A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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A.3.4 1 have heard that far from here in the regions of the East / is t
A.3.4 10 , / great-hearted and abundant in powers, / the one who establis
A.3.4 29 homs higher, / as those clever in learning, wise ones in their
A.3.4 30 nes in their wisdom, / tell us in their writings, / than any of
A.3.4 50 e opened. / There is not there in that land any hateful foe: / n
A.3.4 63 sly adorned well from springs in beautiful rivulets. / Delightf
A.3.4 66 d passes through entire grove in powerful spurts. / It is the b
A.3.4 79 r does the wood become marred in appearance. / There a holy per
A.3.4 85 / A bird wondrous fair, strong in feathers, / inhabits that wood
A.3.4 89 abode; / death never harms him in that joyful plain, / as long a
A.3.4 97 en, / vanished under the waves in the regions of the west, / hid
A.3.4 98 regions of the west, / hidden in the dawning, / and the dark ni
A.3.4 100 ackly vanished. / Then, strong in flight, / the bird proud in it
A.3.4 101 ng in flight, / the bird proud in its feathers, / looks eagerly
A.3.4 106 just so that noble bird, firm in beauty, / inhabits the welling
A.3.4 109 bathes himself twelve times / in the stream before the coming
A.3.4 112 -springs. / Then after playing in the water, / with soaring hear
A.3.4 123 e of the grove, / passes swift in feathers, flying in the air,
A.3.4 126 inspired its heart, exulting in bliss; / he modulates his song
A.3.4 139 ich the Lord created for man / in this miserable world match th
A.3.4 143 , / moves its head, bold, wise in thought, / and thrice shakes h
A.3.4 144 ice shakes his feathers swift in flight; / the bird is quieted.
A.3.4 154 thered one, / old, experienced in years, will be weighed down.
A.3.4 161 land with them. / Then, strong in flight, he heads west, / affli
A.3.4 166 eek the land of the Syrians, / in the greatest of hosts. There
A.3.4 168 hem, / so that he goes to live in shadow / in a wooded grove, a
A.3.4 169 at he goes to live in shadow / in a wooded grove, a desolate pl
A.3.4 172 ts and keeps to / a lofty tree in the forest, / secure in roots
A.3.4 173 y tree in the forest, / secure in roots under heaven’s roof,
A.3.4 175 the bird. / The king glorious in might, the lord of mankind, /
A.3.4 189 ple, / then he begins to build in the branches, / make ready the
A.3.4 202 the wild bird / builds a house in the wasteland / above the loft
A.3.4 204 ly, / and himself dwells there in the sunny room, / and in that
A.3.4 205 there in the sunny room, / and in that leafy shade surrounds hi
A.3.4 209 ey. When the gem of the sky, / in the summertime, the sun shine
A.3.4 213 eams / with sweet odours; then in the heat through the fire’s
A.3.4 218 and the phoenix burns, / wise in ancient years; then the flame
A.3.4 230 ge of an apple is found again in the ashes, / from which there
A.3.4 233 from the shell. Then he grows in the shadows, / so that he is a
A.3.4 236 / then further yet it burgeons in joys, / so that it is in growt
A.3.4 237 geons in joys, / so that it is in growth like an old eagle , / a
A.3.4 239 with feathers / just as he was in the beginning, / brightly blos
A.3.4 260 omes renewed young, / enclosed in flesh. He eats no food, / sust
A.3.4 266 his own. / Then the bird proud in feathers is grown up / among t
A.3.4 276 his own home. / Then he grasps in his feet the fire’s remains
A.3.4 277 fire’s remains, / clasps it in his claws, / and seeks again i
A.3.4 278 n his claws, / and seeks again in joy his familiar place, / his
A.3.4 282 he beginning, / when God, firm in victory, / first set him up on
A.3.4 302 iercing and most like a stone in appearance, / a lovely gem, wh
A.3.4 304 he skill of smiths / it is set in a golden vessel. / Around the
A.3.4 306 rightest of circlets is woven in feathers. / The belly is wondr
A.3.4 311 hs and pale feet / are covered in scales. The bird is peerless
A.3.4 312 scales. The bird is peerless / in colour, most like a peacock,
A.3.4 325 d north, / from east and west, in droves; / from far and near in
A.3.4 326 in droves; / from far and near in throngs of people, / where the
A.3.4 333 al it and carve it with hands in marble, / when the day and the
A.3.4 335 e adornments of the one swift in flight. Then the species of b
A.3.4 336 the species of birds / throng in flocks on either side, / press
A.3.4 337 flocks on either side, / press in from distant places, praise i
A.3.4 339 so surround the holy creature in a ring / in flight in the air;
A.3.4 340 the holy creature in a ring / in flight in the air; the phoeni
A.3.4 341 enix is in the midst, / hemmed in by crowds. The nations look o
A.3.4 342 s. The nations look on, / gaze in amazement at how that happy b
A.3.4 346 e peerless on flies off swift in wings, / so that the band of r
A.3.4 355 es. Then the prince / is young in his court. God alone, / the al
A.3.4 362 is home, / the welling streams in the woodlands, / to dwell on t
A.3.4 372 r death, / when he is restored in bird-form again from the ashe
A.3.4 380 that he was before, / wrapped in feathers, though flame should
A.3.4 384 e afterwards / may be permitted in later days to enjoy / the gift
A.3.4 385 enjoy / the gifts of the lord in perpetual bliss, / and ever af
A.3.4 386 s, / and ever afterwards dwell in the world [or ‘glory’?] /
A.3.4 389 those elect thegns of Christ in the dwelling-places, / how the
A.3.4 391 ith the support of the father in these dangerous times / lay up
A.3.4 392 themselves a lofty prosperity in the homeland above. / We have
A.3.4 395 racles, / and then set them up in the best region of the earth,
A.3.4 399 / the command of the holy one in that fresh joy. / There malice
A.3.4 414 losely deceived our ancestors in ancient days / through a wicke
A.3.4 417 ore sorrowful dwelling-place / in this valley of death. A bette
A.3.4 418 th. A better life / was hidden in darkness, and the holy plain
A.3.4 425 his, as the scholars / tell us in words and writings reveal, / i
A.3.4 430 lofty covering of the forest / in which he builds with the nobl
A.3.4 432 a new dwelling-place, / a nest in the grove; there is a great n
A.3.4 444 any who obeyed the lord / well in holy customs beneath the heav
A.3.4 447 aven, / was loyal towards them in his heart. / That is the lofty
A.3.4 448 eart. / That is the lofty tree in which the holy now / have thei
A.3.4 451 son, / with the sign of enmity in that dangerous time. / There t
A.3.4 460 in, keeps god’s law, / brave in his heart, and seeks prayers
A.3.4 461 his heart, and seeks prayers / in clean thoughts, and bends his
A.3.4 465 the lord is a shield to him / in every journey, the ruler of v
A.3.4 469 dwelling-place, / where secure in roots he builds a nest agains
A.3.4 470 nest against malice. / So now in those dwellings the champions
A.3.4 475 welling shall be established / in the city of glory as a recomp
A.3.4 477 kept the holy teachings / hot in their hearts. Their seething
A.3.4 481 / that they should long remain in this fleeting life. / Thus doe
A.3.4 483 h valour eternal joy, / a home in the heavens, until the end of
A.3.4 488 re they shall be long / covered in earth until the coming of fla
A.3.4 500 e noble ones depart, / massing in throngs, and then / this sin-wo
A.3.4 501 / this sin-working world burns in shame, / kindled with flame. E
A.3.4 503 ngle one will become / fearful in heart when fire razes / the fl
A.3.4 517 o are permitted to please God in that terrible time. / There th
A.3.4 524 dy, / from out of their graves in the ground / seeks the Creator
A.3.4 528 here the blessed / are wrapped in their works after a time of e
A.3.4 532 de / so that it suddenly burns in flame, / blazes under the sun,
A.3.4 536 / of the race of men, wrapped in flesh, / peerless and young ag
A.3.4 539 at the king of glory, / mighty in the assembly, becomes graciou
A.3.4 547 t / that I am compiling a poem in lying words, / writing poetry.
A.3.4 549 om / of Job’s songs. Inspired in his breast / through the bount
A.3.4 552 e words: / ‘I do not disdain in the thoughts of my heart / tha
A.3.4 553 at I should choose a deathbed in my nest, / a man corpse-weary,
A.3.4 555 , / on a long journey, covered in clay, / sad about my former de
A.3.4 564 ugh my body must / grow mouldy in its earth-hall, / as a pleasur
A.3.4 568 hope of this will never / fail in my heart, since I have a secu
A.3.4 569 have a secure / and lasting joy in the prince of angels.’ / Thu
A.3.4 571 man, prudent at heart, / sang in ancient days, God’s preache
A.3.4 578 nd then the bird / carries them in his feet to the court of the
A.3.4 580 emain for many years, renewed in form, / entirely young again, w
A.3.4 586 e bird, / with noble perfumes, in blessedness / where the righteo
A.3.4 588 eams / beautiful over the hosts in the dwelling-place of glory.
A.3.4 592 tifully rejuvenated, exulting in bliss / in that happy home, el
A.3.4 593 juvenated, exulting in bliss / in that happy home, elect spirit
A.3.4 596 / but they live there always, in a brilliant troop, / just like
A.3.4 597 / just like the phoenix-bird, in the protection of the Lord, /
A.3.4 598 ction of the Lord, / beautiful in glory. The deeds of every one
A.3.4 599 of every one / gleam brightly in that happy home / before the f
A.3.4 601 f the eternal Lord, / together in peace most like the sun. / The
A.3.4 607 of the righteous, / brilliant in life, where the long joy, / et
A.3.4 609 r diminished, / but they dwell in beauty, wrapped in glory, / wi
A.3.4 611 ngside the father of angels. / In those dwellings there is not
A.3.4 623 m, / and thanks to you, sitting in power, / for your fresh gifts,
A.3.4 633 , purified of sin, / speak out in that famous dwelling-place, /
A.3.4 635 g the praise / of the sovereign in glory, the company of the rig
A.3.4 639 gh he was born / here on earth in the form of a child / in middl
A.3.4 640 earth in the form of a child / in middle-earth, yet the fullnes
A.3.4 647 . Just so the phoenix, / young in the dwelling-places, / betoken
A.3.4 650 o the life of life, developed in limbs; / just as the saviour h
A.3.4 658 he heavens, to merciful God, / in the joy of joys, where they b
A.3.4 661 o that famous establishment, / in that luminous life. To him be
A.3.4 663 r of glory, / honour and power in the kingdom of the skies / abo
A.3.4 666 ty power, / wrapped with glory in that beautiful city. / The aut
A.3.4 669 ttain through good deeds joys in heaven, / where we may seek th
A.3.4 672 d sit on lofty thrones, / live in the bliss of light and peace,
A.4.2 2 .. did not doubt / [his] favor in this wide world. Then she rea
A.4.2 6 ins. / The noble-minded father in heaven granted her favor beca
A.4.2 7 e / she always had firm belief in the Almighty. Then, I heard,
A.4.2 13 h day after Judith, brilliant in her plans, / lady of supernatu
A.4.2 17 al companions, / bold fighters in mail. Tall flagons were set d
A.4.2 22 e gold-friend of the men, was in a mood for pouring, / laughed
A.4.2 29 le day / soaked his commanders in wine, / that firm-willed dispe
A.4.2 34 the sons of mortals. Steeped in viciousness, / he then ordered
A.4.2 36 ste, laden with rings, draped in bangles, / to his bedchamber.
A.4.2 39 mail-coated warriors, marched in a trice / to the guest-quarter
A.4.2 53 nded some one / of those brave in adversity to come nearer to h
A.4.2 62 devil’s spawn / set out then in extravagant spirits with a ba
A.4.2 64 ose his glory precipitously, / in the space of a single night.
A.4.2 66 toward / the while he remained in this world / under the vault o
A.4.2 68 middle of his bed, so steeped in wine that he knew / no reason
A.4.2 69 wine that he knew / no reason in his wits. The soldiers marche
A.4.2 70 s marched / out of the chamber in great haste, / men glutted wit
A.4.2 79 took a sharp sword, / hardened in showers [of battle], and drew
A.4.2 86 ne force, your mercy upon me / in my need. My heart is now / vio
A.4.2 93 glory, what sits so bitterly in my breast, / with such heat in
A.4.2 94 in my breast, / with such heat in my heart.” Then the highest
A.4.2 101 aced / the baleful, horrid man in such a way / that she could mo
A.4.2 106 ough his neck, so that he lay in a stupor, / drunk and severely
A.4.2 116 rments, / cruelly made captive in hellfire / after his departure
A.4.2 117 / after his departure. Hemmed in by shadows, / he need not hope
A.4.2 121 and a day, time without end, / in that dim realm, devoid of the
A.4.2 122 . / Judith had then carved out in conflict / preeminent renown,
A.4.2 127 as it was, into the container in which her attendant, / that li
A.4.2 139 . Bejeweled, / they hurried on in their chosen way / until, glad
A.4.2 143 sat, / waking men held watch / in the stronghold, as Judith, / a
A.4.2 150 town to meet her / and let her in without delay / through the ga
A.4.2 151 thout delay / through the gate in the wall, and she made this a
A.4.2 161 r the high wall. The army was in high spirits. / The people hur
A.4.2 163 ortress, / men and women both, in crowds and throngs, / hosts an
A.4.2 167 n. The heart of every person / in that mead-fortress was gladde
A.4.2 170 ingly they reverently let her in. / Then the sage, adorned with
A.4.2 175 roof of how she had succeeded in the contest. / The noblewoman
A.4.2 177 / “Here, you heroes renowned in victory, / leaders of men, you
A.4.2 203 h to battle properly, / heroes in helmets, from that holy city
A.4.2 205 esounded aloud. The lean wolf in the wood / exulted, and the du
A.4.2 218 all of them, the Assyrians, / in the launch of ash-spears, aft
A.4.2 223 orns, / missiles meant to stay in place. The grim war-makers / b
A.4.2 225 bellowed loud, cast javelins / in a fierce throng. The native h
A.4.2 236 rpower. / Thus the men-at-arms in the morning hours / pursued th
A.4.2 242 es. They went to convey that / in words to the most senior aide
A.4.2 248 f heart, they began to throng in groups / around the sleeping-t
A.4.2 255 the radiant young woman / were in that handsome tent together,
A.4.2 265 enmity, / with inlaid swords. In that day’s work / the statur
A.4.2 288 ity be lost, / perish together in conflict. Here lies our prote
A.4.2 291 eparted sick at heart / to fly in retreat. A mighty host / attac
A.4.2 299 lessed by victory, / magnified in glory. The Lord God, / almight
A.4.2 307 ous / of spear-conflict. There in the dirt / fell the greatest p
A.4.2 312 liant, noble fighters / turned in retreat among the carnage, / t
A.4.2 320 heir opponents, / foes of old, in that place of the people, / pu
A.4.2 332 force, stoics under standards in pitched battle, / through the
A.4.2 343 d granted her renown, / esteem in the realm of earth, likewise
A.4.2 344 in heaven, / victory’s prize in the glory on high, because sh
A.4.2 345 , because she had true faith / in the Almighty; indeed, in the
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus praefatio 9 mercy, protect you and yours / in the place where grace beyond
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 3 ts. / But if rustic minds toil in simple words, / rustic picks
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 13 o find anything worthy of you in these pages, / I urge you no
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 19 Lord. / I urge you to tolerate in a measured manner whatever is
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 20 not to rouse your grievances in every heart. / May your mind h
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 22 / with blessed good fortune in Christ the Lord. / / # / When Ecg
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 2 3 roduced a son, who was famous in name / and shone out among the
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 2 5 f the Saxons, / being vigorous in deeds, in words, and in every
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 2 6 ut he had not been restrained in his earliest years, / and was
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 2 9 ws, / being exceedingly mighty in arms, and bold in his own str
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 2 12 ty deeds, while life remained in his body. / For that reason it
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 1 hese was a shepherd venerable in name, / Eanmund the pious, all
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 4 ds, / which the saints receive in heaven, through the gift of t
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 9 ubject themselves to the Lord in a monastery. / Eanmund having
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 13 eeds, / and shine for all time in flower-bearing troops. / And w
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 12 thirsty man. / He gladly drank in with his ears what the other
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 15 e took what was worth telling in a memorable account, / he pond
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 16 pondered and embraced it all in the thoughts of his heart. / A
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 2 hrist / learned that there was in Ireland, holy in his ways, a
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 7 how what places were worthy, / in which a shrine, sacred to the
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 10 / A table, consecrated to God in the name of mighty Peter, / ca
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 12 tery against the dark enemy. / In addition, the bishop sent to
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 25 aforementioned expanse, / and in that place establish afterwar
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 42 servant, sends you greetings in his own voice / and likewise y
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 49 ather frequently, and blended in with the bristling thorns, / a
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 53 stling thorns. / They rejoiced in opposition, being always gath
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 57 t thanks be to the Lord, that in our time these places / have d
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 69 re to the stars; / and shining in light they praise the Lord, /
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 2 umund rejoiced with great joy in his happy heart, / and rendere
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 6 ten towards the blessed life / in heaven, one that can never ha
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 9 other for Christ / being holy in deeds and words and every tho
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 11 to stretch out his holy hands in prayer, / while another, beati
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 13 with his knees, / endured cold in the chilly nights, / while he a
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 14 , / while he avoided great cold in the midst of fires. / Another,
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 16 ely stole both time and hours in the dark nights, / and stored
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 17 e dark nights, / and stored up in heaven the scattered talents,
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 20 y such good deeds, celebrated in white robes, / but mingled by
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 6 with decorative script, / and in this way he made the shape of
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 7 modern scribe could equal him in this skill; / it is no wonder
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 13 shrewdly instructed the monks in sacred customs, / being chaste
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 14 sacred customs, / being chaste in thoughts and words and flesh
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 17 might spend this present life in the body. / And when the chosen
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 24 s had been washed to put them in the inside of a fitted tomb,
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 32 ous colours / equally mingling in them. Modulating songs with t
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 35 ’s skull with their wings. / In this way they did not cease f
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 40 ther, after he lay some time / in the shadow of death, and dise
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 51 treasure gift, and carried it in his arms. / The bone, when pla
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 52 arms. / The bone, when placed in contact with the dying man’
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 62 songs the remains were hidden in the holy bowels / of a casket,
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 9 2 a priest, and a minister pure in heart to God. / He gave wondro
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 2 d tame / and shape iron metal. In various ways his cunning hamm
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 6 with the grace of his merits in life, / and redeemed with great
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 16 elebrated the nocturnal hymns in sacred choirs, / and the broth
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 4 e world, and stayed his steps in lands / unknown to him. The in
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 5 recesses of his heart seethed in the frightened man, / and imme
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 7 ok him and threatening faces / in dense array through the darkn
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 8 and rough gales disturbed him in various ways. / And when, long
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 11 and they were his sons, whom in their tender bodies sickness
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 14 ife had brought them / dressed in white to the bosom above. / So
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 15 ngs, he began to be more calm in his mind, / and happily accomp
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 21 at one / from the highest seat in answer, spoke as follows: /
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 24 / why do you ask here and now in the hour of chilly death / for
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 26 But the boys, on bended knees in piety, were in turn / prepared
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 34 father entered with his sons in white accompanying him, / and
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 44 s: / ‘Why, you fool, corrupt in mind and body as to faith, / m
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 48 ds , / before the day of death in the name of the highest Lord,
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 51 art, / and at once, collapsing in fear, began to bite the dust,
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 55 il, after being swallowed up / in dark flames, he should then p
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 57 her’s feet, / and begged her in the name of God: ‘have pity
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 59 d to return to the body, / and in this way, while living, let h
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 65 was led away from there again in the company of those blessed
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 68 th, / he learned to live again in Christ with keen intelligence
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 69 s, he showed to everyone that in this life / he saw horrifying
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 12 2 d the cell long, / being noble in speech and venerable in all d
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 12 6 bs of their venerable father / in a fitting tomb under the roof
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 3 of [monastic] life, / prudent in his thoughts, and vigorous in
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 7 ed for certain rewards, grew / in a marvellous manner: reverenc
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 10 ceedingly sparing to himself / in all sustenance, since he nour
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 23 s shepherd completed his time in turn, / he was entitled to lea
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 26 y name. / He stood out as true in his way of life and in all he
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 3 ll with many endowments, / and in zealously built a church wort
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 7 h very lovely painted panels, / in the midst of a portico, and t
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 8 th foliage / when they enclose in the pyx the gifts of precious
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 12 the church, at all times, and in countless troops, / they desce
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 17 t that church, / which shimmer in the church and in the sky for
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 27 ss, / salt tears began to flow in warm streams, / which his grea
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 41 as worthy to repeat such acts in the monastery, / ended his jou
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 42 monastery, / ended his journey in the world and was led over to
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 6 increased. / Somebody saw him in the hours of the dark night,
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 7 s of the dark night, / dressed in unaccustomed clothes, giving
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 9 dingly cold limbs to get warm in the rubbish. / And when the pi
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 11 / he begged and entreated them in the name of the kingdom of th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 15 her, seeing these things, hid in the darkness gathering over t
