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erty ; and they entered upon the waters, 

 and paffed over without any danger ; and 

 feeing this, Brother Leo returned to him- 

 felf. And then Saint Francis, feehng in 

 fpirit that Brother Leo had feen fome 

 Vifion, called him unto his bedfide and 

 afked him concerning thofe things which 

 he had {qqw. And Brother Leo relating 

 duly all his Vifion, Saint Francis faid : 

 " That which you have feen is true. The 

 great river is this world ; the Brethren 

 which were drowned in the Flood are they 

 who forfake the calling of the Evange- 

 lifts, and above all elfe attain not unto the 

 moft extreme poverty : but they who paffed 

 over unharmed are thofe Monks who feek 

 after naught earthly or carnal, neither pof- 

 fefs aught of this world's goods, but having 

 naught fave a modicum of food and rai- 

 ment, therewith are well content, following 

 Chrift naked on the Crofs ; and they do 

 bear cheerfully and willingly the burden 

 and the fweet yoke of Chrift and of their 

 facred vow of Obedience ; and hence they 

 pafs eafily from temporal unto Eternal 

 Life. 



