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which He willeth to accompHfh has He 

 found a viler creature upon earth. And 

 therefore hath He chofen me, to confound 

 the Nobihty and the Grandeur and the 

 Strength and the Beauty and the Wifdom 

 of the world, to the end that it may be 

 made known that all Virtue and all Good- 

 nefs are from Him and not from His crea- 

 tures, and that none may glory in his own 

 fight ; but that all who glory may glory 

 in the Lord, unto whom be all glory and 

 honor for ever and ever. Amen." Then 

 Brother Maximus at fo humble an anfwer, 

 uttered with fuch fervor, was affrighted, 

 and knew of a furety that the humility 

 of Saint Francis was unfeigned. 



CHAPTER XI. 



How Saint F)'ancis caufcd Brother Maximus to 

 turn Himfelf about, and then departed unto 

 Sienna. 



SAINT FRANCIS one day journeying 

 with Brother Maximus, thatfame Brother 

 Maximus walking a few paces before, and 

 coming unto a fpot where three roads met, 



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