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 19 eloved ones, / wealth increased in every part of the place, / and
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 22 ation, / could not cause a loss in number to the flocks. / When t
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 27 he lector, a man very learned in books, sang fluent melodies /
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 28 g fluent melodies / resounding in an articulate voice to great
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 33 folk, as the clergy grew glad in the monastery: / as, making th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 3 sly touched upon a few things in my account, / when I once sang
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 4 ain pious men of English race in song, / unlearned as I am and
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 5 ed as I am and a lowly writer in all respects. / If anyone desi
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 7 or them, and submerge himself in the seaweedy waves, / where th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 8 glorifies the learned father, in no learned way, / and attempts
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 11 is lord took the sacred altar in his fingers, / a generous bles
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 16 essor among the English, when in ecstasy of mind, / saw the mos
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 17 most lofty king take this man in his arms, / and his spirit shi
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 18 arms, / and his spirit shining in the light of the sun. / If any
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 19 light of the sun. / If anyone in the world should desire dilig
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 20 seek now to submerge himself in the waves we have spoken of a
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 17 2 powerful Father granted to me in early years, / unworthy as I w
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 17 4 m I myself, wondering at them in their wondrous deeds, / certain
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 17 5 onfirm to have been brilliant in their time, / whom if the poet
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 7 nastery. / He was a man humble in word and modest and deed. / Ra
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 8 stretched out his pious limbs in prayer to the Lord. / I always
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 13 d shepherd took over the fold in modest piety. / In the dark ni
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 14 er the fold in modest piety. / In the dark nights, when the com
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 16 eated harmony. / Keeping vigil in his customary manner during t
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 18 gh the whole psalter, singing in sequence. / So again in the da
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 19 inging in sequence. / So again in the day he completed the same
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 20 he consumed his lyric feasts in twin turns. / Later, when the
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 23 e customary hymns. / And when, in the middle of the day, the br
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 26 nded knees, / and well adorned in readiness he offered on the a
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 36 had accomplished such things / in, alas, a few years, he abandon
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 2 is man, / being devoted to him in body and mind, and he was cal
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 3 me: / this kindly priest shone in splendid deeds. / The father b
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 5 s whole heart, and placed him in charge of the brothers’ rob
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 6 man given to God and faithful in his whole mind, / and he perfo
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 10 s to Christ. / But when, dying in the Lord, he was compelled to
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 14 iant. / Night and day likewise in his prayers he commended to t
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 17 the brother ended his journey in the world without ending the
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 9 ndid seed of a celestial gift in the hearts of the brothers, /
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 11 he confines / of the monastery in the sweetness of heavenly dew
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 13 hrist, / the clergy grows glad in the monastery , / and one law
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 14 them together, the good will in their happy hearts. / Faith br
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 20 hey duly praise the Thunderer in psalms and hymns. / They glori
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 21 hey glorify with their voices in frequent song the shrine , / t
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 26 ws, / and defused limpid light in the brilliant church. / Since
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 30 ng stars, / so torches hanging in various rows underneath / the
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 32 once gave some of them to God in early times, / recent leaders
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 34 offer up others as additions in pious donations. / Then many m
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 45 ntly church. / Someone dressed in the flames of gems and yellow
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 53 ich I previously touched upon in song, / and the broad paten be
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 54 oad paten beautifully crafted in silver / present surfaces fitt
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 1 ouse, which I once sang about in song, / you who shine sanctifi
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 3 ow be allowed to recall again in a few verses, / blessed as you
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 4 s, / blessed as you are. Once, in the time of dark night, / the
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 5 of dark night, / the brothers, in their customary manner, were
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 17 / and shook them, it resounded in high vaulted ceiling, / and if
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 18 ement did not sparkle, it did in its holy merits. / Our eyes tu
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 23 round. / When the blessed ones in their twin bands had sounded
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 29 any more with our sight, / but in fact we were fearful, and des
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 31 heavenly words, / but instead in fact the troop, with their go
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 34 the brothers remained asleep in the time of dark night, / by th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 36 whose grace now always / burns in all lands with abundant light
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 2 I had relaxed my chilly limbs in rest after hymns, / a stealthy
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 5 accompanied this white figure in shining clothes, / radiant wit
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 14 are of such a crop. / And when in haste we both advanced along
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 20 remained beautifully crafted in the shape of a cross. / But th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 27 n them small cells alternated in sequence. / These, surrounding
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 29 hall that was very marvellous in marble. / The floor of the bui
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 35 uch things and pondering them in my simple mind, / behold, sudde
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 40 e care to save / a fearful man in the face of his foes.’ / I t
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 50 secrated bones / of some saint in the recesses of its heart. / M
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 51 was keen to question this man in the following words: / ‘Tell
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 52 following words: / ‘Tell me, in what place remain my former t
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 59 his earthly name, my teacher in my early years. / He had been
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 60 a priest, who with head bent in prayer, / was seen stooped ove
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 61 n stooped over and venerating in pious obligation / the holy to
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 65 ne exceedingly, being dressed in white robes. / He blessed me w
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 68 ticoes were opened, he led me in. / In all of these there hung c
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 69 s were opened, he led me in. / In all of these there hung close
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 72 the high-throned Thunderer. / In all the porticoes a wax candl
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 78 / Here sapphire set with beryl in front had crafted an outstand
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 85 y former teacher, / to a height in the church, looking out towar
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 87 th wondrous gems, / and others in gold glistened with shimmerin
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 88 d with shimmering light, / and in their adorned condition, bein
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 96 praise and thanks to the Lord in heaven. / Meanwhile, the vener
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 99 almighty God has placed here in piety. / None of them will fee
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 101 t they have long-lasting joys in the Lord, / always praising th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 4 ith their prayers for the one in fear. / May monks gather togeth
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 6 is place may always be / borne in mind for its merits by holy C
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 7 e almighty ever increase them in this place by their merits, /
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 20 to, / and that he may not fail in piety, / with whom may glory,
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 23 the all-controlling one keep in his kindness through time, / a
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 5 th play on letters, / celebrate in lofty language at the beginni
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 6 ning of my poem / a man shining in heaven through the reputation
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 11 y / which towers over the world in its menacing citadels; / they f
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 25 hard and very delicate seeds in a clod swell, / each delicate
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 26 ach delicate sapling burgeons in a moist spot; / they take up t
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 34 lted name among us and mighty / in the Godhead that is powerful
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 37 he is equal to them, to them in all his deeds; / indeed, the p
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 2 lower of Christ, / whom I clasp in the chamber of my heart with
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 5 ld. / The Lord made you famed in all actions, / manly in appear
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 6 famed in all actions, / manly in appearance and aspect, a vete
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 13 wed with stature, / very steady in state and nimble in appearanc
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 17 lustre; / twin cheeks ride high in gentle hills, / depicted delic
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 24 ooth lower limbs, so powerful in running that galloping horses
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 25 horses, / dashing, often trail in headlong races. / Now if any
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 28 ith their mouth, / truly no one in the world is able to utter in
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 31 / although he were to call out in resounding chants; / and for th
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 35 ains of sin, / cloak you wholly in his protection, once the atta
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 37 ong assistance, / and place you in the heavenly bosom of the cel
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 3 the loftiest light everything in the summit of the skies, / the
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 6 I am utterly unable to sing / in strident songs of soaring pra
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 7 emise snatches my breath away in its rabid maw / and gnaws it w
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 9 outh, / while my body stiffens in the listlessness of death) /
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 18 ws / (the killers breathe forth in flashing showers of spears).
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 21 rtures and turns the roasted / in the bowels of the earth, in a
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 4 ive of the city of Rome / once in mellifluous hexameter verses,
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 6 siduously writing, / inscribed in sacred pages, Sedulius, skill
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 16 usly, / as when a shower sweeps in, are forced back by the standa
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 17 carcely able to stand upright in the opposing battle-line, / gr
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 18 dismayed,and the one battling in the conflict of Christ, makes
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 23 friends and homelands, swift in haste / have travelled to the f
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 37 cession: / they were all linked in the Lord (and two indeed in a
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 40 reached the blessed building in the homeland that they sought
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 41 the body of Peter lies buried in the ground. / Then one of the
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 44 ortified royal dwelling-place in heaven; / who was borne away to
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 49 budding flowers / of paradise in the pleasing passages of thei
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 57 stles of a revelation skilled in speech, / put down on parchment
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 60 bring forth with great haste in a marvelous gift, / and which
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 78 ich are ivory-coloured lilies in a line; / just so, just so do t
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 91 lves and of all those believe in Christ and his mother. / Farewe
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 8 us, you too I call to witness in humble entreaty, / O saints, m
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 18 e / of the famous city of York in appreciative verse! / A Roman h
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 19 hand first founded her, lofty in walls and towers, / appointing
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 21 s / as comrades and companions in their labours, / for then fert
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 33 eautiful, healthy habitation, in a noble location / ready to br
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 36 peoples and realms all over, / in hope of benefit, seeking rich
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 46 is an ancient race, powerful in war, outstanding in physique,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 58 to plough / the salty straits in swift ships. In soft terror,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 64 cked foe, / won many victories in battle, / until the savage Pic
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 65 attle, / until the savage Pict in fearful array fled likewise,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 91 line of ancient kings, / born in York, and a future lord over
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 94 self saw a vision from above / in the sleep-filled night. While
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 98 n’s eyes a man, / unfamiliar in dress and face, who spoke to
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 101 aven’s stars, / that you see in their beauty, grants you cert
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 103 om the enemy seeking it, / and in addition sets a limit on your
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 117 generous to all, / not savage in power, but kind in piety, / he
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 119 / Conquering enemy strongholds in constant victories, / he added
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 121 oples / That are spread widely in this island in its borders an
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 124 ars subdued on all sides, and in the serene peace of his realm
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 125 of his realm, / the man strong in arms ruled the judgement-seat
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 132 the country, / one outstanding in character and renowned for an
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 137 its. / He was likewise truthful in words and prudent in thought,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 143 ld that bright day had come, / in this way that holy father, by
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 147 ign that we said he once saw / in the dim night, as a young man
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 151 wn from his high throne, / and in supplication fell at the feet
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 153 believer I shall venerate God in heaven in every way / who gran
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 160 e soothsayer seek out an omen in the warm entrails, / and do no
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 164 mysteries of the faith openly in sequence to all, / until the p
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 166 rsuaded the people to believe in Christ. / Behold, at that time
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 186 temple. / What blessed boldness in so great a deed! / He defiled
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 188 though he was not yet bathed in the font, / he fulfilled a vir
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 191 ing salvation; / single-minded in strength they flattened and d
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 196 s of the city of York; there, in the little church / which he ha
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 200 likewise, and with the people in tow, / in the eleventh year of
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 201 and with the people in tow, / in the eleventh year of his reig
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 202 in was consecrated to Christ / in the font of salvation, within
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 209 d that archbishops be dressed in robes and consecrated there. /
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 219 stablished extensive churches in his cities. / Among them of th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 220 / Among them of the noble one in York, supported on solid colu
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 222 ith a lofty beauty, splendid. / In that location Edwin was bapti
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 228 it is to have too much faith in an earthly realm, / which head
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 236 an suddenly from where he was in exile on foreign shores, / put
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 237 res, / putting firm confidence in the weapons of invincible Fai
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 240 on and burning it with fire, / in countless thousands, excessiv
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 243 you, who have vigorous might in battle, / now, I pray, assume
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 244 ray, assume invincible powers in your hearts; / with prayers an
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 251 arried beyond the stars, / and in front of the cross, the whole
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 254 against the enemy, / bursting in on the enemy camp with bloody
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 258 hordes everywhere. / Advancing in triumph through the darts, th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 263 is treachery / and fell, dying in the massacre of his own men,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 267 cient ancestors: / a man mighty in virtue, a guardian and lover
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 268 of the homeland, / outstanding in manner, he followed Christ’
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 270 munificent to everyone, / true in judgements, kindly in piety o
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 271 piety of spirit, / pre-eminent in merits but subdued in his ver
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 273 ll his friends, / as undaunted in war as he was faithful once p
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 274 he strengthened his position in power and at the head of the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 281 e image of the starry sky was in the temples, / and, devoutly l
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 285 ng lavish with his treasures, in honour of the Lord. / As a res
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 289 ood to touch on a few of them in a lyric measure, / and mention
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 293 the king followed his advice in every deed. / A very great crow
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 306 ghold of Bamburgh / placing it in a casket of silver beneath th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 307 d previously dedicated to God in Peter’s name. / To this day i
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 316 e suddenly began to grow weak in every limb, / and to gnash its
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 318 falling down it rolled around in that field, about to die. / In
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 319 in that field, about to die. / In its writhing it came to the p
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 325 was lying there, / languishing in a chilly sickness of paralysi
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 332 set on the ground. She slept / in that place for a bit and, whe
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 339 ‘A rather saintly man fell in this place, / I reckon, and so
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 341 ing.’ / He bound up some dust in a piece of cloth and took it
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 343 e folk had then come to feast in house in the village. / When th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 378 then to touch on one of them in hastening measure, / so that y
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 381 with fever for a long time, / in that monastery languishing st
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 411 rch / of the building, the man in a rage was suddenly silent an
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 412 if he were settling his limbs in sleep, / and the bystanders loo
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 419 fully recovered, / flourishing in bones and nerves, and especia
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 432 From then on your glory shone in marvellous miracles, / and the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 437 a rustic, cannot run through in verse / all the miracles which
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 443 r who had suffered a fracture in a terrible accident / and was
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 444 e accident / and was groaning, in deep pain from his fractured
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 450 / Kept from sleep, he held it in his lap without noticing. / Lyi
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 451 icing. / Lying awake and ailing in the middle of the night-time
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 456 p / the peoples of Britain but in addition spreads its rays / ac
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 459 it seems best to us to relate in telling this one / miracle of
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 462 lar of the Irish race, shrewd in learning, / was struck down in
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 463 in learning, / was struck down in his homeland by this illness.
