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Rh lands? What church is there that does not admire and rejoice in proclaiming his greatness? or what has not experienced the effect of one or other of these miracles? I am sure that this country will rejoice that such an abundance of supernatural grace has been showered upon us. For indeed, if any reader will examine this record with care he will find evidence of really great miracles wrought by the Almighty God, the Worker of all miracles; not only for the renown of the great King, but for the glory of the whole Church.

These miracles were inscribed in the book which, as is asserted, was begun to be kept at Windsor within two years after the precious body was buried there. The various accounts were written in English with the attestations to their truth, by the actors and their witnesses. "They are here [i.e. in the translation] given: not indeed all the series, but such examples as I [the translator] believe to be most useful to the reader. I consider that all the cases here set forth are useful and afford clear evidence of the virtue of the saintly man; but they are not all of equal weight and importance. For this reason," he continues, "after consultation it