The saint now made a bargain with the wolf, which gave him its paw in pledge of the oath; and it kept the promise, for it followed St.Francis into the city, and never again harmed anyone.

The citizens of Gubbio fed the good beast, and when it died sincerely mourned it.

If you wish to know from whom I heard this edifying story--which is true, and can be confirmed by some one now in Nuremberg who witnessed it--let me tell you that it was the wicked wolf himself; not the Gubbio one, but he from Switzerland.

An old Minorite monk, to whom he compassionately gave his horse, is the witness I mentioned.

At the tavern the priest told him what he had beheld with his own eyes.