Brake off their games for wonder, and stood still

In silence; some among them cried, A Saint!

The village matron when she gave him food

Besought his prayers; and one entreated him

To lay his healing hands upon her child,

For with a sore and hopeless malady

Wasting, it long had lain, ... and sure, she said,

He was a man of God.

Thus travelling on

He past the vale where wild Arunca pours