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of Saint Francis, who was called of Saint 

 Francis his Vicar, once preached in the 

 Confifhory before the Pope and his Cardi- 

 nals ; in which Confiftory there were men 

 of divers nations ; namely, Greeks, Latins, 

 French, Germans, Slavs, and Englifh, and 

 men fpeaking other divers tongues. Fired 

 by the Holy Ghoft, fo efficacioufly, fo de- 

 voutly, fo fubtly, fo fweetly, fo clearly, and 

 fo plainly did he fet forth the Word of God, 

 that all they which were prefent at the Con- 

 fiftory, of whatfoever divers tongues they 

 were, clearly underftood all his words dif- 

 tin6lly,even as he had fpoken in the language 

 of each man among them ; and they all were 

 ftruck dumb with amaze, and it feemed as 

 that ancient miracle of the Apoftles had 

 been renewed, when as at the time of the 

 Pentecoft they fpake by virtue of the Holy 

 Ghoft in every tongue ; and they faid one 

 to another with admiration and awe : " Is 

 not he who preaches come out from Spain? 

 and how do we hear in his difcourfe every 

 man of us the fpeech of his own land ? " 

 Likewife the Pope, confidering and marvel- 

 ling at the profundity of his words, faid : 

 " Verily this man is the Ark of the Cove- 

 nant and the Vehicle of the Holy Gofpel." 



