A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryNumber of occurrences in corpus: 6573
| A.3.4 1 | e heard that far from here in | the | regions of the East / is the n |
| A.3.4 2 | n the regions of the East / is | the | noblest of lands, famed among |
| A.3.4 4 | any leaders of nations across | the | world, / but it has been place |
| A.3.4 6 | away / from evil-doers through | the | might of God. / That whole pla |
| A.3.4 8 | blessed with joys, / and with | the | fairest perfumes of the earth |
| A.3.4 11 | rted and abundant in powers, / | the | one who established that grou |
| A.3.4 13 | en’s portal is often open, / | the | joy of voices released to the |
| A.3.4 15 | reen forests, / spacious under | the | heavens. / There neither rain |
| A.3.4 16 | re neither rain nor snow, nor | the | breath of frost, / not the bla |
| A.3.4 17 | nor the breath of frost, / not | the | blast of fire, nor the droppi |
| A.3.4 18 | or the dropping of hail, / nor | the | falling of rime, nor the heat |
| A.3.4 21 | wer, can cause any harm, / but | the | plain remains, blessed and un |
| A.3.4 27 | at noble field blossoms under | the | clouds blooming with joys. / T |
| A.3.4 31 | their writings, / than any of | the | gleaming mountains / that here |
| A.3.4 32 | ere among us tower high under | the | stars of heaven. / That victor |
| A.3.4 33 | / That victory-plain is calm, | the | sun-grove gleams, / the joyful |
| A.3.4 34 | calm, the sun-grove gleams, / | the | joyful wood, fruits do not fa |
| A.3.4 38 | m. / Winter and summer alike, / | the | wood is hung with crops; / nev |
| A.3.4 39 | ; / never a leaf withers under | the | sky, / nor does fire ever at a |
| A.3.4 41 | em, / before a change comes on | the | world. / Just as long ago the |
| A.3.4 42 | the world. / Just as long ago | the | power of water, / a sea-flood |
| A.3.4 43 | f water, / a sea-flood covered | the | whole world, / the earth’s e |
| A.3.4 44 | ood covered the whole world, / | the | earth’s expanse, that noble |
| A.3.4 45 | as entirely unharmed / against | the | watery onslaught of the cruel |
| A.3.4 46 | d kept blessed and sullied by | the | grace of God, / and abides so |
| A.3.4 47 | / and abides so blooming till | the | coming of flame, / the Lord’ |
| A.3.4 48 | ng till the coming of flame, / | the | Lord’s judgement ,when the |
| A.3.4 49 | gement ,when the death-beds, / | the | dark vaults of men come to be |
| A.3.4 55 | fe, nor sorrowful grief, / nor | the | struggle of poverty nor the w |
| A.3.4 57 | ease, / nor winter-squalls nor | the | flurry of storms / harsh under |
| A.3.4 58 | flurry of storms / harsh under | the | heavens, nor does the hard fr |
| A.3.4 60 | either hail nor rime drops to | the | ground, / nor windy cloud, nor |
| A.3.4 62 | water fall there, / stirred by | the | breeze, but there water-strea |
| A.3.4 64 | s. / Delightful trickles water | the | land from the midst of the wo |
| A.3.4 65 | h bursts forth, sea-cold from | the | soil’s turf, / and passes th |
| A.3.4 67 | ve in powerful spurts. / It is | the | bidding of the prince that tw |
| A.3.4 68 | the prince that twelve times / | the | joy of watery-floods should e |
| A.3.4 71 | ere never fail there at all, / | the | wood’s adornments, holy und |
| A.3.4 73 | fall there fallow blossoms, / | the | beauty of the forest-trees, b |
| A.3.4 74 | -trees, but there marvelously / | the | continually laden branches on |
| A.3.4 76 | w vegetation / for all time on | the | grassy plain / stand green, fa |
| A.3.4 78 | een, fairly adorned, / through | the | powers of the Holy one, the b |
| A.3.4 79 | rightest of groves. / Nor does | the | wood become marred in appeara |
| A.3.4 81 | y perfume remains / throughout | the | joyous land. / That will never |
| A.3.4 82 | never be changed at all until | the | wise one / who at the beginnin |
| A.3.4 83 | ll until the wise one / who at | the | beginning created / this ancie |
| A.3.4 86 | abits that wood; it is called | the | phoenix. / There that unique c |
| A.3.4 88 | re keeps its dwelling-place, / | the | bold one its abode; / death ne |
| A.3.4 90 | hat joyful plain, / as long as | the | world lasts. / He shall behold |
| A.3.4 91 | world lasts. / He shall behold | the | course of the sun, / and to co |
| A.3.4 93 | gem, / eagerly to witness when | the | noblest of stars comes up, / s |
| A.3.4 94 | stars comes up, / shining from | the | east over the waves of the se |
| A.3.4 95 | t over the waves of the sea, / | the | ancient work of the father, g |
| A.3.4 96 | er, gleaming with ornaments, / | the | bright token of God. The star |
| A.3.4 97 | s are hidden, / vanished under | the | waves in the regions of the w |
| A.3.4 98 | gions of the west, / hidden in | the | dawning, / and the dark night |
| A.3.4 99 | / hidden in the dawning, / and | the | dark night has blackly vanish |
| A.3.4 101 | ed. / Then, strong in flight, / | the | bird proud in its feathers, / |
| A.3.4 102 | s feathers, / looks eagerly to | the | ocean-stream, / across the wat |
| A.3.4 103 | to the ocean-stream, / across | the | waters under the sky, / for wh |
| A.3.4 105 | am will come gliding up / from | the | east over the broad sea; / jus |
| A.3.4 107 | rd, firm in beauty, / inhabits | the | welling streams at that water |
| A.3.4 108 | at that watery spring. / There | the | glory-blessed creature bathes |
| A.3.4 109 | thes himself twelve times / in | the | stream before the coming of t |
| A.3.4 110 | e the coming of that beacon, / | the | sky-candle, and just as often |
| A.3.4 111 | s often sips at every bathing / | the | sea-cold water from the splen |
| A.3.4 112 | rings. / Then after playing in | the | water, / with soaring heart he |
| A.3.4 114 | re he can most easily observe | the | course on eastern paths / when |
| A.3.4 115 | course on eastern paths / when | the | sky’s taper, the lamp of li |
| A.3.4 116 | light, / brightly shines over | the | surge of the sea. / The lands |
| A.3.4 117 | s over the surge of the sea. / | The | lands are adorned, the world |
| A.3.4 118 | , the world made fair, / after | the | gem of glory lights up the gr |
| A.3.4 119 | ace of the ocean, / throughout | the | world, the most magnificent o |
| A.3.4 120 | ificent of stars. / As soon as | the | sun towers / high over the sal |
| A.3.4 121 | as the sun towers / high over | the | salty streams, / the pale bird |
| A.3.4 122 | high over the salty streams, / | the | pale bird, bright, departs fr |
| A.3.4 123 | swift in feathers, flying in | the | air, / whistles and sings up t |
| A.3.4 124 | e air, / whistles and sings up | the | sky. / Then the bird’s beari |
| A.3.4 125 | s and sings up the sky. / Then | the | bird’s bearing is so fair, |
| A.3.4 129 | y son of man ever heard under | the | heavens, / since the high king |
| A.3.4 130 | ard under the heavens, / since | the | high king, the creator of glo |
| A.3.4 131 | reator of glory, / established | the | world, heaven and earth. / The |
| A.3.4 132 | the world, heaven and earth. / | The | sound of that song is sweeter |
| A.3.4 136 | ice of any man on earth, / nor | the | music of an organ’s melody, |
| A.3.4 137 | swan’s feather, nor any of | the | joys / which the Lord created f |
| A.3.4 138 | er, nor any of the joys / which | the | Lord created for man / in this |
| A.3.4 141 | les, blissfully happy, / until | the | sun has sunk into the souther |
| A.3.4 145 | is feathers swift in flight; / | the | bird is quieted. Continually, |
| A.3.4 146 | y, / twelve times, he marks off | the | hours, / day and night. So it |
| A.3.4 148 | night. So it is ordained / for | the | inhabitant of the grove that |
| A.3.4 149 | be permitted / to make use of | the | plain as he wishes, / and enjo |
| A.3.4 151 | wealth, life, and happiness, / | the | land’s plenty, until the gu |
| A.3.4 153 | and years of this life. / Then | the | pale-feathered one, / old, exp |
| A.3.4 155 | years, will be weighed down. / | The | joy of birds flies from the g |
| A.3.4 156 | flies from the green earth, / | the | blooming land, and seeks a br |
| A.3.4 159 | inent, he take dominion / over | the | family of birds, exalted amon |
| A.3.4 160 | nd, / and for a while inhabits | the | wasteland with them. / Then, s |
| A.3.4 163 | ed. / Birds throng round about | the | noble one; / each will be theg |
| A.3.4 165 | mous prince, / until they seek | the | land of the Syrians, / in the |
| A.3.4 166 | the land of the Syrians, / in | the | greatest of hosts. There the |
| A.3.4 172 | and keeps to / a lofty tree in | the | forest, / secure in roots unde |
| A.3.4 174 | men call ‘phoenix’ after | the | name of the bird. / The king g |
| A.3.4 175 | after the name of the bird. / | The | king glorious in might, the l |
| A.3.4 177 | heard tell, / that it alone is | the | brightest blooming / of all tr |
| A.3.4 181 | shielded / and unharmed, while | the | world lasts. / When the wind d |
| A.3.4 182 | while the world lasts. / When | the | wind dies down and the weathe |
| A.3.4 183 | own and the weather is fair, / | the | clear gem of heaven shines ho |
| A.3.4 184 | r gem of heaven shines holy, / | the | clouds are swept away, / the f |
| A.3.4 185 | / the clouds are swept away, / | the | forces of the waters stand st |
| A.3.4 186 | / every storm is calmed under | the | sky, / there gleams from the s |
| A.3.4 187 | r the sky, / there gleams from | the | south the warm weather-candle |
| A.3.4 188 | ather-candle, / sheds light on | the | bands of people, / then he beg |
| A.3.4 189 | , / then he begins to build in | the | branches, / make ready the nes |
| A.3.4 190 | in the branches, / make ready | the | nest. A great need is upon hi |
| A.3.4 195 | y herbs / and forest fruits to | the | dwelling-place, / every one of |
| A.3.4 197 | perfumes, / lovely herbs, that | the | king of glory, / the father of |
| A.3.4 198 | rbs, that the king of glory, / | the | father of every beginning cre |
| A.3.4 199 | ng created over the land / for | the | honour of the race of men, sw |
| A.3.4 200 | ky. / There he himself carries | the | bright trappings / inside that |
| A.3.4 201 | ings / inside that tree, where | the | wild bird / builds a house in |
| A.3.4 202 | wild bird / builds a house in | the | wasteland / above the lofty tr |
| A.3.4 203 | house in the wasteland / above | the | lofty tree, beautiful and lov |
| A.3.4 204 | / and himself dwells there in | the | sunny room, / and in that leaf |
| A.3.4 207 | de / with sacred perfumes, and | the | noblest of the earth’s harv |
| A.3.4 208 | harvest. / He sits, eager for | the | journey. When the gem of the |
| A.3.4 209 | When the gem of the sky, / in | the | summertime, the sun shines ho |
| A.3.4 210 | fulfils its destiny, surveys | the | world, / then his house become |
| A.3.4 211 | house becomes heated through | the | clearness of the sky. / The he |
| A.3.4 212 | gh the clearness of the sky. / | The | herbs grow warm; the chosen d |
| A.3.4 213 | s / with sweet odours; then in | the | heat through the fire’s gra |
| A.3.4 214 | through the fire’s grasp, / | the | bird burns along with his nes |
| A.3.4 215 | d burns along with his nest. / | The | pyre is kindled; then flame e |
| A.3.4 216 | kindled; then flame enfolds / | the | house of the disheartened cre |
| A.3.4 217 | stens, / pale fire devours and | the | phoenix burns, / wise in ancie |
| A.3.4 218 | / wise in ancient years; then | the | flame consumes / the fleeting |
| A.3.4 219 | ars; then the flame consumes / | the | fleeting body; life is leavin |
| A.3.4 220 | eting body; life is leaving, / | the | soul-hoard of the fey one, / w |
| A.3.4 221 | l-hoard of the fey one, / when | the | pyre-flame razes / flesh and b |
| A.3.4 224 | to him a soul renewed, / after | the | ashes begin again to knit tog |
| A.3.4 225 | gain to knit together, / after | the | plundering flame, congealed t |
| A.3.4 227 | of nests is pure, / purged by | the | pyre, the dwelling-place of t |
| A.3.4 228 | ng-place of the valiant one. / | The | corpse grows cold, the broken |
| A.3.4 230 | ubsides. Then from that pyre / | the | image of an apple is found ag |
| A.3.4 233 | ed from an egg, / shining from | the | shell. Then he grows in the s |
| A.3.4 235 | like an eagle’s nestling, / | the | fair makings of a bird; / then |
| A.3.4 239 | th feathers / just as he was in | the | beginning, / brightly blossomi |
| A.3.4 240 | g, / brightly blossoming. Then | the | flesh / becomes born again, en |
| A.3.4 243 | as when someone / brings home | the | fruits of the earth / at harve |
| A.3.4 244 | its of the earth / at harvest, | the | lovely crop, / before the comi |
| A.3.4 245 | est, the lovely crop, / before | the | coming of winter at reaping-t |
| A.3.4 246 | rain should damage them under | the | clouds; / they find sustenance |
| A.3.4 248 | n, / when frost and snow cover | the | earth with overbearing force, |
| A.3.4 250 | r-clothing; from those fruits / | the | prosperity of men shall arise |
| A.3.4 251 | n shall arise again, / through | the | nature of corn, / which is fir |
| A.3.4 253 | own as a pure seed, / and then | the | ray of the sun, / life’s tok |
| A.3.4 255 | s token, at lent / brings forth | the | worldly treasure, / so that th |
| A.3.4 257 | in through their own nature, / | the | earth’s adornments; / just s |
| A.3.4 258 | arth’s adornments; / just so | the | bird, old according to years, |
| A.3.4 261 | eats no food, / sustenance on | the | earth, unless he tastes a por |
| A.3.4 262 | unless he tastes a portion / of | the | honey-dew that often drops at |
| A.3.4 263 | rops at mid-night: / with that | the | brave one nourishes / his life |
| A.3.4 266 | nts, a land of his own. / Then | the | bird proud in feathers is gro |
| A.3.4 267 | n feathers is grown up / among | the | herbs; his life is renewed, / |
| A.3.4 268 | ung, full of gifts. Then from | the | dust / the limb-strong one gat |
| A.3.4 269 | of gifts. Then from the dust / | the | limb-strong one gathers his b |
| A.3.4 270 | g one gathers his body, / that | the | fire had taken off, from the |
| A.3.4 271 | flame, / collects with cunning | the | bones broken after the surgin |
| A.3.4 272 | rging flame, / and then brings | the | bones and cinders, / the remna |
| A.3.4 273 | rings the bones and cinders, / | the | remnants of the pyre back tog |
| A.3.4 276 | . / Then he grasps in his feet | the | fire’s remains, / clasps it |
| A.3.4 281 | her-cloak, / just as he was at | the | beginning, / when God, firm in |
| A.3.4 284 | gs there his own bones, which | the | surge of flame / had engulfed w |
| A.3.4 285 | e / had engulfed with fire upon | the | pyre on the mound, / for an in |
| A.3.4 286 | or an increase of ashes. Then | the | battle-skilled one / buries bon |
| A.3.4 288 | all together on that island. / | The | light of the sky is renewed f |
| A.3.4 289 | the sky is renewed for him, / | the | sun’s thegn, gladdest of ge |
| A.3.4 290 | of gems, up over the ocean, / | the | joy of noble stars gleams fro |
| A.3.4 291 | / That bird is fair of hue at | the | front, / tinted with various c |
| A.3.4 292 | inted with various colours at | the | front of his chest. / His head |
| A.3.4 295 | blended with purple. / Then is | the | tail beautifully dappled, / am |
| A.3.4 298 | t crimson, / part black spots. | The | feathers are white at the tip |
| A.3.4 299 | rs are white at the tip, / and | the | throat is green, downward and |
| A.3.4 300 | en, downward and upward, / and | the | beak gleams, like glass or a |
| A.3.4 301 | ws brilliant, inside and out. | The | cast of his eye / is piercing a |
| A.3.4 303 | rance, / a lovely gem, when by | the | skill of smiths / it is set in |
| A.3.4 305 | t in a golden vessel. / Around | the | throat, like a ring of sunlig |
| A.3.4 306 | at, like a ring of sunlight, / | the | brightest of circlets is wove |
| A.3.4 307 | rclets is woven in feathers. / | The | belly is wondrous below, amaz |
| A.3.4 308 | fair, / bright and beautiful; | the | crest above / is skillfully put |
| A.3.4 309 | skillfully put together over | the | bird’s back. / The thighs an |
| A.3.4 310 | ther over the bird’s back. / | The | thighs and pale feet / are cov |
| A.3.4 311 | feet / are covered in scales. | The | bird is peerless / in colour, |
| A.3.4 316 | ds, / that flap lazily through | the | air, / but he is quick and swi |
| A.3.4 320 | bounty. / When he sets out seek | the | plains, / his old home away fr |
| A.3.4 322 | from this ancestral turf, / as | the | bird flies, reveals himself t |
| A.3.4 323 | ions, / to many men throughout | the | world, / then they gather from |
| A.3.4 327 | people, / where they gaze upon | the | Creator’s gifts, / fair on t |
| A.3.4 328 | fair on that bird, just as at | the | beginning / the true king of v |
| A.3.4 329 | rd, just as at the beginning / | the | true king of victories establ |
| A.3.4 332 | ond bird-kind. / Then men over | the | earth marvel at his beauty an |
| A.3.4 334 | t with hands in marble, / when | the | day and the hour reveal to th |
| A.3.4 335 | he hour reveal to the troops / | the | adornments of the one swift i |
| A.3.4 338 | s, praise in song, / celebrate | the | bold one with powerful voices |
| A.3.4 339 | rful voices, / and so surround | the | holy creature in a ring / in f |
| A.3.4 340 | ature in a ring / in flight in | the | air; the phoenix is in the mi |
| A.3.4 341 | midst, / hemmed in by crowds. | The | nations look on, / gaze in ama |
| A.3.4 343 | hat happy band / pay homage to | the | wild one, one group after ano |
| A.3.4 345 | oved leader, / escort joyfully | the | noble one to his home, / until |
| A.3.4 346 | noble one to his home, / until | the | peerless on flies off swift i |
| A.3.4 347 | off swift in wings, / so that | the | band of rejoicing ones cannot |
| A.3.4 348 | ones cannot follow him, / when | the | delight of hosts seeks his ho |
| A.3.4 349 | seeks his homeland / away from | the | turf of this earth. / So, afte |
| A.3.4 350 | urf of this earth. / So, after | the | time of death, the blessed on |
| A.3.4 354 | re / back to their homes. Then | the | prince / is young in his court |
| A.3.4 356 | ung in his court. God alone, / | the | almighty king, knows what its |
| A.3.4 358 | one of mankind / knows, except | the | lord alone, / how wondrous are |
| A.3.4 359 | lord alone, / how wondrous are | the | circumstances, / the fair anci |
| A.3.4 360 | drous are the circumstances, / | the | fair ancient decree, surround |
| A.3.4 361 | ing the bird’s birth. / Then | the | blessed creature is allowed t |
| A.3.4 362 | s allowed to enjoy his home, / | the | welling streams in the woodla |
| A.3.4 363 | n the woodlands, / to dwell on | the | plain until a thousand years |
| A.3.4 365 | ave passed. Then there comes / | the | end of his life; the pyre cov |
| A.3.4 369 | t mope and grieve for death, / | the | sorrowful agony of demise, / s |
| A.3.4 371 | t life will be renewed / after | the | plundering flame, life after |
| A.3.4 372 | tored in bird-form again from | the | ashes, / becomes rejuvenated u |
| A.3.4 373 | s, / becomes rejuvenated under | the | protection / of the sky. Yet h |
| A.3.4 374 | ated under the protection / of | the | sky. Yet he is himself / both |
| A.3.4 376 | ing father, and likewise also / | the | heir again of the ancient inh |
| A.3.4 377 | of the ancient inheritance. / | The | mighty lord of mankind grante |
| A.3.4 379 | d become so wondrously again / | the | same creature that he was bef |
| A.3.4 381 | should take him. / So each of | the | blessed chooses for himself / |
| A.3.4 385 | itted in later days to enjoy / | the | gifts of the lord in perpetua |
| A.3.4 386 | / and ever afterwards dwell in | the | world [or ‘glory’?] / as a |
| A.3.4 388 | as a reward for their deeds. / | The | nature of this bird points to |
| A.3.4 389 | ose elect thegns of Christ in | the | dwelling-places, / how they ma |
| A.3.4 390 | ces, / how they maintain under | the | heavens a shining joy / with t |
| A.3.4 391 | e heavens a shining joy / with | the | support of the father in thes |
| A.3.4 392 | mselves a lofty prosperity in | the | homeland above. / We have lear |
| A.3.4 393 | above. / We have learned that | the | almighty / created man and wom |
| A.3.4 394 | created man and woman through | the | abundance of his miracles, / a |
| A.3.4 395 | les, / and then set them up in | the | best region of the earth, / wh |
| A.3.4 396 | t region of the earth, / which | the | children of men call paradise |
| A.3.4 398 | as they were willing to keep | the | word of the eternal one, / the |
| A.3.4 399 | the word of the eternal one, / | the | command of the holy one in th |
| A.3.4 400 | / There malice afflicted them, | the | spite of the ancient enemy, / |
| A.3.4 401 | nemy, / who offered them food, | the | fruit of the tree, / so that t |
| A.3.4 402 | evil counsel they both tasted | the | apple, / savoured the forbidde |
| A.3.4 403 | h tasted the apple, / savoured | the | forbidden thing against God |
| A.3.4 410 | id for it with pain, / because | the | consumed that food / against t |
| A.3.4 411 | e consumed that food / against | the | word of the Eternal one. Beca |
| A.3.4 413 | rt, they have had to give up / | the | joy of their homeland, becaus |
| A.3.4 418 | / was hidden in darkness, and | the | holy plain / was securely clos |
| A.3.4 419 | / was securely closed through | the | plots / of the fiend for many y |
| A.3.4 420 | y closed through the plots / of | the | fiend for many years, / until |
| A.3.4 421 | fiend for many years, / until | the | king of glory, through his ad |
| A.3.4 422 | his advent, / mankind’s joy, | the | comforter of the weary, / and |
| A.3.4 423 | comforter of the weary, / and | the | only hope, opened it again to |
| A.3.4 424 | the holy. / Most like this, as | the | scholars / tell us in words an |
| A.3.4 426 | ords and writings reveal, / is | the | journey of the bird when, ful |
| A.3.4 429 | ears, / to where he comes upon | the | lofty covering of the forest |
| A.3.4 430 | rest / in which he builds with | the | noblest / twigs and plants a n |
| A.3.4 432 | ew dwelling-place, / a nest in | the | grove; there is a great need |
| A.3.4 434 | spirit young again, / through | the | blast of flame, life after de |
| A.3.4 437 | s sun-bright settlement / after | the | bath of fire; just so those a |
| A.3.4 439 | rs, / our forebears, abandoned / | the | beautiful plain and the lovel |
| A.3.4 441 | em, took a long journey / into | the | hands of vicious creatures, w |
| A.3.4 443 | et there were many who obeyed | the | lord / well in holy customs be |
| A.3.4 444 | / well in holy customs beneath | the | heavens, / praiseworthy deeds, |
| A.3.4 445 | / praiseworthy deeds, so that | the | lord, / the high king of heave |
| A.3.4 446 | thy deeds, so that the lord, / | the | high king of heaven, / was loy |
| A.3.4 448 | s them in his heart. / That is | the | lofty tree in which the holy |
| A.3.4 449 | their dwelling, where none of | the | ancient enemies / can cause any |
| A.3.4 451 | e any harm with poison, / with | the | sign of enmity in that danger |
| A.3.4 452 | n that dangerous time. / There | the | champion of the lord builds a |
| A.3.4 454 | s, / when he doles out alms to | the | poor, / to those bereft of ben |
| A.3.4 456 | f benefits, / and calls out to | the | lord, / the father for support |
| A.3.4 457 | / and calls out to the lord, / | the | father for support, hastens f |
| A.3.4 458 | rt, hastens forth, / blots out | the | sins of this fleeting life, / |
| A.3.4 459 | sins of this fleeting life, / | the | dark deeds of sin, keeps god |
| A.3.4 461 | , and bends his knee nobly to | the | earth, / flees every evil, gri |
| A.3.4 464 | d at heart yearns to perform / | the | most good deeds; the lord is |
| A.3.4 465 | eld to him / in every journey, | the | ruler of victories, / a willin |
| A.3.4 466 | enefactor of hosts. These are | the | herbs, / the fruits of plants, |
| A.3.4 467 | hosts. These are the herbs, / | the | fruits of plants, that the wi |
| A.3.4 468 | t the wild bird / gathers under | the | sky far and wide to his dwell |
| A.3.4 470 | e. / So now in those dwellings | the | champions of the creator / per |
| A.3.4 472 | omplish great deeds; for that | the | eternal almighty / will repay t |
| A.3.4 475 | ling shall be established / in | the | city of glory as a recompense |
| A.3.4 476 | eir deeds, / because they kept | the | holy teachings / hot in their |
| A.3.4 478 | ng souls, / day and night love | the | lord, / with brilliant faith t |
| A.3.4 479 | h brilliant faith they choose | the | dear one / above worldly wealt |
| A.3.4 482 | his fleeting life. / Thus does | the | blessed man earn with valour |
| A.3.4 483 | alour eternal joy, / a home in | the | heavens, until the end of his |
| A.3.4 484 | is day comes, / when he death, | the | warrior keen for carnage, / ma |
| A.3.4 485 | made strong by weapons, takes | the | life of every one, / and swift |
| A.3.4 486 | one, / and swiftly sends into | the | bosom of the earth the fleeti |
| A.3.4 488 | e long / covered in earth until | the | coming of flame. / Then many o |
| A.3.4 490 | f mankind will be brought / to | the | gathering: the father of ange |
| A.3.4 491 | ering: the father of angels, / | the | true king of victories, the l |
| A.3.4 494 | chieve / resurrection, just as | the | mighty king, / the prince of a |
| A.3.4 495 | on, just as the mighty king, / | the | prince of angels summons them |
| A.3.4 496 | ince of angels summons them, / | the | saviour of souls across the w |
| A.3.4 497 | s across the wide earth / with | the | trumpet’s sound. / Dark deat |
| A.3.4 498 | Dark death shall be ended for | the | blessed / through the might of |
| A.3.4 499 | nded for the blessed / through | the | might of the lord. The noble |
| A.3.4 504 | ful in heart when fire razes / | the | fleeting land’s wealth, fla |
| A.3.4 505 | lth, flame consumes / entirely | the | accumulated property / of the |
| A.3.4 506 | the accumulated property / of | the | earth, greedily seizes / apple |
| A.3.4 508 | pled gold, hungrily swallows / | the | trappings of the land. Then t |
| A.3.4 509 | n / at that manifest time into | the | light comes, / beautiful and j |
| A.3.4 510 | comes, / beautiful and joyous, | the | symbol of this bird [tmesis?] |
| A.3.4 511 | of this bird [tmesis?], / when | the | sole power raises up all, / ga |
| A.3.4 512 | power raises up all, / gathers | the | bones from graves, / limbs and |
| A.3.4 513 | imbs and bodies together, and | the | spirit of life / before Christ |
| A.3.4 514 | ore Christ’s knee. Mightily | the | king / from his throne shines |
| A.3.4 515 | ng / from his throne shines on | the | holy ones, / the beautiful gem |
| A.3.4 516 | one shines on the holy ones, / | the | beautiful gem of glory. It sh |
| A.3.4 518 | in that terrible time. / There | the | bodies clean of sinful blemis |
| A.3.4 519 | shes, / glad at heart will go, | the | spirits turn / to their bone-v |
| A.3.4 520 | / to their bone-vessels, while | the | burning mounts / high into the |
| A.3.4 521 | the burning mounts / high into | the | heavens; for many a terrible |
| A.3.4 524 | / from out of their graves in | the | ground / seeks the Creator’s |
| A.3.4 525 | r graves in the ground / seeks | the | Creator’s judgement, / sore |
| A.3.4 526 | ent, / sore afraid. Fire is on | the | march, / it burns up sins. The |
| A.3.4 527 | rch, / it burns up sins. There | the | blessed / are wrapped in their |
| A.3.4 529 | , / their own deeds: these are | the | noble, / lovely herbs with whi |
| A.3.4 530 | ble, / lovely herbs with which | the | wild bird / surrounds his own |
| A.3.4 531 | rd / surrounds his own nest on | the | outside / so that it suddenly |
| A.3.4 533 | burns in flame, / blazes under | the | sun, and he himself with it, |
| A.3.4 534 | self with it, / and then after | the | fire takes on life again, / an |
| A.3.4 536 | new. Just so is every one / of | the | race of men, wrapped in flesh |
| A.3.4 538 | rough his own wishes, so that | the | king of glory, / mighty in the |
| A.3.4 539 | the king of glory, / mighty in | the | assembly, becomes gracious. / |
| A.3.4 541 | uls, call out, raise a song, / | the | pure and elect, praise the po |
| A.3.4 544 | herbs with their good deeds. / | The | spirits of men are then purif |
| A.3.4 545 | ed, / brightly refined through | the | burning of the fire. / Let non |
| A.3.4 546 | ing of the fire. / Let none of | the | race of men expect / that I am |
| A.3.4 548 | s, / writing poetry. Listen to | the | wisdom / of Job’s songs. Insp |
| A.3.4 550 | spired in his breast / through | the | bounty of the spirit, the bol |
| A.3.4 552 | ords: / ‘I do not disdain in | the | thoughts of my heart / that I |
| A.3.4 556 | d about my former deeds, into | the | soil’s embrace, / and then a |
| A.3.4 557 | and then after death, through | the | lord’s grace, / be permitted |
| A.3.4 558 | grace, / be permitted, just as | the | phoenix-bird, / to have life r |
| A.3.4 560 | resurrection, / pleasures with | the | lord, where that dear host / pr |
| A.3.4 561 | , where that dear host / praise | the | beloved one. I cannot ever at |
| A.3.4 565 | a pleasure for worms, just so | the | God of hosts, / after the time |
| A.3.4 566 | t so the God of hosts, / after | the | time of death, frees my soul / |
| A.3.4 567 | soul / and awakens it to glory. | The | hope of this will never / fail |
| A.3.4 569 | e a secure / and lasting joy in | the | prince of angels.’ / Thus th |
| A.3.4 570 | he prince of angels.’ / Thus | the | wise man, prudent at heart, / |
| A.3.4 574 | might more readily perceive / | the | glory-firm sign that the brig |
| A.3.4 576 | ing. He gathers together / all | the | remnants of bones, ashes and |
| A.3.4 577 | ones, ashes and cinders / after | the | burning flame, and then the b |
| A.3.4 578 | d / carries them in his feet to | the | court of the lord, / facing int |
| A.3.4 579 | ourt of the lord, / facing into | the | sun. There they afterwards / re |
| A.3.4 583 | . / So now after death through | the | Lord’s might, / souls journe |
| A.3.4 585 | s, / fairly adorned, most like | the | bird, / with noble perfumes, i |
| A.3.4 587 | erfumes, in blessedness / where | the | righteous sun, gleams / beautif |
| A.3.4 588 | us sun, gleams / beautiful over | the | hosts in the dwelling-place o |
| A.3.4 589 | welling-place of glory. / Then | the | saviour Christ shines / on the |
| A.3.4 590 | the saviour Christ shines / on | the | righteous souls, high over th |
| A.3.4 591 | souls, high over the roofs. / | The | follow him as beautiful birds |
| A.3.4 594 | pirits, / for ever more. There | the | guilty malicious fiend / canno |
| A.3.4 597 | a brilliant troop, / just like | the | phoenix-bird, in the protecti |
| A.3.4 598 | he Lord, / beautiful in glory. | The | deeds of every one / gleam bri |
| A.3.4 600 | ly in that happy home / before | the | face of the eternal Lord, / to |
| A.3.4 601 | / together in peace most like | the | sun. / There the bright circle |
| A.3.4 602 | ace most like the sun. / There | the | bright circlet, wondrously wo |
| A.3.4 603 | precious stones, towers over | the | heads / of each of the blessed |
| A.3.4 604 | rs over the heads / of each of | the | blessed. Their crowns gleam, |
| A.3.4 606 | diadem / finely adorns each of | the | righteous, / brilliant in life |
| A.3.4 607 | us, / brilliant in life, where | the | long joy, / eternal and young |
| A.3.4 610 | ith fair adornments alongside | the | father of angels. / In those d |
| A.3.4 614 | thirst, / sorrow nor old age. | The | noble king / grants them every |
| A.3.4 615 | them every good thing. There | the | company of spirits / acclaim t |
| A.3.4 616 | e company of spirits / acclaim | the | saviour and honour the might |
| A.3.4 617 | iour and honour the might / of | the | heavenly king, sing praise to |
| A.3.4 618 | sing praise to the creator. / | The | beloved company make melody w |
| A.3.4 619 | st of sounds, / clearly around | the | holy high seat of God, / happi |
| A.3.4 620 | h seat of God, / happily bless | the | best prince, / blessed among t |
| A.3.4 621 | e best prince, / blessed among | the | angels with harmony of voice |
| A.3.4 625 | ng; / great and beyond measure | the | strength of might, / high and |
| A.3.4 626 | gth of might, / high and holy. | The | heavens are / fairly filled, f |
| A.3.4 629 | with your glory, / above with | the | angels and also on earth. / Pr |
| A.3.4 630 | maker of beginnings; you are | the | father almighty / on high, the |
| A.3.4 631 | the father almighty / on high, | the | ruler of the heavens.’ / Thu |
| A.3.4 632 | uler of the heavens.’ / Thus | the | righteous, purified of sin, / |
| A.3.4 634 | s dwelling-place, / make known | the | majesty, sing the praise / of t |
| A.3.4 635 | e majesty, sing the praise / of | the | sovereign in glory, the compa |
| A.3.4 636 | company of the righteous, / to | the | one alone who is eternal hono |
| A.3.4 639 | he was born / here on earth in | the | form of a child / in middle-ea |
| A.3.4 640 | a child / in middle-earth, yet | the | fullness of powers, / high abo |
| A.3.4 641 | llness of powers, / high above | the | heavens, remained holy, / an u |
| A.3.4 643 | ory. Though he had to suffer / | the | pains of death on the tree of |
| A.3.4 644 | s, / a terrible punishment, on | the | third day / after the demise o |
| A.3.4 645 | ment, on the third day / after | the | demise of his body he receive |
| A.3.4 646 | received life again / through | the | support of the father. Just s |
| A.3.4 647 | ust so the phoenix, / young in | the | dwelling-places, / betokens th |
| A.3.4 648 | he dwelling-places, / betokens | the | might of the son of god, / whe |
| A.3.4 650 | n he awakens from ashes / into | the | life of life, developed in li |
| A.3.4 651 | developed in limbs; / just as | the | saviour has granted us help, |
| A.3.4 653 | y, life without end, / just so | the | bird fills his two feathers w |
| A.3.4 654 | sweet and joyous herbs, / with | the | fair fruits of the earth, whe |
| A.3.4 655 | eager to be away. / These are | the | words, as writings tell us, / |
| A.3.4 656 | words, as writings tell us, / | the | voice of the holy, whose hear |
| A.3.4 657 | arts are eager / to be away to | the | heavens, to merciful God, / in |
| A.3.4 658 | heavens, to merciful God, / in | the | joy of joys, where they bring |
| A.3.4 660 | deeds, a lovely perfume, / to | the | creator into that famous esta |
| A.3.4 662 | raise continually / throughout | the | age of ages, and the splendou |
| A.3.4 663 | f glory, / honour and power in | the | kingdom of the skies / above. |
| A.3.4 664 | he skies / above. He is justly | the | king / of the world and of the |
| A.3.4 665 | ove. He is justly the king / of | the | world and of the mighty power |
| A.3.4 667 | lory in that beautiful city. / | The | author of light has granted u |
| A.3.4 670 | in heaven, / where we may seek | the | greatest kingdom / and sit on |
| A.3.4 672 | it on lofty thrones, / live in | the | bliss of light and peace, / ha |
| A.3.4 674 | ss, / enjoy glorious days, see | the | lord of victories / calm and k |
| A.3.4 677 | nuous acclaim, / blessed among | the | angels. Hallelujah. |
| A.4.2 3 | ily found there / support from | the | acknowledged Lord when she ha |
| A.4.2 4 | hen she had greatest need / of | the | protection of the highest jud |
| A.4.2 5 | hat he would exempt her / from | the | retribution of the highest, t |
| A.4.2 6 | est, the crafter of origins. / | The | noble-minded father in heaven |
| A.4.2 7 | she always had firm belief in | the | Almighty. Then, I heard, Holo |
| A.4.2 9 | pared with all extravagances. | The | leader of the men invited / al |
| A.4.2 10 | eader of the men invited / all | the | most eminent officers to it; |
| A.4.2 11 | / those shield-fighters, with | the | greatest promptness, / and cam |
| A.4.2 12 | urrying to their mighty lord, | the | people’s leader. / That was |
| A.4.2 13 | ople’s leader. / That was on | the | fourth day after Judith, bril |
| A.4.2 15 | im. / Then they went to sit at | the | feast, / proud ones at the win |
| A.4.2 16 | at the feast, / proud ones at | the | wine-service, all his crimina |
| A.4.2 18 | t down / endlessly there along | the | bench, likewise cups and bowl |
| A.4.2 19 | cups and bowls / brimming for | the | hall-visitors; they partook o |
| A.4.2 20 | ierce shield-warriors, though | the | powerful, / dreadful lord of t |
| A.4.2 21 | e powerful, / dreadful lord of | the | men did not suspect so. Then |
| A.4.2 22 | suspect so. Then Holofernes, / | the | gold-friend of the men, was i |
| A.4.2 24 | shouted and reveled, / so that | the | sons of men could hear from f |
| A.4.2 27 | tedly insisted / that those on | the | bench should enjoy themselves |
| A.4.2 28 | should enjoy themselves. / So | the | villain through the whole day |
| A.4.2 32 | d, / drained of all good. Thus | the | leader of the men commanded / |
| A.4.2 33 | er of the men commanded / that | the | occupants of the hall be atte |
| A.4.2 34 | til the murky night / overtook | the | sons of mortals. Steeped in v |
| A.4.2 35 | usness, / he then ordered that | the | blessed young woman be fetche |
| A.4.2 39 | leader had asked, / prince of | the | mail-coated warriors, marched |
| A.4.2 40 | riors, marched in a trice / to | the | guest-quarters, where they fo |
| A.4.2 43 | nden shields set out to lead / | the | radiant young woman to the ta |
| A.4.2 44 | man to the tall tent / wherein | the | mighty Holofernes, / despised |
| A.4.2 45 | ghty Holofernes, / despised by | the | Savior, rested by night / duri |
| A.4.2 46 | vior, rested by night / during | the | feasting. There was a net all |
| A.4.2 48 | ies, splendid and hung about / | the | general’s bed so that the b |
| A.4.2 49 | that the baleful / captain of | the | fighters could look through i |
| A.4.2 55 | . Then they directly brought / | the | wise lady to his bed; the har |
| A.4.2 56 | to inform their superior that | the | saintly woman / had been broug |
| A.4.2 57 | ht to his sleeping tent. Then | the | famous governor of cities / wa |
| A.4.2 58 | eased, thought he would sully | the | radiant lady / with filth and |
| A.4.2 59 | y / with filth and defilement. | The | judge of glory, shepherd of t |
| A.4.2 60 | permit that, but he directed | the | matter for them, / the Lord, g |
| A.4.2 61 | irected the matter for them, / | the | Lord, guider of armies. That |
| A.4.2 64 | his glory precipitously, / in | the | space of a single night. That |
| A.4.2 66 | he had been striving toward / | the | while he remained in this wor |
| A.4.2 67 | remained in this world / under | the | vault of the sky. The mighty |
| A.4.2 68 | he mighty one then fell / into | the | middle of his bed, so steeped |
| A.4.2 69 | knew / no reason in his wits. | The | soldiers marched / out of the |
| A.4.2 70 | The soldiers marched / out of | the | chamber in great haste, / men |
| A.4.2 72 | utted with wine, who had led / | the | faith-breaker, that loathed t |
| A.4.2 73 | t loathed tyrant, to bed / for | the | last time. Then the Savior’ |
| A.4.2 76 | he could very easily deprive / | the | monster of life before the sh |
| A.4.2 77 | he shameless / criminal awoke. | The | Creator’s handmaid, / with h |
| A.4.2 79 | [of battle], and drew it from | the | sheath / with her right hand; |
| A.4.2 81 | e / heaven’s warden by name, | the | Savior of all / mortals, and s |
| A.4.2 84 | / and consoling spirit, son of | the | Almighty, / triune force, your |
| A.4.2 94 | uch heat in my heart.” Then | the | highest judge / inspired her w |
| A.4.2 98 | hen her spirits were lifted, / | the | confidence of the saintly one |
| A.4.2 99 | y one restored; grasped then / | the | heathen man firmly by his sca |
| A.4.2 101 | ltingly, and cleverly placed / | the | baleful, horrid man in such a |
| A.4.2 103 | ost easily have her way / with | the | wretch. The bound-haired one |
| A.4.2 104 | bound-haired one then struck / | the | rancorous, destructive advers |
| A.4.2 108 | / not yet completely soulless; | the | courageous lady / then struck |
| A.4.2 109 | courageous lady / then struck | the | heathen dog smartly / for the |
| A.4.2 110 | the heathen dog smartly / for | the | second time, so that his head |
| A.4.2 111 | that his head rolled / away on | the | floor. The foul, lifeless tru |
| A.4.2 112 | , lifeless trunk / lay behind; | the | spirit moved off / under a ste |
| A.4.2 121 | / in that dim realm, devoid of | the | comfort of hope. / Judith had |
| A.4.2 125 | d allotted her victory. / Then | the | prudent young woman without d |
| A.4.2 126 | oung woman without delay / put | the | head of the war-wager, / blood |
| A.4.2 127 | ager, / bloody as it was, into | the | container in which her attend |
| A.4.2 131 | was, Judith entrusted it / to | the | hand of her conscientious sub |
| A.4.2 132 | us subordinate / to bear home. | The | two daring women / then both d |
| A.4.2 135 | t young women, / passed beyond | the | encampment, / so that they cou |
| A.4.2 137 | that they could plainly see / | the | walls of that lovely city gli |
| A.4.2 141 | d of heart, they had reached / | the | gate. The soldiers sat, / waki |
| A.4.2 143 | t, / waking men held watch / in | the | stronghold, as Judith, / a cle |
| A.4.2 145 | er young woman, had enjoined / | the | mournful people when she had |
| A.4.2 147 | heir beloved / had returned to | the | people, and the prudent-minde |
| A.4.2 149 | r a certain man / to come from | the | sprawling town to meet her / a |
| A.4.2 151 | her in without delay / through | the | gate in the wall, and she mad |
| A.4.2 152 | he made this announcement / to | the | triumphant populace: “I can |
| A.4.2 155 | . Providence is kind to you, / | the | splendor of kings; it will be |
| A.4.2 156 | will be reported / throughout | the | wide world that resplendent, |
| A.4.2 158 | s given you, / redemption from | the | trials you have long endured. |
| A.4.2 159 | u have long endured.” / Then | the | citizens were overjoyed, / aft |
| A.4.2 160 | rjoyed, / after they heard how | the | saint called / over the high w |
| A.4.2 161 | rd how the saint called / over | the | high wall. The army was in hi |
| A.4.2 162 | he army was in high spirits. / | The | people hurried toward the gat |
| A.4.2 165 | g / pressed forward and ran by | the | thousands / to meet the Lord |
| A.4.2 166 | ran by the thousands / to meet | the | Lord’s handmaiden. The hear |
| A.4.2 171 | reverently let her in. / Then | the | sage, adorned with gold, / dir |
| A.4.2 173 | entious attendant / to uncover | the | head of the war-wager / and sh |
| A.4.2 174 | er / and show it all bloody to | the | citizens / as proof of how she |
| A.4.2 175 | f of how she had succeeded in | the | contest. / The noblewoman then |
| A.4.2 176 | ad succeeded in the contest. / | The | noblewoman then spoke to all |
| A.4.2 179 | you can gaze unobstructed / at | the | head of the most despicable / |
| A.4.2 181 | / who of all people caused us | the | most loss of life, / bitter pa |
| A.4.2 185 | ue us / with injuries. I drove | the | life out of him / through God |
| A.4.2 189 | ithout delay for battle after | the | God of creation, / that compas |
| A.4.2 190 | ompassionate king, sends from | the | east / his bright light. Bear |
| A.4.2 193 | mail / and bright helmets into | the | crowd of attackers; / cut down |
| A.4.2 197 | ll have honor / and glory from | the | encounter, as the mighty Lord |
| A.4.2 199 | y hand.” / Then that host of | the | keen and competent / was insta |
| A.4.2 204 | mets, from that holy city / at | the | very break of day. Shields cl |
| A.4.2 205 | clattered, / resounded aloud. | The | lean wolf in the wood / exulte |
| A.4.2 206 | olf in the wood / exulted, and | the | dusky raven, / that bloodthirs |
| A.4.2 208 | ty bird. They both knew / that | the | men intended to furnish them |
| A.4.2 209 | o furnish them / their fill of | the | fated; but behind them flew / |
| A.4.2 210 | fated; but behind them flew / | the | ravenous eagle with rain-flec |
| A.4.2 212 | -beaked, / he sang a war-song. | The | men, war-workers, / marched to |
| A.4.2 215 | en, who for long / had endured | the | insults of foreigners, / the a |
| A.4.2 216 | d the insults of foreigners, / | the | abuse of heathens. That was h |
| A.4.2 217 | ly / paid back to all of them, | the | Assyrians, / in the launch of |
| A.4.2 218 | l of them, the Assyrians, / in | the | launch of ash-spears, after t |
| A.4.2 220 | dards had advanced as far as / | the | defenders’ encampment. Then |
| A.4.2 223 | siles meant to stay in place. | The | grim war-makers / bellowed lou |
| A.4.2 225 | javelins / in a fierce throng. | The | native heroes / were enraged a |
| A.4.2 229 | adversaries. With their hands | the | fighters / drew from sheaths p |
| A.4.2 232 | and hewed without hesitation / | the | ill-intending champions / of A |
| A.4.2 236 | m they could overpower. / Thus | the | men-at-arms in the morning ho |
| A.4.2 237 | in the morning hours / pursued | the | foreigners the whole time, / u |
| A.4.2 238 | e time, / until those who were | the | cruel / chief-watchmen of that |
| A.4.2 240 | litary people / perceived that | the | Hebrew men were confronting t |
| A.4.2 242 | t to convey that / in words to | the | most senior aides / to the pri |
| A.4.2 243 | to the most senior aides / to | the | prince; they roused the stand |
| A.4.2 245 | ed to those mead-muddled men / | the | bad news, the morning-slaught |
| A.4.2 246 | news, the morning-slaughter, / | the | terrible blade-games. Then, a |
| A.4.2 249 | n to throng in groups / around | the | sleeping-tent of Holofernes, |
| A.4.2 250 | sleeping-tent of Holofernes, / | the | baleful one. They intended to |
| A.4.2 251 | e. They intended to announce / | the | combat to their lord at once, |
| A.4.2 253 | sion should descend on them, / | the | might of the Hebrews. They al |
| A.4.2 254 | rews. They all supposed / that | the | prince of men and the radiant |
| A.4.2 256 | ndsome tent together, / Judith | the | noble and the lecher, / horrid |
| A.4.2 258 | / a single man who dared waken | the | warrior / or find out what had |
| A.4.2 260 | hat had come to pass / between | the | standard-bearer and the holy |
| A.4.2 261 | rd-bearer and the holy maid, / | the | handmaid of the Lord. The for |
| A.4.2 262 | he Lord. The force advanced, / | the | army of the Hebrews, fought h |
| A.4.2 266 | swords. In that day’s work / | the | stature of the Assyrians was |
| A.4.2 273 | prosperity and their prowess. | The | men thought to awaken / their |
| A.4.2 275 | ardly succeeded. / Then one of | the | war-wagers sooner or later / g |
| A.4.2 277 | eeled will, / he ventured into | the | tent, since necessity compell |
| A.4.2 278 | him. / Then he found lying on | the | bed / his ashen patron, void o |
| A.4.2 281 | he at once fell / trembling to | the | ground, began to tear his hai |
| A.4.2 283 | and delivered this message to | the | warriors / who, disturbed, wer |
| A.4.2 287 | olence that it is drawn near / | the | time when we shall of necessi |
| A.4.2 292 | acked them from behind, until | the | greatest part / of that army l |
| A.4.2 294 | rmy lay devastated by war / on | the | field of victory, slashed by |
| A.4.2 295 | ctory, slashed by swords, / to | the | delight of wolves, and also f |
| A.4.2 297 | ived fled, / a shield-troop of | the | despised. Behind them came / a |
| A.4.2 299 | victory, / magnified in glory. | The | Lord God, / almighty ruler, ha |
| A.4.2 302 | skly laid / a war-path through | the | host of enemies / with inlaid |
| A.4.2 303 | with inlaid swords, hacked at | the | linden shields, / carved up th |
| A.4.2 304 | he linden shields, / carved up | the | phalanx. The lancers / were st |
| A.4.2 307 | / of spear-conflict. There in | the | dirt / fell the greatest part |
| A.4.2 308 | lict. There in the dirt / fell | the | greatest part of the head-cou |
| A.4.2 309 | st part of the head-count / of | the | elders of Assyria, / that hate |
| A.4.2 312 | ters / turned in retreat among | the | carnage, / the reeking corpses |
| A.4.2 313 | n retreat among the carnage, / | the | reeking corpses. There was op |
| A.4.2 314 | s. There was opportunity / for | the | native inhabitants to take / f |
| A.4.2 316 | ed enemies of old, lifeless, / | the | blood-soaked spoils of war, m |
| A.4.2 320 | foes of old, in that place of | the | people, / put them to sleep wi |
| A.4.2 321 | p with swords. They rested on | the | grass, / those who of living r |
| A.4.2 323 | of living races were, alive, / | the | most despicable. Then the who |
| A.4.2 324 | most glorious of nations, for | the | duration of one month, / the p |
| A.4.2 325 | r the duration of one month, / | the | proud and the braided-haired, |
| A.4.2 326 | ded-haired, wore and bore / to | the | glorious city of Bethulia / he |
| A.4.2 331 | any / expert could describe. / | The | men of the nation had acquire |
| A.4.2 333 | s in pitched battle, / through | the | wise instruction of Judith, / |
| A.4.2 338 | red gold, and everything that | the | soldiers’ / overbearing supe |
| A.4.2 340 | treasures, that they gave to | the | radiant, / brilliant woman. Fo |
| A.4.2 342 | t Judith proclaimed / glory to | the | Lord of hosts, who had grante |
| A.4.2 343 | ranted her renown, / esteem in | the | realm of earth, likewise reco |
| A.4.2 344 | heaven, / victory’s prize in | the | glory on high, because she ha |
| A.4.2 345 | ecause she had true faith / in | the | Almighty; indeed, in the end |
| A.4.2 346 | he end there was no doubt / of | the | reward that she had long desi |
| A.4.2 347 | nd ever for that, who created | the | wind and the atmosphere, / the |
| A.4.2 348 | the wind and the atmosphere, / | the | firmament and the far-extendi |
| A.4.2 349 | the raging / sea-currents and | the | joys of heaven, by his own ge |
| Cnut's Song 3b | u ðer by. / Roweþ cnites noer | the | lant / and here we þes munech |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus praefatio 2 | t you may receive repose with | the | eternal King, / and seek the c |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus praefatio 3 | h the eternal King, / and seek | the | citadels above with shining m |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus praefatio 5 | did bishop, / as you ascend to | the | saintly realms of the skies o |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus praefatio 6 | n high, / and your reward that | the | tonsured one asked to be rend |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus praefatio 7 | ise, night and day throughout | the | period of your whole life / ma |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus praefatio 8 | eriod of your whole life / may | the | lofty mercy, protect you and |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus praefatio 9 | cy, protect you and yours / in | the | place where grace beyond meas |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus praefatio 10 | ages, / grows bright among all | the | saints with wondrous light / Yo |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus praefatio 12 | ody, mind, and hand, / and all | the | senses together without end, |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 1 | thout end, farewell! / / # / When | the | saintly hand rendered you pre |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 6 | mild, you took great joy from | the | Lord. / Receive, learned fathe |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 7 | rd. / Receive, learned father, | the | gift of a beloved friend, / |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 11 | hile you read, admire too how | the | monks, distinguished / by a |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 12 | endid gift, are here climbing | the | path of light. / If you were t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 14 | st strongly to give thanks to | the | Lord. / But if it is otherwise |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 15 | s otherwise, deign to forgive | the | poet singing: / for what he |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 18 | ch sound out things sacred to | the | Lord. / I urge you to tolerate |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 22 | lessed good fortune in Christ | the | Lord. / / # / When Ecgfrith fell |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 2 1 | rd. / / # / When Ecgfrith fell by | the | hostile sword of the Picts, / |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 2 2 | tard brother Aldfrith assumed | the | rule of the English, / and pro |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 2 4 | in name / and shone out among | the | nations, while maintaining th |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 2 8 | nses with his mind, despising | the | Thunderer’s laws, / being ex |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 2 10 | strength. / He did not honour | the | nobles, nor indeed did he wor |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 2 | d venerable in name, / Eanmund | the | pious, allied with the friend |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 3 | ends of Christ; / he went from | the | deeds of this world to the pr |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 4 | the promised rewards, / which | the | saints receive in heaven, thr |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 6 | ood, / and was celebrated with | the | most high honour among people |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 7 | honour among peoples. / But to | the | Lord this venerable ealdorman |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 8 | dorman was nobler / because of | the | eminence of his most high min |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 9 | ight-white heart was given by | the | almighty Father, / who forms a |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 10 | forms all bodies and cleanses | the | minds of men with thorns remo |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 11 | thorns removed. / He abandoned | the | empty warrior-life, having be |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 12 | love, / and served throughout | the | whole rest of his life, / the |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 13 | the whole rest of his life, / | the | mighty ruler who controls the |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 1 | the whole universe. / / # / When | the | tyrant was butchering the lea |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 2 | of the English exceedingly, / | the | aforementioned warrior entere |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 5 | hen he suffered and took away | the | thorny thickets of evils from |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 9 | pted to subject themselves to | the | Lord in a monastery. / Eanmund |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 11 | se to Peter, who oversees all | the | scales / which the chaste-hear |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 12 | versees all the scales / which | the | chaste-hearted fill with heav |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 14 | wer-bearing troops. / And when | the | father had collected servants |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 17 | g to his merit, he asked from | the | divinity, / that a holy angel, |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 22 | his bites! / But instead, let | the | Originator convey them over t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 23 | around with virtues worthy of | the | Lord . / When the leader, inst |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 24 | es worthy of the Lord . / When | the | leader, instructing his flock |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 25 | taught them, / how bright were | the | sheep that he deserved to bri |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 26 | and he brought pious lambs to | the | very gentle lamb, / who, comin |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 27 | mb, / who, coming to take away | the | sin of a guilty world, / made |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 28 | sin of a guilty world, / made | the | world without guilt by sheddi |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 1 | / An eminent bishop, famed by | the | gift of his merits, / Eadfrith |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 2 | ith, shone forth, maintaining | the | rule of the holy men, / where |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 3 | es desire to makes ripples on | the | shore with grey streams, / but |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 5 | n their backward course, / and | the | ocean waves encircle a sacred |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 6 | l a ready road, when they lay | the | shore bare. / The servant of t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 7 | hen they lay the shore bare. / | The | servant of the Lord strove to |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 9 | nce be given to him now / from | the | seed of the divine harvest. W |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 11 | d drink from pious showers to | the | body of the thirsty man. / He |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 12 | y drank in with his ears what | the | other sent out from the depth |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 13 | s breast, and he took it into | the | inner chambers of his heart. |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 14 | of his heart. / He understood | the | mystical words of the pious m |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 16 | ndered and embraced it all in | the | thoughts of his heart. / Accor |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 19 | laws / and this man instructed | the | novice monks, unrolling the s |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 20 | rolls of the ancients, / which | the | creator spirit had brought fr |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 1 | t from heaven. / / # / Meanwhile, | the | servant of Christ / learned th |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 4 | vant, / asking him to instruct | the | monks rightly with documents, |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 7 | / in which a shrine, sacred to | the | Thunderer, might be establish |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 8 | derer, might be established. / | The | venerable bishop complied and |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 9 | ed and obeyed : he fortified / | [the | messenger] as he left with wo |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 10 | table, consecrated to God in | the | name of mighty Peter, / came q |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 11 | , / came quickly and fortified | the | monastery against the dark en |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 12 | the dark enemy. / In addition, | the | bishop sent to the one who ha |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 13 | e one who had asked for them / | the | following words: ‘Brother, |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 15 | chaste heart, / so that, when | the | conflict of looming war is ov |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 16 | war is over, / you may attain | the | perpetual peace of heaven wit |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 17 | confess that I never saw with | the | eyes of flesh / the estates whi |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 18 | er saw with the eyes of flesh / | the | estates which the Lord grante |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 19 | by a great gift. / And yet, as | the | mind’s eye was able to indi |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 21 | a path sweeping down, / where | the | rising sun comes quickly duri |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 24 | ther with all their seed from | the | ridge of the aforementioned e |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 28 | After these things been said, | the | messenger drove his ship thro |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 29 | e sea, / and hastened to bring | the | words of the beloved bishop / |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 30 | / to his father; he made plain | the | prophet’s words. / According |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 31 | phet’s words. / Accordingly, | the | pious man finished off the ro |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 32 | temple, / spreading it over on | the | outside with sheets of lead, |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 33 | care to render this house of | the | Lord / splendidly adorned. Ben |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 34 | / splendidly adorned. Beneath | the | middle of the stack, he place |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 37 | t flames , while churches for | the | father of heaven and earth, / |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 38 | ow rise all around throughout | the | ancient countryside. / When [E |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 40 | , / a messenger came to convey | the | words of the one venerable ma |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 41 | an to the other, / and uttered | the | following words to the pious |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 42 | pious shepherd: / ‘Ecgberht, | the | Lord’s servant, sends you g |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 43 | and likewise your monks, whom | the | grace of Christ / has summoned |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 46 | ot cease to render thanks / to | the | highest ruler, who fortifies |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 49 | equently, and blended in with | the | bristling thorns, / an evil ba |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 55 | se bringing wrong-doers along | the | hard way, / where eternal effo |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 56 | nal effort affords no rest to | the | traveller. / But thanks be to |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 57 | traveller. / But thanks be to | the | Lord, that in our time these |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 58 | have such great joys through | the | Lord, / and to exchange new in |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 61 | to pile up mighty praise / to | the | lofty Thunderer and with thei |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 62 | tars / let them give thanks to | the | Lord, who sends winged birds |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 63 | d, who sends winged birds / to | the | vows of the pious, and they d |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 64 | yers, which they and carry to | the | stars, / before God, and they |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 68 | ry blessed souls from here to | the | stars; / and shining in light |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 69 | shining in light they praise | the | Lord, / and raise up flowering |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 1 | heads without end.’ / / # / As | the | prophet’s messenger spoke, |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 2 | oke, mentioning such things, / | the | Father Eanumund rejoiced with |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 3 | endered thanks to God towards | the | stars, / and he strove to instr |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 5 | ight desire to hasten towards | the | blessed life / in heaven, one |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 7 | ave an end. / By such benefits | the | hearts of the monks were incr |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 12 | ayer, / while another, beating | the | marble floor of the church wi |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 13 | h his knees, / endured cold in | the | chilly nights, / while he avoid |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 14 | hile he avoided great cold in | the | midst of fires. / Another, des |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 16 | stole both time and hours in | the | dark nights, / and stored up i |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 17 | hts, / and stored up in heaven | the | scattered talents, / while ano |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 18 | / while another, distributing | the | consolation of food to the po |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 22 | rnment with various colours, / | the | Virgin seemed to stand upon t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 23 | pon the right, the Mother / of | the | Ruler, who by his divinity ca |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 4 | . / He was a blessed priest of | the | Irish race, / and he could ado |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 6 | ipt, / and in this way he made | the | shape of the letters beautifu |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 8 | no wonder if a worshipper of | the | Lord could do such things, / w |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 9 | do such things, / when already | the | Creator Spirit controlled his |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 10 | his consecrated mind towards | the | stars. / So this man came to t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 11 | e stars. / So this man came to | the | cell of the beloved father, / |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 12 | n he entered and mingled with | the | holy throngs, / and shrewdly i |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 13 | ngs, / and shrewdly instructed | the | monks in sacred customs, / bei |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 15 | d flesh and heart. / He taught | the | brothers, so that they might |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 17 | ht spend this present life in | the | body. / And when the chosen of |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 18 | nt life in the body. / And when | the | chosen of God, full of time c |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 20 | length, worn out by old age, | the | scribe exchanged his time / fo |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 21 | cribe exchanged his time / for | the | better without changing the j |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 22 | e joys of his life. / And when | the | bowels of the earth had been |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 23 | / it was decided to raise from | the | grave this brother’s remain |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 24 | other’s remains, / and after | the | bones had been washed to put |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 25 | fitted tomb, / which stood on | the | marble floor of the blessed c |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 26 | floor of the blessed church. / | The | body of the holy father produ |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 27 | oduced its sacred bones / from | the | bowels of the earth, and they |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 28 | hed, and clean cloths carried | the | remains were / Into the sight |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 29 | arried the remains were / Into | the | sight of the sun. Suddenly ac |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 30 | rds approached and settled on | the | cloths with their claws. / Thei |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 34 | nd on top of that they veiled | the | holy man’s skull with their |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 35 | is way they did not cease for | the | whole day to provide this off |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 36 | ay to provide this office / to | the | pious bones, and to pour fort |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 38 | e, / and dried out liquid from | the | remains. / Then, a certain bro |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 40 | r, after he lay some time / in | the | shadow of death, and disease |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 42 | part of his body, / except for | the | plectrum of his tongue, and t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 44 | n and take care to bring from | the | tomb the father’s arm , / wi |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 45 | he once deserved to decorate | the | Lord’s mystic words, / so th |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 46 | ng a sign with it I can avoid | the | current danger, / or at least |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 48 | eign to wash away my sins, / by | the | merits of the saint so that i |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 49 | er upon and deserve to ascend | the | path of life.’ / The servant |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 50 | ascend the path of life.’ / | The | servant obeyed and ran to the |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 51 | cred cloths. / He brought back | the | blessed treasure gift, and ca |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 52 | and carried it in his arms. / | The | bone, when placed in contact |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 53 | his demise / of, and relieved | the | sick man, and cured him by di |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 55 | g healed he was able to carry | the | healer healing him, / and rush |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 56 | gladly from there he removed | the | one directing him towards the |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 58 | God for so great a gift. / And | the | company of brothers gathered |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 59 | o a single group / and carried | the | sacred bones of the holy man |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 60 | the roof of the church. / Then | the | musical birds mingled with th |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 62 | time. / Meanwhile, with songs | the | remains were hidden in the ho |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 64 | ejoices and now dwells / above | the | lofty stars, praising the Lor |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 9 3 | God. / He gave wondrous gifts: | the | altars smoked with magnificen |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 9 4 | icent gifts, / and they raised | the | blessed man above the stars. |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 9 6 | , / and shone forth adorned by | the | great grace of his merits. / T |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 9 7 | e great grace of his merits. / | The | joy of the monks flourished, |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 9 8 | g increased by such men, / and | the | burgeoning prayers of the goo |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 3 | unning hammer / beat a path on | the | iron placed under it / on the a |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 4 | n the iron placed under it / on | the | anvil, while the forge roared |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 6 | e. / God endowed this man with | the | grace of his merits in life, / |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 7 | nd redeemed with great honour | the | man famed among his people . |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 9 | ody, / and he took care to keep | the | teachings of Christ with all |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 12 | He burned for true joys, / and | the | gain he once sought for himse |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 13 | rly distributed generously to | the | needy poor. / He was also alwa |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 15 | fasts for whole days, / as if | the | solemnities of the Lord’s s |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 16 | ts were occupying him. / While | the | brothers celebrated the noctu |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 17 | hymns in sacred choirs, / and | the | brothers began again to retur |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 18 | return to their retirement, / | the | one we have mentioned kept to |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 19 | did not refrain from beating | the | marble floor / with his limbs, |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 20 | commended himself to God and | the | stars. / And the brothers came |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 21 | lf to God and the stars. / And | the | brothers came again, with the |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 24 | oined with holy bands / and say | the | psalms, commending himself th |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 25 | all to the Lord. / Then, when | the | psalms of matins had been pro |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 26 | erly completed, / straightaway | the | hammer rang on the anvil as t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 27 | ten, / and as flying it struck | the | empty air, / he adorned the br |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 28 | ck the empty air, / he adorned | the | brothers’ supper-table by b |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 29 | out a path on vessels. / When | the | holy man had done such things |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 34 | h light / and hastened to visit | the | cell of the blessed shepherd, |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 36 | xceedingly, indeed surpassing | the | light of the sun, / and flying |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 37 | e sun, / and flying along with | the | choir it entered the citadels |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 39 | o give thanks, / and commended | the | soul to the Lord and the star |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 40 | Lord and the stars. / So when | the | angelic hosts singing songs / |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 41 | sts singing songs / rose above | the | light of the lofty sun, / sudd |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 42 | t of the lofty sun, / suddenly | the | heavens were shut; the soul p |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 1 | e was a certain brother under | the | rule of the holy monastery, / |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 2 | oly monastery, / well-known to | the | world, and called by the name |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 4 | cting his body, / he left from | the | world, and stayed his steps i |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 5 | eps in lands / unknown to him. | The | inner recesses of his heart s |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 7 | faces / in dense array through | the | darkness terrified his mind, |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 12 | s / had previously driven from | the | shores of current life. / Thou |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 13 | fe. / Though recently stained, | the | blessed life had brought them |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 14 | ght them / dressed in white to | the | bosom above. / So, having seen |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 17 | m likewise, and proceeded / to | the | judgement, that the supreme M |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 21 | deserving. But that one / from | the | highest seat in answer, spoke |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 22 | ve transgressed and put aside | the | words / to your wedded wife, a |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 24 | hy do you ask here and now in | the | hour of chilly death / for for |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 25 | e granted you, when it is not | the | time for forgiveness?’ / But |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 26 | time for forgiveness?’ / But | the | boys, on bended knees in piet |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 27 | urn / prepared to calling upon | the | Lord for their father’s for |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 30 | rgiveness or punishment. / But | the | wife’s sons, with the fearf |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 31 | ceedingly scared, hastened to | the | wife’s house. / How very bri |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 32 | with lofty walls heading for | the | stairs, / it was on a mountain |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 33 | n a mountain top and revealed | the | upper room of that pious marr |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 34 | m of that pious married wife. / | The | father entered with his sons |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 35 | white accompanying him, / and | the | women collapsed when she saw |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 36 | liar faces, / and demanded that | the | deceiver turn his steps from |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 37 | ling before her blessed face, | the | children drenched / their chee |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 40 | y on us, please, / and forgive | the | sins of your husband, though |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 41 | oes not deserves it.’ / From | the | highest seat, flashing with s |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 43 | ered with gold-decked robes, / | the | woman rebukingly reproached h |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 48 | d it with our hands , / before | the | day of death in the name of t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 49 | ld remain free from sin after | the | other one’s death.’ / The |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 50 | the other one’s death.’ / | The | husband was silent with the u |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 51 | apsing in fear, began to bite | the | dust, / and drenched his whole |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 54 | her wedded husband / to go to | the | prison shades, until, after b |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 56 | xceedingly for all his sins. / | The | children collapsed flat out a |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 57 | ’s feet, / and begged her in | the | name of God: ‘have pity, we |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 58 | sband be allowed to return to | the | body, / and in this way, while |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 61 | able to lead their father to | the | body / and she urged him to or |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 63 | ain and be cast headlong into | the | darkness , / for his sins, whe |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 65 | led away from there again in | the | company of those blessed chil |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 66 | ssed children, / and came into | the | body, while everyone was amaz |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 67 | but, having turned back from | the | shores of death, / he learned |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 71 | tongue was silent. / And when | the | brother treating them made a |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 74 | ad happily deserved to visit / | the | glorified inner chambers of h |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 12 1 | glorified bride. / / # / And when | the | shepherd previously mentioned |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 12 3 | me full of time, he abandoned | the | fellowship of the flesh, / and |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 12 4 | , / and blessedly entered into | the | joys of his Christ. / Then the |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 12 5 | the joys of his Christ. / Then | the | host of brothers placed the l |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 12 6 | ther / in a fitting tomb under | the | roof of the church, / and with |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 12 8 | ey then commended his soul to | the | Lord on high. / / # / Eorpwine fo |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 1 | e followed him as shepherd of | the | fold entrusted. / He was an ou |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 4 | ed. / He distributed riches to | the | monks, when ghastly starvatio |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 5 | fflicted them, / by opening up | the | rich inner recesses of his mi |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 8 | s scattered by him throughout | the | whole time of his life. / He w |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 9 | his life. / He was generous to | the | wretched, but exceedingly spa |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 12 | / but maintaining its fast as | the | light sped by. / It is no wond |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 16 | fasting unto Christ, / so that | the | deceptive enemy should not ev |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 17 | ng. Too often through fear of | the | sacred group, / and that [enem |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 22 | natched a lofty victory, / and | the | dark hosts took to headlong f |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 24 | rn, / he was entitled to leave | the | monastery to his equally wort |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 25 | his equally worthy brother. / | The | latter was called Aldwine by |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 28 | wers with his words, / so that | the | pious princes beyond the ethe |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 1 | should note his prayers. / / # / | The | fourth shepherd was a priest |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 2 | s name, Sigbald. / He enriched | the | cell with many endowments, / a |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 4 | hurch worthy of God. / This is | the | very house which the Mother o |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 5 | inhabits and protects beneath | the | summit of the expansive sky. |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 7 | ery lovely painted panels, / in | the | midst of a portico, and the h |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 8 | foliage / when they enclose in | the | pyx the gifts of precious lif |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 9 | e gifts of precious life. / On | the | west side there gleam glitter |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 10 | ittering ministers / who adorn | the | height of heaven with modulat |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 11 | lating melody. / Moreover, all | the | saints inhabit and protect th |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 12 | bit and protect the floor / of | the | midst of the church, at all t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 13 | nd like snow when summoned to | the | prayers of the pious, / whom th |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 15 | rive faithfully to battle for | the | palm of life. / Who could tall |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 16 | life. / Who could tally up all | the | other lights throughout that |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 17 | hat church, / which shimmer in | the | church and in the sky for tru |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 21 | and that pious man gave it to | the | church of the great mother. / |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 22 | her. / While lead plates cover | the | top of the lofty church-build |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 24 | vessels of copper resound / to | the | delight of the brothers, with |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 25 | unding-plates. / When Sigbald, | the | priest with pure mind, was pr |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 26 | nter this church to celebrate | the | mass, / salt tears began to fl |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 30 | old back from song. / And when | the | Virgin Mary blessed the holy |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 31 | p and was worthy to penetrate | the | lofty skies, / or that on whic |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 32 | he was born and bestowed upon | the | present world, / or that on wh |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 33 | or that on which she received | the | joys of the very beautiful li |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 34 | which she was worthy to bear | the | high-throned Thunderer, / or o |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 35 | hunderer, / or on whatever day | the | feast-days of the church shin |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 37 | hrough holy joy, / he restored | the | golden gifts of his melodious |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 38 | lodious mind: / and he charmed | the | monks with prayers to celebra |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 39 | n feast-days gladly honouring | the | holy mother. / This learned pr |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 41 | worthy to repeat such acts in | the | monastery, / ended his journey |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 42 | astery, / ended his journey in | the | world and was led over to the |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 1 | s very gentle brother took up | the | rule of the monastery / and th |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 2 | he rule of the monastery / and | the | other brother’s name was ca |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 4 | erous throughout his life / to | the | least and the mightiest; he w |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 5 | needy wretches. / He gave away | the | wealth which the lofty Lord h |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 6 | creased. / Somebody saw him in | the | hours of the dark night, / dre |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 8 | med clothes, giving gifts / to | the | poor wretches who, shut out o |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 9 | gly cold limbs to get warm in | the | rubbish. / And when the pious |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 10 | arm in the rubbish. / And when | the | pious man distributed gifts o |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 11 | begged and entreated them in | the | name of the kingdom of the mo |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 13 | ell no one these things, / and | the | wretches undertook never to t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 14 | for whatever time remained of | the | present life. / A brother, see |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 15 | , seeing these things, hid in | the | darkness gathering over the l |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 18 | see what he had seen. / While | the | generous one always distribut |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 19 | th increased in every part of | the | place, / and the cultivated cr |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 20 | every part of the place, / and | the | cultivated crops piled up wit |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 21 | inds of livestock, taken from | the | shepherd’s donation, / could |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 22 | not cause a loss in number to | the | flocks. / When the venerable f |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 23 | n number to the flocks. / When | the | venerable feast-days of God |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 24 | ang psalm-verses placed among | the | brothers, / between twin choir |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 25 | / between twin choirs beneath | the | church-roof / they sang togethe |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 26 | hurch-roof / they sang together | the | sweet-sounding music of the f |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 27 | c of the fluid antiphon. / And | the | lector, a man very learned in |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 29 | great delight. / And when, as | the | day drew on, they completed t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 30 | mpleted the singing of mass, / | the | brothers accompanied their sp |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 32 | ously he desired to celebrate | the | sacred solemnities of the Euc |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 33 | st / alongside his own folk, as | the | clergy grew glad in the monas |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 34 | in the monastery: / as, making | the | building reverberate, they fi |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 2 | lled Hyglac by name / piled up | the | worthy joys of the father, / C |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 7 | them, and submerge himself in | the | seaweedy waves, / where the le |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 8 | in the seaweedy waves, / where | the | letter glorifies the learned |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 11 | verses: / when this lord took | the | sacred altar in his fingers, |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 12 | a generous blessing came upon | the | head of the holy man, / and un |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 15 | es too he, who was robbed / of | the | eyes of the flesh, understood |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 16 | er, a certain confessor among | the | English, when in ecstasy of m |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 17 | when in ecstasy of mind, / saw | the | most lofty king take this man |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 18 | s, / and his spirit shining in | the | light of the sun. / If anyone |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 19 | ght of the sun. / If anyone in | the | world should desire diligentl |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 20 | ek now to submerge himself in | the | waves we have spoken of alrea |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 17 1 | e have spoken of already. / / # / | The | priests and the monks and the |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 17 2 | f the band of brothers, / whom | the | all-powerful Father granted t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 17 3 | orthy as I was, to see within | the | walls of the blessed cell, / a |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 17 6 | liant in their time, / whom if | the | poet still singing refused to |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 17 8 | eir prayers, / I shall receive | the | gifts of salvation. / After hi |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 17 9 | / After his time was complete, | the | aforementioned shepherd [Sigw |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 17 10 | shepherd [Sigwine] / abandoned | the | body, and entered into the re |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 17 12 | edingly great crowd gathered, / | the | band placed his limbs for san |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 17 13 | limbs for sanctified peace / by | the | sign of the lofty cross which |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 2 | compelled by prayers to rule | the | holy stronghold of the church |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 3 | st, apologetically and humbly | the | priest declined, / asserting t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 5 | / But at last he rejoiced that | the | prayers of the brothers shoul |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 6 | should prevail, / and took up | the | governance of the rejoicing m |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 8 | his pious limbs in prayer to | the | Lord. / I always attached myse |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 10 | first entered / and frequented | the | walls of the present cell / an |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 11 | ent cell / and we both coveted | the | calm of one house, / until, aft |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 13 | six years had already passed, / | the | good shepherd took over the f |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 14 | the fold in modest piety. / In | the | dark nights, when the company |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 16 | n his customary manner during | the | time when Phoebus / slips thro |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 17 | e when Phoebus / slips through | the | lowest part of the sky, as wi |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 18 | chaste heart / he ran through | the | whole psalter, singing in seq |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 19 | ing in sequence. / So again in | the | day he completed the same psa |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 21 | s in twin turns. / Later, when | the | cock proclaimed the hour from |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 22 | ing again he observed it with | the | customary hymns. / And when, i |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 23 | ustomary hymns. / And when, in | the | middle of the day, the brothe |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 25 | y from all food, / and pounded | the | floor of the chapel with bend |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 26 | ed in readiness he offered on | the | altar with sacred songs / that |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 27 | ed songs / that which releases | the | world from wicked death. / For |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 31 | im to obtain food, / as far as | the | measure of food asked, he too |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 33 | / Formed by these good deeds, | the | joy of the monks increased, / |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 34 | to accumulate for themselves | the | good wishes of their father. |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 35 | ishes of their father. / After | the | perfect shepherd had accompli |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 36 | as, a few years, he abandoned | the | body / and was led to the bles |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 37 | oned the body / and was led to | the | blessed life. He was witnesse |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 39 | irds as he blessedly entered / | the | holy strongholds of the livin |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 4 | est shone in splendid deeds. / | The | father believed him to be a m |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 5 | , and placed him in charge of | the | brothers’ robes. / He was a |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 8 | rm backing. / If he discharged | the | responsibilities of a worldly |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 10 | o Christ. / But when, dying in | the | Lord, he was compelled to aba |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 11 | er turned his heart away from | the | world, / and blessedly desired |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 13 | elf to God alone, / he pounded | the | floor of the church with his |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 14 | n his prayers he commended to | the | stars / himself and the soul o |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 15 | ded to the stars / himself and | the | soul of his father dear to th |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 17 | such things for a long time, / | the | brother ended his journey in |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 2 | rs. / May they now all receive | the | greatest joys from heaven, / a |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 5 | served, / nor has he subjected | the | lowest to the rule of the pri |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 6 | e always be endless thanks to | the | Lord above, / that by his help |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 9 | t, and kindly. / They scattered | the | splendid seed of a celestial |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 10 | y did crops spring up through | the | confines / of the monastery in |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 11 | g up through the confines / of | the | monastery in the sweetness of |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 12 | eetness of heavenly dew. / Now | the | field rejoices, monks flouris |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 13 | e cell to the joy of Christ, / | the | clergy grows glad in the mona |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 14 | one law holds them together, | the | good will in their happy hear |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 15 | hearts. / Faith brings many to | the | stars, and gathers causes num |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 16 | and commends itself to God at | the | customary hours. / When dark n |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 17 | / When dark night comes, when | the | stars are about to hide the l |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 18 | to speed from their beds when | the | signal had been sounded, / and |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 20 | ir king, / as they duly praise | the | Thunderer in psalms and hymns |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 21 | their voices in frequent song | the | shrine , / that God and the le |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 22 | ng the shrine , / that God and | the | leaders, who kept the walls o |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 25 | with extensive walls, / which | the | bright white sun illuminated |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 26 | / and defused limpid light in | the | brilliant church. / Since the |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 27 | the brilliant church. / Since | the | ornaments of the saintly shri |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 29 | to briefly mention these. / As | the | whole sky sparkles with shini |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 31 | g in various rows underneath / | the | roof of the church shimmer th |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 36 | t would offer limpid light to | the | rectangular church, / and othe |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 38 | shining metal, / which promote | the | venerable miracles of holy Ch |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 39 | of holy Christ, / who redeemed | the | world from death on the wood |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 40 | d of the cross. / Some ordered | the | writing of sacred books, / whi |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 41 | sacred books, / which present | the | lofty sayings of the Thundere |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 42 | , / who resoundingly once made | the | whole world by casting. / Thes |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 44 | d; / and similarly men adorned | the | altars of the saintly church. |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 45 | y church. / Someone dressed in | the | flames of gems and yellow gol |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 46 | mes of gems and yellow gold / | the | altar of our Lady, who is nob |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 49 | operly display these things: / | the | souls of the saints shine alo |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 54 | ly touched upon in song, / and | the | broad paten beautifully craft |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 56 | engraved with figures. / While | the | inner recesses of the sacred |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 57 | r such gifts, / which preserve | the | remedies of our life, / rightl |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 58 | es of our life, / rightly does | the | sacred band of brothers rejoi |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 59 | ines of the cell / and glorify | the | one who gave them with eterna |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 4 | / blessed as you are. Once, in | the | time of dark night, / the brot |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 5 | , in the time of dark night, / | the | brothers, in their customary |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 8 | re to their beds, / but I left | the | church after them all once th |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 10 | outside looking and gazing at | the | stars. / Behold, suddenly, wit |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 12 | st host, / which made music for | the | Lord, and poured forth songs, |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 13 | th songs, / and then it filled | the | place of ashes with a very wo |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 14 | with a very wondrous light. / | The | spirits entered the shrine, w |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 16 | ng hymns together as follows: / | the | song ascended to the heights |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 19 | s turned, hoping for help, to | the | high mountains, / which rise a |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 20 | mountains, / which rise above | the | stars of heaven: help I belie |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 23 | , and streams surround. / When | the | blessed ones in their twin ba |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 24 | ese words / for a long time by | the | doors under the roof of the c |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 25 | of the church, / I myself and | the | other brother likewise both h |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 26 | se both hastened / to consider | the | amazing vision with ears and |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 27 | g vision with ears and eyes. / | The | singing, along with the light |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 31 | y words, / but instead in fact | the | troop, with their golden voic |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 32 | endeavoured to steer clear of | the | ashes. / It has been establish |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 33 | what was done rather often by | the | saints, / when the brothers rem |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 34 | her often by the saints, / when | the | brothers remained asleep in t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 35 | in the time of dark night, / by | the | gift of Christ whose grace no |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 1 | th abundant light. / / # / It was | the | time of night, when the cock |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 9 | nt / from beautiful flowers to | the | wondrous joy of all, / who cou |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 14 | haste we both advanced along | the | road, / suddenly we caught sig |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 16 | ng exceedingly bright-white. / | The | walls appeared to touch the d |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 17 | ed to touch the dewy clouds. / | The | doors, which had been closed |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 18 | osened thresholds, lay open. / | The | bright-white guide entered, a |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 19 | ied by his fearful follower. / | The | precincts of a shrine lay wer |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 20 | mained beautifully crafted in | the | shape of a cross. / But the in |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 21 | in the shape of a cross. / But | the | interior of the building glis |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 23 | made of stone. / But outside, | the | building stood supported the |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 24 | upported the whole way / round | the | wall by large and very small |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 25 | orticoes. / Four of these faced | the | four corners of the world, / a |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 26 | rs of the world, / and touched | the | top of the wall above, / and b |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 28 | sequence. / These, surrounding | the | temple on all sides with thei |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 30 | s very marvellous in marble. / | The | floor of the building underne |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 31 | he summit of the church / bore | the | golden gifts on a wondrous al |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 33 | hining on towering stem / from | the | top of the altar and, and upo |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 37 | left me, / and departing from | the | church, vanished into empty a |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 38 | arful, bent my face nearer to | the | ground, / entreating Christ: |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 40 | are to save / a fearful man in | the | face of his foes.’ / I turne |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 41 | ed my eyes away from there to | the | right, where there was / a thr |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 45 | th golden garlands offered up | the | highest gifts, / and it had on |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 46 | gifts, / and it had on its top | the | emblem of a lofty cross. / Thi |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 47 | gold and splendid gems out of | the | east. / A shining fine linen v |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 49 | fine linen vestment covered / | the | top of a tomb, which containe |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 50 | rated bones / of some saint in | the | recesses of its heart. / Makin |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 51 | keen to question this man in | the | following words: / ‘Tell me, |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 53 | Responding at once, he said | the | following: / ‘take care to t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 55 | ements, / and meanwhile look to | the | sky where the Wain glides.’ |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 62 | nerating in pious obligation / | the | holy tomb of Cuthbert with bo |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 64 | hat shone / with bright metal, | the | blessed teacher and reader Hy |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 67 | th proceeded / from there along | the | walls of the extensive church |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 68 | extensive church, / and after | the | great and very small porticoe |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 71 | these incense was smoking to | the | high-throned Thunderer. / In a |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 72 | gh-throned Thunderer. / In all | the | porticoes a wax candle was bu |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 73 | andle was burning, / honouring | the | altars with flaming gifts. / G |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 74 | ng on, we hastened at last to | the | west side. / That shining port |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 77 | altar, which offered gifts to | the | highest God. / Here sapphire s |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 82 | ng, immediately bowing low to | the | holy man. / He raised his hand |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 85 | ormer teacher, / to a height in | the | church, looking out towards t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 89 | they could indeed surpass all | the | metals of the world. / Among t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 91 | and food of all kinds offered | the | gift of a meal. / He took from |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 93 | / and drew off with his hands | the | gift of venerable liquid, / wh |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 96 | rendered praise and thanks to | the | Lord in heaven. / Meanwhile, t |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 97 | e Lord in heaven. / Meanwhile, | the | venerable priest spoke as fol |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 98 | s been established because of | the | holy merits of the souls, / wh |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 100 | nger, pain, or thirst through | the | ages, / but they have long-las |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 101 | hey have long-lasting joys in | the | Lord, / always praising though |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 102 | , / always praising though all | the | ages the Lord of heaven, / who |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 1 | I had seen. / / # / Lofty father, | the | Famous Wolf composed these so |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 3 | king with body and mind / that | the | saints may offer their gifts |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 4 | pardon with their prayers for | the | one in fear. / May monks gather |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 7 | rits by holy Christ, / and may | the | almighty ever increase them i |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 10 | for blessed men / through all | the | ages, while they aim at bette |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 17 | now with plentiful prayers to | the | Lord, / and beseech him with b |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 19 | with body and mind, / that he, | the | all-powerful father, may remi |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 23 | and thrive. / You, father, may | the | all-controlling one keep in h |
| AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 24 | time, / and hold you back from | the | bonds and beatings of hell. |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 1 | nly Lord, you who formed from | the | first all the building-blocks |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 2 | locks of the world / with only | the | Godhead of the Word, pour for |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 4 | assent I may be able to adapt / | the | verses to familiar usages, wi |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 5 | elebrate in lofty language at | the | beginning of my poem / a man sh |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 6 | man shining in heaven through | the | reputation of his virtues, / em |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 7 | his virtues, / embellished with | the | name of ‘the Old Protector |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 8 | the Old Protector’ — / like | the | stars of soaring Olympus with |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 9 | ead light-flooding flame over | the | burgeoning earth / they roam th |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 10 | he burgeoning earth / they roam | the | fire-flooding mass of the sky |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 11 | of the sky / which towers over | the | world in its menacing citadel |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 12 | nacing citadels; / they fill up | the | earth, dark from cold, with t |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 13 | earth, / pour forth light from | the | height of heaven with saffron |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 16 | ght widely everywhere out / to | the | edges of the earth right up t |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 18 | ning heat, / illuminating with | the | cusps of her crescent moon / a |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 19 | r crescent moon / as she roams | the | night, black with wispy cloud |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 20 | ter their breath of fire from | the | sky, / nor do they harm by the |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 21 | they harm by their brightness | the | wooded sod of earth / irrigate |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 23 | rivulet of dampening dew; / but | the | stars began to burn up the ea |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 24 | y from liquid moisture, / with | the | burning javelin of a blazing |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 25 | elin of a blazing sphere; / as | the | hard and very delicate seeds |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 27 | n a moist spot; / they take up | the | savour of sap, if they sprout |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 28 | sprout through the warmth. / So | the | gem-bearing embellishments of |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 29 | d Protector’ / shine through | the | very bright heights, among th |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 30 | with ruddy pure gold, just as | the | bright stars / of vaulted Olym |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 31 | d Olympus become brilliant to | the | green earth. / For I sing of Al |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 32 | earth. / For I sing of Aldhelm, | the | most exalted and most famous, |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 34 | d name among us and mighty / in | the | Godhead that is powerful thro |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 36 | ne when they arise throughout | the | heights of heaven: / I say that |
| AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 38 | em in all his deeds; / indeed, | the | prodigiously increasing lengt |
| AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 2 | er of Christ, / whom I clasp in | the | chamber of my heart with the |
| AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 4 | intly intimate, / saluted with | the | suppliant words of Æthilwald |
| AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 5 | pliant words of Æthilwald. / | The | Lord made you famed in all ac |
| AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 7 | and speech. / No one beneath | the | scudding clouds of the highes |
| AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 9 | examine / through deep inquiry | the | first of your family line; / ye |
| AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 11 | light. / You were sprung from | the | loftiest Father of noble stoc |
| AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 15 | your brow just as throughout | the | heights / of broad heaven blazi |
| AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 28 | their mouth, / truly no one in | the | world is able to utter in spe |
| AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 33 | ar to everyone throughout all | the | confines of the world. / May |
| AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 34 | confines of the world. / May | the | Lord keep you safe from all s |
| AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 35 | holly in his protection, once | the | attack of the enemy has been |
| AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 37 | assistance, / and place you in | the | heavenly bosom of the celesti |
| AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 38 | m, / where you may always enjoy | the | companionship of angels / witho |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 1 | # Sator.Octo / / It is | the | loftiest Father, who sits amo |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 2 | venly thrones, / bound round by | the | menacing citadels of high Oly |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 3 | f high Olympus, / observing by | the | loftiest light everything in |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 4 | g in the summit of the skies, / | the | heights of heaven and the low |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 9 | h, / while my body stiffens in | the | listlessness of death) / — t |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 10 | ssness of death) / — that is | the | one I earnestly beseech with |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 11 | lingly and very often bending | the | curved nape of my neck / and t |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 12 | e curved nape of my neck / and | the | top of my head right down to |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 14 | blimely bestow protection / on | the | one stumbling, strongly helpi |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 15 | ay he by kindly aid take away | the | missiles of enemies, / with wh |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 16 | s, / with which foes penetrate | the | breastplates on strong should |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 18 | are hewn with loathsome blows / | (the | killers breathe forth in flas |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 19 | of spears). / Them, them may | the | Almighty thrust into eternal |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 20 | into eternal darkness, / where | the | foulest fiend tortures and tu |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 21 | res and turns the roasted / in | the | bowels of the earth, in aveng |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 22 | . / Listen, may he turn away | the | sharpest spear-points with hi |
| AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 23 | his shield, / protecting from | the | savage arrows of enemies |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 3 | slowly down / (just as, once, | the | prominent poet, a native of t |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 5 | luous hexameter verses, / with | the | screaming point of his reed-p |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 7 | led in speech, / narrating that | the | mass of the earth, reeling wi |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 11 | nd doubt renowned / throughout | the | skies of the loftiest Olympus |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 13 | aith has been born throughout | the | burgeoning creation / of the h |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 14 | t the burgeoning creation / of | the | heavenly Lord and girds the s |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 15 | yered breastplate. / Just so, | the | spears of tyranny with which |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 16 | sweeps in, are forced back by | the | standard of the young warrior |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 17 | d of the young warrior, / where | the | Thief, scarcely able to stand |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 18 | le-line, / grunts dismayed,and | the | one battling in the conflict |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 19 | ‘We bear atop our foreheads | the | banners of Christ’s cross, / |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 20 | ch Orcus dreads, fleeing from | the | vicious showers of spears.’ |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 22 | enuous might, / you have beaten | the | brutal enemy with a heavenly |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 24 | ft in haste / have travelled to | the | foreign soil of an unknown la |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 25 | of an unknown land. / Nor did | the | raging swirls, with wave-soun |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 26 | th wave-sounding crashings / of | the | swelling sea battling the lan |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 30 | wastes, / nor did beasts, with | the | shuddering maws of a wild sno |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 31 | wild snout, / wandering through | the | remote regions of thorny coun |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 32 | of thorny country, / rein back | the | purpose of the exalted warrio |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 33 | rist. / Then, out of love for | the | Godhead, traveling over the r |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 34 | heir endeavour, they seek out | the | sublime assistance of Peter; |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 35 | ce of Peter; / they gather for | the | sake of visiting him, so that |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 36 | might obtain an amnesty / from | the | Godhead with the aid of Peter |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 37 | sion: / they were all linked in | the | Lord (and two indeed in a wor |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 38 | indeed in a worldly way) / with | the | cohesive bond of brotherhood. |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 39 | brotherhood. / At last, once | the | end of the lengthy expedition |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 40 | eedily complete, / they reached | the | blessed building in the homel |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 41 | eland that they sought, / where | the | body of Peter lies buried in |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 42 | in the ground. / Then one of | the | two blessed brother born of t |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 43 | s forth after being torn from | the | secret prison of the flesh, / a |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 44 | ison of the flesh, / and joined | the | key-bearer of the fortified r |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 45 | heaven; / who was borne away to | the | flowering turf of Paradise / re |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 47 | eternal joys there throughout | the | ages. / The two left living, |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 48 | there throughout the ages. / | The | two left living, flourishing |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 49 | dding flowers / of paradise in | the | pleasing passages of their re |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 50 | t out with nimble courses for | the | homeland they once spurned, / |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 51 | urned, / not because they seek | the | fleeting flotsam of the world |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 54 | ey were bringing back through | the | battle-lines numerous volumes |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 56 | ny kinds of mystic rules, / for | the | author of which the Holy Ghos |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 57 | been close at hand; / and what | the | prophets, apostles of a revel |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 58 | own on parchment, inspired by | the | Holy Spirit. / Now they offer |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 62 | llows: / ‘Produced right from | the | first from a beautiful shoot / |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 66 | b of eggs, / nor did that worm, | the | same one that produced them, |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 67 | d there flow youngsters, from | the | basest germ of nature, / but wh |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 68 | of nature, / but what seems to | the | world both more marvelous and |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 69 | more marvelous and hopeless: / | the | male and female eggs, heated |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 71 | burgeoning with fleeciness. / | The | wool of the purple dye falls |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 72 | ny worm, as it turns, / just as | the | fly-catching spider has woven |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 73 | woven its web; / and afterwards | the | wool is twisted thread by thr |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 75 | th bristles.’ / From there, | the | various Syrian materials aris |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 76 | ise, which they were wearing, / | the | variety of which mightily shi |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 79 | n a line; / just so, just so do | the | clearly crimson outstanding e |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 82 | golden, florid, and blue, / as | the | fair ornaments are plain all |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 85 | ch thoroughly grant by assent / | the | faithful prayers of those who |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 88 | back to gazing eyes / images of | the | mother of Christ with gilded |
| AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 90 | them all to Christ’s bride, | the | fine church / both of themselve |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 1 | rist God, strength, wisdom of | the | highest Father, / life, salvat |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 4 | kindly giver of gifts, / give | the | grants of mind, give words to |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 5 | oistening a simple heart with | the | waters of life / so that my to |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 9 | mighty people, divine race of | the | Thunderer, / who bear victorio |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 10 | torious eagle-standards into | the | citadel of heaven, / bearing r |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 11 | aven, / bearing royal gifts to | the | ethereal King, / who for your |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 13 | od / on earth to save you from | the | shadows and / lead you with hi |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 14 | s and / lead you with him into | the | hall of God the Father. / Walk |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 17 | for a short time to proclaim | the | ancient cradle / of the famous |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 18 | oclaim the ancient cradle / of | the | famous city of York in apprec |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 23 | who held authority throughout | the | world, / so that she would be |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 26 | leaders, / and an ornament of | the | empire, and a terror for enem |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 27 | e a haven for ships coming on | the | ocean / from the furthest port |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 28 | ips coming on the ocean / from | the | furthest ports, where the has |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 32 | fields all along its banks, / | the | countryside all around is gor |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 35 | o its richness. / And to there | the | chosen come from diverse peop |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 38 | , benefit, and a home. / After | the | Roman band with their empire |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 40 | ut savage foes / and to defend | the | realm and homeland of Hesperi |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 41 | meland of Hesperia [Italy], / | the | lazy race of Britons then hel |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 42 | lmost continuous battles with | the | Picts, / devastated, she under |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 43 | stated, she underwent at last | the | burden of servitude, / nor cou |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 44 | vitude, / nor could she defend | the | homeland with her own shields |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 47 | tanding in physique, / between | the | peoples of Germany and foreig |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 49 | hardness. / It seemed good to | the | realm’s leaders to induce t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 50 | fts / so that they would help | the | homeland and bring terror to |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 51 | bring terror to their foes. / | The | fickle mob immediately agreed |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 53 | s’ decrees. / They broke open | the | royal households, and prepare |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 58 | out at this point to plough / | the | salty straits in swift ships. |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 59 | ith tears, seeing that it was | the | very love of freedom that urg |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 60 | freedom that urged them / and | the | hope of ransoming their homel |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 62 | ing army, / came, carried over | the | billows of the wavy sea, / bri |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 63 | id to its allies, driving out | the | wicked foe, / won many victori |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 65 | y victories in battle, / until | the | savage Pict in fearful array |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 67 | their own shores. / Meanwhile, | the | foreign warriors demanded tha |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 68 | ere given / more pay: that was | the | cause of conflict / that turne |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 69 | ause of conflict / that turned | the | sword against an allied race |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 71 | s goodness it appeared that | the | corrupted race / should vanish |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 72 | pted race / should vanish from | the | lands of their fathers on acc |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 74 | cities, / one that would keep | the | Lord’s commands. / That amply |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 75 | ds. / That amply came about: as | the | Thunderer granted, / and now a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 79 | ly Gregory, / a man revered by | the | whole world, / ruled the see o |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 80 | ed by the whole world, / ruled | the | see of the church of Rome as |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 83 | lasting. / He not only broke up | the | fields of Latium, / but as a f |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 85 | oreign plots of land, / beyond | the | billowing waves of the ocean, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 86 | furrowed heathen hearts with | the | plough of the divine word, / d |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 88 | -flowing streams, / with which | the | sea-girt Britons, drained the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 94 | f saw a vision from above / in | the | sleep-filled night. While at |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 97 | / Suddenly there stood before | the | young man’s eyes a man, / un |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 100 | ou, bravest of young men? / God | the | everlasting king, who made th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 102 | hold, he keeps your life from | the | enemy seeking it, / and in add |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 103 | it on your broad dominium by | the | waves: / let him be your God a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 107 | .’ / Once this had been said, | the | messenger suddenly left him. / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 110 | ed and abandoned his innards. / | The | outcome proved the coming str |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 111 | ming stranger’s words: / for | the | king, who was hostile to [Edw |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 113 | id low by wicked sword. / Then | the | beloved young man returned an |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 114 | ties, received with favour by | the | people and the nobles. / He soo |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 115 | the nobles. / He soon accepted | the | honour of royal rule, / he sou |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 118 | but kind in piety, / he became | the | people’s beloved, father of |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 120 | e added to his own empire all | the | peoples / That are spread wide |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 123 | e came under his kingly yoke / | the | people of the Saxons, the Pic |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 124 | subdued on all sides, and in | the | serene peace of his realm, / t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 125 | e serene peace of his realm, / | the | man strong in arms ruled the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 126 | at, / curbing his peoples with | the | strong reins of justice. / Crus |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 127 | ins of justice. / Crushed under | the | weight of the law, wrath does |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 129 | less they wholeheartedly kept | the | provident decrees / which the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 130 | the provident decrees / which | the | ruler placed on his subject p |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 131 | in] took a faithful wife from | the | southern part of the country, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 133 | al descent, / blessed with all | the | virtues of the holy faith. / A |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 135 | e, a most renowned citizen of | the | city of Rome / strengthened by |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 136 | city of Rome / strengthened by | the | great glory of his merits. / He |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 140 | estowing heavenly gifts / upon | the | sea-girt peoples. Like the mo |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 141 | rning Star, / hastening before | the | rising of the sun, dispelling |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 142 | arkness, / and demonstrates to | the | world that bright day had com |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 143 | this way that holy father, by | the | divine light of the word, / dr |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 144 | ine light of the word, / drove | the | gloomy shadows from human hea |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 145 | On a certain day, approaching | the | king with a constant heart, / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 146 | constant heart, / he recalled | the | sign that we said he once saw |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 147 | that we said he once saw / in | the | dim night, as a young man dri |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 148 | nus] placed his right hand on | the | top of his head. / The king, te |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 149 | hand on the top of his head. / | The | king, terrified, recognised t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 151 | / and in supplication fell at | the | feet of the revered priest, a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 154 | way / who granted me life and | the | crown of the realm. / For he wi |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 157 | to be worshipped?’ / Joyously | The | bishop, rejoicing, answered h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 158 | th a ready word: / ‘First let | the | foul worship of gods be drive |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 159 | ven far away, / and do not let | the | blood of beasts smoke any mor |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 160 | on false altars, / and do not | the | soothsayer seek out an omen i |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 161 | arm entrails, / and do not let | the | most aged augur observe the s |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 162 | birds: / but let all images of | the | gods be cast down to the grou |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 163 | cast down to the ground! / Then | the | pious bishop began steadfastl |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 164 | eadfastly to bear witness / to | the | mysteries of the faith openly |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 165 | ly in sequence to all, / until | the | pious king embraced the faith |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 166 | wholeheartedly / and persuaded | the | people to believe in Christ. / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 167 | ehold, at that time Coifi was | the | chief priest / and the fountai |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 168 | ifi was the chief priest / and | the | fountainhead of error. To him |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 170 | not been used to, / and you be | the | first to defile the lofty shr |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 172 | ins: now be one of salvation! / | The | senior one assented to these |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 176 | is certain, longing to know / | the | true and eternal God, and whe |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 177 | fe to come, / and torments for | the | wicked and rewards for the ju |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 181 | puffed up, its swift hoof dug | the | ground; / as, impatient of del |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 183 | hafed a golden bit. / Just like | the | fearsome Parthian seems with |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 184 | an seems with bow curved: / or | the | nimble Moor sends long darts |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 185 | ng, / so did he aim a spear at | the | top of the temple. / What bless |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 187 | at a deed! / He defiled before | the | rest the very altars he had c |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 188 | ough he was not yet bathed in | the | font, / he fulfilled a virtuou |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 190 | eed with faithful piety. / Soon | the | whole crowd followed that tea |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 191 | they flattened and demolished | the | shrine. / Then the structure ra |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 192 | d demolished the shrine. / Then | the | structure raised up as a wick |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 194 | r-time was at hand throughout | the | world, / when the king decided |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 195 | d throughout the world, / when | the | king decided to be baptised a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 196 | g with his people / also under | the | lofty walls of the city of Yo |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 198 | od, / so that he might receive | the | sacred water of baptism there |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 199 | ater of baptism therein. / When | the | festive dawned of that hallow |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 200 | and nobles likewise, and with | the | people in tow, / in the eleven |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 201 | d with the people in tow, / in | the | eleventh year of his reign, E |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 202 | was consecrated to Christ / in | the | font of salvation, within the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 204 | he decided to establish it as | the | metropolis of his realm. / So t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 206 | y once decreed, / when he sent | the | seeds of life from the citade |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 207 | from the citadel of Rome / to | the | English peoples. He immediate |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 208 | this city / should be reckoned | the | head and the prime place of h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 210 | reafter, holy Paulinus become | the | first Archbishop / and he pond |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 212 | as he diligently spread among | the | people the teachings of salva |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 214 | ands to Christ. / Shining with | the | flames of faith and the fire |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 215 | / For six years he drove away | the | coldness of the North. / During |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 216 | he North. / During these years, | the | same outstanding King Edwin r |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 218 | tion. / He enticed folk to keep | the | faith with gifts and threats, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 220 | in his cities. / Among them of | the | noble one in York, supported |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 227 | inted hour of death arrived, / | the | warrior was suddenly laid low |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 234 | such a ruler since. / However, | the | Almighty did not allow this t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 235 | ed, / but granted that Oswald, | the | king’s nephew should rule. / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 237 | , / putting firm confidence in | the | weapons of invincible Faith, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 238 | a small army and advanced on | the | foe / that was ravaging the ho |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 239 | on the foe / that was ravaging | the | homeland with iron and burnin |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 247 | Prostrate your faces / before | the | cross that I have set up on t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 249 | bring us a fine triumph over | the | foe. / Then the clamour of the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 250 | ne triumph over the foe. / Then | the | clamour of the people at pray |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 251 | d the stars, / and in front of | the | cross, the whole army worship |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 252 | ss, the whole army worshipped / | the | mighty Lord God on bended kne |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 253 | y immediately marched against | the | enemy, / bursting in on the en |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 254 | st the enemy, / bursting in on | the | enemy camp with bloody slaugh |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 255 | th bloody slaughter. / Just as | the | cruel lion, along with its cu |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 256 | ing, devouring, and snatching | the | flock, / so no differently did |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 257 | ently did King Oswald lay low | the | barbarian hordes everywhere. / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 258 | / Advancing in triumph through | the | darts, through the foe, / he c |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 259 | and trampled, he ground down | the | fleeing flanks. / Oswald’s ar |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 260 | s army overcame and laid low | the | foe, / leaving behind bloody s |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 261 | ving behind bloody streams on | the | battlefield / until the wicke |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 262 | ms on the battlefield / until | the | wicked Cadwallon himself paid |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 263 | treachery / and fell, dying in | the | massacre of his own men, / as |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 265 | fter his enemies were killed, | the | most holy Oswald entered his |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 267 | rtue, a guardian and lover of | the | homeland, / outstanding in man |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 269 | st’s commands; / generous to | the | poor, stinting to himself, mu |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 274 | his position in power and at | the | head of the realm, / he built c |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 276 | roviding precious vessels for | the | sacred services. / He arrayed t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 277 | e sacred services. / He arrayed | the | altars with silver, gems, and |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 278 | ems, and gold,, / spreading on | the | holy walls silken coverings / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 280 | d various lanterns throughout | the | holy buildings, / so that the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 281 | the holy buildings, / so that | the | image of the starry sky was i |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 283 | s praises of those singing to | the | Lord . / O piety, o lofty faith |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 285 | h his treasures, in honour of | the | Lord. / As a result he shone w |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 286 | d. / As a result he shone with | the | marks of virtues, / and became |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 287 | and became well-known through | the | celebrated fame of his miracl |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 288 | tten down and read throughout | the | world. / and now it is good to |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 290 | mention elements of them with | the | dashing pen of song. / For at |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 291 | song. / For at a certain time | the | most holy bishop Aidan / celeb |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 292 | holy bishop Aidan / celebrated | the | Easter festivities with the k |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 293 | the king and his people; / for | the | king followed his advice in e |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 294 | ars was then lying throughout | the | streets, / pestering the king |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 295 | ghout the streets, / pestering | the | king for alms with frequent c |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 296 | ms with frequent crise. / Both | the | king and the bishop likewise |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 298 | very great weight / along with | the | food upon it should straighta |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 299 | ay be given to the poor. / When | the | bishop saw this, he took [Osw |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 304 | is brother, and heir, came / as | the | avenger of his brother’s bl |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 305 | ight hand and carried it into | the | stronghold of Bamburgh / placi |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 306 | in a casket of silver beneath | the | roof of the temple, / which he |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 310 | at was [Oswald’s] faith and | the | power of his merits / shone af |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 312 | y miracles came about through | the | salvific dust / from the spot |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 313 | rough the salvific dust / from | the | spot where fell killed by a p |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 315 | in traveller / passed close by | the | place where the arena of batt |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 319 | e. / In its writhing it came to | the | place where once / pious King |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 321 | d, and greedily began to crop | the | sweet greenery. / Its rider rec |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 323 | mething rather special / about | the | spot, and, placing a marker o |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 324 | on it he rode off, / coming to | the | inn where he was heading. Beh |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 326 | ess of paralysis, / redoubling | the | last laboured breaths of her |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 327 | essed household was lamenting | the | young girl, / the guest sugges |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 328 | as lamenting the young girl, / | the | guest suggested that she be b |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 329 | orse / had chanced to be cured. | The | girl was put on a wagon / and |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 330 | a wagon / and was brought, as | the | traveller commanded, while he |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 331 | manded, while he pointed out / | the | holy place, and her body was |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 336 | r man, making his way through | the | site of the aforementioned ba |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 338 | re lush with green grass than | the | whole field. / He pondered to h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 343 | n village at evening, / where | the | folk had then come to feast i |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 344 | in house in the village. / When | the | visitor entered he was also r |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 345 | ived as a guest, / and he hung | the | cloth with the dust on a high |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 347 | s fire suddenly snatched at / | the | high roof with flickering fla |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 348 | t, / could it be put out until | the | blaze consumed / the whole hou |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 349 | out until the blaze consumed / | the | whole house. But then an exce |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 350 | gly wondrous thing occurred. / | The | fiery heat flinched from touc |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 354 | e. Then they recognized / that | the | dust had been mixed with King |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 356 | of salvation for many. / After | the | place became famed when these |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 359 | ’s queen, / who was moreover | the | daughter of holy Oswald’s b |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 360 | brother, / took care to bring | the | remains of her holy paternal |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 361 | her holy paternal uncle / into | the | sacred building and re-inter |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 362 | hem with proper honour. / After | the | bones of the saint were trans |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 364 | , / seeing above those bones of | the | holy man a column of ethereal |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 365 | ethereal light / shining up to | the | heights of highest heaven the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 366 | er large curtain was covering | the | relics. / For out of ancient ha |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 368 | at first refused / to take up | the | bones and bring them into the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 369 | de them remain outside during | the | night. / But when they saw the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 370 | the night. / But when they saw | the | fire of the divine light, / th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 372 | eviously refused, / and during | the | next morning, before entrusti |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 373 | them with great honour under | the | roof of the church, / taking ca |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 374 | ntrust their living wealth to | the | earth. / There, right up to now |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 375 | ere, right up to now, through | the | merit of so great a patron / m |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 376 | ny gifts of healing occur for | the | sick, / if the virtue of holy |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 377 | aling occur for the sick, / if | the | virtue of holy faith accompan |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 379 | reader, may devoutly believe | the | rest. / A certain boy lay ill w |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 382 | out to die. / Behold, one day, | the | wretch was brought to the hol |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 383 | hat through Oswald’s merits | the | grievous fever might not touc |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 385 | erything it asks. / As soon as | the | sick boy believed, he ran swi |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 387 | ody and happy heart, / nor did | the | deadly fever dare to touch hi |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 388 | ds, blessed king Offa adorned | the | tomb / with silver, gems, gold |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 390 | that it would remain through | the | centuries a beautiful manifes |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 392 | famed with celestial miracles | the | earth / that was washed when t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 393 | e earth / that was washed when | the | saint’s body was bathed, / to |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 394 | ’s body was bathed, / took on | the | power of deflecting the devil |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 396 | a certain abbess came to see | the | holy place / and to entrust he |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 397 | ce / and to entrust herself to | the | saint’s merits, / and on ret |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 398 | taken with her some dust from | the | earth / which had drained the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 399 | the earth / which had drained | the | sacred water from the washed |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 403 | ly he began to roar, / filling | the | broad lands with horrible scr |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 406 | n him with chains / or contain | the | wretch’s wild movements by |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 407 | someone ran to describe it to | the | abbess. / She, perceiving the w |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 408 | o the abbess. / She, perceiving | the | wretched movements and cries |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 409 | s of the raging man, / ordered | the | box with holy dust to be fetc |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 410 | came carrying it and entered | the | porch / of the building, the m |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 411 | it and entered the porch / of | the | building, the man in a rage w |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 413 | tling his limbs in sleep, / and | the | bystanders looked to see what |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 414 | t would be the outcome. / After | the | space of an hour, the torment |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 416 | , restored to my senses, / and | the | wayward demon has fled into e |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 420 | / Amazed, they wanted to know | the | reason for his sudden salvati |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 421 | n. / He replied gladly: ‘When | the | virgin came bearing / that cas |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 422 | h with her feet, straightaway | the | demons / who were accustomed t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 424 | ment me withdrew far off, / as | the | shadows flee with the coming |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 433 | in marvellous miracles, / and | the | whole of Britain, famed for h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 436 | they often return recovering | the | strength of health. / I, being |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 438 | nnot run through in verse / all | the | miracles which have performed |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 445 | his fractured arm; / and when | the | excessive pain grew as the sw |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 448 | rought him ancient moss / from | the | cross, which the sick man tos |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 449 | nt to bed he forgot to remove | the | moss. / Kept from sleep, he he |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 451 | ng. / Lying awake and ailing in | the | middle of the night-time / beh |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 454 | and that he felt nothing from | the | fracture. / The man’s renowne |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 455 | lt nothing from the fracture. / | The | man’s renowned fame not onl |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 456 | fame not only rightly lit up / | the | peoples of Britain but in add |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 457 | tion spreads its rays / across | the | expanse of the ocean, and Ger |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 460 | one / miracle of many: for at | the | time when a terrible plague / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 461 | vaging with widespread damage | the | peoples who dwelt by the sea, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 462 | elt by the sea, / a scholar of | the | Irish race, shrewd in learnin |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 464 | illness. / Although learned in | the | study of books, the wretch / t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 465 | he wretch / took no care about | the | life to come. When he saw tha |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 466 | fe to come. When he saw that / | the | day of his death had come, he |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 468 | ath / he would be dragged into | the | dreadful depths of hell, and |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 469 | id to a fellow-monk: Brother, | the | moment of bitter death / hasten |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 471 | hall very soon be brought / to | the | depths of perpetual death, si |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 473 | ! because of them I know that | the | deadly depths / await me with |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 475 | esolve from now on / is that if | the | Almighty were willing to gran |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 478 | through my own merit, / unless | the | grace of merciful Christ, sho |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 479 | Christ, should now grant me / | the | gift of beloved life through |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 481 | nt rumour / extensive praise of | the | virtues of king Oswald. / Since |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 482 | were born a fellow member of | the | Saxon race, / perhaps you now h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 485 | gment of holy wood found from | the | stake / to which the head of t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 486 | ound from the stake / to which | the | head of that slaughtered man |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 488 | faith, / divine piety, through | the | merit of so great a patron, / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 490 | n this life, / and in addition | the | joys of the eternal one.’ / W |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 493 | lessed some water, and put in / | the | fragment of the sacred wood, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 496 | / and turned his whole life to | the | Lord, / and everywhere offered |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 498 | raises to God / and celebrated | the | lord’s servant with great . |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 499 | h great . / Saint Oswald ruled | the | reins of the realm blessedly |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 504 | years, he consecrated / August | the | fifth by his holy death, / asc |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 505 | his holy death, / ascending to | the | celestial realms through his |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 506 | his shining virtues, / leaving | the | earthly authority to Oswiu, h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 507 | u, his brother. / Meanwhile, at | the | beginning, and as the new lea |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 508 | wn people, / Oswiu, hold on to | the | throne through great effort, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 512 | who with a cruel hand tore at | the | innards of his realm, / coveri |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 513 | ering wicked right hands with | the | blood of kin, / and not hesita |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 514 | ng to bring pagan troops into | the | cities of their homeland, / dri |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 516 | this way / trying to overthrow | the | king through foreign force. / B |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 517 | through foreign force. / Before | the | rest, from his earliest years |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 519 | ful in strength and cunning, / | the | killer of his brother and a s |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 522 | in arms was proven, / to lead | the | same number of divisions . / An |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 523 | rce to lay waste and overturn | the | realm, / he destroyed walls an |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 524 | stroyed walls and put folk to | the | sword. / Just as a torrent, swo |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 525 | ent, swollen with storms from | the | high mountains, / flattens the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 526 | the high mountains, / flattens | the | fields, destroys the crops, s |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 528 | tion children and youths, and | the | old alike. / Neither sex nor a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 530 | nor age brought him back / to | the | duty of piety; he spared no l |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 531 | piety; he spared no law. / But | the | ruler [Oswiu], whose care it |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 532 | imself and his followers with | the | weapons of Christ, / himself c |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 536 | and he first of all invoked / | the | Godhead of Olympus with tears |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 538 | le battle-lines racing across | the | broad plains / Against these h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 540 | d, though they were ready for | the | fight. / Without delay, he bold |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 541 | t delay, he boldly dived into | the | enemy’s midst, / relying on |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 543 | le-lines. / Soon fear scattered | the | attacked flanks of those peop |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 546 | and sought safety in flight. / | The | victorious king cut down the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 547 | rs on all sides, / reproaching | the | fleeing formations with dread |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 550 | y so great a disaster, seeing | the | carnage and slaughter of his |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 552 | y fleeing, / but he fell under | the | victor’s sword and was kill |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 554 | orthy praise was rendered / to | the | eternal Thunderer, who always |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 557 | ite beneficial for many, / for | the | king freed his people from a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 558 | rom a cruel enemy / and placed | the | Mercians under the blessed sw |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 559 | faith / having them bathed in | the | sacred river of baptism. / Thro |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 561 | oth peoples were enriched / by | the | magnificent gift of a celesti |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 562 | became its homeland’s heir, | the | other a citizen of Olympus. / B |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 564 | triumph, / one was freed from | the | Devil’s yoke, the other fro |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 567 | in / and subjugating under him | the | peoples dwelling by the sea h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 568 | h terror, forcing others with | the | sword, / he bore his victoriou |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 569 | ards of everywhere throughout | the | realms. / He was also most just |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 572 | peace, / generous in gifts to | the | needy, kindly, and fair to al |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 575 | everything in order, / handing | the | crown over to Ecgfrith his so |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 576 | son, / and, by dying, leaving | the | royal sceptre to Ecgfrith. / Fo |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 578 | hone forth Bishop Wilfrid / in | the | merits of virtues far and wid |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 580 | , / so that he might drive out | the | gloomy shadows of error from |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 582 | rpetual salvation, / he spread | the | light of teaching to nations |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 583 | ugh many places. / By his zeal, | the | South Saxons came to believe |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 584 | Christ, / and were filled with | the | shining light of life. / Not o |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 586 | op deliver those peoples / from | the | wicked death of the soul by h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 589 | / neither dew nor rain watered | the | parched fields / and the dry e |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 590 | tered the parched fields / and | the | dry earth withered beneath th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 592 | ike. / And a disastrous pile of | the | dying followed the famine, / a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 594 | rs drowned themselves beneath | the | dashing waves, / so that a swi |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 597 | / in sacred teaching, received | the | water of baptism, / a breeze w |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 598 | with a calm shower settled on | the | earth, / and restored beauty t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 599 | arth, / and restored beauty to | the | land as the fields grew green |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 600 | d as the fields grew green,: / | the | meadows and the mountains wer |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 602 | ed to rejoicing farmers, / and | the | bodies and hearts of everyone |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 603 | earts of everyone exulted / in | the | living God, just as David san |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 607 | / but first he was carried by | the | winds to Frisian shores, / and |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 608 | e soon converted thousands of | the | people to Christ / showing ver |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 613 | oadly current fame throughout | the | wide world. / While that pious |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 616 | nt, / and for many days and as | the | pain grew strong, / he came wi |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 623 | e, groaning / and grieving for | the | lamentable death of their fat |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 624 | h of their father. / Behold, on | the | fifth day, their father himse |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 627 | ulge so much in savage grief? / | The | almighty judge can take pity |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 628 | ver he wishes / and can change | the | last moment of life into a ne |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 629 | cifully sent a messenger from | the | stars / who stood before me, s |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 631 | h a fiery face, and predicted | the | following: / ‘The high-thron |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 632 | and predicted the following: / | ‘The | high-throned one sent me, Mic |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 634 | aled of this illness / through | the | merits and prayers of holy mo |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 640 | ll die / at a peaceful time on | the | shores of your homeland.’ / L |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 641 | Life and health soon followed | the | angelic prophecies, / and, aft |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 643 | our years had been finished, / | the | death of the outstanding bish |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 644 | nd . / So too he was placed in | the | church that he had built / in |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 650 | maintained himself right from | the | start of his time as a famous |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 653 | ruitful greenery, / he watered | the | thirsty fields with eternal f |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 655 | s in divine virtue; / he spread | the | rays of ethereal teaching eve |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 656 | ching everywhere, / dispersing | the | shades of error with serene l |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 657 | ne light. / There is a place in | the | ocean called by the name of F |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 660 | essly, / and wishing to gather | the | flowers of contemplation, / he |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 661 | strove himself alone to serve | the | one God , / so that worldly glo |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 664 | / He was quite blessed to have | the | benefit of angelic communicat |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 665 | ication often, / and defeated | the | poisonous darts of the deadly |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 666 | he deadly dragon. / However, at | the | beseeching of many he was dra |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 668 | cluded retreat; / compelled by | the | people and the king he eventu |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 669 | e king he eventually took on / | the | rank of bishop, as everyone p |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 671 | very many gains in souls for | the | Thunderer, / he kept good guar |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 672 | rer, / he kept good guard over | the | fold committed to him, / so th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 673 | ld committed to him, / so that | the | prowling wolf should not gnaw |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 674 | f Christ. / But soon he avoided | the | heights of worldly glory / see |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 675 | ry / seeking again for himself | the | seclusion of his accustomed d |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 676 | ed den, / and there he saw out | the | end of the present life. / That |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 677 | island has been sanctified by | the | death of God’s servant, / fo |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 679 | with brilliant signs, / since | the | time when, the bishop’s spi |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 680 | prison of the flesh, / sought | the | heights and ascended above th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 682 | along with brilliant deeds at | the | place where his holy body res |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 683 | buried. / His whole life, from | the | time of his birth right up to |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 684 | ime of his birth right up to / | the | day of his death, was famed f |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 686 | ote / about them all, first in | the | language of prose / and afterw |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 687 | prose / and afterwards sang of | the | miracles in heroic verse: / how |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 690 | lled back by his prayers from | the | sea / five boats buffeted by w |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 691 | ive boats buffeted by wind on | the | waves; / or how he saw the soul |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 692 | d on the waves; / or how he saw | the | soul of bishop Aidan borne / b |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 693 | of bishop Aidan borne / beyond | the | stars while he tended the fra |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 695 | , he rightly deserved to take | the | celestial kind from him; / how |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 698 | his prayers, when cast up by | the | sea, he averted / the sailors |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 699 | st up by the sea, he averted / | the | sailors’ hunger and predict |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 703 | falling down in prayer, when | the | right hands of young men coul |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 708 | he brought flowing water from | the | dry soil, / which in answer to |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 710 | e sowed a crop for himself in | the | field, / and drove the birds a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 711 | self in the field, / and drove | the | birds away with only a word; / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 712 | ds away with only a word; / how | the | sea as well as beasts used to |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 716 | ater, after he had driven out | the | plague. / In this way, he cured |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 718 | th chrism, from an ailment in | the | side and an ache in the head; |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 726 | angels bearing up to heaven / | the | soul of a shepherd who had fa |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 728 | ndants who was afflicted with | the | wasting of loose bowels; / or h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 729 | g of loose bowels; / or how, in | the | eleventh year after his death |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 731 | essed by a demon was cured by | the | earth / on which had been pour |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 732 | rth / on which had been poured | the | water that had washed the fat |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 735 | n with an eye-ailment touched | the | prophet’s stole, / and the p |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 736 | d the prophet’s stole, / and | the | pain and darkness of his sigh |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 737 | n man with a limp body put on | the | father’s shoes / and walked |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 739 | ps. / How invalids are cured by | the | covering beneath which / the s |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 740 | y the covering beneath which / | the | saint’s spirit abandoned ea |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 743 | in rustic song; / since Bede, | the | very brilliant master, sang o |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 747 | ng, / neither invoking Pan nor | the | empty godhead of Phoebus, / bu |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 750 | ike dew / worthily to proclaim | the | praises of that pious father. |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 751 | s of that pious father. / After | the | warrior Ecgfrith had won vict |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 753 | ar, / he took a wife called by | the | name of Æthelthryth, / who wa |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 759 | out her lifetime, / conquering | the | fires of the flesh in the rit |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 760 | essed her faith, how wondrous | the | king’s patience! / He was con |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 761 | ayers, but she too by love of | the | Thunderer! / Both of them, burn |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 765 | untouched virgin in her body / | the | Lord revealed by clear signs |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 774 | very delicate scar / covering | the | traces of an old tumour. / Also |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 775 | races of an old tumour. / Also, | the | clothes that covered the virg |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 776 | sacred limbs / often drove out | the | foul snake from those possess |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 777 | om those possessed. / Likewise, | the | original tomb, which had held |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 781 | red a cure for diseased eyes. / | The | aforementioned Bede made a hy |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 784 | in sparing words, / recalling | the | words of the old proverb: / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 785 | not happen to carry wood into | the | forest.’ / Then too a memorab |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 789 | r these lines worth reading. / | The | king’s brother Ælfwine was |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 792 | nt a day lifeless, as well as | the | following night. / However, af |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 793 | lowing night. / However, after | the | soul returned to his extinct |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 796 | eary step but was captured by | the | enemy / and led back by windin |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 798 | a certain nobleman [gesith]. / | The | gesith ordered him to explain |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 801 | easant, / and I lived bound by | the | law of marriage.’ / The gesit |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 802 | nd by the law of marriage.’ / | The | gesith took him in, and took |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 804 | could never be bound, for all | the | bonds / were accustomed to come |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 806 | cord in an amazing way. / While | the | enemy observed this with baff |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 808 | ten they added fresh bonds to | the | old bonds. / The gesith, astoni |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 809 | fresh bonds to the old bonds. / | The | gesith, astonished by this, s |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 814 | rt, / and I know that he sings | the | rites of the Mass to Christ f |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 819 | cape all punishments.’ / Then | the | leader [gesith], after he had |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 824 | not, for he was set loose in | the | aforementioned manner, / and i |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 825 | his body he remained free of | the | bonds that were put upon it. / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 826 | , this happened most often at | the | third hour of the day, / when |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 827 | accustomed habit to offer up | the | gifts of the mass / with a pio |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 829 | wondrous things, / he gave him | the | chance to ransom himself. / The |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 834 | m his bonds / turned out to be | the | same as those at which / he rem |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 835 | that always used to celebrate | the | rites of the Mass to God. / For |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 836 | fifteen years Ecgfrith ruled | the | realm blessedly / waging victo |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 838 | / after sending troops across | the | sea, he ordered them / to deva |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 839 | evastate with cruel slaughter | the | innocent peoples of the Irish |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 840 | o had always been friendly to | the | English. / Soon, after the Pict |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 841 | y to the English. / Soon, after | the | Picts waged war against him, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 843 | er of his followers, / leaving | the | control of governance to his |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 844 | imbued in sacred studies from | the | earliest years / of his life, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 847 | ng and likewise a teacher. / At | the | head of the church was the v |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 848 | with merits of equal worth to | the | high rank of the time then, / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 852 | ed up very many treasures for | the | Thunderer, / casting his holy |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 853 | casting his holy nets through | the | waves of the world, / and he t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 854 | the world, / and he trawled to | the | shore prizes from that sea fo |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 856 | heavenly piety, / he shone in | the | house of the Lord like the bl |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 857 | star. / This father beautified | the | adornment of the church / and s |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 858 | church / and separated it from | the | manners of the common people, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 859 | ecreed that they should serve | the | one God together at every hou |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 860 | together at every hour: / that | the | mystical lyre should resound |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 861 | in continuous plucking, / that | the | human voice, forever singing |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 862 | ethereal hymns in praise / to | the | Lord, should also beat upon t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 865 | Whoever preferred to proclaim | the | Lord’s praise by using the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 871 | ared amongst all. / †and that | the | one that as an heir of heaven |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 875 | gladly passed blessedly into | the | ethereal hall. / At the same ti |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 876 | ly into the ethereal hall. / At | the | same time there occurred a me |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 880 | tain long-dead man rose up in | the | flesh / and told of many thing |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 883 | . / For he was a married man of | the | common people, and had ordere |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 885 | ed with a terrible disease of | the | flesh, / and for many days his |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 888 | ty / and at last he died during | the | first watch of night / and at |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 894 | ge / her excessive fear, while | the | rest were running from the pl |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 897 | ave truly risen returned from | the | dead. / But now I have to follo |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 904 | een when he had been led from | the | body. / He used to describe wha |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 906 | Dazzling’, he said, ‘was | the | one who led me from the body, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 907 | dy, / and we travelled towards | the | rising of the summer sun, / to |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 909 | as both wide and deep, / along | the | length of which there stretch |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 911 | ribly with raging flames / and | the | other was full of frozen hail |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 912 | as filled here and there with | the | souls of men, / who, when they |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 913 | ely burned and could not bear | the | flames, / would soon wretchedl |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 914 | uld soon wretchedly leap into | the | midst of the cold; / and when |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 916 | rne back again, weeping, into | the | flame-spewing fire. / Seeing th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 918 | ered that it perhaps might be / | the | punishment of Hell, of which |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 923 | kness, / and as we entered it, | the | appearance of thickest night |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 925 | d I could see nothing / beyond | the | outline of my guide and his s |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 926 | e entered in this way through | the | shadows under the lonely nigh |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 930 | nding terrified and amazed in | the | midst of the darkness . / As th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 931 | he midst of the darkness . / As | the | balls of flame climbed high a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 932 | movement, fell back again to | the | bottom of the abyss, / I saw t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 933 | tom of the abyss, / I saw that | the | tip of every flame was filled |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 934 | every flame was filled / with | the | wretched spirits of men who, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 935 | d and likewise fell back with | the | flames, / and an extensive ste |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 940 | en suddenly I heard behind me | the | sound of moaning, / just like |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 941 | sound of moaning, / just like | the | cackle of the crowd at a capt |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 942 | s they came near I recognised | the | wicked enemies / dragging five |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 944 | / with whom they descended to | the | bottom of the abyss. / Then fro |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 945 | ottom of the abyss. / Then from | the | flame-spewing pit some wicked |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 950 | h me then, / although they had | the | power to frighten me greatly. |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 951 | in darkness and beset upon by | the | enemy, / I cast my eyes about |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 954 | omething shone like a star in | the | shadows, / increasing greatly |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 955 | eatly and hastening, that put | the | enemies to flight. / It was my |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 957 | ith light, / and at his coming | the | black demons fled. / From ther |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 958 | re he turned our path towards | the | winter rising of the sun, / an |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 959 | me, snatched from night, into | the | bright air. / There, ahead of u |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 964 | what way, we were standing on | the | top of the wall. / Behold, ther |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 966 | very beautiful. / So great was | the | perfume of the fragrant odour |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 968 | / and such a light spread over | the | sacred plain on all sides / th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 973 | pondered whether these were / | the | lofty realms of heaven promis |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 975 | e not, as you think yourself, | the | realms of heaven.’ / Before m |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 977 | esh light, / which so outshone | the | previous one with excessive b |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 979 | one seemed very faint indeed. / | The | very sweet voice of singers a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 980 | so resounded there, / and with | the | light there was a fragrance o |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 981 | odour, / so that by comparison | the | first seemed very slight. / I g |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 984 | , / and then led me back along | the | path by which we had come, / a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 985 | ome, / and as we entered again | the | beautiful place of the previo |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 987 | him, and he immediately added | the | following: / ‘You have seen a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 991 | life’s rewards. / But indeed | the | pit which belches forth stink |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 992 | lches forth stinking fire / is | the | mouth of hell, and whoever ha |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 997 | holy faith demands, / gaze on | the | celestial realms. For whoever |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 998 | n as they die will enter into | the | hall of heaven, / in the vicini |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 999 | r into the hall of heaven, / in | the | vicinity of which there is a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1001 | ellous fragrance, from where / | the | sweetest voice of singers was |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1002 | ou have once again to take on | the | body / and to live a life amon |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1008 | / Nor did this people of ours, | the | mother of famous men, / did no |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1010 | he happen to hold them within | the | confines of her own realm, / bu |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1011 | many of them far aways across | the | seas, / so that they might bri |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1012 | as, / so that they might bring | the | seeds of life to other people |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1013 | f them was that man called by | the | name of / holy bishop Ecgbert |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1015 | who had left his homeland / in | the | earliest years of his life, f |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1016 | eign places, then indeed gave | the | Irish the greatest examples / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1017 | / of how to live; shining with | the | torch of teaching, / and instr |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1019 | words and deeds. / Generous to | the | poor, but always stinting to |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1020 | always stinting to himself, / | the | fine man led an outstanding l |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1021 | h brilliant piety right up to | the | day of his death. / He had a co |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1026 | an outstanding sheepfold for | the | monks of his race, / and adorn |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1027 | is race, / and adorned it with | the | merits and manners of his lif |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1028 | his life. / Studiously feeding | the | sheep of Christ, / he led them |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1030 | route by a straight path, / to | the | pastures of the eternal realm |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1031 | amed for his miracles and, in | the | manner of a prophet, / he saw |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1033 | here, / and afterwards entered | the | joys of celestial life. / But o |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1034 | were carried in ships across | the | eastern sea / in quest of paga |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1036 | , where they tried to spread / | the | words of salvation by sowing |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1038 | ad won very many thousands of | the | Frisian people / for Christ th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1042 | them priests and ministers of | the | Word, / and after completing al |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1045 | ing with excessive ardour for | the | faith, / and both of them were |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1046 | d both of them were called by | the | one name of Hewald. / Their was |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1047 | both; moreover they also had | the | same death. / One was fair, th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1048 | he same death. / One was fair, | the | other dark, their only differ |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1049 | nce being in their hair; / but | the | dark one was more studious in |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1050 | more studious in books / than | the | fair. They enter the crossing |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1051 | -places of the pagan folk / of | the | Saxons, to try to win some of |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1052 | of them for Christ. / But when | the | wretches recognized the new m |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1053 | th, / and they were afraid that | the | worship of their ancient gods |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1056 | or they straightaway cut down | the | fair one with a bloody sword |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1057 | practiced lengthy tortures on | the | resolute dark one, / and threw |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1058 | resolute dark one, / and threw | the | bodies of the dead into the w |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1059 | the dead into the waters / of | the | River Rhine. However, they so |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1062 | anions. / But in whatever place | the | bodies reached at night, / the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1063 | the bodies reached at night, / | the | greatest ray of light shone t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1064 | ght that those who had killed | the | holy men / saw, always shining |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1068 | s immediately, / where you see | the | light radiating from the heav |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1070 | eceive their companions, / for | the | bodies were found then in the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1071 | places / and were buried with | the | honour due to holy martyrs. / Y |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1072 | artyrs. / Yet other servants of | the | Word from that aforementioned |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1073 | ple / came into those parts of | the | world. / Among them were the o |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1074 | f the world. / Among them were | the | outstanding Swithberht and th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1076 | time, and who were famed / for | the | height virtues. I cannot ment |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1078 | w my Muse ought to return / to | the | archbishops of the city of Yo |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1079 | as wandered far, / and abandon | the | sequence of kings / who contin |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1080 | uence of kings / who continued | the | days of the realm after Aldfr |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1084 | nwhile, when Bosa went off to | the | blessed realms, / John took ov |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1085 | essed realms, / John took over | the | control of the church, / a man |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1087 | intellect, / a lofty pontiff, | the | model of the ancient fathers, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1090 | ving meadows with diligence . / | The | honour of virtue accompanied |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1094 | to gather ethereal flowers in | the | spirit the / and pay tithes t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1095 | pirit the / and pay tithes to | the | Lord for his own life, / from |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1098 | be made for destitute folk in | the | closest crossing-places, / so |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1099 | e might himself offer food to | the | needy poor. / Then there was br |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1103 | s covered by horrible scabs, / | the | skin stood coated with sores |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1104 | d with sores instead of hair. / | The | pious bishop had a small hut |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1106 | customary rations, / and after | the | space of seven days had passe |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1108 | is mute tongue. / On it he made | the | sign of the holy cross, / and |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1110 | was it said than he followed | the | father’s command: / and spea |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1112 | ke his taciturn silence, / and | the | utterly mute man spoke with e |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1113 | oke with effusive speech. / For | the | whole day and the following n |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1115 | varied speech, / and to reveal | the | hidden thoughts of his mind. / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1121 | hen that shepherd was roaming | the | folds in his watchful care, / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1124 | vein had recently been cut in | the | middle of her upper arm; / and |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1125 | rm; / and her hand grew numb as | the | excessive swelling puffed up, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1126 | ed up, / and so it seemed that | the | girl would die quite quickly. |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1127 | would die quite quickly. / But | the | holy bishop restored her to h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1128 | ower of the Lord. / He entered | the | virgin’s home when her moth |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1131 | blessed her sick hand. / After | the | pain fled, the girl straighta |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1132 | / and, in a marvellous manner, | the | whole pestilence left / her wh |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1133 | lence left / her whole body as | the | bishop went back outside. / Fro |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1134 | snatched from great dangers, | the | virgin, / who would live for m |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1135 | r many years, sang praises to | the | high-throned one. / Another mir |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1137 | in nobleman [gesith] summoned | the | rightly revered John / so that |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1138 | dedicate a church building to | the | Lord. / His wife had been ill f |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1141 | d, and unable to rise up from | the | bed. / A chilly pallor covered |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1144 | e scarcely came faint breath. / | The | pious bishop had sent blessed |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1145 | ly consecrated that church to | the | Lord, / so that she should dri |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1147 | imbs. / When she had done this, | the | medicine coursed through her |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1148 | her sickness disappeared with | the | healing draft. / The power of h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1149 | eared with the healing draft. / | The | power of hoped-for health was |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1150 | health was granted / and then | the | woman straightaway rose up fr |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1152 | strength, she bore a cup / to | the | blessed priest, and assiduous |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1155 | oned / to dedicate a church of | the | Lord, as usual. / A boy of his |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1157 | y pestilence / and remained at | the | point of death in every area |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1160 | illy sighs with a faint gasp. / | The | nobleman [gesith] was then pr |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1163 | ce there was no hope of life. / | The | noble himself, weeping for hi |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1164 | ishop / that he deign to bless | the | afflicted boy / and to pour fo |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1165 | / and to pour forth prayers to | the | Lord for his life. / Nor did th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1166 | he Lord for his life. / Nor did | the | pious and merciful man rightl |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1167 | d, but he immediately visited | the | sick boy, / and blessed him, a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1170 | gth back.’ / Afterwards, when | the | a bishop and the noble were s |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1171 | le were sitting down to eat, / | the | sick lad, being thirsty, aske |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1173 | t a goblet of wine blessed by | the | bishop. / When he drank it, [t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1174 | he bishop. / When he drank it, | [the | boy] rose up healthy straight |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1175 | d began to walk, / and entered | the | house where the noble and bis |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1179 | th for many years. / Yet again, | the | bishop was taking a trip on h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1181 | l field fit for racing. / Then | the | young men were keen to conten |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1182 | contend in a horse-race / but | the | pious bishop specifically pro |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1183 | ecifically prohibited one of / | the | companions to take part in id |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1184 | n idle sport. / But he, despite | the | prohibition, insolently put h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1185 | free rein, and burst out into | the | middle of the plain. / So then |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1187 | over a certain ditch, / and at | the | mighty effort the young man s |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1188 | ich happened to lie hidden in | the | middle of the plain, / level w |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1189 | dle of the plain, / level with | the | sand and covered under the tu |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1192 | n a terrible fall, / splitting | the | seams of his head and batteri |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1195 | ess. / Then it was indeed about | the | seventh hour of the day, / and |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1197 | -alive by his companions. / But | the | priest stayed awake all night |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1198 | prayer, / and returned to see | the | sick man early in the morning |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1201 | him by his own name. / So then | the | man rose up as if from a heav |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1202 | ening his eyes, he replied to | the | beloved father. / He soon recov |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1204 | d regained his strength, / and | the | following day rode away, rejo |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1207 | , we have only told what Bede | the | master set down / when weaving |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1209 | aith / in a historical account | the | English peoples and their dee |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1211 | hile still living, he yielded | the | seat of honour to another, / a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1215 | urned, as its proper heir, to | the | celestial homeland. / An outsta |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1219 | / But afterwards, supported by | the | great eminence of his merits, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1220 | erits, / he deservedly assumed | the | highest rank of bishop, / and |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1221 | rank of bishop, / and adorned | the | position by his merits and ho |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1223 | th beautiful inscriptions / to | the | holy church; he made silver v |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1224 | ng decor / rightly fitting for | the | holy services, / and covered t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1225 | e holy services, / and covered | the | altars and crosses with gilde |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1227 | ot wishing to hide treasure, / | the | wise bishop rendered it to di |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1228 | ed it to divine honour. / While | the | pious bishop was doing these |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1231 | multiply his flock, following | the | Lord’s precepts, / by the ur |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1232 | ng the Lord’s precepts, / by | the | urging of his teaching and hi |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1233 | some he gave nourishment for | the | mind, to others for the flesh |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1235 | and likewise in deed, and in | the | gifts of both, / a leader perf |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1236 | of both, / a leader performing | the | matter of piety in a twofold |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1239 | d had completed his deeds / in | the | church, he sought out a place |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1241 | nd, giving himself utterly to | the | contemplative life, / he aband |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1242 | emplative life, / he abandoned | the | various and empty cares of th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1245 | mpus, / awaiting ever-vigilant | the | rewards of celestial life. / Th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1248 | gelic arms. / When he set aside | the | burden of pastoral care, / he |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1249 | astoral care, / he handed over | the | governance of his venerable s |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1250 | , / whom he had succeed him as | the | highest bishop. / This Egbert w |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1252 | a lineage of noble parents in | the | eyes of the world, / but more |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1253 | lendid through holy merits in | the | eyes of the Lord; / rich in ea |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1254 | wealth he scattered it among | the | needy poor, / so that he might |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1256 | lways devoutly exercised over | the | cares of destitute, / distribu |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1257 | e, / distributing treasures to | the | poor with devout heart, / and |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1259 | He was a most famous ruler of | the | church / and an outstanding te |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1260 | ing teacher, venerated by all | the | people, / select in his manner |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1262 | just, affable, and / savage to | the | wicked, both gentle and likew |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1263 | d likewise severe. / He divided | the | nights and days in sacred tur |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1264 | ingly and assiduously through | the | long nights, / celebrating the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1265 | the long nights, / celebrating | the | holy solemnities of the mass |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1266 | he prepared many ornaments in | the | houses of God. / He dressed the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1269 | rated righteous ministers for | the | altars / to celebrate the feas |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1270 | for the altars / to celebrate | the | feast-days of the Thunderer i |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1272 | s reed / to sound out hymns to | the | Lord in modulated voices. / Lik |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1273 | other, Eadberht, also born in | the | Tyrian purple, / assumed the r |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1274 | n the Tyrian purple, / assumed | the | royal rule of the people, / an |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1275 | the people, / and he expanded | the | borders of his own realm, / ve |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1277 | g enemy ranks through terror. / | The | times then were blessed for t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1279 | rmony by king and bishop: / one | the | rule of the church, the king |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1280 | ng the business of the realm. / | The | one bore on his shoulders the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1281 | he pallium sent by the pope, / | the | other raised up on his head t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1282 | nt ancestors. / One was mighty, | the | other pious; one vigorous, th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1283 | r kind; / mutually maintaining | the | undertakings of brotherly pea |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1284 | brother was happily helped by | the | other. / One ruled the church f |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1285 | elped by the other. / One ruled | the | church for thirty-four years, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1286 | hurch for thirty-four years, / | the | other kept the kingdom of his |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1288 | its, were buried in peace. / In | the | early days of this aforementi |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1289 | iest outstanding in merits by | the | name of Bede, / and, closing h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1290 | de, / and, closing his eyes on | the | present life he sought out th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1293 | ole heart. / When he was seven, | the | care of his parents had him e |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1294 | of his parents had him enter / | the | confined cloisters of the mon |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1295 | e monastery of Jarrow, / where | the | much-famed Ceolfrith presided |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1297 | age / and died in exile within | the | borders of the city of Langre |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1307 | very many works, / explaining | the | obscure volumes of sacred Scr |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1308 | pture, / and he also described | the | art of metre. / He also wrote w |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1310 | ume on time, / which contained | the | courses, places, times, and l |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1313 | n mind, in faith, he followed | the | footsteps of the ancient fath |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1315 | as long as he lived. / Indeed, | the | quality of this teacher’s l |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1317 | n was surrounded by relics of | the | holy father / he was utterly c |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1322 | / and guide our craft through | the | ocean’s billows, / among the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1323 | the ocean’s billows, / among | the | monsters of the sea and the m |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1325 | ce surrounded on all sides by | the | wavy sea, / hedged in by brist |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1327 | gs and steep confines, / where | the | battle-mighty warrior, while |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1328 | lthere, quite often conquered | the | aerial hosts, / that brought m |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1330 | s. / Yet he fearlessly repulsed | the | enemy camps / and the darts of |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1331 | repulsed the enemy camps / and | the | darts of the wicked, always o |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1332 | em as a blessed warrior / with | the | weapons of the Cross, the hel |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1337 | n there fell at his feet from | the | clouds above / a certain man |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1340 | / of those wanting to torture | the | wretch with various punishmen |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1346 | easts, . / and while I lived in | the | flesh I was ashamed to confes |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1350 | ree from care.’ / Then one of | the | enemies began to terrify him, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1351 | , not even if you are held in | the | arms / of [Saint] Peter. But, w |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1352 | t, worst one, you will suffer | the | punishment you deserve. / Howev |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1353 | ishment you deserve. / However, | the | holy one grew angry at the in |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1355 | tolic prince, but trusting in | the | piety / of the Thunderer I say |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1356 | but trusting in the piety / of | the | Thunderer I say to you, you s |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1358 | hell with you today!’ / Then | the | pious mediator threw himself |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1359 | earfully made supplication to | the | Lord for that guilt, / nor did |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1361 | he saw with his own eyes that | the | soul / was borne rather high o |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1362 | l / was borne rather high over | the | stars of heaven in angelic ar |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1365 | sign. / For just as Peter trod | the | watery waves, / so did it turn |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1367 | in time, while walking / along | the | steep edge of a lofty cliff, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1368 | fall. But he was buoyed up by | the | sea-billows / and walked over |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1369 | sea-billows / and walked over | the | water with dry feet, / and as |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1370 | wandered then in that way on | the | waves / except that the wave re |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1371 | way on the waves / except that | the | wave received him more gently |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1372 | ore gently as he crashed / than | the | harsh ground would have recei |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1373 | alling man. / When he crashed, | the | wave flowed so that the fall |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1374 | he fall should not harm him: / | the | ground sustained his steps so |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1376 | he reached a boat drifting on | the | waves, / into which he soon cl |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1380 | , supplies; / at your command, | the | wave of the sea becomes passa |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1381 | ecomes passable by the just; / | the | earth by contrast becomes a v |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1382 | ul whirlpool for the wicked, / | the | one bears up the humble while |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1384 | voutly ask you / that, just as | the | wave carried your body out of |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1387 | pe / worldly billows and enter | the | harbour of salvation. / In thos |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1389 | d holy hermit, who pursued in | the | seclusion of the wilderness, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1391 | have celestial ones with God | the | king. / By devoutly leading an |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1395 | him, as she hurries back / to | the | end of the poem, and the deed |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1396 | teacher, / a wise man known by | the | name of Ælberht, / who took o |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1397 | e of Ælberht, / who took over | the | office of that venerable see |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1399 | supporter, teacher, lover of | the | Catholic faith, / a leader, te |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1400 | er, defender, and disciple of | the | church, / a cultivator of just |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1401 | ator of justice, a trumpet of | the | law, a herald of salvation, / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1402 | ald of salvation, / a hope for | the | poor, father to orphans, comf |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1403 | orter of the needy, / harsh to | the | unbending, pleasing to the go |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1406 | ech, but energetic in action; / | the | more the height of his accumu |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1407 | his accumulated honour grew, / | the | more his mind lowered itself |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1412 | s very earliest youth reason, | the | most beautiful of things,, / c |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1413 | ivated him and carried him to | the | highest summit / of learning, r |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1414 | of learning, revealing to him | the | secrets of wisdom. / For he was |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1419 | reat hopes of his parents for | the | boy in vain. / For as much as t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1423 | / and became a holy deacon in | the | appropriate sequence. / While a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1425 | nd as a respectable young man | the | undertook the vows of the pri |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1429 | he was indeed also related by | the | rule of blood, / and by whom h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1430 | s marked him as a defender of | the | whole clergy, / and likewise p |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1431 | wise promoted as a teacher in | the | city of York. / There he watere |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1433 | erse streams / of learning and | the | diverse dew of study: / dilige |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1434 | / diligently granting to some | the | art of grammatical rule / and p |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1436 | took care to polish some with | the | whetstone of lawful speaking, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1438 | ructing others to sound forth | the | Castalian pipe, / and run over |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1439 | Castalian pipe, / and run over | the | peaks of Parnassus with lyric |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1440 | with lyric steps. / Yet others | the | aforementioned teacher caused |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1441 | teacher caused to understand / | the | harmony of heaven, the labour |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1442 | the labours of sun and moon, / | the | five zones of the sky, the se |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1443 | wandering celestial bodies, / | the | laws of the stars, their risi |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1444 | rising and setting likewise, / | the | movements of the air, the qua |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1445 | quaking of ocean and earth, / | the | natures of men and cattle, of |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1446 | e, of birds and wild beasts, / | the | diverse forms and varied shap |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1447 | shed defined celebrations for | the | Easter period, / revealing the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1448 | the Easter period, / revealing | the | very great mysteries of holy |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1449 | Scripture, for he made plain / | the | depths of the Fresh and Ancie |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1454 | once he happily travelled on | the | pilgrim route / to foreign lan |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1456 | drawn by love of wisdom: / in | the | hope that he might happen to |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1458 | him. / He also came devoutly to | the | city of Rome, / rich in the lo |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1459 | to the city of Rome, / rich in | the | love of God, travelling widel |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1460 | s. / Returning home from there, | the | best of teachers was / receive |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1462 | by kings and men of rank, / to | the | extent that mighty kings wish |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1464 | heir fields. / But hastening to | the | tasks that had been set out f |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1465 | for him, as God had ordained, / | the | teacher returned to be of use |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1468 | , / and was made archbishop at | the | insistence of the people. / He |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1471 | e providently kept watch over | the | divine sheepfold, / so that th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1472 | he divine sheepfold, / so that | the | wolf might not harm the lambs |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1473 | n, / and he provided them with | the | nourishment of the sacred Wor |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1475 | y pang . / Those wandering from | the | flock through the inaccessibl |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1476 | back on friendly shoulders to | the | Lord’s fold, / and those unw |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1478 | entle speech / he pursued with | the | terrors and scourges of the l |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1479 | st, that bishop did he spare | the | king or wicked nobles, / but e |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1480 | bles, / but even on account of | the | weight of his cares / his form |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1483 | d a pious priest, / increasing | the | understanding of some, refini |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1484 | g others’ manners. / Nor when | the | father advanced to such a hei |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1486 | s or food; / though he shunned | the | excessively sumptuous, he did |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1487 | e did not strive greatly / for | the | cheap, rejoicing in middling |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1489 | ith varied embellishment / to | the | churches, being full of the f |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1490 | the fervour of faith. / For in | the | place where Edwin, the battle |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1491 | battle-mighty king, / received | the | water of baptism, the bishop |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1493 | rywhere, / and dedicated it in | the | name of Saint Paul, / the teac |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1494 | t in the name of Saint Paul, / | the | teacher of the world, whom th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1497 | sels, with nine tiers. / And at | the | altar he erected the lofty st |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1503 | s stones, / he dedicated it to | the | martyrs and likewise to the C |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1505 | f no small weight, from which | the | priest / celebrating sacred ma |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1506 | red mass could pour wine into | the | chalice. / During the time of h |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1507 | wine into the chalice. / During | the | time of his bishopric the new |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1517 | th / harmoniously focussing on | the | task with devoted intent. / How |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1518 | ongside his associate bishop, | the | father himself / dedicated this |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1519 | church to Holy Wisdom before | the | tenth day / on which he closed |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1520 | which he closed his eyes for | the | last time on this present lif |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1523 | ll of days, / gladly handed on | the | episcopal honour to his belov |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1525 | ght then give himself over to | the | service of God alone. / But he |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1526 | f God alone. / But he handed on | the | treasures of his books, those |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1528 | accustomed to thirst to drain | the | draughts of learning. / If you |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1529 | learning. / If you care to know | the | personal name of this man / th |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1530 | he personal name of this man / | the | present poem will reveal it i |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1531 | ese different allocations; to | the | one, / the governance of the |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1532 | nt allocations; to the one, / | the | governance of the church, tre |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1533 | ure, land, and money, / and to | the | other pursuit of learning, hi |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1536 | one roof. / There you will find | the | inheritance of the ancient fa |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1537 | of the ancient fathers: / all | the | Roman owned in the Latin worl |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1538 | famous Greece transmitted to | the | Latins, / or what the Hebrew p |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1539 | itted to the Latins, / or what | the | Hebrew people drank in from t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1544 | d Orosius produced, / whatever | the | most high Gregory taught and |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1547 | tever Aldhelm taught, or Bede | the | master, / what Victorinus and |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1549 | inus and Boethius wrote, / and | the | ancient historians Pompey and |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1550 | le himself and Tully [Cicero] | the | mighty rhetorician; / whatever |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1554 | uced, / or Vergil, Statius, or | the | poet Lucan; / or what the mast |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1555 | , or the poet Lucan; / or what | the | masters of grammatical art wr |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1561 | heir names to be inscribed in | the | present poem / seemed longer t |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1563 | had been arranged in this way | the | archbishop / came to the end o |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1564 | s way the archbishop / came to | the | end of his life, filled with |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1567 | a place of retreat apart, / in | the | presence of his pupils, this |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1568 | sed gladly and blessedly into | the | ethereal hall. / But abandon |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1573 | en in our sight Death, who is | the | enemy of all, / suddenly close |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1574 | uddenly closed in final sleep | the | venerable eyes / of that archb |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1583 | ry, virtue. / He fell asleep in | the | fourteenth year after he atta |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1584 | eenth year after he attained / | the | highest office, on the eighth |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1585 | le that dreadful day shone in | the | sixth hour. / A mighty gatherin |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1587 | me together for his funeral, / | the | bishop alongside the clergy, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1590 | ithout you we are battered on | the | stormy waters of the world, / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1593 | ht yield to each other, while | the | year is divided / into four pa |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1594 | r parts, while grass grows on | the | earth, / while stars shine, wh |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1602 | a certain young man raised in | the | city of York, / simple in spir |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1604 | onate to act, / who influenced | the | time of my life as a boy with |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1606 | th his customary prayers, / in | the | chapel of the mother of Chris |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1608 | that building / and along with | the | light there came a man in whi |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1610 | e raised up with gentle words | the | young man who had fallen down |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1612 | d he showed him an open book. / | The | young man read it and, after |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1614 | n.’ / After having said this, | the | shining visitor suddenly disa |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1616 | ter this, some months later, / | the | young man was stricken by a p |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1617 | g time, and lay with death in | the | balance, / drawing failing bre |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1625 | / but he especially recognised | the | glad members of that holy chu |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1628 | s guide quickly led him along | the | return path / to his own body, |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1630 | y feel better, but another of | the | brothers / will die today and |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1632 | .’ Nor did those words fail | the | young man. / For he quickly re |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1633 | or he quickly recovered, when | the | sun grew red at its rising, / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1635 | owever, after a short time in | the | same year / that young man was |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1636 | young man was struck down by | the | pestilence of ravaging illnes |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1638 | sickness, and I shall abandon | the | confines of the flesh.’ / Nor |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1639 | it turn out otherwise, since | the | great force of pain grew, / a |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1640 | e of pain grew, / and brought | the | young man to his final hour. / |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1642 | l with feeble breath, / one of | the | brothers who had been keeping |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1643 | st and truthful man, saw from | the | lofty heights / a man descendi |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1645 | d he soon placed his mouth on | the | mouth of the dying man, / and |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1646 | easantly embraced in his arms | the | limbs of the one lying there; |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1647 | ing there; / returning to free | the | soul from the prison of the f |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1648 | carried it away, flying above | the | stars in the sky. / I, an inexp |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1649 | nced sailor, steering through | the | ocean’s waves / and dark cha |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1651 | / in a vulnerable ship back to | the | harbour at York, / who fostere |
| ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1658 | heir merits and prayers / from | the | whirlpool of the world to the |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 3 | I pass over in brief headings | the | famous deeds / of that great bi |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 12 | ho reigns as a wealthy man in | the | citadel of highest heaven. / No |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 13 | gracious God, when he was in | the | temple, / praised the widow who |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 14 | he was in the temple, / praised | the | widow who, when she brought t |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 17 | a suppliant into your temple. / | The | first bronze coin consists of |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 18 | onsists of plain figures, / but | the | second shines in a Pierian wa |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 20 | w to bring as their burden / to | the | God’s gracious buildings th |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 21 | d skins of goats. / Nonetheless | the | Thunderer’s holy law ordere |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 1 | rordi / A certain man came from | the | western edges of the world, / a |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 4 | ion, / to you, happy France, in | the | time of Pepin: / and fertile Br |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 8 | irited merits. / Led by love of | the | Lord, he sought our foreign p |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 9 | gn parts, / desiring to scatter | the | heavenly seeds of eternal lif |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 10 | al life / where a cultivator of | the | word had been rare before. / Pe |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 11 | had been rare before. / Pepin, | the | fine ruler of the Franks, rec |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 12 | , / and then asked him to water | the | parched fields / in every singl |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 2 1 | y God, as a light from Christ | the | Light, / travelled with pious s |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 2 4 | verywhere / he always scattered | the | rays of light of the gospel t |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 2 6 | eparted far from that part of | the | world, / and every day impious |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 2 8 | ruin, / and Christ resounded in | the | mouths of faithful people. / / # |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 3 1 | thful people. / / # / When Pepin, | the | famous authority, saw that th |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 3 2 | Christ / was growing along with | the | venerable gift of faith, / he r |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 3 4 | he thought it better to send | the | outstanding preacher / of the f |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 3 5 | d the outstanding preacher / of | the | faith quite quickly to Rome, |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 3 6 | uickly to Rome, in order that / | the | apostolic shepherd should con |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 3 7 | bishop and highest priest in | the | church. / / # / The pinnacle of t |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 4 1 | est priest in the church. / / # / | The | pinnacle of the pontificate, |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 4 2 | , Peter’s most worthy heir, / | the | saintly Sergius then held the |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 4 4 | cond to none in piety. / Before | the | fourth day, a vision came to |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 4 8 | hastens to this city, / sent by | the | leader of the Franks with a g |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 4 10 | nsecrate him as a bishop with | the | highest honour. / Let him also, |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 4 13 | ter he had said these things, | the | angel returned to the hall of |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 5 1 | ed to the hall of heaven. / / # / | The | blessed pope straightaway ass |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 5 2 | e angelic advice, / and treated | the | servant of God with a kindly |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 5 5 | e ordered him to be called by | the | fatherly name Clement; / and ha |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 5 6 | d handed over to him whatever | the | saint wanted for himself, / pro |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 6 1 | r these things had been done, | the | servant of the Lord / returned |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 6 2 | rvant of the Lord / returned to | the | land of the Franks, coming st |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 6 3 | ened by the highest gift, / and | the | whole people received him the |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 6 4 | rejoicing, / desiring to drain | the | rivers of salvation flowing w |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 6 5 | flowing with honey, / and these | the | splendid father freely grante |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 6 6 | granted to them all, / watering | the | hearts of all with the heaven |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 6 7 | y dew of Christ, / and wherever | the | pious priest came by chance, / |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 6 8 | / with God’s help he plucked | the | pleasant fruits / of the Cathol |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 6 9 | lucked the pleasant fruits / of | the | Catholic faith, until he had |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 6 10 | led with the knowledge of God / | the | cities, the villages and town |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 7 1 | e. / / # / Nor was he confined by | the | borders of the Franks, / but he |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 7 2 | nks, / but he sought to scatter | the | seeds of the divine word furt |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 7 3 | he divine word further, / among | the | tribes of the Frisians, who h |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 7 4 | by an ancient error, / or among | the | Danes, a mighty ferocious peo |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 7 5 | ould not then convert them to | the | gift of faith, indeed, / becaus |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 8 4 | ed in peace, / keeping watch on | the | Lord’s people in those regi |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 8 5 | eople in those regions, / while | the | door of eternal salvation was |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 8 8 | ice; and when Pepin completed / | the | time of his present life, he |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 9 1 | . / / # / And he soon nobly ruled | the | royal reins, / extending the bo |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 9 2 | ed the royal reins, / extending | the | borders by conquering foreign |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 9 3 | gh triumphs, and he even beat | the | Frisians in battle: / he drove |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 10 1 | r hands . / / # / Then Willibrord | the | evangelical man came back, / br |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 10 2 | man came back, / bringing them | the | words of life, and he dipped |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 10 3 | ed in holy baptism / those whom | the | holy man had first filled wit |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 10 4 | ourishing gifts of faith, / and | the | light had risen on a people w |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 10 5 | long time / been residing in | the | shadow of death; the true sun |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 10 6 | Christ, shone / everywhere, as | the | black darkness suddenly gave |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 11 1 | s suddenly gave way. / / # / Then | the | bishop was granted a see in t |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 11 2 | e in the city of Utrecht, / and | the | whole nation of the Frisians |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 11 3 | ject to him / in order to learn | the | doctrines of faith from a gre |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 11 6 | hed in many places, / to direct | the | people, to teach the words of |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 11 7 | o offer baptism, to feed with | the | bread of heaven, / lest the peo |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 11 8 | ith the bread of heaven, / lest | the | people go away from them star |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 11 10 | or all. / This, this was always | the | splendid bishop’s work, / / # |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 12 1 | a very great gain of souls to | the | Thunderer, / and that he might |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 12 2 | he might go willingly to meet | the | Lord returning to his servant |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 12 4 | is reason, he travelled round | the | sheep with watchful protectio |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 12 6 | deserved names, / and wherever | the | pious preacher of salvation p |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 12 7 | acher of salvation proceeded, / | the | grace of the high-throned one |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 12 8 | e him, / granting fulfilment to | the | teacher’s deeds and words. / |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 13 5 | poetry, / and send my reader to | the | prose first; / there they will |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 13 6 | l already find more fully all | the | deeds / of the great bishop , t |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 13 7 | d more fully all the deeds / of | the | great bishop , the learning, / |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 13 8 | great bishop , the learning, / | the | doctrines of the master, his |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 14 1 | hold, once at a certain time, | the | bishop, dear to God, / was tryi |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 14 3 | a certain temple by himself. / | The | guard of the idol, seeing thi |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 14 4 | med with anger, / and he struck | the | bishop’s head with a sharp |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 14 5 | head with a sharp sword; / but | the | blessed man felt no wound fro |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 14 6 | ns immediately wanted to kill | the | man, / but the gentle priest sn |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 14 7 | y wanted to kill the man, / but | the | gentle priest snatched him fr |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 15 1 | n accord. / / # / Once by chance, | the | venerable traveller took a tr |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 15 2 | e traveller took a trip / where | the | nearer path led him, as well |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 15 4 | hich a greedy rich man owned. / | The | fields’ guardian wanted to |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 15 5 | out very many insults against | the | saint; / and he also increased |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 15 6 | saint; / and he also increased | the | offence with dreadful deeds. / |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 15 7 | ul deeds. / He turned them from | the | way where the public path ind |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 15 8 | blic path indicated; / but soon | the | unhappy deceiver perished on |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 16 1 | Christ’s servant. / / # / While | the | pious inhabitant hurried to s |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 16 2 | inhabitant hurried to scatter / | the | divine seeds of heavenly life |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 16 3 | nds, / he reached a place where | the | infertile type of soil by the |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 16 5 | m of water could be found for | the | thirsty . / The holy man, desi |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 16 6 | d be found for the thirsty . / | The | holy man, desiring to help hi |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 16 7 | d them to dig a trench inside | the | tents. / When it was done, the |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 16 8 | the tents. / When it was done, | the | bishop shut himself inside al |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 16 11 | ited a sweet stream. / Suddenly | the | previously dry ground , broug |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 16 12 | ht forth a spring, / from which | the | companions drank, and carried |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 16 13 | carried with them / as much as | the | path they had begun through b |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 17 1 | . / / # / There came by chance to | the | servant of God / twelve wretche |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 17 3 | bread; / and when he saw them, | the | pious priest, moved by piety, |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 17 5 | nts, bring it, / and mix it for | the | men: the most generous blessi |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 17 7 | it enough for all of them.” / | The | crowd drank joyfully as much |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 17 8 | much as each one wanted, / yet | the | flask was full of fabulous Fa |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 1 | fabulous Falernian wine. / / # / | The | venerable one came as a guest |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 2 | ain religious house. / When all | the | work of the church had been p |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 3 | d a greeting had been sent in | the | usual way to the brothers, / he |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 4 | he brothers, / he inspected all | the | seats of the holy house, / and |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 5 | holy house, / and also entered | the | store-room, with a few compan |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 7 | ontained hardly any wine, / and | the | servant of Christ blessed it |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 8 | with the splendid staff / which | the | saintly man was always accust |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 9 | ry in his hands. / But soon, on | the | following night, amazing to s |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 10 | lowing night, amazing to say, / | the | lone guard staying in the bu |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 11 | , saw the wine increase / until | the | barrel was full with nectar f |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 12 | pily reported this quietly to | the | venerable father, / and the pio |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 13 | to the venerable father, / and | the | pious bishop gave him orders |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 14 | m orders to stay silent / until | the | day he died, since he did not |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 19 1 | lf. / / # / There was a man among | the | people who was a generous hos |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 19 2 | st to travellers: / quite often | the | outstanding bishop was accust |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 19 4 | hen he came on a certain day, | the | man knew nothing beforehand / a |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 19 6 | ot have any cups of wine, / for | the | dear teacher who had suddenly |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 19 7 | r who had suddenly come. / When | the | father was aware of this, he |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 19 8 | s all of moderate size, which | the | boys usually carried with the |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 19 10 | Now quickly mix them for us: | the | blessing of Christ will, / I be |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 19 11 | e, with kindly mercy increase | the | wine.” / It was done and turn |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 19 14 | nions, drinking wine. / Through | the | gift of Christ there was enou |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 1 | nough drink for them all. / / # / | The | weary servant of the Lord, wa |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 3 | fields with heavenly showers. / | The | pious prelate entered the mea |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 5 | nions. / That man began to beat | the | horses and force them from th |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 6 | ce them from the meadows, / and | the | pious priest spoke to him wit |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 10 | let us always be friends.” / | The | rich man proudly responded wi |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 12 | refuse to drink with you.” / | The | bishop straightaway seized up |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 14 | fter these words were spoken, | the | servant of the Lord proceeded |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 15 | Lord proceeded willingly, / and | the | wicked rich man returned to h |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 20 | omach burned, but he spat out / | the | drink of Bacchus, and he burn |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 22 | octor relieve his pain, / until | the | wretch himself recognized his |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 23 | suffering torments because of | the | words of God’s servant; / for |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 24 | / for that reason he hoped for | the | return of the gracious bishop |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 25 | eturn of the gracious bishop. / | The | old man came himself when the |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 26 | e following year arrived, / and | the | wretch came up to him and con |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 27 | ed his bitter punishment, / and | the | pious man forgave him for wha |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 30 | long lack of appetite, / taking | the | cup, he swallowed a full drau |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 4 | day and night with praises of | the | Lord. / Among these was a house |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 9 | longed pain; / but they all had | the | same excessive terror of deat |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 10 | or of death. / They had hope in | the | servant of Christ, and they s |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 12 | ous father came and fulfilled | the | women’s wishes, / and their n |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 14 | eceive them then, / but through | the | prayers of the saint the bitt |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 15 | , / and they rendered praise to | the | Lord for their saved lives. / / |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 1 | rd for their saved lives. / / # / | The | whole house of a certain fath |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 2 | was vexed / for a long time by | the | rather frequent incursions of |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 7 | ds / and cast them into flames; | the | dread force bore away by nigh |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 9 | d to send it, screaming, into | the | burning fire, / but it was bare |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 12 | e to purge this plague, / until | the | servant of God himself, summo |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 14 | a blessed stream upon them in | the | name of Christ. / The prelate, |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 15 | n them in the name of Christ. / | The | prelate, prescient about even |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 17 | consumed by flames : / through | the | enemy: “Please do not let t |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 19 | er to fortify it quickly from | the | blessed spring. / Afterwards, t |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 20 | od’s gift you will not have | the | plague of the serpent, / and yo |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 22 | , everything was fulfilled in | the | father’s stated sequence. / F |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 23 | hen on, no such trial touched | the | house, / but its inhabitant rem |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 23 2 | d future events before, / which | the | subsequent unfolding of event |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 23 3 | proved true; / and at this time | the | son of Duke Charles Pepin by |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 23 5 | er wished, / and concerning him | the | prophet predicted the followi |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 23 6 | hall be more exalted than all | the | other / dukes of the Franks who |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 23 7 | d than all the other / dukes of | the | Franks whom the long ages hav |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 23 10 | ighty victories.” / It is not | the | task of our verses to point o |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 23 11 | ted in true speech throughout | the | whole world. / / # / That man of |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 24 3 | ed, / pious in heart, gentle to | the | humble and harsh to the proud |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 24 4 | to the proud, / a comforter to | the | wretched, poor to himself but |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 24 5 | fter he had been perfected in | the | deserved years of his life, / t |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 24 6 | e deserved years of his life, / | the | pious priest completed eight |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 24 8 | hen indeed, eight days before / | the | Ides of November, he passed o |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 24 9 | of heaven, / and was joined to | the | angelic throngs, blessed alwa |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 25 1 | avenly hymns without end. / / # / | The | brothers took care to bury hi |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 25 3 | h great honour of praise. / But | the | sarcophagus in which the brot |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 25 4 | y the body, / was too short for | the | body of the father. / They beca |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 25 6 | d, but amazing to say / behold, | the | stone of the coffin suddenly |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 25 7 | etch, / and it fitted itself to | the | shape of the blessed body. / / # |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 26 1 | of the blessed body. / / # / Amid | the | burial rites the fragrance of |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 26 2 | ce of a wondrous odour / filled | the | whole church with ambrosial n |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 26 4 | n angelic company had come / to | the | blessed father’s funeral wi |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 27 3 | previously built in praise of | the | Lord, / in which God will produ |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 27 5 | vation even till now. / Many of | the | sick are healed through with |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 27 6 | t usually sends light towards | the | body of the mighty bishop. / Ch |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 27 9 | o away glad, set free through | the | gift of Christ. / / # / In the pl |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 28 1 | gh the gift of Christ. / / # / In | the | place where the sacred bed of |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 28 3 | seems to shine, / because here | the | spirit of the bishop, leaving |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 28 4 | he prison of the flesh, / seeks | the | high stars by his living meri |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 28 5 | eternal light with Christ and | the | saints, / as the light, which i |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 28 6 | ith Christ and the saints, / as | the | light, which is frequently se |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 29 3 | truly sweeter than any spice: / | the | truth of this is proved by ma |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 29 7 | y relics, / ones most worthy of | the | merits of so great a father? / |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 29 10 | ous heart in that place / where | the | outstanding father rests with |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 30 5 | he was carried and lay before | the | body of God’s saint, / pourin |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 30 8 | er to hope for health / through | the | servant of Christ, and that v |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 30 12 | ll her bones and sinews. / Soon | the | woman arose restored in her w |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 30 14 | ing had been carried there in | the | arms of another. / / # / Behold, |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 31 3 | ck to his bones, / and likewise | the | limbs of his afflicted body t |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 31 8 | brought by friendly hands, to | the | church / in which the pious lim |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 31 9 | hands, to the church / in which | the | pious limbs of the mighty bis |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 31 11 | for his health. / Straightaway | the | grace of compassionate Christ |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 31 13 | ran throughout his limbs: / and | the | flexible arrangement of sinew |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 31 14 | d force and vigour crept into | the | bones throughout the marrow. / |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 31 19 | thanks to omnipotent God / for | the | gifts of health; praise be to |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 32 1 | re was a young , a servant of | the | altar with a corrupt mind, / an |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 32 2 | t mind, / and he secretly stole | the | gifts of a holy temple: / also |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 32 4 | en in a cruel theft, / one that | the | servant of Christ used to car |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 32 5 | used to carry with him, / when | the | pious traveller took a trip, |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 32 6 | his companion, / on account of | the | many relics which he had plac |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 32 7 | e had placed inside it. / Soon, | the | wicked perpetrator of crime s |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 32 8 | st vengeance followed on from | the | unspeakable sin, / and the unha |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 32 9 | from the unspeakable sin, / and | the | unhappy man perished, destroy |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 32 10 | y a cruel pestilence,. / But at | the | point of death he revealed th |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 32 13 | grew, alongside praise, / among | the | brothers and the people, when |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 33 4 | e Britain was his mother, / and | the | fatherland of the Irish was h |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 33 6 | his buried limbs right up to | the | present day. / His father Wilgi |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 33 13 | forth. / There was a man among | the | people called Wilgils, by nam |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 33 15 | in morals, well loved by all | the | people, / one for whom a chaste |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 5 | little by little, to fill out | the | horns, / until the light beamed |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 6 | to fill out the horns, / until | the | light beamed before her in a |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 9 | beaming light. / On waking from | the | dream, the woman retraced the |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 12 | certain priest, / whose life in | the | church had been approved. / Whe |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 13 | hurch had been approved. / When | the | aforementioned priest weighed |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 14 | his heart, / and he understood | the | visions from above by means o |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 15 | eans of new material. / At last | the | prophet responded to the woma |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 17 | ful speech: / “Woman, you saw | the | small moon grow, / and you saw |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 18 | small moon grow, / and you saw | the | whole of the horns filled wit |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 20 | e bringing forth new light in | the | whole world. / A small little i |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 26 | held, / he will illuminate with | the | celestial light of highest he |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 27 | / All things came to pass in | the | order that the prophet had sa |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 28 | hat the prophet had said, / and | the | outcome of events proved the |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 30 | m, / his father placed upon him | the | name Willibrord. / His life, fa |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 33 | n outlined in my verses. / Soon | the | splendid father abandoned the |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 39 | r every good deed. / After this | the | sacred servant pursued greate |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 40 | nd, / and desired to walk alone | the | road of contemplation. / He beg |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 41 | ntemplation. / He began between | the | headlands of the wave-soundin |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 44 | enly flowers / and be free from | the | evil worries of the world. / Th |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 45 | orld. / This man passed through | the | remainder of his lifetime alo |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 47 | y and by night; / he endured to | the | end very many battles with th |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 51 | rvant, / and a certain grace of | the | compassionate Christ / performe |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 55 | her it was to be placed above | the | rooftops / so that it might sca |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 59 | s enough to know just this of | the | father’s life, / which always |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 60 | always and everywhere pleased | the | high-throned one more. / The li |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 61 | ed the high-throned one more. / | The | life of God’s servant provi |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 62 | ny people, / and was witness of | the | inclination of his heart. / Kin |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 63 | d this servant of Christ, and | the | whole people / throughout his h |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 71 | e. / His happy spirit passed to | the | heavenly hall, / and took posse |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 72 | oys without end together with | the | saints, . / The brothers took c |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 73 | d together with the saints, . / | The | brothers took care to bury hi |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 74 | been built and stood next to | the | sea-shore, / and shines consecr |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 75 | / and shines consecrated with | the | glory of your name, / virgin Ma |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 79 | always potent in honour. / You, | the | life of the world, the joy fo |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 80 | d, the joy for all centuries, / | the | king of heaven, the Lord and |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 81 | the Lord and God, / you bore in | the | shelter of your womb, eternal |
| ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 83 | p us by your prayers! / Alcuin, | the | unlearned songster, has sung |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 2 | e celebrated there flourishes | the | glory of a new church, / which |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 3 | a new church, / which signals | the | bright banners of a sacred vi |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 4 | ictory; / here Peter and Paul, | the | lights of the murky world, / o |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 5 | tstanding fathers who control | the | reins of people, / are acclaim |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 6 | laimed with frequent songs in | the | holy hall. / Ethereal key-bear |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 7 | ey-bearer, you who throw open | the | portal to the skies, / unlocki |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 8 | rtal to the skies, / unlocking | the | shining realms of the Thunder |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 9 | eavens: / listen mercifully to | the | petitions of people praying, |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 11 | h irrigating streams; / accept | the | sighs of those bewailing comm |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 12 | burning prayers are scorching | the | evils of life! / And you, the |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 13 | the evils of life! / And you, | the | greatest teacher, who were su |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 16 | nged, Paul: / you began to see | the | bright light after the shadow |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 17 | hrow open now kindly ears to | the | voices of those praying / and |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 18 | raying / and as a protector to | the | fearful, together with Peter, |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 19 | hand / who frequent and visit | the | sacred threshold of the churc |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 21 | lowing from liberal piety and | the | heavenly font: / which shall n |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 2 | still for worthy folks. / / # 2 / | The | protection of Mary guards thi |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 3 | hall of the Lord: / and to her | the | heights of new church are con |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 5 | se up with sacred victories. / | The | honour of the scared mother i |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 6 | in this church, / who produced | the | true light from the light of |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 9 | rgin mother: / hear mercifully | the | petitions of people praying, |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 11 | ms / and, on bended leg, pound | the | earth with their knees, / whil |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 13 | f their tears / and obliterate | the | evils of life with frequent p |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 15 | from her womb a King to save | the | ages, / who alone rightly cont |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 16 | , / who alone rightly controls | the | ruling of the world, / just as |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 18 | d from angelic speech, / after | the | high-throned father had sent |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 19 | he stars. / She it was she whom | the | outstanding prophet described |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 20 | e once ruled in richness over | the | fields of Jerusalem: / a garde |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 23 | a quivering dove. / And to her | the | prescient messenger spoke: / b |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 24 | u will beget an offspring for | the | ages / and as a mother about t |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 26 | will produce an infant; / may | the | son of the high-throned one b |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 27 | called blessed for all time! / | The | most sainted spirit will come |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 29 | refuge for your heart; / it is | the | father’s lofty might that w |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 30 | / And after this had been said | the | mother’s innards grew swoll |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 31 | hild / who, once born, delivers | the | world from its wretched stain |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 3 | king was erected : / by Bugga, | the | noble daughter of King Centwi |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 4 | / who previously rightly ruled | the | kingdom of the West Saxons / u |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 5 | Saxons / until, setting aside | the | summits of the present realm, |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 6 | present realm, / he abandoned | the | world’s wealth and the cont |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 9 | / Then he set out to seek out | the | sacred life / while he left hi |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 10 | e he left his own kingdom for | the | name of Christ; / and nonethel |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 15 | a holy cell. / Then he sought | the | heavenly citadels through his |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 16 | ndent merits, / and was led to | the | summits of heaven by angelic |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 17 | y angelic throngs; / joined to | the | citizens of heaven he rejoice |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 19 | a powerful keeper and heir of | the | realm. / But, soon abandoning |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 20 | realm. / But, soon abandoning | the | kingdom and power of the worl |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 21 | er of the world, / he ploughed | the | surging waters with a curved |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 22 | a curved keel / and traversed | the | watery plains of the sea by o |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 23 | ry plains of the sea by oar. / | The | chilly sails crackled in the |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 24 | led in the windy gusts / until | the | barque struck the shore with |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 25 | ntried prow; / then he crossed | the | stormy Alps on foot, / hemmed |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 27 | y stacks and mountain peaks. / | The | clemency of Rome rejoiced in |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 28 | in his arrival; / and likewise | the | clergy of the church in Rome |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 29 | ch in Rome were gladdened / as | the | fortunate man deserved to be |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 30 | the waters of baptism. / After | the | baptismal robes, then, overta |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 32 | eath in mortal life, / seeking | the | lofty realms of the heavenly |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 33 | heavenly skies, / ascending to | the | bright peak of starry Olympus |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 36 | , / a third ruler here took up | the | splendid reign, / and folk acc |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 37 | n, / and folk acclaim him with | the | proper name of Ine; / and he n |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 38 | ; / and he now duly rules over | the | kingdom of the Saxons. / Durin |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 39 | ons. / During his reign Bugga, | the | humble servant of Christ, / bu |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 42 | e; / moreover, she consecrated | the | apse to an altar for the virg |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 45 | s in turn to Christ our God! / | The | months unfold with their succ |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 47 | quence: / may antiphons strike | the | ear with sweet harmonies / and |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 48 | ear with sweet harmonies / and | the | singing of psalms ring out fr |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 49 | ng out from twin choirs; / may | the | articulate voice of the prece |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 51 | song! / Brothers, let us praise | the | Thunderer with concordant voi |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 52 | th concordant voice, / and let | the | throng of nuns call out likew |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 54 | / and responds appropriate to | the | feast-days beneath the vaulti |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 55 | ting of the church, / uttering | the | melodies with the frequent ac |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 56 | / and let us strive to strain | the | lyre with its ten strings, / j |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 57 | ith its ten strings, / just as | the | psalmist urges us to pluck wi |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 58 | s. / Let every one of us adorn | the | new temple with their voice, |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 59 | male or female reader unfold | the | sacred volumes. / That very day |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 60 | umes. / That very day, on which | the | feast-day of the temple shone |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 61 | ast-day of the temple shone, / | the | Virgin Mary consecrated with |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 62 | secrated with her own birth, / | the | day which the month of August |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 63 | urning Sextilis is divided in | the | middle of its rotation. / It r |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 64 | rotation. / It restores again | the | joys in our hearts / when the |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 65 | the joys in our hearts / when | the | solemn feast-day of Mary retu |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 66 | returns in its sequence, / and | the | venerable altars are ablaze w |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 68 | ith gentle light inside / when | the | sun happens to shine through |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 69 | ading its clear light through | the | rectangular temple. / There ar |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 70 | re are very many ornaments in | the | new chapel: / a golden cloth g |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 72 | fers a beautiful covering for | the | sacred altar. / And a golden c |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 77 | ife, / for we are nourished by | the | body and sacred blood of Chri |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 78 | ood of Christ. / Here glistens | the | metal sheet of the cross made |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 79 | made from tawny gold / and with | the | metal likewise adorned with s |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 83 | ll breathe out ambrosia / when | the | priests are told to offer mas |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 84 | t bright glory be declared to | the | unbegotten father, / and let g |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 85 | t glory be offered no less to | the | begotten son, / and may the Ho |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 1 | to the begotten son, / and may | the | Holy Ghost receive comparable |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 2 | 1 / Peter crowns this apse with | the | destiny of the saints, / the c |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 3 | h the destiny of the saints, / | the | celestial key-bearer who thro |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 4 | opens the gateway to heaven / | the | doorkeeper unlocking the thre |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 5 | s twofold teaching throughout | the | world, / and it stands rightly |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 7 | n in two books / which capture | the | precepts of Christ with an op |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 11 | s bands of men / snatched from | the | whirlpool of the world to the |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 12 | o the eternal realm, / just as | the | saviour promised with a true |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 14 | ed boat. / And he trod on foot | the | blue waters of the shining de |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 15 | ers of the shining deep: / but | the | sea did not swallow up the on |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 16 | in its swelling waves / since | the | right hand of Christ quietene |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 18 | ealed, they returned again to | the | light of life / even though th |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 19 | h they had previously crossed | the | threshold of black death. / He |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 20 | ck death. / He too, relying on | the | power of God, restored a man |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 23 | urs / had by chance carried to | the | temple, to walk on healed fee |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 25 | le who concealed / with deceit | the | unspeakable price of an estat |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 26 | / Moreover, he purged entirely | the | magical deceptions / of the fa |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 27 | ly the magical deceptions / of | the | false Simon [Magus], forcing |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 28 | nto dark shadows / and freeing | the | Roman people from ancient err |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 29 | ror. / For [Simon] had climbed | the | very lofty top of a new tower |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 31 | he set off to fly; / but soon | the | villainous glutton, abandonin |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 32 | iry breezes, / smashed flat on | the | ground, with shattered bones; |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 34 | e to Peter. / And he, fixed on | the | cross rejoicing, underwent to |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 36 | s of a cruel sword. / And God, | the | omnipotent judge, carried Pet |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 1 | rned with eternal triumphs to | the | heights of heaven. / / # 4.2 / Sau |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 5 | from him a holy crop grew in | the | furrow of the world. / And God |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 6 | n to him, an unbeliever, from | the | citadel of heaven: / why do yo |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 8 | submerged day and night under | the | surging the sea, / he deserved |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 10 | / snatched up, he ascended to | the | third peak of heaven, / and wi |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 11 | en, / and with his mind he saw | the | splendid gatherings of the sk |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 12 | endid gatherings of the sky. / | The | impudent sorceress called out |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 13 | ice; / but after Paul purified | the | girl the spirit departed, / an |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 15 | youthful boy who was entering | the | abodes of death, / as his spir |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 17 | d did he not rightly deprives | the | sorcerer of both his eyes, / s |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 20 | fate had formerly deprived of | the | ability to walk. / So too, wit |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 21 | bility to walk. / So too, with | the | Lord providing a remedy, he q |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 25 | piously piling a brushwood on | the | fire / so that he might drive |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 26 | e / so that he might drive out | the | wintry clouds with its heat / a |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 28 | fangs; / but Paul did not feel | the | chilly poison in the wound, / |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 29 | poison in the wound, / nor was | the | fierce venom able to harm the |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 30 | the saint; / finally he flung | the | snake, covered with its scaly |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 31 | ts scaly skin, / straight into | the | black flames, to be burnt. / A |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 32 | urnt. / After he had completed | the | course of this transitory lif |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 34 | artyrdom with red blood, / and | the | purple gore ran in a stream f |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 36 | etheless, his spirit ascended | the | lofty citadels, / led through |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 1 | lofty citadels, / led through | the | cloudy skies by angelic hosts |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 2 | c hosts. / / # 4.3 / Here likewise | the | church will be protected by t |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 5 | ly flesh. / God, walking along | the | shore of the sea, engaged him |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 6 | authority, as he was crossing | the | waters of the sea in a small |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 7 | aightaway Andrew, inspired by | the | voice of the Thunderer, / had |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 8 | the Thunderer, / had faith in | the | eternal king, the saviour of |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 11 | han speech. / Who can tally up | the | towns with their populous cro |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 13 | ed believing hearts to Christ | the | King? / Indeed he made atoneme |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 15 | he was hanged as a martyr on | the | spreading stock of the cross; |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 16 | ck of the cross; / he finished | the | last breath of the mortal lif |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 3 | by an ageing father, / defends | the | lofty temple with its holy ro |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 4 | y Christ was calling him from | the | shore of the sea, / he left hi |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 5 | left his own father behind in | the | curved boat. / James was the f |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 6 | n the curved boat. / James was | the | first to convert the Spanish |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 7 | verting with his divine words | the | barbarian hordes; / having bee |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 9 | ey worshipped for a long time / | the | ancient rites and ghastly shr |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 10 | of the dreadful demon. / Here | the | amazing apostle performed ver |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 12 | uly written in square tomes. / | The | savage tyrant Herod, a tetrar |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 14 | e was struck by a sword. / But | the | lofty Father, who rightly lea |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 1 | s to triumph, / carried him to | the | celestial citadels, with his |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 2 | his merits shining. / / # 4.5 / In | the | meantime, no less was the vir |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 4 | behind with his ageing father | the | curved boat , / containing the |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 5 | the curved boat , / containing | the | watery catch from the sea in |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 6 | reviously used to sweep along | the | blue waters with seaweedy oar |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 7 | aving snares for fish beneath | the | surface of the sea; / but when |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 8 | en Christ called him, he left | the | waters struggling against the |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 9 | ggling against the shore / and | the | net-bearing boat, and, togeth |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 10 | ear brother, / he too followed | the | Lord who reigns in the citade |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 11 | the citadel of heaven. / He was | the | outstanding disciple of Chris |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 12 | hrist the King, / ahead of all | the | others, adored with great lov |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 13 | ers, adored with great love. / | The | ruler who ruled the realms of |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 14 | le, carried by a ferry across | the | seas. / Set in that place, as |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 17 | parchment and read throughout | the | world. / This aforesaid apostl |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 19 | t to receive his rewards when | the | battle-trumpet blares / as the |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 1 | the battle-trumpet blares / as | the | last days pass away with form |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 2 | 4.6 / Here Thomas, who acquired | the | Greek name Didymus, / keeps th |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 3 | he Greek name Didymus, / keeps | the | holy church with its patched |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 4 | ng. / And he, after he touched | the | wounds made by the cruel spea |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 5 | l spear, / believed at once in | the | King who is the saviour of th |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 8 | ief / in his doubtful heart as | the | redeemer, rising from death, |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 9 | mer, rising from death, / left | the | secret chaos of hell accompan |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 10 | d by a mighty multitude. / But | the | red scar soon converted the d |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 11 | erted the doubtful one / after | the | disciple touched the slight w |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 12 | of a savage blade, / as Christ | the | peace-bringing saviour entere |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 14 | l crowd was hiding. / Therefore | the | venerable offspring of the Th |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 16 | splendid success, / to convert | the | peoples of the orient with ho |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 18 | s, / having been instructed by | the | stupid teachings of its ancie |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 19 | nt parents; / but it confessed | the | faith when Thomas won its sal |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 20 | lieved in Christ, who governs | the | kingdom of heaven. / Accordingl |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 21 | m of heaven. / Accordingly when | the | time of this present life was |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 25 | t to receive his rewards when | the | earth gapes open of its own a |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 3 | unt / and was strengthened by | the | blessed name Christ’s cousi |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 5 | from out of highest Olympus. / | The | Jewish people , raging in per |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 6 | club, after he was shoved off | the | battlements of the church, / b |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 7 | church, / because, climbing to | the | roof of the temple, the pries |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 8 | iest used to preach / Christ to | the | people in frequent speech. / A |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 11 | , / striking with bended knees | the | pavement of the church. / He s |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 12 | nt of the church. / He scorned | the | woollen covering of a shaggy |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 14 | despising fragrant balsam for | the | body, / he entirely avoided th |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 15 | he body, / he entirely avoided | the | splendour of the baths in tho |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 16 | s in thought. / He did not cut | the | curls of his head with iron s |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 17 | ors, / nor did any razor shave | the | down of facial hair from his |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 18 | from his cheeks. / So great was | the | fame of his powers was so gre |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 20 | cruel death, / there occurred | the | destruction of Jerusalem and |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 22 | s father too, who was born in | the | Roman citadel, / laid siege to |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 23 | Roman citadel, / laid siege to | the | spacious city with armed sold |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 24 | amine consumed with slaughter | the | crowds / hemmed in by ramparts |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 25 | ramparts and enclosed within | the | prison of the city walls. / It |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 28 | spits; / when he was cooked on | the | flames, the cruel mother bega |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 29 | to eat him, / utterly breaking | the | laws of human nature: / I shud |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 30 | ature: / I shudder to speak of | the | lad’s cruel death. / In this |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 31 | cruel death. / In this way did | the | vengeance of the Cross punish |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 32 | ruction; / in this way too did | the | martyrdom of James punish the |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 34 | died all at once / throughout | the | wretched city with its inhabi |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 36 | y here and there, / those whom | the | rigid blade of iron spared, n |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 1 | d, / and escaped death through | the | scanty rations of starvation. |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 4 | th sacred teaching, he taught | the | barbarous hordes / throughout |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 5 | Scythia to believe in Christ, | the | saviour of the ages. / They la |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 6 | paralyzed for a long time in | the | dread shadow of death, / denyi |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 7 | ead shadow of death, / denying | the | creator of light in their dar |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 9 | n, / until their ears embraced | the | apostolic preaching. / But loo |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 10 | reaching. / But looking out on | the | bright light of the perpetual |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 12 | mersed in holy water, / purging | the | stain of sin in the fountain |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 16 | s to Christ / when it received | the | splendid words of the preachi |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 17 | preaching disciple. / Thus did | the | blessed man convert the realm |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 1 | h through fatal destiny; / and | the | altar consecrated to him will |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 2 | 4.9 / Expansive India stands as | the | last of the lands of the eart |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 3 | the lands of the earth, / which | the | writings in books separate in |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 5 | s. / But Bartholomew destroyed | the | unsaintly sanctuaries, / right |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 6 | anctuaries, / rightly smashing | the | images of ancient gods. / A th |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 7 | he images of ancient gods. / A | the | Hebrew language in foreign sp |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 8 | in foreign speech names him / | the | offspring of one suspending t |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 10 | rainy drops, / which signifies | the | noble doctrine of boundless h |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 11 | rine of boundless heaven, / as | the | poet once sang in a verse of |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 12 | verse of the Psalms: / behold | the | dark water drips from the clo |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 13 | ter these events he purchased | the | bloody garland of martyrdom / |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 14 | f martyrdom / and, marked with | the | stigma of Christ, he follows |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 1 | st, he follows the Lord; / and | the | altar venerated for him will |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 2 | 4.10 / Matthew, in writing down | the | outstanding teaching of salva |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 5 | ngs now make known throughout | the | tripartite world. / The River |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 6 | ughout the tripartite world. / | The | River Fison, flowing forth fr |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 7 | nt of Paradise / and revealing | the | hidden mysteries of things, m |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 8 | , marvellously betokens him. / | The | saviour properly signifies th |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 10 | old channels / just as once at | the | beginning of the nascent worl |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 11 | lear rivers flowed throughout | the | wide earth, / which irrigated |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 13 | s and crystal-clear moisture / | the | red flowers and the flourishi |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 14 | on the soil: / in this way did | the | teaching of God flow from the |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 16 | th its holy springs. / Matthew, | the | true writer, once expressed i |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 17 | A prophet of God, filled with | the | Holy Spirit, / once saw him to |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 19 | s, / because he had tallied up | the | forebears and ancestors of Ch |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 20 | cestors of Christ, / from whom | the | saviour had taken on the crad |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.11 1 | flesh in this world removing | the | guilt of sins. / / # 4.11 / Simon |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.11 2 | guilt of sins. / / # 4.11 / Simon | the | zealot, the same man who was |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.11 3 | lso a Canaanite, / made use of | the | name of Peter among the apost |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.11 5 | rine / so that they might seek | the | lofty kingdom by a heavenly p |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.11 7 | eserved in this church / until | the | sky and the earth and the str |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.11 8 | he sea come to nothing / up to | the | moment when the ages flicker |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.11 9 | ker in the final sparks, / and | the | mass of the earth, the mounta |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.11 10 | and the hills dissolve, / and | the | structure of creation melts l |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 1 | th flame crackling throughout | the | world. / / # 4.12 / Thaddeus, the |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 2 | the world. / / # 4.12 / Thaddeus, | the | last, concludes the holy numb |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 5 | and to Abgar, / who once ruled | the | realm of the kingdom, / after |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 6 | om, / after [Christ] condemned | the | tyrant of Tartarus to death / |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 7 | h / and emerged rejoicing from | the | dark caves of hell; / thereupo |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 9 | man is also commonly known by | the | name of Jude; / his praises ar |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 10 | his praises are celebrated in | the | present building. / He produced |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 12 | bringing forth from his mouth | the | ancient words / which the prop |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 13 | outh the ancient words / which | the | prophet Enoch had written dow |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 14 | own in ancient times, / before | the | greedy Flood had punished the |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 15 | h its waves, / saying: behold, | the | Lord comes with his holy thou |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 16 | ement on all those inhabiting | the | earth. / He calls them clouds |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 22 | ing surges of waves, / calling | the | guilty wandering stars of hea |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 24 | his holy teachings, converted | the | savage races / and barbarous r |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 25 | aces / and barbarous realms of | the | Pontus to the Lord. / His body |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 27 | n death / to be resurrected at | the | end of ordained time; / but hi |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.13 1 | his spirit nevertheless roams | the | heavenly citadels. / / # 4.13 / No |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.13 2 | / / # 4.13 / Now I have put forth | the | twelve names of the fathers / |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.13 3 | names of the fathers / by whom | the | world was converted and belie |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.13 5 | at they may mercifully reduce | the | weight of my sins / and, grant |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.13 6 | ting forgiveness, may absolve | the | iniquities I have committed / t |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.13 7 | niquities I have committed / to | the | end that, strengthened by div |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 5 1 | divine grace, / I may enter as | the | last into rest, with Christ r |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 5 3 | e is said to have been one of | the | seventy / of the Lord’s disc |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 5 4 | e been one of the seventy / of | the | Lord’s disciples who taught |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 5 7 | ived by a wicked trick, / lost | the | lofty peak of his apostolic g |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 5 9 | ul entrails / when he burst in | the | middle as he hung from a high |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 5 10 | om a high noose: / he had sold | the | Lord of light who redeems the |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 5 12 | ason Matthias, having spurned | the | wicked thief, / trusting in th |
