.Saint jfvantiu of ^ssisC* 27 



In that fame clay and in the fclfsamc 

 hour when that Angel departed thence, He 

 appeared in the felfsame form unto Brother 

 Bernard, who was travelling back from St. 

 James, and ftood on the fhores of a vaft 

 rtream, and greeted him in his own tongue, 

 faying, " God grant you His peace, O good 

 Brother." And good Brother Bernard, 

 marvelling much, and confidering the fair 

 face of the Youth and the fpeech of his own 

 land with that peaceful greeting and joy- 

 ous countenance, he afked him : " Whence 

 come you, good Youth ? " The Angel an- 

 fwering faid, '*! come from that fame place 

 where dwells Saint Francis, and I travelled 

 thither to have fpeech of him ; but I could 

 not, he being in the thick woods loft in 

 contemplation of things divine, and I was 

 loath to vex him. And in that fame place 

 dwell alfo Brother Maximus and Brother 

 Guy and Brother Elias ; and Brother Max- 

 imus bade me knock at the gate like unto 

 a Friar ; but Brother Elias, although at 

 firft he would not anfwer me concerning 

 the queftion which I put to him, yet after 

 did repent him fore and would fain have 

 heard me and feen me and he could not." 

 After thefe words the Angel fpake to 



Brother 



