S. THOMAS THE APOSTLE
S. Thomas, when he was in Cæsarea, our Lord appeared to him, and said: 'The King of Inde, Gundoferus, hath sent his provost, Abbanes, for to seek men that can well the craft of masons, and I shall send thee to him.' And S. Thomas said: 'Sir, send me overall save to them of Inde.' And our Lord said to him: 'Go thy way thither surely, for I shall be thy keeper, and when thou hast converted them of Inde, thou shalt come to me by the crown of martyrdom.' And Thomas said to him: 'Thou art my lord, and I thy servant; thy will be fulfilled.' And as the provost went through the market, our Lord said to him: 'Young man, what wilt thou buy?' and he said: 'My lord hath sent me for to bring to him some that be learned in the science of masonry, that they might make for him a palace after the work of Rome.' And then our Lord delivered to him S. Thomas the Apostle, and told to him that he was much expert in that work. And they departed and sailed till they came in a city, where the king made a wedding of his daughter, and had do cry that all the people should come to this feast of this marriage or else he would be angry. And it so happed that the provost and Thomas went thither, and an Hebrew maid had a pipe in her hand and praised ever each one with some laud or praising. And when she saw
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