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and Saint Louis departed thence on his 

 journey, and Brother Guy returned again 

 to his cell. The King being departed, a 

 Friar afked a certain one among his Breth- 

 ren who that man might be who had fo 

 ardently embraced Brother Guy ; and he 

 made anfwer that it was Louis, King of 

 France, who had come thither to fee 

 Brother Guy. The fame being repeated 

 to the other Monks, they were fore afflided 

 that Brother Guy had fpoken no word with 

 him ; and reproving him, they faid : " O 

 Brother Guy, wherefore were you fo churl- 

 ifh, as when fo holy a King came hither 

 from France to fee you and to hear wife 

 words from your lips, you fpake not unto 

 him ? " Brother Guy made anfwer : '' My 

 beloved Brothers, marvel not hereat: foraf- 

 much as neither I could fpeak a word to him 

 nor he to me ; inafmuch as fo foon as we 

 were embraced, the light of Divine Wifdom 

 revealed and laid bare his heart to me and 

 mine to him ; and thus by Divine Authority 

 gazing each into the other's heart, we knew 

 far better thofe things which he might 

 have fpoken to me and I to him, than had 

 we fpoken them with our lips, and with 

 greater comfort than had we ftriven to fet 



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