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 ' Thou,  our  Saviour  Christ,  who  didst  promise  unto  Thy  disciples,

"Verily I  say  unto  you,  whatsoever  ye  shall  ask

shall certainly  be  granted  you  on  this  (condition),

that ye  believe  that  ye  receive  the  gifts,"

show forth  now  in  us,  Almighty  Lord,

that we  are  Thy  servants,  though  we  are  sinful,

and we  will  keep  the  same  faith  with  (true)  love.'

After these  words  he  said  to  the  diseased,

'In the  name  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  be  thou  whole,  boy,

and stand  on  thy  feet  sound  before  us,

assisted also  by  my  master's  merits.'

Then arose  the  boy,  and  walked  upright,

and with  blithe  voice  blessed  his  Lord,

who had  healed  him  through  the  holy  man.

Then, after  Saint  Benedict  had  come  home  to  the  monastery,

(and the  woman  had  become  sane,  whom  he  had  delivered  from madness,)

he did  honour  to  Maurus  for  the  glorious  miracle

which he  in  the  meanwhile  had  wrought,  when  he  [Benedict]  was far off.

Maurus was  moreover  oftenest  about  the  blessed  Benedict,

and knew  his  miracles,  and -worked  miracles  with  him;

some of  these  we  will  tell  here,  some  we  will  pass  over;

and he  was  the  principal  monk  next  to  the  great  Benedict,

and governed  the  monastery  as  Benedict  shewed  him.

At that  time  a  certain  blessed  bishop from the  kingdom  of  the  Franks sent  to  the  holy  patriarch

manifold presents,  and  besought  him  much,

to send  him,  if  it  seemed  well  to  him,

some pious  monks  who  should  found  monasteries  for  him,

because he  desired  to  establish  in  his  bishopric

the monastic  rule  according  to  Benedict's  design.

Then Benedict,  by  his  brethren's  counsel,

as God  revealed  to  them,  sent  Maurus