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high mountains mufing upon celcftial mat- 

 ters. Wherefore Brother Guy fpoke con- 

 cerning him, faying that this gift was not 

 given to other men which was given to 

 Brother Bernard of Quintavalle ; which is 

 to fay, that he fed upon the wing Hke the 

 Swallow ; and for this excellent grace, given 

 him of God, Saint Francis gladly and often 

 held converfe with him both night and day. 

 Hence they were at certain times found 

 the whole night long abforbed in God in 

 the thick wood, where they had met together 

 to difcourfe of Him. 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



How the Devil oftti7nes did appear in the Form 

 of One Crucified unto Brother Rufus, telling hitn 

 that all his Labor was vain, inafmuch as he 

 was not chofen imio Eternal Life : Saint Fran- 

 cis learning this through Divine Revelation, 

 fhowed Brother Rufus the Error i?i which 

 he lay. 



BROTHER RUFUS, one of the mod 

 noble men of the city of Affifi, and 

 a comrade of Saint Francis, a man of 



exceedin.GT 



