The chronicle and institution of the Order of the seraphicall father S. Francis conteyning his life, his death, and his miracles, and of all his holie disciples and companions / set foorth first in the Portugall, next in the Spanish, then in the Italian, lastlie in the French, and now in the English tongue.

Of a miracle wrought by the reliques of the holy Martyrs, against an Aposto∣like legat, that endeauoured to withdraw the people from their honour and veneration, because they were not as yet canonized.

THE XXVI CHAPTER.

ATt this very time, as the reliques of the said holy Martyrs we∣re exceedingly honoured of the Spainardes, it fell out that a legatt of the holy Siege was present, who seeing what deuotiō the people had to the said holy Martyrs, moued with an indiscreet zea∣le, not considering the canonization which IESVS CHRIST had made in heauen of the Martyrs, that had bin publiquely marty∣red, nor the miracles that had followed therevpon, he began to cry to the people, rebuking them as ignorant, and forbad them any mo∣re to make their prayers to the said reliques, and att the very instant he was aduertised that his Mule which waited for him before the Church was sodenly fallen dead, and thincking to goe fee the man∣ner therof, he was immediatlie surprised with so vehement an ague that it enforced him to acknoweledge his fault, and the pride which caused him so rashlie to speake against the holie Martyrs, whose reliques he went to visitt, and falling on his knees among the peo∣ple, acknowledgeing the punishment of God, he cryed out a loud.

O holy Martyrs! I confesse that you are canonized in heauen, and be∣cause God will haue you honoured and reuerenced on earth, I repent and confesse the errour of my tongue, and begge pardon of you for t, and doe promise that I will henceforward, be the foremost and most carefull that shall visitt your reliques, and in whatsoeuer pla∣ce I shall be, I will celebrate your merittes. A strange euent! these wordes vttered, he arose from the ground very sound, and his mule, formerly supposed for dead, to the great astonishment and contentmet of each one, arose againe: and this made the reliques of the sainctes more▪famous.