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fecond box." And giving him a little, flic 

 faid : "Now, fon, you have fo much as 

 may fuffice ; be comforted, O fon, for I 

 will come for you ere long, and will lead 

 you to the kingdom of my Son, which you 

 have ever fought and defired." And fay- 

 ing this, taking leave of him, She departed 

 thence ; and he was left fo confoled and 

 comforted by the fweetnefs of that confec- 

 tion, that for feveral days more he furvived 

 fated and ftrong, and partaking of no bodily 

 food. And after fome days, joyoufly dif- 

 courfing with the Brethren, with great jubi- 

 lee and rejoicing, he paffed away from this 

 miferable life. 



CHAPTER XLVIII. 



Ifow Brother James of Majfa faw in a Vifion 

 all the Gray Friars of the World, after the 

 FafJiioii of a Tree, and did know the Virtues 

 and the Merits and the Vices of every one. 



BROTHER JAMES OF MASSA, to 

 whom God opened the way to His 

 myfteries, and gave him perfect wifdom and 

 underftanding of the Divine Scriptures and 



of 



