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254 but secretly wrote letters to the noblemen, declaring how he had been treated, and imploring them to relieve him from the misery he was compelled to endure. His ill usage excited their pity and indignation; they restored the father, and threw the son into prison, where he died.

My beloved, the king is Christ; and the son is any bad Christian.

king of Rome decreed, that every blind man should annually receive a hundred