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 and came  afterward  in  the  morning  to  Martin,

blithely with  sound  skin,  thanking  him  for  his  healing.

Likewise many  sick  men  were  often  healed

by the  borders  of  his  garment  which  many  men  pulled  off,

and bound  on  the  sick,  and  they  were  instantly  better.

In like  manner  men  bound  some  of  his  bedstraw  on  a  lunatic,

when the  devil  went  from  him  and  he  received  his  reason.

XIX. There   was    a    certain    great    noble    called    Arborius    in that  land,

a man  of  great  faith,  and  his  daughter  lay  in  a  fever,

sorely afflicted. Then one  day  they  brought

a message  in  a  letter  to  the  same  noble

from bishop  Martin,  and  he  laid  it  on  her  breast

where she  was  hottest,  and  she  immediately  becarae  whole.

Then the  father  was  so  moved  that  he  straightway  vowed

her virginity  to  God,  and  brought  her  to  Martin

that he  might  recognize  his  own  might  in  the  maiden,

neither would  he  that  any  other  man  should

give her  the  veil  save  the  holy  Martin.

A man  called  Paulinus  was  at  that  time  thriving  in  good,

but his  eyes  were  evilly  troubled

with swollen  brows  and  a  great  mist,

so that  his  pupils  were  greatly  darkened.

Then Martin  touched  them  with  a  pencil,

and all  the  soreness  straightway  departed  from  him

and the  mist  with  it,  through  Martin's  touch.

He was  a  very  wealthy  man,  but  was  so  stirred  up

that he  at  last  sold  all  his  possessions

and distributed  all  to  the  poor  for  his  Lord's  love.

Then Martin  greatly  praised  the  man's  deeds,

and commended  them  to  others  for  an  example,  often  saying  of  him

that he  at  that  time  had  beautifully  fulfilled  the  saying

which our  Lord  spake  to  a  certain  rich  man;