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 464 his illness. / Although learned in the study of books, the wretc
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 468 dreadful depths of hell, and in a groaning voice / he said to a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 475 were willing to grant me life in my wretchedness, / I shall, ex
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 480 of the saints . / I once heard in widely current rumour / extensi
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 487 belief, you keep a heart firm in faith, / divine piety, through
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 489 perhaps grant you a long span in this life, / and in addition t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 490 long span in this life, / and in addition the joys of the eter
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 492 k blessed some water, and put in / the fragment of the sacred wo
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 511 ing his borders on all sides. / In addition, he endured conflict
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 515 , / driven on by wild envy, and in this way / trying to overthrow
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 518 nemy / was King Penda, powerful in strength and cunning, / the ki
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 520 t thirty thousand against him in battle, / and appointed thirty
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 521 ed thirty leaders whose skill in arms was proven, / to lead the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 545 standards, and sought safety in flight. / The victorious king c
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 555 re those who place their hope in him. / This, this was indeed a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 559 the faith / having them bathed in the sacred river of baptism. /
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 563 ympus. / Both peoples glittered in twin triumph, / one was freed
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 571 h impartial laws, / invincible in battle and also dependable in
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 572 ependable in peace, / generous in gifts to the needy, kindly, a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 574 by peace and with everything in order, / handing the crown ove
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 578 e shone forth Bishop Wilfrid / in the merits of virtues far and
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 583 South Saxons came to believe in Christ, / and were filled with
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 597 n which that people, steeped / in sacred teaching, received the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 600 and the mountains were decked in a flowering garment. / A fruitf
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 603 d hearts of everyone exulted / in the living God, just as David
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 613 al crops, / and he was praised in broadly current fame througho
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 618 ys he lay without any feeling in his body, / half dead and almo
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 626 es it help to indulge so much in savage grief? / The almighty ju
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 630 / who stood before me, shining in excessively snow-white garb,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 638 lvation. / However, be prepared in four years: / I myself shall t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 644 d end . / So too he was placed in the church that he had built
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 645 the church that he had built / in honour of St Peter at Ripon,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 647 ert, who led an angelic life in his body. / From boyhood he was
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 649 istinctions: / he quickly grew in worthy manners and merits. / He
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 654 instructing all his followers in divine virtue; / he spread the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 657 erene light. / There is a place in the ocean called by the name
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 658 ame of Farne, / an island poor in water, devoid of crops and tr
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 671 ars, / winning very many gains in souls for the Thunderer, / he
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 686 wrote / about them all, first in the language of prose / and af
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 687 terwards sang of the miracles in heroic verse: / how a cure foll
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 689 / when a burning swelling grew in his frail body; / or how, when
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 694 sired to comfort one dwelling in heaven / with earthly bread, h
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 703 me buildings / by falling down in prayer, when the right hands
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 709 ter from the dry soil, / which in answer to his prayer, provide
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 710 w he sowed a crop for himself in the field, / and drove the bir
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 717 he had driven out the plague. / In this way, he cured a certain
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 718 / with chrism, from an ailment in the side and an ache in the h
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 729 ting of loose bowels; / or how, in the eleventh year after his d
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 742 ntioning his well-known deeds in rustic song; / since Bede, the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 744 illiant master, sang of them / in expansive verses in splendid
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 752 , / and subdued fierce peoples in war, / he took a wife called b
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 759 uering the fires of the flesh in the rites of marriage. / How bl
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 764 lived as an untouched virgin in her body / the Lord revealed b
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 768 body had life, and was supple in sinew; / her holy face was shi
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 778 ct limbs / of that holy virgin in its underground embrace, / bec
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 781 orementioned Bede made a hymn in splendid verse / in praise of
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 782 ade a hymn in splendid verse / in praise of that holy girl, / an
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 783 uched briefly on these things in sparing words, / recalling the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 789 s brother Ælfwine was killed in battle, / and in it a certain
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 790 ne was killed in battle, / and in it a certain noble warrior [t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 791 d low / by weapons, fell slain in cruel slaughter. / and spent a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 802 riage.’ / The gesith took him in, and took care that he was car
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 805 ome loose of their own accord in an amazing way. / While the ene
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 809 onished by this, summoned him in secret, / and asked him why he
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 824 uld not, for he was set loose in the aforementioned manner, / a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 825 e aforementioned manner, / and in his body he remained free of
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 844 her Aldfrith, / who was imbued in sacred studies from the earli
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 846 h mighty eloquence, / piercing in intellect: equally a king and
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 855 good and guileless man, rich in heavenly piety, / he shone in
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 856 in heavenly piety, / he shone in the house of the Lord like th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 860 mystical lyre should resound in continuous plucking, / that th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 861 orever singing ethereal hymns in praise / to the Lord, should a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 867 brief sleep for all and food in a flash, / nor should anyone c
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 872 to share those common to all in that realm.† / After that pio
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 874 tues, / had completed his time in this current life, / he gladly
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 877 I believe if it is inscribed in this song / will help to call
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 880 certain long-dead man rose up in the flesh / and told of many t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 905 to describe what he had seen in this way: / ‘Dazzling’, he
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 915 nd no respite even, they were in turn / borne back again, weepi
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 921 s. / And as I gazed, he led me in ahead in terror. / Then, sudde
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 926 garments. / And as we entered in this way through the shadows
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 930 standing terrified and amazed in the midst of the darkness . / A
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 931 lls of flame climbed high and in turn, / in a second movement,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 932 me climbed high and in turn, / in a second movement, fell back
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 939 at end might perhaps await me in my wretchedness. / Then suddenl
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 951 en me greatly. / Then, enclosed in darkness and beset upon by th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 954 e something shone like a star in the shadows, / increasing grea
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 964 ot quite clearly know how / or in what way, we were standing on
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 970 light likewise. / So I saw that in this place happy bands / of sa
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 971 ds / of saints lived and dwelt in blessed abodes. / Gazing on the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 982 dly hoped that we would enter in, but suddenly / my guide himsel
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 989 filled with flames and ice, / in which souls are now purged by
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 996 who have done good, / although in that regard less than holy fa
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 997 ealms. For whoever is perfect in all respects / as soon as they
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 999 nter into the hall of heaven, / in the vicinity of which there i
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1003 life among men that will end in death, / correct, I beg, your
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1007 ddenly saw that I was clothed in my own body.’ / Nor did this
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1015 ert who had left his homeland / in the earliest years of his lif
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1022 h. / He had a companion fitting in merits and manners / and a col
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1023 and manners / and a colleague in exile, Wihtberht, utterly fam
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1024 le, Wihtberht, utterly famed / in all aspects of religion, but
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1031 astures of the eternal realm. / In this way he was famed for his
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1034 life. / But others were carried in ships across the eastern sea
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1035 ships across the eastern sea / in quest of pagan soil, where th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1036 s of salvation by sowing them in barbarous hearts. / One was tha
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1041 opal office over many years, / in that place he built more chur
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1042 ches for God / and established in them priests and ministers of
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1043 is, he passed away blessedly in peace. / Behold: two priests fo
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1047 d. / Their was an equal mission in life for both; moreover they
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1048 , their only difference being in their hair; / but the dark one
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1049 he dark one was more studious in books / than the fair. They en
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1060 ever, they soon were carried / in a marvellous manner against t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1062 back to their companions. / But in whatever place the bodies rea
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1070 or the bodies were found then in the same places / and were bu
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1075 d the priest Wira, / who shone in their own time, and who were
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1077 not mention / all those people in my poem, for now my Muse ough
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1082 f nineteen years, passed away in a time of peace / and was laid
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1091 which I am pleased to recall in our verse. / While that pious f
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1093 r was conducting a holy fast / in company with worthy men, he s
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1094 ld to gather ethereal flowers in the spirit the / and pay tith
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1096 ch to pile up abundant riches in heaven. / So, when he came upon
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1098 to be made for destitute folk in the closest crossing-places,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1101 as then unable to utter words in any speech, / whose head was c
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1105 ut built for this needy man, / in which that that wretch might
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1121 hepherd was roaming the folds in his watchful care, / he came t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1124 / A vein had recently been cut in the middle of her upper arm; /
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1132 straightaway grew well, / and, in a marvellous manner, the whol
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1136 one. / Another miracle occurred in a similar way to this one. / Be
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1143 pale face, / from her nostrils in turn there scarcely came fain
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1157 emained at the point of death in every area of his limbs, / exc
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1161 es / and a coffin stood nearby in which his body would soon be
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1178 d ate / and afterwards he lived in health for many years. / Yet ag
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1181 oung men were keen to contend in a horse-race / but the pious b
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1183 / the companions to take part in idle sport. / But he, despite t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1184 ion, insolently put his faith in his hose / and gave it free re
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1188 / which happened to lie hidden in the middle of the plain, / lev
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1190 as no other stone to be found in that plain. / He struck his hea
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1191 . / He struck his head and hand in a terrible fall, / splitting t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1197 priest stayed awake all night in prayer, / and returned to see
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1198 ned to see the sick man early in the morning. / He placed his ha
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1209 ings with unhesitating faith / in a historical account the Engl
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1213 stery with devout heart, / and in that place he ended a life be
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1214 st abandoning his obligations in exile on earth, / he returned,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1228 bishop was doing these things in the city of York, / he adorned
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1230 s, / nor did he take less care in his pious heart / to multiply
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1235 leshly means. / He was generous in word and likewise in deed, an
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1236 erforming the matter of piety in a twofold manner / welcomed, r
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1239 herd had completed his deeds / in the church, he sought out a p
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1243 / And although stayed on earth in his body, / nonetheless he the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1244 / nonetheless he then remained in his whole heart in Olympus, /
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1247 he was carried over to heaven in angelic arms. / When he set asi
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1252 om a lineage of noble parents in the eyes of the world, / but m
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1253 splendid through holy merits in the eyes of the Lord; / rich i
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1254 n the eyes of the Lord; / rich in earthly wealth he scattered i
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1255 become richer by piling it up in heaven. / He was always devout
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1258 rth, he stored up for himself in Olympus. / He was a most famous
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1261 ed by all the people, / select in his manners, just, affable, a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1263 e divided the nights and days in sacred turns, / praying unceas
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1265 holy solemnities of the mass in the days, / he prepared many o
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1266 , / he prepared many ornaments in the houses of God. / He dressed
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1270 e feast-days of the Thunderer in their varied orders. / He had o
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1272 o sound out hymns to the Lord in modulated voices. / Likewise hi
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1273 brother, Eadberht, also born in the Tyrian purple, / assumed t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1278 s people, / rightly ruled over in harmony by king and bishop: / o
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1287 lessed by merits, were buried in peace. / In the early days of t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1288 merits, were buried in peace. / In the early days of this aforem
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1289 gbert], / a priest outstanding in merits by the name of Bede, /
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1297 ht out a pilgrimage / and died in exile within the borders of t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1301 and. / Then Bede was brought up in that monastery, / and he adorn
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1305 g with energetic intent, / and in this way he progressed so tha
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1311 , / as well as historical books in brilliant speech;, / and he al
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1312 he also sang very many poems in versified style. / In deed, in
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1313 ny poems in versified style. / In deed, in mind, in faith, he f
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1319 ickness. / Touching also on you in Pierian style, holy Balthere,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1321 to signal this place for you / in our verse; with a calm mind,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1326 ides by the wavy sea, / hedged in by bristling crags and steep
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1327 battle-mighty warrior, while in his earthly body, / Balthere,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1329 brought many battles upon him in manifold forms. / Yet he fearle
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1345 icked intent / I only embraced in my arms a woman’s breasts,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1346 breasts, . / and while I lived in the flesh I was ashamed to co
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1351 day, not even if you are held in the arms / of [Saint] Peter. Bu
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1355 postolic prince, but trusting in the piety / of the Thunderer I
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1362 high over the stars of heaven in angelic arms. / Christ’s mer
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1370 eld of soil, he wandered then in that way on the waves / except
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1388 ter the harbour of salvation. / In those days there also shone E
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1389 / and holy hermit, who pursued in the seclusion of the wilderne
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1390 e wilderness, / staying chaste in his body, fleeing worldly hon
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1404 severe to the proud, / strong in misfortune, he was also humbl
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1405 so humble in success, / astute in intellect, no loquacious in s
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1410 he often steeped your senses in nectar, / gushing out sweet sa
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1417 n he was a boy, he was placed in a monastery, / so that his ten
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1418 his tender years might mature in spiritual sense. / Nor were suc
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1419 es of his parents for the boy in vain. / For as much as that out
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1420 that outstanding boy grew up in his body, / he progressed as m
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1421 body, / he progressed as much in his learning of books. / So he
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1422 learning of books. / So he grew in merits, in years, and in wise
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1423 nd, / and became a holy deacon in the appropriate sequence. / Whi
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1426 priesthood, / so that he grew in rank, as he grew in holy meri
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1431 ikewise promoted as a teacher in the city of York. / There he wa
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1437 king, / he taught some to sing in Aonian song, / instructing oth
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1453 ral students whom he trained / in various arts through sacred v
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1456 ds, drawn by love of wisdom: / in the hope that he might happen
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1457 in those lands / something new in books and studies to bring ba
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1459 ly to the city of Rome, / rich in the love of God, travelling w
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1470 s found to be a good shepherd in every way, / for he providentl
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1487 tly / for the cheap, rejoicing in middling moderation. / Nonethel
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1490 of the fervour of faith. / For in the place where Edwin, the ba
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1493 everywhere, / and dedicated it in the name of Saint Paul, / the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1504 ather a large ampulla be made in refined gold / of no small wei
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1522 red rank, / a bishop faultless in merits and full of days, / gla
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1530 e present poem will reveal it in its opening. / He divided his w
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1531 pening. / He divided his wealth in these different allocations;
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1537 fathers: / all the Roman owned in the Latin world, / or whatever
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1539 what the Hebrew people drank in from the heavenly shower, / or
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1540 or whatever Africa has spread in bright-streaming light: / what
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1559 reader, / teachers outstanding in learning, skill, and style, /
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1561 r their names to be inscribed in the present poem / seemed long
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1563 his affairs had been arranged in this way the archbishop / came
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1564 illed with merits, and mature in years. / Two years and four mon
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1567 ut a place of retreat apart, / in the presence of his pupils, t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1570 ice, lest you perish, drowned in an eddy of tears, / as you has
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1571 arbour, with a following wind in your sails up to now. / Why you
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1573 t were very sad for us, / when in our sight Death, who is the e
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1574 nemy of all, / suddenly closed in final sleep the venerable eye
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1583 glory, virtue. / He fell asleep in the fourteenth year after he
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1585 while that dreadful day shone in the sixth hour. / A mighty gath
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1598 ia] / an event that took place in our own time occurred to me. /
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1602 as a certain young man raised in the city of York, / simple in
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1603 in the city of York, / simple in spirit, but passionate to act
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1606 with his customary prayers, / in the chapel of the mother of C
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1608 th the light there came a man in white clothing, / shining of f
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1617 long time, and lay with death in the balance, / drawing failing
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1619 ricted nostrils. / As he rested in my arms, his spirit was then
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1626 hurch. / They soon took him up in gentle embraces, / and wanted
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1635 . / However, after a short time in the same year / that young man
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1637 avaging illness, / and at once in that illness he predicted to
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1646 nd rather pleasantly embraced in his arms the limbs of the one
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1648 away, flying above the stars in the sky. / I, an inexperienced
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1651 rightly brought cargo packed / in a vulnerable ship back to the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1656 aints, whom I have touched on in these verses, / that I pray to
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 3 ith true love, / as I pass over in brief headings the famous dee
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 7 standing merits: / yet my faith in you, priest Willibrord, / has p
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 12 u who reigns as a wealthy man in the citadel of highest heaven
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 13 ess gracious God, when he was in the temple, / praised the widow
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 18 igures, / but the second shines in a Pierian way. / There are thos
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 19 re are those that are ordered in sacred law to bring as their
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 2 of the world, / a man powerful in virtue, filled with divine lo
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 3 lled with divine love, / shrewd in tongue, alert in mind, and fe
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 4 action, / to you, happy France, in the time of Pepin: / and fertil
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 7 as named Willibrord, gracious in his spirited merits. / Led by l
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 13 m to water the parched fields / in every single place with heave
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 2 8 to ruin, / and Christ resounded in the mouths of faithful people
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 3 3 of faith, / he rejoiced greatly in such a teacher of salvation, /
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 3 5 faith quite quickly to Rome, in order that / the apostolic shep
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 3 6 c shepherd should confirm him in the first rank, / so that he mi
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 3 7 e a bishop and highest priest in the church. / / # / The pinnacle
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 4 3 and wise man, second to none in piety. / Before the fourth day,
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 4 4 rth day, a vision came to him in the night, / that an outstandin
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 8 3 ervant, and after he returned in peace, / keeping watch on the L
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 8 4 watch on the Lord’s people in those regions, / while the door
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 9 3 and he even beat the Frisians in battle: / he drove his iron cha
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 10 2 words of life, and he dipped in holy baptism / those whom the h
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 10 5 r a long time / been residing in the shadow of death; the true
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 11 1 the bishop was granted a see in the city of Utrecht, / and the
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 11 3 at once become subject to him / in order to learn the doctrines
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 11 5 ful teachers were established in many places, / to direct the pe
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 12 3 , / carrying multiplied talents in both hands. / For this reason,
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 12 5 eep with watchful protection, / in order that he might increase
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 13 2 le to run through all of them in verse, / but instead to touch b
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 13 4 eadings to a few of his deeds in poetry, / and send my reader to
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 14 10 days he ended a bitter life. / In this way Christ avenges his s
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 17 2 ervant of God / twelve wretches in rags and lacking bread; / and w
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 3 / and a greeting had been sent in the usual way to the brothers
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 6 oom, with a few companions, , / in which a single barrel contain
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 8 as always accustomed to carry in his hands. / But soon, on the f
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 10 say, / the lone guard staying in the building, saw the wine in
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 3 d with holy religious houses, / in which a multitude of pious pe
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 8 this life; / some lay half-dead in prolonged pain; / but they all
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 10 error of death. / They had hope in the servant of Christ, and th
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 8 away by night / an infant lying in its parents’ arms, / and trie
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 14 nt a blessed stream upon them in the name of Christ. / The prela
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 22 ter, everything was fulfilled in the father’s stated sequenc
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 23 4 rles Pepin by name, / he dipped in holy baptism, as his father w
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 23 11 point out / what is celebrated in true speech throughout the wh
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 24 2 ntrolled, decent, / outstanding in morals and vigorous in every
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 24 3 vigorous in every deed, / pious in heart, gentle to the humble a
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 24 4 to himself but rich to those in need. / After he had been perfe
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 24 5 . / After he had been perfected in the deserved years of his lif
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 25 3 f praise. / But the sarcophagus in which the brothers had wanted
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 27 2 iarch, and priest / rests happy in his own monastery at Echterna
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 27 3 himself had previously built in praise of the Lord, / in which
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 27 4 built in praise of the Lord, / in which God will produce signs
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 28 1 rough the gift of Christ. / / # / In the place where the sacred be
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 28 6 ght, which is frequently seen in that place, shows. / / # / In tha
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 29 1 een in that place, shows. / / # / In that place a smell sweet with
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 29 4 aste lives give certain faith in their account. / What rest do y
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 29 9 orth tears from a pious heart in that place / where the outstand
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 30 1 / Meanwhile, a woman paralysed in all her limbs, / was continuall
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 30 12 Soon the woman arose restored in her whole body to strength, / a
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 30 14 ishing had been carried there in the arms of another. / / # / Beho
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 31 7 h had come with a breast firm in faith, / brought by friendly ha
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 31 9 friendly hands, to the church / in which the pious limbs of the
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 31 16 uddenly made well, and strong in strength / he went healthily on
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 32 3 certain gold cross was taken in a cruel theft, / one that the s
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 33 7 / His father Wilgils, renowned in his own generation, engendere
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 33 8 a holy man, wise and upright in piety, / concerning whom let me
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 33 14 ople called Wilgils, by name, / in Northumbria, living among a n
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 33 15 ong a noble race. / Outstanding in morals, well loved by all the
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 1 , she perceived future events in her mind / while lying on her b
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 6 l the light beamed before her in a full orb. / Suddenly, as she
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 9 e woman retraced these things in her mind, / wondered what she h
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 12 a certain priest, / whose life in the church had been approved.
