fawning and making joy with his tail.  And the blind father arose and began offending his feet to run to meet his son, giving to him his hand, and so taking, kissed him with his wife, and began to weep for joy.  When then they had worshipped God and thanked him, they sat down together.  Then Tobias taking the gall of the fish anointed his father’s eyes, and abode as it had been half an hour, and the slime of his eyes began to fall away like as it had been the white of an egg, which Tobias took and drew from his father’s eyes, and anon he received sight.  And they glorified God, that is to wit he and his wife and all they that knew him.

Then said Tobit the father:  I bless thee, Lord God of Israel, for thou hast chastised me, and thou hast saved me, and, lo!  I see Tobias my son.  After these seven days Sara the wife of his son came and entered in with all the family, and the beasts whole and sound, camels and much money of his wife’s, and also the money that he had received of Gabael.  And he told to his father and mother all the benefits of God that was done to him by the man that led him.  Then came Achiacharus and Nasbas, cousins of Tobias, joying and thanking God of all the goods that God had showed to him.  And seven days they ate together making feast, and were glad with great joy.  Then old Tobit call his son Tobias to him, and said:  What may we give to this holy man that cometh with thee?  Then Tobias answering said to his father:  Father, what meed may we give to him, or what may be worthy to him for his benefits?  He led me out and hath brought me whole again, he received the money of Gabael; he did me have my wife and he put away the devil from her; he hath made joy to my parents, and saved myself from devouring of the fish, and hath made thee see the light of heaven, and by him we be replenished with all goods; what may we then worthily give to him?  Wherefore I pray thee, father, that thou pray him if he vouchsafe to take the half of all that I have.  Then the father and the son calling him took him apart and began to pray him that he would vouchsafe to take half the part of all the goods that they had brought.  Then said he to them privily:  Bless ye God of heaven and before all living people knowledge ye him, for he hath done to you his mercy.  Forsooth to hide the sacrament of the king it is good, but for to show the works of God and to knowledge them it is worshipful.  Oration and prayer is good, with fasting and alms, and more than to set up treasures of gold.  For alms delivereth from death, and it is she that purgeth sins and maketh a man to find everlasting life.  Who that do sin and wickedness they be enemies of his soul.  I show to you therefore the truth and I shall not hide from you the secret word.  When thou prayedst with tears and didst bury the dead men and leftest thy dinner and hiddest dead men by the day in thine house, and in the night thou buriedst them, I offered thy prayer unto God.  And forasmuch as thou wert