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trod for the last time; and, after I had visited theHoly Sepulchre and all those holy places, with thedevotion of a full heart, finally I came where oncestood a church of the Holy Hospital, founded inhonour of God and his blessed mother, and St.John the Baptist; and seeing so many operationssuggested by the grace of the Holy Ghost that it isimpossible to count them, and more charity towardthe sick and indigent of the faithful than humantongue can express, I promised to offer somethingto God also, and so now, to acquit my promise tothe Omnipotent Avith whole effusion of spirit, giveto the said house of the Hospital, and all thebrethren Avithin it, an habitation built on theMonale called Wood Mount, in the Cold Mountain(in Sicily), and of the Castle of S. Abraham (nearBethlehem), and I make this my donation in theyear 1100, less than a year from the taking of Je-rusalem ; and I have done this for the benefit of thesouls of my father and mother, and relations, andall the Christians, living and dead. And affixmy seal to the same, in presence of these trustyAvitnesses, Arnold of Vismala, and many others.”There are many mistakes in the deed, as come downto us, and as it could not have been written by God-frey. The Xenodochium of the order and the Churchof St. J ohnAvei'e tAVo distinct things. Near the church