Boy
               of
               ten
               years
               of
               age
               ,
               upon
               one
               of
               his
               Eye-brows
               ,
               near
               the
               Temples
               ,
               had
               received
               a
               mortal
               wound
               ,
               which
               occasioned
               an
               inflammation
               in
               his
               Eye
               ,
               and
               cast
               him
               into
               a
               Fever
               ;
               for
               which
               the
               Chirurgion
               had
               him
               in
               a
               cure
               a
               month
               ,
               not
               being
               able
               to
               help
               him
               ,
               for
               the
               wound
               did
               not
               only
               not
               heal
               ,
               but
               grew
               so
               wide
               ,
               that
               it
               received
               a
               tent
               of
               a
               finger
               long
               ,
               and
               voided
               so
               much
               filth
               as
               amazed
               the
               Chirurgion
               :
               The
               Mother
               of
               the
               Child
               made
               a
               Vow
               to
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               commending
               her
               Child
               to
               him
               ;
               and
               behold
               !
               when
               (
               another
               Chirurgion
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               having
               been
               called
               ,
               for
               the
               better
               consulting
               about
               the
               Cure
               )
               the
               bands
               of
               the
               sore
               were
               unfolded
               ,
               they
               found
               the
               wound
               perfectly
               healed
               ,
               closed
               up
               ,
               and
               sound
               .
            
             
               One
               
                 Ferdinando
                 Pertel
              
               having
               fallen
               into
               a
               Tertian
               Ague
               ,
               which
               afterward
               proved
               to
               be
               a
               double
               Tertian
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               a
               pestilent
               Fever
               ,
               with
               a
               kind
               of
               raving
               and
               fearfull
               horrour
               of
               his
               Senses
               ,
               was
               forsaken
               by
               the
               Physicians
               ,
               and
               lay
               in
               his
               last
               Extremity
               ;
               being
               prepared
               with
               all
               the
               Rites
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               invoking
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               whose
               Picture
               he
               held
               in
               his
               hand
               ,
               he
               began
               suddenly
               to
               recover
               ,
               and
               was
               cured
               of
               his
               Disease
               .
            
             
               One
               
                 Anne
                 Barzellona
              
               ,
               a
               Wom●●
               of
               sixty
               years
               of
               age
               ,
               having
               for
               about
               the
               space
               of
               two
               years
               been
               so
               miserably
               strucken
               with
               the
               Palsie
               ,
               that
               she
               was
               unfit
               for
               any
               labour
               ,
               and
               unable
               without
               Crutches
               to
               go
               up
               and
               down
               stairs
               ,
               and
               with
               her
               Crutches
               also
               seemed
               rather
               to
               creep
               than
               go
               ;
               which
               when
               the
               application
               of
               Remedies
               would
               not
               help
               ,
               and
               she
               besides
               was
               taken
               with
               an
               Apoplexy
               in
               her
               other
               side
               ,
               so
               that
               she
               became
               impotent
               ,
               and
               was
               confined
               to
               her
               Bed
               ;
               finding
               her self
               thus
               void
               of
               all
               humane
               help
               ,
               by
               the
               assistence
               of
               her
               Crutches
               and
               one
               Margaret
               her
               Sister
               ,
               she
               betook
               her self
               to
               a
               Chapel
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               two
               hours
               travelling
               distant
               from
               her
               Lodging
               ,
               where
               making
               a
               Vow
               in
               honour
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               ,
               immediately
               she
               began
               to
               find
               her self
               better
               ,
               and
               was
               able
               to
               bow
               her
               Knee
               ,
               which
               before
               was
               grown
               stiff
               ;
               and
               having
               ended
               her
               Devotions
               ,
               arose
               full
               of
               contentment
               ,
               and
               returned
               a
               joyfull
               Woman
               nimbly
               to
               her
               Lodging
               .
            
             
               A
               Bone
               and
               Superscription
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               being
               applied
               to
               the
               Eyes
               of
               a
               certain
               Widow
               of
               Majorca
               ,
               called
               
                 Iane
                 Clara
                 Noguera
              
               ,
               who
               was
               Blind
               ,
               restored
               her
               to
               sight
               .
            
             
               Divers
               other
               Miracles
               of
               St.
               Ignatius
               are
               related
               in
               a
               late
               Life
               of
               his
               ,
               set
               forth
               by
               Father
               
                 Pedro
                 Ribadeneira
              
               in
               Spanish
               ,
               Printed
               at
               Madrid
               in
               the
               year
               1601
               ,
               and
               Translated
               by
               others
               into
               Latin
               ,
               Greek
               ,
               Italian
               ,
               the
               Polish
               ,
               and
               other
               Languages
               ,
               and
               published
               in
               the
               chief
               Cities
               of
               
                 Italy
                 ,
                 Spain
                 ,
                 France
                 ,
                 Germany
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               places
               ,
               where
               such
               as
               are
               curious
               to
               peruse
               them
               ,
               may
               find
               them
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Miracles
             wrought
             by
             Saint
             
               Francis
               Xaverius
            
             and
             Saint
             
               Philip
               Nerius
            
             ,
             taken
             out
             of
             
               Chapt.
               18
            
             and
             20.
             of
             the
             fore-mentioned
             Book
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             Frontiers
             of
             Piscaria
             he
             raised
             a
             Boy
             ,
             who
             for
             many
             hours
             together
             had
             lain
             drown'd
             in
             a
             Well
             .
             In
             the
             Town
             of
             Mutan
             in
             like
             manner
             he
             raised
             another
             Boy
             ,
             who
             dying
             of
             a
             Pestilential
             Fever
             ,
             had
             remained
             dead
             four
             and
             twenty
             hours
             .
             At
             Comire
             he
             rais'd
             a
             third
             Body
             ,
             which
             had
             lain
             buriedunder
             the
             Earth
             a
             
             a
             whole
             day
             together
             .
             Near
             the
             Promontory
             of
             Comori
             he
             rais'd
             a
             Girl
             ;
             not
             far
             from
             that
             place
             ,
             a
             certain
             married
             Woman
             .
             In
             the
             Island
             of
             Vaccare
             near
             Zeilan
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             a
             certain
             Infidel
             .
             At
             Malaca
             the
             Daughter
             of
             one
             who
             had
             been
             lately
             converted
             .
             At
             Bembari
             a
             certain
             Boy
             :
             Another
             at
             Comari
             .
             At
             Punical
             he
             raised
             a
             Man
             who
             had
             lain
             dead
             a
             whole
             day
             .
             Near
             Manapar
             he
             raised
             one
             
               Antoni
               Miranda
            
             .
             At
             Malaca
             a
             certain
             man's
             Daughter
             who
             had
             been
             three
             days
             buried
             and
             overwhelmed
             with
             Earth
             .
             He
             restored
             to
             Life
             in
             like
             manner
             the
             Son
             of
             one
             
               Mahomet
               Serangio
            
             ,
             who
             had
             lain
             three
             days
             under
             Water
             ;
             to
             omit
             others
             raised
             by
             him
             in
             his
             Life
             time
             .
          
           
             After
             his
             Death
             he
             restored
             almost
             as
             many
             to
             Life
             .
             In
             the
             Processes
             of
             his
             Canonization
             mention
             is
             made
             of
             above
             five
             and
             twenty
             persons
             raised
             by
             him
             from
             death
             to
             life
             .
             He
             often
             restored
             blind
             men
             to
             their
             sight
             ;
             dispossessed
             possessed
             persons
             ;
             cured
             many
             lying
             desperate
             ,
             and
             given
             over
             by
             the
             Physicians
             ;
             healed
             Lepers
             ;
             calmed
             tempestuous
             Seas
             ;
             preserved
             Ships
             from
             Wrecks
             ;
             restored
             the
             Lame
             to
             their
             Limbs
             ;
             and
             recovered
             men
             stricken
             with
             the
             Palsie
             .
             He
             foretold
             infallibly
             many
             things
             to
             come
             ;
             penetrated
             mens
             concealed
             thoughts
             ;
             had
             a
             certain
             knowledge
             of
             Secrets
             and
             things
             absent
             .
             He
             appeared
             in
             divers
             places
             far
             distant
             at
             one
             and
             the
             self-same
             time
             ;
             he
             spake
             several
             Languages
             which
             he
             had
             never
             learned
             ,
             as
             readily
             ,
             congruously
             ,
             and
             eloquently
             as
             if
             he
             had
             been
             born
             and
             bred
             among
             those
             Nations
             .
             And
             it
             fell
             out
             oftentimes
             ,
             that
             at
             such
             times
             as
             he
             preached
             to
             multitudes
             of
             people
             men
             of
             several
             Nations
             ,
             at
             the
             same
             time
             heard
             him
             utter
             their
             own
             Language
             ;
             and
             with
             one
             and
             the
             self-same
             Answer
             he
             often
             satisfied
             the
             demands
             of
             several
             Infidels
             .
             He
             was
             so
             ravished
             and
             transported
             with
             the
             desire
             and
             love
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             often
             and
             miraculously
             raised
             from
             the
             ground
             ,
             with
             a
             countenance
             inflamed
             ,
             eyes
             sparkling
             and
             fixed
             upon
             the
             Heavens
             ;
             and
             being
             surcharged
             with
             Celestial
             joy
             ,
             was
             forced
             to
             exclaim
             ,
             
               Sat
               est
               ,
               Domine
               !
               Sat
               est
               .
            
             By
             the
             sign
             of
             the
             Cross
             he
             turned
             salt
             Water
             into
             fresh
             ,
             in
             several
             Vessels
             at
             Sea.
             Having
             dipped
             a
             brazen
             Crucifix
             which
             he
             wore
             about
             his
             Neck
             into
             the
             Sea
             ,
             to
             appease
             a
             Tempest
             ,
             and
             by
             accident
             lost
             it
             ,
             walking
             the
             next
             day
             upon
             the
             shoar
             ,
             he
             espied
             a
             Sea-Crab
             miraculously
             bringing
             him
             his
             Crucifix
             in
             his
             claws
             ,
             which
             having
             delivered
             it
             ,
             suddenly
             returned
             back
             into
             the
             Sea
             ,
             from
             whence
             it
             came
             .
          
           
             He
             ended
             his
             life
             at
             Sancion
             ,
             near
             China
             ,
             in
             the
             year
             1552.
             famous
             for
             many
             Miracles
             .
             His
             Body
             was
             found
             entire
             long
             after
             his
             death
             ,
             howbeit
             it
             was
             neither
             bowelled
             nor
             balmed
             ,
             but
             buried
             in
             Quick-lime
             ;
             and
             it
             appeared
             many
             months
             after
             its
             decease
             ,
             lively
             ,
             full
             of
             juce
             and
             fresh
             colour
             ,
             soft
             and
             tractable
             ,
             sending
             forth
             an
             admirable
             sweet
             savour
             ,
             and
             many
             times
             Bleeding
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             was
             honoured
             ,
             and
             reputed
             a
             Saint
             immediately
             after
             his
             death
             .
             It
             appeareth
             by
             the
             Process
             of
             his
             Canonization
             ,
             that
             many
             dead
             Bodies
             were
             raised
             by
             him
             ,
             after
             his
             death
             ;
             that
             many
             Lamps
             burned
             before
             his
             Body
             with
             Water
             onely
             put
             into
             them
             ,
             as
             clearly
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             onely
             filled
             with
             Oil
             ;
             which
             being
             oftentimes
             extinguished
             ,
             took
             fire
             again
             of
             themselves
             without
             humane
             help
             :
             that
             divers
             were
             cured
             by
             him
             ,
             or
             by
             his
             Relicks
             ,
             or
             Pictures
             ,
             of
             Leprosie
             ,
             Palsie
             and
             other
             incurable
             diseases
             .
          
           
             Saint
             
               Philip
               Nerius
            
             preserved
             his
             Virginity
             untouched
             ,
             and
             he
             discerned
             in
             chaste
             
             persons
             the
             perfume
             of
             Chastity
             ,
             and
             in
             others
             the
             rankness
             and
             stench
             of
             Unchastity
             .
             He
             arrived
             to
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             many
             things
             concealed
             from
             him
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             
               the
               most
               intimate
               Secrets
               of
               mens
               Hearts
               .
            
             He
             restored
             one
             dead
             Man
             to
             life
             ,
             in
             his
             life
             time
             ;
             another
             after
             his
             own
             decease
             .
             He
             was
             seen
             raised
             from
             the
             ground
             in
             the
             time
             of
             his
             Masses
             .
          
        
         
           
             Miracles
             of
             some
             others
             ,
             taken
             out
             of
             their
             Lives
             .
          
           
             POpe
             Iohn
             ,
             when
             he
             came
             to
             Corinth
             ,
             a
             Gentleman
             lent
             unto
             him
             a
             Horse
             whereon
             his
             Wife
             used
             often
             to
             ride
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Horse
             was
             sent
             back
             ,
             he
             could
             never
             abide
             that
             the
             Woman
             should
             come
             on
             his
             back
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             seemed
             ,
             that
             Beast
             which
             had
             carried
             the
             greatest
             Man
             of
             Dignity
             and
             Authority
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             disdained
             to
             be
             checked
             and
             ruled
             by
             a
             Woman
             ;
             the
             Gentleman
             marking
             it
             ,
             and
             holding
             it
             for
             a
             very
             strange
             thing
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             was
             indeed
             ,
             )
             sent
             the
             Horse
             tobe
             given
             unto
             the
             Pope
             .
             Pag.
             147.
             
          
           
             A
             Ship
             ,
             wherein
             were
             three
             hundred
             persons
             ,
             being
             in
             a
             Storm
             ,
             and
             in
             danger
             to
             be
             cast
             away
             ,
             they
             recommended
             themselves
             to
             St.
             Iuvenal
             ,
             and
             they
             saw
             him
             walk
             on
             the
             waves
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             the
             Tempest
             ceased
             .
             
               See
               his
               Life
            
             ,
             p.
             60.
             
          
           
             St.
             Anthony
             was
             a
             corpulent
             man
             ,
             but
             the
             Devil
             ,
             displeased
             with
             his
             good
             life
             ,
             molested
             him
             ,
             and
             one
             night
             would
             have
             strangled
             him
             ,
             and
             had
             already
             set
             his
             Hands
             to
             his
             Throat
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             was
             in
             danger
             of
             death
             ;
             but
             recommending
             himself
             to
             the
             glorious
             Virgin
             ,
             and
             saying
             the
             Hymn
             ,
             
               O
               Gloriosa
               Domina
            
             ,
             the
             Devil
             left
             him
             ,
             and
             vanished
             away
             .
             
               See
               his
               Life
            
             ,
             p.
             193.
             
          
           
             St.
             Anthony
             had
             the
             gift
             of
             Tongues
             ,
             with
             a
             pleasant
             ,
             clear
             and
             ringing
             Voice
             ;
             and
             though
             there
             was
             at
             his
             Sermons
             many
             Thousand
             persons
             of
             different
             Languages
             ,
             yet
             they
             all
             understood
             him
             .
             As
             at
             Rome
             ,
             where
             the
             People
             of
             sundry
             Nations
             listening
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             preaching
             in
             the
             Italian
             Tongue
             ,
             yet
             they
             all
             understood
             him
             .
          
           
             Preaching
             one
             time
             in
             France
             ,
             near
             Bruges
             ,
             in
             the
             Field
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             multitude
             of
             People
             ,
             (
             it
             was
             Summer
             ,
             )
             and
             whilst
             he
             preached
             it
             began
             to
             Thunder
             and
             Lighten
             grievously
             ,
             wherefore
             the
             People
             doubting
             to
             be
             throughly
             wet
             ,
             began
             to
             haste
             away
             to
             shelter
             ;
             St.
             Anthony
             bid
             them
             be
             quiet
             ,
             for
             they
             should
             not
             be
             wet
             ;
             all
             the
             People
             gave
             credit
             to
             his
             words
             ,
             and
             none
             stirred
             out
             of
             his
             place
             ,
             then
             it
             began
             to
             rain
             very
             much
             throughout
             all
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             but
             upon
             the
             People
             that
             heard
             his
             Sermon
             there
             fell
             not
             one
             Drop
             .
          
           
             It
             hapned
             in
             the
             same
             Province
             in
             France
             ,
             that
             a
             devout
             Woman
             was
             desirous
             to
             go
             to
             the
             Sermon
             of
             St.
             Anthony
             ,
             but
             her
             Husband
             would
             not
             suffer
             her
             because
             she
             was
             sickly
             ;
             she
             went
             up
             unto
             the
             top
             of
             her
             House
             ,
             looking
             toward
             the
             place
             where
             he
             preached
             ,
             and
             though
             she
             was
             two
             Miles
             off
             ,
             yet
             she
             heard
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Preacher
             as
             if
             she
             had
             been
             hard
             by
             .
             Of
             this
             the
             Husband
             of
             the
             good
             Woman
             was
             witness
             ,
             who
             calling
             her
             ,
             and
             she
             answering
             ,
             that
             she
             stayed
             there
             to
             hear
             the
             Sermon
             ;
             he
             scoffed
             and
             derided
             at
             her
             words
             ,
             and
             with
             some
             pain
             he
             went
             up
             to
             the
             place
             where
             his
             Wife
             was
             ,
             and
             he
             also
             heard
             the
             words
             as
             plain
             as
             if
             he
             had
             been
             hard
             by
             .
          
           
           
             One
             time
             St.
             Anthony
             preaching
             ,
             he
             saw
             a
             Traveller
             approach
             unto
             a
             noble
             Lady
             which
             was
             at
             the
             Sermon
             ,
             and
             speak
             unto
             her
             ;
             the
             Saint
             seeing
             her
             much
             troubled
             ,
             and
             change
             her
             countenance
             ;
             bid
             her
             (
             as
             he
             stood
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             )
             not
             to
             believe
             that
             false
             Messenger
             ,
             who
             brought
             her
             news
             that
             her
             Son
             was
             dead
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             a
             lye
             without
             doubt
             ,
             and
             said
             withall
             ,
             that
             he
             that
             told
             it
             her
             was
             the
             Devil
             .
             The
             wicked
             Fiend
             would
             by
             this
             Lye
             have
             disturbed
             the
             Sermon
             ,
             but
             seeing
             himself
             discovered
             ,
             he
             vanished
             away
             in
             all
             their
             sights
             .
          
           
             St.
             Anthony
             being
             in
             Padua
             ,
             it
             was
             revealed
             to
             him
             that
             his
             Father
             was
             in
             danger
             of
             death
             at
             Lisbon
             ,
             being
             accused
             of
             Man-slaughter
             ,
             whereof
             he
             was
             innocent
             ;
             wherefore
             he
             asked
             leave
             of
             his
             Guardian
             ,
             and
             having
             obtained
             it
             ,
             he
             was
             carried
             in
             one
             Night
             onely
             (
             by
             an
             Angel
             )
             from
             Padua
             unto
             Lisbon
             .
             Being
             come
             thither
             he
             spoke
             with
             his
             Father
             ,
             and
             brought
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             the
             Judges
             caused
             the
             dead
             Body
             to
             be
             brought
             before
             him
             ;
             St.
             Anthony
             before
             much
             people
             asked
             him
             if
             his
             Father
             had
             killed
             him
             ;
             the
             dead
             Body
             spake
             ,
             and
             said
             No
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             falsly
             accused
             thereof
             .
             The
             Judge
             ,
             having
             seen
             the
             strange
             Miracle
             ,
             set
             free
             the
             Father
             of
             St.
             Anthony
             ,
             who
             remained
             in
             his
             company
             all
             night
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             day
             he
             was
             carried
             back
             from
             Lisbon
             unto
             Padua
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             been
             brought
             thither
             .
          
           
             One
             time
             St.
             Anthony
             Preaching
             at
             the
             Funerals
             of
             a
             rich
             man
             ,
             and
             among
             other
             things
             discoursed
             upon
             these
             words
             ,
             
               Where
               thy
               treasure
               is
               ,
               there
               is
               thy
               heart
            
             ;
             to
             confirm
             these
             words
             ,
             the
             Father
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             former
             words
             be
             true
             ,
             it
             is
             evident
             in
             this
             Rich
             man
             ,
             who
             was
             covetous
             ,
             for
             his
             Heart
             was
             to
             be
             found
             in
             his
             Chest
             ,
             where
             his
             Money
             lieth
             ;
             forthwith
             some
             went
             and
             opened
             it
             ,
             and
             there
             they
             found
             the
             Heart
             of
             the
             covetous
             man
             indeed
             ,
             as
             fresh
             as
             if
             it
             had
             been
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Breast
             of
             a
             Man.
             
