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Rh foyson of people came agaynst it and sayd. The man of god is founden y$t$ the cyte sought. Whatsomever sike body myght touch the shryne, he was anone heled of his malady.

There was a blynde man y$t$ recouered hys syght, and lame and other he heled. The emperour made grete foyson of golde and syluer to be throwen amonge y$e$ people for to make waye y$t$ the shryne myght passe. And thus, by grete labour and reuerence, was borne the body of Saint Alexis unto the churche of Saynt Bonyface, y$e$ glorious martyr. And there was the body put in a shryne moche honourably made of gold and syluer, y$e$ seuenth daye of Juyll. And al the people rendred thankynges and laudes to our lorde God for his grete myracles, unto whome be gyuen honour, laude and glory in secula seculorum. Amen.

From the preceding narratives, the reader may discover some of the most prominent features of Roman Catholic worship. Let us glance at the story. Here is a young man connected by the closest of all