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this Bread and Wine in my name; and then 

 fhall you kneel before them and humbly 

 confefs to them your fin and your cruel con- 

 du6l, and entreat them then in my name to 

 do no more evil, but to fear God and offend 

 no more againft His Holy Name ; and if 

 they will do fo, I promife to provide for 

 their wants and to give them a conftant 

 ftore to eat and to drink : and when that 

 you have told them this, return hither 

 humbly." While the faid Superior went 

 forth to do Saint Francis' bidding, he fell 

 on his knees and prayed God that He 

 would foften the hearts of thofe Thieves 

 and lead them to repent. The obedient 

 Superior meeting them offered them the 

 Bread and Wine and faid thofe words which 

 Saint Francis had taught him. And as it 

 pleafed God, thofe Thieves eating the alms 

 beftowed by Saint Francis began to fay 

 to one another : " Woe unto us, haplefs 

 wretches ! and what bitter pangs fhall we 

 endure in Hell ! For not only do we rob 

 our fellow-men with ftripes and cruel blows, 

 but we alfo flay them ; nor for all thefe 

 wicked and accurfed deeds which we do, do 

 we feel any remorfe or fear of God, and be- 

 hold this holy Brother, which hath followed 



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