but they rode on, nor regarded his cry.
Then Martin perceived that he must help him,
since the others would not; nevertheless, he knew not
what to give to the naked man, because he himself
had naught but his clothes and his military garb,
since he had formerly spent his money in a similar work.
Then he drew his knife, and cut in two his cloak,
and gave the half part of it to the happy poor man,
and put the other half on his own back.
Then his comrades laughed at the cut cloak;
and some were sorry that they had not done something like it,
since they, without nakedness, might have helped him better.
In the same night he saw in a dream
Jesus clothed with the half-cloak
which he had given to the poor man, and bade him look
towards his Lord, and recognise the robe.
Therewith the holy Martin heard
Jesus call to His holy angels
with clear voice, who said to those who stood round Him:
' Martin, who is not yet baptised, clothed Me with this robe.'
Then he remembered His saying, which He said in His gospel;
' that which ye do in my name to one of these least,
that do ye to Myself '; and therefore He made known
Himself to Martin in a dream with the robe
which the poor man formerly received for His name.
The holy man, nevertheless, was not lifted up by the vision,
but recognised the goodness of God in his work.
And when he was eighteen years old, he was baptised in God,
but would not yet give up, for his dear captain's sake,
