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fame effect ; but when peace was again reftored to the 

 church, thefe hermitages were frill ever gaining new 

 fugitives from the world. The place where Antonius 

 affembled the firft reclufes about him was called Phaiufn, 

 and one of his firft, and moft famed, and mo'li adlive, 

 difciples was the bleffed Hilarion. 



Hilarion, while a young Undent of Alexandria, 

 from motives of curiofity came to vilit Antonius, and 

 went back, taking with him the monkifh habit. St. An- 

 tonius however was fo totally freed from his melan- 

 choly, that he was actually grown too focial and civil. 

 This difpleafed the auftere Hilarion. The concourfe 

 about St. Antonius was infupportable to him; and he 

 expreffed his diflike of the difturbances and wranglings 

 of the people who came to this ftroker to have devils 

 call out which they had not in them. Hilarion there-* 

 fore went back to his native place, to pafs his days there 

 alone, far remote from this fcene of confufion and 

 noife Antonius prefented him at his departure with 



a fheep- 



* The fame of Greatrakes and his miraculous cures a v e com* 

 Jnonly known. He ufed to repair daily to Lincoln's inn fields, 

 whither incredible numbers of patients of both fexes and of all 

 ranks flocked to him from all parts. All he did wa& only to 

 ftroke them ; and thereby every kind of pain, the gout, rheu- 

 matifm, coovulfions, &c. were removed from one part of the body 

 to another, till they reached the viry extremities, after which 

 they entirely difappeared. This made him be called the Stioker* 

 He afcribed the various diilempers to evil fpirits, which he diirin- 

 guiflied into feveral fpecies. As foon as thofe that were pof- 

 feiltd faw him or heard his voice, they fell to the ground, or had 

 violent agitations. However, every body would not believe ia 



his 