          
           
             It
             happened
             often
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Sermons
             of
             St.
             Anthony
             ,
             that
             the
             People
             departed
             with
             such
             desire
             to
             be
             confessed
             ,
             that
             the
             Confessours
             of
             his
             Order
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             other
             Orders
             also
             were
             not
             sufficient
             to
             satisfie
             them
             .
             He
             also
             heard
             Confessions
             ;
             among
             others
             he
             also
             heard
             the
             Confession
             of
             a
             Paduan
             ,
             who
             told
             him
             that
             he
             had
             kicked
             his
             Mother
             ;
             St.
             Anthony
             reproved
             him
             sharply
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             that
             the
             Foot
             that
             had
             struck
             his
             Mother
             was
             worthy
             to
             be
             cut
             off
             :
             The
             words
             of
             St.
             Anthony
             were
             of
             such
             force
             in
             the
             mind
             of
             him
             that
             was
             confessed
             ,
             that
             when
             he
             came
             home
             ,
             he
             himself
             cut
             off
             the
             same
             Foot
             ;
             St.
             Anthony
             being
             advertised
             thereof
             ,
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             brought
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             restored
             him
             his
             Foot
             again
             ,
             with
             the
             sign
             of
             the
             Cross
             ,
          
        
         
           
             All
             these
             Stories
             that
             follow
             are
             taken
             out
             of
             
             Cressy's
             Church-History
             .
          
           
             ST
             .
             Winwaloc
             and
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             being
             not
             content
             with
             their
             Habitation
             ,
             prayed
             to
             God
             that
             he
             would
             direct
             them
             to
             a
             more
             convenient
             one
             ;
             he
             shewed
             them
             a
             place
             remote
             in
             the
             Sea
             ;
             but
             wanting
             a
             Ship
             ,
             he
             renewed
             his
             Prayers
             ,
             and
             having
             done
             this
             he
             said
             to
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             
               Be
               courageous
               and
               firm
               in
               a
               strong
               faith
               ,
               and
               as
               you
               see
               me
            
             
             
               lead
               this
               Brother
               by
               the
               hand
               ,
               so
               do
               every
               one
               of
               you
               〈◊〉
               his
               next
               fellow's
               hand
               ,
               and
               follow
               one
               another
               .
            
             Then
             invoking
             the
             Name
             of
             our
             Lord
             ,
             with
             his
             Pastoral
             Staff
             he
             struck
             the
             Sea
             ,
             upon
             which
             it
             opened
             a
             passage
             for
             them
             ;
             so
             that
             taking
             one
             another
             by
             the
             hand
             ,
             and
             himself
             marching
             in
             the
             Front
             ,
             they
             walked
             securely
             over
             the
             dry
             Sands
             ,
             the
             Waters
             on
             both
             sides
             standing
             like
             Walls
             .
             
               Cres.
               pag.
            
             183.
             
          
           
             St.
             Benignus
             discovered
             to
             St.
             Patrick
             the
             Motives
             of
             his
             Journey
             to
             a
             solitary
             place
             ,
             who
             exhorted
             him
             to
             pursue
             his
             purpose
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Go
               Brother
               ,
               take
               only
               your
               Staff
               with
               you
               ,
               and
               when
               you
               shall
               be
               arrived
               at
               the
               place
               for
               your
               repose
               ,
               wheresoever
               having
               fixed
               your
               Staff
               in
               the
               ground
               you
               shall
               see
               it
               flourish
               and
               grow
               green
               ,
               there
               know
               you
               must
               make
               your
               abode
               .
            
             St.
             Benignus
             ,
             being
             accompanied
             only
             with
             a
             Youth
             named
             Pincius
             ,
             began
             his
             Journey
             through
             woody
             and
             marish
             places
             ,
             but
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             was
             arrived
             in
             an
             Island
             where
             he
             saw
             a
             solitary
             place
             ,
             he
             presently
             fixt
             his
             Staff
             in
             the
             ground
             ,
             which
             without
             delay
             wonderfully
             grew
             green
             ,
             and
             brought
             forth
             fresh
             Leaves
             ,
             and
             to
             this
             day
             the
             same
             Tree
             remains
             flourishing
             with
             green
             Boughs
             :
             Yet
             one
             incommodity
             it
             had
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             Water
             near
             ,
             whereupon
             ▪
             St.
             Benignus
             gave
             his
             Staff
             to
             young
             Pincius
             ,
             commanding
             him
             to
             go
             to
             a
             certain
             place
             full
             of
             Reeds
             ,
             and
             there
             striking
             the
             ground
             with
             his
             Staff
             ,
             he
             should
             without
             doubt
             find
             Water
             so
             earnestly
             desired
             by
             them
             ;
             the
             Child
             obeyed
             ,
             went
             to
             the
             place
             ,
             and
             struck
             the
             ground
             three
             times
             ,
             making
             three
             holes
             in
             it
             with
             the
             end
             of
             his
             Staff
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             no
             sooner
             done
             ,
             but
             immediately
             a
             Fountain
             gusht
             forth
             ,
             from
             whence
             to
             this
             day
             a
             Brook
             is
             supplied
             ,
             which
             is
             good
             for
             Fishing
             ,
             and
             healthfull
             for
             many
             Infirmities
             .
             
               Cr.
               p.
            
             194.
             
          
           
             St.
             Piran
             fed
             ten
             Irish
             Kings
             and
             their
             Armies
             with
             three
             Cows
             ;
             rais'd
             to
             life
             dead
             Pigs
             ,
             and
             dead
             Men.
             
               Cr.
               p.
            
             195.
             
          
           
             At
             the
             Church
             of
             St.
             Almedha
             one
             especial
             thing
             usually
             happening
             on
             the
             Solemnity
             of
             this
             Virgin
             ,
             seems
             to
             me
             very
             remarkable
             ;
             for
             you
             may
             oftentimes
             see
             there
             young
             Men
             and
             Maids
             ,
             sometimes
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             sometimes
             in
             the
             Church-yard
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             ,
             whilst
             they
             are
             dancing
             in
             an
             even
             ground
             ,
             encompassing
             it
             ,
             to
             fall
             down
             on
             a
             sudden
             to
             the
             ground
             ;
             at
             first
             they
             lie
             quiet
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             rapt
             in
             an
             Ecstasie
             ,
             but
             presently
             after
             they
             will
             leap
             up
             ,
             as
             if
             possessed
             with
             a
             Frenzy
             ,
             and
             both
             with
             their
             hands
             and
             feet
             before
             the
             People
             they
             will
             represent
             whatsoever
             servile
             Works
             they
             unlawfully
             performed
             upon
             Feast-days
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             one
             will
             walk
             as
             if
             he
             were
             holding
             the
             Plough
             ,
             another
             as
             if
             he
             were
             driving
             the
             Oxen
             with
             a
             Goad
             ,
             and
             both
             of
             them
             at
             the
             time
             time
             singing
             some
             rude
             Tune
             ,
             as
             if
             to
             ease
             their
             toil
             ;
             one
             will
             act
             the
             Trade
             of
             a
             Shoe-maker
             ,
             another
             of
             a
             Tanner
             ,
             a
             third
             of
             one
             that
             were
             Spinning
             .
             Here
             you
             may
             see
             a
             Maid
             busily
             weaving
             ,
             and
             expressing
             all
             the
             postures
             usually
             in
             that
             work
             :
             After
             all
             which
             ,
             being
             brought
             with
             Offerings
             unto
             the
             Altar
             ,
             you
             would
             be
             astonished
             to
             see
             how
             they
             would
             return
             to
             their
             Senses
             again
             .
             
               Cr.
               p.
            
             217.
             
          
           
             
               The
               manner
               of
               St.
               
               Kentigern's
               Birth
               .
            
             
               A
               certain
               King
               of
               Britarmy
               ,
               who
               was
               a
               Pagan
               ,
               begot
               of
               his
               Wife
               a
               very
               beautifull
               Daughter
               ,
               she
               having
               been
               a
               frequent
               hearer
               of
               Sermons
               ,
               became
               a
               Christian
               ,
               
               and
               though
               she
               had
               not
               been
               baptized
               ,
               yet
               she
               was
               addicted
               to
               the
               duties
               of
               Ecclesiastical
               Discipline
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               the
               fear
               of
               incensing
               her
               Father
               would
               permit
               :
               she
               bore
               so
               great
               Devotion
               to
               the
               fruitfull
               Virginity
               of
               the
               blessed
               Virgin
               ,
               that
               ,
               mov'd
               with
               Womanish
               presumption
               ,
               she
               begg'd
               that
               she
               might
               imitate
               her
               in
               her
               Conception
               and
               Birth
               .
               At
               length
               ,
               as
               she
               thought
               ,
               she
               obtained
               her
               desire
               ,
               for
               she
               found
               her self
               with
               Child
               .
               Now
               it
               is
               not
               to
               be
               conceived
               that
               this
               happened
               without
               the
               embraces
               of
               a
               man
               ,
               notwithstanding
               who
               that
               man
               was
               ,
               or
               in
               what
               manner
               ,
               or
               when
               this
               was
               done
               ,
               she
               oft
               protested
               ,
               and
               with
               Oaths
               confirmed
               it
               ,
               that
               she
               was
               utterly
               ignorant
               .
               Her
               Father
               perceiving
               this
               ,
               and
               not
               being
               able
               by
               fair
               speeches
               or
               threatnings
               to
               wrest
               from
               her
               ,
               who
               was
               the
               Father
               of
               the
               Child
               ,
               for
               she
               seriously
               protested
               ,
               that
               she
               had
               never
               suffered
               the
               unlawfull
               embraces
               of
               any
               man
               ;
               hereupon
               in
               a
               rage
               he
               determined
               to
               execute
               upon
               her
               the
               Law
               established
               by
               his
               Ancestors
               ,
               by
               which
               it
               was
               enacted
               ,
               That
               whatsoever
               young
               Maid
               should
               be
               with
               Child
               by
               Fornication
               in
               her
               Father's
               house
               ,
               should
               be
               thrown
               down
               headlong
               from
               the
               top
               of
               an
               high
               Mountain
               ,
               and
               the
               person
               corrupting
               her
               should
               lose
               his
               head
               .
               In
               conformity
               therefore
               to
               this
               Law
               ,
               the
               young
               Woman
               was
               placed
               on
               the
               highest
               point
               of
               a
               Mountain
               in
               that
               Countrey
               ,
               called
               Dunpelder
               ,
               from
               thence
               to
               be
               thrown
               down
               ,
               and
               torn
               in
               pieces
               :
               She
               therefore
               with
               deep
               sighs
               ,
               looking
               up
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               implored
               Mercy
               :
               After
               this
               ,
               she
               was
               cast
               down
               ;
               but
               by
               the
               Fall
               was
               neither
               bruised
               ,
               nor
               received
               the
               least
               harm
               ,
               but
               sliding
               down
               easily
               and
               slowly
               ,
               came
               safe
               to
               the
               bottom
               .
               The
               Pagans
               ascribed
               this
               to
               the
               Magical
               Enchantments
               of
               Christians
               ,
               therefore
               they
               carried
               her
               several
               Miles
               into
               the
               Sea
               ,
               and
               there
               left
               her
               ,
               destitute
               of
               all
               humane
               help
               ,
               in
               a
               small
               Boat
               made
               of
               Leather
               without
               Oars
               ,
               but
               the
               Boat
               was
               carried
               to
               a
               far
               distant
               Haven
               with
               great
               swiftness
               ;
               being
               arrived
               there
               ,
               the
               young
               Lady
               went
               out
               of
               the
               Boat
               ,
               and
               presently
               after
               was
               brought
               to
               Bed
               of
               a
               Son
               ,
               without
               the
               assistence
               of
               a
               Midwife
               .
               The
               next
               morning
               St.
               Servanus
               came
               to
               the
               place
               ,
               and
               seeing
               the
               Mother
               with
               her
               Infant
               ,
               he
               took
               them
               into
               his
               care
               ,
               and
               baptized
               them
               ,
               and
               called
               the
               Mother
               Thanen
               ,
               and
               the
               Child
               
                 Kentigern
                 .
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               231.
               
            
             
               St.
               Iustinian
               having
               reproved
               his
               Servants
               for
               idleness
               ,
               and
               mispending
               their
               time
               ,
               they
               were
               enflam'd
               with
               fury
               against
               him
               ,
               insomuch
               as
               rushing
               upon
               him
               they
               threw
               him
               to
               the
               ground
               ,
               and
               most
               cruelly
               cut
               off
               his
               Head
               :
               But
               in
               the
               place
               where
               his
               sacred
               Head
               fell
               to
               the
               ground
               ,
               a
               Fountain
               of
               pure
               water
               presently
               flowed
               ,
               by
               drinking
               of
               which
               in
               following
               times
               ,
               many
               were
               miraculously
               restored
               to
               Health
               .
               But
               Miracles
               greater
               than
               these
               ,
               immediately
               succeeded
               his
               Death
               ;
               for
               the
               Body
               of
               the
               Martyr
               presently
               rose
               ,
               and
               taking
               the
               Head
               between
               the
               two
               Armes
               ,
               went
               down
               to
               the
               Sea
               shoar
               ,
               and
               walking
               thence
               on
               the
               Sea
               ,
               past
               over
               to
               the
               Port
               called
               by
               his
               Name
               ,
               and
               being
               arrived
               to
               the
               place
               where
               a
               Church
               is
               now
               built
               to
               his
               memory
               ,
               it
               fell
               down
               ,
               and
               was
               there
               buried
               by
               St.
               
                 David
                 .
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               234.
               
            
             
               St.
               David
               being
               enjoined
               to
               preach
               ,
               he
               commanded
               a
               Child
               which
               attended
               him
               ,
               and
               had
               lately
               been
               restored
               to
               life
               by
               him
               ,
               to
               spread
               a
               Napkin
               under
               his
               Feet
               ,
               and
               standing
               upon
               it
               he
               began
               to
               expound
               the
               Gospel
               and
               the
               Law
               to
               the
               Auditory
               .
               All
               the
               while
               this
               Oration
               continued
               ,
               a
               snow
               white
               Dove
               descending
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               sate
               upon
               his
               Shoulders
               ;
               and
               moreover
               the
               Earth
               ,
               on
               which
               he
               stood
               ,
               rais'd
               it self
               
               under
               him
               ,
               till
               it
               became
               a
               Hill
               ,
               from
               whence
               his
               Voice
               ,
               like
               a
               Trumpet
               ,
               was
               clearly
               heard
               and
               understood
               by
               all
               ,
               both
               near
               and
               far
               off
               .
               On
               the
               top
               of
               which
               Hill
               a
               Church
               was
               afterward
               built
               ,
               which
               remains
               to
               this
               day
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               235.
               
            
             
               St.
               David
               when
               Priest
               ,
               went
               to
               Paulens
               ,
               who
               in
               a
               certain
               Island
               lived
               a
               holy
               Life
               ,
               with
               him
               St.
               David
               lived
               many
               years
               ;
               now
               it
               fell
               out
               that
               his
               Master
               Paulens
               fell
               blind
               ,
               hereupon
               calling
               his
               Disciples
               together
               ,
               he
               desired
               that
               one
               after
               another
               they
               would
               look
               upon
               his
               Eyes
               ,
               and
               say
               a
               Prayer
               or
               Benediction
               on
               them
               .
               When
               they
               had
               done
               this
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               received
               no
               ease
               or
               remedy
               ,
               David
               said
               thus
               to
               him
               ,
               
                 Father
                 ,
                 I
                 pray
                 you
                 do
                 not
                 command
                 me
                 to
                 look
                 you
                 in
                 the
                 Face
                 ,
                 for
                 ten
                 years
                 are
                 passed
                 since
                 I
                 studied
                 with
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 all
                 that
                 time
                 I
                 never
                 had
                 the
                 boldness
                 to
                 look
                 you
                 in
                 the
                 Face
                 .
                 Paulens
              
               admiring
               his
               humility
               said
               ,
               
                 Since
                 it
                 is
                 so
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 suffice
                 ,
                 if
                 by
                 touching
                 my
                 Eyes
                 thou
                 pronounce
                 a
                 Benediction
                 on
                 them
                 .
              
               Presently
               therefore
               ,
               assoon
               as
               he
               touched
               them
               ,
               Sight
               was
               restored
               to
               them
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               238.
               
            
             
               St.
               Iohn
               ,
               a
               British
               Priest
               ,
               avoided
               the
               sight
               of
               Men
               ,
               confining
               himself
               to
               a
               little
               Cell
               ,
               where
               in
               a
               little
               Orchard
               ,
               cultivated
               by
               himself
               ,
               he
               had
               planted
               a
               few
               Laurel
               Trees
               ,
               which
               are
               now
               so
               increased
               that
               they
               afford
               a
               very
               pleasing
               shade
               ;
               his
               custome
               was
               ,
               under
               these
               to
               sit
               ,
               read
               ,
               or
               write
               ,
               as
               he
               thought
               fit
               .
               After
               his
               death
               ,
               among
               the
               said
               Trees
               there
               was
               one
               which
               through
               age
               was
               withered
               ;
               then
               he
               to
               whom
               the
               care
               of
               the
               Place
               was
               committed
               digg'd
               up
               the
               Roots
               of
               the
               said
               dry
               Tree
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Body
               of
               it
               hewed
               out
               a
               Seat
               or
               Bench
               ,
               upon
               which
               he
               used
               to
               sit
               .
               After
               he
               had
               used
               the
               Seat
               for
               the
               space
               of
               above
               two
               years
               ,
               a
               thought
               of
               remorse
               coming
               into
               his
               heart
               ,
               he
               said
               ,
               
                 Alas
                 ,
                 Sinner
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 !
                 why
                 do
                 I
                 for
                 my
                 own
                 conveniency
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 a
                 Seat
                 framed
                 of
                 the
                 Tree
                 which
                 so
                 holy
                 a
                 Priest
                 planted
                 with
                 his
                 own
                 hands
                 ?
              
               Having
               said
               this
               ,
               he
               presently
               took
               a
               Spade
               ,
               and
               digging
               a
               deep
               hole
               in
               the
               ground
               ,
               he
               put
               the
               Seat
               into
               it
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               cut
               off
               the
               Feet
               which
               supported
               it
               ,
               and
               then
               covered
               it
               with
               Earth
               .
               
                 Now
                 behold
                 a
                 great
                 wonder
              
               !
               The
               very
               next
               Spring
               ,
               this
               dry
               Bench
               ,
               thus
               buried
               ,
               sprouted
               forth
               into
               green
               branches
               as
               the
               other
               Trees
               did
               ,
               which
               prospered
               so
               well
               ,
               that
               at
               this
               day
               there
               are
               proceeded
               from
               it
               several
               young
               Trees
               ,
               five
               or
               six
               Foot
               high
               ,
               and
               some
               higher
               ,
               which
               every
               year
               do
               more
               and
               more
               flourish
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               246.
               
               Here
               Mr.
               Cressy
               brags
               ▪
               that
               the
               Centuriators
               took
               notice
               of
               this
               Saint
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Orchard
               ,
               but
               conceal'd
               this
               Wonder
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Miracle
               of
               St.
               
               Ivo's
               Translation
               .
            
             
               St.
               
               Ivo's
               Body
               remained
               several
               Ages
               in
               the
               place
               of
               his
               Burial
               ,
               insomuch
               that
               his
               Memory
               was
               lost
               in
               that
               place
               ;
               but
               at
               last
               ,
               in
               the
               year
               1001.
               a
               certain
               Husbandman
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               plowing
               the
               ground
               ,
               lighted
               upon
               his
               Tomb
               ,
               which
               being
               taken
               up
               and
               opened
               ,
               the
               Body
               of
               a
               Bishop
               in
               his
               Pontifical
               Ornaments
               was
               seen
               in
               it
               ;
               whereupon
               the
               Pastor
               of
               that
               Village
               being
               sent
               for
               ,
               they
               ,
               with
               his
               advice
               ,
               carried
               the
               Body
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               with
               great
               reverence
               pl●ced
               it
               near
               the
               Altar
               ;
               the
               night
               following
               St.
               Ivo
               appeared
               in
               a
               very
               reverend
               form
               ,
               and
               with
               great
               brightness
               ,
               to
               a
               Carpenter
               called
               Ezi
               ,
               and
               told
               him
               who
               he
               was
               ,
               commanding
               him
               to
               signifie
               to
               Ednoth
               Abbat
               of
               Ramsey
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               translate
               his
               and
               his
               Companions
               Bodies
               from
               thence
               to
               his
               Monastery
               ;
               but
               the
               poor
               Man
               ,
               not
               having
               the
               boldness
               
               to
               relate
               this
               Vision
               ,
               he
               appeared
               to
               him
               the
               second
               time
               ,
               repeating
               the
               same
               commands
               ;
               which
               he
               still
               neglecting
               to
               perform
               ,
               at
               the
               third
               apparition
               the
               Bishop
               smote
               him
               on
               the
               side
               with
               his
               Crosier
               ,
               telling
               him
               ,
               that
               the
               pain
               of
               that
               stroke
               should
               remain
               till
               he
               had
               performed
               what
               he
               had
               enjoined
               him
               .
               The
               Man
               awaking
               ,
               presently
               after
               found
               as
               grievous
               a
               pain
               in
               his
               side
               as
               if
               a
               Sword
               had
               pierced
               it
               .
               Thus
               was
               he
               compelled
               to
               declare
               his
               Vision
               to
               the
               Abbat
               ,
               which
               assoon
               as
               he
               had
               done
               he
               was
               freed
               of
               his
               pain
               :
               But
               the
               Abbat
               would
               give
               no
               credit
               to
               what
               the
               Man
               told
               him
               ,
               but
               calling
               him
               Clown
               and
               Fool
               ,
               said
               ,
               
                 Must
                 we
                 translate
                 and
                 venerate
                 the
                 Ashes
                 of
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 what
                 Cobler
                 ?
              