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 13 d priest weighed these things in his heart, / and he understood
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 15 rophet responded to the woman in this way , / through God’s in
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 16 / through God’s inspiration, in truthful speech: / “Woman, yo
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 20 are bringing forth new light in the whole world. / A small litt
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 27 n.” / All things came to pass in the order that the prophet ha
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 29 , and once he had been bathed in baptism, / his father placed up
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 32 ng / have already been outlined in my verses. / Soon the splendid
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 43 out places suiting his heart, / in which he might gather heavenl
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 46 ifetime alone, / advancing more in his merits by day and by nigh
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 58 um / or to reveal famous signs in my verse. / It is enough to kno
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 66 ntrolled, decent, / outstanding in morals, gentle and pious of s
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 70 , / he rested at last rejoicing in tranquil peace. / His happy spi
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 73 rs took care to bury his body in a church / which had been built
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 77 mother of Christ our God, / and in that place we well believe th
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 78 ent there / through our prayers in Christ, always potent in hono
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 81 n, the Lord and God, / you bore in the shelter of your womb, ete
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 6 acclaimed with frequent songs in the holy hall. / Ethereal key-
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 5 e scared mother is celebrated in this church, / who produced th
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 19 outstanding prophet described in song, / when he once ruled in
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 20 in song, / when he once ruled in richness over the fields of J
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 27 most sainted spirit will come in unto you from heaven: / listen
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 11 , he had previously waged war in three battles, / and likewise
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 13 flicts with three victories. / In this way he ruled his kingdom
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 17 itizens of heaven he rejoices in his celestial lot. / After him,
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 18 re took his place a man famed in war and weapons, / King Cædwa
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 23 r. / The chilly sails crackled in the windy gusts / until the ba
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 26 stormy Alps on foot, / hemmed in by snowy stacks and mountain
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 27 The clemency of Rome rejoiced in his arrival; / and likewise th
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 28 wise the clergy of the church in Rome were gladdened / as the f
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 29 e man deserved to be immersed in the waters of baptism. / After
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 31 / until he finished his breath in mortal life, / seeking the lof
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 44 nt day / and let us sing hymns in turn to Christ our God! / The
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 46 cycles of years will revolve in fixed sequence: / may antiphon
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 63 n burning Sextilis is divided in the middle of its rotation. /
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 64 . / It restores again the joys in our hearts / when the solemn f
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 65 emn feast-day of Mary returns in its sequence, / and the venera
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 70 There are very many ornaments in the new chapel: / a golden clo
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 6 and it stands rightly written in two books / which capture the
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 8 he had caught watery legions in his net, / stretching forth li
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 10 s for scale-bearing throngs, / in this way now through heavenly
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 15 ot swallow up the one sinking in its swelling waves / since the
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 21 restored a man / who was lame in his knees as well as in both
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 33 d bones; / and yielded victory in battle to Peter. / And he, fix
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 5 and from him a holy crop grew in the furrow of the world. / And
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 19 / He restored a sick man, lame in legs and calves, / whom fate h
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 28 id not feel the chilly poison in the wound, / nor was the fierc
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 34 ood, / and the purple gore ran in a stream from his veins. / Alt
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 35 ns. / Although earth heaped up in a tomb may now cover his bone
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 4 ent / a horrible death, hanged in his holy flesh. / God, walking
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 6 rossing the waters of the sea in a small boat. / Straightaway A
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 8 of the Thunderer, / had faith in the eternal king, the saviour
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 5 he left his own father behind in the curved boat. / James was t
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 11 , / which are now duly written in square tomes. / The savage tyr
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 13 h of the realm, / murdered him in cruel death, after he was str
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 2 th his merits shining. / / # 4.5 / In the meantime, no less was the
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 5 the watery catch from the sea in its nets. / He previously used
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 10 followed the Lord who reigns in the citadel of heaven. / He was
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 15 a ferry across the seas. / Set in that place, as an exile, he s
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 18 / This aforesaid apostle rests in body in Ephesus, / about to re
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 5 ruel spear, / believed at once in the King who is the saviour o
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 6 though he had previously been in doubt / of his blessed compani
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 8 rried on an incorrect belief / in his doubtful heart as the red
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 20 n its salvation / and believed in Christ, who governs the kingd
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 5 . / The Jewish people , raging in perverse disturbance, killed
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 8 o preach / Christ to the people in frequent speech. / And on his
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 15 ed the splendour of the baths in thought. / He did not cut the
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 22 his father too, who was born in the Roman citadel, / laid sieg
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 25 h slaughter the crowds / hemmed in by ramparts and enclosed with
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 31 of the lad’s cruel death. / In this way did the vengeance of
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 32 the wicked with destruction; / in this way too did the martyrdo
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 5 throughout Scythia to believe in Christ, the saviour of the ag
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 6 lay paralyzed for a long time in the dread shadow of death, / d
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 7 / denying the creator of light in their dark hearts / and servin
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 11 dually they were all immersed in holy water, / purging the stain
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 12 water, / purging the stain of s in in the fountain of baptism. / F
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 3 the earth, / which the writings in books separate into three par
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 7 gods. / A the Hebrew language in foreign speech names him / the
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 8 of one suspending the waters in black clouds, / when humid ski
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 11 eaven, / as the poet once sang in a verse of the Psalms: / behol
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 2 this church. / / # 4.10 / Matthew, in writing down the outstanding
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 3 vation, / set out Hebrew words in a simple little book, / narrat
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 4 / narrating very many miracles in holy pages / which writings no
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 9 fount / from which rivers flow in fourfold channels / just as on
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 14 rishing meadows on the soil: / in this way did the teaching of
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.11 1 n on the cradle / of our flesh in this world removing the guilt
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.11 6 acred altar will be preserved in this church / until the sky an
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.11 8 moment when the ages flicker in the final sparks, / and the ma
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 4 said that he brought a letter in Christ’s own hand to Abgar,
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 10 ; / his praises are celebrated in the present building. / He prod
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 11 produced for us a single book in eloquent language, / bringing
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 13 rophet Enoch had written down in ancient times, / before the gr
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 20 stock / which lose their fruit in autumn-time; / in this way he
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 21 their fruit in autumn-time; / in this way he also equates them
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 23 heaven / for whom a punishment in dark storms is reserved. / Inde
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 26 s to the Lord. / His body lies in Armenia, numbed in death / to
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.13 3 ld was converted and believed in the high-throned one. / As a s
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.13 4 / As a servant I beseech them in my heart with frequent prayer
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 5 1 to rest, with Christ reigning in heaven. / / # 5 / This holy shrine
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 5 9 foul entrails / when he burst in the middle as he hung from a
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 5 13 d the wicked thief, / trusting in the Lord made up the same num
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 12 red their pact, began to rage in the air, / and, having burst th
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 13 straints, began to go berserk in the world. / Then, having gai
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 18 he ground furiously, / frenzied in its gusts, began to approach
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 27 shed hailstones, / which throng in heaps from black clouds on hi
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 43 of its throng, / which we learn in ancient days was called Mazar
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 56 ntories with victory at hand: / in such a way the sea began to s
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 59 ch no one can reckon or count in number? / Listen, many now ap
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 60 er? / Listen, many now appear in a manifest miracle: / the mercy
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 64 se slumbering, / when, standing in twin ranks responding to each
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 76 . / Some, escaping the crisis in twin leaps / through the slopin
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 88 fs’ coverings are laid flat in the street. / See, the thatch
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 4 he ruler of the earth, ruling in his lofty throne, / deign to co
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 5 o confer on unworthy me peace in heaven / among the saints whom
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 6 ints whom I praise right here in verse. / The high-throned judge
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 25 which the prophets call Titan in holy inspiration, / whose brill
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 32 es of the universe, which hem in the high heavens. / But it is t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 34 g / and God’s help right here in their chaste manners, / that I,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 35 at I, a wretch, shall proceed in these sainted endeavours / to s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 37 ay explain all things clearly in words: / SOTSAC ANIMRAC TNAMORP
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 6 to drown the lands’ shores in their streams, / but instead, t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 13 fish / forming scaly squadrons in the grey flood; / likewise fill
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 19 my writing praised the chaste in prose. / So now let heroic vers
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 22 little book once proclaimed, in the keeping of a promise. / I
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 24 ic Muses, / nor do I seek songs in metres from the Castalian nym
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 27 grant me a tongue, loquacious in speech; / I do not ever deign t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 28 / I do not ever deign to utter in unspeakable verses, / as once a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 34 the psalmist sang, / engendered in the Father’s heart, that wh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 38 t aid to a frail servant. / For in the godhead there is remainin
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 39 s remaining a single essence; / in the godhead there also remain
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 40 ity may therefore be believed in a triple name, / but let the ma
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 41 he majesty power be spoken of in a single name! / For faith comp
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 42 r faith compels us to believe in a triple personage, / but the n
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 45 e promised songs be inscribed in new verse! / Let the chattering
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 50 tay away from the fifth part; / in this way let the final writin
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 52 happy to be kept to the end. / In this way let the metrical ins
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 65 hrist on the harp’s strings in songs. / But if indeed, anyone
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 77 he burning pebble, taken up , / in the altar’s tongs should cl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 88 eives some / who live correctly in wedlock’s permitted law, / an
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 95 y maintain their own eternity in chaste practices / when they br
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 97 sly tied. / A third life shines in virginal lamps of those / whose
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 102 haste sister of angelic life: / in whom the world’s beguiling
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 105 nstrain wicked failings, / and, in overcoming, shatter the enorm
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 110 of life, / those threefold ones in number which we already spoke
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 115 he confirmed fruitful sheaves / in a hundredfold measure for the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 116 the holy virgins , / who spurn in their heart the world’s fal
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 128 get a generation of offspring / in the world and to produce a pr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 140 ases the heaven-dwellers more in our struggle / than love of pur
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 141 / than love of purity reigning in a pure chest? / For commemorati
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 144 e up through it on earth, / yet in heaven it scales the summits
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 146 aste without fault, / surpasses in praise other commemorations; /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 148 he blameless will is inflamed in such a way in the heart, / as t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 151 Thunderer now dwells rightly in you.’ / And it is an ungodly
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 154 the head of the eternal king in a garland. / She tramps down wi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 163 s of crimson dye / and likewise in its redness scarlet colours; /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 170 e a shining pearl is nurtured in the squalid sea-oyster / and su
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 174 t I might sum up six examples in two lines, / does sacred virgin
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 175 so welcome to those dwelling in heaven, / take the beginnings o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 177 the glory of the vine stands in fruitful fields, / when the vin
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 184 hich adorns the saints, / excel in transcending all the prizes o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 186 he virtues / while it is joined in chaste willingness to angelic
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 190 ple of kings, / by which rulers in togas exercise their rights. /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 191 rights. / Purity of mind ruling in a chaste body / is a virgin flo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 194 leaves. / See how lilies bloom in fertile furrows, / and the rose
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 197 wins strongly / and the winner in the circus-contest receives w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 199 hrongs of the wicked laid low in defeat, / wear beautiful crowns
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 206 an ounce that weighs the same in the scales as twelve parts, / i
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 231 all the efforts of craftsmen. / In that way it is amazing to say
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 234 y that is to be adored, / which in a devout mind is accustomed t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 237 seeds / which a skin surrounds in a simple covering, / even thoug
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 240 t savour of nectar and honey. / In the same way, I say, let chas
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 241 page will not wish to snatch in its cunning maw / those chosen
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 253 sequence of the book explains in clear language. / Once, strengt
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 268 the golden heights of heaven in chariot drawn by two -horses.
