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| | December 31 |
 | | A deputation of friars waited on him to extort a recantation, but the lion sat up in bed and sternly dismissed them, saying: 'I shall not die, but recover, and live to expose your evil deeds;' and he did live until 1384. |
 | | of December of that year, he was in his church hearing mass when, just as the host was about to be elevated, he was struck down with palsy. |
 | | That so interesting an occasion should be distinguished by some observance or ceremony appears but natural, and we accordingly find various customs prevail, some sportive, others serious, and others in which both the mirthful and pensive moods are intermingled. |
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