               The
               night
               following
               the
               Bishop
               appeared
               to
               the
               Abbat
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               
                 Rise
                 quickly
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 whom
                 thou
                 scornfully
                 call'st
                 Cobler
                 ,
                 have
                 brought
                 thee
                 here
                 a
                 pair
                 of
                 Boots
                 that
                 will
                 last
                 a
                 good
                 while
                 ,
                 these
                 thou
                 must
                 put
                 on
                 and
                 wear
                 for
                 my
                 sake
                 .
              
               Having
               said
               thus
               ,
               he
               seemed
               to
               draw
               on
               his
               Legs
               a
               pair
               of
               Boots
               ,
               with
               care
               to
               make
               them
               sit
               smooth
               and
               handsome
               :
               Presently
               the
               Abbat
               waking
               felt
               such
               horrible
               pain
               in
               his
               Legs
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               not
               able
               to
               walk
               or
               stand
               ;
               and
               fifteen
               years
               did
               he
               remain
               in
               this
               Infirmity
               .
               By
               this
               Miracle
               ,
               the
               sanctity
               of
               the
               Bishop
               was
               approved
               ,
               and
               his
               Body
               translated
               to
               Ramsey
               ,
               to
               whose
               honour
               the
               Abbat
               Ednoth
               built
               a
               Church
               ;
               in
               which
               he
               placed
               his
               Tomb
               in
               such
               manner
               ,
               that
               half
               of
               it
               appeared
               within
               ,
               and
               half
               of
               it
               without
               the
               Wall
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               ,
               that
               a
               Fountain
               of
               Water
               that
               flowed
               thence
               might
               be
               ready
               for
               the
               use
               of
               every
               one
               who
               came
               in
               devotion
               ,
               whether
               the
               Church
               was
               shut
               or
               not
               ;
               which
               Water
               ,
               by
               the
               Merits
               of
               the
               Bishop
               ,
               had
               the
               virtue
               to
               cure
               many
               Diseases
               .
               One
               great
               Miracle
               wrought
               there
               was
               on
               a
               Monk
               troubled
               with
               a
               Dropsie
               ,
               his
               skin
               was
               strangely
               swell'd
               ,
               and
               his
               breath
               so
               noisome
               ,
               none
               could
               approach
               him
               ,
               and
               his
               drought
               was
               so
               excessive
               ,
               that
               he
               thought
               he
               could
               drink
               whole
               barrels
               ;
               on
               a
               time
               ,
               by
               admonition
               received
               in
               his
               sleep
               ,
               he
               went
               to
               Saint
               
               Ivo's
               Monument
               ,
               where
               after
               he
               had
               taken
               three
               draughts
               of
               the
               Water
               ,
               he
               cast
               up
               all
               the
               superfluous
               Humours
               within
               him
               ,
               and
               was
               restored
               to
               perfect
               health
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               293.
               
            
             
               King
               Sebert
               having
               built
               St.
               
               Peter's
               Church
               at
               Westminster
               ,
               and
               endowed
               it
               with
               many
               possessions
               ;
               now
               on
               the
               night
               before
               the
               day
               designed
               for
               the
               Dedication
               of
               this
               Church
               ,
               St.
               Peter
               appearing
               to
               a
               certain
               Fisherman
               in
               the
               habit
               of
               a
               stranger
               ,
               on
               the
               other
               side
               of
               the
               River
               of
               Thames
               ,
               demanded
               to
               be
               wafted
               over
               ,
               which
               was
               done
               ;
               being
               gone
               out
               of
               the
               Boat
               ,
               he
               entred
               into
               the
               Church
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               the
               Fisherman
               ,
               and
               presently
               a
               Heavenly
               light
               shone
               so
               clear
               ,
               that
               it
               turned
               the
               Night
               into
               Day
               .
               There
               was
               with
               the
               Apostle
               a
               multitude
               of
               Heavenly
               Citizens
               ,
               coming
               out
               and
               going
               into
               the
               Church
               ,
               a
               Divine
               Melody
               sounded
               ,
               and
               an
               Odour
               of
               unexpressible
               fragrancy
               shed
               abroad
               .
               As
               soon
               as
               all
               things
               pertaining
               to
               the
               Dedication
               of
               the
               Church
               were
               performed
               ,
               St.
               Peter
               return'd
               to
               the
               poor
               Fisherman
               ,
               who
               was
               so
               affrighted
               with
               his
               Divine
               splendor
               ,
               that
               he
               almost
               lost
               his
               senses
               ,
               but
               Saint
               Peter
               kindly
               comforting
               him
               ,
               brought
               him
               to
               himself
               .
               Thus
               both
               of
               them
               entring
               into
               the
               Boat
               ,
               St.
               Peter
               asked
               him
               if
               he
               had
               any
               provision
               ;
               who
               answered
               ,
               that
               partly
               being
               stupified
               with
               seeing
               so
               great
               a
               Light
               ,
               and
               partly
               detained
               by
               his
               return
               ,
               he
               had
               taken
               nothing
               ,
               being
               withall
               assured
               of
               a
               good
               Reward
               from
               him
               :
               Hereto
               St.
               Peter
               replied
               ,
               let
               down
               thy
               Net
               ,
               the
               Fisherman
               obey'd
               ,
               and
               immediately
               the
               Net
               was
               filled
               with
               a
               multitude
               of
               Fishes
               ,
               they
               were
               all
               of
               the
               same
               kind
               ,
               except
               one
               
               Salmon
               of
               a
               wonderfull
               largeness
               .
               Having
               then
               drawn
               them
               to
               the
               shoar
               ,
               St.
               Peter
               said
               ,
               
                 Carry
                 from
                 me
                 this
                 great
                 Fish
                 to
              
               Mellitus
               
                 the
                 Bishop
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 take
                 for
                 thy
                 hire
                 ;
                 and
                 moreover
                 be
                 assured
                 ,
                 that
                 both
                 thou
                 all
                 thy
                 life
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 thy
                 Children
                 after
                 thee
                 for
                 many
                 years
                 ▪
                 shall
                 be
                 plentifully
                 furnished
                 with
                 these
                 kind
                 of
                 Fishes
                 ;
                 only
                 be
                 carefull
                 you
                 fish
                 not
                 on
                 our
                 Lord's
                 days
                 .
                 I
                 who
                 speak
                 now
                 with
                 thee
                 am
              
               Peter
               ,
               
                 and
                 I
                 my self
                 have
                 now
                 Dedicated
                 this
                 Church
                 ,
                 built
                 to
                 my
                 fellow-Citizens
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 my
                 Honour
                 ,
                 so
                 preventing
                 by
                 my
                 own
                 Authority
                 the
                 Episcopal
                 Benedicton
                 .
                 Acquaint
                 the
                 Bishop
                 therefore
                 with
                 the
                 things
                 thou
                 hast
                 seen
                 and
                 heard
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Sign
                 yet
                 marked
                 on
                 the
                 Wall
                 will
                 confirm
                 thy
                 speeches
                 .
                 Let
                 him
                 therefore
                 surcease
                 from
                 his
                 design
                 of
                 Consecrating
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 and
                 only
                 supply
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 omitted
                 ,
                 the
                 Celebration
                 of
                 the
                 Sacrament
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Instruction
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 .
                 Let
                 him
                 likewise
                 give
                 notice
                 to
                 all
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 my self
                 will
                 oftentimes
                 visit
                 this
                 place
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 present
                 at
                 the
                 Prayers
                 of
                 the
                 faithfull
                 ;
                 and
                 will
                 open
                 the
                 Gates
                 of
                 Heaven
                 to
                 all
                 that
                 live
                 soberly
                 ,
                 justly
                 and
                 piously
                 in
                 this
                 World.
              
               As
               soon
               as
               he
               said
               this
               ,
               he
               presently
               vanisht
               from
               his
               sight
               .
               The
               next
               morning
               ,
               as
               the
               Bishop
               Mellitus
               was
               going
               in
               Procession
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               with
               an
               intention
               to
               Dedicate
               it
               ,
               the
               Fisherman
               met
               him
               with
               the
               Fish
               ,
               and
               related
               to
               him
               whatsoever
               St.
               Peter
               had
               enjoyn'd
               him
               :
               at
               which
               the
               Bishop
               was
               astonished
               ,
               and
               having
               unlockt
               the
               Church
               doors
               ,
               he
               saw
               the
               Pavement
               mark'd
               with
               Letters
               and
               Inscriptions
               both
               in
               Greek
               and
               Latin
               ,
               and
               the
               Wall
               anointed
               in
               twelve
               several
               places
               with
               Holy
               Oil
               ;
               he
               saw
               likewise
               the
               remainders
               of
               twelve
               Torches
               sticking
               to
               as
               many
               Crosses
               ,
               and
               the
               Church
               every
               where
               yet
               moist
               with
               Aspersions
               .
               All
               which
               being
               observ'd
               by
               the
               Bishop
               and
               People
               ,
               they
               gave
               thanks
               .
               A
               farther
               Testimony
               of
               this
               Miracle
               is
               afforded
               by
               the
               whole
               Progeny
               of
               this
               Fisherman
               ,
               for
               his
               Children
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               command
               from
               their
               Father
               ,
               brought
               the
               Tithes
               of
               all
               their
               Gains
               by
               Fishing
               ,
               and
               offered
               them
               to
               St.
               Peter
               ,
               and
               the
               Priests
               attending
               Divine
               Service
               in
               his
               Church
               .
               But
               one
               among
               them
               having
               presumed
               to
               defraud
               the
               Church
               of
               this
               Oblation
               ,
               presently
               was
               deprived
               of
               the
               wonted
               benefit
               of
               his
               Trade
               ,
               till
               having
               confess'd
               his
               fault
               ,
               and
               restored
               what
               he
               had
               reserv'd
               ,
               he
               promised
               amendment
               for
               the
               future
               .
               And
               moreover
               ,
               the
               Fisherman
               ,
               who
               was
               very
               simple
               ,
               and
               as
               yet
               not
               a
               Christian
               ,
               
                 described
                 to
                 the
                 Bishop
                 very
                 exactly
                 the
                 shape
                 and
                 Lineaments
                 of
                 St.
              
               Peter
               ,
               well
               known
               to
               the
               Bishop
               by
               his
               Picture
               at
               
                 Rome
                 .
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               308.
               
            
             
               St.
               Lawrence
               found
               the
               Son
               of
               a
               man
               who
               had
               kindly
               entertained
               him
               ,
               dead
               ,
               and
               the
               Parents
               in
               great
               sorrow
               ,
               who
               with
               a
               loud
               voice
               cryed
               to
               him
               ,
               
                 O
                 holy
                 man
                 !
                 restore
                 our
                 Son
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 may
                 more
                 firmly
                 believe
                 in
                 Christ.
              
               Hereupon
               the
               Bishop
               having
               offered
               up
               his
               Prayers
               ,
               said
               to
               the
               Child
               ,
               arise
               ,
               who
               presently
               rose
               up
               ,
               and
               withall
               testified
               ,
               
                 That
                 being
                 dead
                 ,
                 his
                 Soul
                 was
                 violently
                 drawn
                 by
                 horrible
                 Spirits
                 to
                 the
                 flames
                 of
                 Hell
                 ;
                 but
                 upon
                 the
                 Prayers
                 of
                 St.
              
               Lawrence
               
                 it
                 was
                 by
                 Angels
                 ,
                 shining
                 with
                 brightness
                 ,
                 brought
                 back
                 to
                 the
                 Body
                 .
              
               Cr.
               p.
               327.
               
            
          
           
             
               A
               Miracle
               wrought
               at
               King
               
               Oswald's
               Cross.
               
            
             
               Bothelm
               ,
               a
               Monk
               of
               Hagulstad
               ,
               walking
               unwarily
               by
               night
               upon
               the
               Ice
               ,
               fell
               suddenly
               and
               broke
               his
               Arme
               ;
               one
               morning
               having
               heard
               that
               one
               of
               his
               Brethren
               was
               to
               go
               that
               day
               to
               the
               place
               of
               the
               Holy
               Cross
               ,
               he
               desired
               him
               to
               bring
               him
               a
               small
               portion
               of
               that
               Sacred
               Wood
               ,
               for
               he
               said
               he
               was
               confident
               it
               would
               cure
               him
               by
               
               God's
               help
               .
               The
               Brother
               performed
               what
               he
               desired
               ,
               and
               gave
               him
               a
               little
               of
               the
               Moss
               which
               covered
               the
               outside
               of
               the
               Wood
               ,
               which
               he
               put
               into
               his
               bosome
               ;
               when
               he
               went
               to
               Bed
               ,
               forgetting
               to
               lay
               it
               by
               ,
               it
               remained
               in
               his
               bosome
               all
               night
               ,
               but
               waking
               about
               midnight
               ,
               he
               felt
               something
               that
               was
               cold
               lying
               against
               his
               side
               ,
               and
               searching
               for
               it
               with
               his
               Hand
               ,
               he
               perceived
               that
               both
               his
               Hand
               and
               Arme
               were
               become
               perfectly
               whole
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               347.
               
            
             
               A
               certain
               Woman
               who
               had
               a
               long
               time
               been
               deprived
               both
               of
               her
               Sight
               and
               Hearing
               ,
               to
               her
               it
               was
               suggested
               by
               Revelation
               ,
               that
               she
               should
               repair
               to
               the
               Bishop
               Birinus
               for
               her
               Cure
               ,
               she
               delayed
               not
               therefore
               ,
               but
               took
               with
               her
               a
               Guide
               to
               conduct
               her
               :
               The
               Bishop
               therefore
               seeing
               the
               Womans
               piety
               ,
               immediately
               made
               the
               sign
               of
               the
               Cross
               upon
               her
               Eyes
               and
               Ears
               ,
               whereupon
               both
               her
               Sight
               and
               Hearing
               were
               restored
               to
               her
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               351.
               
            
          
           
             
               St
               
               Fursey's
               wonderfull
               Visions
               .
            
             
               On
               a
               certain
               time
               he
               was
               rapt
               from
               his
               body
               ,
               and
               in
               that
               ecstasie
               ,
               which
               continued
               from
               Evening
               to
               Cock-crowing
               ,
               he
               was
               favoured
               with
               the
               sight
               of
               troops
               of
               Angels
               .
               Three
               days
               after
               ,
               being
               again
               in
               an
               ecstasie
               ,
               he
               saw
               yet
               more
               glorious
               apparitions
               of
               Angels
               .
               Moreover
               there
               were
               discovered
               to
               him
               very
               earnest
               contentions
               of
               wicked
               Spirits
               ,
               who
               by
               many
               accusations
               of
               a
               certain
               Sinner
               ,
               lately
               dead
               ,
               endeavoured
               to
               stop
               his
               passage
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               but
               by
               reason
               the
               holy
               Angels
               protected
               him
               ,
               they
               could
               not
               effect
               their
               desire
               .
               On
               a
               certain
               time
               ,
               being
               elevated
               in
               spirit
               ,
               he
               was
               commanded
               by
               the
               Angels
               which
               conducted
               him
               to
               look
               down
               upon
               the
               Earth
               ;
               whereupon
               ,
               bowing
               his
               Eyes
               downward
               ,
               he
               saw
               as
               it
               were
               a
               dark
               Valley
               under
               him
               ,
               in
               a
               very
               low
               bottom
               :
               He
               saw
               likewise
               in
               the
               Air
               four
               Fires
               ,
               not
               much
               distant
               one
               from
               another
               ,
               and
               asking
               the
               Angels
               what
               Fires
               those
               were
               ,
               he
               was
               told
               ,
               that
               those
               were
               the
               Fires
               which
               now
               enflamed
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               would
               in
               the
               end
               consume
               it
               ,
               viz.
               the
               Fire
               of
               Lying
               ,
               the
               Fire
               of
               Covetousness
               ,
               the
               Fire
               of
               Dissention
               ,
               and
               the
               Fire
               of
               Iniquity
               .
               Now
               these
               four
               Fires
               increasing
               by
               little
               ,
               at
               last
               joyned
               together
               ,
               and
               became
               an
               immense
               Flame
               ;
               and
               when
               they
               approached
               near
               them
               ,
               Fursey
               was
               affraid
               ,
               and
               said
               to
               the
               Angel
               ,
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 Behold
                 ,
                 the
                 Flames
                 come
                 close
                 to
                 us
              
               ;
               but
               the
               Angel
               answered
               ,
               
                 Fear
                 not
                 ,
                 for
                 since
                 thou
                 didst
                 not
                 kindle
                 this
                 Fire
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 not
                 burn
                 thee
                 ;
                 for
                 though
                 this
                 Flame
                 seems
                 to
                 thee
                 great
                 and
                 terrible
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 tries
                 every
                 one
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 Merits
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 Concupiscence
                 which
                 is
                 in
                 any
                 one
                 ,
                 shall
                 burn
                 in
                 this
                 Fire
                 ;
                 for
                 accordingly
                 as
                 every
                 one
                 being
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 is
                 enflamed
                 by
                 unlawfull
                 pleasures
                 ,
                 so
                 being
                 loosed
                 from
                 his
                 Body
                 shall
                 he
                 burn
                 by
                 condign
                 torment
                 .
              
               Then
               he
               saw
               one
               of
               the
               three
               Angels
               ,
               which
               in
               both
               Visions
               had
               been
               his
               Conductors
               ,
               go
               before
               the
               other
               and
               divide
               the
               Flame
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               two
               flying
               on
               each
               side
               of
               him
               ,
               which
               defended
               him
               from
               the
               danger
               of
               the
               Fire
               .
               He
               saw
               likewise
               many
               Devils
               flying
               through
               the
               Fire
               ,
               and
               kindling
               war
               against
               the
               Just
               :
               These
               malign
               Spirits
               pursued
               him
               likewise
               with
               Accusations
               ,
               but
               the
               good
               Angels
               defended
               him
               :
               And
               after
               this
               ,
               he
               saw
               great
               numbers
               of
               blessed
               Spirits
               ,
               among
               which
               some
               were
               of
               his
               own
               Nation
               ,
               Priests
               who
               had
               well
               discharged
               their
               Office
               ,
               as
               he
               had
               heard
               by
               report
               ;
               by
               these
               he
               was
               informed
               of
               many
               things
               ,
               
               very
               profitable
               ,
               both
               to
               himself
               and
               all
               who
               are
               willing
               to
               attend
               them
               .
               When
               they
               had
               finished
               their
               speeches
               ,
               and
               were
               returned
               to
               Heaven
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Angels
               ,
               there
               remained
               onely
               with
               St.
               Fursey
               the
               three
               Angels
               mentioned
               before
               ,
               who
               were
               to
               restore
               him
               to
               his
               body
               .
               And
               when
               he
               came
               close
               to
               the
               foresaid
               great
               Fire
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               Angels
               divided
               it
               as
               before
               ;
               but
               when
               the
               Man
               of
               God
               was
               come
               to
               a
               door
               which
               stood
               open
               among
               the
               Flames
               ,
               the
               unclean
               Spirits
               snatching
               up
               one
               of
               those
               whom
               they
               were
               tormenting
               in
               the
               Flames
               ,
               and
               casting
               him
               against
               him
               ,
               touched
               him
               ,
               and
               burnt
               his
               Shoulder
               and
               one
               of
               his
               Cheeks
               .
               He
               knew
               the
               Man
               ,
               and
               remembred
               when
               he
               was
               ready
               to
               die
               he
               had
               received
               from
               him
               a
               Garment
               :
               But
               the
               Angel
               ,
               laying
               hold
               of
               him
               ,
               cast
               him
               back
               into
               the
               Fire
               ;
               but
               the
               Devil
               answered
               ,
               
                 Do
                 not
                 cast
                 him
                 back
                 ,
                 since
                 you
                 have
                 once
                 received
                 him
                 ;
                 for
                 as
                 you
                 have
                 taken
                 the
                 goods
                 belonging
                 to
                 a
                 Sinner
                 ,
                 so
                 you
                 must
                 be
                 partakers
                 of
                 his
                 Punishment
              
               ;
               but
               the
               Angel
               replied
               ,
               
                 He
                 took
                 not
                 that
                 out
                 of
                 Covetousness
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 saving
                 the
                 Man's
                 Soul.
              
