Saint jFrancis of Assist, ^^ 



"hrift. And for every offence that I have 

 committed I confefs myfelf guilty, and ac- 

 cufe myfelf before my Saviour Jefus and 

 before you. I befeech you, my deareft 

 l^rethren, love one another." And after 

 thcfe words, and other wholefome teach- 

 ings, he laid himfelf down upon his bed, 

 his face flione with joy and fplendor fo 

 exceeding that all the Brothers marvelled 

 greatly, and in that rapture his moft faintly 

 foul, crowned with glory, paffed from this 

 prefent life into the bleifed life of the 

 angels. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Ho7U Saint Fra7icis fajtcd foj-iy Days and fo?'ty 

 Nights in an IJIand of the Lake of Perugia, 

 eating no vioi-e but half a Loaf. 



THAT true fervant of Chriil, Saint 

 Francis, being in certain things 

 almoft another Chrift, fent into the world 

 to fave the nations, Our Lord and Fa- 

 ther God defired to make him in many 

 a6ts conformable and like unto His Son 

 Jefus Chrift ; even as we have feen in 

 the venerable College of the twelve Com- 

 panions, 



