Book Two - Chapter 15

Of a certain youth who was dumb.

A CERTAIN youth, while by chance he lay on the ground and was longing to rest a little, being caught in the toils of the ancient enemy, became dumb; and lacking the use of his tongue he was brought to the said church by a certain young woman, his cousin. And while they were both kneeling before the holy altar and beseeching the assistance of the blessed Bartholomew, with groaning of heart, on the same day the gift of his tongue was restored.

 

The Book of the Foundation of St. Bartholomew's, Smithfield Rendered into Modern English from the original Latin version preserved in the British Museum, numbered Vespasian B. IX, by Mr. Humphrey H. King and Mr. William Barnard for use in the Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory by E.A. Webb.

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