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Saint Edmund king and martyr; a history of his life and times with an account of the translation of his incorrupt body, etc. From original mss - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ... holy body exposed to view. not proceed further and look upon the sacred flesh uncovered. But, taking the head between his hands, he murmured: 'O glorious martyr St. Edmund, blessed be the hour wherein thou wast born. O glorious martyr, turn not to my perdition my boldness in touching thee, sinful and miserable as I am. Thou knowest my devotion and my intention.' And proceeding he passed his hands over the eyes and the very massive and prominent nose; he touched the breast and arms, aud, raising the left hand, put his fingers between the fingers of the saint. He found the feet standing stiff upright, like the feet of a man who had died that day, and he touched the toes and counted them.1 1 The following occurred in the Life of St. Thomas of Canterbury and is quoted by F. Morris, S.J., in his history of the archbishop, page 576: "When he raised from the earth to his shrine the Blessed of the t Twenty-two "And now it was proposed to call the other ten other monks we the body, forward to see the marvel, and also six others, while six more stole in without the abbot's leave, viz., Walter of St. Alban's, Hugh the infirmarian, Gilbert the brother of the prior, Richard of Hingham, Jocell the cellarer, and Thurstan the Little. All these looked upon the saint, but Thurstan alone put forth his hand and touched the feet and knees. John of Dim ami "In order that there might be an abundance of others look down from the roof, witnesses the Most High disposed that John of Diss, sitting in the roof of the church with the servants of the vestiary, should look down and see the proceedings." Thcroiemness A strange and solemn scene! The monastery silent! The world asleep' The darkness of night outside, and a gloom in the long nave of the church! One spot al...
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