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ing, and would not depart without my bleff- 

 ing, God hath granted you this grace, that 

 you fhall never leave this Order, but fhall 

 die in the Order with the Divine Favor.'* 

 Then the faid novice was confirmed in 

 good-will, and remaining in the Order he 

 became a holy Monk; and Brother Hugh 

 told all these things to me. The faid 

 Brother John, which was a man of bright 

 and peaceful fpirit, and but rarely fpake, 

 was a man of great devotion and prayer, 

 and efpecially after Matins he would never 

 return into his cell, but would tarry in the 

 church praying until day. And he being 

 at prayer one night after Matins, the 

 Angel of the Lord appeared before him, 

 faying : " Brother John, the end of your 

 journey, which you have fo long awaited, 

 is at hand, and I am come to tell you in 

 God's name that you may now afk whatfo- 

 ever favor you will. And I alfo announce 

 that you may choofe whichfoever you will, 

 either one day in Purgatory, or a week of 

 torment in this world." And Brother John, 

 choofmg rather the week of torment in this 

 world, fuddenly he was affli6led with divers 

 ills ; forafmuch as he was burned with 

 fever, and pinched hand and foot with 



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