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come hither and fee marvellous things." 

 And as he fpake thefe holy words that fa- 

 cred vifion vanifhed quite away. Then 

 Brother Conrad coming there, he told him 

 all things in due order as they had hap- 

 pened ; and they gave thanks unto God. 



CHAPTER XLV. 



0/ the Converjton and Life and Miracles a7id 

 Death of that holy Brother, John of the Pen, 



BROTHER JOHN OF THE PEN be- 

 ing yet a child and not a churchman, 

 in the Province of the Marches of Ancona, 

 one night there appeared before him a moft 

 beauteous boy, who cried aloud unto him : 

 " John, go forth unto St. Stephen's Church, 

 where there preacheth one of my Gray 

 Friars ; believe thou in his teaching, and 

 hearken to his words, forafmuch as I have 

 fent thee thither : and this done, thou muft 

 take a far journey, returning then again to 

 me." Upon which forthwith he rofe up, 

 and felt a marvellous change within his 

 foul ; and going forth to St. Stephen's 

 Church, found there a great multitude of 



men 



