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the laft men in it ; and with great dread, 

 he afked them, faying : " Oh, my Beloved, 

 I pray you that it may pleafe you to tell 

 me who are thefe wondrous beings, which 

 feem fo glorious in this proceffion ? " And 

 they made anfwer : " Know, O fon, that 

 we are all Gray Friars, who come hither 

 from the fplendors of Paradife." And he 

 again queftioned them, faying : " Who are 

 yonder two, who fhine yet more radiant 

 than the reft ? " They made anfwer : 

 "Thofe are Saint Francis and Saint An- 

 tony ; and that lafb, whom you fee fo 

 greatly honored, is a Holy Brother who 

 died but newly ; who, forafmuch as he 

 fought valiantly againft all temptation, 

 and perfevered unto the end, we condu6l 

 in triumph to the glories of Paradife ; and 

 thefe garments of fair linen, wherewith we 

 are arrayed, are given us of God in exchange 

 for the coarfe tunics which patiently we 

 wore in the Religious Order ; and the glo- 

 rious luftre which you fee round about us 

 is given us of God for the Humility and Pa- 

 tience and for the Holy Poverty and Obe- 

 dience and.Chaftity which we obferved unto 

 the end. And therefore, fon, hold it not 

 hard to bear the fackcloth of Religion which 



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