               After
               this
               ,
               the
               burning
               ceased
               ,
               and
               the
               Angel
               turning
               himself
               to
               St.
               Fursey
               ,
               said
               ,
               
                 The
                 Fire
                 that
                 thou
                 hast
                 kindled
                 has
                 now
                 burnt
                 thee
                 ,
                 for
                 if
                 thou
                 hadst
                 not
                 received
                 Money
                 from
                 this
                 Man
                 who
                 is
                 dead
                 in
                 his
                 sins
                 ,
                 thou
                 hadst
                 not
                 tasted
                 of
                 his
                 torments
                 .
              
               St.
               Fursey
               ,
               being
               afterwards
               restored
               to
               his
               body
               ,
               carried
               visibly
               in
               his
               shoulder
               and
               cheek
               ,
               all
               his
               life
               time
               ,
               the
               marks
               of
               the
               burning
               which
               he
               had
               suffered
               in
               his
               soul.
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               354.
               
            
             
               St.
               
               Eanswitha's
               Monastery
               being
               seated
               on
               the
               top
               of
               high
               Rocks
               ,
               they
               found
               this
               incommodity
               in
               their
               retirement
               ,
               which
               was
               a
               penury
               of
               sweet
               water
               :
               the
               holy
               Virgin
               was
               sensible
               of
               this
               inconvenience
               ;
               and
               after
               she
               had
               by
               Prayer
               sollicited
               our
               Lord
               ,
               she
               went
               to
               the
               Fountain
               ,
               more
               than
               a
               mile
               remote
               from
               the
               Monastery
               ,
               and
               striking
               the
               water
               with
               a
               Staff
               ,
               commanded
               it
               to
               follow
               her
               ;
               the
               deaf
               Element
               heard
               and
               obey'd
               the
               sacred
               Virgin
               's
               voice
               ,
               and
               against
               the
               inclination
               of
               Nature
               followed
               her
               steps
               ,
               till
               overcoming
               all
               the
               difficulties
               of
               the
               passage
               ,
               it
               mounted
               up
               to
               the
               Monastery
               ,
               where
               it
               abundantly
               served
               all
               their
               uses
               .
               One
               particular
               more
               increased
               the
               admiration
               of
               the
               event
               ;
               for
               this
               Rivulet
               in
               the
               way
               being
               to
               pass
               through
               a
               Pool
               ,
               flowed
               notwithstanding
               pure
               and
               free
               from
               all
               mixture
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               357.
               
            
             
               St.
               Cuthbert
               ,
               when
               a
               Child
               ,
               saw
               St.
               
               Aidan's
               Soul
               carried
               into
               Heaven
               .
               And
               likewise
               on
               a
               certain
               day
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               journeying
               alone
               ,
               about
               the
               third
               hour
               ,
               he
               turned
               aside
               into
               the
               House
               of
               a
               certain
               Matron
               ,
               being
               desirous
               to
               repose
               there
               a
               while
               ,
               and
               to
               get
               food
               not
               for
               himself
               but
               his
               Horse
               :
               The
               Woman
               received
               him
               kindly
               ,
               and
               earnestly
               desired
               that
               she
               might
               make
               something
               ready
               for
               his
               refection
               ;
               but
               he
               refused
               ,
               telling
               her
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               not
               eat
               ,
               because
               it
               was
               a
               day
               of
               Fast
               ,
               for
               it
               was
               indeed
               Friday
               ;
               she
               notwithstanding
               persisted
               in
               her
               desire
               ,
               and
               told
               him
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               rest
               of
               his
               Journey
               he
               would
               find
               no
               Habitation
               ,
               therefore
               I
               desire
               you
               would
               eat
               ,
               lest
               you
               should
               faint
               if
               you
               fast
               all
               day
               ;
               notwithstanding
               out
               of
               love
               to
               fasting
               ,
               he
               would
               not
               be
               overcome
               by
               the
               Woman's
               importunity
               ,
               but
               fasting
               as
               he
               was
               he
               continued
               his
               Journey
               till
               evening
               ;
               when
               St.
               Cuthbert
               saw
               he
               could
               not
               finish
               his
               Journey
               that
               day
               ,
               neither
               was
               there
               any
               Lodging
               near
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               riding
               he
               saw
               certain
               Cottages
               ,
               which
               in
               the
               Summer
               time
               the
               Herdsmen
               had
               built
               for
               their
               present
               use
               ,
               but
               then
               the
               Winter
               approaching
               ,
               they
               were
               left
               empty
               ;
               thither
               
               he
               went
               with
               an
               intention
               to
               stay
               all
               night
               ,
               and
               tying
               his
               Horse
               to
               the
               Wall
               ,
               he
               gathered
               up
               a
               bundle
               of
               Hay
               which
               the
               wind
               had
               blown
               from
               the
               House-covering
               ,
               and
               gave
               it
               him
               to
               eat
               ,
               and
               himself
               passed
               his
               time
               in
               Prayer
               .
               But
               on
               a
               sudden
               he
               saw
               the
               Horse
               lift
               up
               his
               head
               ,
               and
               with
               his
               teeth
               biting
               somewhat
               that
               was
               on
               the
               House-roof
               ,
               and
               presently
               after
               he
               drew
               down
               a
               linen
               Cloth
               wrapped
               up
               ;
               being
               desirous
               therefore
               to
               know
               what
               that
               was
               ,
               he
               took
               up
               the
               linen
               ,
               and
               found
               wrapped
               up
               in
               it
               half
               a
               Loaf
               of
               Bread
               warm
               from
               the
               Oven
               ,
               and
               so
               much
               Flesh
               as
               would
               suffice
               himself
               for
               one
               refection
               ;
               he
               blessed
               God
               ,
               who
               vouchsafed
               to
               provide
               a
               Supper
               for
               him
               and
               his
               companion
               ;
               half
               of
               the
               bread
               therefore
               he
               gave
               to
               his
               Horse
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               half
               he
               eat
               himself
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               366.
               
            
             
               A
               Secular
               Priest
               foolishly
               adventured
               to
               make
               a
               tryall
               whether
               St.
               
               Ethelreda's
               Body
               yet
               remained
               uncorrupted
               ,
               fastening
               therefore
               a
               Candle
               to
               the
               end
               of
               a
               Rod
               ,
               he
               passed
               it
               through
               a
               hole
               which
               the
               Danes
               had
               made
               in
               the
               Sepulchre
               ,
               and
               looking
               in
               as
               curiously
               as
               he
               could
               ,
               searched
               round
               about
               the
               Tomb.
               And
               not
               content
               with
               this
               ,
               with
               the
               end
               of
               a
               forked
               stick
               he
               endeavoured
               to
               draw
               to
               him
               the
               Cloths
               in
               which
               her
               Body
               was
               enwrapped
               ,
               and
               some
               part
               of
               the
               Body
               he
               discovered
               ;
               when
               the
               H.
               Virgin
               ,
               having
               indignation
               that
               a
               vile
               person
               should
               presume
               to
               look
               upon
               her
               naked
               Body
               ,
               with
               great
               violence
               drew
               back
               the
               Cloths
               ,
               insomuch
               as
               he
               striving
               against
               her
               fell
               backwards
               ,
               and
               was
               forcibly
               dashed
               against
               the
               Pavement
               ;
               by
               which
               fall
               he
               became
               lame
               all
               his
               life
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               was
               struck
               with
               Madness
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               383.
               
            
             
               A
               doubt
               entring
               into
               the
               minds
               of
               some
               touching
               the
               Incorruption
               of
               St.
               Withburga
               ,
               sister
               to
               St.
               Ethelreda
               ,
               55
               years
               after
               her
               death
               ,
               when
               the
               bodies
               of
               these
               two
               Virgins
               were
               translated
               ,
               that
               doubt
               was
               put
               to
               the
               tryall
               .
               As
               touching
               Saint
               Ethelreda
               ,
               considering
               the
               ancient
               proofs
               of
               her
               incorruption
               ,
               none
               durst
               presume
               to
               touch
               her
               body
               ;
               but
               they
               discovered
               the
               body
               of
               St.
               Withburga
               as
               far
               as
               her
               Breasts
               ,
               and
               she
               was
               seen
               perfectly
               entire
               ,
               more
               like
               to
               one
               asleep
               than
               dead
               ,
               with
               a
               silk
               Cushion
               under
               her
               Head
               ,
               her
               Veil
               and
               Vestments
               shining
               as
               if
               they
               had
               been
               new
               ,
               her
               countenance
               chearfull
               ,
               with
               a
               Rosie
               blush
               ;
               her
               Teeth
               white
               ,
               her
               Lips
               a
               little
               opened
               ,
               and
               her
               Breasts
               exceeding
               small
               .
               One
               of
               the
               Monks
               adventuring
               to
               touch
               her
               body
               ,
               a
               lively
               blush
               coloured
               her
               Cheeks
               ,
               as
               if
               she
               still
               had
               breath
               in
               her
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               385.
               
            
             
               It
               happened
               on
               a
               certain
               Sunday
               ,
               when
               St.
               
               Winefrid's
               Parents
               were
               gone
               to
               Church
               ,
               some
               necessary
               occasions
               detained
               her
               at
               home
               ;
               at
               which
               time
               a
               certain
               young
               man
               named
               Caradoc
               ,
               the
               Son
               of
               Alan
               ,
               Prince
               of
               the
               Countrey
               ,
               entred
               the
               House
               ,
               where
               he
               found
               the
               Virgin
               alone
               sitting
               by
               the
               fire
               ;
               she
               knowing
               the
               Prince
               ,
               hastily
               rose
               up
               ,
               and
               desired
               to
               know
               his
               pleasure
               .
               His
               answer
               was
               ,
               
                 You
                 are
                 not
                 ignorant
                 who
                 I
                 am
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 I
                 abound
                 in
                 riches
                 and
                 honour
                 ;
                 all
                 these
                 riches
                 and
                 honours
                 you
                 shall
                 partake
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 yield
                 to
                 my
                 will.
              
               The
               Virgin
               perceiving
               his
               intent
               ,
               held
               down
               her
               Head
               and
               blushed
               extremely
               :
               At
               first
               she
               seemed
               as
               if
               she
               were
               much
               troubled
               that
               he
               should
               find
               her
               unadorned
               and
               she
               told
               him
               ,
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 you
                 being
                 a
                 Prince
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 doubt
                 but
                 you
                 are
                 able
                 to
                 heap
                 upon
                 me
                 all
                 worldly
                 happiness
                 in
                 abundance
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 were
                 your
                 Wife
                 ;
                 however
                 he
                 pleased
                 to
                 expect
                 here
                 a
                 while
                 till
                 my
                 Father's
                 return
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 I
                 have
                 some
                 business
                 in
                 my
                 Chamber
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 will
                 return
                 presently
                 .
              
               This
               she
               
               said
               to
               gain
               a
               little
               time
               ,
               for
               she
               saw
               the
               young
               man
               burning
               with
               Lust
               ;
               with
               much
               adoe
               he
               permitted
               her
               to
               go
               to
               her
               Chamber
               ,
               having
               hopes
               she
               would
               return
               as
               soon
               as
               she
               was
               dressed
               ;
               she
               therefore
               entred
               hastily
               her
               Chamber
               ,
               and
               as
               hastily
               went
               out
               at
               the
               other
               door
               ,
               and
               ran
               towards
               the
               Church
               .
               As
               soon
               as
               the
               young
               man
               perceived
               this
               ,
               he
               drew
               his
               Sword
               ,
               ran
               after
               her
               ,
               and
               soon
               overtaking
               her
               ,
               with
               a
               stern
               countenance
               struck
               off
               her
               Head
               ;
               and
               immediately
               in
               the
               place
               where
               it
               fell
               to
               the
               Earth
               ,
               a
               most
               pure
               and
               plentifull
               Spring
               gushed
               forth
               ,
               which
               flows
               to
               this
               day
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               holy
               Virgin
               's
               merits
               gives
               Health
               to
               a
               World
               of
               diseased
               persons
               .
               It
               being
               in
               the
               steep
               descent
               of
               a
               Hill
               when
               the
               Virgin
               's
               Head
               was
               cut
               off
               ,
               it
               lightly
               running
               down
               to
               the
               bottom
               slid
               into
               〈◊〉
               Church
               ,
               whereas
               the
               Body
               remained
               in
               the
               place
               where
               it
               first
               fell
               .
               The
               Congregation
               were
               wonderfully
               astonished
               to
               see
               the
               Head
               tumbling
               among
               their
               Feet
               ,
               they
               all
               went
               out
               ▪
               and
               found
               the
               Murtherer
               near
               the
               lifeless
               body
               ,
               wiping
               his
               Sword
               on
               the
               grass
               ;
               St.
               Bueno
               therefore
               seeing
               his
               pride
               ,
               and
               having
               in
               his
               hand
               the
               Virgin
               's
               Head
               ,
               looked
               on
               him
               and
               said
               ,
               
                 Impious
                 Villain
                 !
                 hast
                 thou
                 no
                 shame
                 of
                 the
                 stain
                 wherewith
                 thou
                 hast
                 defiled
                 thy
                 high
                 Birth
                 ?
                 and
                 shewest
                 thou
                 no
                 repentance
                 of
                 this
                 horrible
                 crime
                 ?
                 thou
                 hast
                 disturbed
                 the
                 peace
                 ,
                 thou
                 hast
                 polluted
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 thou
                 hast
                 provoked
                 God
                 :
                 since
                 therefore
                 it
                 is
                 so
                 ,
                 I
                 beseech
                 him
                 without
                 delay
                 to
                 inflict
                 on
                 thee
                 a
                 just
                 punishment
                 for
                 this
                 thy
                 detestable
                 crime
                 .
              
               As
               soon
               as
               he
               had
               ended
               these
               words
               the
               young
               man
               fell
               to
               the
               ground
               ,
               gave
               up
               the
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               ,
               which
               was
               more
               wonderfull
               ,
               his
               Body
               presently
               disappeared
               ,
               and
               many
               say
               it
               was
               swallowed
               up
               by
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               wicked
               Soul
               sunk
               into
               Hell
               :
               But
               Bueno
               kissing
               the
               Head
               which
               he
               had
               in
               his
               hand
               ,
               joyned
               it
               to
               the
               body
               ,
               covering
               it
               with
               his
               Mantle
               ,
               celebrated
               Mass
               at
               the
               Altar
               ,
               preached
               ,
               and
               prayed
               that
               the
               Virgin
               's
               Soul
               might
               return
               to
               her
               Body
               ;
               this
               Prayer
               being
               ended
               the
               Virgin
               rose
               up
               as
               from
               sleep
               ,
               and
               cleansing
               her
               Face
               from
               the
               dust
               and
               sweat
               ,
               filled
               the
               Congregation
               with
               wonder
               and
               joy
               .
               Now
               in
               the
               place
               where
               the
               Head
               was
               rejoyned
               to
               the
               Body
               there
               appeared
               a
               white
               circle
               compassing
               the
               Neck
               ,
               small
               as
               a
               white
               Thread
               ,
               which
               continued
               all
               her
               life
               ;
               and
               from
               that
               white
               circle
               she
               had
               the
               name
               of
               Winefrid
               ;
               and
               after
               her
               death
               when
               she
               appeared
               to
               any
               ,
               that
               white
               mark
               was
               always
               visible
               .
               The
               place
               where
               her
               bloud
               was
               shed
               is
               at
               this
               day
               called
               St.
               
               Winefrid's
               Well
               .
               The
               stones
               likewise
               both
               where
               the
               Spring
               gusheth
               forth
               ,
               and
               beneath
               in
               the
               Current
               ,
               having
               been
               sprinkled
               with
               her
               bloud
               ,
               retain
               the
               redness
               to
               these
               times
               ;
               which
               colour
               neither
               the
               length
               of
               many
               Ages
               ,
               nor
               the
               continual
               sliding
               of
               the
               water
               over
               them
               ,
               has
               been
               able
               to
               wash
               away
               .
               And
               moreover
               a
               certain
               Moss
               ,
               which
               sticks
               to
               the
               said
               stones
               ,
               renders
               a
               fragrant
               odour
               like
               Incense
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               389.
               
            
             
               St.
               Clare
               ,
               an
               Hermit
               ,
               when
               come
               to
               years
               of
               maturity
               ,
               was
               by
               his
               Parents
               affianced
               to
               a
               beautifull
               Virgin
               ;
               but
               when
               the
               time
               wherein
               the
               Marriage
               was
               to
               be
               solemnized
               approached
               ,
               the
               young
               Man
               withdrew
               himself
               from
               his
               Parents
               House
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               Britanny
               passed
               over
               into
               France
               ;
               but
               there
               a
               Noble
               Woman
               dwelling
               near
               him
               ,
               enflamed
               with
               lust
               ,
               impudently
               attempted
               his
               Chastity
               ;
               but
               Saint
               Clare
               resolutely
               resisted
               the
               shameless
               Lady
               ;
               notwithstanding
               which
               resistence
               ,
               when
               her
               sollicitations
               still
               more
               and
               more
               encreased
               ,
               he
               was
               forced
               to
               forsake
               his
               Monastery
               ;
               the
               lascivious
               Lady
               desperately
               enraged
               with
               his
               departure
               ,
               sent
               two
               
               Murtherers
               in
               search
               of
               him
               ,
               who
               at
               last
               found
               him
               in
               a
               poor
               Cottage
               ,
               where
               they
               set
               upon
               him
               with
               opprobrious
               speeches
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               drawing
               out
               their
               Swords
               they
               cut
               off
               his
               Head
               :
               St.
               Clare
               presently
               after
               arose
               ,
               and
               with
               his
               Hands
               taking
               up
               his
               Head
               ,
               by
               the
               assistence
               of
               Angels
               ,
               carried
               it
               to
               a
               Fountain
               not
               far
               distant
               ,
               into
               which
               he
               cast
               it
               ,
               and
               then
               carried
               the
               same
               back
               to
               the
               Oratory
               of
               his
               Cell
               ,
               and
               going
               on
               a
               little
               farther
               towards
               a
               Village
               near
               the
               River
               Epta
               ,
               he
               there
               consummated
               his
               Course
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               411.
               
            
             
               Two
               Kentish
               Princes
               ,
               Ethelred
               and
               Ethelbert
               ,
               being
               murthered
               ,
               and
               buried
               under
               the
               Seat
               where
               the
               King
               was
               wont
               to
               sit
               ,
               the
               Murther
               was
               most
               miraculously
               discovoured
               ;
               wherefore
               taking
               up
               the
               Bodies
               ,
               and
               honourably
               putting
               them
               into
               Coffins
               ,
               the
               Arch-bishop
               Theodorus
               commanded
               to
               carry
               them
               to
               Christ-Church
               in
               Canterbury
               ,
               but
               in
               vain
               they
               attempted
               this
               ,
               for
               with
               all
               the
               force
               they
               could
               use
               they
               could
               not
               remove
               them
               out
               of
               the
               place
               ;
               whereupon
               ,
               changing
               his
               purpose
               he
               advised
               to
               transport
               them
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               St.
               Augustin
               ,
               but
               with
               as
               little
               success
               as
               before
               ;
               at
               last
               it
               was
               agreed
               they
               should
               be
               carried
               to
               the
               Monastery
               of
               Wering
               ,
               of
               great
               renown
               in
               those
               days
               ,
               which
               being
               resolved
               upon
               ,
               the
               Bodies
               were
               as
               easily
               removed
               as
               if
               they
               had
               no
               weight
               at
               all
               ;
               being
               arrived
               at
               that
               place
               ,
               the
               Bodies
               were
               buried
               near
               the
               great
               Altar
               ,
               where
               many
               wonderfull
               Miracles
               are
               daily
               wrought
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               412.
               