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 272 to this day the hero remains in the groves of paradise, / the s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 273 adise, / the same abode on high in Elysium where Enoch dwells, ,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 289 up individual gifts of grace in holy minds. / He roused a corps
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 292 stupid lads who, calling out in a raucous clamour, / were keen
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 305 uld perceive what was cloaked in obscurity / and he was able in
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 306 in obscurity / and he was able in understanding to unlock heave
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 307 nd God sanctified him as pure in his mother’s womb / even befo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 314 soon sent forth to prophesy, / in order that he might tear down
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 315 likewise / the tyrant’s rule in the world, supported by the s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 320 form of two peoples; / likewise in turn he contemplates the same
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 328 than all the ancient prophets in their prophetic utterance; / la
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 329 aying out the number of years in the correct order / he announce
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 330 unced the infancy of our king in this world, / writing that afte
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 334 eclared the future truthfully in speech: / that four realms of k
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 335 realms of kingdoms will arise in the world, / just as the savage
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 336 / just as the savage on, still in bed, had previously seen prop
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 337 ously seen prophesied / already in lofty statue made with variou
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 343 he branches; / but the prophet, in his prophetic heart, soon rea
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 347 t rightly fleeing he wandered in the thorny groves / and, as lon
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 361 e the torments of the wicked. / In the end, relying on heavenly
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 365 s and thrust into a dark pit. / In this way Virginity always gua
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 367 thousands of dangers. / Also in this way, the three boys, fra
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 369 reserved the rights of purity / in scorning the golden image of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 385 the oven should bake the boys / in the grim prison with harmless
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 397 virgins. / While still encased in his mother’s womb he sensed
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 399 y child for earth. / He dwelled in woodland, champing as sustena
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 404 appened to carry the thurible in its golden shrine. / But when
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 407 n, foretold Christ’s coming in the world, / converting many mu
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 410 salvation-bringing Thunderer / in the stream, dipped him in flo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 412 ation / which are now sprinkled in great abundance throughout th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 414 receive the gifts of baptism. / In this way the blessed virgin,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 417 long time her womb grew cold in a sterile belly / his father’
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 418 enerable stock sired him late in life. / No one, born from a wom
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 422 without the stain of sin, / and in the river’s flow he dipped
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 434 me down to Christ, / coming now in the image of a swift dove. / Th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 456 the wandering shades of Hell / in order to break open the iron
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 458 salmist previously proclaimed in song, / proclaiming that the Th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 460 s end. / Now I shall strive in my speech to proclaim the ble
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 469 n work discloses generalities in uneven verse. / Meanwhile, he r
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 470 e raises corpses put to sleep in death, / which the bonds of chi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 474 eaf received sonorous harmony in their ears / and likewise the m
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 475 the mute loosened their lips in speech; / he granted the maimed
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 479 the one commonly called SAUL in ancient time: / he crushed Chri
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 486 holy distinction adorned him in chaste modesty, / even though h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 496 el on high; and Paul, pressed in with darkness / and lacking bri
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 499 e however saw the sun shining in the sky, / which always brighte
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 504 / and he wrote lucid doctrines in his sacred book / setting down
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 506 hom almighty Christ descended in the royalty’s glory / and too
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 507 glory / and took on being born in our own flesh. / The sacred gar
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 524 eath the summit of the sky. / In ancient times Rome produced a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 536 , Christ’s famous fisherman in this world, / had caught up fro
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 537 up from the sea of the world in angelic nets, / and drew them u
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 539 as a famous ruler shone forth in this world, / to whom the whole
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 541 , / Bishop SILVESTER was living in the city of Rome: / and this ho
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 544 which, / having been inscribed in the records are now read thro
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 559 les, / when he dipped the ruler in the waters of Christ. / Whereup
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 573 nd straightaway conquered all in combat; / and, as if facing mas
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 575 jaws / that fill the upper air in vain with their barking, / this
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 577 on darts of Scripture, / until, in shock, they all soon turned t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 582 he crowd struck the clouds up in the sky. / But nonetheless Silv
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 588 e bull’s cadaver, / prostrate in death and, having cast off it
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 597 , / he looked and saw by chance in his swooning / the deformed fig
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 598 f a wrinkled old woman , aged in appearance, / hunched over and
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 606 ugh she lay stiff as a corpse in the death of decay, / yet nonet
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 614 to be, / explaining everything in the dream, and addressing the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 616 xcept when the last ages burn in dread flames.’ / And after th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 617 the emperor became terrified in his high bed, / pale, unable to
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 618 unable to sleep, and gripped in fear of the dream. / He brought
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 619 he dream. / He brought together in a group of the learned eloque
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 620 discussed scholarly teachings in windy speech. / So that they mi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 622 s were signified while he lay in bed. / But when by chance, howe
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 624 feigned very many frivolities in false words. / Then the emperor
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 630 leep overtook the regal limbs in the bed, / Silvester spoke to h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 633 nce, / who greatly appalled you in her barren old age, / is the ci
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 636 stantinople for ever. / Indeed, in your name it will act out tr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 637 triumphs throughout the ages. / In the place where once the wall
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 644 rrow with a standard’s tip. / In this way, riding through the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 645 t hand, / cleaving four furrows in a dead straight line, / on whic
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 651 was a priest of Italy, famous in praise, / AMBROSE, fulfilling
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 655 en he was a tender little boy in his cradle, / he was worthy of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 657 For by chance a swarm of bees in great multitudes / covered the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 659 they crowded around his lips in a terrifying mass, / nonetheles
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 661 did not sense any danger. / So, in swift succession they began t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 662 nd were eager to return again in droves. / After this, going bac
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 663 oing back to the clouds above in convoy, / they were keen to dep
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 675 ings I say, the priest taught in his frequent discourse, / leadi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 680 se / when he was not yet bathed in baptism / nor anointed with the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 685 n all the signs of his virtue in records, / so great were the gi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 689 heir wicked rites / and believe in Christ, creator and ruler. / Fo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 694 one throned on high. / So too, in order that folk were not fool
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 710 of heaven by angelic hosts. / In ancient times Greece brought
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 722 re continuously joined to you in brotherly love! / For you have
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 723 have granted us a pure shrine in your heart, / where we will alw
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 731 ed, / established excellent law in his divine teaching, / and from
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 734 ight / but weighs up the chosen in the balance of just weight, / r
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 736 oly men by alternating turns, / in such a way that the true conc
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 738 orth. / He also composed a book in learned language / laying out t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 742 iding the matter of the globe in right order, / while he created
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 747 l modesty, / stating as follows in perfect speech: / ‘I have nev
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 757 they might seek barren fields in woody places, / in which to plu
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 758 arren fields in woody places, / in which to pluck contemplative
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 765 hrough heaven’s heights of, / in the same way the other makes
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 767 ns the kindly one shone forth in the world, / and in what way he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 768 shone forth in the world, / and in what way he cured the body’
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 773 e account of that little book / in which that man’s abundant v
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 775 ecognized above the skies / and in all the realms where the ligh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 782 ld would once again grow glad in a quiet time. / The palm-date
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 783 / The palm-date nourished him in a tight retreat, / and he made
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 789 an with meagre food of grain, / in a grotto under a palm’s hig
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 797 h joys as a victor on high. / In the same way, sustained by hi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 798 standing grace, / there was man in the desert who accomplished m
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 799 RION he was called, rejoicing in a famous name ; / and the worl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 803 es of his own father. / He kept in check his licentious body wit
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 807 ons of youth. / He became famed in Egypt, as I will briefly lay
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 808 ut in verse. / For he burned up in flames a huge serpent, which
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 809 lowed up the wretched natives in its dark throat, / until a pyre
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 811 ast pile of kindling / consumed in flames the serpent as it slit
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 817 n everyone gathering together in thick throng / they placed the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 818 ey placed the saintly old man in the face of the swollen flood
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 821 hed citizens . / He, scribbling in the sand, drew the sign of th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 825 hus Christ’s warrior reined in the surface of the deep, / so t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 827 So too is said to have lived in Egypt JOHN, / an inhabitant of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 838 ertain time a woman perceived in a dream / how he was endowed wi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 840 received the hoped-for remedy in the flesh, / even though groani
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 851 / who denied the lord of light in their dark hearts; / in the sam
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 852 f light in their dark hearts; / in the same place straightaway h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 864 , he made new a vessel broken in a shattering of fractures, / as
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 867 his right hand stretched out in the sign of salvation. / He als
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 870 the first who laid down how, in the struggle of our life, / mon
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 872 eep to a longed-for rule, / and in what way a holy worshipper mi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 875 ope Gregory once described it in documents, / up to the time whe
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 877 , whom fertile Britain bears in its bosom as citizens, / are ha
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 889 g the way, / found them resting in their buried flesh, / where a r
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 896 by chance NARCISSUS, / fragrant in the merits of his virtues, an
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 907 hat time, the oil had run out in the empty glass lantern of gl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 908 the smoking lamp-wick, faded in the dusky shadows / as the hang
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 910 away, Narcissus, having faith in the Lord, ordered / the holy mi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 916 the reed began to shine right in the middle of the light, / and
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 918 that of a sow’s fat glowing in the glass. / Straightaway, a cr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 929 : / ‘So may I burn up utterly in dark flames / fed by fuel if I
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 930 by fuel if I fake falsehoods in my speech.’ / A second follow
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 932 began to speak to the throng in an insolent voice: / ‘So may
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 943 is said to have lived far off in a grove, / plucking thoughtful
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 950 d, that wicked witness burned in blazing fire, / he who first ca
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 957 g away, he gave up the breath in his breast. / The third one was
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 960 . / For this one, had witnessed in trepidation the torments of h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 961 afflicted the fraudulent ones in their guile, / he made a show o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 981 celebrated, saintly Alexander / in amazement saw hordes of child
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 983 Indeed, from afar he saw that in that way Athanasius / was dippi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 984 as dipping children, immersed in the waters of baptism, / as if
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 989 ndly Alexander ended his life in death. / After which, Athanas
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 990 which, Athanasius, burgeoning in age, succeeded him; / and as sh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 999 , / and carried the maimed part in a coffin for the common folk
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1001 one through magical delusion, / in this way disgracefully saying
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1002 sly had stood out as a reader in the way of books. / Thereupon t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1009 , / and consider the left hand in rude health.’ / Then a new tr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1010 n a new triumph became famous in praise of the innocent one / wh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1019 ed a wanton woman well-versed in wicked wiles / tried to charge
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1031 oebus shining with light. / But in fact he never ceased from gaz
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1033 sacred writing has described in splendid books. / Let my flue
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1049 to the imperial hall / so that in an exchange of words he might
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1051 worshipper of Christ, tied up in tight knots, / so that as a sup
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1058 hop had previously instructed / in the doctrine of Scripture, be
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1059 fflicted with flexible whips, / in so far as their hearts, which
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1071 he ability to speak smoothly, in polished speech , / the praise
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1076 egin to set out and celebrate in unpolished verse / those outsta
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1097 uel edicts. / Then he submerged in the sea , in the swirling of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1101 bore the saints to the shore. / In this way salty power, held ba
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1103 the father revealed a harbour in the waves. / So that ungodly ma
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1109 o that the pyre would burn up in a blaze of coals the innocent
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1110 / which the sea, long swelling in a swirl / could not drown in th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1111 ng in a swirl / could not drown in the dark waves of its waters.
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1112 the dark waves of its waters. / In this way the flame’s flash
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1132 en as a noted reader / he drank in with his ears the sacred volu
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1137 he willingly preached Christ in public to the pagans, / scornin
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1148 d his splendid son, who shone in precious clothing. / Then at th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1150 ’s command girls / decked out in varied clothes and fair of fa
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1157 shook off arrows shot at him in deceit. / Not then, as the poet
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1158 t. / Not then, as the poet sang in the marriage song / did ‘hone
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1164 ried to ensnare the young man in the bonds of love / to the poin
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1167 ed and relied on fair words; / in the end accomplished teachers
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1169 d retentive writing and swift in reading. / But the fall of murk
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1173 ity of Vesta, / came to believe in the high-throned one who gove
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1176 h lived together harmoniously in a chaste manner, / so that deep
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1177 a chaste manner, / so that deep in their hearts they might avoid
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1179 s. / After this, she was dipped in the holy streams of baptism / t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1183 ks / and followed the doctrines in the fourfold books of Christ.
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1185 folk / they brought to believe in Christ by their example? / Fo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1187 s, / and guarded by seventy men in a throng of warriors, / unless
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1198 ugh the stupid bound that man in with blinded minds. / Then a cr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1205 rtyr’s limbs might be bound in the raw skin, / as he was about
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1214 rtunate warrior, who rejoiced in red blood, / would have wounded
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1219 een papyrus that grows pliant in the stream. / Inspired by these
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1222 ed after they had been dipped in the water of baptism. / For tha
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1225 en whom the blessed cave shut in together, / would see the shini
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1245 and they rest together buried in a crypt in the sand / whom bloo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1246 punishment tormented together in life . / We believe that he who
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1249 hose who are rightly gathered / in fortunate throngs, when the e
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1263 ndsome young man, / was growing in tender years, being a scholar
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1268 bilities of the marriage-bed, / in so far as there would then be
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1275 the venerable you, / was asleep in bed having given his limbs to
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1277 vision. / The blessed man drank in with his ears the following c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1285 verywhere / and will have faith in the rule of heaven through yo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1292 r own limbs with sin; / reining in the flesh’s excesses with b
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1294 heir pious hearts, / urged them in their sleep to preserve pure
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1295 o preserve pure chastity. / For in their bedroom they saw the na
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1296 King of Olympus and inscribed in golden letters, / in which holy
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1297 inscribed in golden letters, / in which holy virginity was comm
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1302 of their sex set them apart, / in no way did a lower hierarchy
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1303 s keep them distinct. / Indeed, in these monasteries ten thousan
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1314 s dripping with purple blood. / In this way the servant followed
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1332 m fools have said is powerful in skill; / nor was Bacchus, for w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1341 old gods, which they sculpted in shiny marble / or which gold le
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1345 hough he belched forth blasts in smoky speech: / but the right h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1346 ght hand of Hercules squeezed in his den, / but his club did not
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1347 ring back with stiff strength in the temple, / where Christ’s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1352 olish by the burning blaze. / In this way the crushed construc
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1370 of this current text revealed in writing. / So too did Phoebus
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1376 etched castrated exile lurked in Latium, / avoiding the hazard o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1379 th his dark power / and reigned in the murky hall of Hades; / he w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1382 low her mother, / as it is said in ancient books with dishonest
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1384 y innards will roast on spits in flames, / offer assistance to t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1391 of the Thunderer scattered it in ashes, / just as with his voice
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1392 the suppliant martyr demanded in prayers, / in so far as through
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1393 t martyr demanded in prayers, / in so far as through these enlig
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1394 gans might be able to believe / in the high-throned God who reig
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1405 kept away the murky shadows: / in this way does God triumph in
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1407 t miraculous things, / believed in the high-throned king, as the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1408 eived baptism, he was pressed in by a crowd of warriors / who ha
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1415 rged the young man to explain in truthful speech / How, lifeless
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1423 to vats stuffed with kindling / in which a burning black mass of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1428 e innocent. / Then cords soaked in oil bound their fingers / and s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1429 devouring fire burnt them up in fierce flames, / and yet it did
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1430 ot consume the saints’ arms in the conflagration. / Look: ag
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1440 lips the feet of the saints. / In this way, with God changing t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1442 , / as the poet once proclaimed in formulas and phrases: / ‘And
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1448 / and they, having been dipped in the sacred stream of baptism,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1449 of baptism, / at once received in their hearts a balm for the s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1450 m for the spirit and flesh. / In ancient times there was a cer
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1452 of the Nile brought him forth in the world / seeking the saintly
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1460 if it is proper to have faith in such things, / if there is such
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1464 e / which conveys the millstone in its smooth turning; / but rathe
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1475 he far side, / just as long ago in a moment of time a dish-beari
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1476 traversed the Chaldean realm / in an angel’s grasp of so that
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1481 rom him. / Iron bonds bound him in tight chains / since he raved o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1483 is mind with wandering steps. / In this way, the boy’s parents
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1484 arents bemoaned his fate, / and in tears, they sought the saint
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1488 eloved son will accompany you in full health.’ / They were ama
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1490 ly they thought had been done in concealed secrecy. / The father
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1491 as made glad that his son was in full health, / as soon as they
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1492 returned what had been stolen in this wicked theft. / In this wa
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1493 stolen in this wicked theft. / In this way, fate turned out as
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1499 d the use of his young donkey in full health. / After the excell
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1502 crowd of angels to the stars in the sky, / and crossing the bea
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1504 old of perpetual life. / Then in ancient times there was holy
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1506 gave birth / He was celebrated in praise throughout the four-co
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1511 raying nearly a hundred times in the darkness of night, / and he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1512 kness of night, / and he did so in turn around the same number t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1519 here stood a temple dedicated in the ancient way, ; / from there
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1521 ently carrying idols / wandered in long circuits, following the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1523 wicked statue from the temple in their wanderings, / then with k
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1525 bacchanalian crowds to stand in a column, / so that none of the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1529 s Titan burned them more than in the summer season. / Meanwhile,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1531 ged their hearts as believing in the words of teaching, / accept
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1537 as he entreated lofty Olympus in swift succession. / In this way
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1538 Olympus in swift succession. / In this way the creator controll
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1543 believers who profess Christ in their hearts / and those disbel
