Chapter 27

Of Nicholas.

A CERTAIN boy of fair form, by name Nicholas, had his leg so stretched to the upper parts of his thigh that he could by no means stretch it out or draw it to him, inasmuch as the sinews had wasted away and always lacked lissomness, so, leaning on a staff, he used it in place of a foot. This boy, coming to the church of the most blessed apostle Bartholomew, experienced how pleasant the Lord is to all men and that His mercies are over all His works. By the merits of which glorious apostle the warmth of life is poured into his withered limbs, and forthwith complete health follows. And he, staying there some time, served the canons of the church in their kitchen, and for the bodily health that he had received he repaid the gift by service.

 

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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