            
             
               St.
               Wilfrid
               entring
               into
               a
               Village
               called
               Tiddafrey
               ,
               there
               met
               him
               a
               great
               multitude
               of
               Women
               ,
               offering
               their
               Children
               to
               be
               confirmed
               by
               him
               .
               Amongst
               them
               ,
               one
               Woman
               mingled
               her self
               ,
               craftily
               carrying
               in
               her
               Armes
               her
               dead
               Child
               ,
               pretending
               that
               he
               should
               be
               catechised
               ,
               but
               inwardly
               persuaded
               that
               by
               the
               Bishop's
               sanctity
               he
               should
               be
               restored
               to
               Life
               ;
               the
               Bishop
               therefore
               uncovering
               the
               Child's
               face
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               he
               might
               perform
               the
               due
               Rites
               ,
               found
               that
               he
               was
               dead
               ;
               then
               the
               Woman
               ,
               perceiving
               that
               her
               fraud
               did
               not
               succeed
               ,
               betook
               her self
               to
               prayers
               ,
               earnestly
               beseeching
               him
               for
               God
               and
               his
               holy
               Mothers
               sake
               ,
               if
               he
               had
               any
               Faith
               or
               Pity
               ,
               to
               restore
               Life
               to
               her
               Child
               ;
               saying
               this
               ,
               she
               cast
               her self
               at
               his
               Feet
               ,
               and
               would
               not
               be
               removed
               ,
               thus
               offering
               an
               importunate
               violence
               toward
               him
               :
               All
               this
               while
               the
               Bishop
               continued
               doubtfull
               ,
               whether
               he
               should
               seem
               rash
               in
               attempting
               the
               Miracle
               ,
               or
               reject
               the
               Tears
               and
               Prayers
               of
               the
               disconsolate
               Woman
               ,
               but
               a
               charitable
               Pity
               at
               last
               got
               the
               victory
               ;
               therefore
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               with
               a
               low
               voice
               repeated
               certain
               devout
               passages
               out
               of
               the
               Psalms
               ,
               he
               laid
               his
               right
               hand
               upon
               the
               dead
               Body
               ,
               whereupon
               immediately
               the
               Soul
               was
               restored
               ,
               for
               by
               gasping
               ,
               moving
               his
               Eye-lids
               ,
               and
               stirring
               his
               whole
               Body
               ,
               he
               gave
               proof
               that
               he
               was
               alive
               .
               The
               Child
               was
               called
               Ethelwald
               ,
               who
               was
               afterward
               a
               Monk
               at
               Rippon
               .
            
             
               Another
               Miracle
               wrought
               by
               St.
               Wilfrid
               on
               a
               Monk
               ,
               who
               ,
               falling
               from
               the
               top
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               whilst
               it
               was
               a
               building
               at
               the
               cost
               of
               King
               Egbert
               ,
               broke
               all
               his
               Bones
               ,
               and
               tore
               asunder
               all
               his
               Members
               ,
               was
               restored
               to
               Health
               by
               the
               Prayers
               of
               the
               Bishop
               and
               his
               Covent
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               422.
               
            
             
               St.
               
               Ositha's
               Head
               being
               cut
               off
               by
               a
               Danish
               Pirate
               ,
               at
               the
               very
               place
               a
               clear
               Fountain
               broke
               forth
               ,
               which
               cured
               several
               kinds
               of
               Diseases
               ;
               moreover
               as
               soon
               
               as
               her
               head
               was
               off
               ,
               the
               Body
               presently
               rose
               up
               ,
               and
               taking
               up
               the
               Head
               in
               the
               Hands
               ,
               by
               the
               conduct
               of
               Angels
               walked
               firmly
               the
               streight
               way
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               St.
               Peter
               and
               Paul
               ,
               about
               a
               quarter
               of
               a
               Mile
               distant
               from
               the
               place
               of
               her
               suffering
               ;
               and
               when
               it
               was
               come
               there
               ,
               it
               knocked
               at
               the
               door
               with
               the
               bloudy
               Hands
               ,
               as
               desiring
               it
               might
               be
               opened
               ,
               and
               thereon
               left
               marks
               of
               bloud
               ;
               having
               done
               this
               ,
               it
               fell
               there
               down
               to
               the
               ground
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               424.
               
            
          
           
             
               The
               Miracles
               of
               St.
               
               Wereburga's
               driving
               away
               Wild-geese
               .
            
             
               At
               Chester
               there
               was
               near
               the
               Walls
               of
               the
               Town
               a
               Farm
               belonging
               to
               the
               Monastery
               ,
               the
               Corn
               whereof
               was
               much
               wasted
               by
               flocks
               of
               Wild-geese
               ,
               which
               the
               Steward
               of
               the
               place
               endeavoured
               ,
               but
               in
               vain
               ,
               to
               chase
               away
               ;
               of
               which
               incommodity
               he
               made
               complaint
               to
               St.
               Wereburga
               ,
               whereupon
               she
               commanded
               him
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 Go
                 your
                 ways
                 and
                 shut
                 them
                 all
                 up
                 in
                 a
                 house
                 .
              
               He
               wondring
               at
               so
               strange
               a
               command
               ,
               thought
               the
               Saint
               spoke
               those
               words
               in
               jest
               :
               But
               when
               she
               renew'd
               the
               same
               injunction
               constantly
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               serious
               manner
               ,
               he
               returned
               among
               the
               Corn
               ,
               where
               seeing
               great
               numbers
               of
               such
               fowl
               devouring
               the
               grain
               ,
               he
               with
               a
               loud
               voice
               commanded
               them
               in
               his
               Mistresses
               name
               to
               follow
               him
               ;
               hereupon
               immediately
               they
               all
               in
               one
               drove
               followed
               him
               ,
               and
               were
               shut
               up
               together
               in
               a
               House
               .
               Now
               it
               happened
               that
               a
               certain
               servant
               privately
               stole
               one
               of
               the
               said
               birds
               ,
               which
               he
               kill'd
               ,
               and
               hid
               ,
               with
               intention
               to
               eat
               it
               .
               The
               next
               morning
               early
               ▪
               the
               Holy
               Virgin
               went
               to
               the
               house
               ,
               where
               after
               she
               had
               in
               a
               chiding
               manner
               reprehended
               the
               birds
               for
               usurping
               that
               which
               belonged
               not
               to
               them
               ,
               she
               commanded
               them
               to
               flie
               away
               and
               not
               return
               :
               Immediately
               the
               whole
               army
               of
               them
               took
               wing
               ;
               but
               being
               sensible
               of
               the
               Injury
               done
               them
               ,
               they
               flew
               not
               away
               ,
               but
               hovering
               over
               the
               Holy
               Virgins
               head
               ,
               with
               wonderfull
               noise
               made
               complaint
               of
               their
               loss
               .
               She
               hearing
               their
               importunate
               clamours
               ,
               understood
               by
               inspiration
               the
               cause
               thereof
               ;
               and
               after
               search
               made
               ,
               the
               Offender
               confessed
               his
               theft
               ;
               whereupon
               she
               commanded
               the
               bird
               to
               be
               restored
               to
               her
               companions
               ;
               after
               which
               they
               all
               with
               one
               consent
               flew
               away
               ,
               so
               as
               not
               any
               bird
               of
               that
               kind
               was
               afterward
               seen
               in
               that
               Territory
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               427.
               
            
             
               After
               St.
               Wereburga
               was
               dead
               her
               Body
               was
               carried
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               Trickingham
               ,
               where
               it
               was
               most
               diligently
               kept
               ,
               the
               doors
               of
               the
               Church
               being
               carefully
               barred
               ,
               and
               a
               Watch
               moreover
               set
               upon
               it
               :
               But
               one
               night
               a
               deep
               sleep
               suddenly
               seised
               on
               those
               which
               watched
               ;
               and
               at
               the
               same
               time
               great
               multitudes
               of
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               Hambury
               coming
               on
               them
               ,
               all
               the
               doors
               of
               the
               Monastery
               became
               opened
               ,
               the
               Locks
               and
               Bars
               ,
               without
               any
               violence
               offered
               ,
               falling
               to
               the
               ground
               .
               Whereupon
               they
               took
               away
               the
               Body
               ,
               not
               any
               one
               resisting
               ,
               and
               with
               great
               joy
               carried
               it
               to
               Hambury
               ,
               where
               it
               was
               honourably
               buried
               .
               In
               which
               place
               sick
               persons
               recover
               health
               ,
               sight
               is
               restored
               to
               the
               blind
               ,
               hearing
               to
               the
               dumb
               ,
               the
               leprous
               are
               cleansed
               ,
               and
               persons
               oppressed
               with
               several
               other
               Diseases
               do
               there
               praise
               God
               for
               their
               recovery
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               427.
               
            
             
               St.
               Milburga
               rests
               at
               We●lock
               :
               In
               antient
               times
               her
               memory
               was
               celebrated
               by
               the
               Inhabitants
               ,
               but
               after
               the
               coming
               in
               of
               the
               Normans
               ,
               by
               reason
               that
               the
               place
               of
               her
               Scpulchre
               was
               unknown
               ,
               she
               became
               forgotten
               :
               But
               of
               late
               a
               Covent
               of
               
                 Cluny
                 ▪
              
               Monks
               
               Monks
               having
               been
               established
               there
               ,
               whilst
               they
               were
               busie
               in
               erecting
               the
               Fabrick
               of
               a
               new
               Church
               ,
               a
               certain
               Child
               running
               earnestly
               over
               the
               pavement
               ,
               the
               vault
               of
               her
               Sepulchre
               broke
               under
               him
               ,
               by
               which
               means
               the
               Body
               of
               the
               H.
               Virgin
               was
               discovered
               ,
               which
               being
               taken
               up
               ,
               a
               most
               odoriferous
               vapour
               ,
               as
               of
               a
               most
               pretious
               Balsam
               ,
               perfumed
               the
               whole
               Church
               :
               and
               such
               a
               world
               of
               Miracles
               were
               wrought
               by
               her
               Intercession
               ,
               that
               wonderfull
               multitudes
               flock'd
               thither
               ,
               both
               rich
               and
               poor
               ,
               insomuch
               as
               there
               was
               scarce
               room
               in
               the
               open
               Fields
               to
               receive
               them
               ;
               so
               strong
               a
               faith
               they
               had
               to
               find
               remedy
               there
               for
               their
               maladies
               :
               Neither
               did
               they
               fail
               of
               their
               expectation
               ,
               for
               none
               departed
               away
               without
               a
               Cure
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               a
               mitigation
               of
               their
               Diseases
               .
               And
               particularly
               the
               King's-Evil
               ,
               incurable
               by
               Physicians
               ,
               was
               through
               the
               Merits
               of
               the
               Holy
               Virgin
               ,
               healed
               perfectly
               in
               several
               persons
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               429.
               
            
          
           
             
               A
               wonderfull
               Miracle
               ,
               shewing
               the
               efficacy
               of
               the
               Holy
               Sacrifice
               of
               the
               Mass.
               
            
             
               In
               a
               Battel
               where
               Prince
               Elwin
               was
               slain
               ,
               among
               others
               there
               was
               one
               of
               the
               Prince's
               Souldiers
               ,
               named
               Imma
               ,
               slain
               ,
               (
               at
               least
               in
               opinion
               .
               )
               This
               Soldier
               all
               that
               day
               and
               the
               night
               following
               lay
               among
               the
               other
               dead
               bodies
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               had
               been
               slain
               ;
               but
               at
               last
               his
               Spirit
               returning
               he
               sate
               up
               ,
               and
               as
               well
               as
               he
               could
               ,
               bound
               up
               the
               wounds
               he
               had
               received
               ;
               then
               resting
               himself
               a
               while
               ,
               he
               raised
               himself
               on
               his
               feet
               ,
               and
               began
               to
               walk
               away
               ,
               with
               an
               intention
               to
               find
               out
               ,
               if
               possible
               ,
               some
               friends
               ,
               who
               might
               take
               care
               of
               him
               .
               As
               he
               was
               going
               away
               ,
               he
               was
               met
               with
               and
               taken
               by
               some
               of
               the
               enemies
               ,
               the
               Mercians
               ,
               and
               brought
               to
               their
               Captain
               ,
               a
               principal
               Officer
               of
               King
               Ethelred
               ,
               who
               examined
               him
               what
               he
               was
               :
               The
               poor
               man
               was
               afraid
               to
               acknowledge
               himself
               a
               Soldier
               ,
               therefore
               he
               answered
               that
               he
               was
               a
               poor
               country-man
               ,
               who
               had
               a
               Wife
               ,
               and
               was
               come
               in
               this
               Expedition
               with
               several
               others
               of
               the
               like
               quality
               ,
               to
               bring
               Provision
               to
               the
               Army
               .
               Upon
               this
               answer
               the
               Officer
               commanded
               that
               care
               should
               be
               taken
               of
               his
               Wounds
               ,
               and
               when
               they
               began
               to
               be
               almost
               cured
               ,
               he
               made
               him
               every
               night
               to
               be
               put
               in
               Chains
               ,
               to
               prevent
               his
               running
               away
               ;
               but
               no
               Chains
               could
               hold
               him
               ,
               for
               after
               they
               were
               gone
               which
               had
               put
               the
               Chains
               upon
               him
               ,
               they
               presently
               fell
               off
               ;
               and
               the
               cause
               of
               this
               Wonder
               was
               this
               :
               He
               had
               a
               Brother
               named
               Tunna
               ,
               a
               Priest
               and
               Abbat
               of
               a
               Monastery
               in
               a
               certain
               Town
               which
               at
               this
               day
               from
               his
               name
               is
               called
               Tunnacestir
               :
               This
               Abbat
               having
               heard
               that
               his
               Brother
               was
               slain
               in
               the
               late
               battel
               ,
               came
               himself
               to
               search
               for
               his
               body
               ;
               and
               having
               found
               another
               in
               all
               regards
               very
               like
               to
               his
               ,
               he
               carried
               it
               to
               his
               Monastery
               ,
               and
               there
               buried
               it
               honourably
               .
               Moreover
               he
               took
               care
               that
               several
               Masses
               should
               be
               said
               for
               the
               pardon
               of
               his
               sins
               ;
               and
               by
               virtue
               of
               those
               Masses
               it
               came
               to
               pass
               that
               no
               bands
               could
               hold
               him
               ,
               but
               they
               presently
               fell
               loose
               from
               him
               .
               In
               ●●e
               mean
               time
               the
               Officer
               ,
               whose
               Prisoner
               he
               was
               ,
               began
               to
               ask
               him
               ,
               how
               came
               it
               to
               pass
               that
               he
               could
               not
               be
               bound
               ?
               Whether
               he
               had
               about
               him
               certain
               Charms
               ,
               which
               ,
               as
               some
               think
               ,
               have
               a
               power
               to
               untie
               all
               bands
               ?
               His
               answer
               was
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               utterly
               ignorant
               of
               such
               unlawfull
               Arts
               ;
               But
               ,
               said
               he
               ,
               
                 I
                 have
                 a
                 Brother
                 in
                 mine
                 own
                 countrey
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 am
                 assured
                 that
                 he
                 thinking
                 I
                 am
                 slain
                 ,
                 says
                 frequent
                 Masses
                 for
                 me
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 if
                 I
                 were
                 now
                 in
                 the
                 other
                 World
                 ,
                 I
                 doubt
                 not
                 but
                 my
                 Soul
                 by
                 his
                 intercession
                 and
                 prayers
                 ,
              
               
               
                 would
                 be
                 absolved
                 from
                 all
                 pains
                 .
              
               After
               he
               had
               continued
               a
               good
               space
               a
               Prisoner
               to
               the
               said
               Officer
               ,
               those
               who
               guarded
               him
               observed
               by
               his
               countenance
               ,
               gesture
               ,
               and
               speeches
               that
               he
               was
               no
               countrey-peasant
               ,
               but
               a
               person
               of
               quality
               .
               Thereupon
               the
               Officer
               calling
               him
               aside
               privately
               ,
               enquired
               more
               diligently
               who
               he
               was
               ;
               withall
               promising
               him
               that
               if
               he
               would
               simply
               declare
               his
               condition
               ,
               he
               would
               not
               use
               him
               any
               thing
               the
               worse
               .
               He
               then
               plainly
               manifested
               to
               him
               that
               he
               was
               a
               Servant
               of
               the
               King
               of
               the
               Northumbers
               .
               Whereupon
               the
               Officer
               replied
               ▪
               
                 I
                 did
                 assure
                 my self
                 by
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 thy
                 speech
                 ,
                 that
                 thou
                 were
                 not
                 of
                 a
                 base
                 condition
                 :
                 and
                 now
                 thou
                 deservest
                 to
                 die
                 ,
                 in
                 revenge
                 of
                 all
                 my
                 brethren
                 and
                 kinsmen
                 who
                 have
                 been
                 slain
                 in
                 the
                 Battel
                 :
                 but
                 because
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 break
                 my
                 promise
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 kill
                 thee
                 .
              
               As
               soon
               therefore
               as
               he
               had
               recovered
               health
               and
               strength
               the
               Officer
               sold
               him
               to
               a
               certain
               man
               at
               London
               ,
               called
               Freson
               :
               But
               neither
               could
               he
               be
               bound
               by
               his
               new
               Master
               ;
               for
               after
               tryall
               of
               several
               sorts
               of
               Bands
               and
               Chains
               ,
               they
               became
               all
               unloosed
               .
               When
               he
               therefore
               who
               had
               bought
               him
               perceived
               that
               he
               could
               not
               be
               restrained
               by
               Fetters
               ,
               he
               gave
               him
               permission
               to
               redeem
               himself
               ,
               if
               he
               could
               :
               For
               commonly
               after
               nine
               of
               the
               Clock
               in
               the
               morning
               ,
               the
               usual
               time
               of
               Masses
               ,
               his
               Bands
               were
               〈◊〉
               .
               Upon
               this
               offer
               the
               Prisoner
               was
               suffered
               to
               depart
               ,
               having
               first
               given
               his
               promise
               by
               Oath
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               either
               send
               the
               money
               agreed
               on
               for
               his
               Ransome
               ,
               or
               return
               and
               yield
               himself
               a
               Prisoner
               again
               .
               He
               went
               therefore
               from
               London
               into
               〈◊〉
               ,
               to
               King
               Lothere
               ,
               Nephew
               to
               the
               famous
               Queen
               Ethelreda
               by
               her
               Sister
               ,
               who
               likewise
               had
               formerly
               been
               a
               Servant
               to
               the
               said
               Queen
               ;
               and
               from
               him
               the
               Prisoner
               received
               the
               Money
               appointed
               for
               his
               Ransome
               ,
               which
               according
               to
               promise
               he
               sent
               to
               his
               Master
               .
               Being
               thus
               free
               ,
               after
               some
               time
               he
               returned
               to
               his
               Countrey
               ,
               and
               coming
               to
               his
               Brother
               the
               Abbat
               ,
               he
               related
               to
               him
               particularly
               all
               the
               Accidents
               ,
               both
               good
               and
               bad
               ,
               which
               had
               befaln
               him
               ;
               and
               then
               perceived
               that
               his
               Chains
               for
               the
               most
               part
               had
               been
               loosed
               precisely
               at
               the
               Hours
               in
               which
               Masses
               had
               been
               celebrated
               for
               him
               ,
               and
               moreover
               that
               many
               other
               commodities
               and
               comforts
               had
               befaln
               him
               from
               Heaven
               in
               his
               dangers
               ,
               by
               his
               Brothers
               Prayers
               ,
               and
               the
               Oblation
               of
               the
               Saving
               Sacrifice
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               439.
               
            
             
               On
               a
               certain
               day
               St.
               Cuthbert
               came
               to
               the
               Village
               of
               a
               certain
               Count
               ,
               whose
               Wife
               at
               that
               time
               lay
               sick
               at
               the
               point
               of
               death
               ;
               the
               Count
               himself
               met
               him
               in
               the
               way
               ,
               and
               conducted
               him
               into
               his
               House
               ,
               and
               acquainted
               him
               with
               the
               desperate
               state
               of
               his
               Wife
               ,
               beseeching
               him
               that
               he
               would
               give
               his
               benediction
               to
               Water
               for
               sprinkling
               her
               ;
               the
               Bishop
               assented
               to
               the
               Man's
               request
               ,
               and
               Water
               being
               brought
               ,
               he
               blessed
               it
               ,
               and
               gave
               it
               to
               a
               Priest
               ,
               commanding
               him
               to
               sprinkle
               the
               sick
               Lady
               with
               it
               ;
               who
               thereupon
               entred
               into
               her
               Chamber
               ,
               where
               she
               lay
               like
               one
               deprived
               of
               sense
               and
               life
               ,
               and
               both
               sprinkled
               her
               face
               and
               bed
               ,
               yea
               withall
               ,
               opening
               her
               Mouth
               ,
               distilled
               a
               few
               drops
               into
               it
               ;
               the
               Holy
               Water
               had
               no
               sooner
               touched
               her
               ,
               but
               ,
               
                 O
                 wonderfull
              
               !
               though
               she
               was
               utterly
               ignorant
               of
               what
               had
               been
               done
               ,
               she
               presently
               recovered
               a
               perfect
               health
               of
               Body
               and
               Mind
               ,
               and
               without
               delay
               rising
               up
               ,
               she
               her self
               came
               to
               doe
               service
               to
               the
               Bishop
               ,
               being
               the
               first
               of
               the
               whole
               Family
               which
               presented
               to
               him
               a
               Cup
               of
               refection
               
                 Cr.
                 pag.
              
