OF TOO MUCH LOVE, &c.
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a life of great sanctity, he came to a happy end, and passed into the joy of his Lord[1]. (99)
APPLICATION.
My beloved, the gambler is any worldly-minded man, and Bernard is a discreet confessor. His horse typifies his heart; and the three dice are the Holy Trinity.
TALE XC.
OF TOO MUCH LOVE OF THE FORCE OF TRUTH.
Petrus Alphonsus (100) relates a story of two knights, of whom one dwelt in Egypt and the other in Baldac[2]. Messengers often
