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e rede how oH) a tjme ()er was a maii) ))at bad a grete deuocioiB
Tnto Saynt AuatifD. & oiS a tytne he come Tnto a monk ))at kepid"
Saynt Anatyii) shrjii, & gatf hyfiS a grete dele of money, & besoght 4
hyin) to giff hyfii] a fyngre of Saynt AugustyiD. And f>ia monke
\tuke\ a noder dead mans fynger & wappid'it in a aylkeiO clothe, &
gaff hjnB it & tolde hyfiD ]iat it was Saynt Austyn) fynger. And he
tuke it witA grete reuerens, & alway wnrschippid' it u!h deuotelie as 8
he cuthe, & wolde putt it to his mouth-e, his eyii) & vnto hia bieste.
So almighti God, ^eyng ^e fait^ of jiia man), ala wele mercifullie aa
mervalualie, gaff vnto f>is maii) a fynger of Saynt AustyiO. And he
went home ]3«rwitA iii-to hla contreth ; & }w it did" grete meraclei, u
vnto so ciekutt at jie fame |)erof come vnto })e monaBtme |j«r Saynt
AustjiB was shrycyil. And (le Abbott examynd" fiis raonke ]3erof,
& Le eaid' at it was bod a dede mane fynger at he gaff hyiPD, & not
Saynt Auetyns, And fie Abbott & liia brethir oppynd'his fertir & iS
lukid; & fand' fjat a fynger of his was away. & wheii) ))e abbott
knew J>e treutt, he putt ]is monke oute of liia offeH, & punyaehid'
hyni grevuslie for jiat at he had done.
XC.
Augustinus. lo

ynt Auatjii) liffid", vppofl a lyme as he satt redand'on) a
l)uke, he wae war of a fend' beraiid" a. grete buke ia hys armys.