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1544 s who refuse to accept Christ in their deceit: / for ferocious B
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1548 sing; / terrifying Mars exulted in the bloody conflict: / the hars
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1558 should bring about dark death in demise. / Then [Apollonius] spo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1567 t as the truthful priest said in his speech: / after death had o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1578 manded crowds to be assembled in the desert everywhere / and for
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1579 the faithful to come together in bands. / After this, once the c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1583 at / and the coarse grain, that in springtime / the garden produce
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1587 th prayers the Lord who rules in the citadel of the sky / and ho
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1590 , / and ask for suitable solace / in so far as the judge may deliv
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1599 nd the sticky honey held fast in the arrangement of wax, / and g
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1609 ith disaster. / Look: they came in bands, and in dense throngs, /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1612 skets filled with bread / which in prayer he previously blessed
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1614 er refused fragments of grain in any way, / nor yet did a small
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1618 e fatty liquid to be fruitful in its vessel by his words. / Be
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1627 hich his writing now sets out in sanctified sheets. / In additio
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1628 ets out in sanctified sheets. / In addition, he produced properl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1647 holy man with horrible jaws: / in this way is glory stolen by t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1652 ing his desire, he will reign in grove on high. / Now indeed t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1656 ntil that world should vanish in final flames, / when hills melt
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1660 to celebrate holy young women in verse, / how chastity had besto
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1663 rowns to wear, / they who spurn in their hearts the world’s wi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1667 ginal company, crowding close / in the ethereal height of the he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1673 eigns. / So now I honour MARY in this chaste report. / I strive
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1674 te report. / I strive to praise in verse this splendid maiden, / c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1688 he human race was languishing in the vile world, / until the tim
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1697 salem’s fields , proclaimed in song: / ‘She is a garden encl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1704 e most Holy Spirit shall come in unto you from heaven; / look, i
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1710 ook away its wicked stains. / In addition, what page of metres
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1711 tres can creditably construct / in verse the living praise of CE
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1734 he font; / both became citizens in the loftiest citadels / after b
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1741 an adolescent she flourished in Christ, / trampling upon the fl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1742 fleeting wealth of the world in her mind / and, as a dedicated
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1745 world. / Who then can describe in words the bitter punishments,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1747 ich this young virgin endured in her limbs then on earth? / She
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1751 easts / and purple gore dripped in drops from her flesh. / Likewis
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1753 , / roasting her virginal limbs in black fires, / but swifter than
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1756 e girl with a harmless blaze. / In punishment, there was not a s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1769 es, / although her bones rested in a sepulchre’s tomb / and her
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1770 / and her holy spirit rejoiced in the starry citadel. / For at a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1772 s, / spewed out burning sulphur in flame-belching streams: / then,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1776 the explosions of flame, / put in the path of the fires the hol
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1785 oung men wanted to obtain her in marriage, / but being consecrat
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1790 gatha was confined and rested in quiet death, / just as once ano
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1796 at once, / so that the trickle in her veins never flowed furthe
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1799 to explain to her mother / that in chastity she wished constantl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1804 d so might store up treasures in the citadel of heaven. / The da
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1808 discovered and was made known in public speech, / and ears were
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1821 attle drove on the kindly one in cords; / although torturers roa
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1823 e tender little one with fire / in which black streams of pitch
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1824 pitch and fatty oil / crackled in terrifying firebrands of pyre
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1834 e savage tyrant did not revel in the death, / nor did he, exulti
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1835 nor did he, exulting, rejoice in Christ’s virgin that was ki
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1836 the Sicilians bound his neck in tight chains / and tying his a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1842 a deed. / So too shall I sing in song about chaste JUSTINA, / w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1847 ying together snares of words in vain, / so that this virgin and
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1850 ants. / But since, being wicked in his mind, he intended such an
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1855 or harmful deceit / and learned in the horrific black art of wic
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1858 es against the saintly mind / in so far as he might battle on,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1863 rs, / [Cyprian] came to believe in high-throned Christ, Saviour
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1864 o the Lord and being faithful in his whole heart: / at last the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1876 eams of blood from her veins. / In this way the blessed virgin w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1881 ners of bloody martyrdom. / And in this way the saints ascended
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1884 bumkin ever suitably explain / in metrical verses of EUGENIA, s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1893 could by this rough reasoning in this way conceal what was hid
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1910 d, the kindly helper of those in need, protected / the innocent
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1912 famous prophet long ago sang in song. / For the tongue was lyin
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1917 ing the allegation’s author in the presence of the people. / F
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1923 aughing voices, / and the shame in her face properly punished th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1925 ir God?’ / There flourished in the world a certain young vir
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1929 ed by on earth, when she grew in her first age, / spurning in he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1930 ew in her first age, / spurning in her heart the wicked filth of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1932 t, / and someone who was famous in his royal authority, / strove t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1933 / strove to obtain noble Agnes in marriage through persistent p
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1941 p, she spurned the wanton one in speech. / For she vowed that sh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1943 e, / always preserving her body in a virginal pact. / And it was H
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1967 ff after having been punished in the chill of death. / so that a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1969 iously there had been insults in vile words. / For the tomb of t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1974 rnal King of Kings, who rules in heaven. / A virgin dedicated
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1975 n dedicated to God flourished in ancient times; / her aged paren
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1979 The love of virginity burning in the girl’s heart / spurned th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1981 y grace strengthened her mind in this, / she whom the world coul
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1982 the world could never soften in any way, / so that she would be
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1983 she would be harder than iron in the face of bloody tortures. /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1985 busied themselves to give her in marriage in order to produce
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1987 ed to be cooled when drenched in worldly water, / even though he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2005 the chosen when they struggle in the worldly arena. / She adorne
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2007 life: / drenching her holy body in purple blood, / while as a mart
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2010 viously made known by praises in prose! / She loved nothing mort
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2012 endeavour to prefer anything in the world to the Thunderer. / I
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2018 f transitory glories, / so that in heaven the lover of chaste vi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2020 accustomed to arm the chaste in constant triumphs / and to open
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2022 ile the saints are victorious in the battles of this beguiling
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2023 world / and bear their banners in crowned companies. / At the t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2037 her entreaties; / and moreover in his words slighted his holy s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2038 egan to bombard kindly Christ in her heart / that he might deign
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2042 ty rumblings thundered, mixed in with flashing flames, / and the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2048 ied / what his sorrowful sister in had sought anxiously in her c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2052 ul virgin, CONSTANTINA, / lived in Rome, offering demonstrations
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2056 ly scorned the world thriving in its showiness, / like the dry d
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2064 hed father pledged the maiden in marriage with a dowry, / once s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2065 already grown to adolescence in a virgin’s years. / For she h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2073 ather than live a wealthy man in fine delights of the world, / a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2074 ne delights of the world, / and in this way the wondrous start o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2076 dvancing with grim weapons, , / in a densely crowded formation / a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2080 the parapets, / having no faith in weapons with the grim mob men
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2082 erate warriors were paralysed in the city. / Then, the nobleman,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2090 e mediating words were spoken in the voice of one making a vow
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2094 everywhere, / as peace pressed in on the people with its healin
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2104 arrior he might follow Christ in his need, / now fulfilling by h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2107 nd pay the pledges owed’. / In this way almighty God protect
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2121 s meanwhile, there flourished in Rome a young recruit of Chris
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2128 l-kept marriage. / Nonetheless, in this way the betrothed regret
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2140 ho held the kingdom’s power / in the lands of Jerusalem sang i
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2141 rtaking on the role of Christ in a drama of betrothal. / In this
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2142 rist in a drama of betrothal. / In this way, I say, having obtai
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2143 ight deservedly be celebrated in fame for the rest of time. / Th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2148 ge. / The same translator, rich in obscure books, / brought over i
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2154 mposed a written work / adorned in polished speech to that serva
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2155 ech to that servant of Christ / in which are depicted the procla
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2158 ed, without licentious stain, / In this way did Paula’s daught
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2163 METRIAS / become widely current in metrical praise throughout th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2164 Although very many multitudes in dense crowds celebrate her, / w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2165 s celebrate her, / who was born in Europe from a fortunate famil
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2168 as a lamp-wick is not hidden in the shadows of a bushel / but r
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2171 t radiate with light for all: / in this was the little virgin co
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2175 ritage, / nonetheless she stood in God’s presence more nobly b
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2176 erits of virtues like a jewel in a crown. / Having beautiful hai
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2180 g suitors / were keen to obtain in marriage this girl who was lo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2187 r. / For recently I read a book in stylish writing, / which descri
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2188 e virgin’s outstanding life in prose, / as her holy mother dem
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2192 ly doctrine for her offspring / in such a way that she might sto
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2194 f licentiousness. / At a time in which the torments of a grim
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2200 hrist, / whose names I set down in prose some time ago. / The wick
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2208 rments, / enduring foul prisons in in tight confinement / where th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2219 ce of which books now expound in their pages, / and her blessed
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2230 holy arrows of licentiousness in their hearts. / But when nigh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2236 d, the wicked one was blinded in his heart, / as the fool bestow
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2238 isses on blackened cauldrons. / In this way the nobleman, out of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2242 and went out. / The accomplices in his crimes could not recognis
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2243 ance, / and they fled far away, in a mighty shrieking mass; / aban
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2248 ckery. / Then the demented one, in a complaint, sought the emper
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2250 seen, the leaders, gathering in a dense circle, / struck him wi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2253 He was taken to his own hall in the company of his servants / a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2260 lent phantasm had tricked him in the darkness. / But God on high
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2271 ordered the twins to be burnt in the crackling flame; / and in t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2272 t in the crackling flame; / and in this way, praying, rather tha
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2273 nduring injury, / they ascended in angelic arms to the stars of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2280 lotted their first beginnings in Rome: / indeed, the first was c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2282 / the other, flourishing later in age, SECUNDA. / Their father, A
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2287 ance of the transitory world, / in order that they might be join
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2288 iage / to the spouse who reigns in the citadel of heaven, / where
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2290 eviously had borne pure faith in their hearts, / having neglecte
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2295 ould not know any disturbance in their tranquil minds, / of the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2297 might devise. / So side by side in a litter they sought familiar
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2298 h fortunately they controlled in a far part of Etruria. / But fo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2305 nda, looking on, would soften in her heart / when she saw those
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2312 ls; / ropes and clubs and rocks in a hard shower / clawing blue-bl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2313 wer / clawing blue-black wounds in bloody streams, / however, many
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2317 many crowns we will tally up in the citadel on high! / Then f
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2319 any lantern’s light / closed in the ones who were to suffer p
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2326 flames crackling with tinder in the hot baths, / and in this wa
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2327 tinder in the hot baths, / and in this way the shield of purity
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2330 been taken away, / were burning in vain and grew cool after the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2333 nnel of the Tiber could drown in its shining swell / those whom
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2340 limbs of the saints grew red in purple blood / and both, earn
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2348 ing without confusion banners in dense crowds, / when they encir
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2349 d the heavenly judgement-seat in throngs. / At the time when D
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2352 Christ, / there arose by chance in Rome a rumour of two sisters /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2363 firebrand of purity, / spurning in their hearts the fleeting abo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2367 eping nothing for themselves, in return for credit in heaven. /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2369 down from high heaven / flaming in appearance and shining with s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2370 was carrying a rod-like withy in his holy right hand. / He addre
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2371 hand. / He addressed both girls in the following way: / ‘Now dri
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2373 uaking fear shake the innards in your anxious breast, / since a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2374 arriage-bed is placed for you in the seat of Paradise, / in whic
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2375 you in the seat of Paradise, / in which the company of the eter
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2389 h an extent that the citizens in a great seething mass, / now pr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2397 as they preferred to believe in Christ. / When the hordes promi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2403 rafters with its scaly skin. / In this way, the blessed virgin,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2406 g far away it went into exile in instilled fields, / just as wit
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2410 hrist asked the citizens / that in the den, from which the wicke
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2414 th their voices the Thunderer in frequent prayers, / intoning th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2415 rs, / intoning the sacred songs in David’s odes. / Then Eugenius
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2424 is arm, withering, grew numb; / in addition, he experienced lepr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2432 they crowded round the saint in a throng , / and the virgin res
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2438 d up the feeble snake-charmer in its coils. / As a result, he sw
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2439 e swiftly hastened to believe in Christ, / acknowledging his own
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2454 rist driving them on. / Look, in droves the troops gather toge
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2462 say, there stand / more Virtues in dense formation, they carry b
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2476 the seven Vices / are flattened in dread death by vexing weapons
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2483 destroyed their dense troops in its watery calm, / can with goo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2486 / defeat this dread pestilence in the first conflict. / A sinful
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2499 m a pestilential seed grew up in the world, / and from that ther
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2504 a vine with burgeoning shoots in the furrows, / and drinking the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2520 ommitting the crimes of Sodom in a wicked way, / did the father
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2521 not know full-grown daughters in debauchery / when he was drunk?
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2531 Nabal], demented and sluggish in his hall would have suffered
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2539 rts; / Integrity however stands in its way with the strength of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2562 pure body / and trampling down in their heart the wicked licent
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2564 one carried a bloody trophy in a leather bag, / as she kept he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2566 intact with a devoted heart. / In this way in blessed triumph c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2578 s, and thieves, frivolousness in false deeds, / appetites for fi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2584 l, the teacher of the saints, in an apostolic utterance, / procl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2590 mbezzled the payment to those in need. / For that reason, vengea
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2612 surrounded the seven parapets / in dense battle-array with gleam
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2616 tood for a long time spacious in its seven citadels. / So does t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2643 fend our unprotected minds. / In a fifth mob, the advancing at
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2654 hrist’s warrior cannot live in peace. / Let sorrowful Despair
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2685 g to pick the fruit, / the eyes in your face will straightaway b
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2688 ifles the lying thief pledged / in order to darken the gifts of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2713 s, / while pride of mind swells in an inflated chest; / and from t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2736 own throne from the north / and in his deceit vowed that he wou
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2738 rm of nine gemstones / he began in vain to swell up against the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2739 he considered a horrid crime in his dark breast, / so that he s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2745 angelic light / and flourished in abodes above with their bless
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2755 rimes of their proud customs. / In vain does chastity assume the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2758 e recesses of the mind, / it is in vain that virginity assigns p
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2769 ther they ponder sacred books in their hearts, / constantly peru
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2771 mes of the laws / which surpass in their sweetness the sugary ta
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2772 eycomb of which the poet sang in his song. / In this way the dil
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2773 ch the poet sang in his song. / In this way the diligent reader
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2786 express / their mighty chastity in harsh-sounding verse, / althoug
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2787 h mouths praise them together in thousands of words, / just as o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2791 hough the vine-shoot sprouted in a meagre field; / from where, p
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2796 s a deceitful inn-keeper pour in watery tricks, / the sort that
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2800 e grapes were trodden by feet in the wine-press. / Now time fo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2805 n measured out the mighty sea in modest boat, / wearied by the s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2811 heading at last / towards peace in harbour may enjoy his longed-
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2827 words or even thoughts alone! / In this way may the highest powe
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2829 . / those whom I have described in a metrical song on virginity /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2830 garlands of the chaste would in no way lie hidden throughout
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2831 ad merited by their own flesh in such ways, / But you, whom th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2837 who are singers, / as they seek in the light the dusky darkness
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2838 explore twisting rough ground in the flat countryside, / if a le
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2844 e stumbling poet’s writing. / In this way they always wish to
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2850 e warrior who never has faith in in his own weapons, / and does
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2856 that terrifies the tremulous in the darkness of night, / one th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2857 s always accustomed to jabber in the murky shadows. / So too the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2870 stands by chance a twin thing in distinct books, / so that by th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2877 ercy on me now and forever. / In that place where the saints w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2881 escendants: / they will advance in a dense battle-line in compan
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2890 e kingdom with purple blood ; / in that place where holy battle-
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2895 dom is granted, / as they chant in ten times ten thousand poems /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2899 d.) / With these ones who dwell in heaven, who enjoy blessed for
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2901 triumph, / and who all together in their dense thousands / will ri
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 6 e / like lamps for the church, in whom, with fire as a guide, l
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 7 er-present / love would remain in their minds, and passion in t
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 8 scattered many trusty torches in different parts of the world,
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 13 hn sows the light of the Word in Asia with his speech, / pourin
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 26 sea, and Britain now sharing in it, / produced in our own time
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 27 now sharing in it, / produced in our own times a venerable thu
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 32 em all, still I should prefer in my verse / to commemorate the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 7 iest stages of life, / so that in due course He might from on h
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 9 he holy child was taking part in these leisurely activities / a
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 10 vities / and took happy prizes in frivolous competition. / But
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 13 hbert] not to prefer to trust in doubtful exertion / nor to use
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 19 r grief. / The game dissolves in tears, and everyone in turn /
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 31 keeping with your fate, / and in devotion join your sacred hea
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 33 time, / instilled mature sense in the heart of the boy. / No wo
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 36 which made an ass cry out— / in human speech should fill the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 40 / had laid out his weary limbs in the open air, suddenly / a vene
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 41 nly / a venerable rider arrives in snow-white attire / — likewi
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 49 shining wheatmeal with milk in a pot, / and cook them together
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 50 a pot, / and cook them together in the fire of boiling oven; / to
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 94 p, I think, shining most high in the citadel / of his holy peop
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 100 u / and you may see God, mighty in the citadel of Bethlehem.’
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 101 gs, he kindles fearful praise in the his companions’ hearts.
