the innocent ſuppliant, and offered him ſhelter and protection under his roof. At his entrance into the duſky grotto, the affrighted fancy of the fugitive painted it as another cut-throat den; and not only the grotto, but the chapel, eating-room, and cellar of the hermit, and even the azure vault of heaven, aſſumed in his eyes the ſhape of an oven, and one cold fit fell upon him after another: but the hoſpitable father ſoon cheared his ſpirits by his ſoothing converſation; he offered him water to waſh his feet, and placed fine bread before him, with a platter of fruit for his ſupper. He looſened his tongue, which was ſo parched as to cling to the roof of his mouth, with a cup of wine, and prepared him a bed of ſoft moſs, where Friedbert ſlept in one continued nap till the pious Benno waked him to prayers. By the time he had finiſhed his morning repaſt, all his troubles and adverſities had vaniſhed from his mind, and he could not find wordsenough
