Denique fertur quia tempore quodam cum die sancto paschae cum praefato episcopo consedisset ad prandium, positusque esset in mensa coram eo discus argenteus regalibus epulis refertus, et iamiamque essent manus ad panem benedicendum missuri, intrasse subito ministrum ipsius cui suscipiendorum inopum erat cura delegata, et indicasse regi quia multitudo pauperum undecumque adveniens maxima perplateas sederet, postulans aliquid eleemosynae a rege: qui mox dapes sibimet adpositas deferri pauperibus, sed et discum confringi, atque eisdem minutatim dividi praecepit.
In short it is reported that at a certain time when on the holy day of Easter the king with the foresaid bishop were set down to dinner, and a silver dish replenished with princely dainties was set on the table before him, and they were now on the point of putting forth their hands to bless the bread, suddenly there entered in his officer to whom was committed the charge to relieve the needy, and told the king that a very great number of poor people arriving from all places did sit in the public ways, desiring some alms from the king: who by and by gave commandment that the delicacies which were set before his own person should be bestowed on the poor, and moreover the dish of silver be broken and by piecemeal parted among the same.
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