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 105 oughout the world, to be told in a memorable account; / but it
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 117 ly a serious wintry storm set in, and the sea rages all around,
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 121 well, / offered glad passage. In this way a single miracle / sh
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 130 y / which a shepherd had built in the lonely wastes. / And he h
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 133 holy man consecrates the hour in divine praise, / he suddenly s
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 137 e ethereal air, once deserved in the parched grass. / According
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 142 eater things, joined himself / in body, mind, habit and deeds t
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 146 ith the appearance of a guest in the middle of winter-time, / a
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 147 e, / and, after being received in the saint’s humble manner,
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 154 ling, who would arrive frozen in the morning breeze. / And, en
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 155 entreating the reluctant one in the name of the realms of the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 160 eller’s footprints anywhere in the snowy field. / In his sea
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 161 nywhere in the snowy field. / In his search he finds the inter
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 170 id, / and our honey is scorned in the manna-flowing savour. / I
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 177 / For this man, devoted to God in his mind and agreeable in his
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 184 erged up to his marble neck, / in the waves Cuthbert spends the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 186 his knees planted on shore, / in supplication, he extends his
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 196 struck with fear / and, hidden in a hollow cave, he draws half-
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 198 es of night, / he stands sick, in the presence the saint; and b
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 209 ss to [Cuthbert], / as he grew in merits day by day: his miracl
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 213 / but the straits, impassable in icy December, hindered his re
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 217 hich Christ, having been born in the flesh, / shone forth as the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 227 for His own, / granted a home in the clouds, bread from a stor
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 229 day merited such great gifts in the form of a present, / on wh
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 235 ’s gift the water turns red in the cups. / Thus too I believe
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 239 omed to spend nights of vigil in supplication, / he sees three
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 241 rom the flesh of a fish, / and in veneration on bended knees he
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 244 Creator has equated / our food in days; which when they are don
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 256 . / We have not brought a meal in vessels, since there is no ho
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 263 hich had been flying gleaming in the lofty heaven, / sitting on
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 267 a fish: / [Cuthbert] cuts it in half, and with one piece he d
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 285 pparition the crowd dash out / in haste to save the fire-spewin
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 288 the empty trickery is hidden in shifting caverns. / The confu
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 290 ome, begging forgiveness, / and in prostration entreat the saint
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 301 ppliant intones his prayers, / in a fearful voice: ‘My dear
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 303 / and her trembling life burns in her breathless chest. / Send
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 307 that time he had been placed in charge / of the cell of Lindis
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 323 anion, / she could be captured in the frenzied bond of the serp
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 324 my is used to being conquered in frequent conflicts, / and will
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 330 ed, and taking the harnesses / in her right hand she asks the s
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 344 he destroys even when absent in appearance with the presence
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 347 er life / — how sweet he was in speech and grave in deeds / an
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 351 lling-place, / he is energetic in putting its dark inhabitants
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 361 ine power would be made plain in all things, / he strengthened
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 368 ary sweetness. / This rose up in the middle of Cuthbert’s dw
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 381 e harvest / which was not sown in the furrows by your labour?
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 393 breaking up the roof / delight in removing thatch for nests for
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 419 / amazing to say, set it down in that very place where he inte
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 420 dations of that building, and in this way the sea; / reproves h
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 441 / Monks rejoice humbly to rein in their vigils, fasting, / prayer
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 443 many of them who surpassed me in the pinnacles of life / and in
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 444 in the pinnacles of life / and in the rays of prophetic wisdom.
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 447 me, / and what remained for me in the sequence of the world to
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 459 umult of the sea, he sets out in a boat, so; / and while he is
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 465 Ecgfrith to rule his kingdom in this world?’ / The prophet r
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 466 t revealed true things to her in tentative speech: / ‘You ar
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 468 d years, will come to a close in a brief moment; / and the luxu
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 484 and prefer to be hidden apart in vile caves, / nonetheless you
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 496 the truth were brought about in sequence. / Compelled by the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 499 his sweet retreat and placed in charge of the peoples / he is
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 501 uld spread its heavenly light in the house of the Lord. / He r
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 504 atisfy the words of the saint in every respect, / the sun compl
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 507 dfrith] succeeded to eminence in the kingdom. / He was then, a
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 508 then, as an inhabitant living in the lands of the Irish, / he w
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 512 venerable offspring [Osred], in the imperial purple, / now con
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 514 ike a new Josiah, more mature in faith and spirit / than in yea
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 515 ure in faith and spirit / than in years, the renowned man rules
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 517 od, / Cuthbert shone brilliant in thought, deed and word, / and
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 523 t may be suitable to touch on in lyric poetry quickly — / so t
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 524 es not rather produce boredom in the tired. / The holy physician
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 532 ffering, / afflicted with pain in her side and exhausted by hea
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 540 when he asked. / They dip it in water; the ill man takes it t
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 544 lds entrusted to him, / behold, in the middle of his journey the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 557 hat I am not up to expressing in any verse / —how often the o
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 558 —how often the one powerful in speech raised up limbs / consu
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 570 acking the realm of the Picts in conflict, / the saint, vigilan
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 571 onflict, / the saint, vigilant in his mind foresaw that these /
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 572 ries of war would soon result in a wretched end and, / drenchin
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 585 ing saint had spoken, / seeing in absence what was to come as h
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 589 ance, led a lofty life / apart in the wilderness, came to Cuthb
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 591 hem water their devout hearts in turn / through the heavenly su
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 593 brother, that we spend today in banquets and feasts / of conve
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 595 hings has joined us together / in His presence — who are alwa
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 605 I am not kept alone, enclosed in the prison of the flesh; / you
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 607 d by your servant. Therefore in supplication ask the Thundere
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 614 them departed from the world / in the space of a single day and
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 618 They who, ascending to heaven in conjoined step, / enjoy a conj
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 623 the knife, / and he shuddered in his heart with thunderstruck
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 628 ning back to the golden stars in sweet-sounding triumph.’ /
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 631 tar, his name and the manner / in which he sought the stars wil
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 643 his burden and, as a recluse in the desert of his hermitage,
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 647 indolence, / but the struggle in blessed in the winning of per
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 653 . / He is gradually afflicted in his holy limbs by an inborn i
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 654 e insistent fever was growing in his bones, / he leaves his swe
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 659 to store up eternal treasures in your hearts. / Contempt and f
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 662 s learn through just deserts / in no way in this fleeting time
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 667 refer to store up their lamps in oil-bearing vessels. / Look,
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 668 Look, you are now amazed that in my feeble mind I aspire to ri
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 675 se up to meet Christ arriving in that instant’. / As the old m
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 676 an was repeating these things in the ears of his companions, /
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 677 ions, / he told them to return in time; and they overcame the w
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 678 and they overcame the waves / in their boat, taking hosts of b
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 684 / should avoid falling foully in an unfinished battle / and, ov
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 688 s them with a greater assault in their final hours. / Accordin
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 697 ch I myself used to set forth in scanty words / when I was wate
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 703 r’s last words still remain in your hearts. / It is more sui
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 706 h Holy Scripture has depicted in its divine pages. / Nor becaus
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 711 e stars with merited crowns. / In the same way it is appropriat
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 718 ot to hide his afflicted body in remote recesses, / but rather
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 720 m at the last limits of life / in the presence of brotherly con
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 721 solation / or at least to take in an attendant under his sacred
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 731 health and not dare to enter in. / Without delay the one who h
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 733 parts healthy , / and he sends in a priest there so that Cuthbe
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 739 adly measures out the shadows in ethereal praise. / But when t
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 745 tted his soul, still occupied / in heavenly praise, to the gladd
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 748 ou destroy us driving us away in Your anger / and in Your mercy
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 749 ng us away in Your anger / and in Your mercy you deliver us fro
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 750 u deliver us from our enemy; / in Your might You move fields an
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 771 the prescient psalm resounded in lyric sequence, / he restores
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 775 ve the saint’s remains from in the seat of the holy tomb / in
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 776 in the seat of the holy tomb / in order to place them in the bo
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 783 life; / divine miracles shine in human limbs, / and the power w
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 790 t seemed still to be flexible in every joint. / Nor did the gra
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 792 shine the lesser, uncorrupted in the earth. / It seemed pleasi
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 796 — as I previously recalled in verse / describing the outstan
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 799 his father’s resting-place in body. / The splendour of a lo
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 810 he entreated the sacred tombs in the name of the limbs of the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 830 lth. / Moreover, even coverings in contact with the holy body / a
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 831 ct with the holy body / abound in medicinal power through a sha
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 836 her man, whose limbs, failing in their function, / lay slack un
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 844 internal strength, / he jerked in either foot in the course of
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 848 ile standing up; / and, secure in limbs with their former stren
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 849 h / he praises divine aid and, in health, offers proper thanks
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 874 , with which he had destroyed in triumph / the bloody darts of t
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 882 and forgetfulness sets limits in the middle of your speech?’
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 883 spoke to him with a few words in this way: / ‘Dear friend, i
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 885 u constantly keep this / fixed in mindful heart, so that none o
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 892 sorrowful silences, / drenched in tears and groaning, he bursts
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 899 st should also be a companion in his struggle / with regard to
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 907 he was hiding squalidly alone in a rugged cell, / rather a broa
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 912 e of salvation instructed him in faith that it should be divid
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 913 ile the first strip is dipped in holy water / at the place a cl
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 922 st who revealed this things, / in whose trusty ear the saint ha
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 927 for [Felgild] was closed up in the cell could not be seen by
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 929 health was there from heaven in the saintly face. / We have off
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 935 Who / rightly crown the worthy in the starry sky / may gently fo
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 937 thy self. / The final rewards in the dwellings of that hall ar
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1 / / # Fridegodus / # BrevVWilfrid / In my ignorance, I begin to desc
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 16 of the law. / Then he returned in glory to the starry citadels,
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 18 his worshippers, he sent out / in splendour the blessed Spirit
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 27 d by your life, / which gleams in heaven, which is to be sweete
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 34 ampion cultivates / this land. In the western parts of this cur
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 48 f the hearts of many, growing in his blessed virtues. / Now, bec
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 67 the blessed man, / magnificent in appearance, was presented to
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 69 elcomed by all, he flourished in the deeds of faith. / At that t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 71 remarkable old age, / upright in character, deservedly an atte
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 76 by the intensity of his faith in God, / kept the rules of his t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 84 altar of Romulus, / evidently in order to visit the tomb of th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 100 by his guide, but was placed in the mouth of Christ. / My pipe
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 122 , / “My internal organs burn in the inflamed recesses of my v
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 125 elf to the menaces of Zephyr? / In vain did cruel Salacia oppres
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 133 se few words I have set down / in misshapen verses, my love bur
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 146 ed, acquiring an equal talent in speaking and in reading. / The
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 148 this, / composing divine songs in the Latin language. / He, insp
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 162 pleasant grace. / Strengthened in this way by the precious reli
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 167 / They both rejoiced, Wilfrid in his father’s love, / and no
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 171 haste kisses / and holding him in his pleasant arms. / Now, one
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 174 he secret recesses of wisdom, in all its diversity. / Love infla
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 183 beforehand that he would go / in a different direction and wou
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 188 o disclose such a great crime in verse. / She violated nine bis
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 192 orementioned Dalvin, / blessed in word, in deed, and in hope. T
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 200 might not meet the same fate. / In this way the father obtained
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 209 on treaty. / They were burning in their hearts to devote themse
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 211 them could not be concealed / in the wicked hiding-places. Soo
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 212 f the court that a man strong in virtue had arrived, who was u
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 215 s, “Peace to this house”. In a selective manner he discour
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 220 ashamed to prostrate himself, in his purple, on the grey earth
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 227 of life, / and he was diligent in offering generous portions of
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 246 s which had been broken apart in a two-pronged schism / were sh
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 247 / were shaking, they gathered in the icy north-east: / the Scot
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 251 he battle-lines stand, locked in a struggle with a doubtful en
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 259 something wicked.” He spoke / in a learned manner, describing
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 267 d, a sower of the word clever in his art, / was chosen to dispel
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 268 dispel with wisdom the twists in an uneven path / and the devia
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 276 ical motion returns to itself in a joined unity. / This is bind
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 277 ding, but the people, lacking in the truth, ignore it: / they a
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 281 the following words, speaking in plain language: / “These pro
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 283 anged for all time. / Whoever, in coming generations, wants to
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 284 ll be rotated on fiery stakes in bitter Tartarus.” / Having sa
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 292 rvour: surely there is no-one in the Olympian court / greater t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 294 ng time? / What about Columba, in whom the unfortunate people p
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 302 d the defeated Picts departed in their wickedness; / Colman lef
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 303 ess; / Colman left his citadel in an inglorious fashion, / prefe
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 305 the dew-bearing sky increased in him the appearance of the vic
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 313 ap, / moving a thousand things in his mind: the shafts sent / fr
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 315 s unknown to sick minds. / But, in order that he might not rush
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 328 he Hesperian glory is guarded in those churches. / I shall hurr
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 331 he sea should put an obstacle in the way of my fleet, driven b
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 351 oloured robe. / He was carried in a jewelled throne in the mann
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 352 / and he put on the ornament. In this apparel he entered the t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 367 race saw that their fate was in their arms, / and sought to pl
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 376 his swollen lips. / He invoked in a whisper the Eumenides, the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 388 ut a shout and rushed forward in a fierce struggle, / and the k
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 401 ned to good morals and strong in sound doctrine, / would guard
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 402 bed of the excellent prelate. In this way they boldly stole / th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 405 aled these events to him, / and in humility he turned aside to t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 408 d the symbols of power, taken in a great struggle, / nor did th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 410 n deep. / He remained concealed in that hiding-place, with a bet
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 420 ordain some sacred ministers in the decreed manner. / When the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 421 been dealt with, he returned in prosperity / and supported by
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 424 ned them to guard their lives in a private sanctuary. / In addit
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 425 lives in a private sanctuary. / In addition, for the continuous
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 431 een granted to him, he shared in / the common grief at the agre
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 434 gly / installed him as shepherd in a see which had been vacant f
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 442 es lay open, / with no gutters in place. Wherever the rainwater
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 443 n between the separated beams in the precarious roof. / The win
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 444 precarious roof. / The windows in the ruined arch were wasting
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 454 rs glory. / A supreme love grew in the holy man, it grew, / the fl
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 458 with his mind, which was rich in divine wisdom, inspired him / t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 460 / The earth there was levelled in the shape of a cross with a p
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 466 the church blessed the shrine in the customary manner / and ado
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 468 he melodious Peter. / Standing in the chancel, he gave the seed
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 471 y the best gifts, embellished in remarkable ways: / a book, bou
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 472 with twin covers and written in gold letters, / which was enha
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 474 ined / the text of the gospels in its body. / When he was complet
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 478 choir, / as once did the torch in the time of Moses, / revealing
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 480 eternal rest, / and the houses in the upper region, which were
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 491 eing saved / with liquid water in the name of the Father and th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 492 the anointing fluid, who was in the middle, / surrounded by th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 493 le, / surrounded by the people in a beautiful circle. / Behold,
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 494 , amid the hordes, spread out in a dense throng, / a woman, full
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 496 r, shunning the bier, / showed in her weary arms the corpse of
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 497 hild. / She stood there, mixed in among the crowds; / she groane
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 509 ly prelate gave silent thanks in his holy breast, / because the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 511 Jesus, / and soon, immoveable in his heart alone, he unsealed
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 528 its light and shone amid the d In . / In those days the English ki
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 544 eader led out his troops, few in number but fiery in spirit, / a
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 549 The victorious king delighted in his great triumph for a long
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 555 leader withdrew and fled, and in a later time / he added northe
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 559 ts sweat, nor, through pride / in his upright exertions, could
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 563 ime, / and he was not slothful in the performance of his work.
