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Chap. IX.—How Cuthbert was zealous in the Ministry of the Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. X.—How Cuthbert passed the Night in the Sea, praying; and when he was come out, two Animals of the Sea did him reverence; and how the Brother, who saw those things, being in fear, was encouraged by Cuthbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XI.—How, when the Sailors were prevented from Sailing by bad Weather, he predicted that it would be fine on a certain Day, and how he obtained Food by Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XII.—How he foretold that, on a Journey, an Eagle would bring him Food, and how this took place accordingly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XIII.—How he foresaw a Vision of a Fire coming from the Devil whilst he was preaching, and how he put out the same . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XIV.—How, when a House was really set on Fire, he put out the Flames by Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XV.—How he cast out a Devil from the Præfect's Wife, even before his Arrival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XVI.—How he lived and taught in the Monastery of Lindisfarne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XVII.—Of the Habitation which he made for himself in the Island of Farne, when he had expelled the Devils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XVIII.—How by his Prayers he drew Water from the dry Ground, and how he got on during his Retirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XIX.—How he sowed a Field with Barley, and kept off the Birds from the Crop by his mere Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XX.—How the Crows apologized to the Man of God for the Injury which they did him, and made him a Present in Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XXI.—How even the Sea was subservient to his Wants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XXII.—How he gave salutary Admonitions to many who came to him, and exposed the impotent Snares of the Old Enemy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XXIII.—How Ælfled the Abbess and one of her Nuns were cured of an Infirmity by means of his Girdle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XXIV.—Of his Prophecy in Answer to the same Ælfled, concerning the Life of King Ecgfrid and his own Bishopric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XXV.—How, when elected to the Bishopric, he cured a Servant of one of the King's Attendants by means of Holy Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XXVI—Of his Manner of Life in his Bishopric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chap. XXVII.—How, though at a Distance, he saw in |
