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garden, in presence of the King and many of his nobles who can bear witness of the same: I being ignorant of your traditions and rites of religion, foolishly offended, reproaching the virgin Mary to her face; and ever since she has plagued me with boundness in my belly that I have voided nothing but clean haugh: so now on my return, I went and implored her to open my fundament, and she has done so: and I being overjoyed with the miraculous healing, in getting a passage in her presence, left it as a memorial of the miracle, in that place.' When they heard this, they all with one consent lifted up their hands and blessed the virgin Mary, for the wonderful miracle she had done; and ordered George to go about his business, and declare unto all what was done unto him by the holy Virgin, for the confirmation of their religion. So all the devoted Romans came to view his dung, and worship over it. the King himself kneeled down and worshiped, bowing his body over it in the presence of many people: and he also caused a holy day to be observed throughout his dominions, for the miraculous cure.

PART V.

THREE merchant pedlars (as they professed to be) came with a pack of goods to put a trick upon a widow woman that kept an inn on the highway-side: after they had drunk very heartily, they desired the woman to lay up the pack securely, and charged her strictly before witnesses to deliver it to none of them, unless they came altogether for it again. In about three weeks after, two of them returned, and desired the woman to give them the pack, telling her that the other man was gone to such a fair with another pack, where they were all to meet; and that they were fellow-travellers, conjunct in trade, and they had all a