S. =Augustin= declareth in his booke, =De cura pro mortuis agenda=, that when the Citie of _Nola_ was besieged by the Barbariens, the citizens saw =Felix= the martyr plainly appearing vnto them. Touching S. =Gregorie=, who in his Dialogues writeth many such things, we will entreate hereafter when his turne commeth. Ye shall read of many such like, in the liues of the auncient Fathers, which al are not to be reiected as vain and fabulous, for some part of them written by graue and learned men, whereof letting the rest passe for breuitie sake, I will rehearse one short historie. [Sidenote: Basiliscus appeared to Chrysostome.] It is to be séene in the life of =Ioannes Chrysostom=, that =Basiliscus= Bishop of _Comane_ (who suffered as a Martir with =Lucianus= the priest at _Antioch_, vnder =Maximianus= the Emperour) appeared vnto Saint =Chrysostome=, when hee was in exile, and sayd vnto him: Brother =Iohn=, be of good comfort, for to morrow we shall be togither. But first he appeared to the priest of that Church, and sayd vnto him: prepare a place for our deare brother =Iohn=, who will shortly come hither. Which things the euent proued afterwards to be true. CHAP. XIIII. That in the Bookes set foorth by Monkes, are many ridiculous and vaine apparitions. We made mention a litle before, of Chronicles written by Monkes. Now as touching their legendes of Saintes (as they terme their storehouses of examples, and liues of auncient Fathers, in the which are many apparitions of diuels & spirits,) verily there is no cause at all why we should ascribe much vnto them, for the most part of such stuffe as is set forth in them, haue no shewe nor likelihood of truth: perchaunce their minde was to bring men to great feare and Religion by those their counterfeited and imagined histories. But concerning these, this place now serueth not to intreate. The like may be sayd, of many superstitious Popish writers, who following these mens steppes, haue written many vpon other mens credit and reports, which least any man thinke I write, being moued with enuie or hatred of the persons, I will shewe you one onely historie or fable amongst so many, that you may thereby haue as it were a taste of that which I sayd euen now. [Sidenote: S. Seuerine Bishop of Colin.]