The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi in This book Are Contained Certai
The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi in This book Are Contained Certai
Abby Langdon Alger
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JIow Saint Francis fet foi'th to Brother Leo a fair VifiOfi which he faw. UPON a time Saint Francis was fore infirm, and Brother Leo ferved him ; the faid Brother Leo, being at prayer be- fide Saint Francis, was rapt in Ecftafy, and borne in fpirit to an exceeding great ftream, broad and brawling. And Handing there to note who fhould pafs over, he faw cer- tain heavily-laden Friars enter the Flood, the which were ftraightway beaten down by the rulhing waters and were drowned ; certain others ca...me a third of the way over ; others reached the middle of the Plood ; certain others came almofb over to the other fliore ; who all, from the violence of the Flood, and from the burdens which they bare upon their backs, fell at laft and periflied miferably. Seeing this. Brother Leo was much moved to pity : and fud- denly ftanding thus, behold there came a great multitude of Monks, without burden or weight or any other thing, whofe counte- nances fhone with the light of Holy Pov- erty; 154 ^8^ JLittlt iFlotoers oC erty ; and they entered upon the waters, and paffed over without any danger ; and feeing this, Brother Leo returned to him- felf.
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