               469.
               
            
             
               The
               Divine
               Disposition
               being
               pleased
               to
               demonstrate
               in
               how
               great
               Glory
               St.
               Cuthbert
               lived
               after
               his
               death
               ,
               gave
               this
               Testimony
               :
               Eleven
               years
               after
               his
               burial
               his
               
               Brother
               Monks
               ,
               opening
               his
               Sepulchre
               to
               take
               up
               his
               bones
               ,
               found
               his
               body
               perfectly
               entire
               ,
               with
               a
               lively
               freshness
               ,
               and
               all
               his
               limbs
               as
               flexible
               as
               if
               he
               had
               been
               alive
               ,
               so
               that
               he
               appeared
               like
               a
               person
               rather
               asleep
               than
               dead
               ;
               moreover
               all
               his
               Vestments
               were
               not
               only
               undecayed
               ,
               but
               appeared
               in
               their
               primitive
               freshness
               ,
               and
               also
               with
               the
               addition
               of
               a
               wonderfull
               lustre
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               473.
               
            
             
               A
               Coffin
               of
               stone
               was
               prepared
               for
               entombing
               the
               body
               of
               King
               Sebbe
               ,
               but
               when
               they
               endeavour'd
               to
               put
               the
               body
               into
               it
               ,
               they
               found
               that
               it
               was
               by
               a
               hands
               breadth
               too
               long
               for
               the
               Coffin
               ;
               whereupon
               paring
               away
               as
               much
               of
               the
               stone
               at
               each
               end
               as
               they
               could
               ,
               they
               thereby
               lengthened
               it
               about
               the
               measure
               of
               two
               fingers
               breadths
               ,
               yet
               after
               all
               it
               would
               not
               receive
               the
               body
               ,
               whereupon
               finding
               so
               great
               a
               difficulty
               to
               interr
               him
               ,
               they
               intended
               ,
               either
               to
               seek
               out
               a
               new
               Coffin
               ,
               or
               to
               endeavour
               ,
               by
               hewing
               the
               body
               ,
               to
               shorten
               it
               so
               much
               as
               to
               make
               it
               enter
               into
               the
               Coffin
               ;
               but
               by
               a
               wonderfull
               accident
               ,
               which
               could
               proceed
               from
               no
               less
               than
               an
               Heavenly
               Power
               ,
               both
               these
               designs
               of
               theirs
               were
               prevented
               ;
               for
               presently
               ,
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               the
               Bishop
               ,
               and
               Sighard
               ,
               Son
               to
               the
               said
               King
               and
               Monk
               ,
               who
               ,
               together
               with
               his
               brother
               
                 Seofrid
                 ▪
              
               reigned
               after
               him
               ,
               a
               great
               multitude
               of
               others
               being
               likewise
               present
               ,
               the
               Coffin
               was
               found
               of
               a
               convenient
               length
               ,
               insomuch
               that
               there
               was
               room
               enough
               to
               lay
               a
               Cushion
               under
               his
               head
               ,
               and
               yet
               at
               the
               feet
               there
               remained
               four
               fingers
               breadths
               beyond
               the
               body
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               486.
               
            
          
           
             
               The
               wonderfull
               Story
               of
               a
               Man
               revived
               ,
               and
               recounting
               his
               Visions
               .
            
             
               A
               certain
               Man
               ,
               who
               had
               been
               a
               good
               while
               dead
               ,
               was
               restored
               to
               the
               life
               of
               his
               body
               ,
               and
               related
               many
               notable
               things
               which
               he
               had
               seen
               :
               This
               Man
               was
               an
               honest
               House-keeper
               ,
               who
               with
               his
               Family
               lived
               a
               Religious
               Life
               in
               a
               Religion
               of
               the
               Northumbers
               ,
               called
               Incuningum
               ;
               who
               having
               been
               struck
               with
               a
               Disease
               ,
               the
               same
               goowing
               more
               and
               more
               violent
               upon
               him
               ,
               it
               brought
               him
               to
               extremity
               ,
               so
               that
               on
               a
               certain
               day
               towards
               evening
               he
               died
               ;
               but
               the
               day
               following
               early
               he
               came
               to
               life
               ,
               and
               suddenly
               raising
               himself
               up
               in
               his
               bed
               ,
               all
               those
               who
               mournfully
               watched
               the
               body
               ,
               were
               terribly
               affrighted
               and
               ran
               away
               ,
               only
               his
               Wife
               ,
               whose
               love
               to
               him
               was
               excessive
               ,
               though
               she
               trembled
               at
               the
               sight
               ,
               staid
               still
               by
               him
               .
            
             
               The
               Man
               seeing
               his
               Wife
               ,
               bid
               her
               be
               of
               comfort
               :
               
                 Fear
                 not
              
               ,
               said
               he
               ,
               
                 for
                 I
                 am
                 truly
                 restored
                 to
                 life
                 ▪
                 from
                 death
                 which
                 had
                 seiz'd
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 permission
                 is
                 given
                 me
                 to
                 live
                 a
                 while
                 longer
                 among
                 Men
                 ;
                 but
                 my
                 conversation
                 thereafter
                 must
                 be
                 quite
                 otherwise
                 than
                 formerly
                 it
                 has
                 been
                 .
              
               Having
               said
               this
               ,
               he
               presently
               rose
               ▪
               and
               went
               to
               an
               Oratory
               of
               that
               Village
               ,
               where
               he
               remained
               a
               good
               while
               in
               Prayer
               :
               Afterward
               having
               divided
               his
               whole
               Substance
               into
               three
               Portions
               ,
               one
               Portion
               he
               gave
               to
               his
               Wife
               ,
               a
               second
               to
               his
               Children
               ,
               and
               the
               third
               he
               distributed
               to
               the
               Poor
               .
            
             
               Not
               long
               after
               ,
               having
               thus
               freed
               himself
               from
               all
               worldly
               cares
               ,
               he
               went
               to
               the
               Monastery
               of
               Mai●os
               ,
               where
               having
               received
               Tonsure
               he
               entred
               into
               a
               Religious
               Life
               .
            
             
               Now
               the
               account
               which
               he
               gave
               of
               his
               Visions
               ,
               was
               on
               this
               manner
               :
               A
               certain
               person
               brightly
               shining
               in
               his
               〈◊〉
               and
               vestments
               ,
               conducted
               me
               ,
               and
               we
               walked
               together
               silently
               ,
               as
               it
               seemed
               to
               me
               ,
               towards
               the
               place
               where
               the
               Sun
               rises
               in
               high
               
               Summer
               .
               Thus
               walking
               together
               ,
               we
               came
               to
               a
               place
               where
               there
               was
               on
               our
               left
               hand
               a
               Valley
               of
               a
               vast
               depth
               and
               breadth
               ,
               and
               the
               length
               of
               it
               seemed
               infinite
               ;
               one
               side
               of
               this
               Valley
               was
               terrible
               with
               its
               burning
               flames
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               no
               less
               intolerable
               for
               the
               cold
               blasts
               ,
               hail
               ,
               and
               snow
               ,
               driving
               through
               it
               ;
               and
               both
               these
               places
               were
               full
               of
               mens
               Souls
               ,
               which
               seemed
               to
               be
               forcibly
               tossed
               from
               one
               side
               to
               the
               other
               ,
               for
               those
               which
               were
               in
               the
               fire
               ,
               not
               being
               able
               to
               endure
               its
               scorching
               ,
               leaped
               into
               the
               horrible
               cold
               ,
               and
               not
               finding
               ease
               there
               ,
               they
               leaped
               back
               into
               the
               unquenchable
               flames
               .
               Having
               observed
               an
               infinite
               number
               of
               deformed
               souls
               thus
               tormented
               ,
               with
               an
               interchangeable
               vicissitude
               of
               tortures
               ,
               without
               any
               respite
               of
               ease
               ,
               I
               began
               to
               think
               that
               this
               place
               was
               surely
               Hell
               ,
               of
               whose
               intolerable
               torments
               I
               had
               oft
               heard
               Preachers
               speak
               :
               But
               my
               Conductor
               ,
               who
               went
               before
               me
               ,
               answered
               these
               my
               thoughts
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 Do
                 not
                 entertain
                 such
                 an
                 imagination
                 ;
                 for
                 this
                 is
                 not
                 Hell
                 ,
                 as
                 thou
                 thinkest
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               when
               he
               saw
               me
               affrighted
               with
               so
               horrible
               a
               spectacle
               ,
               he
               conducted
               me
               leisurely
               somewhat
               farther
               ,
               where
               I
               saw
               all
               places
               round
               about
               me
               become
               obscure
               ,
               and
               at
               length
               filled
               with
               utter
               darkness
               :
               Into
               which
               when
               we
               were
               entred
               ,
               the
               darkness
               was
               so
               thick
               ,
               that
               I
               could
               see
               nothing
               but
               the
               shape
               and
               vestment
               of
               my
               Conductor
               .
               And
               as
               we
               went
               on
               farther
               in
               this
               shady
               darkness
               ,
               on
               a
               sudden
               there
               appeared
               before
               us
               frequent
               globes
               of
               hideous
               flames
               ,
               ascending
               out
               of
               a
               deep
               pit
               ,
               and
               again
               falling
               down
               into
               it
               .
            
             
               When
               I
               was
               come
               thither
               ,
               presently
               my
               Guide
               vanished
               out
               of
               sight
               ,
               leaving
               me
               alone
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               this
               darkness
               and
               horrid
               spectacle
               :
               But
               when
               the
               said
               Globes
               of
               Fire
               without
               any
               intermission
               mounted
               up
               ,
               and
               again
               fell
               down
               ,
               I
               perceive
               that
               they
               were
               full
               of
               humane
               Souls
               ,
               which
               ,
               like
               sparks
               of
               fire
               carried
               up
               by
               the
               smoak
               ,
               were
               sometimes
               cast
               upward
               ,
               and
               then
               drawn
               back
               by
               the
               vapours
               ,
               of
               fire
               .
               Moreover
               an
               unexpressibly
               noisome
               stink
               ,
               belched
               out
               by
               those
               vapours
               ,
               filled
               all
               the
               dark
               spaces
               round
               about
               .
               As
               I
               was
               thus
               standing
               still
               in
               a
               terrible
               fright
               ,
               being
               uncertain
               what
               to
               doe
               ,
               whither
               to
               go
               ,
               and
               what
               would
               be
               the
               end
               of
               all
               this
               ,
               I
               heard
               behind
               my
               back
               a
               most
               horrible
               noise
               ,
               as
               of
               persons
               wailing
               in
               unutterable
               misery
               ;
               and
               also
               at
               the
               same
               time
               I
               heard
               others
               loudly
               and
               scornfully
               laughing
               ,
               as
               the
               rude
               vulgar
               people
               are
               wont
               to
               do
               ,
               when
               they
               insult
               over
               their
               captive
               enemies
               .
               When
               this
               noise
               came
               nearer
               to
               me
               ,
               I
               perceived
               a
               troup
               of
               wicked
               Spirits
               haling
               into
               the
               midst
               of
               that
               darkness
               the
               Souls
               of
               men
               which
               woefully
               cryed
               out
               ,
               whilst
               the
               others
               burst
               forth
               into
               laughters
               .
               And
               among
               these
               Souls
               I
               could
               distinctly
               see
               one
               that
               was
               shaved
               like
               an
               Ecclesiastical
               person
               ,
               another
               was
               a
               Lay-man
               ,
               and
               a
               third
               was
               a
               Woman
               .
               These
               unhappy
               Souls
               ,
               thus
               haled
               along
               by
               those
               spitefully
               malitious
               Spirits
               ,
               at
               length
               were
               plunged
               into
               the
               midst
               of
               that
               burning
               pit
               .
               Into
               which
               after
               they
               were
               descended
               a
               good
               way
               ,
               I
               could
               no
               longer
               distinctly
               hear
               the
               wailing
               of
               Men
               ,
               and
               laughing
               of
               Devils
               ,
               but
               only
               had
               in
               mine
               ears
               remaining
               a
               confused
               promiscuous
               sound
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               mean
               time
               certain
               obscure
               Spirits
               ascended
               out
               of
               that
               fire-vomiting
               pit
               ,
               which
               approached
               me
               on
               all
               sides
               ,
               and
               with
               flaming
               eyes
               and
               stinking
               fire
               issuing
               out
               of
               their
               mouths
               and
               nostrils
               vexed
               me
               grievously
               .
               Moreover
               ,
               with
               fiery
               pincers
               ,
               which
               they
               held
               in
               their
               hands
               ,
               they
               threatened
               to
               catch
               me
               ;
               but
               for
               all
               that
               ,
               
               though
               they
               frighted
               me
               ,
               they
               had
               not
               the
               boldness
               to
               touch
               me
               .
               Being
               thus
               on
               all
               sides
               encompassed
               with
               darkness
               and
               enemies
               ,
               I
               turned
               my
               eyes
               every
               way
               to
               see
               if
               there
               were
               any
               one
               to
               deliver
               me
               :
               At
               last
               there
               appeared
               by
               the
               way
               which
               I
               had
               passed
               something
               that
               shone
               like
               a
               Star
               ,
               which
               increasing
               and
               approaching
               nearer
               and
               nearer
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               it
               came
               to
               me
               ,
               all
               those
               hatefull
               Spirits
               which
               had
               endeavoured
               with
               their
               fiery
               pincers
               to
               lay
               hold
               on
               me
               ,
               were
               dispersed
               and
               fled
               .
            
             
               Now
               he
               whose
               coming
               drove
               away
               these
               Spirits
               was
               the
               same
               who
               at
               first
               had
               been
               my
               Conductor
               ,
               who
               presently
               after
               turning
               his
               steps
               more
               southerly
               toward
               the
               East
               ,
               led
               me
               out
               of
               that
               darkness
               into
               a
               clear
               and
               lightsome
               air
               ;
               in
               which
               after
               we
               had
               walked
               a
               while
               ,
               I
               saw
               before
               us
               a
               mighty
               Wall
               ,
               of
               the
               length
               and
               highth
               whereof
               every
               way
               I
               could
               see
               no
               end
               ;
               I
               began
               then
               to
               marvel
               to
               what
               purpose
               we
               should
               go
               to
               that
               Wall
               ,
               in
               which
               I
               could
               discover
               neither
               door
               ,
               window
               ,
               nor
               any
               other
               passage
               ;
               but
               being
               come
               to
               it
               ,
               presently
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               by
               what
               means
               ,
               we
               found
               our selves
               on
               the
               top
               of
               it
               .
               And
               there
               appeared
               to
               me
               a
               most
               large
               pleasant
               Field
               ,
               so
               replenished
               with
               all
               sorts
               of
               odoriferous
               Flowres
               ,
               that
               the
               sweet
               fragrancy
               of
               them
               immediately
               took
               away
               all
               the
               former
               stench
               of
               the
               dark
               fiery
               fornace
               ;
               and
               so
               great
               was
               the
               light
               there
               on
               all
               sides
               ,
               that
               it
               far
               exceeded
               the
               brightness
               of
               mid-day
               .
               Moreover
               there
               were
               in
               that
               Field
               innumerable
               assemblies
               of
               men
               in
               pure
               white
               garments
               ,
               all
               rejoycing
               and
               singing
               .
               Now
               as
               he
               led
               me
               among
               these
               happy
               Choires
               ,
               I
               began
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               this
               might
               be
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               which
               I
               had
               oft
               heard
               preached
               of
               ;
               but
               he
               again
               answered
               to
               my
               thought
               ,
               
                 No
                 ;
                 this
                 is
                 not
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 as
                 thou
                 supposest
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               as
               we
               passed
               on
               in
               our
               progress
               ,
               I
               saw
               before
               mine
               eyes
               a
               far
               greater
               and
               more
               pleasant
               Light
               than
               we
               had
               seen
               before
               ,
               and
               in
               that
               Light
               I
               heard
               most
               sweet
               melody
               of
               persons
               joyfully
               singing
               ,
               and
               so
               wonderfull
               a
               fragrancy
               of
               a
               most
               sweet
               odour
               issued
               from
               thence
               ,
               that
               the
               former
               sweetness
               ,
               which
               before
               seemed
               excessive
               to
               me
               ,
               now
               I
               very
               meanly
               esteemed
               ;
               as
               likewise
               the
               former
               Light
               ,
               compared
               with
               this
               ,
               appeared
               almost
               obscure
               .
               Now
               ,
               when
               I
               was
               in
               a
               hopefull
               expectation
               that
               we
               should
               enter
               into
               this
               blessed
               place
               ,
               my
               Guide
               made
               a
               stop
               ;
               and
               presently
               turning
               his
               steps
               ,
               he
               led
               me
               back
               again
               the
               way
               that
               he
               had
               come
               .
            
             
               And
               when
               in
               our
               return
               we
               were
               come
               to
               the
               joyfull
               mansions
               of
               those
               Inhabitants
               clothed
               in
               white
               garments
               ,
               he
               said
               to
               me
               ,
               
                 Dost
                 thou
                 know
                 what
                 these
                 things
                 are
                 which
                 thou
                 hast
                 seen
                 ?
              
               I
               answered
               ,
               No.
               He
               replied
               ,
               
                 That
                 Valley
                 which
                 thou
                 sawest
                 so
                 terrible
                 by
                 the
                 scorching
                 flames
                 and
                 horrible
                 frosts
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 place
                 in
                 which
                 those
                 souls
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 tried
                 and
                 afflicted
                 ,
                 which
                 having
                 delayed
                 to
                 confess
                 and
                 amend
                 their
                 sins
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 very
                 point
                 of
                 death
                 retire
                 for
                 safety
                 to
                 repentance
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 depart
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 :
                 These
                 ,
                 because
                 even
                 in
                 the
                 last
                 moment
                 of
                 their
                 lives
                 they
                 confessed
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 contrite
                 for
                 their
                 sins
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 at
                 least
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 Iudgment
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Heaven
                 ;
                 and
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 before
                 that
                 day
                 are
                 eased
                 and
                 delivered
                 by
                 the
                 Prayers
                 ,
                 Fasting
                 ,
                 and
                 Alms
                 of
                 the
                 Living
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 by
                 the
                 celebrating
                 the
                 most
                 holy
                 Sacrifice
                 .
                 Moreover
                 ,
                 that
                 flame-vomiting
                 and
                 stinking
                 pit
                 which
                 thou
                 sawest
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 very
                 Mouth
                 of
                 Hell
                 ,
                 into
                 which
                 whosoever
                 once
                 falls
                 ,
                 he
                 shall
                 never
                 come
                 out
                 of
                 it
                 for
                 all
                 eternity
                 .
                 As
                 for
                 this
                 pleasant
                 flowry
                 ▪
                 field
                 here
                 before
                 thine
                 eyes
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 thou
                 seest
                 such
                 multitudes
                 of
                 youth
                 making
                 merry
                 ,
                 and
                 clothed
                 with
                 white
                 raiment
                 ,
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 place
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 receptacle
                 of
                 such
                 souls
                 as
                 have
                 continued
              
               
               
                 to
                 their
                 death
                 in
                 the
                 exercise
                 of
                 vertue
                 ,
                 but
                 yet
                 their
                 works
                 have
                 not
                 been
                 of
                 such
                 perfection
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 deserve
                 their
                 present
                 admission
                 into
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Heaven
                 ;
                 yet
                 all
                 these
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 Iudgment
                 shall
                 arrive
                 unto
                 the
                 Vision
                 of
                 our
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 joys
                 of
                 his
                 heavenly
                 Kingdom
                 :
                 But
                 as
                 for
                 those
                 who
                 in
                 their
                 words
                 ,
                 works
                 ,
                 and
                 thoughts
                 ,
                 have
                 attained
                 to
                 perfection
                 ,
                 such
                 ,
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 they
                 have
                 left
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 shall
                 enter
                 into
                 that
                 blessed
                 Kingdom
                 :
                 To
                 the
                 confines
                 of
                 which
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 that
                 place
                 pertains
                 where
                 thou
                 sawest
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 Light
                 ,
                 and
                 heardest
                 so
                 sweet
                 Harmony
                 ,
                 and
                 wast
                 refreshed
                 with
                 so
                 admirably
                 sweet-smelling
                 Odours
                 :
                 Thou
                 therefore
                 having
                 seen
                 all
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 must
                 presently
                 return
                 to
                 thy
                 Body
                 ,
                 and
                 again
                 ,
                 as
                 formerly
                 ,
                 live
                 among
                 men
                 .
                 If
                 then
                 hereafter
                 thou
                 wilt
                 be
                 diligent
                 to
                 examine
                 all
                 thine
                 actions
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 observe
                 uprightness
                 and
                 simplicity
                 in
                 thy
                 conversation
                 and
                 speeches
                 ,
                 thou
                 also
                 after
                 death
                 shalt
                 receive
                 a
                 mansion
                 among
                 these
                 joyfull
                 troups
                 of
                 happy
                 Spirits
                 .
                 For
                 I
                 ,
                 having
                 departed
                 for
                 a
                 time
                 from
                 thee
                 ,
                 did
                 it
                 to
                 this
                 end
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 might
                 see
                 what
                 would
                 in
                 the
                 end
                 become
                 of
                 thee
                 .
                 When
                 he
                 had
                 spoken
                 thus
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 a
                 horrible
                 aversion
                 from
                 returning
                 to
                 my
                 Body
                 ,
                 being
                 extremely
                 delighted
                 with
                 the
                 sweetness
                 and
                 beauty
                 of
                 that
                 place
                 which
                 I
                 saw
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 happy
                 society
                 of
                 the
                 persons
                 living
                 in
                 it
                 .
                 Notwithstanding
                 I
                 had
                 not
                 the
                 boldness
                 to
                 make
                 any
                 such
                 request
                 to
                 my
                 Guide
                 .
                 And
                 whilst
                 I
                 was
                 busie
                 in
                 these
                 thoughts
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 how
                 ,
                 I
                 presently
                 perceived
                 that
                 I
                 was
                 again
                 alive
                 among
                 men
                 .
              
