. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. ceeded against Egypt, thinking by the conquest of thatcountry to open a triumphant way to Palestine. He was defeated, andreturned to France. • I 1< was a model prince among his own people. He used to spenda portion of each day in charity, and to feed an hundred or morepaupers every time he went to walk. He visited his own domesticswhen they were sick; he founded charities, which have multiplied, andto-day cause his name to be remembered with gratitude almost every*where in Frano . He mafic it the aim of his lite t«» relieve s
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. ceeded against Egypt, thinking by the conquest of thatcountry to open a triumphant way to Palestine. He was defeated, andreturned to France. • I 1< was a model prince among his own people. He used to spenda portion of each day in charity, and to feed an hundred or morepaupers every time he went to walk. He visited his own domesticswhen they were sick; he founded charities, which have multiplied, andto-day cause his name to be remembered with gratitude almost every*where in Frano . He mafic it the aim of his lite t«» relieve sufferingwherever it might be found. M It is related of him, among a multitude of stories, that he was onceaccosted by a poor woman standing at the door of her cottage, whoheld in her hand a loaf, and -aid.— king, it is of this bread that comes of thine alms that mypoor, sick husband is The king took the loaf and examined it. It is rather hard bread,1 said he ; and he then visited the sick manhimsf-lf and gave the cas< his personal IT IS RATHER HARD BREAD. UPPER NORMANDY. 35 Going out on a certain Good Friday barefoot to distribute alms,he saw a leper on the other side of a dirty pond. He waded throughit to the wretched man, gave him alms, then, taking his hand in hisown, kissed it. The act greatly astonished his attendants, but the dis-ease was not communicated to him.
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