three days came the wicked emperor to the place, and bade men open the brazen engine, that he might see to what those saints' bodies had turned. When he saw them sound, then weened he that they yet lived, and bade them to be thrown out on the earth. Then wondered all those who were there, that the fire had not touched even a hair of them, but their bodies were whiter than snow. Then was the emperor afraid, and went thence to his hall; and the multitude who stood there cried, ' Great and exalted is the God of Christian men and the one true God Jesus Christ, and there is none other but He; Who caused the fire not to consume a single thread of their hair.'
And the Christians took their bodies secretly, and buried them; and built a chapel after the persecution was stilled; and celebrated their memory on the day of the Kalends of November. This is the life of the Blessed martyrs, and here is the ending of their glorious strife. Verily all those who are worthy, and glorify their memory, and call them to their assistance, such men shall obtain the good things which are promised to the Saints through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; to Whom be glory and power to ages of ages, ever in eternity. AMEN.
XXXI.
NOV. 11. ST. MARTIN, BISHOP AND CONFESSOR.
[See also AEfric's Homilies, ed. Thorpe, ii, 498.]
There was a certain wise writer, called Sulpicius,
who desired to write the miracles and mighty deeds
which the great Martin mightily performed
in this world, and he therefore wrote concerning him
the things which he had learned, either from himself
or from other men, because the miracles,
which God wrought by him, were known to many;
