saying that their food and clothing were scanty.
Then said the holy man to them in answer:
' Let our church feed us and let our church clothe us,
and we will keep nought for ourselves of this gift.'
What shall we longer write concerning Martin's miracles,
since Sulpicius said that they were numberless,
and no speech can reckon his miracles,
because he had greater power in his monkhood
than in the episcopal office, according to what he himself said
But we will now speak concerning his departure.
LI. The blessed Martin knew of his ending
long before he departed from this life to Christ;
and he announced his death to some of his brothers.
There were at that time in the monastery at Candes
some priests at variance, and he journeyed thither,
desiring to reconcile them before his departure,
and to leave God's congregation at peace.
So he travelled thitherward with some brothers,
when he saw some diver-birds swimming in a river,
and repeatedly dipping down to the bottom,
pursuing the fish with ravenous greediness.
Then spake the holy man to his companions thus;
'These birds have a likeness to fiends
who ever lay snares about the unwary,
and greedily take them, and destroy them when taken,
and are not filled with the prey that they take.'
Then Martin bade the greedy divers
desist from fishing and journey to the wilderness;
and the birds thereupon went away to the wood,
