Chapter CXI. Of Tee Fish which he Desired in his Infirmity

ON another time when he was grievously sick in the palace of the Bishop of Assisi, the friars besought him to eat. And he answered, "I have no will to eat; but if I could have some of the fish called squail, perhaps I could eat it." And as he said this, behold, some one came carrying a wicker basket in which there were three great squails well prepared, and some crayfish, which the holy Father did willingly eat. And this, Brother Gerard, the Minister of Rieti, had sent to him. And they praised God for the divine providence. Who had provided for His servant those things which were impossible to be had then at Assisi, since it was winter.