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Saint Francis, he felt a hearty defire, and 

 at length determined to vifit him in perfon ; 

 for the which purpofe he came to Perugia, 

 where the faid Brother Guy was then abid- 

 ing. And drawing nigh to the gate of the 

 Monaftery, in the guife of a poor and un- 

 known pilgrim, with but a few Com- 

 panions, he moft perfiftently demanded 

 Brother Guy, faying to the gate-keeper 

 naught of who he was that afked for him. 

 The gate-keeper then went to Brother 

 Guy and told him that a pilgrim flood 

 without the gate and afked for him : and 

 God revealed and made known to him that 

 this was the King of France : at which 

 fuddenly he with great fervor left his cell 

 and ran forth to the gate ; and without fur- 

 ther queftioning, and before even they had 

 fet eyes each upon the other, kneeling 

 with extreme devotion, they embraced and 

 kiffed with much familiarity, as they had 

 long been bound by the bonds of friend- 

 fhip : but withal they fpoke no word, neither 

 the one nor the other ; but flood thus em- 

 braced in filence with thefe tokens of affec- 

 tionate amity. And having remained thus 

 for a fpace without fpeaking a word to- 

 gether, they parted one from the other ; 



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