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Here is neither napkin nor knife, neither 

 board nor trencher, neither houfe nor ta- 

 ble, neither man-fervant nor maid-fervant." 

 Saint Francis faid : "And this is that fame 

 which I repute a great treafure, where 

 nought is made ready by human indufbry ; 

 but all that is here is prepared by Divine 

 Providence, as is plainly fet forth in the 

 bread which we have begged, in the table 

 of fair ftone, and in the well of clear water, 

 and therefore I would that we fliould pray 

 to God that He teach us to love with all 

 our heart the treafure of Holy Poverty which 

 is fo noble a thing, and whofe fervant is God 

 the Lord," And having faid thefe words, 

 and having prayed, and having taken the 

 bodily refe6lion of thofe crufts of bread and 

 of that water, they arofe to journey into 

 France ; and coming to a church, Saint 

 Francis faid to his Companion, " Let us 

 enter into this church to pray." And 

 ftraightway Saint Francis retired behind 

 the altar and fell to praying ; and in that 

 prayer he received exceeding fervor from 

 the Divine Vifitation, which fo inflamed his 

 foul with the love of Holy Poverty, that what 

 with the color of his face and with the 

 yawning of his mouth he feemed to dart 



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