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feet to the lame, a tongue to the dumb, and 

 what is yet more do reftore the dead to hfe 

 within the fpace of four days, yet write that 

 he knows not perfc6l bhfs." And journey- 

 ing yet a little farther, he cried with a 

 loud voice, *' O Brother Leo, if the Gray 

 Friar know all tongues, all knowledge, 

 and all the Scriptures in fuch fafhion that 

 he may prophefy and reveal not alone 

 the things of the future, but even alfo the 

 fecrets of all confciences and of all fouls, 

 ftill I bid thee write, herein lies not perfect 

 blifs." Going yet a little farther. Saint 

 Francis called aloud yet once again : *' O 

 Brother Leo, Lamb of God, even though the 

 Gray Friar fpeak with the tongues of men 

 and of angels, and know the courfe of the 

 ftars and the virtues of all herbs, and were 

 all the treafures of the earth laid bare to 

 him, and did he know the virtues of birds 

 and fifties, and of all animals and of men 

 and of trees and of ftones and of roots 

 and of waters, ftill write that herein lies 

 not perfe6l blifs." And journeying yet a 

 little fpace Saint Francis cried aloud : " O 

 Brother Leo, even could the Gray Friar 

 preach fo well as that he fhould turn all 

 infidels to the faith of Chrift, yet write, 



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