feared, because they knew of his coming,
and straightway the possessed men, with horrible roaring,
were filled with dread, even as condemned thieves
tremble, being in dread, at the judge's coming.
So Martin's coming was made known to the priests
through the devil's roaring, though they knew it not before.
As often as he desired to cast out devils from the insane,
he prostrated himself on the church-floor,
clothed with hair-cloth and bestrewed with ashes,
lying in his prayers with locked doors,
and the devils afterward were immediately driven
from the afflicted men with wonderful gesticulations;
that the saying might be fulfilled in Martin,
that holy men shall judge angels.
XLIIII. At that time there was a town in the province of the Senones
which was usually devastated every year by hail;
so that their fields were spoiled before
any reaper had gathered the harvest.
Then the town-council sent a trusty messenger
to the holy Martin, praying for his help.
Then Martin entreated the merciful Lord
for the afflicted men; and from that day forth,
for the space of twenty years, while he continued in life,
there came not again into that country any hail;
but in the first year after he was dead
the hail came back, and evilly afflicted them,
that this earth might know of Martin's departure,
and weep for his death, as it had rejoiced in his life.
XLV. There was a certain idol-temple very firmly built,
and craftily wrought with wondrously hewn stones,
and there many brothers dwelt afterward
in Martin's time. Then he ordered a mass-priest
called Marcellus, who had his dwelling there,
to overthrow that wondrous temple.
