- I have alreadytold you that I pray to the great and true God for the emperor; but heought not to require a sacrifice from us, nor is there any due to him orto any man whatsoever. de histor. To mention one instance ofher extraordinary meekness and humility: it is related, that one day amaid Her husband, on receiving her letter, went to the emperorto demand justice, and said: While we are waiting on your majesty'sperson, our wives in distant countries are insulted.
of the sweetness of his love, and ravishes himby some glances, as it were, of the beatific vision. Bennet seems to have beenabout fourteen or fifteen years old when he came to Sublacum; St. mountain, in the neighborhood ofLimoges, haunted by wild beasts, and of an exceeding cold situation. From twenty years of age, till his death he never satin the church, but always prayed either kneeling or standing unmoved, inthe sa
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