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the_o prayer_n and_o be_v afterward_o return_v to_o laodicea_n and_o find_v the_o virgin_n to_o be_v now_o on_o foot_n &_o free_a from_o all_o manner_n of_o pain_n to_o satisfy_v himself_o more_o full_o whether_o it_o be_v to_o be_v attribute_v to_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o saint_n or_o no_o he_o demand_v of_o she_o on_o what_o day_n she_o begin_v to_o feel_v herself_o well_o and_o have_v hear_v it_o he_o present_o take_v out_o the_o scroll_n &_o with_o the_o great_a astonishment_n of_o all_o they_o find_v the_o saint_n prayer_n and_o recovery_n to_o have_v happen_v on_o the_o self_n same_o day_n in_o like_a manner_n a_o certain_a courtier_n call_v frontone_n that_o be_v torment_v with_o a_o rage_a infirmity_n will_v have_v eat_v his_o tongue_n &_o pluck_v out_o his_o eye_n have_v recourse_n to_o s._n antony_n who_o without_o any_o more_o ado_n say_v to_o he_o go_v thy_o way_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v heal_v but_o frontone_n stand_v yet_o still_o for_o all_o that_o and_o not_o 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of_o ammon_n in_o a_o vision_n to_o ascend_v to_o heaven_n chap._n 15._o two_o monk_n on_o a_o time_n be_v travayl_v in_o the_o desert_n come_v to_o fail_v of_o water_n in_o so_o much_o as_o the_o one_o of_o they_o die_v thereof_o and_o the_o other_o seem_v to_o lie_v in_o extreme_n this_o be_v reveal_v to_o s._n antony_n he_o command_v the_o two_o which_o be_v in_o his_o company_n to_o go_v their_o way_n and_o run_v present_o with_o a_o vessel_n of_o water_n to_o the_o say_a place_n be_v distant_a from_o the_o monastery_n a_o day_n journey_n at_o least_o and_o tell_v they_o wherefore_o and_o they_o diligent_o perform_v the_o same_o find_v the_o one_o as_o i_o say_v depart_a who_o they_o bury_v &_o bring_v succour_n to_o the_o other_o in_o good_a time_n and_o be_v so_o escape_v they_o conduct_v he_o to_o the_o saint_n now_o for_o what_o cause_n the_o same_o be_v not_o show_v he_o before_o and_o why_o god_n will_v conserve_v the_o one_o and_o not_o the_o other_o seem_v not_o to_o 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the_o word_n he_o speak_v to_o that_o purpose_n that_o as_o it_o be_v the_o proper_a office_n and_o praise_n of_o the_o superior_a to_o moderate_v and_o discern_v so_o from_o the_o subject_n be_v not_o require_v so_o much_o prudence_n and_o circumspection_n as_o a_o prompt_a execution_n and_o perfect_a obedience_n to_o this_o example_n the_o same_o also_o be_v not_o much_o unlike_a which_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o chapter_n how_o two_o steward_n of_o s._n pachomius_n be_v check_v by_o he_o for_o do_v against_o obedience_n chap._n 13._o there_o happen_v so_o great_a a_o dearth_n of_o corn_n as_o scarce_o be_v any_o to_o be_v find_v throughout_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n which_o s._n pachomius_n well_o know_v send_v one_o of_o the_o brother_n to_o make_v his_o provision_n thereof_o as_o much_o as_o a_o hundred_o piece_n of_o gold_n of_o a_o certain_a coin_n be_v able_a to_o procure_v he_o be_v take_v out_o of_o common_a stock_n of_o the_o labour_n of_o the_o monastery_n the_o 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