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afraid of fomc queilioii about; the Virgin Mary, I got up, and;, 

 nailing to the other lide of the room, I Hood by Ten fa Chrif- 

 tos, faying to him, And now,,holy fatlicr, I have one, laft fa- 

 vour, to alk you, winch. is your forgivenefs, if I have at any 

 time offended you ; your bkffmg, nov/ that I anv immedi- 

 ately to depart, if I have not ; and your prayers while on my. 

 long and dangerous journey, through countries of Infidels 

 and Pagans, 



Ahum of applaufe founded alb throughout the room,. 

 The Iteghe faid fomething, but what, I did not hear. Ten- 

 fa Chrillos was furprifed apparently at my humility, which, 

 he had not expefted, and cried out, with tears in his eyes,, 

 Is it poffible, Yagoubc, that you believe my prayers can do 

 you any good ? I Ihould not be a Chriftian, as I profefs to be, 

 Father, replied I, if 1 had any doubt of the effeA of good 

 men's prayers. So faying, I Hooped to kifs his hand, when 

 he laid a fmall iron crofs upon my head, and, to my great 

 furprife, inftead of a benediaion, repeated the Lord's pray- 

 er. I was afraid he would have kept me Hooping till he 

 ihould add the ten commandments likewife, when he con- 

 cluded, " Gzier y' Baracuc," May God blefs you. After 

 which,' I made my obeifance to the Iteghd, and immediately 

 withdrew, it not being the cuftom, at public audience, to fa- 

 lute any one in the prefence of the fovereign. 



Twenty greafy monks, however, had placed themfelves 

 in my way as I went out, that they might have the credit of, 

 giving me the bleffing likewife after Tenfa Chriflos. As I 

 had very little faith in the prayers of thefe drones, fo I had 

 fome reludance to kifs their greafy hands andfleeves; how- 

 ever, in running this difagi^eeable g^auntlet, I gave them my^ 



bleliing^ 



