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 tigue and hunger, under a foret tree, and when the coolnes of the evening had refrehed his pirits and recruited his trength, he lifted up his eyes, and beheld at a hort ditance a pious hermit performing his orions before a imple crucifix, of which the cros pieces were only fatened together with the bark of a tree. This devout pectacle gave him courage to approach the holy father; he aumed a very upplicating poture, and kneeled down behind him. The hermit having ended his devotions gave the tranger his bleing: on perceiving his palenes and trepidation, and judging from his habit that he was either a pike-man or hield-bearer, he entered into a converation with him. The honet Swabian unfolded his misfortunes with as much incerity as if he had been confeing, without uppreing his apprehenions of death, for he till fancied the detroying angels were cloe behind him with their pits and fire-forks aimed at his flehy buttocks. The hermit took pity on Rh