CCLXXXII.
Dominici oratio semper auditur.
We rede also in his Legend̛ how þat Saynt Domynyk on̛ a tyme [come] vnto a priour of Ceustus ordur, þat was a devote man̛ & famyliari with hym̛, that askid̛ hym̛ in privatie & prayed̛ hym̛ to teƚƚ hym̛ som̛ of þe gracis at God had giffen̛ hym̛; and he ansswerd̛ agayn̛ & sayd̛; "I tolde neuer man̛ at I saƚƚ teƚƚ you, and I warn̛ you teƚƚ no man̛ whils I liff, ffor I latt you witt þat I askid̛ neuer of God no thyng bod I had my desyre." So þis priour thoght þat he wold̛ prufe þis, & said̛; "Besoght [Latin MSS. "Impetretis ergo a deo ut magister C. Theutonicus intret ordinem uestrum."] ye of God̛, & I pray you beseke it, at Maister C[lemet] enter in-to your ordur, for your brether gretelie desyris hym̛, & he hase no wiƚƚ þer-to; & he is a famos man̛ and a gracious & a wele-letterd̛." & þan̛ þis holie man̛ sayd̛; "Ye hafe askid̛ of me a grete þing. Not-withstondyng pray ye with me þerfor þis night, & to-morn̛ saƚƚ maister