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Gray Friars, the chief branches being di- 

 vided according to the number of the Prov- 

 inces of the Order ; and upon each branch 

 hung fo many Friars as there were in the 

 Province appropriated to that branch ; and 

 thus he knew the number of all the Friars 

 in the Order, and of each Province, and alfo 

 their names and ages and conditions, and 

 the great offices and dignities and efpecial 

 graces belonging to each, and their offences. 

 And he faw Brother John of Parma at the 

 higheft tip of the midmoft bough of this 

 tree ; and in the topmoft twigs of the 

 branches, which grew about this midmoft 

 branch, ftood the minifters of every Prov- 

 ince. And after this he faw Chrift feated 

 upon a great white throne ; and Chrift called 

 Saint Francis to fit befide him, and gave 

 him a Chalice full of the Water of Life, 

 and fent him forth, faying : ' Go, vifit your 

 Brethren, and give them to drink of this 

 Cup of the Water of Life ; forafmuch as the 

 fpirit of Satan fhall rife up againft them 

 and fhall dafh them down, and many among 

 them fhall fall and fhall not rife again.' 

 And Chrift gave to Saint Francis two 

 Angels which fliould walk befide him. 

 And then came Saint Francis to offer the 



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