Hutton, Edward, 1875- · London : Methuen · leaf 126
for, as I heard the tale,it was not only a Rose—Rosa Mystica—in whose honourthis shrine was built, but it was a rose which was in part themeans of founding it. For it seems that in the year 1483, upon the twenty-seventh day of April, the sky being grey and the road deepwith snow, there came by a… … IMOLA 91 little pear tree, whose branches were so laden with snow thatit seemed in full blossom. The pilgrim knelt to say a prayer, and, caught by thesweetness of Madonnas face, lighted in the snow a littlecandle which he had in his knapsack for use at the inn ; andthis he did in honour of the…
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