Chapter 21

Of Wymonde that was dumb.

A CERTAIN youth by name Wymonde, who was cared for for some time in the court of Eustace de Brock, was known by all who knew him to have been dumb. He, bearing ill enough the loss of his tongue, and presuming on the mercy of God and the merits of the apostle, betook himself to the said church, and, keeping continuous and devoted vigils there, deserved to obtain what he asked in faith. For on a certain day, after Compline, the bridle of his tongue was loosed, and with a loud voice he magnified the virtue of the apostle, blessing Christ and the power and wisdom of God, who openeth the dumb mouth and maketh eloquent the tongues of infants.

 

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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