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At laft after a great fpace, that is, when it 

 pleafed God, Brother John uttered the words, 

 e7izm corpus nieum, in a loud voice ; and fud- 

 denly the form of the Wafer vanifhed, and 

 Jefus Chrift the Bleifed appeared within 

 the Hoft incarnate and glorified, and fet 

 forth unto him the humility and charity 

 which did incarnate Him of the Virgin 

 Mary, and which daily maketh Him to de- 

 fcend into the hands of the Prieft when 

 he doth confecrate the Hoft ; whereby he 

 was the more exalted in fweetnefs of con- 

 templation. Hence, having lifted up the 

 Hoft and confecrated Cup, he was rapt out 

 of himfelf ; and his foul having loft all fen- 

 fual and fleftily fenfe, his body did fall back- 

 wards ; and if that the Prior had not held 

 him in his arms as he ftood behind him, 

 he would have fallen to the ground. At 

 which the Brethren drawing nigh, together 

 with thofe laymen which were in the 

 Church, both men and women, he was 

 borne away thence into the facrifty like 

 unto one dead, forafmuch as his body was 

 quite cold, and the fingers of his hands 

 were clenched fo clofe that they had much 

 ado to fpread or move them. And in this 

 manner he did lie as one fenfelefs, or 



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