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 565 gils, / washing his chaste body in transparent water, / so that h
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 567 of Phoebus nor the cold times in the middle of winter / broke t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 579 e gentle incense of obedience in response to this bitter hatre
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 580 er the land had been hewn out in preparation. / He surrounded i
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 581 ed it with dark crypts, built in the curved foundations, / and
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 592 father understood immediately in the hollows of his mind. / Str
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 606 wound. / The methods she used in her hostility were putrid: li
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 611 rich brood of young men, / and in addition an assembly of monks
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 645 eased from the slanting shore in order to make an attempt / at
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 657 The breezes turned favourably in another direction, / and Wilfr
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 664 , / then the seed sprung forth in the field, and the shepherds
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 667 ho equalled his great teacher in his zeal for the faith. / This
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 671 he gift that he was offering, in the hope that he might be abl
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 676 s of the fire. “I pray that in this way anyone / who seeks to
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 677 of an agreed trust may perish in eternal heat,” / he said, an
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 692 of salvation to the peoples. / In a trance I have played these
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 693 begun them, / I am glad to rave in the customary manner of the t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 697 d sought the fields of Gaul. / In faith he entered the familiar
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 701 I suffered grievous hardships in my body, which had once been
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 702 dinghy with a few rowers, and in my youth / I was driven as an
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 706 ldier, / if there is any faith in my mind, let us keep such a g
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 715 om one king, who had been put in his way, and came again / to ho
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 726 through a great treaty, / and in the end I departed in freedom
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 727 freedom from savage friends. / In my case also they wanted to p
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 729 d Britons want to entrap you / in order to torment you. And if /
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 732 ed his retinue of companions. In this way they sought the Roma
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 737 er to exclaim, “Hurrah!” / In a most worthy manner he knock
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 739 apostolic reins, / a man pure in righteousness, a thriving div
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 742 them, / and he addressed them in the common language: / “The
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 748 arp schism between brothers, / in order that what is old might
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 750 , spoken by an expert skilled in speech: / “Begin, shepherd;
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 753 wearied by many difficulties in travelling over such an expan
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 760 for the fathers to read: / how in his service he had diligently
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 761 the concerns of his homeland / in such a way as to bring profit
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 763 ) the deceits of bishops, who in the manner of suitors / had se
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 767 g time to draw out everything in a poetic narrative. / Both par
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 769 account: this was to be read in full, / and that its force was
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 773 state. / The pope agreed, and in legally binding writings / he
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 776 punished with excommunication in the judgement / of the Lord, a
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 778 things had been established, in order that he might not, / lik
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 788 citizens and the hard sword / in his groin, entering right up
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 800 nothing, he crossed the grass in safety, / and without danger h
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 809 ared to compose a cruel edict in response to the sacred uttera
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 813 spurred on by the bitter bile in their raging breasts, / and (w
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 823 educed to the worst condition in regard to his possessions and
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 832 / our minds are being included in the stores of wheat in heaven
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 836 ested him, and left him bound in a dark dungeon. / Shall I call
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 842 ess to the usual brightness? / In vain the insignificant enemie
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 850 m the light shone when he was in close confinement, / whose vow
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 852 se splendour you are matching in brightness? / Meanwhile, he was
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 871 erefore, the father, trusting in the accustomed gift of his pi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 886 dering that the condemned man in prison be bound with fetters
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 896 innocent limbs. / Cruel race, in vain the anvil is struck! / Wi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 899 ridle trembled to be placed. / In quite a worthy manner the qui
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 902 d dipping them with his hands in the water of baptism. / But whi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 904 ulging himself ostentatiously in fleeting pleasures, / behold, h
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 907 , / being puffed up with pride in her impiety, vengeful anger c
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 909 n passed through her organs. / In her wantonness she cherished
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 910 royal nurse came to her and, in her astonishment, spoke these
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 911 , / “Are the deeds committed in an old sin not obvious? / Fore
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 919 nourable mother addressed him in this way, / “Now be mindful o
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 924 / and if you can tolerate this in your mind, order him to leave
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 931 rld had determined all things in advance / by an undefined word
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 938 ks, who had been driven out, / in the land of the man who has j
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 941 doms, / who had a hateful wife in his service, / the sister of E
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 947 indeed, having been received in the halls of another king, / h
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 950 enburg, who, / as the Muse sang in a melody set forth earlier, /
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 959 was not allowed / to sow seeds in cultivated furrows. Is he at
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 960 ar exile, he who bears Christ in his heart. / Therefore, there
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 962 pon rocky ground / and planted in uncultivated forests and dens
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 967 , he was taken up by the king in an agreeable compact. / He swo
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 970 my. / Then he soothed his heart in every way with sacred words,
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 972 he tireless torch shone forth in the middle of the darkness. /
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 988 hich he had previously tended in the swaying sedge now gleamed
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 993 any columns of men had fallen in a bloody battle, / with both s
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 999 nst the prelate, and, already in the declining years of old ag
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1012 and, with their sins forgiven in turn / from a perfect heart, t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1018 had been snatched from him, / in order that Aldfrid might not
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1022 friends, to Aelfled, / wrapped in virginal modesty, / who nouris
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1025 ut of the whole world, asleep in death, / “be mindful of the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1028 u have wisely / obeyed my words in the past. Now also, heed the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1029 inal requests of a shepherd, / in order that your majesty, grow
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1034 uctions / and held the teacher in the highest honour, as was fi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1036 hese things had been arranged in this way, Aldfrid, / who bore
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1041 / The bright pole shone again in the ?noble? (Euuroica) court.
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1048 he anchor from becoming stuck in the hard sand. / For the afore
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1049 the aforementioned king, dyed in the rusty colour of the Ligur
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1050 s shoots, changing his manner in turn: / now he placed himself
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1061 and was cherished by the king in an untroubled tranquillity, /
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1075 or their ingenious stratagems in flattering suggestions, / and
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1076 raged them to put their trust in the Italian documents. / But n
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1078 y concealed the harmful venom in their minds. / Furthermore, a y
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1118 man had organised as brothers / in chosen ranks, lamps made swee
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1127 ?anchor? (lautomia) was fixed in the familiar sands. / Then the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1140 oughout the city. / They joined in singing fixed melodies in car
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1156 new documents, / and certainly in vain did they set their child
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1158 s were brought together, / and in the vestry they quickly unrol
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1162 an unclouded gleam, / written in these letters. Then the disci
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1166 osom of the excellent mother / in order to prove the rights whi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1172 ho pursue me with their minds in a terrible frenzy, they know
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1173 w / whether they can accuse me in turn of any infractions cause
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1177 t. / No, naked I have followed in the footsteps of the naked Pe
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1178 ribe which laws should remain in force / for a friendly posteri
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1181 these things would turn out / in this way. “Through this bea
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1210 yphal texts they have written in new books, / the delegation sh
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1214 th a malicious pronouncement? / In all this time this man has pr
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1217 s, / so that he might perceive in reality what now he longs for
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1220 sealed with the usual stamps in the Cleanthean manner; / they
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1221 clergy, and the common people in order that / they might resolv
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1225 he heir of Jesus on earth and in heaven.” / Therefore, after t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1227 n defeated, Wilfrid, / graceful in glory and with many relics of
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1229 and sought the Alpine paths, / in order that he might pass thro
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1269 d again to him. Both rejoiced in turn. / Then, not harmed by a d
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1276 endured / avenging punishments in his body, he wanted to see th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1284 take the care of his homeland in a proper manner, / he engaged t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1301 light as their goal. / He knew in advance that the prophecy of
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1302 would soon come to pass, / and in his decline he longed that gr
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1304 f his followers came together in dark cloaks, / and the miserabl
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1305 erable common people gathered in a complete circle. / A terribl
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1335 surrounded the great shepherd in a dense throng. / Encircled by
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1336 se throng. / Encircled by them in this way, he lifted his head
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1341 I will not be united with you in that form any longer, / until
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1349 ; / he offers bountiful riches in order to teach deceit. / I have
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1356 ssed man / hid the lordly body in a wicker box / and fittingly d
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1360 y had buried the sacred limbs in a sacred tomb, / the venerable
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1366 o had lost the vital strength in her limbs, / came to her in su
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1367 th in her limbs, / came to her in supplication and begged that
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1370 e dipped the item of clothing in water, by which the woman des
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1372 ome men, raving with madness / in their chests, applied fire to
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1386 d / to have abandoned its paths in the sky. From this it was evi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1396 eetings, reader: use the rest in whatever way you choose.
N.MiraculaNyniae 4 e body of his chaste mother, / in order that he might save cert
N.MiraculaNyniae 12 with the divine Spirit, / sang in a lyrical song, ‘The Lord h
N.MiraculaNyniae 15 ghty God, who scattered lamps in the world, / has granted many
N.MiraculaNyniae 17 rilliant teacher, shone forth in the world; / and he was called
N.MiraculaNyniae 18 he was called Ninian by name in the ancestral language. / He w
N.MiraculaNyniae 20 e heavenly flood, / magnificent in merits, relying on the divine
N.MiraculaNyniae 21 ided very many wondrous signs in our manner, / and by his eloqu
N.MiraculaNyniae 32 t, / and the spread sails flew in the eager breezes / until afte
N.MiraculaNyniae 45 he saw divine oracles; / awake in his vigils, demanding the lig
N.MiraculaNyniae 46 / and also visited everywhere in sequence other saints, / right
N.MiraculaNyniae 58 earth, / and the prelate swift in prudent speech and / famed in
N.MiraculaNyniae 59 in prudent speech and / famed in persistent strife taught his
N.MiraculaNyniae 63 who can compose worthy songs in verse , / since you gave Chris
N.MiraculaNyniae 68 other, they were all immersed in the holy flood, / and they cle
N.MiraculaNyniae 69 cleansed the stain of their s in in the everlasting spring. / So
N.MiraculaNyniae 70 in the everlasting spring. / So in this way he sowed the seeds o
N.MiraculaNyniae 72 ained. / He built new churches in very many places, / which now
N.MiraculaNyniae 75 of Christ keep monastic laws. / In this way he instructed with h
N.MiraculaNyniae 82 y; / after his name was spread in our lands too, / the famed pro
N.MiraculaNyniae 91 to the Lord and dedicated it in the name of Martin. / This is
N.MiraculaNyniae 96 toring cure, / and grow strong in all their limbs through the s
N.MiraculaNyniae 100 n, truly the image of virtues in his sacred breast, / deserving
N.MiraculaNyniae 101 breast, / deserving veneration in the world, sparkled with all
N.MiraculaNyniae 115 extinguished, he was engulfed in black shadows, / and remained
N.MiraculaNyniae 119 noble man, / and be persistent in asking him for the sake of th
N.MiraculaNyniae 127 clear light, / lies afflicted in dark shadows; he will pay / wha
N.MiraculaNyniae 134 filled the air with wailing. / In response to him, the prophet
N.MiraculaNyniae 140 th truthful words he revealed in sequence / all that had been pi
N.MiraculaNyniae 156 ples, / sowed very many rivers in four-branched streams, / and w
N.MiraculaNyniae 164 ut you too, child, / say now in speech, I charge you by the k
N.MiraculaNyniae 173 , / as you command and witness in the name of the high-throned
N.MiraculaNyniae 176 ced me from my mther’s body in marriage, / but the priest, wi
N.MiraculaNyniae 177 h a pure mind, remains chaste in limbs, / and he has not succum
N.MiraculaNyniae 187 celebrated saintly man equal in rank to the saints; / and by H
N.MiraculaNyniae 196 have fixed and planted greens in the furrows, / and the dewy ea
N.MiraculaNyniae 203 interior of the garden, / and in doubt, he saw all the floweri
N.MiraculaNyniae 204 ng and growing from the seeds in the ground, / sprouting there a
N.MiraculaNyniae 205 d, / sprouting there as much as in the whole summer. / Plucking t
N.MiraculaNyniae 212 beneath a neighbour’s beams in body, / in mind, having gone b
N.MiraculaNyniae 213 neighbour’s beams in body, / in mind, having gone beyond, he
N.MiraculaNyniae 214 ile everything was lying idle in the sleep-filled night, / sudde
N.MiraculaNyniae 216 ied to carry off the bullocks in the dusky darkness. / But almi
N.MiraculaNyniae 218 ly wanted to rob a man chaste in his merits, / rather than to m
N.MiraculaNyniae 220 by the theft of robbers. / For in fact he immediately enclosed
N.MiraculaNyniae 225 ut and tossing their entrails in a violent assault, / until one
N.MiraculaNyniae 232 ent one accomplish all things in his saints. / But when the dus
N.MiraculaNyniae 246 once his body has been warmed in its chilly limbs .” / After
N.MiraculaNyniae 265 ous prophet said these things in order, / with his time complet
N.MiraculaNyniae 271 brilliant host / and, shining in a snowy covering like the mor
N.MiraculaNyniae 275 he joined the celestial hosts in the hall of heaven / and witne
N.MiraculaNyniae 278 tizens. / Yet, the divine grace in his holy limbs was not able t
N.MiraculaNyniae 279 ot able to die / and be buried in the bosom of the earth here,
N.MiraculaNyniae 282 om here I shall begin to sing in a brief account what needs to
N.MiraculaNyniae 286 ith his wife a son, / deformed in his whole flesh, whom a migh
N.MiraculaNyniae 287 ss / of diseases held and shook in his weary body. / The wretch w
N.MiraculaNyniae 291 y days he began to live, dead in his limbs, / and the wretch wa
N.MiraculaNyniae 293 having injuries, he lay numb in the shadow of death. / His par
N.MiraculaNyniae 301 grieved, they wept, speaking in a murmur, / “O God’s belov
N.MiraculaNyniae 307 h relaxed feet.” / So, when in prostration they had sown suc
N.MiraculaNyniae 313 / Then, at the balancing point in the middle of the night, a li
N.MiraculaNyniae 314 with the darkness keeping him in, / the young boy lay by the tom
N.MiraculaNyniae 316 ght sight of the prophet, now in a snowy covering, entering / an
N.MiraculaNyniae 325 nwhile, a man no less damaged in his whole body / flew to the g
N.MiraculaNyniae 327 here the holy prelate rested / in body in carved marble, accord
N.MiraculaNyniae 329 d feet he prostrated himself / in veneration, and he prayed as
N.MiraculaNyniae 342 ee anything and without sight in her gaping eyes. / Night had s
N.MiraculaNyniae 351 ew herself to the ground and, in veneration, spoke as follows,
N.MiraculaNyniae 369 her forehead against and lay in the hollow cave. / Then she lea
N.MiraculaNyniae 376 moderation. / This man, worthy in his merits, was accustomed ra
N.MiraculaNyniae 378 ody of the saint with words, / in the place where the sacred ma
N.MiraculaNyniae 380 the law detained of him, / for in serving Christ he flourished
N.MiraculaNyniae 391 nd sacred blood, / and offered in sacrifice in the hope that Ch
N.MiraculaNyniae 395 ot keep asking because he was in doubt concerning the body, / bu
N.MiraculaNyniae 396 is from a pious desire to see in bodily appearance, / Christ, w
N.MiraculaNyniae 400 ple, / and stood as a suppliant in prayer at the altar / where, ha
N.MiraculaNyniae 401 yer at the altar / where, happy in the Lord, bishop Ninian reste
N.MiraculaNyniae 402 h his spirit shines rejoicing in Olympus, / experiencing the pr
N.MiraculaNyniae 405 of the consecrated mass, / and in accustomed manner he leant on
N.MiraculaNyniae 410 nted to me to see him present in my sight / the one whom shephe
N.MiraculaNyniae 411 hepherds once sought to visit in his mother’s bosom: / they s
N.MiraculaNyniae 419 on Christ. / He is now present in body, clothed in the garment
N.MiraculaNyniae 424 the sacred son-bearer carried in the shelter of her womb.” / B
N.MiraculaNyniae 430 carry happily venerating him in consecrated hands, / under the
N.MiraculaNyniae 437 ing to say!) received the boy in his trembling arms / and joine
N.MiraculaNyniae 439 is own breast. / Then, melting in the embrace, he gave kisses t
N.MiraculaNyniae 452 could suitably touch on them in verse. / Of these miracles, I
N.MiraculaNyniae 454 ave chosen to speak of these / in my scanty and somewhat skille
N.MiraculaNyniae 466 m leaving out countless ones / in writing, but I shall begin to
N.MiraculaNyniae 469 ly, / chaste, pious everywhere in all things, provided the comf
N.MiraculaNyniae 474 hose oppressed by punishments in prison; / in the punishments of
N.MiraculaNyniae 475 sed by punishments in prison; / in the punishments of hunger he
N.MiraculaNyniae 479 ion of the present life, / and in all evils he stood out as an
N.MiraculaNyniae 483 our affairs; / he was trained in piety, and was unwilling to d
N.MiraculaNyniae 485 hone forth to all as splendid in the virtue of Christ, / a wort
N.MiraculaNyniae 486 f Christ, / a worthy confessor in the world in deeds and words,
N.MiraculaNyniae 488 ight like the brightest torch in the sky. / In a cave of dreadf
N.MiraculaNyniae 489 brightest torch in the sky. / In a cave of dreadful night, he,
N.MiraculaNyniae 492 deserved to understand books in learned languages, / and then
N.MiraculaNyniae 493 d then he preached powerfully in words what he fulfilled in de
N.Nyniae.Hymn 2 creator of all, / powerful in majesty, the high-throned jud
N.Nyniae.Hymn 3 high-throned judge: / Pleasing in the citadel of heaven, he pro
N.Nyniae.Hymn 4 ginning and the end, pleasing in the citadel of heaven. / Manife
N.Nyniae.Hymn 8 ncient offence; / had left in the Lord, due penalty the gui
N.Nyniae.Hymn 17 he glory of the saints shines in radiant heaven; / rightly
N.Nyniae.Hymn 18 ly the venerable light shines in the radiant sky. / Precious in
N.Nyniae.Hymn 19 in the radiant sky. / Precious in the citadel, he gleams, unite
N.Nyniae.Hymn 20 / bishop Ninian, precious in the citadel, he gleams. / Posse
N.Nyniae.Hymn 23 of the heart. / A gentle father in the world, he performed many
N.Nyniae.Hymn 24 venants fast, a gentle father in the world. / Our glory in the w
N.Nyniae.Hymn 25 ather in the world. / Our glory in the world, from a scaly body
N.Nyniae.Hymn 26 from the grave, our glory in the world. / The power to do al
N.Nyniae.Hymn 29 e the power to do all things. / In the hall rests the buried bod
N.Nyniae.Hymn 30 e temple the sacred man rests in the hall. / Him who was rightly
N.Nyniae.Hymn 33 e blessed kingdoms, who lived in a chaste manner / here in
N.Nyniae.Hymn 34 in a chaste manner / here in the Lord, he awaits the bless
N.Nyniae.Hymn 41 e innards spew forth. / Christ, in the hall of heaven, has crown
N.Nyniae.Hymn 42 ith brilliant honour; Christ, in the hall of heaven. / The serpe
N.Nyniae.Hymn 43 of heaven. / The serpent groans in the world, since Christ is ma
N.Nyniae.Hymn 44 is present the serpent groans in the world. / A penalty remains
N.Nyniae.Hymn 45 ty remains prepared, piled up in black darkness, / to which
N.Nyniae.Hymn 47 s prepared. / The virtuous rest in nourishing tranquillity for a
N.Nyniae.Hymn 48 aising the Lord, the virtuous in nourishing tranquillity. / The
N.Nyniae.Hymn 49 faithful sing mystical words in accordance with the royal wis
N.Nyniae.Hymn 50 yal wish; / the holy hosts in the sky sing mystical words. /
N.Nyniae.Hymn 54 ere over the holy choirs / in their worship, the nobility o