In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
Passage:

Every day for a whole year, all kinds of holy men, hermits, scholars and nobles came, and related to the priests their deeds of(1)......... , and the priests in solemn council heard their claims. At last, they decided that the one who seemed to be the greatest lover of (2)......... was a rich man who had that very year given all his (3)............ to the poor. So they gave him the plate of gold, but when he took it in his hand, it turned into (4)............ lead: though, when he dropped it on the floor, to his (5)............ , it became gold again.