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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, especial
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