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 two other raised from death by Sainct Antonie, and of some others.

THE XXXII. CHAPTER.

A Queene of Leon in Spaine borne in Portugall, hauing by accident of sicknes lost her daughter of eleuen yeares of age, and hauing

heard this foresaid miracle recounted, would not haue her daughter bu∣ryed, but kept her three dayes without buryall; during which time she* 1.1 deuoutly inuocated the helpeof S. Antony, with a feruent faith, for which she deserued att length to be heard: but the child her daughter being ray∣sed sayd vnto her: deere Mother, I beseech God to pardon you for ha∣uing troubled me in the celestiall glory, where I was amongest the vir∣gins, though it be not for long time: for I am restored to life att the in∣stance of S. Antony but for fifteene dayes: which so succeeded, for fiftee∣ne dayes after, she dyed againe.

A gentleman that could haue no children, vowed to the S. that if he would obtaine him one, he would euery yeare visitt his sepulcher, and he was heard; but goeing one day to accomplish his vow he left his son∣ne of seauen yeares old sick in his house, who by litle and litle so re∣couered health that he went to play with his companions, in a cha∣nell where then there was no water, it being bended an other way to water a certaine plaine, but the banke or bay being not strong enough, gaue such way to the violence of the water, that it retourned impetuouslie into the chanell, where it drowned nine children playing there, wherof two being found were presentlie buryed. The said gentleman retourning from Padua, of his first friendes that he mett, he demaunded how his sonne did: they vnwilling to deliuer him such vnwelcome newes, answeared, they thought he was well, because it was not long since he played ther∣by with his companions. This poore father passed farther, and ca∣me to his house, where he asked for his sonne. His seruantes seemed not to heare him, and endeauoured to diuert him from such demaund: but he said, he would neither eat nor drinck till he had seene him. Which constrayned them to declare vnto him the infortunate disaster of his sonne; which hauing vnderstood he be∣came out of himselfe; but afterwardes by litle and litle recouering his spirittes, he swoare and very obstinately protested, that he would neither eat nor drinck till sainct Antony had restored him his son∣ne, which with a very feruent faith expecting, a litle after his son∣ne entred in where he was with other nine of his companions, that by the merittes of sainct Antony had bin saued with him, for which they praysed God in his sainct and glorified him with hart and voice. It is found to be recorded that the two other children companions of the foresaid, which were already buryed, were also raysed by the merittes of the S. who had compassion of the clamours that their paren∣tes made vnto him.

In Apulia, in the citty of Monoplia, a child did so vndermine a pitt, neerevnto the Frere Minors, that the earth hauing no support brake dow∣ne

vpon him, where he was buryed, without appearance of any reliefe▪ His mother vnderstāding therof, ran instantly to the monastery of Frere Minors, crying and often reiterating these wordes: O S. Antony, restore me my child. In meane while they were busy in taking vp the earth frō the pitt, wherein they found the childe aliue, though much troubled, who was asked how it was possible that so much earth had not choa∣ked* 1.2 him? He answeared, that S. Antony had still held his hand▪ vn∣der his throat, to giue him meanes to breath: which gaue all those pre∣sent occasion to praise and thanck God in his sainct.

Notes

• * 1.1

  A prin∣cesse was raised by the me∣rits of S. Antony.
• * 1.2

  An other couered in earth.