               Cr.
               p.
               500.
               
            
             
               Saint
               Decumanus
               ,
               when
               his
               Head
               was
               cut
               from
               his
               Body
               ,
               the
               Trunk
               raising
               it self
               up
               ,
               took
               the
               Head
               ,
               which
               it
               carried
               from
               the
               place
               where
               it
               was
               slain
               to
               a
               Spring
               not
               far
               off
               ,
               which
               flowed
               with
               a
               most
               chrystalline
               Water
               ,
               in
               which
               with
               the
               Hands
               it
               washed
               the
               bloud
               away
               ;
               which
               Spring
               ,
               in
               reverend
               memory
               of
               the
               Saint
               ,
               is
               to
               this
               day
               called
               St.
               
               Decumanus's
               Spring
               ▪
               near
               to
               which
               place
               the
               Body
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               Head
               ,
               was
               buried
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               526.
               
            
             
               In
               those
               days
               there
               was
               in
               the
               Territory
               of
               Worcester
               a
               certain
               place
               wholly
               uncultivated
               ,
               and
               almost
               unpassable
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               Thorns
               and
               Briers
               growing
               thick
               there
               .
               This
               place
               formerly
               called
               Homme
               ,
               was
               in
               succeeding
               times
               named
               Eovesham
               ,
               for
               the
               reason
               which
               I
               shall
               now
               declare
               .
               St.
               Egwin
               had
               appointed
               four
               Sheepherds
               to
               feed
               their
               flocks
               about
               the
               said
               Wood
               for
               the
               sustenance
               of
               his
               Monks
               .
               Now
               on
               a
               certain
               day
               it
               happened
               that
               one
               of
               the
               said
               Sheepherds
               ,
               named
               Eoves
               ,
               entring
               deeply
               into
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               Wood
               ,
               there
               appeared
               before
               him
               a
               certain
               most
               glorious
               Virgin
               ,
               attended
               by
               two
               others
               ,
               her
               Splendour
               darkened
               that
               of
               the
               Sun
               it self
               ,
               and
               her
               Beauty
               incomparably
               exceeded
               all
               worldly
               features
               :
               she
               held
               in
               her
               Hand
               a
               Book
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               she
               ,
               with
               the
               other
               two
               Virgins
               ,
               sung
               Hymns
               of
               praise
               to
               God.
               The
               poor
               man
               ,
               dazled
               with
               this
               splendour
               ,
               upon
               which
               he
               durst
               not
               fix
               his
               eyes
               ,
               stood
               a
               while
               silent
               and
               trembling
               ,
               and
               presently
               after
               in
               great
               fear
               retired
               home
               ,
               and
               repairing
               to
               the
               Bishop
               acquainted
               him
               with
               this
               Vision
               .
               The
               Holy
               Bishop
               considering
               the
               matter
               advisedly
               with
               himself
               ,
               on
               a
               certain
               day
               after
               he
               had
               fasted
               and
               prayed
               ,
               taking
               three
               companions
               with
               him
               ,
               went
               toward
               the
               place
               described
               by
               the
               Sheepherd
               ,
               walking
               all
               the
               way
               bare-foot
               ,
               praying
               and
               singing
               Psalms
               ;
               and
               commanding
               his
               attendents
               to
               stop
               at
               a
               distance
               ,
               he
               himself
               passed
               farther
               into
               the
               Wood
               ,
               and
               being
               come
               to
               the
               place
               ,
               he
               fell
               prostrate
               on
               the
               ground
               ,
               where
               ,
               with
               many
               sighs
               and
               tears
               ,
               he
               remained
               a
               good
               space
               ,
               imploring
               a
               mercifull
               regard
               from
               our
               Lord.
               After
               which
               he
               rose
               up
               from
               Prayer
               ,
               and
               immediately
               there
               appeared
               to
               him
               the
               three
               Virgins
               ,
               with
               the
               same
               Majesty
               and
               Glory
               as
               before
               ;
               among
               
               whom
               she
               who
               stood
               in
               the
               midst
               seemed
               more
               tall
               and
               resplendant
               than
               the
               other
               ,
               in
               pure
               whiteness
               infinitely
               excelling
               Lillies
               ,
               and
               in
               freshness
               Roses
               ,
               and
               from
               her
               proceeded
               a
               celestial
               and
               inestimable
               Odour
               :
               she
               held
               in
               her
               hand
               a
               Book
               ,
               together
               with
               a
               golden
               Cross
               ,
               casting
               forth
               bright
               beams
               of
               light
               .
               Now
               whilst
               he
               thought
               within
               himself
               ,
               that
               surely
               this
               was
               the
               Mother
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               the
               said
               glorious
               Virgin
               as
               it
               were
               approving
               such
               his
               inward
               pious
               cogitation
               ,
               stretching
               forth
               the
               said
               Cross
               ,
               gave
               him
               a
               Benediction
               with
               it
               ,
               and
               presently
               with
               that
               farewell
               disappeared
               .
               The
               Holy
               man
               with
               great
               joy
               rendring
               thanks
               to
               God
               for
               this
               favour
               ,
               understood
               thereby
               that
               it
               was
               God's
               will
               that
               the
               same
               place
               should
               be
               consecrated
               to
               his
               Service
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honour
               of
               the
               Blessed
               Virgin
               ,
               Mother
               of
               our
               Lord.
               For
               during
               his
               former
               afflictions
               and
               persecutions
               he
               had
               made
               a
               Vow
               ,
               that
               if
               God
               would
               vouchsafe
               to
               give
               a
               prosperous
               end
               to
               his
               desires
               ,
               he
               would
               build
               a
               Church
               to
               his
               Service
               .
               Hereupon
               without
               delay
               he
               cleansed
               the
               place
               ,
               began
               the
               work
               ,
               and
               shortly
               brought
               it
               to
               perfection
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               528.
               
            
             
               St.
               Egwin
               ,
               Bishop
               of
               Worcester
               ,
               undertook
               a
               painfull
               Pilgrimage
               to
               Rome
               ,
               thereby
               to
               satisfie
               for
               the
               offences
               of
               his
               People
               ,
               and
               withall
               to
               doe
               a
               rigorous
               Penance
               for
               some
               faults
               committed
               in
               his
               youth
               :
               And
               to
               render
               his
               Pilgrimage
               more
               painfull
               ,
               he
               ,
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               a
               great
               multitude
               ,
               bound
               about
               his
               Legs
               certain
               Iron
               Chains
               ,
               and
               cast
               the
               Key
               ,
               which
               locked
               them
               together
               ,
               into
               the
               River
               of
               Avon
               ,
               publickly
               protesting
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               never
               esteem
               himself
               secure
               of
               the
               pardon
               of
               his
               sins
               ,
               till
               either
               the
               Key
               were
               restored
               to
               him
               ▪
               or
               the
               Chains
               unloosed
               by
               a
               power
               supernatural
               .
               Having
               with
               great
               pain
               performed
               his
               Voyage
               ,
               he
               at
               last
               arrived
               at
               Rome
               ,
               where
               ,
               whilst
               he
               was
               performing
               his
               Devotions
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               St.
               Peter
               ,
               his
               Servants
               going
               to
               the
               River's
               side
               to
               buy
               provision
               for
               their
               Master
               ,
               they
               found
               in
               a
               Fish's
               belly
               the
               Key
               which
               had
               formerly
               locked
               the
               Chains
               about
               his
               Legs
               ,
               which
               being
               brought
               to
               him
               ,
               he
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               a
               great
               multitude
               unlocked
               the
               said
               Chains
               .
               So
               that
               he
               who
               before
               was
               looked
               upon
               as
               a
               Sinner
               ,
               was
               afterwards
               honoured
               as
               a
               Saint
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               528.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               year
               711.
               when
               St.
               Swibert
               went
               into
               a
               certain
               Village
               to
               celebrate
               Mass
               ,
               a
               certain
               rich
               Man
               who
               had
               been
               a
               Pagan
               ,
               but
               converted
               ,
               and
               called
               Peter
               ,
               conducting
               a
               Cart
               laden
               with
               Materials
               for
               building
               a
               Monastery
               ;
               in
               the
               way
               ,
               by
               the
               malice
               of
               the
               Devil
               ,
               Peter
               fell
               from
               the
               Cart
               under
               the
               Wheels
               ,
               and
               was
               taken
               up
               dead
               ,
               having
               his
               Head
               and
               other
               Members
               grieviously
               wounded
               ;
               by
               occasion
               of
               which
               ,
               there
               assembled
               a
               great
               concourse
               of
               People
               ,
               when
               preparation
               was
               making
               for
               his
               Funerals
               ,
               St.
               Swibert
               came
               to
               the
               place
               ,
               and
               commanded
               the
               Body
               to
               be
               carried
               to
               his
               Cell
               ,
               which
               being
               done
               ,
               he
               with
               many
               sighs
               and
               tears
               poured
               forth
               his
               Prayers
               to
               restore
               to
               life
               the
               said
               Peter
               ,
               who
               was
               a
               Servant
               of
               his
               Monastery
               ,
               then
               rising
               up
               ,
               and
               kissing
               the
               Body
               ,
               immediately
               the
               dead
               Man
               revived
               ,
               and
               rose
               up
               perfectly
               whole
               ,
               insomuch
               as
               there
               was
               not
               left
               on
               his
               Body
               the
               least
               marks
               of
               any
               wounds
               ,
               nor
               no
               settling
               of
               any
               bloud
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               538.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               same
               hour
               St.
               Swibert
               died
               ,
               his
               Soul
               appeared
               to
               St.
               Willebrord
               ,
               requesting
               him
               that
               he
               would
               be
               present
               as
               his
               Funerals
               in
               Werda
               ;
               whereupon
               he
               presently
               took
               Boat
               ,
               and
               with
               several
               others
               made
               haste
               to
               Werda
               ;
               where
               all
               these
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               the
               day
               following
               ,
               according
               to
               Custome
               ,
               singing
               the
               Vigile
               of
               the
               Dead
               ,
               a
               young
               
               Man
               was
               brought
               among
               them
               ,
               who
               had
               been
               made
               blind
               by
               Lightening
               ,
               and
               with
               his
               clamours
               interrupting
               the
               Psalmody
               ,
               and
               calling
               to
               the
               Saint
               to
               have
               his
               sight
               restored
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               he
               had
               touched
               the
               Coffin
               he
               immediately
               recovered
               his
               sight
               .
               Another
               ,
               who
               was
               raging
               mad
               ,
               being
               brought
               in
               ,
               and
               kissing
               the
               cover
               of
               the
               same
               Coffin
               ,
               was
               presently
               restored
               to
               his
               Senses
               .
               A
               third
               also
               ,
               who
               was
               possessed
               of
               the
               Devil
               ,
               by
               the
               same
               means
               was
               freed
               from
               the
               wicked
               Spirit
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               556.
               
            
             
               St.
               Boniface
               one
               morning
               celebrating
               Mass
               in
               St.
               
               Michael's
               Church
               in
               Ordorf
               ;
               after
               which
               ,
               he
               commanded
               that
               Dinner
               should
               be
               made
               ready
               ;
               but
               being
               told
               that
               there
               was
               no
               Meat
               ,
               
                 Is
                 it
                 so
              
               ?
               answered
               he
               ,
               
                 How
                 many
                 thousands
                 did
                 God
                 feed
                 in
                 the
                 Wilderness
                 ,
                 forty
                 years
                 together
                 ?
                 Cannot
                 he
                 provide
                 for
                 his
                 Servant
                 ,
                 how
                 unworthy
                 soever
                 ,
                 nourishment
                 for
                 one
                 day
                 ?
              
               Having
               said
               this
               ,
               he
               commanded
               the
               Table
               should
               be
               covered
               ,
               and
               presently
               a
               great
               Bird
               flew
               thither
               ,
               bringing
               in
               her
               mouth
               a
               Fish
               ,
               sufficient
               to
               satisfie
               all
               their
               hunger
               ,
               this
               Fish
               he
               bid
               should
               be
               dressed
               ,
               which
               having
               eaten
               ,
               the
               remainder
               was
               cast
               into
               the
               River
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               569.
               
            
             
               A
               certain
               devout
               Lady
               ,
               named
               Irmgardis
               ,
               attended
               only
               by
               two
               Maids
               ,
               and
               her
               Son
               Gocellin
               ,
               a
               Child
               of
               little
               more
               than
               eight
               years
               of
               Age
               ,
               came
               to
               see
               the
               Solemnity
               of
               the
               Canonization
               of
               St.
               Swibert
               ,
               (
               the
               first
               Saint
               that
               was
               solemnly
               Canoniz'd
               ,
               )
               and
               to
               demand
               the
               Pope's
               Benediction
               .
               Now
               it
               happened
               that
               whilst
               the
               Boat
               in
               which
               they
               came
               ,
               was
               amongst
               others
               turn'd
               about
               for
               landing
               ,
               the
               young
               Child
               who
               then
               stood
               near
               his
               Mother
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               rushing
               of
               the
               Boats
               one
               against
               another
               ,
               not
               being
               able
               to
               keep
               his
               standing
               ,
               fell
               into
               the
               River
               ;
               which
               his
               Mother
               seeing
               ,
               would
               have
               thrown
               her self
               after
               him
               ,
               if
               she
               had
               not
               been
               held
               back
               by
               such
               as
               were
               present
               .
               This
               happened
               about
               five
               of
               the
               Clock
               at
               even
               .
               Presently
               one
               of
               the
               Maids
               ran
               in
               hast
               to
               acquaint
               the
               Archbishop
               with
               this
               calamity
               ;
               who
               came
               and
               found
               the
               Lady
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               shrieking
               out
               ,
               and
               almost
               mad
               with
               grief
               ;
               he
               with
               much
               adoe
               conducted
               her
               to
               his
               Lodging
               ,
               and
               endeavoured
               to
               assuage
               her
               grief
               ,
               but
               all
               in
               vain
               ;
               for
               the
               whole
               night
               she
               spent
               in
               weeping
               ,
               groaning
               ,
               and
               praying
               to
               St.
               Swibert
               ,
               by
               his
               accustomed
               piety
               to
               succour
               his
               afflicted
               servant
               ;
               vowing
               withall
               ,
               that
               if
               she
               might
               have
               her
               Child
               restored
               ,
               she
               would
               consecrate
               him
               for
               ever
               to
               God's
               service
               in
               his
               Church
               .
               The
               day
               following
               about
               eight
               of
               the
               clock
               in
               the
               morning
               the
               dead
               body
               was
               found
               and
               taken
               up
               out
               of
               the
               River
               :
               Which
               being
               presented
               to
               his
               Mother
               ,
               she
               became
               pale
               and
               fell
               into
               a
               swoon
               ;
               but
               being
               recovered
               ,
               she
               took
               the
               body
               in
               her
               Armes
               ,
               and
               attended
               with
               a
               great
               troup
               of
               men
               and
               women
               weeping
               with
               her
               ,
               she
               carried
               it
               into
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               laid
               it
               before
               the
               Sepulchre
               of
               St.
               Swibert
               .
               After
               which
               the
               whole
               company
               betook
               themselves
               to
               their
               Prayers
               ;
               and
               within
               a
               very
               short
               time
               the
               Child's
               Spirit
               returned
               into
               him
               ,
               so
               that
               he
               opened
               his
               eyes
               ,
               and
               standing
               upon
               his
               feet
               he
               looked
               about
               with
               wonder
               on
               so
               great
               a
               multitude
               ,
               and
               spoke
               some
               tender
               and
               kind
               words
               to
               his
               Mother
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               687.
               
            
             
               The
               Pagans
               having
               cut
               off
               St.
               
               Edmond's
               Head
               ,
               they
               cast
               it
               into
               a
               secret
               place
               in
               a
               Thicket
               of
               the
               Wood
               adjoining
               ,
               there
               it
               remained
               a
               whole
               year's
               space
               ;
               after
               which
               the
               said
               Pagans
               retiring
               out
               of
               the
               Countrey
               ,
               the
               first
               care
               of
               the
               Christians
               was
               to
               honour
               their
               holy
               King
               and
               Martyr
               .
               Assembling
               themselves
               therefore
               together
               out
               of
               their
               lurking
               places
               ,
               they
               reverently
               took
               his
               Body
               out
               of
               the
               unclean
               
               place
               where
               it
               had
               been
               cast
               ,
               and
               then
               with
               all
               diligence
               sought
               for
               the
               Head
               ;
               and
               whilst
               every
               one
               of
               them
               with
               equal
               affection
               searched
               each
               corner
               of
               the
               Wood
               ,
               there
               happened
               a
               wonder
               not
               heard
               of
               in
               any
               age
               before
               :
               For
               whilst
               they
               dispersed
               themselves
               in
               all
               parts
               ,
               and
               each
               one
               demanded
               of
               his
               companions
               ,
               where
               it
               was
               that
               the
               Danes
               had
               cast
               the
               Head
               ,
               the
               same
               Head
               answered
               them
               aloud
               in
               their
               own
               Tongue
               ,
               
                 Here
                 ,
                 here
                 ,
                 here
              
               ;
               neither
               did
               it
               cease
               to
               cry
               out
               in
               the
               same
               words
               ,
               till
               it
               had
               brought
               them
               to
               the
               place
               .
               And
               to
               add
               to
               the
               wonder
               ,
               there
               they
               found
               a
               mighty
               and
               fierce
               Wolf
               ,
               which
               with
               its
               fore-feet
               held
               the
               Head
               ,
               as
               if
               appointed
               to
               watch
               and
               defend
               it
               from
               other
               Beasts
               .
               When
               they
               were
               come
               ,
               the
               Wolf
               quietly
               resigned
               it
               to
               them
               .
               So
               with
               joyfull
               hymns
               to
               God
               they
               carried
               and
               join'd
               it
               to
               the
               Body
               ,
               the
               Wolf
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               following
               them
               to
               the
               place
               where
               they
               buried
               it
               ,
               after
               which
               ,
               the
               Beast
               returned
               into
               the
               Wood
               ;
               in
               all
               which
               time
               ,
               neither
               did
               the
               Wolf
               hurt
               any
               one
               ,
               neither
               did
               any
               one
               shew
               the
               least
               intention
               to
               hurt
               the
               Wolf.
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               736.
               
