ground, to crawl in the ashes, wanting at times to lift himself up with a cane, but being incapable of doing so—someone to whom nature had given the desire to walk, but had denied the ability. ¹⁵His parents dedicated the boy to the merits of Saint Clare and, to use their own words, desired that he be "a man of Saint Clare" should he obtain a cure through her.^{a 16}Shortly after the vow had been uttered, the virgin of Christ healed "her man," [and] restored the ability to walk to the boy who had been offered to her. ¹⁷The parents immediately hurried to the virgin's tomb with the boy and offered him, jumping up and rejoicing, to the Lord.

58. ¹⁸A certain woman from the town of Bevagna, Plenaria, suffering for a long time with a paralysis of her kidneys, was unable to walk unless she were supported by a cane. ¹⁹Even with a cane, however, she could not straighten her bent-over body, but took whatever tottering steps [she could]. ²⁰She made her way on a certain Friday to the tomb of Saint Clare where, devoutly pouring out prayers to her, she quickly obtained what she had faithfully requested. ²¹In fact, on the next day, Saturday, after receiving a complete cure, she who had been brought by others returned to her home on her own feet.

Cures of Tumors of the Throat [Chapter XXXIX]

¹For a long time a certain young girl of Perugia suffered with great pain from tumors of her throat which are commonly called swollen glands. ²Twenty swellings could be counted on her throat so that the throat of the girl seemed to be even larger than her head. ³Her mother frequently brought her to the memorial of Saint Clare where she devoutly implored the help of the saint. ⁴Once, while the girl was lying before her burial place for an entire night and broke into a sweat, those swellings began to soften and to move gradually from their position. ⁵With the process of time, in fact, they disappeared through the intercession of Saint Clare so that not a trace of them remained.

59. ⁶Andrea, one of the sisters, had a similar sickness in her throat while Saint Clare was still in the flesh. ⁷It is certainly

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²Cubitabat in solo, repebat in cinere, volens se quandoque ad baculum, nec potens erigere: cui natura gradiendi desiderium dederat, negaverat facultatem. ³Vovent puerum parentes eius meritis sanctae Clarae, atque, ut illorum verbo dicatur, volunt eum sanctae Clarae hominem esse si per eam sanitatem fuerit consecutus. ⁴Protinus, voto emisso, Virgo Christi suum hominem sanans liberae ambulationis officium in oblato sibi puero reparavit. ⁵Illico parentes ad Virginis tumulum cum puero properantes eum subsilientem et gaudentem Domino obtulerunt.

58 ¹Mulier quaedam de castro Mevanii, Pleneria nomine, diu contractionem renum perpessa, non, nisi baculo substentata poterat ambulare. ²Adminiculo tamen baculi non curvum erigebat corpus sed nutantes utcumque trahebat gressus: ³Deferri se fecit quodam die Veneris ad tumulum sanctae Clarae: ubi preces ad eam devotissime fundens celeriter obtinuit quod fideliter postulavit. ⁴Sequenti namque Sabbato, integra sanitate obtenta, domum propriis pedibus est reversa, quae fuerat per alios apportata.

De sanatione a tumoribus gutturis.

¹Tumores gutturis; quosvulgari sermone scrofulas vocant, puella quaedam Perusina cum dolore multo diu portaverat. ²Viginti quidem glandulae suo numerabantur in gutture, ut ipsum puellae guttur satis grossius capite videretur. ³Duxit eam saepe mater eius ad memoriam virginis Clarae, ubi ipsius sanctae beneficium devotissime implorabat. ⁴Cumque tota quadam nocte ante sepulcrum puella iaceret, prorumpente sudore, strumae illae mollificari coeperunt ac de suo loco paululum commoveri. ⁵Processu vero temporis per sanctae Clarae merita sic evanuerunt, ut nulla penitus vestigia remanerent.

59 ⁶Consimile malum una de sororibus, Andrea nomine, dum adhuc in carne virgo Clara maneret, portabat in gutture suo. ⁷Mirum certe, quod in medio lapidum ignitorum anima tam frigida latitabat