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Holy Father, humbly befecching him that 

 he would fliow mercy to his Brother, for 

 love of Chrift and of Saint Francis his fcr- 

 vant. And as it pleafed God, the Pope 

 granted him his leave to return again, and 

 if he found Brother Elias ftill alive, abfolve 

 him in his name from excommunication, 

 and reflore to him his habit ; upon which 

 he fet forth rejoicing, and with great fpeed 

 came again to Brother Elias, and found 

 him alive, albeit at the point of death, and 

 fet him free from the ban of the Church ; 

 and putting on him again his habit, Brother 

 Elias paffed away from this life, and his 

 foul was faved through the merits of Saint 

 Francis and by his prayers, in which Brother 

 Elias had put fuch great faith. 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 



0/ the Marvellous Sermon which was preached 

 in the Conjljiory by Saint Anto?iy of Padua, 

 a Gray Friar. 



THAT marvellous veffel of the Holy 

 Ghoft, Saint Antony of Padua, one 

 of the chofen Difciples and Companions 



of 



