"O Clare, honored by the world, I entrust my pitiable son to you and, with every prayer, I beg you for his cure."

⁸He hurried to the tomb filled with faith, brought the boy, and placed him on her grave. ⁹While he prayed, he immediately obtained her help. For the boy was at once free from that ill ness and never again afflicted by an injury of this kind.

Another Miracle [Chapter XXXIII]

51. ¹Alexandrina di Fratta, of the diocese of Perugia, was afflicted by a very bad demon.^{a 2}The demon had so brought her into his power that he would make her fly like a bird abovea high rock that stuck out over the bank of the river. ³He also made her land upon a very thin branch hanging over the Tiber and kept her there as if for fun. ⁴Moreover, since she had completely lost [use of] her left side and had a withered hand because of her sins, she did not profit from any of the medicinesshe had frequently tried.

⁵She came to the tomb of the glorious virgin Clare with a contri te heart. After calling upon her merits, she received an effective cure for that threefold danger. ⁶In fact, her withered hand was restored, her side was returned to health, and she was freed from possession of the evil demon.

⁷At the same time, another woman of the same place received before the tomb of the saint the gift of being freed from [possession by the] devil and many ill nesses.

Healing from the Sickness of Frenzy [Chapter XXXIV]

52. ¹An ill ness of frenzy, which both took away the use of speech and made the body horribly disturbed, possessed acertain young Frenchman who was attached to the Curia.^{b 2}He could at least be restrained by someone, but, while in the hands of those willing to restrain him, he all the more bruised himself. ³He was

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⁷O virgo, inquit, sanctissima, o mundo venerabilis Clara, tibi miserum natum devoveo, a te sanitatem ejus tota supplicatione deposco.

⁸Festinat ad sepulcrum eius fide plenus, et allatum puerum super tumbam virginis ponens, eius protinus opem, dum poscit, acquirit.⁹Statim enim puer ab illa infirmitate liber efficitur, et iam ulterius nulla consimili laesione vexatur.

Aliud miraculum.

51 ¹Alexandrina de Fracta Perusinae dioecesis daemonio nequissimo vexabatur.²Quam ita daemonium in suam redigerat potestatem, ut faceret eam per excelsam rupem, quae in crepidine fluminis eminebat, sicut aviculam volitare:³per tenuissimum quoque arboris ramum, fluvio Tiberis impendentem faciebat descendere, atque eam ibidem quasi ludo vacare:⁴suorum quoque merito peccatorum, cum latus sinistrum penitus amisisset, et manum contractam haberet, medicinis saepe tentatis nihil proficiebat:

⁵venit ad tumbam gloriosae virginis Clarae corde compuncta, eiusque meritis invocatis, contra suum illud triplex periculum unius remedii salutarem sumit effectum.⁶Contracta quidem manus extenditur, latus sanitati redditur, et possessa a daemonio liberatur.

⁷Altera mulier eiusdem loci a daemonio et multis doloribus, eodem tempore ante sepulcrum Sanctae, munus liberationis accepit.

De sanato a morbo furiae.

52 ¹Puerum quendam Francigenam, qui curiam sequebatur, furiae morbus invaserat, quae ipsi et loquelae abstulerat usum et corpus monstruose fecerat inquietum.²Detineri ab aliquo minime poterat, sed potius intra manus detinere volentium horribiliter se frangebat.³Ligatur funibus lectulo mortuorum et a compatriotis ad ecclesiam sanctae Clarae defertur invitus,