ſlept with his fathers. He was conſigned to the earth by his pupil, amid the loud lamentations of every devout ſoul on the mountains; theſe good people grieved for the loſs of their heavenly interceſſor, and performed pilgrimages to his grave, which brought in good profit to the heir of the departed. The pious ſimplicity of the mourners deſired relics from the effects which had belonged to the holy man: the legatee did not fail to furniſh them for ſterling caſh; he cut in pieces an old hermit’s frock, and diſtributed the fragments to all that ſought holy trumpery. The briſkneſs of the demand awakened the ſpirit of traffick in his mind: he ſpeculated upon another article, which proved not leſs productive—he divided the white-thorn ſtaff of his maſter into ſmall ſplinters, which were to cure the tooth-ache, when uſed for tooth-picks: and as he did not want for materials, he would have provided all Chriſtendom with his ſovereign tooth-picks, if cuſtomershad
