ould have been no
Heaven nor Earth to have been seen.
_Po._ O brave, I am glad with all my Heart, for _Reuclin_'s, Sake; but
what follow'd?
_Br. Jerome_, (says he) for Honour's Sake, giving _Reuclin_ the
Right-Hand, and embracing him, conducts him into the Meadow, and up a
Hill that was in the middle of it, where they kiss'd and embrac'd one
another again: In the mean Time, the Heavens open'd over their Heads to
a prodigious Wideness, and there appear'd a Glory so unutterable, as
made every Thing else, that pass'd for wonderful before, to look mean
and sordid.
_Po._ Can't you give us some Representation of it?
Br. No, how should I, that did not see it? He who did see it, says, that
he was not able to express the very Dream of it. He said, he would die a
thousand Deaths to see it over again, if it were but for one Moment.
_Po._ How then?
_Br._ Out of this Overture of the Heavens, there was let down a great
Pillar of Fire that was transparent, and of a very pleasant Form: By
this the two holy Souls were carried into Heaven, in one anothers
Embraces; a Choir of Angels all the While accompanying them, with so
charming a Melody, that the Franciscan says, he is never able to think
of the Delight of it without weeping. And after this there follow'd a
wonderful fragrant Smell. When he waked out of his Dream, if you will
call it a Dream, he was just like a mad Man. He would not believe he was
in his Cell; he called for his Bridge and his Meadow; he could not speak
or think of any Thing else but them. The Seniors of the Convent, when
they found the Story to be no Fable, for it is certain that _Reuclin_
dy'd at the very Instant that the holy Man had this Vision, they
unanimously gave Thanks to God, that abundantly rewards good Men for
their good Deeds.
_Po._ What have we to do, but to set down this holy Man's Name in the
Calendar of Saints?
_Br._ I should have done that if the Franciscan had seen nothing at all
of this, and in Gold Letters too, I'll assure you, next to St. _Jerome_
himself.
_Po._ And let me die if I don't put him down in my Book so too.
_Br._ And besides that, I'll set him in Gold in my little Chapel, among
the choicest of my Saints.
_Po._ And if I had a Fortune to my Mind, I'd have him in Diamonds.
_Br._ He shall stand in my Library, the very next to St. _Jerome_.
_Po._ And I'll have him in mine too.
_Br._ If they were grateful, every one who loves Learning and Languages,
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