t--
yet almost all sects preach it, and quote Scripture for it as boldly
as Conrad--the Romish Saint alone carries it honestly out into
practice.

P 126. 'With pine boughs.' Cf. Lib. VI. section 2. 'Entering a
certain desolate court she betook herself, "sub gradu cujusdam
caminatae," to the projection of a certain furnace, where she roofed
herself in with boughs. In the meantime in the town of Marpurg, was
built for her a humble cottage of clay and timber.'

Ibid. 'Count Pama.' Cf. Lib. VI. section 6.

P 127. 'Isentrudis and Guta.' Cf. Lib. VII. section 4. 'Now
Conrad as a prudent man, perceiving that this disciple of Christ
wished to arrive at the highest pitch of perfection, studied to
remove all which he thought would retard her, and therefore drove
from her all those of her former household in whom she used to
solace or delight herself. Thus the holy priest deprived this
servant of God of all society, that so the constancy of her
obedience might become known, and occasion might be given to her for
clinging to God alone.'

P 128. 'A leprous boy.' Cf. Lib. VI. section 8.

She had several of these proteges, successively, whose diseases are
too disgusting to be specified, on whom she lavished the most menial
cares. All the other stories of her benevolence which occur in
these two pages are related by Dietrich.

Ibid. 'Mighty to save.' Cf. Lib. VII. section 7. When we read
amongst other matters, how the objects of her prayers used to become
while she was speaking so intensely _hot_, that they not only
smoked, and nearly melted, but burnt the fingers of those who
touched them: from whence Dietrich bids us 'learn with what an
ardour of charity she used to burn, who would dry up with her heat
the flow of worldly desire, and inflame to the love of eternity.'

P 130. 'Lands and titles'. Cf. Lib. V. section 7,8.

P 131. 'Spinning wool.' Cf. Lib. VI. section 6. 'And crossing
himself for wonder, the Count Pama cried out and said, "Was it ever
seen to this day that a king's daughter should spin wool?" All his
messages from her father (says Dietrich) were of no avail.

P 135. 'To do her penance.' Cf. Lib. VII. section 4. 'Now he had
placed with her certain austere women, from whom she endured much
oppression patiently for Christ's sake who, watching her rigidly,
frequently reported her to her master for having transgressed her
obedience in giving some thing to the poor, or begging others to
g