            
             
               A
               certain
               Scotchman
               ,
               buried
               in
               the
               Church
               at
               Rhemes
               ,
               lay
               many
               years
               there
               unknown
               ,
               till
               the
               ground
               being
               afterwards
               digged
               for
               the
               burial
               of
               another
               ,
               his
               Coffin
               was
               found
               ,
               but
               could
               by
               no
               force
               of
               Men
               be
               opened
               ,
               till
               the
               Pastour
               of
               the
               place
               ,
               whose
               Name
               was
               Hildegarius
               ,
               coming
               ,
               opened
               it
               a
               little
               ,
               and
               was
               infinitely
               ravished
               ,
               with
               the
               odoriferous
               smell
               issuing
               out
               of
               it
               ;
               within
               the
               Coffin
               he
               saw
               a
               Body
               entire
               ,
               cloathed
               with
               Priestly
               Vestments
               ;
               therefore
               not
               daring
               farther
               to
               violate
               the
               Sepulchre
               ,
               but
               laying
               boards
               over
               it
               ,
               upon
               these
               boards
               he
               placed
               the
               other
               dead
               Body
               :
               The
               night
               following
               his
               Uncle
               ,
               who
               had
               been
               dead
               many
               years
               ,
               and
               was
               a
               Priest
               ,
               appeared
               to
               him
               ,
               telling
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               much
               offended
               God
               in
               violating
               the
               Sepulchre
               of
               a
               Holy
               Man.
               The
               like
               did
               the
               Holy
               Man
               himself
               make
               known
               to
               another
               ,
               commanding
               him
               to
               signifie
               to
               the
               Priest
               ,
               that
               unless
               he
               removed
               from
               out
               his
               Grave
               the
               stinking
               Carcase
               ,
               he
               should
               quickly
               receive
               from
               God
               a
               severe
               punishment
               .
               Whereupon
               without
               delay
               he
               caused
               a
               new
               Grave
               to
               be
               made
               for
               the
               newly
               dead
               Person
               's
               Body
               .
               Afterward
               the
               same
               Holy
               Man
               in
               a
               Vision
               required
               a
               Husbandman
               ,
               and
               again
               a
               Priest
               ,
               to
               advise
               him
               in
               his
               Name
               to
               remove
               his
               Body
               from
               without
               into
               the
               Church
               ,
               withall
               signifying
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               of
               the
               Scottish
               Nation
               ,
               that
               his
               Name
               was
               Merilolan
               ,
               and
               had
               been
               murthered
               in
               his
               way
               towards
               Rome
               on
               the
               River
               Aisne
               (
               Axona
               .
               )
               And
               lest
               he
               should
               forget
               the
               Name
               ,
               he
               commanded
               him
               to
               write
               it
               with
               Chalk
               ,
               which
               he
               seemed
               to
               give
               him
               upon
               the
               Cover
               of
               a
               Chest
               standing
               by
               ;
               which
               he
               accordingly
               did
               ,
               and
               writing
               it
               false
               ,
               was
               corrected
               by
               the
               Holy
               Man.
               The
               next
               morning
               he
               found
               the
               Name
               written
               in
               so
               perfect
               a
               manner
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               not
               write
               so
               well
               ,
               though
               waking
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               light
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               813.
               
            
             
               A
               Debate
               happening
               between
               the
               Secular
               Canons
               and
               the
               Monks
               ,
               about
               their
               Revenue
               and
               Possession
               ;
               the
               Canons
               pretensions
               were
               supported
               by
               the
               Queen
               ,
               &c.
               on
               the
               Monks
               side
               stood
               King
               Edward
               ,
               Saint
               Dunstan
               ,
               &c.
               
               When
               the
               Debate
               was
               in
               the
               Assembly
               ,
               St.
               Dunstan
               was
               silent
               ,
               and
               holding
               down
               his
               head
               ,
               he
               debated
               in
               his
               mind
               what
               might
               be
               the
               best
               course
               to
               proceed
               in
               this
               Affair
               .
               A
               great
               silence
               was
               observ'd
               by
               the
               whole
               Assembly
               ,
               every
               one
               expecting
               the
               Archbishop's
               answer
               and
               resolution
               ;
               when
               on
               a
               sudden
               an
               Image
               of
               our
               Lord
               upon
               
               the
               Cross
               ,
               which
               was
               fastened
               aloft
               in
               the
               Room
               ,
               in
               the
               hearing
               of
               all
               that
               were
               present
               ,
               spake
               these
               words
               distinctly
               ;
               
                 It
                 must
                 not
                 be
                 ,
                 it
                 must
                 not
                 be
                 ;
                 you
                 have
                 ordered
                 things
                 well
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 doe
                 ill
                 to
                 change
                 them
                 .
              
               This
               struck
               a
               terrour
               into
               the
               whole
               Assembly
               ,
               and
               thereupon
               St.
               Dunstan
               said
               ,
               
                 My
                 Brethren
                 ,
                 what
                 would
                 you
                 have
                 more
                 ?
                 you
                 have
                 heard
                 the
                 present
                 Affair
                 decided
                 by
                 a
                 Divine
                 Sentence
              
               ;
               they
               answered
               ,
               We
               have
               heard
               it
               .
               And
               upon
               this
               the
               Monks
               of
               Winchester
               remained
               secure
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               883.
               
            
             
               St
               Editha
               ,
               Daughter
               to
               King
               Edgar
               ,
               a
               little
               before
               her
               death
               built
               a
               Church
               to
               the
               honour
               of
               St.
               Dionysius
               ;
               at
               the
               Consecration
               whereof
               by
               St.
               Dunstan
               he
               observed
               how
               the
               Virgin
               frequently
               with
               her
               Thumb
               made
               the
               sign
               of
               the
               Cross
               upon
               her
               Forehead
               ;
               at
               which
               being
               much
               delighted
               ,
               he
               said
               ,
               
                 May
                 that
                 Thumb
                 never
                 be
                 corrupted
                 .
              
               Thirteen
               months
               after
               her
               death
               ,
               St.
               Dunstan
               in
               a
               vision
               of
               sleep
               saw
               St.
               Dionysius
               holding
               the
               Virgin
               by
               the
               hand
               ,
               who
               commanded
               that
               her
               memory
               should
               be
               celebrated
               on
               earth
               ;
               the
               Virgin
               her self
               likewise
               admonished
               him
               to
               take
               up
               her
               Body
               ;
               withall
               telling
               him
               that
               he
               should
               find
               her
               upper
               parts
               ,
               her
               Eyes
               ,
               and
               Hands
               ,
               all
               corrupted
               ,
               because
               in
               her
               childish
               age
               she
               had
               employed
               them
               lightly
               and
               vainly
               ;
               but
               her
               Thumb
               ,
               which
               she
               had
               frequently
               used
               in
               signing
               her self
               with
               the
               Cross
               ,
               and
               all
               her
               lower
               parts
               remained
               uncorrupted
               ,
               in
               as
               much
               as
               she
               had
               been
               always
               free
               from
               impurity
               and
               gluttony
               ;
               hereupon
               St.
               Dunstan
               went
               to
               Wilton
               ,
               and
               taking
               up
               her
               sacred
               Relicks
               ,
               found
               all
               she
               had
               said
               to
               be
               true
               .
               But
               Canutus
               ,
               the
               Danish
               King
               ,
               who
               made
               small
               account
               of
               English
               Saints
               ,
               was
               wont
               to
               say
               in
               jest
               ,
               he
               could
               never
               believe
               that
               a
               King
               so
               licentious
               and
               cruel
               as
               K.
               Edgar
               ,
               could
               have
               a
               Saint
               to
               his
               Daughter
               .
               And
               when
               Archbishop
               Ednot
               defended
               the
               sanctity
               of
               S.
               Editha
               ,
               the
               King
               being
               then
               at
               Wilton
               ,
               in
               a
               passion
               commanded
               her
               Sepulchre
               to
               be
               opened
               ;
               which
               being
               done
               ,
               the
               holy
               Virgin
               was
               seen
               to
               sit
               up
               ,
               with
               a
               Veil
               before
               her
               face
               ,
               in
               a
               posture
               as
               if
               she
               intended
               to
               assault
               the
               King
               ;
               at
               which
               he
               terribly
               affrighted
               started
               back
               ,
               and
               fell
               half
               dead
               to
               the
               ground
               ;
               but
               coming
               to
               himself
               ,
               he
               ever
               held
               the
               holy
               Virgin
               in
               great
               veneration
               ;
               and
               once
               being
               endangered
               by
               a
               Tempest
               at
               Sea
               ,
               he
               implored
               her
               assistence
               ;
               upon
               which
               the
               Tempest
               immediately
               ceased
               ,
               and
               he
               came
               safe
               to
               Land.
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               895.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               year
               of
               Grace
               one
               thousand
               and
               twelve
               ,
               the
               people
               of
               a
               Town
               of
               Saxony
               named
               Colewiz
               (
               or
               Colbec
               )
               being
               assembled
               in
               the
               Church
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Holy
               Martyr
               Magnus
               .
               On
               the
               Vigil
               of
               our
               Lord's
               Nativity
               ,
               the
               Priest
               ,
               named
               Robert
               ,
               according
               to
               custome
               ,
               began
               the
               first
               Solemn
               Mass.
               At
               the
               same
               time
               there
               were
               fifteen
               Men
               and
               three
               Women
               in
               the
               Church-yard
               dancing
               and
               singing
               profane
               Songs
               ,
               and
               they
               made
               such
               a
               noise
               that
               they
               hindred
               the
               Priest
               ,
               for
               their
               voices
               were
               louder
               than
               the
               Choire
               which
               sung
               at
               Mass
               :
               The
               Priest
               therefore
               sent
               to
               them
               once
               and
               again
               to
               be
               quiet
               ,
               but
               they
               contemned
               his
               command
               ;
               whereupon
               in
               great
               indignation
               he
               said
               ,
               
                 May
                 it
                 please
                 God
                 and
                 St.
              
               Magnus
               ,
               
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 continue
                 singing
                 thus
                 till
                 a
                 year
                 be
                 passed
                 .
              
               Now
               what
               followed
               ?
               This
               imprecation
               of
               the
               Priest
               had
               such
               force
               ,
               that
               Azo
               ,
               a
               Son
               of
               the
               same
               Priest
               ,
               taking
               his
               Sister
               ,
               called
               Ava
               ,
               by
               the
               Arme
               to
               draw
               her
               from
               the
               rest
               ,
               and
               she
               not
               being
               able
               to
               leave
               them
               ,
               he
               pulled
               her
               Arme
               from
               her
               Body
               ,
               and
               yet
               not
               a
               drop
               of
               Bloud
               was
               seen
               :
               She
               therefore
               with
               the
               rest
               remained
               singing
               a
               whole
               year
               .
               No
               rain
               fell
               upon
               
               them
               ;
               neither
               cold
               nor
               heat
               ,
               hunger
               nor
               thirst
               ,
               nor
               weariness
               troubled
               them
               .
               Their
               cloths
               and
               shoes
               were
               not
               worn
               out
               ,
               but
               they
               continued
               incessantly
               ,
               like
               mad
               people
               ,
               their
               singing
               .
               They
               by
               dancing
               so
               wore
               away
               the
               ground
               ,
               that
               they
               sunk
               into
               the
               earth
               ,
               first
               to
               the
               knees
               ,
               and
               afterward
               to
               the
               middle
               ,
               the
               trench
               became
               so
               deep
               .
               There
               was
               by
               their
               friends
               a
               kind
               of
               pent-house
               raised
               over
               them
               ,
               to
               defend
               them
               from
               the
               foul
               weather
               ;
               but
               there
               was
               no
               need
               of
               it
               .
               At
               last
               ,
               when
               the
               year
               was
               ended
               ,
               Herebert
               ,
               Archbishop
               of
               Colon
               ,
               came
               to
               the
               place
               ,
               and
               absolved
               them
               from
               their
               bonds
               ,
               and
               bringing
               them
               before
               the
               Altar
               of
               St.
               Magnus
               ,
               he
               there
               reconciled
               them
               .
               The
               Priest's
               Daughter
               ,
               with
               two
               others
               ,
               presently
               gave
               up
               the
               Ghost
               ;
               the
               rest
               slept
               three
               days
               and
               three
               nights
               without
               waking
               .
               Some
               of
               them
               dyed
               shortly
               after
               ;
               but
               some
               remained
               many
               years
               alive
               ,
               and
               by
               a
               trembling
               of
               all
               their
               members
               published
               to
               the
               world
               their
               sin
               and
               punishment
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               919.
               
            
             
               Iudith
               ,
               Wife
               of
               Count
               Tosti
               ,
               desiring
               of
               Agelwin
               ,
               Bishop
               of
               Durham
               ,
               to
               bestow
               on
               her
               some
               portion
               of
               the
               Relicks
               of
               that
               glorious
               Martyr
               ,
               St.
               Oswin
               ,
               King
               of
               the
               Deiri
               ,
               received
               from
               him
               a
               large
               lock
               of
               his
               Hair
               ,
               altogether
               incorrupted
               .
               And
               being
               desirous
               to
               confirm
               in
               Faith
               certain
               incredulous
               persons
               ,
               she
               caused
               a
               great
               Fire
               to
               be
               kindled
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               her
               Hall
               ,
               into
               which
               she
               cast
               the
               same
               Hair
               ,
               which
               received
               no
               prejudice
               at
               all
               ,
               but
               on
               the
               contrary
               a
               great
               lustre
               .
               Whereupon
               the
               Countess
               ,
               by
               the
               Bishop's
               order
               ,
               laid
               up
               the
               said
               Relick
               in
               a
               pretious
               Repository
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               988.
               
            
             
               A
               certain
               Church
               being
               to
               be
               consecrated
               to
               the
               honour
               of
               Saint
               Iohn
               the
               Evangelist
               ,
               devout
               King
               Edward
               the
               Confessour
               attended
               the
               Procession
               thither
               ;
               when
               upon
               a
               sudden
               a
               Person
               in
               a
               stranger's
               habit
               pressing
               near
               the
               King
               ,
               earnestly
               begged
               an
               Alms
               of
               him
               for
               St.
               
               Iohn's
               sake
               ,
               the
               King
               having
               charitably
               given
               away
               all
               the
               Money
               he
               brought
               thither
               ,
               took
               a
               rich
               Ring
               from
               off
               his
               finger
               and
               gave
               it
               to
               the
               stranger
               ,
               who
               returning
               him
               many
               thanks
               ,
               presently
               disappeared
               .
               It
               happened
               afterward
               ,
               that
               two
               Englishmen
               went
               to
               adore
               the
               Sepulchre
               of
               our
               Saviour
               at
               Ierusalem
               ,
               who
               at
               their
               return
               lost
               their
               way
               ,
               and
               the
               night
               coming
               on
               them
               ,
               they
               were
               in
               great
               pain
               what
               would
               become
               of
               them
               .
               Being
               in
               this
               perplexity
               ,
               they
               saw
               passing
               by
               them
               a
               company
               of
               beautifull
               young
               men
               in
               white
               shining
               Garments
               ,
               before
               whom
               went
               two
               carrying
               Torches
               in
               their
               hands
               ,
               which
               took
               away
               all
               the
               obscurity
               of
               the
               night
               .
               After
               them
               followed
               a
               comely
               old
               man
               ,
               attended
               by
               two
               on
               each
               hand
               ,
               who
               looking
               aside
               ,
               and
               spying
               the
               two
               Pilgrims
               ,
               he
               stay'd
               ,
               asking
               them
               ,
               who
               and
               whence
               they
               were
               ,
               what
               Religion
               they
               professed
               ,
               who
               was
               their
               King
               ,
               and
               what
               was
               the
               cause
               of
               their
               journey
               thither
               ?
               They
               told
               him
               they
               were
               Englishmen
               ,
               and
               Christians
               ,
               that
               their
               King's
               name
               was
               Edward
               ,
               that
               they
               came
               to
               visit
               the
               holy
               places
               of
               our
               Lord's
               Passion
               and
               Resurrection
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               same
               day
               having
               wandred
               out
               of
               their
               way
               ,
               they
               knew
               not
               where
               to
               find
               lodging
               or
               entertainment
               .
               Then
               the
               venerable
               old
               man
               with
               a
               chearfull
               countenance
               bid
               them
               follow
               him
               ,
               conducting
               them
               into
               a
               most
               beautifull
               City
               ,
               where
               they
               were
               most
               delicately
               nourished
               and
               lodged
               .
               In
               the
               morning
               the
               same
               old
               man
               brought
               them
               on
               their
               way
               ,
               and
               being
               out
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               he
               said
               to
               them
               ,
               
                 My
                 Brethren
                 ,
                 doubt
                 not
                 but
                 God
                 will
                 give
                 you
                 a
                 prosperous
                 journey
                 homeward
                 ;
                 I
                 am
              
               John
               
                 the
                 Apostle
                 and
                 the
                 Evangelist
                 ;
                 your
                 King
                 I
                 affectionately
                 love
                 for
                 his
                 chastity
                 ,
                 salute
                 him
                 in
                 my
                 name
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 take
              
               
               
                 from
                 him
                 all
                 doubt
                 ,
                 restore
                 him
                 this
                 Ring
                 which
                 at
                 the
                 Dedication
                 a
                 Church
                 to
                 my
                 Name
                 he
                 gave
                 ,
                 being
                 then
                 disguised
                 in
                 the
                 habit
                 of
                 a
                 Pilgrim
                 ;
                 tell
                 him
                 withall
                 that
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 his
                 death
                 approaches
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 six
                 months
                 hence
                 I
                 will
                 visit
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 conduct
                 him
                 after
                 the
                 Lamb
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 always
                 attended
                 by
                 pure
                 chast
                 Souls
                 .
              
               As
               soon
               as
               he
               had
               said
               these
               words
               ,
               they
               presently
               found
               themselves
               in
               their
               right
               way
               ;
               and
               with
               great
               joy
               returned
               home
               .
               Whither
               being
               come
               ,
               they
               presented
               the
               Ring
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               acquainted
               him
               with
               the
               Oracle
               ,
               and
               taking
               him
               aside
               discovered
               to
               him
               what
               was
               told
               them
               of
               his
               death
               .
               As
               soon
               as
               they
               had
               mentioned
               the
               Name
               of
               St.
               Iohn
               ,
               the
               King
               burst
               forth
               into
               tears
               ,
               and
               after
               he
               had
               diligently
               enquired
               of
               them
               touching
               the
               things
               they
               had
               seen
               and
               heard
               in
               their
               Journey
               ,
               he
               dismissed
               them
               with
               thanks
               .
               
                 Cr.
                 p.
              
               988.
               
            
             
               An
               Irish
               Priest
               preaching
               lately
               at
               Dublin
               on
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 Take
                 no
                 thought
                 for
                 to
                 morrow
                 ,
                 what
                 ye
                 shall
                 eat
                 ,
                 nor
                 what
                 ye
                 shall
                 drink
                 ,
              
               &c.
               brings
               in
               the
               example
               of
               the
               Prophet
               
                 Daniel
                 ,
                 Daniel
              
               ,
               saith
               he
               ,
               was
               cast
               into
               the
               Lyons
               Den
               in
               Babylon
               ,
               just
               then
               Habakkuk
               had
               prepared
               a
               Dinner
               for
               his
               Reapers
               ,
               comes
               an
               Angel
               to
               Habakkuk
               ,
               and
               tells
               him
               ,
               
                 Habakkuk
                 ,
                 This
                 Dinner
                 thou
                 hast
                 prepared
                 for
                 thy
                 Reapers
                 ,
                 thou
                 must
                 carry
                 to
              
               Daniel
               
                 which
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 Lyons
                 Den
                 in
              
               Babylon
               .
               Lord
               ,
               said
               
                 Habakkuk
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 not
              
               Daniel
               ,
               
                 neither
                 do
                 I
                 know
                 where
              
               Babylon
               is
               ;
               whereupon
               the
               Angel
               took
               up
               Habakkuk
               by
               one
               
                 single
                 Hair
                 of
                 the
                 Head
              
               and
               carried
               him
               to
               Babylon
               to
               Daniel
               in
               the
               Lyons
               Den.
               Babylon
               being
               three
               hundred
               Miles
               from
               the
               place
               .
            
             
               A
               Priest
               preaching
               in
               a
               Nunnery
               in
               Dublin
               ,
               just
               after
               the
               Birth
               of
               the
               P.
               of
               W.
               chose
               this
               Text
               ,
               
                 Knock
                 and
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 opened
                 unto
                 you
                 :
              
               He
               told
               the
               Nuns
               what
               mighty
               Miracles
               were
               done
               by
               knocking
               ;
               Nay
               ,
               saith
               the
               Priest
               ,
               
                 by
                 knocking
                 we
                 have
                 got
                 a
                 P.
                 of
              
               W.
               The
               Nuns
               fell
               a
               laughing
               ,
               the
               Priest
               observing
               it
               ;
               Hold
               ,
               saith
               he
               ,
               
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 mean
                 such
                 knocking
                 as
                 you
                 mean.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Thus
                 have
                 you
                 some
                 Miracles
                 of
              
               Ignatius
               ,
               S.
               Anthony
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 and
                 a
                 few
                 of
                 Mr.
              
               Cressy's
               
                 many
                 Stories
                 of
                 the
                 Miracles
                 of
                 our
              
               English
               
                 Saints
                 ;
                 if
                 these
                 gain
                 your
                 Acceptance
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 oblige
                 me
                 farther
                 to
                 prosecute
                 this
                 Collection
                 from
                 more
                 of
                 their
                 Legends
                 ,
                 and
                 present
                 you
                 with
                 another
                 small
                 Book
                 of
                 the
                 like
                 nature
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .