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 the spiritt of prophetie, and of some other miracles wrought by this glorious seruant of Iesus Christ.

THE LI. CHAPTER.

THere was without the citty of Cahors a very high mountaine, by which this holy Father passing one day, he saw many men and women on the banck of the riuer that ran vnder the sayd mountaine, employed in diuers actions. Br. Christopher sayd vnto thē: Fly ye all from this place, and that instantly: for the mountaine will in∣continently fall: some of them, seeing no appearance, laughed first att this admonition. Yet the sanctity of this good Father being manifestly knowen, they all retired from that place, which they had scarcely done, but a great part of the mountaine fell downe without hurting any per∣son: wherfore they all gaue thanckes to God for the benefitt receaued, and were the more deuout vnto this sainct.

A woman of the sayd citty hauing bin afflicted with a longe infir∣mity, was visited by the sainct; whome she prayed to obtaine of God

for her, either that he would please to restore her health, or by death to deliuer her from such extreme anguishes. This holy Father answea∣red her: feare not, but take courage my daughter, for on such a day att the third houre thou shalt depart out of this life. On the sayd day he ex∣presly retourned att the same houre: whome she seeing, sayd vnto him: Father that which you told me seemeth not to be accomplished, he re∣plyed: doubt not my daughter, for it shall incontinently be accom∣plished, as in deed it was. For as they did ring att the third houre, this woman being cōfessed and hauing performed what belonged to a Chri∣stian, in the presence of this holy Father and of many others, yelded her spiritt to our Sauiour.

This seruant of God in Marseilles saw two men in guise of Phisitians comming to visitt one that was sicke: but knowing in spiritt that this sick person was in estate of mortall sinne, and that the seeming Phisitians were two deuils, he made the signe of the crosse against them, and they instantly vanished: then the holy Father admonishing the sick party, he sincerely confessed his sinnes, and being contrite and comforted with a quiett conscience, he happely departed from this life to a better.

In the sayd citty a good deuout woman, had a very auaricious husbād and sparing in worckes of mercy: whervpon she complayned to this holy Father that she had nothing to giue in almose but wine. The S. bid her giue securely of that wine for the loue of God. This woman obeyed him, giuing therof to all poore that had need, in such sort that there was not much left in the vessell, her husband drincking, knew by the tast of this wine that it was very low and neere the lyes; wherfore he grew into choler with his wife, examining her what was become of his wine: she full of trembling answeared that there was yet much in the vessell. The husband sent his seruant to be truely enformed what quantity was left: she found the vessell full euen to the bung: wherof she with great ioy incontinently aduertised her master, which reuiued the soule of his wife, that was dying with feare, and thervpon she boldly recounted all to her husband, who resolued thenceforward to be more charitable towardes the poore; attributing the present miracle to the merittes of the glorious Br. Christopher and to the vertue of charity, whose wor∣ckes our Lord doth not only recompence in the other world, but euen in this also.