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i72 A TOUR THROUGH
clothes, and the simplest kind of food ; all
he rest he devotes to charitable, pious,
nd public uses. He even seems to carry
this too far, and denies himself the most
common gratifications of life. Such as
sleeping on a bed ; a piece of luxury he is
said never to indulge himself in, but lies
very night on straw.—He is, as you may
believe, adored by the people, who crowd
in his way as he passes, to receive his bene-
diction ; which they allege is even of
more sovereign efficacy than that of the
pope. And indeed so it is, for he never
sees an object in distress, but he is sure to
relieve him ; not trusting alone to the spi-
ritual efsicacy of the blessing, but always
accompanying it with something solid and
temporal: and perhaps this accompaniment
is not esteemed the worst part of it. The
town and country round Monreale are
greatly indebted to his liberality ; and in
every corner exhibit marks of his munifi-
cence. He has just now made a present to
the
clothes, and the simplest kind of food ; all
he rest he devotes to charitable, pious,
nd public uses. He even seems to carry
this too far, and denies himself the most
common gratifications of life. Such as
sleeping on a bed ; a piece of luxury he is
said never to indulge himself in, but lies
very night on straw.—He is, as you may
believe, adored by the people, who crowd
in his way as he passes, to receive his bene-
diction ; which they allege is even of
more sovereign efficacy than that of the
pope. And indeed so it is, for he never
sees an object in distress, but he is sure to
relieve him ; not trusting alone to the spi-
ritual efsicacy of the blessing, but always
accompanying it with something solid and
temporal: and perhaps this accompaniment
is not esteemed the worst part of it. The
town and country round Monreale are
greatly indebted to his liberality ; and in
every corner exhibit marks of his munifi-
cence. He has just now made a present to
the