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CHAP. IX. THE MIRACLE OF TI-IE MOUNTAIN
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a certain woman came to him to have a pair of shoes
made, and she showed him her foot that he might take
her measure. Now she had a very beautiful foot and
leg ; and the Cobler in taking her measure was conscious
of sinful thoughts. And he had often heard it said in
the Holy Evangel, that if thine eye offend thee, pluck
it out and cast it from thee, rather than sin. So, as
soon as the woman had departed, he took the awl that
he used in stitching, and drove it into his eye and de-
stroyed it. And this is the way he came to lose his eye.
So you can judge what a holy, just, and righteous man
he was.
NOTE I.—Here the G. T. uses a strange word : " Or te vais a tel cralantur." It does not occur again, being replaced by chabitier (savetier). It has an Oriental look, but I can make no satisfactory suggestion as to what the word meant.
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CHAPTER IX.
How THE ONE-EYED COBLER WAS DESIRED TO PRAY FOR THE
CHRISTIANS.
Now when this vision had visited the Bishop several
times, he related the whole matter to the Christians, and
they agreed with one consent to call the Cobler before
them. And when he had come they told him it was
their wish that he should pray, and that God had
promised to accomplish the matter by his means. On
hearing their request he made many excuses, declaring
that he was not at all so good a man as they repre-
sented. But they persisted in their request with so
much sweetness, that at last he said he would not tarry,
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but do what they desired.
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