Hauing written a letter to his prouinciall, an Angel carryed it, and brought answeare therof.
THE XXIII. CHAPTER.
THe Sainct hauing spent long time in preaching, hearing Con∣fessions, giuing counsaile, and reading att Padua, he much desired to retire himselfe into some solitarie place, where he might more commodiouslie applie himselfe to contemplation, and to that end, he wrote to his Prouinciall, the which he accorded him: and hauing left this letter vpon a table in his Cell, he went to pray his Guardian to procure him some messenger to carry the said letter faithfully to the Prouinciall, which the Guardian hauing done, he retourned to his cell, but found not the letter: which ma∣de him suppose that God had miraculouslie taken it away, to the end he should not remoue thence, wherfore retourning to his Guar∣dian, he told him he was otherwise determined: But certaine dayes after, in such a time as a messenger might carry the letter and bring answeare therof, he found on his table the answeare which his Pro∣uinciall had made therevnto, permitting him to retire; and doubt∣les there is great appearance that this letter was carryed, and the an∣sweare brought by an Angell, God therby giuing vs to vnderstand,