Howe by his prayer and blessinge he relieued one of his clerkes maruelously broosed with a fall from his horse and in greate dan∣ger of deathe.
The. 6. Chapter.
NEther do I thinke yt good to passe ouer in sylence that greate myracle which a faythful seruaunt of our sauiour Christe namyd Herebalde was wonte to reporte to haue bene done and practised vppō hym selfe, who at that time was one of his clergy, and is nowe abbot in a monastery that borde∣ryth harde vppon the ryuer VVyre. So farre forth said he, as yt was lauful for a man to iudge I fownde all the whole state and māners of his life correspondēt to that grauytye and holynesse which is required in a byshoppe: and of that I am ryght well as∣suryd because I was dayly conuersant with him. But touchyng his w••nes in the sight of God, and fauour before the mygh∣th•• which sercheth the secrets of all mens hartes, I h••e•• experience in many other, but specially in my felff, •• whome be in a manner restoryd from deathe to lyfe •• prayer and benediction. For when in my first florys∣••••yng and lusty yowthe I lyuyd amongest his clergy, and was