| ALDHELM.CarmEcc 5 13 | he wicked thief, / trusting in | the | Lord made up the same number: |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 7 | ng turf or flourishing grass, / | the | mighty elements and the missh |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 8 | isshapen masses / shake beneath | the | heavenly dome of the vaulted |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 9 | ome of the vaulted sky, / while | the | structure of the world trembl |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 11 | arose, / a storm was battering | the | earth as devastation began to |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 12 | ion began to disturb it, / once | the | winds, having shattered their |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 13 | aints, began to go berserk in | the | world. / Then, having gained |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 17 | er, viciously sweeping across | the | ground furiously, / frenzied in |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 18 | gusts, began to approach from | the | direction / from where the blaz |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 19 | from the direction / from where | the | blazing lamps of Titan set, / a |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 21 | for some inglorious victory, / | the | disrupted earth began to trem |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 23 | disturbed at once. / Nor did | the | raindrops begin to moisten ge |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 24 | ut menacingly / began to drench | the | circuit of the earth with dri |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 25 | with dripping showers. / When | the | rivers were flooded with exce |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 26 | flooded with excessive rain, / | the | whirlwind began to pound the |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 28 | ck clouds on high. / Nor were | the | heights of heaven free from t |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 31 | e and dread clouds. / So with | the | order of things disturbed, th |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 32 | gs disturbed, the Godhead / of | the | sister of Phoebus grows dark, |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 33 | her brilliant light; / nor was | the | light-bearing, flame-wearing, |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 36 | , as if by a dusky dimness. / | The | most splendid circuits of the |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 37 | ar do not plainly appear / from | the | north-western region of the N |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 38 | keeping its course; / likewise | the | splendid sequence of the Plei |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 40 | s: / these stars climb through | the | skies from the direction of t |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 41 | ion of the rising sun. / Then | the | gleaming scales of Libra, wit |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 42 | nced pans, began to grow dim; / | The | cycle of the zodiac is darken |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 46 | ming as it usually did, / Since | the | blackest coverings of cloud o |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 47 | ing flashes widely throughout | the | heights of heaven, / when their |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 49 | points spew forth pale fire, / | the | origin of which derives from |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 50 | clashing clouds. / Likewise, | the | blue sea-waves are piled up o |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 51 | iled up on the shingle, / where | the | assault and aggression of the |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 52 | e winds assails. / Throughout | the | paths of the sea the salty pl |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 53 | ty plains were foaming, / while | the | undulating swell began to boi |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 54 | boil with wintry waves; / when | the | ocean with its mighty bulk an |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 55 | ge flood-tides / began to pound | the | promontories with victory at |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 56 | ictory at hand: / in such a way | the | sea began to swell with savag |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 57 | inds / forced by blasts against | the | rocky shores. / What shall I |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 58 | shores. / What shall I say of | the | mighty works of the one thron |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 61 | appear in a manifest miracle: / | the | mercy of Christ shining throu |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 62 | h these recent events! / Then | the | fourth cockcrow, as if it wer |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 65 | g to each other, / we celebrate | the | melody of Matins and the psal |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 66 | e Divine Office: / listen, with | the | blast the pillars suddenly be |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 67 | e from their foundations; / all | the | beams, together with the vast |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 68 | e, buffeted from all sides of | the | hall. / Amidst these massive |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 71 | gns of momentous events: that | the | wooden panelling of the roof / |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 73 | d smashings. / Then, finally, | the | congregation, abandoning the |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 74 | hresholds at a run, / heads for | the | door of the church, while dis |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 75 | nt danger is deterred through | the | assistance of the Mother. / S |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 76 | the Mother. / Some, escaping | the | crisis in twin leaps / through |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 77 | crisis in twin leaps / through | the | sloping and slippery aspects |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 78 | y / began to fear mightily that | the | building would be shattered b |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 79 | ered by the crash. / Yet when | the | black darkness and obscurity |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 80 | d their cloak was fading with | the | rising brightness of dawn, / af |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 81 | ing brightness of dawn, / after | the | dark blackness was divided li |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 82 | keness of death, / then, seeing | the | rafter-fragments scattered fr |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 83 | he church, / I say: ‘Listen: | the | dread display of last night i |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 84 | st night is now clear! / See: | the | heights of the house fell rig |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 85 | o the foundations, / where once | the | purest sweet delights would b |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 86 | ould be undertaken. / Listen, | the | sunny coverings of the leafy |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 87 | leafy broom / are driven from | the | walls by the battering-rams o |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 88 | g-rams of the blasts. / Alas, | the | roofs’ coverings are laid f |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 89 | id flat in the street. / See, | the | thatch crashes from on high, |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 91 | used violations. / And unless | the | solemn feast-day of Saint Pau |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 92 | of Saint Paul / was protecting | the | trembling hearts of the terri |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 93 | en struck with lightning once | the | roof was shattered, / just as t |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 94 | e roof was shattered, / just as | the | evangelical words of the thre |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 95 | / make plain that fragments of | the | tower viciously broke / twice |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 99 | ho remains immortal! / Glory to | the | unbegotten God and to the beg |
| ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 100 | ing heaven forever along with | the | Holy Ghost! |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 2 | claim chaste recruits / and let | the | virgin receive praise from th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 3 | the four cardinal points! / Let | the | threefold God on high, who mi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 4 | o mightily created the world, / | the | ruler of the earth, ruling in |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 6 | rthy me peace in heaven / among | the | saints whom I praise right he |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 7 | I praise right here in verse. / | The | high-throned judge, who maint |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 8 | ted to them to ascend through | the | cloudless threshold / among the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 9 | the cloudless threshold / among | the | ranks of saints, who with per |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 10 | petual praise / rightly glorify | the | Thunderer governing his kingd |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 11 | ing all, shaper, and maker of | the | world, / confer on us wretches |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 14 | r protecting right hand touch | the | needy, / lest the deceitful des |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 15 | ht hand touch the needy, / lest | the | deceitful despoiler be able t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 16 | s’ threshold, / or to mislead | the | saints with a show of transgr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 17 | ow of transgressions; / or lest | the | devious thief thrust down int |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 18 | e dark pit / those whom Christ, | the | founder, protects from loftie |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 19 | watching over his fold, lest | the | ranting robber / ravaging the r |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 20 | t the ranting robber / ravaging | the | royal folds be able to say |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 21 | y ‘puppup’ twice, / but may | the | guard defend all the sheepfol |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 25 | sting light from light, / which | the | prophets call Titan in holy i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 26 | s from high heaven throughout | the | world / and whose lightning lik |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 27 | hose lightning likewise fills | the | skies with coruscation: / the o |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 28 | s the skies with coruscation: / | the | one called King of Kings and |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 31 | s can encompass him, / nor does | the | ship-bearing sea enclose him |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 32 | m with its foaming surge, / nor | the | girdles of the universe, whic |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 33 | n the high heavens. / But it is | the | lives of the famous, who thri |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1 | / Almighty Father, governing | the | world with your say-so, / you w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2 | your say-so, / you who sets up | the | shining heights of the starry |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 3 | the starry sky, / also shaping | the | earth’s foundations with yo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 4 | with your word; / you who paint | the | pale greenery with rosy bloom |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 5 | osy bloom, / and also hold back | the | sapphire surface of the wave- |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 6 | p / lest they are able to drown | the | lands’ shores in their stre |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 7 | n their streams, / but instead, | the | rocky obstacles may break the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 8 | swollen waves; / who will water | the | crops of the ploughed fields |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 9 | h a cooling spring / and swells | the | corn’s husks with cloudy sh |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 10 | h cloudy showers, / who removes | the | earth’s hiding places throu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 11 | s to say that Titan decorates | the | day and Cynthia the night), / w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 12 | ynthia the night), / who adorns | the | oceanic fields with fat fish / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 13 | sh / forming scaly squadrons in | the | grey flood; / likewise filling |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 14 | grey flood; / likewise filling | the | clear air with swiftly-flying |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 16 | ith their beaks, / and proclaim | the | creator with varied voices; / y |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 18 | y verse / I may be able to sing | the | famed deeds of saints of old, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 19 | previously my writing praised | the | chaste in prose. / So now let h |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 21 | p their praise, / as I remember | the | previous sequence of my book |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 22 | ttle book once proclaimed, in | the | keeping of a promise. / I do |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 23 | k for verses and phrases from | the | rustic Muses, / nor do I seek s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 24 | o I seek songs in metres from | the | Castalian nymphs / who, they sa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 25 | an nymphs / who, they say, keep | the | lofty peak of Helicon; / nor do |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 31 | trive to stir through prayers | the | Thunderer, / who confers upon u |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 32 | hunderer, / who confers upon us | the | revelations of the gentle Wor |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 33 | entle Word / I seek a word from | the | Word: this is what the psalmi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 34 | psalmist sang, / engendered in | the | Father’s heart, that which |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 35 | ich is his only Son, / by which | the | Father Almighty created all t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 36 | hroughout the world. / So may | the | kindly spirit of the Father a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 38 | id to a frail servant. / For in | the | godhead there is remaining a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 39 | emaining a single essence; / in | the | godhead there also remain a t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 40 | remain a threefold existence. / | The | peculiarity may therefore be |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 41 | ved in a triple name, / but let | the | majesty power be spoken of in |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 43 | ve in a triple personage, / but | the | nature of God, the outstandin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 44 | / by ruling as one manages all | the | ages. / Behold, let the promi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 45 | s all the ages. / Behold, let | the | promised songs be inscribed i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 46 | e inscribed in new verse! / Let | the | chattering page issue forth v |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 47 | orth virginal praise, / and let | the | clauses and phrases of the ve |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 48 | roceed on threefold feet: / let | the | dactyl run on except at the e |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 49 | at the end of verses, / but let | the | spondee’s syllable stay awa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 50 | e fifth part; / in this way let | the | final writing of a trochee fi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 51 | trochee finish off the verse, / | the | one that, always last, is hap |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 52 | t to the end. / In this way let | the | metrical inscriptions proceed |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 54 | e difficult for you / who relax | the | laws of nature with frequent |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 55 | re with frequent changes. / For | the | monuments of ancient books be |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 56 | ks bear witness to us novices / | the | little ass speaking with huma |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 57 | ss speaking with human voice, / | the | one that previously used to p |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 58 | when a prophet about to curse | the | people wanted to proceed / and |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 59 | wanted to proceed / and lay low | the | innocent ass with darts of wo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 64 | no purpose no one lets loose | the | strumming of speech / or plays |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 65 | h / or plays songs to Christ on | the | harp’s strings in songs. / Bu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 66 | But if indeed, anyone rejects | the | songs of the lyre’s chords / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 67 | omething better than to pluck | the | chords with a plectrum / with w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 68 | ds with a plectrum / with which | the | pious Psalmist once accompani |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 69 | e psalms, / and is keen to feed | the | mind with a mighty melody / and |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 71 | m song, / let that man, hearing | the | greatest instruments / with a t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 74 | es! / Who could properly know | the | mysteries of things / or recogn |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 76 | rough cunning reason , / unless | the | searing coal or the burning p |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 77 | burning pebble, taken up , / in | the | altar’s tongs should cleans |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 78 | should cleanse shameful lips? / | The | coal with which the Seraphim |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 80 | vedly with heavenly kindling, / | the | excellent doctor unfastens th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 81 | locks of the word, / and with | the | torches of Scripture burnt up |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 83 | earth-dwelling hordes towards | the | kingdom of heaven. / There is |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 84 | a threefold distinction among | the | human race / that now lives thr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 85 | ace / that now lives throughout | the | tripartite parts of the world |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 86 | strives on earth to purchase | the | Thunderer’s kingdom: / finall |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 89 | aw, / and endeavour through all | the | striving of their minds / to ke |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 91 | category and second degree of | the | chaste, / who, after having bee |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 93 | ried spurn marriage and sever / | the | restraints of luxury granted |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 94 | xury granted them, / abandoning | the | shocking associations of impu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 96 | ste practices / when they break | the | bonds of the marriage-bed to |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 98 | hose / whose excellence exceeds | the | customs spoken of above. / Vi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 99 | e. / Virginity, stamping down | the | false frivolities of the worl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 100 | world’s excess, / appears at | the | highest pinnacle of the virtu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 101 | irtues, / since it may stand as | the | most chaste sister of angelic |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 102 | ster of angelic life: / in whom | the | world’s beguiling wantonnes |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 103 | oes not hold sway, / but rather | the | spirit strives to control the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 105 | , / and, in overcoming, shatter | the | enormous crime of sins, / that |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 106 | are accustomed to conquering | the | ironclad minds of many, / even |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 108 | Therefore to these categories | the | ruler of Olympus / spreads wide |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 109 | ruler of Olympus / spreads wide | the | gates of the heavenly hall an |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 112 | seed he confers fruits, / which | the | kindly glory of the eternal k |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 113 | told would burgeon / throughout | the | barren plots of ploughed eart |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 115 | / in a hundredfold measure for | the | holy virgins , / who spurn in t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 116 | ns , / who spurn in their heart | the | world’s false displays, / tra |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 117 | false displays, / tramping down | the | fetid taints of impure flesh; |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 118 | lesh; / likewise indeed Christ, | the | glory of the heavens, / declare |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 119 | lared a sixty-fold fruit from | the | field of the earth; / the sheav |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 120 | from the field of the earth; / | the | sheaves the chaste reap from |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 121 | h as their own, / who now break | the | bonds of the marriage-bed, / an |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 123 | with a devout mind, / spurning | the | permitted joys of worldly dis |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 125 | eive thirty-fold bundles / from | the | field while they reap; the on |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 126 | does not entirely tramp down | the | interactions of a lawful life |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 128 | a generation of offspring / in | the | world and to produce a progen |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 133 | describes a twofold life. / For | the | blessed soul takes precedence |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 134 | ce over bodily deeds. / So let | the | mind’s monarchy rule consta |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 135 | tantly, / so that deceptions of | the | flesh do not assail the soul; |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 140 | nity’s crowns! / What pleases | the | heaven-dwellers more in our s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 142 | morations of chastity nourish | the | celestial ones; / although gene |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 144 | arth, / yet in heaven it scales | the | summits of the virtues. / Vir |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 145 | virtues. / Virginity, keeping | the | flesh chaste without fault, / s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 147 | praise other commemorations; / | the | gracious spirit of high-thron |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 148 | claims a temple for itself / if | the | blameless will is inflamed in |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 149 | n such a way in the heart, / as | the | blessed discourse of apostoli |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 151 | our loins are shrines of God. / | The | spirit of the Thunderer now d |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 153 | leaming virginity shines like | the | jewel of a crown / which encirc |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 154 | el of a crown / which encircles | the | head of the eternal king in a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 155 | ramps down with her feet upon | the | relationships of impure life, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 156 | ure life, / eradicating utterly | the | joys of lascivious flesh. / Fro |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 157 | oys of lascivious flesh. / From | the | bosom of the earth, squalid g |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 158 | arth, squalid gravel / produces | the | substance of tawny gold and g |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 159 | nd gleaming metal, / with which | the | fabric of the present world i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 160 | dorned. / So too chaste purity, | the | image of yellow gold, / is born |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 161 | of yellow gold, / is born from | the | impure flesh of an earthly pa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 162 | of an earthly parent. / Just as | the | rose surpasses all tinges of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 165 | el produces purple gems / which | the | dusty clod of impure earth co |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 166 | od of impure earth covers; / as | the | yellowing blossom emerges fro |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 167 | ’s bark / at springtime, when | the | earth sprouts shoots; / just as |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 168 | earth sprouts shoots; / just as | the | sweet date emerges at the lea |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 170 | shining pearl is nurtured in | the | squalid sea-oyster / and surpas |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 172 | ith its own splendour; / and as | the | base sand beneath the soil of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 176 | hose dwelling in heaven, / take | the | beginnings of life from an im |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 177 | rom an impure body. / Just as | the | glory of the vine stands in f |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 178 | ands in fruitful fields, / when | the | vine-shoot produces huge bunc |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 179 | es huge bunches of grapes / and | the | vineyard-worker strips the l |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 180 | ne-rows with sickles; / just as | the | stars yield to the brilliant |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 181 | the sun / when Titan lights up | the | earth with his slanting cours |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 182 | anting course, / surpassing all | the | stars of the skies above, / so |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 183 | famed virginity, which adorns | the | saints, / excel in transcending |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 184 | ts, / excel in transcending all | the | prizes of the saints. / Chastit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 185 | ints. / Chastity is also called | the | queen of the virtues / while it |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 189 | g gems. / Virginity shines like | the | ruddy purple of kings, / by whi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 192 | gin flower that does not know | the | damage of old age, / nor does i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 195 | bloom in fertile furrows, / and | the | rose with bloody petal grows |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 196 | , / by those flowers is adorned | the | wrestler who wins strongly / an |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 197 | restler who wins strongly / and | the | winner in the circus-contest |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 198 | fferently will chastity, when | the | rebel flesh has been defeated |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 199 | l flesh has been defeated / and | the | throngs of the wicked laid lo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 202 | rned by poetry’s praise / and | the | life of the chaste becomes kn |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 203 | vertheless those who maintain | the | sanctioned marriage of a lawf |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 204 | edded life / are not cheated of | the | eternal gift of Christ. / So th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 205 | he eternal gift of Christ. / So | the | scorned scrap of silver, / an o |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 206 | silver, / an ounce that weighs | the | same in the scales as twelve |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 209 | surely more golden; / nor will | the | glass lantern grow cheap for |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 212 | ing of parchment, / even though | the | bronze lantern strongly surpa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 213 | ern strongly surpasses it, / or | the | oil-lamp illuminating dark co |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 214 | dark corners with its light. / | The | pallid brightness of the moon |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 215 | time / when dark night blackens | the | world with dusky shadows, / eve |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 217 | ance more from its midst / when | the | clouds scatter and the parche |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 218 | think there should be spurned | the | deep water of a well / which a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 219 | is accustomed to draw up from | the | cistern, / even though the sple |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 220 | from the cistern, / even though | the | splendid streams of a spring |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 223 | ntirely despised, / one filling | the | gullet of its stomach with sc |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 224 | h scaly fish, / nor likewise is | the | chatty black jackdaw to be sc |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 225 | to ravage grains of corn and | the | furrows / of the pleasant field |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 226 | ns of corn and the furrows / of | the | pleasant field, snatching she |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 227 | es from the harvest, / although | the | multi-coloured feathers of th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 230 | oveliness / goes far beyond all | the | efforts of craftsmen. / In that |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 232 | at its flesh cannot decay, / as | the | writings of those ancient men |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 233 | s: / it is a sign and symbol of | the | virginity that is to be adore |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 235 | d is accustomed to tramp down / | the | wicked filth of the world, ha |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 238 | simple covering, / even though | the | sweet fruits of the palm-tree |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 239 | ee outshine them, / reproducing | the | sweet savour of nectar and ho |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 240 | avour of nectar and honey. / In | the | same way, I say, let chastity |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 241 | forever by its fame, / so that | the | page will not wish to snatch |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 242 | / those chosen people who join | the | covenant of matrimony / and liv |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 243 | matrimony / and live justly by | the | rule of chaste marriage-beds, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 244 | rriage-beds, / especially since | the | letter of the ancient law des |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 246 | splendid life, / and proclaimed | the | future gifts of God through h |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 247 | holy inspiration, / when Christ | the | saviour blessed the world. / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 248 | r blessed the world. / ELIJAH | the | prophet, whom the four Books |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 249 | outstanding, strengthened by | the | distinction of virtues, / was a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 250 | known by his fame throughout | the | ages. / Accordingly, he perform |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 253 | hecies with his words , / which | the | sequence of the book explains |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 255 | ers of fifty men to submit to | the | flames of bonfires / to be burn |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 257 | men / who were equally obeying | the | tyrant’s command of the tyr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 259 | or forty-two months / closed up | the | starry sky from the four card |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 260 | our cardinal points , / so that | the | dry sky would not produce moi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 261 | hat liquid would be denied to | the | dying plants / and the thirsty |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 262 | enied to the dying plants / and | the | thirsty meadow would not rece |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 263 | then with his assent he burst | the | clouds’ impediments, / so tha |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 264 | ers might flow copiously from | the | dusky sky / and the earth might |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 265 | iously from the dusky sky / and | the | earth might burgeon again wit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 266 | ile fields bountiful food for | the | crowd. / The eternal Judge orde |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 267 | bountiful food for the crowd. / | The | eternal Judge ordered that pr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 268 | phet to ascend / and enter into | the | golden heights of heaven in c |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 269 | He was secure, who never knew | the | separation of death, / the one |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 270 | knew the separation of death, / | the | one undergone by the host of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 271 | ors throughout the world, / and | the | horde of future descendants w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 272 | ergo; / but instead to this day | the | hero remains in the groves of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 273 | ns in the groves of paradise, / | the | same abode on high in Elysium |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 274 | ere Enoch dwells, , / whom once | the | divine power of heaven snatch |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 275 | en snatched up / lest he suffer | the | ghastly damnation of a wicked |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 276 | t reason, they carry together | the | banners of the Thunderer / into |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 277 | banners of the Thunderer / into | the | bloody struggles of war again |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 278 | r against the Antichrist. / All | the | bodies will rise up from thei |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 279 | from their gloomy graves, / and | the | closed-up tombs throughout th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 280 | up of their own accord, / when | the | trumpet blasts and the clear |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 281 | ll of the trump resounds / with | the | coming of God, who metes out |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 282 | rds to all, / whether kindly to | the | fine or truly cruel to the wi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 283 | ed. / Likewise, there adorned | the | ages with well-known miracles |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 284 | th well-known miracles / ELISHA | the | prophet, burning with virgina |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 286 | bellowing, since he destroyed | the | shrines of pagan gods; / and th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 287 | he shrines of pagan gods; / and | the | Holy Spirit will enrich him w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 288 | nrich him with a twofold gift / | the | same Spirit that bestows the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 291 | already been put to sleep by | the | chance of decease. / But the st |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 292 | by the chance of decease. / But | the | stupid lads who, calling out |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 293 | en to castigate and criticize | the | holy prophet, / he gave over aw |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 294 | prophet, / he gave over away to | the | maws of bears to be eaten up / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 299 | a twin gift; / although he was | the | hero most endowed with the in |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 302 | ly virginity adorned him with | the | flower of pure chastity / as he |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 308 | ’s womb / even before he knew | the | light of the present life, / so |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 309 | t he might eloquently declare | the | oracles of a prophet: / and it |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 310 | het: / and it is about him that | the | heavenly father’s pronounce |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 312 | orn from his mother’s womb, / | the | virgin would be sanctified by |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 313 | n exceptional gift. / Meanwhile | the | prophet is soon sent forth to |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 314 | order that he might tear down | the | demon’s kingdom and likewis |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 315 | emon’s kingdom and likewise / | the | tyrant’s rule in the world, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 316 | and might establish and build | the | kingdom of heaven, / once the w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 317 | d the kingdom of heaven, / once | the | wicked one’s deceit is dest |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 318 | e heavenly realm. / He observes | the | twin twigs of the burgeoning |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 319 | branch, / which signify perhaps | the | form of two peoples; / likewise |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 320 | ewise in turn he contemplates | the | same number of baskets: / yet h |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 322 | portends twin peoples through | the | Old Testament. / Monuments of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 327 | ples. / Therefore he proclaimed | the | times of Christ more clearly / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 328 | Christ more clearly / than all | the | ancient prophets in their pro |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 329 | ophetic utterance; / laying out | the | number of years in the correc |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 330 | he correct order / he announced | the | infancy of our king in this w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 331 | his world, / writing that after | the | passing of four hundred years |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 333 | Christ would come forth into | the | world to be the ruler. / Indeed |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 334 | the ruler. / Indeed he declared | the | future truthfully in speech: / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 335 | lms of kingdoms will arise in | the | world, / just as the savage on, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 336 | l arise in the world, / just as | the | savage on, still in bed, had |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 338 | s, while relying on his rule, | the | ruler saw / a mighty tree with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 339 | th leafy trunk growing out of | the | turf, / the towering top of whi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 340 | runk growing out of the turf, / | the | towering top of which touched |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 342 | very kind of wild beast / pluck | the | sweet nourishment of food fro |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 343 | f food from the branches; / but | the | prophet, in his prophetic hea |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 344 | rant was rightly signified by | the | lofty tree, / one whose rule he |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 346 | n, / while seven times agonized | the | proud one, / so that rightly fl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 347 | ightly fleeing he wandered in | the | thorny groves / and, as long as |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 348 | roves / and, as long as he felt | the | scorching Thunderer’s chast |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 349 | stly and shaggy he would seek | the | myrtle groves of wolves, / that |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 351 | beasts. / Daniel also destroyed | the | shrine of ungodly Bel / after t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 352 | e shrine of ungodly Bel / after | the | priests of wickedness had suf |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 353 | th a bloody death he punished | the | high priests / who were fooling |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 354 | ests / who were fooling through | the | trickery of their shrine. / At |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 357 | its horrendous maw; / and when | the | cruel beast choked down the p |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 358 | itch-black lump, / straightaway | the | guts of the punished beast ru |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 360 | might experience and tolerate | the | torments of the wicked. / In th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 361 | he torments of the wicked. / In | the | end, relying on heavenly weap |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 362 | weapons, Daniel did not fear / | the | savage jaws of beasts or the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 363 | he maws of lions, / even though | the | outstanding prophet was impri |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 367 | dangers. / Also in this way, | the | three boys, fragrant with the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 368 | y, / had once equally preserved | the | rights of purity / in scorning |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 369 | rights of purity / in scorning | the | golden image of the slow-witt |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 370 | rrifying order commanded all | the | crowds of common people / to wo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 373 | ding blasts resounded loudly; / | the | pipes resonating with harps s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 374 | with harps strike the skies; / | the | musical sambuca responded to |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 375 | uflecting and on bended knee, | the | common people / throughout the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 376 | the common people / throughout | the | fields would venerate the kin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 377 | s golden idols. / Yet however | the | Hebrew youths, scorning this |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 378 | , / did not bend bowed necks to | the | wicked images. / As a result, t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 379 | ult, that evil man threatened | the | chaste youths / with the furnac |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 380 | atened the chaste youths / with | the | furnace’s flames, so that t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 383 | bindings, / but could not burn | the | holy limbs of those blessed b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 384 | . / It is a wonder to tell that | the | flame of the oven should bake |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 385 | oven should bake the boys / in | the | grim prison with harmless fir |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 386 | s; / indeed, Virginity rebuffed | the | torments of the flames / while |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 387 | torments of the flames / while | the | hearts of the young men burne |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 388 | r a holy angel descended from | the | flaming stars / to quench the b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 389 | m the flaming stars / to quench | the | burning fire with icy blasts / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 391 | avenly shower. / But why does | the | page only proclaim ancient fa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 392 | proclaim ancient fathers / whom | the | clear testaments of ancient b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 393 | ancient books celebrate, / when | the | new dispensation, by which th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 394 | the gracious saviour / blessed | the | whole world, outshines the ol |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 395 | es the old law? / First then, | the | prophet JOHN, filled with div |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 397 | his mother’s womb he sensed | the | lord, / while Mary was bearing |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 400 | dland, champing as sustenance / | the | forest food of honey and the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 403 | ld his birth to his father / at | the | right hand of the altar by of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 404 | st , / as he happened to carry | the | thurible in its golden shrine |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 407 | matured to prophetic age, / he, | the | groomsman, foretold Christ’ |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 409 | h his holy preaching. / Indeed, | the | pure Baptist immersing the sa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 410 | lvation-bringing Thunderer / in | the | stream, dipped him in flowing |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 411 | at liquid immediately took on | the | blessed gifts of salvation / wh |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 412 | in great abundance throughout | the | four corners of the earth, / wh |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 413 | ere people everywhere receive | the | gifts of baptism. / In this way |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 414 | gifts of baptism. / In this way | the | blessed virgin, John the Bapt |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 415 | htly, / and is forever known as | the | messenger and precursor of th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 420 | s womb, was greater, / except | the | physician of the world, the b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 421 | o, John, being pure, cleansed | the | one pure without the stain of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 422 | hout the stain of sin, / and in | the | river’s flow he dipped Chri |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 423 | dipped Christ / who sanctified | the | azure waters of the undulatin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 424 | he undulating sea / and granted | the | gifts of birth with clear str |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 425 | birth with clear streams, / as | the | old return once more to the c |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 426 | Christ God was emerging from | the | blue surface of water / and wit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 427 | ith devout paces stepped onto | the | river’s banks, / the lofty co |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 428 | ped onto the river’s banks, / | the | lofty confines of heaven abov |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 429 | of heaven above opened up / and | the | skies on high thundered, as t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 430 | , with words that ran through | the | air: / ‘Behold’, He said, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 432 | ses me / should rule throughout | the | whole world.’ / The gracious |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 433 | hroughout the whole world.’ / | The | gracious spirit came down to |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 434 | down to Christ, / coming now in | the | image of a swift dove. / This b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 435 | rd , is therefore bestowed by | the | Holy Ghost, / since it alone la |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 436 | y Ghost, / since it alone lacks | the | bitterness of cruel poison / wi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 437 | ss of cruel poison / with which | the | angry flock of other birds is |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 440 | hrist’s sake of: / he endured | the | filth of prison and gloomy pi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 441 | king light while he condemned / | the | marriage of the unkind king, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 442 | of consanguinity / by defiling | the | bed of his full brother again |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 444 | that reason, without fearing | the | terrible torments of unspeaka |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 445 | akable death, / John restrained | the | tyrant with his words. / Platte |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 447 | ith flowing blood / and bore to | the | banquet of people his cut-off |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 448 | eople his cut-off head, / which | the | vicious queen demanded decept |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 450 | rl’s dance. / So therefore by | the | purple blood signified Christ |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 451 | Christ, / healing with a wound | the | dread wounds of the world: / wh |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 452 | f the world: / while he hung on | the | spreading branch of a cross / t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 453 | e spreading branch of a cross / | the | violence of the guilty compel |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 455 | / when Christ God descended to | the | wandering shades of Hell / in o |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 456 | f Hell / in order to break open | the | iron access fitted with a bar |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 457 | tted with a bar. / He shattered | the | bronze bolts of the gloomy ga |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 458 | of the gloomy gates, / just as | the | prophetic Psalmist previously |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 459 | med in song, / proclaiming that | the | Thunderer was to suffer at th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 460 | rive in my speech to proclaim | the | blessed JOHN, / Who most belove |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 462 | rned man drank fountains from | the | sacred breast; / the thirsty on |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 463 | tains from the sacred breast; / | the | thirsty one sated his stomach |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 464 | eternal streams, / and he kept | the | blooming condition of chaste |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 467 | ues grew frequent , / spreading | the | seeds of his fame throughout |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 471 | put to sleep in death, / which | the | bonds of chilly death had tig |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 472 | ad tightly bound; / by touching | the | eyes of the blind he gave the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 473 | gave them sight; / he commanded | the | crippled straightaway to go f |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 474 | o forth on well-founded feet; / | the | deaf received sonorous harmon |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 475 | ny in their ears / and likewise | the | mute loosened their lips in s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 476 | ir lips in speech; / he granted | the | maimed to live with healed ha |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 477 | swallow lethal draughts down | the | throat, / one would not feel th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 478 | he throat, / one would not feel | the | dark damage of black poisons. |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 479 | isons. / We have also read of | the | one commonly called SAUL in a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 480 | ushed Christ’s teachings at | the | commands of princes; / torturin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 481 | ommands of princes; / torturing | the | holy limbs of saintly men / bec |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 482 | saintly men / because he wished | the | darkness of the old law to ho |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 483 | w to hold sway, / and to prefer | the | rites of the ancient fathers |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 485 | of name, / blessed PAUL merited | the | recognition of apostolic fame |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 488 | usly condemned to dark prison / | the | limbs of many men who were ke |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 489 | t. / But God on high, who turns | the | hearts of the guilty, / snatche |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 490 | ched an outstanding lamb from | the | savage jaws of wolves; / he who |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 493 | ithout grey rancour, / granting | the | bright gifts of holy virtues, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 494 | y virtues, / mercifully relaxes | the | punishments of the guilty. / an |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 495 | nts of the guilty. / and he was | the | one whom the father, repeatin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 498 | , being blind, he experienced | the | loss of eyesight, / yet he howe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 499 | eyesight, / yet he however saw | the | sun shining in the sky, / which |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 501 | tanding doctor and teacher of | the | world, / converting barbarian h |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 503 | ed teachings. / LUKE is given | the | likeness of a four-footed cal |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 505 | his sacred book / setting down | the | seventy-seven names of the fa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 506 | almighty Christ descended in | the | royalty’s glory / and took on |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 508 | being born in our own flesh. / | The | sacred garlands of a virginal |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 510 | nty-four years / having set out | the | Lord’s lineage of the from |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 511 | en incomprehensible chaos and | the | stunning confusion of things / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 512 | nfusion of things / had covered | the | dark world with terrifying bl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 513 | ying blindness, / Luke unlocked | the | treasury of the fathers with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 514 | key of heaven, / right back to | the | time when the most powerful f |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 515 | our-cornered world / had formed | the | fecund earth beneath the clou |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 516 | e this physician used to heal | the | wounds of the flesh, / taking c |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 517 | of the flesh, / taking care of | the | putrid ulcers of innards with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 519 | this disciple of Paul remove | the | offences of sinning souls / and |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 520 | offences of sinning souls / and | the | crime of wickedness, which br |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 521 | t, after his death he adorned | the | seat of the Augustans / with hi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 522 | s consecrated bones where now | the | world’s sole ruler / reigns a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 523 | d’s sole ruler / reigns after | the | empire of Rome beneath the su |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 528 | t. . / Peter, who presided over | the | height of the apostolic see / b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 529 | c see / bore this child through | the | seed of the heavenly word, / an |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 530 | he heavenly word, / and granted | the | holy beginnings of baptism. / W |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 531 | this devoted disciple matches | the | teacher, / who is constantly te |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 532 | r, / who is constantly teaching | the | teachings / and often planting |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 533 | teachings / and often planting | the | divine precepts of God. / So it |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 537 | his world, / had caught up from | the | sea of the world in angelic n |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 538 | lic nets, / and drew them up to | the | stars of heaven to be blessed |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 539 | e blessed alongside him. / At | the | same time as a famous ruler s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 540 | forth in this world, / to whom | the | whole earth gave the name Con |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 541 | ishop SILVESTER was living in | the | city of Rome: / and this holy m |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 542 | e: / and this holy man governed | the | summits of the apostolic seat |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 544 | ich, / having been inscribed in | the | records are now read througho |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 547 | s and iron chains; / previously | the | dragon, breathing deadly brea |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 548 | its den , / had rightly plagued | the | people of the Roman realm, / fo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 549 | long as they scorned to serve | the | one Christ, / thinking that the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 550 | / thinking that they preferred | the | worship of a terrifying serpe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 551 | / But when Silvester had bound | the | beast with a choking collar, / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 552 | a choking collar, / cutting off | the | deadly breath of the pestilen |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 553 | n, / rejoicing soon arose among | the | happy citizens: / ‘The beast, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 554 | ose among the happy citizens: / | ‘The | beast, which used to vent its |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 555 | shed!’ / Accordingly, at once | the | glittering grace of baptism / s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 556 | baptism / shone from on high on | the | Roman citadels, like the sun. |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 557 | he sun. / This man also cured | the | pale limbs of Constantine, / bu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 559 | eprous scales, / when he dipped | the | ruler in the waters of Christ |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 560 | rist. / Whereupon Rome broke up | the | shrines of the temple, / scorni |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 561 | rines of the temple, / scorning | the | ancient sanctuaries of wicked |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 562 | wicked gods, / and strove after | the | more potent heights of a fres |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 563 | sh temple / which sparkled with | the | mark of the saviour’s blood |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 564 | our’s blood; / and proclaimed | the | perpetual triumphs of God thr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 565 | . / Just so did Silvester adorn | the | wide world with his own demea |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 566 | Rome’s ruler right through | the | teachings of Christ. / Moreov |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 567 | chings of Christ. / Moreover, | the | same teacher waged a conflict |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 569 | with fraudulent voice denied | the | pure one’s pledge, / when the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 570 | s pledge, / when they despised | the | gifts of the summoning mediat |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 571 | moning mediator / who lays open | the | brilliant threshold of perpet |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 575 | ing with their jaws / that fill | the | upper air in vain with their |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 576 | arking, / this warrior directed | the | iron darts of Scripture, / unti |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 578 | for Zambrius, who, relying at | the | time on necromancy / deceived t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 579 | e time on necromancy / deceived | the | unwitting people with devious |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 580 | e with devious trickery. / When | the | glib magician whispered witho |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 581 | ed without a voice to a bull, / | the | quadruped fell to the ground |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 582 | th, / and a mighty clamour from | the | crowd struck the clouds up in |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 583 | Silvester, undaunted, adored | the | Lord, / so that common folk, wh |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 584 | mon folk, whom Christ through | the | purple of his precious blood / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 585 | us blood / rendered immune when | the | evil one’s deception was re |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 586 | , / were not at all deceived by | the | foul fantasies of false Zambr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 587 | straightaway Silvester roused | the | bull’s cadaver, / prostrate i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 588 | its restrictions he released | the | bonds / he caused the calm bull |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 589 | released the bonds / he caused | the | calm bull to rejoin its herd. |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 590 | oin its herd. / Then all around | the | peoples proclaimed with their |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 591 | cries the Thunderer; / praising | the | Lord they began to render tha |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 593 | anion of chastity / right up to | the | time he passed his time and a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 594 | fe. / At one time Constantine | the | ruler examined / certain forebo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 598 | saw by chance in his swooning / | the | deformed figure of a wrinkled |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 600 | ng limbs; / and on top of this, | the | bitter fate of death had alre |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 601 | th had already afflicted her. / | The | famous priest Silvester spoke |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 602 | stantine the ruler / to revive | the | decrepit limbs of the old wom |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 604 | have a healthy life. / Then, at | the | ruler’s prayers, a beautifu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 605 | rl arose, / one whom previously | the | cruel countenance of old age / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 606 | she lay stiff as a corpse in | the | death of decay, / yet nonethele |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 608 | woman with a beautiful face. / | The | ruler observed her, and rejoi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 610 | , / and he also adorns her with | the | wrapping of a robe and with g |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 612 | lace round her neck, / such was | the | splendid appearance of this b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 613 | . / Then Helen spoke and taught | the | ruler about what was to be, / e |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 614 | be, / explaining everything in | the | dream, and addressing the emp |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 615 | ways be yours and will escape | the | end of death / except when the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 616 | the end of death / except when | the | last ages burn in dread flame |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 617 | in dread flames.’ / And after | the | emperor became terrified in h |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 618 | sleep, and gripped in fear of | the | dream. / He brought together in |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 619 | rought together in a group of | the | learned eloquent in skill, / wh |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 621 | h. / So that they might explain | the | fates of what was hidden for |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 625 | volities in false words. / Then | the | emperor, by fasting, punished |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 627 | fused rich foods, / asking that | the | prophecies be revealed by Chr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 628 | . / Night fell and surrounded | the | world with its dark covering / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 629 | ts dark covering / and embraced | the | earth with its dusky wings. / T |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 630 | ngs. / Then when sleep overtook | the | regal limbs in the bed, / Silve |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 631 | ester spoke to him, revealing | the | mysteries of things: / ‘The w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 632 | ling the mysteries of things: / | ‘The | woman, who you believed was o |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 634 | you in her barren old age, / is | the | city which folk commonly call |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 636 | act out triumphs throughout | the | ages. / In the place where once |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 637 | umphs throughout the ages. / In | the | place where once the walls’ |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 638 | have grown old / and now, with | the | citadel crumbling, they have |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 639 | have collapsed on the ground. / | The | barricades fall away and the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 642 | mands: / while being carried on | the | back of a hoofed animal throu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 644 | . / In this way, riding through | the | land, you shall drive in the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 646 | which, once you have erected | the | lofty towers of a fortress, / y |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 647 | a fortress, / you shall restore | the | walls of the barricades with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 648 | your offspring will reign and | the | offspring of your grandchildr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 649 | ing of your grandchildren, / as | the | numerous descendants of your |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 650 | eign, / where their progeny and | the | ancestors of their ancestors |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 652 | praise, / AMBROSE, fulfilling | the | teachings of kindly Christ, / a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 653 | ndly Christ, / and he preserved | the | assurance of the spirit and a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 654 | body: / his name was drawn from | the | nectar of ambrosia. / Once this |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 658 | s in great multitudes / covered | the | child’s face, amazing to sa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 660 | terrifying mass, / nonetheless | the | infant’s body did not sense |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 661 | succession they began to fill | the | mouth of the one lying there; |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 663 | es. / After this, going back to | the | clouds above in convoy, / they |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 667 | his swarm of bees, with which | the | saint’s lips overflowed, / po |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 668 | s lips overflowed, / portended | the | sweet words of sugared honeyc |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 669 | ugared honeycombs, / from which | the | hearts of people grew fulsome |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 671 | g with devout reason how from | the | very beginning / the prudence o |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 672 | n how from the very beginning / | the | prudence of the highest fathe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 674 | ix periods of days, / disposing | the | ages with his heavenly assent |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 675 | y assent. / These things I say, | the | priest taught in his frequent |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 676 | great number of gatherings to | the | kingdom of heaven. / Let my c |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 678 | forth praise of MARTIN, / which | the | whole world celebrates at its |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 679 | at its four cardinal points. / | The | Almighty Father blessed him o |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 681 | in baptism / nor anointed with | the | sacred chrism of balsam, / when |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 682 | sam, / when he, brought alms to | the | poor and a cloak to the needy |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 685 | would be keen / to set down all | the | signs of his virtue in record |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 686 | tue in records, / so great were | the | gifts that God gave to his de |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 687 | retainer? / He often put right | the | villagers with teaching that |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 690 | r and ruler. / For he destroyed | the | unsaintly sanctuaries of the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 691 | he pagans, / rightly laying low | the | shrines of guilty tyrants, / an |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 692 | rants, / and straightaway, once | the | deception of the ancient temp |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 693 | temple had been discontinued, / | the | venerable priest-built places |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 697 | burning sheep’s entrails at | the | beginning of spring. / Three ti |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 699 | o rise from death, / disturbing | the | awful underworld of burning d |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 700 | ing death, / and also, granting | the | gifts of life to the invalids |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 701 | fe to the invalids, / he bathed | the | grim limbs of men who were i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 705 | eless his confession deserved | the | illustrious palm, / since his s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 708 | ained perpetual virgin, / until | the | warrior moved over to the hea |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 709 | heavenly hall, / carried up to | the | vault of heaven by angelic ho |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 711 | ir number there stands out as | the | most celebrated / blessed GREGO |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 712 | nowned through his fame above | the | skies, / whom God taught to pre |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 714 | serve pure modesty, / combining | the | association of body and a cha |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 718 | ce he did not care to glimpse | the | female face. / But they both ad |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 719 | face. / But they both addressed | the | holy man with untroubled voic |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 721 | or, aggrieved, turn away from | the | faces of our sisters, / since w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 727 | ginity, with fruitful flower; / | the | other, being wise, carries th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 728 | d we have been sent here from | the | angelic realms / so that the fe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 729 | om the angelic realms / so that | the | fellowship of our life might |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 730 | th you. / BASIL, who was once | the | greatest author among the lea |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 732 | and from that there proceeded | the | norm of a balanced life, / whic |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 734 | a wicked weight / but weighs up | the | chosen in the balance of just |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 736 | ing turns, / in such a way that | the | true concord of brothers may |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 737 | brothers may be adorned, / and | the | compacts of a just mind may c |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 739 | n learned language / laying out | the | first seeds of created things |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 740 | seeds of created things; / how | the | eternal Ruler brought into be |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 741 | ing the earth / and established | the | four-cornered world by his co |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 742 | orld by his command, / dividing | the | matter of the globe in right |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 743 | right order, / while he created | the | golden stars of the vaulted s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 744 | f the vaulted sky. / From there | the | beginning of the nascent worl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 745 | t world arose for us, / so that | the | highest prince might hammer o |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 748 | / ‘I have never rashly known | the | female form, / nor shamefully t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 750 | less I shall not be called by | the | name of an innocent virgin. |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 752 | d outstanding fathers, / buying | the | shining gifts of perpetual li |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 754 | here stood out by blessed lot / | the | owner of the famous name of t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 755 | a famous name, / who strove for | the | highest kingdoms of the heave |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 759 | were able constantly to serve | the | Lord on high. / This man, I say |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 760 | I say, warned those deserving | the | heavenly kingdom / to spurn del |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 762 | rom worldly wealth, / to pursue | the | heights and also beware steep |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 765 | ugh heaven’s heights of, / in | the | same way the other makes for |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 767 | ificent life, / with what signs | the | kindly one shone forth in the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 768 | rld, / and in what way he cured | the | body’s foul calamities, / hea |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 770 | are, / how as a doctor, halting | the | people’s diseases, / he resto |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 772 | not be slow to consider fully | the | account of that little book / i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 774 | is signs and recognized above | the | skies / and in all the realms w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 775 | ed above the skies / and in all | the | realms where the lights of Ph |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 779 | man / by a wicked act, breaking | the | bonds of peace. / Escaping, the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 781 | away under a cliff cave / until | the | torments of grim torture shou |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 782 | m torture should die down / and | the | world would once again grow g |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 783 | in grow glad in a quiet time. / | The | palm-date nourished him in a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 785 | rm covering. / There he quelled | the | burning of thirst with the we |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 786 | of a spring, / sparkling, that | the | ground’s gravel shortly pro |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 787 | shortly produced, / and poured | the | water back into a hole below. |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 789 | der a palm’s high leaves of | the | palm. / Lions laid down their f |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 795 | ltitudes, / he went chastely to | the | fellowship of the eternal kin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 797 | oys as a victor on high. / In | the | same way, sustained by his vi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 798 | nding grace, / there was man in | the | desert who accomplished many |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 800 | oicing in a famous name ; / and | the | world as it is celebrating h |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 802 | mark / and indeed to replicate | the | guidelines of his own father. |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 804 | y with a tight rule, / removing | the | burning flames from his lasci |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 805 | lascivious flesh. / He spurned | the | beginnings of stimulating lic |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 806 | ousness, / severely treading on | the | first diversions of youth. / He |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 809 | for a while / had swallowed up | the | wretched natives in its dark |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 811 | f kindling / consumed in flames | the | serpent as it slithered onto |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 812 | . / Next, when seas turbid with | the | ocean’s mountainous waves / w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 813 | aves / were seething throughout | the | glassy plains, / and the swelli |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 814 | ughout the glassy plains, / and | the | swelling deep did not recogni |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 815 | nise its ancient shores / but | the | deep seas with their wavy mas |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 818 | r in thick throng / they placed | the | saintly old man in the face o |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 820 | ctor / to offer willing help to | the | wretched citizens . / He, scrib |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 821 | citizens . / He, scribbling in | the | sand, drew the sign of the cr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 822 | ign of the cross three times: / | the | grim swell of the salty water |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 823 | height / surging straight up to | the | stars of the sky. / Straightawa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 824 | ky. / Straightaway he held back | the | furious billows of the savage |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 825 | Christ’s warrior reined in | the | surface of the deep, / so that |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 826 | of the deep, / so that rightly | the | saint’s fame will not ever |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 828 | Egypt JOHN, / an inhabitant of | the | desert living a life without |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 829 | hout reproach; / he constricted | the | course of his own life with t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 830 | ight constraints, / confounding | the | fleshly prison of a licentiou |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 831 | a licentious mind / maintaining | the | twin burden with proper moder |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 832 | with proper moderation, / since | the | divine doctrine teaches that |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 836 | ophet / so that he could unlock | the | closed-up recesses of things, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 840 | virtues; / indeed, she received | the | hoped-for remedy in the flesh |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 842 | ained a heart-complaint. / At | the | time when Rome flourished and |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 843 | ommand of kingdoms throughout | the | globe / that was the same time |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 844 | throughout the globe / that was | the | same time happy BENEDICT shon |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 845 | EDICT shone bright; / whom God, | the | merciful Creator, conferred o |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 846 | that that leader, would bring | the | Lord’s wandering people / on |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 847 | people / on a straight path to | the | tracks of the eternal kingdom |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 849 | erings, / error had thrust into | the | black depths of burning Hell. |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 850 | ning Hell. / He often tore down | the | temples of earlier tyrants, / w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 851 | f earlier tyrants, / who denied | the | lord of light in their dark h |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 852 | ight in their dark hearts; / in | the | same place straightaway he se |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 853 | ’s warrior, having defeated | the | enemy, triumphed, / restoring t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 854 | e enemy, triumphed, / restoring | the | basilica for the Lord after t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 857 | amount and number, because of | the | mass of his deeds? / For he res |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 859 | h fortune had cut off through | the | power of chill death. / He supp |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 860 | r of chill death. / He supplied | the | deaf with hearing and the lam |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 861 | e lame with steps; / fortifying | the | sick, he invigorated them wit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 863 | restored wounded hearts after | the | enemies had been destroyed. / I |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 867 | s right hand stretched out in | the | sign of salvation. / He also or |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 868 | of salvation. / He also ordered | the | Goth’s steel, which had sli |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 870 | to its owner’s arms. / He was | the | first who laid down how, in t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 873 | cending by a straight path to | the | lofty heights of heaven. / Layi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 874 | that man’s famed life from | the | first, / Pope Gregory once desc |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 876 | cribed it in documents, / up to | the | time when the blessed one pas |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 878 | ppily gathered together among | the | number of his pupils; / and fro |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 879 | r of his pupils; / and from him | the | grace of baptism flowed to us |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 882 | vow, / rendered their souls to | the | stars and their bodies to the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 885 | . / They yielded their place to | the | Lord, as the psalmist sang, / L |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 886 | lmist sang, / Look, they accept | the | goblet of salvation among dea |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 888 | ide along Christ’s path. / At | the | same time saintly Ambrose, wi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 893 | One was called GERVASIUS, and | the | other PROTASIUS, / names picked |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 896 | chance NARCISSUS, / fragrant in | the | merits of his virtues, and li |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 898 | hrived with a double gift, / at | the | same time, the peak of the ep |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 899 | ason he was famous throughout | the | world by noted repute, / while |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 900 | world by noted repute, / while | the | teaching of his speech was su |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 901 | merits of his life. / He caused | the | water of a font to thicken wi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 903 | o dense drops. / One time, when | the | time fit for the Easter festi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 904 | he Easter festivities renewed / | the | annual devotions for Christia |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 906 | ompletely than they celebrate | the | year’s solemn feasts, / at th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 907 | solemn feasts, / at that time, | the | oil had run out in the empty |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 908 | y glass lantern of glass, / and | the | smoking lamp-wick, faded in t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 909 | faded in the dusky shadows / as | the | hanging lantern burned with n |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 910 | y, Narcissus, having faith in | the | Lord, ordered / the holy minist |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 911 | ng faith in the Lord, ordered / | the | holy ministers to draw stream |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 912 | r from the spring / and to fill | the | empty glass with the clear li |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 913 | upon water is poured into all | the | lanterns: / and so, acting as a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 914 | ng as an exorcist, he blessed | the | watery lamp-wicks, / and then t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 915 | e watery lamp-wicks, / and then | the | gleaming liquid began to feed |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 916 | to feed the voracious flames; / | the | reed began to shine right in |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 917 | , / and much more brightly than | the | rich fuel of olive oil / and ce |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 918 | t of a sow’s fat glowing in | the | glass. / Straightaway, a crowd |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 921 | rives to crush with his wiles | the | human race, / did not permit th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 925 | tion, / so that they might dent | the | bishop’s fame with a serpen |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 932 | usation. / He began to speak to | the | throng in an insolent voice: / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 933 | ay my body not perish through | the | king’s evil [leprosy], / beca |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 937 | ried to bind with lying words / | the | links of his oath with knotty |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 941 | ance.’ / As a result of that, | the | priest was willing to undergo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 942 | escaping, he turned away from | the | unfair stain of envy. / So the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 943 | the unfair stain of envy. / So | the | father is said to have lived |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 946 | ith Christ alone / trampling on | the | slippery joys of the transito |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 947 | raightaway vengeance punished | the | aforementioned witnesses / who |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 949 | to defile with incrimination | the | innocent saint. / Behold, that |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 952 | malicious words might darken | the | bishop’s life; / his high roo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 954 | azing with flaming sparks / and | the | heat consumed hordes of his |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 955 | too did harsh punishment vex | the | second man / by afflicting his |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 956 | flicting his fetid limbs with | the | king’s evil [leprosy], / unti |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 957 | til, rotting away, he gave up | the | breath in his breast. / The thi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 958 | up the breath in his breast. / | The | third one was deprived of the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 960 | had witnessed in trepidation | the | torments of his predecessors, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 961 | ents of his predecessors, / how | the | high-throned one afflicted th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 962 | heir guile, / he made a show of | the | shady scene of their horrific |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 964 | d with its blind trickery / and | the | guilty man poured forth such |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 966 | ountains from his eyes, / until | the | pupils of his eyes lacked lig |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 967 | of his eyes lacked light. / So | the | threefold vengeance of the Th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 968 | licted the guilty / right up to | the | time when they fled their liv |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 969 | hen bitter death raged. / While | the | eternal judge, punishes the w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 970 | pours forth kindly praise of | the | chaste priest. / Meanwhile th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 971 | he chaste priest. / Meanwhile | the | land of Egypt was no less ama |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 972 | f Egypt was no less amazed / by | the | reputations of its fathers, r |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 974 | ATHANASIUS, / whose teacher was | the | most holy Alexander. / For it w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 975 | / For it was by Alexander that | the | ill-starred Arius was defeate |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 977 | hism; as he shamefully voided / | the | foul contents of his stomach |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 978 | oded empty hollows throughout | the | toilet’s recesses. / Once the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 979 | the toilet’s recesses. / Once | the | solemnities of mass had been |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 980 | f mass had been completed / and | the | offerings of the holy meal be |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 981 | ent saw hordes of children by | the | sea-shore, / playing at imitati |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 984 | dipping children, immersed in | the | waters of baptism, / as if he w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 987 | he would be a holy man, / which | the | favourable outcome of events |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 991 | eeded him; / and as shepherd of | the | flock he watched over the she |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 992 | ed over the sheepfold / against | the | deceits of beasts and the gap |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 993 | , / that frequently roam around | the | folds and enclosures of sheep |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 994 | hop, accordingly, eradicating | the | doctrines of the foolish, / put |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 998 | ies, / such as when they showed | the | king an arm ripped from flesh |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 999 | ipped from flesh, / and carried | the | maimed part in a coffin for t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1000 | n for the common folk to see. / | The | stupid said it had been done |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1002 | had stood out as a reader in | the | way of books. / Thereupon the E |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1003 | n the way of books. / Thereupon | the | Emperor Constantius ordered t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1004 | moned there straightaway from | the | borders. / But it turned out ot |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1005 | urned out otherwise from what | the | cock-eyed plan scheme intende |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1006 | ed plan scheme intended, / when | the | aforementioned reader reveale |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1007 | evealed the dark deceit. / Once | the | wicked deceit had been detect |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1008 | isten’, he said, ‘Gaze on | the | reader’s whole right hand , |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1009 | ole right hand , / and consider | the | left hand in rude health.’ / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1010 | ph became famous in praise of | the | innocent one / when they percei |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1011 | one / when they perceived that | the | blessed priest was blameless. |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1012 | blessed priest was blameless. / | The | envious one was staggered whe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1016 | ations fail. / But, even though | the | viper, ground down on the rac |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1018 | t. / For they strove to mislead | the | saint by yet another deceit. / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1020 | wicked wiles / tried to charge | the | saint with an accusation of l |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1021 | than words, a priest blunted | the | bite of what she said / with a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1022 | ercoming with his undertaking | the | female fornicator / whom the di |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1023 | ng the female fornicator / whom | the | disgraceful hand of the decep |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1024 | clasping close. / Yet however, | the | bishop, relying on Christ’s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1025 | hrist’s protection, / avoided | the | envious ruses of perverse men |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1026 | erse men. / Descending right to | the | deep obscurity of a cistern / e |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1032 | gazing in his mind’s eye / on | the | sun of justice of the sevenfo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1034 | my fluent text now set forth | the | fame of BABILAS, / making known |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1035 | fame of BABILAS, / making known | the | very many tributes to the fam |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1036 | bishop, / Who had been drilled | the | written doctrine of the book / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1037 | ine of the book / to protecting | the | flock’s defences and folds |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1038 | d folds for the sheep / against | the | snapping and biting of dreadf |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1039 | ting of dreadful wolves. / When | the | emperor who ruled the expansi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1040 | pire of Rome, / which is to say | the | three-cornered earth from its |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1042 | cred gate’s threshold, / with | the | wicked one’s deception spur |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1043 | ception spurring him on, / then | the | holy bishop, rebuking the pro |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1045 | em. / Defending with his speech | the | sacred temple’s vestry, / he |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1046 | le’s vestry, / he boldly told | the | one stained with bloody gore / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1047 | with bloody gore / not to touch | the | apse of the church with his d |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1048 | rk hands. / And for that reason | the | bishop is brought to the impe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1049 | of words he might speak with | the | cock-eyed king. / The impious o |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1050 | peak with the cock-eyed king. / | The | impious one at once began thr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1051 | e use of punishments / to force | the | venerable worshipper of Chris |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1053 | acrificing burnt offerings to | the | temple’s statues. / But the b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1054 | o the temple’s statues. / But | the | blessed priest spurned this a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1055 | vile venom / and he did not bow | the | neck by fawning at shrines. / T |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1056 | k by fawning at shrines. / Then | the | emperor ordered that three yo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1057 | ound by a brotherly bond, who | the | bishop had previously instruc |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1058 | had previously instructed / in | the | doctrine of Scripture, be aff |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1060 | previously resisted , / obeying | the | wicked emperor might bow to b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1061 | blows inflicted. / Yet even so, | the | youths’ bodies did not yiel |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1062 | rather, their hearts overcame | the | horrible rods, / even though th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1063 | he horrible rods, / even though | the | beatings had spilt bloody str |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1066 | apital punishment as his lot, / | the | bishop triumphantly sought th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1067 | , having conquered death. / And | the | beardless ones, when their te |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1069 | nd likewise rejoicing entered | the | lofty heights / of heaven, afte |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1070 | ghts / of heaven, after joining | the | angelic throngs. / Who has th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1071 | he angelic throngs. / Who has | the | ability to speak smoothly, in |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1072 | moothly, in polished speech , / | the | praise of saints, famed under |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1073 | pours down his golden rays on | the | world, / as he illuminates the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1074 | the world, / as he illuminates | the | wide earth on back-and-forth |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1078 | womb / brought forth born into | the | world as twins with double na |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1079 | one was called COSMAS, DAMIAN | the | other. / While worldly teaching |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1084 | , / expelling awful damage from | the | body with their skills . / The |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1085 | the body with their skills . / | The | mute and the maimed, and the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1086 | he lame and those found deaf, / | the | one-eyed and squinting, who m |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1087 | ho make use of twisted light, / | the | stammering and the stuttering |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1090 | ist granted, / and so drove out | the | contagion of filthy flesh wit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1091 | icine. / And even so, rich with | the | exceptional gift of virtue, / t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1094 | nting everything for free for | the | sake of their stipend on high |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1095 | e, an emperor, who controlled | the | world’s realm, / was viciousl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1097 | edicts. / Then he submerged in | the | sea , in the swirling of the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1098 | / twin brothers, who relied on | the | Thunderer’s power. / But the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1099 | the Thunderer’s power. / But | the | chilly waters grew calm with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1100 | quicker than words they bore | the | saints to the shore. / In this |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1102 | ld back by holy force, / calmed | the | swollen surface of the wavy p |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1103 | ace of the wavy plains, / while | the | right hand of the father reve |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1104 | . / So that ungodly man, seeing | the | banners of victory, / contrived |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1105 | contrived other injuries with | the | poison of a Gorgon. / For the f |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1106 | h the poison of a Gorgon. / For | the | ferocious one ignited the sav |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1107 | es / and stuffed a furnace with | the | kindling of tinder-wood; / and |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1108 | this conflagration he ordered | the | holy men to be shoved / so that |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1109 | holy men to be shoved / so that | the | pyre would burn up in a blaze |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1110 | als the innocent limbs, / which | the | sea, long swelling in a swirl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1111 | in a swirl / could not drown in | the | dark waves of its waters. / In |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1112 | es of its waters. / In this way | the | flame’s flash froze in furn |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1113 | s warrior, having forgotten | the | whirling of flame, / gave great |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1115 | er is accustomed to despising | the | heat of the hearth, / even if |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1117 | were compelled to climb onto | the | broad wood of a cross / and suf |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1119 | s from quivers. / Straightaway, | the | eternal progenitor, who right |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1120 | aises up the holy, / splintered | the | dread darts of the guilty tor |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1121 | ers. / Thereafter, they took on | the | bloody garlands of martyrdom, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1122 | s of martyrdom, / passing on to | the | vaulted heights of the lofty |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1123 | y. / Nor do I delay to recall | the | brilliant fame of CHRYSANTHUS |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1124 | ant fame of CHRYSANTHUS, / whom | the | world justly celebrates with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1126 | ng from an early age, over to | the | teachers of rhetoric, / so that |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1127 | teachers of rhetoric, / so that | the | promising boy might learn the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1132 | der / he drank in with his ears | the | sacred volumes written in hea |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1133 | anguage, / immediately spurning | the | doctrines of an ancient cult, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1134 | ncient cult, / he trampled upon | the | empty vanities of old laws, / a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1135 | r than words, having acquired | the | fundamentals of faith / He wash |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1136 | ntals of faith / He washed away | the | stain of sin with the waters |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1137 | preached Christ in public to | the | pagans, / scorning the dread to |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1138 | ublic to the pagans, / scorning | the | dread torments of arrogant th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1139 | hen his father, setting aside | the | laws of nature, / shoved his so |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1140 | f nature, / shoved his son into | the | dark blackness of a bolted pr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1141 | olted prison, / greatly fearing | the | decrees of a wicked treasury. |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1143 | capital punishment. / But while | the | young man’s mind bore the t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1144 | bore the torments willingly, / | the | father soon devised another p |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1145 | an with a scheme, / and applied | the | dangerous delights of worldly |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1146 | worldly display, / showing him | the | silken coverings of purple ro |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1147 | ch a silkworm had produced at | the | point of death from its fecun |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1149 | in precious clothing. / Then at | the | father’s command girls / deck |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1151 | thes and fair of face / brought | the | finest of feasting and the ki |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1152 | tchen’s splendours, / so that | the | bold warrior might grow soft |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1153 | t with such displays / to which | the | iron hearts of men frequently |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1155 | , this young warrior / despised | the | dangerous kisses from maidenl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1156 | denly lips / and did not permit | the | stab of fornication to penetr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1158 | t him in deceit. / Not then, as | the | poet sang in the marriage son |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1164 | en gems. / She tried to ensnare | the | young man in the bonds of lov |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1165 | g man in the bonds of love / to | the | point where he would bend his |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1167 | and relied on fair words; / in | the | end accomplished teachers wer |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1168 | rs were greatly astonished / at | the | virgin’s intelligence, unde |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1170 | ing and swift in reading. / But | the | fall of murky fortune turned |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1171 | turned out differently: / while | the | pious one opposed the contrar |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1172 | ia, who for long had clung to | the | divinity of Vesta, / came to be |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1173 | of Vesta, / came to believe in | the | high-throned one who governs |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1174 | o governs the rule of heaven; / | the | virgin was converted by the f |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1175 | ntrived by a pledge feigning | the | union of wedlock, / and they bo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1177 | their hearts they might avoid | the | vile blemish / and dark stain o |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1179 | After this, she was dipped in | the | holy streams of baptism / to th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1180 | he holy streams of baptism / to | the | point where it might strip th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1181 | lanket might be taken up from | the | streaming liquid. / Then the vi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1182 | om the streaming liquid. / Then | the | virgin spurned the teachings |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1183 | of the old books / and followed | the | doctrines in the fourfold boo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1184 | y up count how many crowds of | the | common folk / they brought to b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1188 | ake a sacrifice of incense at | the | shrine of Hercules. / Then a dr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1190 | ion who refused, , / relying on | the | heavenly power of the Lord, / a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1192 | hongs / so that he could endure | the | blazing heat of the flaming s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1195 | those wicked cords. / But look: | the | bonds of the stocks again enc |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1196 | binding his swollen limbs to | the | rigid beams: / straightaway, th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1197 | he rigid beams: / straightaway, | the | ruler of Olympus split the st |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1198 | pus split the stock, / although | the | stupid bound that man in with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1202 | ies, / because he believed that | the | Lord’s servant relied on so |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1203 | ervant relied on sorcery; / but | the | stench exuded the sweet ambro |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1204 | weet ambrosia of nectar. / Then | the | torturers commanded that a he |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1205 | be flayed of its hide / so that | the | martyr’s limbs might be bou |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1206 | as he was about to experience | the | sun blazing with light. / But b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1208 | back his boiling heat / so that | the | limbs of the innocent man end |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1209 | repeated restraints confined | the | holy man: / the tight bonds of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1210 | raints confined the holy man: / | the | tight bonds of chains fastene |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1212 | his twin legs, / look: suddenly | the | pious judge rescued the knott |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1213 | limbs / and straightaway burst | the | tight bonds of steel. / Afterwa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1215 | red blood, / would have wounded | the | saint with a knotty withy. / Bu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1216 | y withy. / But, amazing to say, | the | blessed martyr / did not feel t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1217 | e blessed martyr / did not feel | the | sharp strikes of the rods wit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1218 | their loud blows; / but rather, | the | pliant withies grew soft as f |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1219 | eathers to the saint, / or like | the | green papyrus that grows plia |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1222 | after they had been dipped in | the | water of baptism. / For that re |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1223 | of baptism. / For that reason, | the | fortunate warrior led them to |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1224 | venly Olympus, / spattered with | the | red blood of purple, , / and th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1225 | purple, , / and those men whom | the | blessed cave shut in together |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1226 | e shut in together, / would see | the | shining prize of perpetual li |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1227 | le these were brightening up | the | lofty vaults of the sky, / Dari |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1228 | ia suffered torment alongside | the | resolute Chrysanthus. / But tha |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1230 | contraption, / was shoved into | the | dark blackness of prison to s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1231 | etid excrement flowed through | the | putrid crypts; / but the stench |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1232 | hrough the putrid crypts; / but | the | stench gave way to nectar as |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1234 | to depraved whores, / entering | the | brothel of a harlot while bei |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1236 | onstraining cage / to keep safe | the | girl’s virginal limbs. / If a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1239 | obscene actions, / just as once | the | shameful Oza touched the ark, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1240 | Oza touched the ark, / swiftly | the | wanton man, with a confused e |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1241 | gh rabid bites and, gnawed by | the | lion’s teeth, / would experie |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1243 | st, once death was decreed by | the | emperor , / who ruled the realm |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1244 | ed by the emperor , / who ruled | the | realm of Rome, they assumed r |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1245 | together buried in a crypt in | the | sand / whom bloody punishment t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1247 | / We believe that he who frees | the | world from bondage / will awake |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1248 | age / will awaken to peace from | the | grave’s embrace those who a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1249 | ed / in fortunate throngs, when | the | earth gapes open / of its own a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1252 | ed, a savage storm, / bloodying | the | holy Church of Christ with he |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1256 | ny his faith / when he suffered | the | wicked blows of evil torturer |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1260 | years, / so that he might learn | the | dialectal doctrines of things |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1261 | f things from writings / and at | the | same time the rhetorical arts |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1262 | / Soon, therefore, even though | the | handsome young man, / was growi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1264 | ars, being a scholar in skill / | the | student copied the clear teac |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1267 | m a famous line, / to undertake | the | responsibilities of the marri |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1271 | hat interval he might entreat | the | Thunderer with his voice, / see |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1273 | at he could more clearly know | the | will of divine Christ. / At las |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1274 | ist. / At last when time passed | the | venerable you, / was asleep in |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1277 | e duly saw a heavenly vision. / | The | blessed man drank in with his |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1282 | serve her as a holy helpmeet, / | the | maiden who is joined to you w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1285 | ywhere / and will have faith in | the | rule of heaven through your w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1286 | gh your words.’ / Therefore | the | young fulfilled his father’ |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1288 | mother’s sake, / he accepted | the | girl adorned with gems and go |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1289 | orned with gems and gold. / Yet | the | high-throned creator of the f |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1290 | four-cornered earth / protected | the | chaste husband and the betrot |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1292 | wn limbs with sin; / reining in | the | flesh’s excesses with bless |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1295 | For in their bedroom they saw | the | narrative of a book, / directed |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1296 | rative of a book, / directed by | the | King of Olympus and inscribed |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1299 | Christ’s followers / who kept | the | rule of righteousness with it |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1301 | female celibates, / for though | the | lower rank of their sex set t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1306 | hanting of psalms, / entreating | the | halls of heaven with strength |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1307 | unbroken / while they light up | the | threshold of starry Olympus w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1309 | cred hosts / belched forth from | the | ancient dragon’s maw. / Then |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1312 | red blows from a knotty club; / | the | beatings reverberated with no |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1314 | ith purple blood. / In this way | the | servant followed his Lord wit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1315 | , / heading on a narrow path to | the | citadels on high, / just as pre |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1316 | s on high, / just as previously | the | master headed on a narrow tra |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1317 | n a narrow track, / taking away | the | sins of the world with his pu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1320 | being struck by beatings and | the | rod’s blow aimed at the mar |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1321 | d at the martyr; / Straightaway | the | martyr restored sight to the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1322 | the one eyed man, / even though | the | temple-priests, who had allow |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1323 | the outrage, / could not return | the | light which had been ripped a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1324 | ient construction he razed to | the | ground / the lofty temple with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1325 | uction he razed to the ground / | the | lofty temple with its strong |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1327 | at were standing there. / Mars, | the | wound-giver who scatters the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1328 | / inspiring bitter hearts with | the | Gorgon’s poison, / was unable |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1329 | poison, / was unable to assist | the | temple’s statues with his s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1331 | use; / there were cast down on | the | ground the golden idols of Mi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1332 | the golden idols of Minerva, / | the | goddess whom fools have said |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1333 | ll; / nor was Bacchus, for whom | the | vines flourish on the branch, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1334 | es flourish on the branch, / as | the | fictions of ancient volumes f |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1335 | to buttress by his authority | the | sanctuary’s teetering colum |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1336 | ry’s teetering columns. / But | the | temple’s marbles tottered o |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1337 | on their quivering slabs, / and | the | structure toppled headlong, w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1338 | Neptune, said by repute to be | the | ruler of the waters, / who comm |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1339 | r of the waters, / who commands | the | kingdom of the sea with its s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1340 | s surging waves, / did not have | the | power then to sustain the fak |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1343 | / Alcides is said to have been | the | splendid victor over the Cent |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1344 | r the Centaur, / and he quelled | the | flaming breath of the robber |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1346 | h blasts in smoky speech: / but | the | right hand of Hercules squeez |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1347 | g back with stiff strength in | the | temple, / where Christ’s supp |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1351 | ith flaming reins, / crashed to | the | ground, made foolish by the b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1352 | burning blaze. / In this way | the | crushed construction collapse |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1353 | llapsed with fallen idols, / as | the | true history of old kings rel |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1354 | f old kings relates. / For when | the | priest saw that the twin offs |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1356 | s violent vengeance punished, | the | guilty children, / for that rea |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1357 | ty children, / for that reason, | the | Thunderer’s retribution bit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1358 | ibution bitterly blazed, / with | the | result that, after the destru |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1359 | ruction of dread devastation, / | the | ark of God would be led throu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1362 | head left his polluted limbs, / | the | head which the citizens could |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1364 | from her golden chariot, / and | the | saffron sunbeam grew yellow t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1366 | ed fields, / and there remained | the | spine and trunk and part of t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1367 | the limbs: / not otherwise did | the | ruler of Olympus rage against |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1368 | whose shattered power fell to | the | ground, / so that none failed t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1369 | , / so that none failed to feel | the | dread danger, / as the narrativ |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1370 | to feel the dread danger, / as | the | narrative of this current tex |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1372 | retreat with shattered power / | The | savage son of unfortunate Sat |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1375 | / a eunuch, against nature, as | the | ancient works explain; / that w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1377 | le lurked in Latium, / avoiding | the | hazard of his harsh son. / Nor |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1378 | r assistance, he who governed | the | infernal regions with his dar |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1379 | his dark power / and reigned in | the | murky hall of Hades; / he was t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1380 | e murky hall of Hades; / he was | the | one who carried off Ceres’ |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1383 | nest words. / Nor did Pan, whom | the | people of Arcadia worship by |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1385 | n flames, / offer assistance to | the | temple’s fractured foundati |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1386 | ’s fractured foundations. / | The | lofty edifice tumbled when it |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1387 | either did sticky cement bind | the | walls’ ramparts / nor was har |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1389 | nd of lime; / but likewise once | the | power of the old gods had dra |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1390 | old gods had drained away / and | the | massive structure of the sple |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1391 | mple had also been shattered, / | the | vengeful condemnation of the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1392 | ashes, / just as with his voice | the | suppliant martyr demanded in |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1393 | ough these enlightening signs | the | pagans might be able to belie |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1394 | s might be able to believe / in | the | high-throned God who reigns i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1395 | in the splendid citadel. / Then | the | sole offspring of a prefect w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1396 | en he laid his pious heart to | the | fruitful words, / the blessed y |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1397 | heart to the fruitful words, / | the | blessed young man embracing t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1398 | r’s pronouncements, / Then at | the | same time they were shoved in |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1399 | k darkness of prison, . / where | the | mighty rotting corpses of the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1401 | black worms; / yet nonetheless | the | nostrils of the innocent were |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1402 | ith nectar, / breathing instead | the | heavenly scent of ambrosia; / n |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1403 | of light cease, relinquishing | the | confines, , / but bright light |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1404 | , / but bright light kept away | the | murky shadows: / in this way do |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1407 | iraculous things, / believed in | the | high-throned king, as the one |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1409 | ad previously kept watch over | the | dark prison. / Meanwhile [Jul |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1412 | rapped tight, / to rise up from | the | black darkness of death, with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1413 | ath, with its soul returning. / | The | dead man woke up, disturbing |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1414 | k infernal regions. / Then with | the | entreaties of the multitude, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1415 | ous noisy turmoil, / they urged | the | young man to explain in truth |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1416 | feless, he was able to broach | the | entrance of that dusky gate / a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1417 | trance of that dusky gate / and | the | dark recesses of the underwor |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1418 | ld / and then revived could see | the | shining sun again. / Swiftly ri |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1420 | aimed angelic intercession to | the | crowd. / Look: again, at the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1421 | the crowd. / Look: again, at | the | prompting of the dragon’s d |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1422 | ing of the dragon’s deceit, / | the | blessed martyrs were pushed i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1424 | s of pitch blazed; / and indeed | the | conflagration belched forth s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1425 | ulphurous flames / and burnt up | the | district’s fuel of firewood |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1426 | ct’s fuel of firewood / until | the | flames burst forth to the edg |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1427 | rist’s assistance protected | the | innocent. / Then cords soaked i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1430 | s, / and yet it did not consume | the | saints’ arms in the conflag |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1431 | conflagration. / Look: again, | the | serpent, wound around maligna |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1433 | with its pestilential poison. / | The | martyrs, bound by rope, were |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1434 | rena / so that lions might gnaw | the | saints’ limbs with their ja |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1435 | mbs with their jaws, / and also | the | torturers’ gory punishment |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1436 | force / innocent arms to endure | the | biting of bears. / But the palm |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1437 | dure the biting of bears. / But | the | palm’s victory turned out d |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1439 | prey, / licked with their lips | the | feet of the saints. / In this w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1440 | way, with God changing them, | the | wild beasts’ hearts became |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1441 | ts became gentle, / even though | the | hearts of foolish men grow nu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1442 | of foolish men grow numb, / as | the | poet once proclaimed in formu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1444 | their prey.’ / After this, | the | martyrs paid for their bloody |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1445 | r bloody crowns, / ascending to | the | bright heights of starry heav |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1446 | heaven. / To their tombs, after | the | obsequies of chilly death / the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1448 | d they, having been dipped in | the | sacred stream of baptism, / at |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1449 | ed in their hearts a balm for | the | spirit and flesh. / In ancien |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1452 | rist according to custom; / and | the | well-known land of the Nile b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1453 | im forth in the world / seeking | the | saintly rewards of chaste men |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1457 | eoning brambles, / attending to | the | barren tracts of that waste l |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1458 | t waste land. / This place took | the | name Nitria from natron: / some |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1459 | sometimes it is supposed that | the | world produces names / because |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1461 | a thing as chance or fate or | the | alignment of stars, / if the Pa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1462 | or the alignment of stars, / if | the | Parcae sparing no one govern |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1463 | nd threaten mortal lives with | the | spin of a spindle / which conve |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1464 | in of a spindle / which conveys | the | millstone in its smooth turni |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1465 | r I reckon that Nitria purged | the | errors of the guilty, / just as |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1468 | certain time [Amos] came upon | the | swelling Nile, / which irrigate |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1469 | ch irrigates with its streams | the | fertile Egyptian realm. / Indee |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1470 | hing to cross over, he lacked | the | boat he wanted. / A shame at hi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1472 | tripping off, / lest he outrage | the | rules of modesty with his nak |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1474 | ried with heavenly aid / across | the | foaming waters by the shore t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1475 | ish-bearing prophet traversed | the | Chaldean realm / in an angel’ |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1477 | orsels of wheat / might nourish | the | Lord’s servant of the. / Lo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1479 | d having suffered wounds from | the | poisoned maw, / he contracted r |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1483 | wandering steps. / In this way, | the | boy’s parents bemoaned his |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1484 | te, / and in tears, they sought | the | saint’s venerable pronounce |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1485 | ouncement, / that he might heal | the | poor man’s misfortune and b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1486 | that he gave them advice with | the | following words: / ‘Return to |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1487 | following words: / ‘Return to | the | widow now the bullock that wa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1491 | en done in concealed secrecy. / | The | father, rejoicing, was made g |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1493 | this way, fate turned out as | the | truthful man promised with hi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1495 | en promised to do; but one of | the | men broke his promise. / For th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1496 | se. / For that reason destroyed | the | humped camel, / constrained by |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1497 | ained by cold death, on which | the | man had failed to carry the v |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1498 | iled to carry the vessel. / But | the | other kind and truthful man w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1499 | s promise to the old man, / had | the | use of his young donkey in fu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1500 | donkey in full health. / After | the | excellent warrior had abandon |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1502 | rried by a crowd of angels to | the | stars in the sky, / and crossin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1503 | tars in the sky, / and crossing | the | beautiful threshold of perpet |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1505 | hom, famous for his miracles, | the | land of the Nile gave birth / H |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1506 | lebrated in praise throughout | the | four-cornered world, / providin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1508 | to five hundred brothers. / At | the | time of his adolescence he so |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1511 | ing nearly a hundred times in | the | darkness of night, / and he did |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1512 | / and he did so in turn around | the | same number times by day / so t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1513 | mes by day / so that, bowing to | the | ground on bended knees, face |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1514 | s, face down / he might entreat | the | father, relying on the compas |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1519 | e stood a temple dedicated in | the | ancient way, ; / from there pri |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1521 | d in long circuits, following | the | rites of the Bacchantes. / When |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1522 | s. / When by chance he saw that | the | demented multitudes / were carr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1523 | carrying a wicked statue from | the | temple in their wanderings, / t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1524 | h kneeling knees he entreated | the | Thunderer with his voice, / and |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1525 | e, / and straightaway he caused | the | bacchanalian crowds to stand |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1527 | ywhere on their feet, / but all | the | same they stood stiff as bron |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1528 | f as bronze statues / suffering | the | burning beams of the blazing |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1529 | itan burned them more than in | the | summer season. / Meanwhile, the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1531 | their hearts as believing in | the | words of teaching, / accepting |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1532 | words of teaching, / accepting | the | mystical gifts of heavenly ba |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1533 | gifts of heavenly baptism, / if | the | priest with his prayers would |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1534 | chains, / so that a way through | the | fields would lie open to thei |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1538 | swift succession. / In this way | the | creator controlling heaven un |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1539 | bonds / to such an extent that | the | crowd, having got their wish, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1540 | leave / purged of their sins by | the | holy stream of baptism, / shatt |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1541 | stream of baptism, / shattering | the | broken idols and likewise sma |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1542 | ifying quarrel once disturbed | the | decent peace / between those be |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1546 | bloody weapons, she disturbed | the | bonds of peace. / The battle-li |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1547 | disturbed the bonds of peace. / | The | battle-lines pressed on with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1548 | g; / terrifying Mars exulted in | the | bloody conflict: / the harsh ho |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1549 | ulted in the bloody conflict: / | the | harsh horns resounded, and th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1551 | nating voices. / Then by chance | the | aforementioned priest approac |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1552 | pproached, / striving to settle | the | savage conflicts of war, / ende |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1553 | ar, / endeavoured to extinguish | the | flame of deceit that had been |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1554 | been kindled / and to soothe | the | stupid tumult of terrible sla |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1556 | ith wicked intent; / and he was | the | savage chief, leader and stan |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1563 | ve an unpleasant death, / while | the | rest, rejoicing, complete an |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1564 | impeded life. / But after death | the | earth will not give you a gra |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1565 | ill not give you a grave, / but | the | savage beast will tear you to |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1566 | es you with frenzied jaws / and | the | beaks of birds will likewise |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1567 | ted corpse! / So it was just as | the | truthful priest said in his s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1568 | ch: / after death had occurred, | the | carcass was covered with sand |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1569 | ing light again burst through | the | twilight / they saw that the bo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1570 | gh the twilight / they saw that | the | body had been dug out by beas |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1571 | rds’ beaks had pecked apart | the | wicked limbs. / Then people eve |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1573 | llonius] was a prophet, / since | the | quick outcome of things was m |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1575 | at shrines eagerly abandoned / | the | ghastly idols of the ancient |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1576 | e ancient cult / and strove for | the | clear gifts of cleansing bapt |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1577 | mous father, when celebrating | the | Easter feast, / commanded crowd |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1578 | ded crowds to be assembled in | the | desert everywhere / and for a c |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1579 | erywhere / and for a company of | the | faithful to come together in |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1580 | er in bands. / After this, once | the | chanting of the mass was comp |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1581 | complete, / and they all sought | the | lowly dishes of their customa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1582 | e, / they were fed equally with | the | dry nourishment of wheat / and |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1583 | dry nourishment of wheat / and | the | coarse grain, that in springt |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1584 | rse grain, that in springtime / | the | garden produces from its boso |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1585 | ground grows with grass. / Then | the | pious one spoke to the compan |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1587 | t us now entreat with prayers | the | Lord who rules in the citadel |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1588 | holds power, since he governs | the | kingdoms of the world, / and as |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1590 | suitable solace / in so far as | the | judge may deliver nourishment |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1591 | es; / indeed, on this feast day | the | reins of severity are relaxed |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1592 | xed!’ / Look; they saw before | the | entrance of a cave fabulous f |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1595 | though he had passed through | the | fields of Egypt on foot. / They |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1598 | of loaves laid out. / Here too | the | date of the towering palm-tre |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1599 | ering palm-tree was seen, / and | the | sticky honey held fast in the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1600 | and golden nectar oozing from | the | honeycomb’s flow, / and likew |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1601 | eycomb’s flow, / and likewise | the | abundant beestings bright-whi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1602 | this thing had been produced, | the | go-betweens were quick to go |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1605 | s with fabulous feasts. / Until | the | day of Pentecost, by which na |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1608 | ghts. / Then famine afflicted | the | multitudes of Egypt with disa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1610 | and in dense throngs, / so that | the | wretches might equally seek t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1616 | xhausted. / So too he increased | the | essence of the oily olive, / as |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1617 | ly olive, / as it was read that | the | prophet Elijah once increased |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1618 | once increased it, / causing | the | fatty liquid to be fruitful i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1620 | se of a splendid priest / while | the | mention of that saintly man t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1621 | s fame grows great throughout | the | four-cornered earth / and his p |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1624 | rver of chastity, / translating | the | Hebrew prophecies into Latin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1625 | o Latin words, / as he revealed | the | profundity of the Law, New an |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1626 | e Law, New and Old, / unlocking | the | two books of the foreign Sept |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1629 | azing treatises; / he uncovered | the | secrets of the prophets / with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1630 | d commentary, by making plain | the | mysteries of things. / This fam |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1631 | s teacher persists throughout | the | ages through his , / which are |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1632 | ow properly copied throughout | the | four-cornered world. / Indeed, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1633 | did crowd of readers all over | the | earth. / He came from his fathe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1635 | led himself / while tallying up | the | texts of the ancient fathers, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1636 | hers, / that were produced from | the | time when the Saviour assumed |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1637 | time when the Saviour assumed / | the | cradle of our flesh on earth |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1638 | of the world, / when he mounted | the | gallows-cross with his sacred |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1640 | he purged with his red blood / | the | human race defiled by the dec |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1641 | ove at any time to scrutinize | the | language / of the twin laws wit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1642 | to scrutinize the language / of | the | twin laws with so much zeal o |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1643 | / as this same teacher studied | the | sacred books / night and day, a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1644 | acred books / night and day, as | the | psalmist sang? / For that reaso |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1645 | at reason a rival, defiled by | the | plague of envy, / assailed that |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1647 | n this way is glory stolen by | the | black jaws of jealousy / and th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1648 | he black jaws of jealousy / and | the | praise of the decent damaged |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1649 | / For dogs crowd closely round | the | boar with their barking, / surr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1653 | ve on high. / Now indeed that | the | praise of decent men has been |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1654 | n has been described, / to whom | the | brilliant virginity, dear to |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1655 | nts of Paradise, / granted that | the | wide world might celebrate th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1658 | groves disappear, / indeed when | the | circuit of the sky comes to a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1659 | end at the end of the world, / | the | saints’ garlands shine mor |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1660 | brightly before the throne. / | The | time is at hand to celebrate |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1662 | se virgins who have reached / | the | summit of virtues shining cro |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1663 | hey who spurn in their hearts | the | world’s wicked delights, / ab |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1664 | s wicked delights, / abandoning | the | stinking joys of guilty displ |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1665 | ays / so that they might follow | the | lord of light with a devout m |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1666 | ight with a devout mind, / when | the | virginal company, crowding cl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1667 | al company, crowding close / in | the | ethereal height of the heaven |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1668 | s throngs round the lamb, / and | the | white flock will rejoice with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1669 | pherd / where fields bloom with | the | purple flowers of the plain, / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1670 | ple flowers of the plain, / and | the | savage wolf does not gnash it |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1671 | eth with terrifying jaws, / and | the | pastures do not know the rava |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1672 | s of a cruel thief, / but where | the | perpetual concord of peace co |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1675 | maiden, / commendations of whom | the | whole world rightly celebrate |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1676 | he was of a famous lineage of | the | race of Israel, / a fertile vir |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1678 | o a suitor. / But Almighty God, | the | creator of the four-cornered |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1679 | our-cornered world, / from whom | the | plan of the present world pro |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1682 | all hidden mysteries, / seeing | the | chaste virgin’s undefiled h |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1684 | y his coming, would take away | the | squalid sins of the world, / wh |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1686 | le of chastity. / She soon bore | the | true light from the light of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1687 | / so that Christ might release | the | world from dusky darkness, / wh |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1688 | ld from dusky darkness, / where | the | human race was languishing in |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1689 | hing in the vile world, / until | the | time when the light of the bl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1690 | sun shone bright, / about which | the | prophet’s words had already |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1692 | ogeny, / produced from her womb | the | king who is the saviour of al |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1693 | ne rightly governs control of | the | world, / just as this young vir |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1695 | ago from angelic speech, / when | the | high-throned father had sent |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1696 | he stars. / She it was she whom | the | outstanding prophet, who bein |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1699 | tain sealed up, swelling from | the | heavenly stream, / and also a q |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1700 | o a quivering dove.’ To her | the | prescient angel spoke: / ‘Beh |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1703 | bring forth an offspring; / let | the | son of the high-throned one b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1704 | ne be called blessed forever! / | The | most Holy Spirit shall come i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1706 | es protection for your heart; / | the | heavenly might of the father, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1707 | ct you.’ / When this was said | the | mother’s womb swelled with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1708 | when he had been born, freed | the | world from its pitiable corru |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1711 | creditably construct / in verse | the | living praise of CECILIA? / She |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1713 | to sacred doctrine, / scorning | the | honied amusements of fleshly |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1714 | eshly excess, / since she loved | the | sweet kisses of Christ instea |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1716 | ough musical instruments lead | the | dance with many harmonies / and |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1717 | melodious songs resound with | the | chanting of the Muses, / yet th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1718 | he chanting of the Muses, / yet | the | deceitful display of the prof |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1720 | t a warrior may not hasten / to | the | joys of Paradise, did not sti |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1722 | rding to marital, / she uttered | the | following words: / ‘Behold, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1723 | an angel has passed over from | the | stars above. / This patron supp |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1725 | t love anything whatsoever of | the | flesh; / for he keeps continual |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1731 | with polluted hands.’ / Thus | the | woman devoted to God converte |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1733 | believers, they might receive | the | gifts of the font; / both becam |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1734 | font; / both became citizens in | the | loftiest citadels / after being |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1735 | yrs and suffering tortures of | the | flesh. / The land of Sicily, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1736 | ring tortures of the flesh. / | The | land of Sicily, which the blu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1742 | hed in Christ, / trampling upon | the | fleeting wealth of the world |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1744 | Lord, / straightaway abandoning | the | adornments of the world. / Who |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1745 | ho then can describe in words | the | bitter punishments, / and who c |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1746 | hments, / and who can enunciate | the | dark threats of death / which t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1748 | s then on earth? / She suffered | the | horrific hazards of wounding |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1752 | ops from her flesh. / Likewise, | the | butchers also burned the girl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1754 | ires, / but swifter than speech | the | flame lost its force, / burning |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1755 | flame lost its force, / burning | the | girl’s limbs of the girl wi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1758 | orture afflicted her arms: / as | the | burning pyre, shards of red t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1759 | hards of red tile, / as well as | the | cruel cutting of the unbendin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1761 | thout foul guilt of sin. / Then | the | Father Almighty, the nourishe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1762 | t his eyes down to earth from | the | celestial citadels, / rejoicing |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1763 | citadels, / rejoicing to behold | the | womanly triumph of her charac |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1764 | f her character. / Straightaway | the | merciful protector of the nee |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1766 | t with her blood a martyr’s | the | garland of, / and rising from t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1767 | e garland of, / and rising from | the | flesh she assumed the kingdom |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1770 | d her holy spirit rejoiced in | the | starry citadel. / For at a cert |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1773 | ing streams: / then, abandoning | the | scorched summits, the mass of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1774 | mmits, the mass of stones / and | the | liquefied innards of the moun |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1775 | n a Sicilian minister, seeing | the | explosions of flame, / put in t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1776 | e explosions of flame, / put in | the | path of the fires the holy to |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1777 | uicker than speech he quelled | the | damage of the blazes; / and for |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1778 | e blazes; / and for that reason | the | land of Sicily grows glad for |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1779 | y grows glad for ever. / When | the | foolish princes, who ruled th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1783 | , / LUCIA, who diligently loved | the | Lord Christ. / Since she was bo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1787 | er chaste conduct and to gain | the | kingdom of heaven. / She urged |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1789 | a weakness of blood, / to touch | the | tomb where the body of the ki |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1792 | / secretly touched Christ; and | the | hem of his garment cured and |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1793 | s healed and made whole, with | the | Lord granting her health. / So |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1794 | mother, having faith, through | the | sepulchre’s sacred power / cl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1796 | open innards at once, / so that | the | trickle in her veins never fl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1797 | er than can be said, dried up | the | stream of blood. / Thereupon th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1798 | he stream of blood. / Thereupon | the | child began with words to exp |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1801 | ridegroom’s bed, / abandoning | the | golden necklace with its beje |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1803 | strangers, / doling out alms to | the | poor and gifts to the destitu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1804 | o might store up treasures in | the | citadel of heaven. / The daught |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1805 | res in the citadel of heaven. / | The | daughter straightaway put rig |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1806 | ed up her believing spirit to | the | virgin’s words, / so that, be |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1810 | saintly reports, / straightaway | the | grim heart of a suitor seethe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1812 | e had been snatched from him, / | the | virgin whom the saviour had j |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1813 | s a full-grown spouse, / taking | the | girl betrothed with a dowry o |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1814 | rothed with a dowry of blood. / | The | frenzied hearts of the furiou |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1815 | us people became inflamed / and | the | consul Paschasius snarled wit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1816 | led with dreadful anger / while | the | cruel tyrant disputed with wo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1817 | with words, / striving to take | the | beautiful bride from Christ. / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1818 | st. / Then she did not yield to | the | bitter incitements of words: / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1819 | s: / nor could she be swayed by | the | flattering deceit of pimps, / e |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1821 | / and likewise cattle drove on | the | kindly one in cords; / although |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1822 | s; / although torturers roasted | the | tender little one with fire / i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1825 | firebrands of pyres, / so that | the | blessed girl might feel the h |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1826 | feel the horror more, / while | the | townsfolk piled up the most f |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1827 | l for the flames. / But swiftly | the | scheme for inflicting punishm |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1828 | inflicting punishment failed: / | the | glowing coals cooked her limb |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1829 | hielding her and driving away | the | flames of the pyres. / So then |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1830 | flames of the pyres. / So then | the | judge, racked with a grievous |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1831 | s of the mind, / could not bear | the | disgrace which the maiden had |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1834 | wed forth from her flesh. / Yet | the | savage tyrant did not revel i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1836 | killed virgin of Christ, / but | the | Sicilians bound his neck in t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1838 | edly with knotted bonds. / Thus | the | guilty consul came to the cit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1839 | heavy vengeance could punish | the | crime / since the blood of the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1840 | could punish the crime / since | the | blood of the innocent might b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1841 | t be suitably avenged / through | the | blood of the guilty being she |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1843 | bout chaste JUSTINA, / who won | the | golden kingdom with virginal |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1844 | th virginal purity. / She broke | the | earthly bonds of the conjugal |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1845 | he conjugal bed, / trampling on | the | flowery business of the world |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1851 | ing deceitful, could not sway | the | innocent one / or arouse the vi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1852 | ay the innocent one / or arouse | the | virgin’s innards with blind |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1853 | d flames, / he strove to stain | the | splendid one with magic potio |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1855 | harmful deceit / and learned in | the | horrific black art of wicked |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1857 | ing very many schemes against | the | saintly mind / in so far as h |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1858 | as he might battle on, using | the | dread weapons of the devil. / T |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1859 | e dread weapons of the devil. / | The | cunning wizard constantly sen |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1861 | t when God’s virgin spurned | the | trifles of the flesh, / smashin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1862 | rifles of the flesh, / smashing | the | ghastly shafts of vile robber |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1863 | gh-throned Christ, Saviour of | the | world; / having been converted |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1864 | rld; / having been converted to | the | Lord and being faithful in hi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1865 | l in his whole heart: / at last | the | wizard repented abandoning hi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1866 | , / having found out what peril | the | virgin could put up with, / she |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1868 | ack arts of evil, / but shunned | the | wicked sin of lack of chastit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1869 | ter this, when Claudius ruled | the | world by his command / the wick |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1870 | uled the world by his command / | the | wicked man oppressed the sain |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1871 | with his cruel edicts, / alas, | the | crime, so that they might den |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1872 | e they did not wish to follow | the | tyrant’s decrees, / oh, what |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1874 | k from submitting her neck to | the | blade / or from pouring out str |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1876 | d from her veins. / In this way | the | blessed virgin was adorned by |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1877 | rned by a twin triumph: / since | the | venerable martyr grew red wit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1878 | rew red with rosy crowns, / and | the | bright-white woman bloomed wi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1879 | ands. / Alongside her, Cyprian, | the | champion of God bleeding with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1880 | ding with spilt gore, / merited | the | banners of bloody martyrdom. / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1881 | dy martyrdom. / And in this way | the | saints ascended together to t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1886 | irginal diadem, / whose praises | the | wide world celebrates everywh |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1887 | d celebrates everywhere / under | the | axis of heaven, and the hall |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1888 | when she had not yet received | the | sacred cradling of baptism, / s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1891 | cted her tresses, she took up | the | standard of Christ; / and her m |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1894 | what was hiding beneath. / For | the | brave maiden, thankfully taki |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1895 | maiden, thankfully taking up / | the | Lord’s cross of with an unb |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1896 | itter empty to walk alongside | the | lads / whom she deceived by ski |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1898 | might be able to pass through | the | byways, / and pass over the thr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1899 | ugh the byways, / and pass over | the | thresholds of the saints, / and |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1900 | the saints, / and, seeking out | the | bishop, might receive the ben |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1901 | benefits of baptism. / Shortly, | the | litter came to the dwelling t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1904 | of neighbours, also moved by | the | chances of fortune, / expressed |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1910 | d supply no complaint. / God, | the | kindly helper of those in nee |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1911 | r of those in need, protected / | the | innocent and defenceless one |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1912 | f his merciful right hand, / as | the | famous prophet long ago sang |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1913 | et long ago sang in song. / For | the | tongue was lying with cunning |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1915 | th charges of debauchery. / But | the | Almighty Father, who knows al |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1916 | things, / wished to demonstrate | the | triumphs of the untouched vir |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1917 | untouched virgin / by trouncing | the | allegation’s author in the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1918 | ce of the people. / For just as | the | matron, stirred by the incite |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1919 | vil one, / was keen to besmirch | the | splendid servant of Christ / wi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1920 | / with wanton words, annulling | the | laws of nature, / so too the un |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1921 | ng the laws of nature, / so too | the | unfortunate woman, with a rin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1923 | sults of laughing voices, / and | the | shame in her face properly pu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1925 | God?’ / There flourished in | the | world a certain young virgin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1927 | been renowned as glowing with | the | virtue of purity, / and at that |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1928 | of purity, / and at that point | the | thirteenth year of her age / h |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1930 | st age, / spurning in her heart | the | wicked filth of the world. / Bu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1931 | ut a suitor, a Roman citizen, | the | son of a prefect, / and someone |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1936 | s of silver; / striving to lure | the | untouched one with the bird-l |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1938 | knotty nets. / But straightaway | the | young virgin sensed the deadl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1941 | such a mousetrap, she spurned | the | wanton one in speech. / For she |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1945 | was His ring that sanctified | the | girl’s limbs. / So for that r |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1946 | s limbs. / So for that reason, | the | innocent virgin, suffering / ve |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1948 | ons on earth. / But having seen | the | struggles of the battling mai |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1949 | ggles of the battling maiden, / | the | judge dispelled the prison’ |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1951 | lear light from light / so that | the | virgin’s eyes might not suf |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1952 | ffer the dusky darkness. / Then | the | chaste one was shoved into a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1953 | ile brothel of whores / so that | the | virgin might be besmirched by |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1955 | speech, / which seeks to stain | the | names of Christ’s servants, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1957 | ly tear with their jaws. / Then | the | suitor approached, accompanie |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1960 | God, who always rightly gives | the | innocent the triumph, / punishe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1961 | umph, / punished his guilt with | the | sword of heaven’s wrath. / Fo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1962 | words, he who wished to harm | the | saintly one / with a sinful dee |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1964 | ough a cruel deed / and reached | the | infernal regions of horrifyin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1967 | after having been punished in | the | chill of death. / so that as a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1970 | en insults in vile words. / For | the | tomb of the sepulchre and the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1971 | ulchre and the coffin / wherein | the | girl’s limbs rested, cured |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1972 | ed, cured Constantina / so that | the | daughter of the ruling king / c |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1973 | htly render mighty thanks for | the | life restored / to the eternal |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1974 | anks for the life restored / to | the | eternal King of Kings, who ru |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1977 | ame, / and she was converted by | the | sacred teaching of Paul / and f |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1979 | enouncing marriage-contracts. / | The | love of virginity burning in |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1980 | in the girl’s heart / spurned | the | sweet partnerships of worldly |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1982 | ed her mind in this, / she whom | the | world could never soften in a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1983 | would be harder than iron in | the | face of bloody tortures. / Her |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1989 | ith a storm of words, / just as | the | heavens shower down tempestuo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1990 | mpestuous drops. / As a result, | the | furnace and blazing flame wer |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1992 | ith black firebrands, / so that | the | blessed virgin might suffer t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1994 | sin. / With such an undertaking | the | guilty ones were keen to tort |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1997 | of marrow. / But God protected | the | girl from his eternal citadel |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1998 | er wish granted, might escape | the | fire’s flames. / Then the vir |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1999 | ape the fire’s flames. / Then | the | virgin was shoved towards lio |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2003 | gh it would / never have spared | the | tender flesh of its own accor |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2004 | flesh of its own accord. / Thus | the | creator grants the golden pri |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2005 | of the heavenly kingdom / upon | the | chosen when they struggle in |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2006 | he worldly arena. / She adorned | the | last hours of her life: / drenc |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2008 | e as a martyr she ascended to | the | threshold of eternal heaven. / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2012 | deavour to prefer anything in | the | world to the Thunderer. / Inste |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2014 | that, having spurned utterly | the | delights of treasure / as if it |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2016 | y. / As a result, she despised | the | luxuries of the marital bed / a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2017 | xuries of the marital bed / and | the | pleasing joys of marriage, as |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2018 | ry glories, / so that in heaven | the | lover of chaste virtue, / the a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2019 | n the lover of chaste virtue, / | the | almighty judge, might proffer |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2020 | / he who was accustomed to arm | the | chaste in constant triumphs / a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2021 | constant triumphs / and to open | the | gate into heaven to his warri |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2022 | heaven to his warriors / while | the | saints are victorious in the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2024 | rs in crowned companies. / At | the | time of the Goths there was a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2028 | rizes by her virginal vow of. / | The | reputation of her pious life |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2029 | is especially known, / wherever | the | wide world extends, that this |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2033 | t at night they might receive / | the | sweet dishes of sacred books |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2034 | of the holy word, / from which | the | hearts of people are plentifu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2035 | le are plentifully filled / and | the | hearts of holy men are nouris |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2038 | ed his holy sister. / Thereupon | the | girl began to bombard kindly |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2039 | t / that he might deign to heal | the | wound of her sorrow. / Straight |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2040 | orrow. / Straightaway therefore | the | whole sky grew dark with a cl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2041 | dark with a cloudy storm / and | the | vaults of heaven by the dusky |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2043 | in with flashing flames, / and | the | trembling earth quaked with a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2045 | s dripped with dewy drops / and | the | air drenched the earth with d |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2046 | the earth with dark showers; / | the | valleys were filled, and huge |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2052 | e, offering demonstrations of | the | new life / to all those who cho |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2054 | ir lives chastely, / abandoning | the | foul contaminations of their |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2056 | nly patron, / blessedly scorned | the | world thriving in its showine |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2057 | riving in its showiness, / like | the | dry debris of husks cast-off |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2058 | ll more stunned, take heed of | the | reputation of her parents! / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2059 | father, imperially governing | the | control of kingdoms, / ruled th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2060 | he control of kingdoms, / ruled | the | empire of the world while Chr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2061 | rist reigned, / and he received | the | name Constantine for ever. / Th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2064 | distinguished father pledged | the | maiden in marriage with a dow |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2068 | rom kings / who rightly control | the | world, and the bride price ha |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2069 | ut, God, taking pains to keep | the | girl intact, / inspired the min |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2070 | eep the girl intact, / inspired | the | mind of that nobleman with ac |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2071 | n, / so that he utterly spurned | the | rich worldly displays, / and, b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2072 | corrupted, preferred to serve | the | High King / rather than live a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2073 | althy man in fine delights of | the | world, / and in this way the wo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2074 | of the world, / and in this way | the | wondrous start of salvation c |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2075 | him. / For at a certain time | the | Scythian army were advancing |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2078 | red aggressors. / At that time, | the | emperor’s [prospective] son |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2079 | Straightaway, enclosed within | the | walls, he mounted the parapet |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2080 | ving no faith in weapons with | the | grim mob menacing: / so that th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2082 | te warriors were paralysed in | the | city. / Then, the nobleman, wit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2083 | paralysed in the city. / Then, | the | nobleman, with the encouragem |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2084 | e an oath and pledged vows to | the | one on high / that he would ser |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2085 | e on high / that he would serve | the | Saviour for the rest of his l |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2086 | rest of his life, / abandoning | the | ancient temple, as a noble Ch |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2087 | ple, as a noble Christian, / if | the | customary mercy of Christ wou |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2088 | hrist would take away at once / | the | slaughter of the people and t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2089 | f battle, / restoring calm once | the | whirlwind of war was dispelle |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2090 | ediating words were spoken in | the | voice of one making a vow, / th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2091 | he voice of one making a vow, / | the | nobleman immediately felt Chr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2092 | n high straightaway defending | the | city, / as the enemy troops ret |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2093 | htaway defending the city, / as | the | enemy troops retreated everyw |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2094 | where, / as peace pressed in on | the | people with its healing crown |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2095 | t, with his prayers answered, | the | leader returned to the city , |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2097 | riumph / and bringing back from | the | enemy famous trophies to the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2101 | ask Constantine to grant him | the | bride betrothed, / but of his o |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2102 | own accord he utterly refused | the | famous match. / He spurned the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2103 | the famous match. / He spurned | the | bonds of wealth and abandoned |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2105 | , / now fulfilling by his deeds | the | words of scripture saying: / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2106 | / ‘Make vows to God, and pay | the | pledges owed’. / In this wa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2108 | ng servant, / who had entreated | the | kingdom of the Thunderer with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2109 | h an insistent voice, / so that | the | creator, a lover of chastity, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2110 | of chastity, might keep safe / | the | one who had abandoned the gha |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2114 | , / Attica and Artemia, born of | the | blood of that nobleman, / the [ |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2115 | f the blood of that nobleman, / | the | [suitor] whom ancient times c |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2116 | ient times called Gallicanus. / | The | queen [Constantina] urged the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2118 | ng, / and they equally deserved | the | glorious trophies trophy of c |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2119 | hy of chastity / when they left | the | world after their time of lif |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2120 | ing blessed, they hastened to | the | stars of heaven above. / Nor |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2121 | stars of heaven above. / Nor | the | less meanwhile, there flouris |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2122 | rist, / EUSTOCHIUM, daughter of | the | venerable Paula. / She kept the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2123 | the venerable Paula. / She kept | the | rules of chastity according t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2124 | according to angelic laws / and | the | chaste sign of sparkling yout |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2126 | e tied her sister / Blesella to | the | union of the marriage-bed and |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2127 | es, / so that she was to suffer | the | seductive constraints of a we |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2128 | age. / Nonetheless, in this way | the | betrothed regretted that her |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2129 | ched / when her husband came to | the | end of his earthly limit, / jus |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2130 | mit, / just as a matron bemoans | the | man taken from her / while with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2132 | assing. / Yet such grief, which | the | world’s fortunes bring abou |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2135 | bitter tears, / as she spurned | the | sweet taint of worldly pleasu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2136 | rned kisses on her mouth like | the | bite of an asp, / but pressed t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2137 | e bite of an asp, / but pressed | the | sweet lips of Christ to her l |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2139 | / as once that prince who held | the | kingdom’s power / in the land |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2140 | held the kingdom’s power / in | the | lands of Jerusalem sang in fa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2141 | in famous song, / partaking on | the | role of Christ in a drama of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2142 | ay, having obtained her wish, | the | little virgin lived / so that s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2143 | dly be celebrated in fame for | the | rest of time. / The sacred inte |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2144 | in fame for the rest of time. / | The | sacred interpreter [Jerome] w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2145 | rks for her; / and he explained | the | sayings of the New and Old Te |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2146 | dering Hebrew scriptures into | the | Roman tongue / and Greek discou |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2147 | ngue / and Greek discourse into | the | Latin language. / The same tran |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2148 | urse into the Latin language. / | The | same translator, rich in obsc |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2149 | cure books, / brought over into | the | Latin world and revealed fore |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2150 | se by chance brought to light | the | Greek treasure-stores of book |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2152 | w had covered over, / unlocking | the | confines of phrasing with the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2153 | the keys of Latin. / Moreover, | the | same teacher composed a writt |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2155 | Christ / in which are depicted | the | proclamations of the chaste l |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2160 | her spirit crossed over into | the | golden kingdoms of heaven, / wi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2161 | n, / with her soul returning to | the | celestial throngs. / Here too |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2162 | stial throngs. / Here too let | the | blessed honour of the holy vi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2163 | in metrical praise throughout | the | world. / Although very many mul |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2166 | her holy proclamations amaze | the | Carthaginian kingdom, / that wo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2167 | nian kingdom, / that wonders at | the | extraordinary fame of the vir |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2168 | a lamp-wick is not hidden in | the | shadows of a bushel / but rathe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2169 | t rather is placed blazing on | the | highest summit / so that shinin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2171 | th light for all: / in this was | the | little virgin consecrated to |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2174 | ble stock of parents / spending | the | early stages of her life with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2176 | y born by far, / sparkling with | the | merits of virtues like a jewe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2178 | / this self-effacing virgin of | the | Thunderer used to have a frow |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2183 | etal with shining jewels; / and | the | bold virgin was resplendent t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2184 | lendent trimmed clothing. / But | the | unmarried girl wanted to aban |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2185 | dowry / but rather to linger on | the | lips of her heavenly spouse, / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2188 | lish writing, / which described | the | virgin’s outstanding life i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2190 | er entreated a teacher across | the | sea, / so that he might duly wr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2192 | store up a treasure-chest in | the | incense-box of her heart, / pre |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2194 | ousness. / At a time in which | the | torments of a grim tyrant / wer |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2199 | accumulated double prizes for | the | virgins of Christ, / whose name |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2201 | down in prose some time ago. / | The | wicked emperor, who ruled the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2203 | / promising very many gifts to | the | consecrated girls / if they wou |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2205 | o be wed to suitors, / enjoying | the | splendid dowry from noble men |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2206 | ey were not willing to fulfil | the | marriage rite, / he would strai |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2207 | , / he would straightaway order | the | saintly girls to suffer torme |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2211 | astasia did not cease to feed / | the | innocent servants [of Christ] |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2212 | to the wretched. / She bestowed | the | income of her wealth and the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2213 | to martyrs who were enduring | the | dangers of death. / That is the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2214 | the dangers of death. / That is | the | reason why the world spreads |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2216 | current forever. / She spurned | the | despised inheritance of her s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2217 | tor, / and having not cared for | the | chance of a husband, she foll |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2218 | he followed the Lord. / That is | the | reason why the woman suffered |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2219 | suffered bloody punishments, / | the | sequence of which books now e |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2221 | on inscribed leaves / whenever | the | time returns yearly to celebr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2222 | At last dread torturers led | the | like-minded sisters / previousl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2223 | s / previously mentioned out of | the | dark prison. / The savage gover |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2224 | ioned out of the dark prison. / | The | savage governor, Dulcitius, s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2226 | y a vile fire / and assailed by | the | spur of licentiousness and da |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2227 | e promised very many gifts to | the | girls / if they would only agre |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2229 | to grant his wicked wish. / But | the | shield of modesty protected t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2230 | nts of Christ / as they spurned | the | unholy arrows of licentiousne |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2233 | et songs to Christ / entreating | the | gates of heaven with melodies |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2234 | aven with melodies of psalms, / | the | savage one, inflamed with vil |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2236 | ll; / but since God was at had, | the | wicked one was blinded in his |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2237 | was blinded in his heart, / as | the | fool bestowed kisses on black |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2238 | ckened cauldrons. / In this way | the | nobleman, out of his mind dis |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2239 | himself all night, / black from | the | pots and soiled from the soot |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2240 | protected and kept watch over | the | sainted girls. / At last the un |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2241 | er the sainted girls. / At last | the | unfortunate one left that hov |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2242 | left that hovel and went out. / | The | accomplices in his crimes cou |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2244 | ty shrieking mass; / abandoning | the | spectre they thought was a du |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2245 | hought was a dusky ghost. / For | the | wicked patron blinded as to h |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2246 | his own vision: / so that only | the | adulterer did not perceive t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2247 | ve the fog of deception / what | the | rest could see without wicked |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2248 | without wicked trickery. / Then | the | demented one, in a complaint, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2249 | eror’s permission / to punish | the | crimes of the innocent servan |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2250 | whips. / But when he was seen, | the | leaders, gathering in a dense |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2251 | , / struck him with buffets and | the | supple switch of the whip / so |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2252 | le switch of the whip / so that | the | spectral appearance of the un |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2253 | was taken to his own hall in | the | company of his servants / and s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2254 | his servants / and straightaway | the | building resounded with the s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2256 | / Fruitlessly he declared that | the | sacred girls, relying on the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2258 | ence. / So then he ordered that | the | blessed ones be stripped of t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2259 | obes / that he might feast upon | the | obscene sight of their naked |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2260 | s, / something concerning which | the | fraudulent phantasm had trick |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2263 | o that no one could take away | the | mantles from their limbs. / Fin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2264 | es from their limbs. / Finally, | the | cruel leader Sisinnius came, / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2267 | r to perform profane rites at | the | temple together by means of. / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2269 | om Christ’s worship through | the | terror of threats, / even thoug |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2270 | error of threats, / even though | the | cruel one laid down a hundred |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2271 | dred strokes. / Then he ordered | the | twins to be burnt in the crac |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2273 | y ascended in angelic arms to | the | stars of heaven. / Moreover the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2274 | the stars of heaven. / Moreover | the | third one followed to behold |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2275 | eading by a different path to | the | rewards of life; / as the wound |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2276 | th to the rewards of life; / as | the | wounded virgin, succumbing to |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2281 | t beginnings in Rome: / indeed, | the | first was called fortunate RU |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2282 | was called fortunate RUFINA, / | the | other, flourishing later in a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2286 | rothal rights / and spurned all | the | inheritance of the transitory |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2288 | ed perpetually in marriage / to | the | spouse who reigns in the cita |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2291 | heir hearts, / having neglected | the | path of Christ and pursued / th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2292 | he path of Christ and pursued / | the | wanderings of errors on a rut |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2293 | utted track. / For that reason, | the | [intended] brides, scorning t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2294 | their suitors’ rights, / left | the | lofty heights of the Roman ci |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2296 | e in their tranquil minds, / of | the | sort that the accusing words |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2300 | both hastily brought back to | the | city once warriors had been d |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2301 | hey would suffer side by side | the | dark squalor of prison. / Then |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2302 | ster, Rufina, refused to obey | the | wicked edicts / to offer forbid |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2303 | / to offer forbidden homage at | the | shrines. / For that reason, the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2304 | the shrines. / For that reason, | the | woman was beaten with supple |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2307 | it turned out otherwise than | the | cruel torturer hoped, / since t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2308 | e cruel torturer hoped, / since | the | virgin did not speak with wav |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2315 | off such great trophies once | the | torturer has been overcome: / h |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2317 | ny crowns we will tally up in | the | citadel on high! / Then for a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2318 | igh! / Then for a second time | the | prison lacking any lantern’ |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2319 | y lantern’s light / closed in | the | ones who were to suffer punis |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2320 | ishment in stinking shit, / but | the | splendour of the light blazin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2321 | e axis of the skies / drove out | the | dusky shadows of the gloomy p |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2322 | dows of the gloomy prison / and | the | excrement stench smelt like t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2326 | ames crackling with tinder in | the | hot baths, / and in this way th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2327 | he hot baths, / and in this way | the | shield of purity protected th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2328 | cted the virgin limbs / so that | the | coal caused no harm with its |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2329 | ith its innocuous embers, / but | the | torch, the tinder, and the gl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2330 | g in vain and grew cool after | the | firebrand had been quenched. / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2331 | brand had been quenched. / Then | the | cruel torturer ordered the sa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2332 | ants / to be bound by a knot at | the | neck with a weight of rock, / s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2333 | ith a weight of rock, / so that | the | channel of the Tiber could dr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2335 | previously dare to burn, / but | the | surface of the waves supporte |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2336 | orted Christ’s servants; / as | the | chilly streams stood still wi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2338 | ’s plank, / returning back to | the | bank, with their lives saved. |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2339 | lives saved. / Then equally by | the | savage order of this stubborn |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2340 | r of this stubborn nobleman / | the | limbs of the saints grew red |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2341 | ple blood / and both, earning | the | bloody garlands of martyrs, / a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2343 | virginal triumphs; / abandoning | the | earth, they achieved the king |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2344 | h soil covers their bones and | the | sepulchre’s tomb / holds clos |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2346 | fered death for Christ, / until | the | glowing charcoal burns the wo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2349 | e crowds, / when they encircled | the | heavenly judgement-seat in th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2350 | dgement-seat in throngs. / At | the | time when Decius ruled the th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2351 | ornered world, / bringing about | the | dangers of death for the warr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2353 | our of two sisters / bombarding | the | ears with exceptional reports |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2354 | ars with exceptional reports. / | The | torturer was unable to overco |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2356 | y butchery, / so that they deny | the | author of life once their min |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2357 | inds had been turned . / One of | the | pair was called blessed ANATO |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2358 | called blessed ANATOLIA, / but | the | other bore the true name of V |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2362 | th virginal flames, / burned up | the | tinder of luxury with the fir |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2363 | ity, / spurning in their hearts | the | fleeting abominations of the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2364 | scatter their wealth and, at | the | same time giving away their i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2366 | anded over their ornaments to | the | wretched poor, / keeping nothin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2371 | d. / He addressed both girls in | the | following way: / ‘Now drive p |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2373 | nd let not quaking fear shake | the | innards in your anxious breas |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2374 | iage-bed is placed for you in | the | seat of Paradise, / in which th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2375 | he seat of Paradise, / in which | the | company of the eternal spouse |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2378 | ompanion!’ / Then both kept | the | companionship of a chaste lif |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2379 | nionship of a chaste life, / as | the | angel had given the instructi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2380 | ions of saintly purity, / until | the | swift passing of life, when d |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2382 | r these things had been done, | the | suitors’ wicked hearts, / sna |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2383 | ed, having been polluted with | the | deadly poison of resentment, / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2385 | bundant affluence. / Meanwhile, | the | virgin Victoria, leaving Rome |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2386 | ome / as an exile, was taken to | the | exile of the city of Tribula. |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2388 | from its stomach, / corrupting | the | clear air with deadly poisons |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2389 | oisons / to such an extent that | the | citizens in a great seething |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2390 | ass, / now preferred to abandon | the | city poisoned by its breath; / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2391 | d by its breath; / they loathed | the | lair where the horrifying bes |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2392 | best was lurking. / Therefore, | the | virgin Victoria promised thes |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2393 | ld open up faithful hearts to | the | Lord Christ, / abandoning the g |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2394 | o the Lord Christ, / abandoning | the | ghastly idols of their noxiou |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2395 | an words she would expel from | the | people / the serpent savage wit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2396 | e would expel from the people / | the | serpent savage with its breat |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2398 | ed to believe in Christ. / When | the | hordes promised that with a u |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2399 | th a unanimous voice, / at once | the | virgin drove out the scaly se |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2400 | ed it to slither far off into | the | empty wastes. / Straightaway th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2401 | he empty wastes. / Straightaway | the | cruel dragon, crushed by the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2403 | its scaly skin. / In this way, | the | blessed virgin, relying on a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2404 | a heavenly triumph, / drove out | the | giant serpent by her holy pow |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2407 | rrifying word she had ordered | the | dragon to depart, / granting vi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2408 | o depart, / granting victory to | the | citizens when the serpent had |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2409 | rpent had been expelled. / Then | the | blessed little servant of Chr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2410 | st asked the citizens / that in | the | den, from which the wicked sn |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2412 | a cell for her. / Soon, just as | the | revered and suppliant virgin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2414 | ould praise with their voices | the | Thunderer in frequent prayers |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2415 | in frequent prayers, / intoning | the | sacred songs in David’s ode |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2416 | nius her suitor, supported by | the | priest of the shrine, / ordered |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2418 | ake an offering to Diana; / but | the | holy one spurned to fulfil th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2419 | ked command. / For that reason, | the | cruel torturer began to brand |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2420 | el torturer began to brandish / | the | blade on a drawn sword, spill |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2422 | ith ruddy blood. / Straightaway | the | murderer understood the dange |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2423 | dangers of his victory / while | the | dry right hand on his arm, wi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2425 | breathed out his breath into | the | air. / So too did blessed Ana |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2428 | ant. / Look, after obliterating | the | enemies, she restored , / the p |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2429 | g the enemies, she restored , / | the | panting chest of a consul’s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2431 | ng with a brutish mind . / With | the | rumour still recent, they gat |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2432 | s ills, / as they crowded round | the | saint in a throng , / and the v |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2433 | d the saint in a throng , / and | the | virgin restored them the heal |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2434 | ewise, she also cured at once | the | snake-charmer who had aroused |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2436 | with his incantation / so that | the | grim beast would gnaw at the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2437 | and open maw; she burst apart | the | serpent’s bonds / which had |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2438 | ch had previously gathered up | the | feeble snake-charmer in its c |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2441 | lso piled up his deserts with | the | purple of his blood, / and was |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2442 | to receive his rewards among | the | blessed companies of heaven. / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2443 | panies of heaven. / Afterwards, | the | bright-white martyr followed |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2446 | equally rewarded. / So, after | the | holy praises have been set ou |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2447 | e been set out of the saints, / | the | reports of whom blaze beneath |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2448 | ins for this poem to proclaim | the | mighty battles / arising from t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2449 | e mighty battles / arising from | the | Vices which will deny / the kin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2450 | rom the Vices which will deny / | the | kingdom of heaven to Christ |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2451 | t’s virgins, / and will close | the | glorious thresholds of the ga |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2454 | ng them on. / Look, in droves | the | troops gather together for ba |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2455 | s gather together for battle, / | the | companions of Justice and the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2456 | es; / against them there stands | the | wicked camp of Vices / that sen |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2458 | darts of evil deeds, / just as | the | rival troops of two hosts com |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2459 | , / while they bear banners and | the | battle-trumpet blared / and the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2460 | the battle-trumpet blared / and | the | horns of the hosts rouse up W |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2464 | also shields of conflict / and | the | sword of the Word that slays |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2465 | themselves into position for | the | battle of the world. / After th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2466 | protective shield-formation, | the | Virtues / beat back the cruel m |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2467 | mation, the Virtues / beat back | the | cruel missiles of the wicked |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2468 | irginity, that tramples down | the | sins of licentiousness, / and w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2469 | s of licentiousness, / and whom | the | perverse scar of transgressio |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2470 | s, / be keen to contend against | the | warring troops, / and may the v |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2471 | t the warring troops, / and may | the | virgin strive with armed forc |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2472 | eat the eight leaders / to whom | the | cruel companies cling. / Not |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2473 | only is it useful to lay low | the | recruits of licentiousness / an |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2474 | d to torment their flesh with | the | fierce lash / unless the other |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2475 | h with the fierce lash / unless | the | other offences of the seven V |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2477 | th by vexing weapons: / just as | the | Lord’s people abandoned Egy |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2478 | gyptian rule, / walking through | the | wet sea-surface with dry feet |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2480 | four decades, / that is to say | the | lengthy turning of eight lust |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2481 | urning of eight lustra, / until | the | point that they attained the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2482 | m of the promised land. / But | the | people of Egypt, drowned bene |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2484 | / can with good reason signify | the | Gluttony of the belly. / For th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2485 | e belly. / For that reason, may | the | virgin, attacking the deprave |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2486 | feat this dread pestilence in | the | first conflict. / A sinful phal |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2488 | ness, and likewise surfeit of | the | heart, / which always feeds Glu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2491 | et food / and craves to satisfy | the | innermost recesses of its bel |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2492 | s belly, / and is keen to stuff | the | stomach with fatty titbits, / t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2493 | this deceitful is laid low by | the | strong weapons of fasting. / Fo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2494 | trong weapons of fasting. / For | the | first-made man, whom the king |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2495 | ands this fresh inhabitant of | the | earth, / swelling his breast wi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2496 | rth, / swelling his breast with | the | heavenly breath of life, / a lo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2498 | , / when he, a glutton, plucked | the | forbidden apple from the tree |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2499 | pestilential seed grew up in | the | world, / and from that there gr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2501 | Drunkenness usually weakens | the | minds of men: / for the progeni |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2502 | weakens the minds of men: / for | the | progenitor and ruler of the w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2503 | e world after the Flood, / when | the | seas punished the human race |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2504 | ine with burgeoning shoots in | the | furrows, / and drinking the nec |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2505 | in the furrows, / and drinking | the | nectar he disgracefully expos |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2507 | less voice; / and his brothers, | the | third and first, wanted to hi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2508 | eful deed, covering him under | the | clothing of a robe. / If Bacchu |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2509 | robe. / If Bacchus could compel | the | venerable prophet / to curse hi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2510 | prophet / to curse his son and | the | whole race of his descendants |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2511 | is descendants, / saying ‘May | the | servant of Canaan be cursed f |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2512 | e cursed forever’, / then let | the | virgin now fear still more fi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2513 | , / lest perhaps she might lose | the | victory of a heavenly crown, / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2514 | es not know how to proceed on | the | path of life. / Lot too, who |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2516 | ked men / and as a host offered | the | shelter of a bed to guests / an |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2517 | a bed to guests / and provided | the | comfort of lavish food to all |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2519 | sulphurous flames set fire to / | the | fornicators and catamites, ma |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2520 | t by sin, / who were committing | the | crimes of Sodom in a wicked w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2521 | of Sodom in a wicked way, / did | the | father not know full-grown da |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2524 | strong wine, not recognising | the | rights of their beds. / Why d |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2525 | recall Nabal, inebriated with | the | nectar of new wine, / who, when |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2528 | ndfather’s name? / And unless | the | wise housewife had recognised |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2529 | ough her ever-vigilant sense, / | the | damage that would be coming t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2531 | hall would have suffered from | the | spurned king, / so that the wal |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2532 | rom the spurned king, / so that | the | wall would have known anyone |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2533 | dawn sprinkled rosy light on | the | fields! / For that reason, ma |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2534 | ields! / For that reason, may | the | bold virgin be keen to overco |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2535 | to overcome this beast, / lest | the | voracious monster should smas |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2536 | h the gates of heaven / so that | the | soul is unable to ascend to t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2537 | kingdom of paradise! / Indeed, | the | Virtues are continually eager |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2539 | owever stands in its way with | the | strength of fasting, / so that |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2540 | strength of fasting, / so that | the | parapets of the spirit may no |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2543 | t blessed Virginity can serve | the | Thunderer. / Next, the bland |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2544 | serve the Thunderer. / Next, | the | bland wars stir up a second c |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2547 | haste virginity tramples / upon | the | whorehouse of prostitutes jus |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2548 | king filth. / From this monster | the | foulest words are born / and al |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2554 | s deception! / Yet not so was | the | appearance of beauty able to |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2555 | rance of beauty able to force / | the | splendid Joseph to lose the p |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2556 | he palm of virtue; / he spurned | the | mistress who was setting nets |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2557 | m licentiousness he abandoned | the | covering of his cloak. / For th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2558 | f his cloak. / For that reason, | the | blessed man deserved the rule |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2559 | erved the rule of Egypt rule; / | the | whole globe of the world decl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2561 | ame of noble stock, / despising | the | king’s whorehouse with her |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2562 | trampling down in their heart | the | wicked licentiousness of sin? |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2563 | licentiousness of sin? / After | the | citizens had suffered the dan |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2564 | uffered the dangers of death, / | the | chaste one carried a bloody |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2567 | umph chaste integrity rejects / | the | vice of harmful flesh with it |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2569 | es with virginal arrows, / lest | the | lurid poison of the whorehous |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2570 | of the whorehouse crawls / into | the | frail fibres after the marrow |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2580 | ries / and profits stained with | the | crime of plunder. / As the Psal |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2581 | with the crime of plunder. / As | the | Psalmist sang, lamenting the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2584 | whom it is piled up’; / Paul, | the | teacher of the saints, in an |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2585 | ostolic utterance, / proclaimed | the | same, maintaining that it was |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2588 | ted / an enormous crime against | the | Lord of light with a dark dod |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2589 | hands like a thief, he stole | the | pouch he had been trusted wit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2590 | greedy he secretly embezzled | the | payment to those in need. / For |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2592 | h a deadly end, / and afflicted | the | thief with a cruel beating; / t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2593 | e thief with a cruel beating; / | the | one who, out of his mind and |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2594 | nded by a gift of solver / sold | the | King of heaven, who redeemed |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2595 | d with his blood. / Likewise, | the | greedy ruler of the Hebrew na |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2598 | wife wrote a wicked document. / | The | avenger, looking down from th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2600 | of them both. / For dogs licked | the | tyrant’s bloody streams, / wh |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2601 | ant’s bloody streams, / where | the | innocent leader [Naboath], wh |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2603 | for Jezebel, who had written | the | text to the town / and being cr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2604 | nd being cruel, had afflicted | the | righteous prophets of the Lor |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2607 | gh with purple gore. / So too | the | leader lost his life beneath |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2611 | of rocks crushed to death, / as | the | Lord’s people surrounded th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2613 | ay with gleaming weapons: / and | the | blare of the battle-trumpet a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2614 | net / struck terrible fear into | the | hearts of men. / Straightaway t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2615 | e hearts of men. / Straightaway | the | heights were overthrown and f |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2617 | n its seven citadels. / So does | the | greedy man, piling up gold tr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2619 | sack with tawny coin; / just as | the | fires of a kindled hearth cra |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2620 | le more fully with flames / and | the | more the furnaces are fed, / th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2621 | he more the furnaces are fed, / | the | more they crave, as firebrand |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2622 | are up with fuel, / nonetheless | the | burning frenzy is refused ful |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2623 | refused fulfilment. / So also, | the | greedy man and fire and hell / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2626 | he, forever frenzied, desires | the | dangers of war / and discord be |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2630 | aughters with wicked carnage, / | the | uproar of voices and raging i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2633 | r’s / bloody skull, she calms | the | mighty cry / so that the greate |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2634 | calms the mighty cry / so that | the | greatest of furies cannot con |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2638 | ng Night raises her head / from | the | infernal regions and so havin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2639 | ed from Stygian darkness / into | the | world Allecto incites wicked |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2642 | c wounds on sainted souls, / if | the | Lord did not defend our unpro |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2643 | cted minds. / In a fifth mob, | the | advancing attacks of Sadness / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2644 | ng attacks of Sadness / shatter | the | walls and parapets of the Vir |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2646 | s; / this fierce desperation of | the | faint-hearted mind / suffocates |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2647 | faint-hearted mind / suffocates | the | incautious for the sake of bi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2649 | rior beats back with his boss / | the | spears of sadness, and likewi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2650 | f point / which usually spur on | the | mind; lest perhaps they falte |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2651 | nd; lest perhaps they falter, / | the | joys of a troubled heart and |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2652 | and a spirit that holds back / | the | seats of emotions with happy |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2653 | nd resentment may not disturb | the | recesses of the mind, / so that |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2656 | be smashed straightaway, / lest | the | uprightness of a weakening so |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2657 | eadlong into ruin / if it lacks | the | sturdy foundation of our own |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2660 | n with a deadly wound, / unless | the | despairing sick should spurn |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2663 | , / one of salvation leading to | the | thresholds of light, / the othe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2664 | g to the thresholds of light, / | the | other deadly one reaching int |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2666 | Next, slothful Boredom leads | the | sixth battle-line: / she who fo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2668 | ovet idle sleep / and likewise, | the | tiresome trifles of sinful wo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2669 | itudes of mind and actions of | the | body. / Likewise, Restlessness |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2673 | ramples on this one; / and when | the | enemy has been destroyed, it |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2674 | wandering spirit desires that | the | mind should seek leisure / and |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2675 | t sleepiness should now seize | the | dulled sense, / so that careful |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2676 | ul reading should not trouble | the | attentive heart / nor the eyes |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2677 | ouble the attentive heart / nor | the | eyes lead the wakeful on the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2679 | ows, with packed weapons, / and | the | ancient Greeks called that pe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2680 | xia, / which is translated into | the | Latin name Vana Gloria[Vaingl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2681 | Vana Gloria[Vainglory]. / When | the | accomplice of evils was urgin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2682 | d sin, / it was her that misled | the | first man by deception, / when |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2684 | r day you are willing to pick | the | fruit, / the eyes in your face |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2685 | re willing to pick the fruit, / | the | eyes in your face will straig |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2687 | ou.’ / Oh, what false trifles | the | lying thief pledged / in order |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2688 | ef pledged / in order to darken | the | gifts of new life that had be |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2689 | it not have been enough that | the | world with its four corners, / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2690 | with its four corners, / which | the | turning of the sky embraces w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2692 | ve human purposes forever, / if | the | dignity of heaven were not to |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2696 | ty hope. / From this kindling | the | disasters of the vices were b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2697 | f the vices were born: / first, | the | headlong strife of a lethal w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2699 | rom these there also proceeds | the | savage striving for novelties |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2700 | e striving for novelties. / But | the | raw recruit, protected by the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2701 | n shield of Christ, / fends off | the | dreadful points of wounding i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2703 | ng weapons of sin spinning at | the | warriors of Christ. / She is ke |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2706 | one moves on her feet through | the | sins of the world, / her helmet |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2708 | she mostly strives to lay low | the | righteous with her own spears |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2709 | / and she commits carnage with | the | weapons of others. / From tha |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2711 | / and a shady grove grows from | the | dread seed: / first, contempt o |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2714 | ated chest; / and from then on, | the | pestilence of envy arises, / wh |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2718 | thrive through envy, / as when | the | deceitful thief and lover of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2719 | d lover of black death / misled | the | author of the human race with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2720 | with an empty trick, / so that | the | crowd of his descendants woul |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2721 | above. / Thus too, corrupted by | the | enormous rot of malice, / one b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2722 | of malice, / one brother broke | the | fine bond with his brother, / w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2723 | ith his brother, / who had been | the | first to burn the fat innards |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2724 | of sheep, / while God despised | the | offerings of cruel Cain. / From |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2726 | thick with bitter burrs. / when | the | wicked one spattered the fiel |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2727 | with purple blood. / From that | the | murmurs of proud voices are b |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2728 | d voices are born, / as well as | the | sin of a heart refusing to ob |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2729 | ing to obey what is said, / and | the | savage back-biting of the ton |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2730 | he tongue that damages men. / | The | other seven battle-lines, whi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2732 | ndeed, that monster, of which | the | page is speaking now, / took it |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2733 | ow, / took its beginnings above | the | high peaks of heaven, / when th |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2734 | he high peaks of heaven, / when | the | angelic prince and the first |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2735 | to raise his own throne from | the | north / and in his deceit vowe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2736 | t vowed that he would be like | the | Lord. / Then adorned with the l |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2737 | e the Lord. / Then adorned with | the | lovely form of nine gemstones |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2738 | n in vain to swell up against | the | creator, / as he considered a h |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2740 | o that he should boldly equal | the | Lord with his own powers. / For |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2742 | nged by his retinue, / deserted | the | ethereal region and stuffed t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2746 | ot: / but while a third part of | the | stars fell down headlong, / twi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2749 | its maw, / was able to mistreat | the | companies of heaven, / then let |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2750 | companies of heaven, / then let | the | earthly cultivator of the sma |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2751 | t / fear far more to tear apart | the | proud serpent here on earth. / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2754 | ch monsters / and tramples down | the | crimes of their proud customs |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2755 | / In vain does chastity assume | the | praise of fame / if a gnawing w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2756 | a gnawing worm bores through | the | cloak of the heart; / if inflat |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2757 | art; / if inflated pride stuffs | the | recesses of the mind, / it is i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2761 | is followers / and has cleansed | the | sins of the world after shedd |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2762 | after shedding his blood. / But | the | weight of this material press |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2766 | esh theme / and who do not want | the | whetstone of their intellect |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2767 | grow dull: / they do not spoil | the | keenness of their hearts with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2770 | r hearts, / constantly perusing | the | previously mentioned volumes |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2771 | ch surpass in their sweetness | the | sugary taste of honey / and of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2772 | sugary taste of honey / and of | the | yellow honeycomb of which the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2773 | sang in his song. / In this way | the | diligent reader and the knowl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2774 | er of the book / longs to pluck | the | picked fruits of Scripture, / a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2775 | cripture, / as a cow crops from | the | meadow the wild grass, / which |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2776 | which as she lies down during | the | night hours she chews over re |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2777 | he chews over repeatedly. / But | the | sow, fit for the muddy filth |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2779 | beneath its fat gorge, / while | the | plump poker rests lying down / |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2780 | ump poker rests lying down / on | the | strewn rushes, reeds, and bun |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2783 | short / before I could explain | the | whole fame / that utters the pr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2784 | in the whole fame / that utters | the | proclamations of praise for c |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2789 | low with bellowing blasts / and | the | wind-chest resounds with disc |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2791 | ed me golden grapes, / although | the | vine-shoot sprouted in a meag |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2792 | e field; / from where, plucking | the | grape-clusters of chastity fr |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2795 | pletely sour with age / or that | the | teeth of drinkers will perhap |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2797 | keeper pour in watery tricks, / | the | sort that occasionally swindl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2798 | omers, / as he is keen to spoil | the | sweet juice of the boiled dow |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2799 | ed down wine, / pretending that | the | grape-clusters were produced |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2800 | t way on the vine, / from which | the | grapes were trodden by feet i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2801 | wine-press. / Now time forces | the | one composing rustic songs / to |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2802 | o splendid saints to conclude | the | running verses, / as the end of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2803 | nclude the running verses, / as | the | end of the metrical verse app |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2804 | ea-shore; / as a sailor crosses | the | foamy ocean-waves of the, / hav |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2805 | the, / having soon measured out | the | mighty sea in modest boat, / we |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2806 | ea in modest boat, / wearied by | the | swell he reaches the longed-f |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2807 | longed-for shore, / taking down | the | swelling sails from the windy |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2808 | masts / and likewise loosening | the | sailyard from that section of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2809 | ction of the rigging. / Now may | the | metrical anchor still the wav |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2810 | wave-wandering boat, / so that | the | wave-battered sailor heading |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2814 | tch will entreat with prayers | the | Lord’s handmaids, / who merit |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2815 | , / who merit by their chastity | the | kingdom of Christ / and ascendi |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2816 | ngdom of Christ / and ascending | the | brilliant heights of starry h |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2817 | voices they with may entreat | the | Thunderer / Who of his own acco |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2819 | worthy servants / and to loosen | the | chains of harm from the guil |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2820 | e of heart, / insofar as before | the | day that closes the lights of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2821 | hts of life, / and also, before | the | day that opens the thresholds |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2822 | the thresholds of death, / all | the | acts of my sins may be absolv |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2823 | olved / and may eternal Christ, | the | glory of heaven, wipe out / wha |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2825 | ly granting forgiveness remit | the | harmful sins / of deeds or word |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2827 | oughts alone! / In this way may | the | highest power of the saints, |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2830 | cal song on virginity / so that | the | garlands of the chaste would |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2832 | in such ways, / But you, whom | the | diadem adorns with virginal w |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2834 | tical scoundrels, / by shutting | the | lips of reprehensible speaker |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2835 | rs, / even though I do not fear | the | words of scoundrels who are r |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2836 | readers, / who prefer to attack | the | writings of poets who are sin |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2837 | are singers, / as they seek in | the | light the dusky darkness of t |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2838 | lore twisting rough ground in | the | flat countryside, / if a letter |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2840 | r, and case should stray from | the | rule, / if the triple person an |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2841 | hould stray from the rule, / if | the | triple person and the double |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2842 | le form should remain, / and if | the | five-fold verb-tenses occur c |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2843 | nonetheless they do not emend | the | stumbling poet’s writing. / I |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2844 | they always wish to criticize | the | pages of writers, / as the shag |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2845 | cize the pages of writers, / as | the | shaggy billy-goat gnaws with |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2846 | t bunches of grapes, / emptying | the | vines of flowers from their l |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2847 | wers from their leafy shoots, / | [the | goat] that once carried the s |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2848 | he people into the desert, / as | the | holy text of the Old Testamen |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2849 | Testament has sanctioned. / Let | the | timid composer tremble at suc |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2850 | ser tremble at such missiles, / | the | warrior who never has faith i |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2855 | s iron: / nor let a writer fear | the | trivialities of a terrifying |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2856 | t is a spectre that terrifies | the | tremulous in the darkness of |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2857 | lways accustomed to jabber in | the | murky shadows. / So too the hel |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2858 | in the murky shadows. / So too | the | helmeted faces of ghosts fade |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2859 | ted faces of ghosts fade / when | the | bold warrior does not shrink |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2862 | set out , / those who ascend to | the | high fields of the heavens ab |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2863 | heavens above, / and likewise, | the | eightfold tally of dark sin / h |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2864 | / has been clearly revealed by | the | slender key of words, / may God |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2865 | thrust out [that tally] from | the | recess of our heart / and remov |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2866 | remove it far from light into | the | dusky darkness, / now, at the e |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2867 | o the dusky darkness, / now, at | the | end, I ask those reading both |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2871 | rayers for me they may loosen | the | bonds of sin , / and pay the bo |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2872 | en the bonds of sin , / and pay | the | book’s price with frequent |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2873 | ce with frequent entreaty, / to | the | extent that he who keeps the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2875 | eing outside of time, / to whom | the | long duration of the world g |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2876 | e and took nothing away, / that | the | judge may have mercy on me no |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2877 | orever. / In that place where | the | saints will rejoice throughou |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2878 | will praise with their voices | the | Thunderer, / (First the patriar |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2879 | voices the Thunderer, / (First | the | patriarchs, who produced the |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2880 | e seeds of the holy race, / and | the | offspring and new stock of de |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2882 | mpanies / and they crowd around | the | ruler’s lofty judgement sea |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2883 | eat; / there too there rejoices | the | company of the ancient prophe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2884 | t prophets, / that once sang of | the | beginnings of our Christ, / whe |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2885 | eginnings of our Christ, / when | the | redeemer would restore the fa |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2886 | ng ages / mercifully cleansing | the | tokens of ancient evils; / ther |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2889 | honoured rewards, / purchasing | the | extensive kingdom with purple |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2891 | hough they did not experience | the | shedding of their blood, / none |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2893 | outstanding crown; / there, to | the | virgins who abandoned the gha |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2894 | hastly joys / of earthly flesh, | the | glory of the kingdom is grant |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2897 | en songs to Christ, / following | the | Lamb who once with his red bl |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2898 | e with his red blood / cleansed | the | filthy flaws of a sinning wor |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2900 | rtune / and who, crowned, carry | the | banners of triumph, / and who a |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2902 | nse thousands / will ring round | the | heavenly judgement seat above |
| ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2903 | led, last of all, relying on | the | divine gift, / to rest with Chr |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 1 | / / # Vita Cuthberti, prohemium / | The | Lord granted many lights to s |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 2 | shine on His world, / so that | the | divine flame would illuminate |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 3 | shadows / of human night from | the | summit of heaven. / And altho |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 4 | hrist Himself, born from God, | the | light, / is the highest light, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 5 | born from God, the light, / is | the | highest light, God also grant |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 6 | ints to shine / like lamps for | the | church, in whom, with fire as |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 8 | torches in different parts of | the | world, / so that the new light |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 9 | parts of the world, / so that | the | new light, spread by the flam |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 11 | es. / Rome, amazed, rejoices at | the | twin radiance of Peter and Pa |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 13 | lic triumphs. / But John sows | the | light of the Word in Asia wit |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 14 | achings which he drained from | the | breast of the Lord. / Barthol |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 16 | d, famed, tames by his tongue | the | Indians, untameable by arms. |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 17 | s. / You, too, Mark, subduing | the | violence of the peoples of th |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 19 | ouds. / Africa shines through | the | words and fine deeds of Cypri |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 20 | fter shedding his blood urges | the | spurning of delights. / Poitie |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 22 | eacher, Hilary, / now scatters | the | shadows of errors with true l |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 24 | ights up Constantinople / with | the | golden brightness of his bril |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 25 | light, no longer contained by | the | lap of the world, / is spread |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 26 | / is spread shimmering across | the | sea, and Britain now sharing |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 28 | Cuthbert leading a life among | the | golden stars, / teaches by his |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 29 | rs, / teaches by his own steps | the | English to ascend the heights |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 30 | end the heights. / Right from | the | first threshold of life the g |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 33 | r in my verse / to commemorate | the | last traces of his deeds, / by |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 34 | races of his deeds, / by which | the | inner depths of his sacred mi |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 38 | flame-spewing tongues, / give | the | rewards of the word to a tong |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 1 | ur gifts! / / # Vita Cuthberti 1 / | The | holy life of the heavenly ser |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 2 | m the earliest age: / Christ, | the | bearer of high reward, / summo |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 4 | ft, / and teaches him to scorn | the | breeze-blown splendours of th |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 6 | dance / He directs him through | the | earliest stages of life, / so |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 7 | ring him having progressed to | the | stars. / When by chance those |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 8 | nd tender age were playing on | the | undulating grass, / the holy c |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 9 | ing on the undulating grass, / | the | holy child was taking part in |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 11 | frivolous competition. / But | the | Lord corrected this boyish be |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 12 | rthy teacher, / for from among | the | youthful band a tiny child wh |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 15 | n, / but to fix a firm mind on | the | love of the Lord. / But, bein |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 16 | a boy, [Cuthbert] laughed at | the | infant’s holy words, / since |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 18 | ng a three-year-old teacher. / | The | infant screamed and drenched |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 19 | it face with bitter grief. / | The | game dissolves in tears, and |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 20 | e in turn / tries to wipe away | the | unexpected tears of that one |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 21 | eless, they could not restore | the | happiness that had been snatc |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 22 | ched away. / Cuthbert soothes | the | child, hugging him with gentl |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 27 | e people for whom you open up | the | halls of heaven? / Surely it wo |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 28 | to run alongside servants at | the | race-track, / or will it be ri |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 29 | e right for a bishop to mimic | the | deeds of the mob? / So abando |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 32 | / He said these things, and | the | Spirit a kindly companion fo |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 33 | e, / instilled mature sense in | the | heart of the boy. / No wonder |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 34 | No wonder that infants reveal | the | mysteries of Christ, / if the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 35 | the mysteries of Christ, / if | the | Sacred Spirit — which made |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 36 | / in human speech should fill | the | innards of a suckling child. / |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 37 | a suckling child. / Meanwhile, | the | little lad [Cuthbert] is stru |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 39 | a pine staff. / When one day | the | gentle boy, suffering alone, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 40 | d laid out his weary limbs in | the | open air, suddenly / a venerabl |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 42 | e there is a similar grace to | the | steed — and greets the recl |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 46 | llen, and for a long time now | the | care of doctors / has not been |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 48 | o relieve with any herbs’. / | The | guest leaps down from his hor |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 50 | ot, / and cook them together in | the | fire of boiling oven; / to be |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 51 | ven; / to be healed, rub it on | the | swelling while hot.’ / Ment |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 53 | his horse, returning home / on | the | same path by which he had com |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 54 | ure followed the advice, / and | the | sacred one recognized that th |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 55 | had come from the throne / of | the | heavenly Judge, Who with the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 56 | th the highest gift restored / | the | lost sight of Tobias with the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 58 | ength, / he learned to bombard | the | lofty-throned Thunderer with |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 59 | e is a noteworthy place above | the | mouth of the river Tyne, / whi |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 61 | en they were ferrying wood on | the | surface of the wild stream, / |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 63 | y were all driven headlong by | the | swift current / into the grey- |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 64 | ng by the swift current / into | the | grey-haired expanse of the se |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 65 | m sight, each boat appears on | the | waves, / like a feathered sea- |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 66 | eathered sea-bird floating on | the | breakers. / The brotherly ban |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 67 | d floating on the breakers. / | The | brotherly band emerges and on |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 68 | bended knee / they look up to | the | sky, praying for the life and |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 69 | / But this triumph is kept for | the | chosen boy [Cuthbert], / who t |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 70 | hen by chance was standing on | the | other bank opposite — / ther |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 72 | rowd of people laughing, / for | the | sad chances of the good are a |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 75 | ng, / or rather let us pray to | the | Lord, Who created the winds a |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 77 | a path to salvation.’ / But | the | rustic gathering disagrees wi |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 78 | bended knee, had soon pressed | the | earth with his face: / the wi |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 79 | ed the earth with his face: / | the | winds change, and when the bo |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 80 | n the boats are cast ashore, / | the | glad throng is ashamed by the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 81 | they glorify God, Who secures | the | prayers of His own. / At this t |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 82 | he was feeding young lambs on | the | happy hills, / behold, while k |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 85 | carrying a saintly soul / into | the | sky amidst the joys of this g |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 88 | ep, / we do not deserve to see | the | heavenly deeds of the vigilan |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 90 | ief time such glories / of God: | the | twin gates of Olympus are ope |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 91 | sed spirit is introduced into | the | heavenly hall, / accompanied e |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 92 | angelic flames: it traverses | the | stars / and now rejoices to see |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 93 | stars / and now rejoices to see | the | high-throned king. / That man |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 94 | I think, shining most high in | the | citadel / of his holy people, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 95 | adel / of his holy people, and | the | fiery ether with such great c |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 96 | ceives him and carried him to | the | threshold of light. / Learn, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 97 | ght. / Learn, shepherds, from | the | vigilant guarding of the shee |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 99 | ght and tawny lions, / so that | the | sacred songs of angelic prais |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 100 | nd you may see God, mighty in | the | citadel of Bethlehem.’ / Me |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 101 | he kindles fearful praise in | the | his companions’ hearts. / T |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 102 | e his companions’ hearts. / | The | faith of the these events is |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 103 | died, and was carried over to | the | hall of the Lord. / The venerab |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 104 | over to the hall of the Lord. / | The | venerable deeds of this pries |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 105 | is teaching / shine throughout | the | world, to be told in a memora |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 107 | t, when ordered to set out on | the | restless waters, / of the wave |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 108 | t on the restless waters, / of | the | wave-sounding sea humbly look |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 109 | close to him be protected by | the | prayers of the holy man. / Th |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 110 | he prayers of the holy man. / | The | lofty bishop said to him: |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 111 | s you make for the deep sea, / | the | north wind will rise against |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 112 | / but remember quickly to calm | the | roaring of the wind / and the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 113 | the roaring of the wind / and | the | howling storms with the chris |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 114 | eceived some fatty olive oil, | the | sailors set out to sea / and w |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 115 | lors set out to sea / and with | the | wings of the sails spread out |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 116 | ngs of the sails spread out, / | the | ship was ploughing without a |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 117 | ious wintry storm set in, and | the | sea rages all around, / hinder |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 118 | rages all around, / hindering | the | initial course of the battere |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 119 | attered ship. / At last, when | the | ointment of fatty drops had b |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 120 | ty drops had been dispensed, / | the | tamed waves, settling their w |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 123 | with his grim words / relieved | the | sad sailors with swift consol |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 124 | on; / and he who had predicted | the | future with prophetic spirit |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 125 | ic spirit / himself restrained | the | turbulent elements with his c |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 128 | ywhere, a storm-cloud covered | the | stars — / and, freezing, he |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 129 | freezing, he turned off under | the | roof of an ancient bothy / whi |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 130 | which a shepherd had built in | the | lonely wastes. / And he himse |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 131 | tes. / And he himself ties up | the | horse to the wall where he ha |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 132 | ere he had come, / waiting for | the | Lord to assuage the moist gus |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 133 | e the moist gusts. / And while | the | holy man consecrates the hour |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 134 | ine praise, / he suddenly sees | the | horse take a bite out of the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 135 | f of the very hut, / and from | the | sheaf of hay as it fell poure |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 137 | prophet [Elijah] / who ascend | the | ethereal air, once deserved i |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 138 | e parched grass. / Accordingly | the | sacred man, now fed with the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 139 | meat, gives thanks and, after | the | storm abated, / continues on a |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 141 | as his companion. / After that, | the | holy man, seeking greater thi |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 142 | ody, mind, habit and deeds to | the | monks of Ripon, and soon / is |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 143 | Ripon, and soon / is set to be | the | servant to guests; and, willi |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 145 | see / and feed a citizen from | the | ramparts of the lofty hall. |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 146 | l. / This figure arrived with | the | appearance of a guest in the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 147 | / and, after being received in | the | saint’s humble manner, / his |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 148 | rt], bending down, he soothes | the | frozen feet / with the pleasan |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 149 | soothes the frozen feet / with | the | pleasant warming of his hands |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 151 | he might deign to wait / until | the | time he could restore his lim |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 153 | ’s gusts / should not add to | the | journey of one stiff / from lon |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 154 | g, who would arrive frozen in | the | morning breeze. / And, entrea |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 155 | ing breeze. / And, entreating | the | reluctant one in the name of |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 158 | remained some leftovers from | the | supper of the night before. |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 160 | nion, but he saw no signs / of | the | traveller’s footprints anyw |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 161 | eld. / In his search he finds | the | interior filled with a rosy s |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 165 | mbling heart: / ‘I see that | the | guest had come down from the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 166 | he has taken himself back to | the | stars that are his kin; / comi |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 167 | ed, not to be fed, he brought | the | kind of food / that does not g |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 168 | food / that does not grow from | the | seed of our crops, nor are li |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 170 | / and our honey is scorned in | the | manna-flowing savour. / It wa |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 173 | . / Nor is it a surprise that | the | fine one scorned our food, / s |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 174 | d our food, / since he enjoyed | the | perpetual bread of life for a |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 176 | on / of celestial citizens and | the | taste of heavenly grain and a |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 178 | ustomed, as a way of praising | the | Lord, to commemorate / the sai |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 179 | ing the Lord, to commemorate / | the | saintly deeds of the Fathers, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 181 | nesses. / Meanwhile, one night, | the | young man sets off for the cu |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 183 | in steps. / They come down to | the | sea; submerged up to his marb |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 184 | ed up to his marble neck, / in | the | waves Cuthbert spends the nig |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 185 | t chanting. / He emerges from | the | sea and, with his knees plant |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 186 | , he extends his two palms to | the | stars. / Then, behold, two an |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 187 | behold, two animals come from | the | bottom of the sea / and prostr |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 188 | / and prostrate themselves on | the | yellow sand at the saint’s |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 190 | fur and breath / they wipe dry | the | watery cold from the saintly |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 194 | ve waters; / and he returns to | the | buildings at morning time. / |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 197 | half-dying breath. / But when | the | day returned had driven away |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 198 | of night, / he stands sick, in | the | presence the saint; and bendi |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 199 | use prayer to be commended to | the | Lord, / because he had chanced |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 204 | t what you saw / until I leave | the | world.’ He followed the exa |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 205 | Teacher / Who, after restoring | the | sight of the blind, / ordered |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 206 | dered them to hide who caused | the | return of their health. / The |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 207 | Then with prayer he drove out | the | illness and forgave the blame |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 208 | ness and forgave the blame. / | The | highest grace of the Thundere |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 210 | nd now a prophetic power from | the | starry heights, / illuminates |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 212 | hile he is carried by ship to | the | shores of the Picts, / but the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 213 | the shores of the Picts, / but | the | straits, impassable in icy De |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 215 | / and when hunger and cold and | the | dangers of a raging sea / had |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 216 | of a raging sea / had battered | the | fearful sailors on a foreign |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 217 | sailors on a foreign shore, / | the | holy day had come on which Ch |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 218 | in the flesh, / shone forth as | the | glory of heaven on earth. / [ |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 222 | vere bonds? / Do you see that | the | earth has grown white under a |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 223 | e under a damp accumulation, / | the | air drips water, ice covers t |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 224 | hearts melt with hunger, and | the | human assistance fails. / The |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 226 | e prayers / Who once threw open | the | red threshold of the sea for |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 227 | r His own, / granted a home in | the | clouds, bread from a storm-cl |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 228 | er from a rock, / and scatters | the | terrifying shadows of night w |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 229 | y merited such great gifts in | the | form of a present, / on which |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 230 | form of a present, / on which | the | Magi, bearing threefold treas |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 232 | tal, king, and God; / on which | the | Lord Himself cleanses the wor |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 234 | s gives off a fine scent from | the | swell of the fountain, / and t |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 235 | of the fountain, / and through | the | Lord’s gift the water turns |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 238 | his and set his companions on | the | shore of the sea / where he wa |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 240 | hree scraps as if sliced from | the | flesh of a fish, / and in vene |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 241 | n on bended knees he prays to | the | Lord, / increasing the venerab |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 242 | rays to the Lord, / increasing | the | venerable gift of faith with |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 243 | eover, as a prophet, he says, | ‘the | Creator has equated / our food |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 244 | h when they are done, calming | the | waters / He will lead us back |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 246 | ive land’. / Then they roast | the | food on the flames and, givin |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 248 | onied flavour bear witness to | the | new bounty. / Now on the four |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 249 | s to the new bounty. / Now on | the | fourth day, after the south w |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 251 | seas. / Having by then obtained | the | merit and rank of a priest, / |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 252 | priest, / he set out to renew | the | populace with the waters of l |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 253 | . / Since he was prescient of | the | future, he said to a chance c |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 258 | exhausted and starving.’ / | The | older one replied: ‘If onl |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 259 | d, Who ordered ravens to feed | the | prophet; / do you see an eagle |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 260 | an eagle now slicing through | the | wandering breeze? / The Almig |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 261 | rough the wandering breeze? / | The | Almighty can feed us even wit |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 262 | nt.’ / And as they carry on | the | way they had started, they co |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 263 | down to a river / and they see | the | bird, which had been flying g |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 264 | the lofty heaven, / sitting on | the | river bank. And the exalted |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 265 | Do you see our servant above | the | waters? / Run, I ask, and bri |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 266 | ask, and bring back whatever | the | Lord has sent.’ And he bro |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 267 | with one piece he drives away | the | servant’s hunger, / and with |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 268 | servant’s hunger, / and with | the | other they strengthen their o |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 269 | thbert], through commands and | the | waters of baptism, / reveals t |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 270 | e waters of baptism, / reveals | the | way for people called to the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 271 | same time as he was revealing | the | heavenly on earth, / he made |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 272 | th, / he made perfectly clear | the | wicked tricks of the Serpent. |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 273 | nt. / For he suddenly mingled | the | following with his sacred ser |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 274 | / ‘However many mysteries of | the | Kingdom are revealed to you, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 276 | t and kindly senses, / so that | the | wandering breeze of the pesti |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 277 | ent does not delude you, / for | the | perverse one, always striving |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 278 | dertakings / enjoys disturbing | the | faithful with even a small cl |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 279 | even a small cloud, / so that | the | deceitful Enemy like a vile s |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 280 | e servant may seduce us / from | the | words and sight of the Heaven |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 283 | / fire-brands flit everywhere, | the | wind assists, the crackling r |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 284 | aches the stars. / Tricked by | the | frightening apparition the cr |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 285 | wd dash out / in haste to save | the | fire-spewing roofs with water |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 286 | pewing roofs with water. / But | the | deception, unable to die down |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 287 | ough its own instability, and | the | whole pomp returns to its nat |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 288 | s to its native shadows / , and | the | empty trickery is hidden in s |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 289 | hidden in shifting caverns. / | The | confused folk return home, be |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 290 | s, / and in prostration entreat | the | saint, / and they rejoice that |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 291 | ice that they have recognized | the | tricks and weapons of the pro |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 292 | ons of the proud Enemy, / which | the | prescient power of the Sacred |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 295 | to prayers and, turning back | the | wind and fire, / he turns back |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 296 | wind and fire, / he turns back | the | danger with his word — as t |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 298 | ad been accustomed to repulse | the | arrows sent spinning / from Sa |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 299 | m Satan’s fiery quiver with | the | heavenly shield of Christ. / A |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 300 | ield of Christ. / A man came to | the | noble man and, as a suppliant |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 301 | ice: ‘My dear wife lies at | the | threshold of death; / now her |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 304 | now, I pray, someone to bring | the | mysteries of Christ / before t |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 305 | e mysteries of Christ / before | the | fleeing spirit abandons her p |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 306 | s her pallid limbs’. / While | the | saint was already preparing a |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 308 | had been placed in charge / of | the | cell of Lindisfarne — he le |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 309 | ommon kind of death, but that | the | savagery of a dark demon / was |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 310 | a dark demon / was afflicting | the | wretched woman with dreadful |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 311 | to go himself; they undertook | the | journey when, behold, suddenl |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 313 | heart / grew terrified that if | the | saint, arriving, were to see |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 317 | ustomed attentively to attend | the | saint’s services / and to of |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 320 | do you grieve and, melted by | the | heat of a silent furnace, / ar |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 321 | t furnace, / are now washed by | the | moisture which is a sign of a |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 322 | you think that, when I enter | the | house of your dear companion, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 323 | on, / she could be captured in | the | frenzied bond of the serpent? |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 324 | enzied bond of the serpent? / | The | Enemy is used to being conque |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 325 | / and will now be overcome by | the | conquering sword of faith. / B |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 326 | sword of faith. / But rather, | the | woman will come to meet us as |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 328 | th a mind already sound.’ / | The | words were spoken; they come |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 329 | e, the savage serpent flees, / | the | woman runs up to them, healed |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 330 | s / in her right hand she asks | the | saint to dismount and to deig |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 332 | aling new gifts of health / as | the | serpent departs fleeing at hi |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 333 | hiss arrival. / Lest because of | the | unstable praise of those who |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 335 | e, [Cuthbert] prefers to roam / | the | recesses of a place apart, wh |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 336 | ee to fortify himself against | the | breath of human praise. / And |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 337 | nd when he was first urged by | the | commands of his bishop / to re |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 338 | s of his bishop / to reveal to | the | brothers by example the path |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 339 | companion to those monks whom | the | famous island / of Lindisfarne |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 340 | Lindisfarne washes round with | the | fluctuating waves of the blue |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 343 | eir illnesses / and routs with | the | radiant sign of the cross the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 344 | hen absent in appearance with | the | presence of his spirit, / and |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 345 | of his spirit, / and cleanses | the | house of Christ from this fou |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 348 | he whetted a mind inspired to | the | heavens with his tears — / s |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 354 | hidden threats. / As soon as | the | Lord’s servant arrived, the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 355 | ul disturbance, / terrified by | the | Cross, disappeared into thin |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 356 | red man, taking possession of | the | peaceful realm once tyranny h |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 359 | / from which he could only see | the | starry summits / and being set |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 360 | part could be watched over by | the | lofty King. / And so that this |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 362 | all things, / he strengthened | the | walls with stones that could |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 363 | g men could scarcely carry on | the | back of their necks: / yet he |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 365 | his own and position them / on | the | walls, with the accompanying |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 366 | ace was lacking a spring, but | the | saint through prayers / struck |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 368 | sweetness. / This rose up in | the | middle of Cuthbert’s dwelli |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 370 | it. / Nor is it wondrous that | the | servant of the Lord could des |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 374 | nds, / he attempts to break up | the | uncultivated soil with iron, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 375 | and, sowing seeds, to entrust | the | year’s hope to the tamed cl |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 376 | splendid crop sprang up from | the | modest sowing, / the time for |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 377 | g up from the modest sowing, / | the | time for harvest came; but by |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 378 | swift birds / are keen to rob | the | old man’s ripening corn. / |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 379 | ning corn. / He serenely says | the | following to the savage robbe |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 380 | touch with improper audacity | the | harvest / which was not sown i |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 381 | arvest / which was not sown in | the | furrows by your labour? / Doe |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 383 | would put / a curved sickle to | the | soil? / But if by chance God |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 386 | n borders’! / He spoke; and | the | feathered flock soon withdrew |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 387 | they dare again to impinge on | the | rights of the soldier of the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 391 | a shepherd his tender sheep. / | The | ravens cancel the agreement b |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 392 | dirty deed; / they break into | the | buildings and after breaking |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 394 | ts for their own offspring. / | The | saint urges them to cease, an |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 395 | he said, ‘are you damaging | the | brothers’ guest-house? Go |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 398 | one of them comes and bows at | the | saint’s feet, / and sorrowfu |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 400 | way back. / Having made peace | [the | bird] goes back to find its c |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 402 | ith them as a worthy gift for | the | saint, with the grease of whi |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 403 | int, with the grease of which / | the | holy man was able to soften h |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 406 | way blind fury, and consider | the | way of the raven, / that redee |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 409 | o take a model for life / from | the | sense of birds, when the Book |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 411 | sense. / What shall I say about | the | watery waves’ paid service |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 412 | service to the just one, / and | the | assistance the elements offer |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 415 | r his use which a base facing | the | sea would support, asked / the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 416 | the sea would support, asked / | the | brothers to bring some wood s |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 417 | d, having forgotten that, but | the | next tide / brought some and, / |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 420 | lace where he intended / to lay | the | foundations of that building, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 421 | tfulness and its waves strike | the | sailors with shame. / The story |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 422 | trike the sailors with shame. / | The | story goes that many seek the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 423 | nt / and offer thirsty ears to | the | celestial sounds; / he lighten |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 424 | sted by various calamities of | the | heart. / But that gentle man, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 425 | ut that gentle man, restoring | the | wretched with sacred consolat |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 426 | solation, / calls to all minds | the | highest joys of heaven / and t |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 427 | e highest joys of heaven / and | the | fleeting delights of the tran |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 428 | he transient world, / and that | the | Wicked One sets various snare |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 429 | s love slips pitifully, but | the | weapons of faith / break throug |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 431 | How often’, he says, ‘do | the | wicked cast me headlong from |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 433 | am not harmed by any blow of | the | Enemy, / believe me, nor has a |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 434 | nor has an attack harmed even | the | tips of my toes / or even a li |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 436 | my heart. / Do not wonder at | the | pinnacles of my life, as if t |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 438 | e, , / desire to be apart with | the | Lord. / The life of a monk is |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 439 | to be apart with the Lord. / | The | life of a monk is rather stri |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 442 | / prayers and manual labour to | the | wishes of their leader. / I k |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 443 | y of them who surpassed me in | the | pinnacles of life / and in the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 444 | the pinnacles of life / and in | the | rays of prophetic wisdom. / O |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 445 | dom. / One of them is Boisil, | the | glory of the congregation of |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 447 | / and what remained for me in | the | sequence of the world to come |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 448 | uence of the world to come. / | The | sense of one of his speeches |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 449 | ne / and I would want that God | the | judge of the world would neve |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 450 | never bring it about! .’ / | The | saint used to say this, becau |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 452 | everyone was rejoicing to see | the | holy saint / and to calm the w |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 453 | e the holy saint / and to calm | the | waves of their hearts through |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 455 | royal virgin came to him; as | the | perpetual bride of the King, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 456 | irginal choirs subordinate to | the | joys / of your kingdom, Paradis |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 457 | ngdom, Paradise; and she begs | the | saint to deign / to strengthen |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 459 | / He agrees, having overcome | the | tumult of the sea, he sets ou |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 462 | ollows: / ‘It is clear from | the | brilliance of your shining me |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 464 | tell me — I beseech you by | the | realms of the highest Thunder |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 466 | is kingdom in this world?’ / | The | prophet revealed true things |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 467 | ech: / ‘You are speaking of | the | long-lasting reigns of men wh |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 469 | close in a brief moment; / and | the | luxury of a single year will |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 471 | . / She moaned and, bewailing | the | sad prophecy with tears, said |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 472 | I ask, shall he who controls | the | power of the realm / leave beh |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 473 | cks both brother and son?’ | The | saint said to her as follows: |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 475 | ea? / Perhaps during all this | the | Lord may keep him for Himself |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 476 | ay keep him for Himself, / and | the | chosen controller who is to r |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 478 | rly love, like Ecgfrith.’ / | The | suppliant virgin still dares |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 479 | entreat the prophet: / ‘O, | the | hearts of men are cleft with |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 480 | Part rejoices having attained | the | pinnacle of mortal splendour, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 483 | t end. / Although you despise | the | worldly glory which has been |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 485 | nonetheless you are to attain | the | distinction of the highest po |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 488 | achieve / such pinnacles, but | the | Lord’s right hand does not |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 495 | on, / until I am released from | the | chains and prison of the fles |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 496 | the flesh’. / Without delay | the | sayings one speaking the trut |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 497 | t in sequence. / Compelled by | the | church’s commands, prayers |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 498 | commands, prayers and tears / | the | saint himself, drenching his |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 499 | treat and placed in charge of | the | peoples / he is to govern, so |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 501 | spread its heavenly light in | the | house of the Lord. / He ruled |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 502 | house of the Lord. / He ruled | the | church as bishop for two year |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 504 | And so that it should satisfy | the | words of the saint in every r |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 505 | the saint in every respect, / | the | sun completed a full year wit |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 506 | months / when Ecgfrith fell to | the | hostile sword of the Picts / a |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 507 | ith] succeeded to eminence in | the | kingdom. / He was then, as an |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 508 | n, as an inhabitant living in | the | lands of the Irish, / he was a |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 510 | cated heart; / for he had left | the | borders and sweet fields of h |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 511 | diligent exile he might learn | the | Lord’s mysteries. / His ven |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 512 | nerable offspring [Osred], in | the | imperial purple, / now control |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 513 | mperial purple, / now controls | the | reins of power granted to him |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 515 | th and spirit / than in years, | the | renowned man rules our world. |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 516 | ur world. / So, having attained | the | peaks of the highest priestho |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 518 | d and word, / and watched over | the | flocks entrusted to him with |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 519 | idance. / He was plentiful to | the | poor, meagre to himself, plea |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 520 | s; / nor did he care to change | the | usual clothing / or dry diet o |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 521 | sual clothing / or dry diet of | the | hermitage. Through the disti |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 522 | n of his virtues / he augments | the | miracles of his mind, / which |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 524 | ic poetry quickly — / so that | the | verse does not rather produce |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 525 | produce boredom in the tired. / | The | holy physician, providing cel |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 526 | rywhere, / was walking through | the | lands of a certain nobleman, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 528 | hing death, so saddening him. / | The | saint gave her nourishing gif |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 529 | priest assisting, and removed | the | wasting; / soon the healthy wo |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 530 | nd removed the wasting; / soon | the | healthy woman offered him ser |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 531 | ffered him service. / At around | the | same time a virgin was suffer |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 532 | and exhausted by heaviness in | the | head, / lay sick groaning for |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 533 | ck groaning for a long while; | the | bishop anointed her with sacr |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 535 | iving gifts of health. / A man, | the | very father of a household, w |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 538 | d him there / some bread which | the | right hand of the kindly teac |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 540 | sked. / They dip it in water; | the | ill man takes it to drink; / a |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 541 | kes it to drink; / and at once | the | sickness ceased from healing |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 543 | o his slackened limbs. / Now as | the | vigilant shepherd is roaming |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 544 | entrusted to him, / behold, in | the | middle of his journey they br |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 546 | h, / and they ask that he help | the | wretch. He immediately threw |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 547 | ll out, / and with his prayers | the | energetic saint straightens o |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 549 | in his astonished friends. / At | the | time when a dread plague was |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 550 | ing Britain waste, / and while | the | saint was spreading the gifts |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 551 | e sees a mother sadly bearing | the | impending death / of her half- |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 552 | son; and he, feeling pity for | the | grieving woman, / gives a kiss |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 553 | eving woman, / gives a kiss to | the | boy and speaks to the bitter |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 556 | e clear of a deadly fate’. / | The | health of the boy and the hou |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 558 | ng in any verse / —how often | the | one powerful in speech raised |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 559 | aised up limbs / consumed with | the | taint of illness and sick, / o |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 562 | a fountain stream / turn into | the | glad taste of wine, / or how o |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 563 | taste of wine, / or how often | the | terror of spirits would flee |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 565 | omed hearts / and was driven to | the | fire-spewing shades of the ab |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 566 | yss / and be buffeted there by | the | dark punishments of the absen |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 567 | strive to capture by a number | the | miracles of a saint / whom so |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 569 | sight so pure flies through | the | ether of the sky? / Meanwhile, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 570 | le, as Ecgfrith was attacking | the | realm of the Picts in conflic |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 571 | lm of the Picts in conflict, / | the | saint, vigilant in his mind f |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 574 | uent sighs, / now trembling at | the | earth, now gazing at the sky: |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 576 | , / is allotted a set end with | the | Lord as judge.’ / They entr |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 577 | him to describe more clearly | the | outcome of the battle; / he th |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 579 | that a novel wonder disturbs | the | upper air. / For the mysterio |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 580 | disturbs the upper air. / For | the | mysterious secrets of the Lor |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 581 | is anyone / able to understand | the | traces of the high-throned Ki |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 583 | when a dread report / sang of | the | unspeakable death of the prin |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 584 | curred / at that very hour that | the | lamenting saint had spoken, / |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 586 | had previously seen it, / when | the | inquiring virgin [Ælfflæd] |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 587 | n Hereberht, who was bound to | the | saint by surpassing affection |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 589 | e, led a lofty life / apart in | the | wilderness, came to Cuthbert |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 590 | desiring to be fortified / by | the | holy man’s customary speech |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 591 | ’s customary speech. / While | the | two of them water their devou |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 592 | evout hearts in turn / through | the | heavenly sustenance of the Wo |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 594 | feasts / of conversation, for | the | Creator of things has joined |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 595 | e — who are always bound by | the | heart —, / and has granted u |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 596 | ther before being loosened by | the | law of death. / And for that |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 597 | hould now seek with our words | the | way to heaven, / and should no |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 598 | ven, / and should now knock on | the | door of Life with all our hea |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 600 | it with heavenly flames, / for | the | hastening hour of death bears |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 601 | e’. / When he had understood | the | words of the venerable prophe |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 604 | nion, / so that when you cross | the | golden threshold of the radia |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 605 | m not kept alone, enclosed in | the | prison of the flesh; / you wil |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 606 | sh; / you will gladly approach | the | high realms of heaven more wo |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 607 | Therefore in supplication ask | the | Thunderer / that we, who are b |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 608 | who are burdened on earth by | the | same shadow of death, / may cro |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 609 | h, / may cross over together to | the | shores of eternal light.’ |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 610 | shores of eternal light.’ / | The | saint fell to prayers; and he |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 612 | prayer had been heard through | the | mercy of the Lord. / Why shou |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 613 | ? Both of them departed from | the | world / in the space of a sing |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 614 | m departed from the world / in | the | space of a single day and are |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 616 | y sent forth his breath above | the | ether: / I suspect that, bein |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 620 | onjoined reward for all time. / | The | saint was sitting down to eat |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 622 | is trembling right hand drops | the | knife, / and he shuddered in h |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 625 | him by chance, enquired / where | the | cause of such great trembling |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 626 | An angelic host had come from | the | sky, / and having chosen a war |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 628 | forces / was returning back to | the | golden stars in sweet-soundin |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 630 | ‘when I shall be offering / | the | scared mysteries at the altar |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 631 | he manner / in which he sought | the | stars will be revealed to me |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 633 | le, / she then learned at last | the | truth the next day and told i |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 634 | th sacred vows and prayers at | the | altar: / that while a man was |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 635 | t while a man was climbing to | the | heights of a leafy grove / so |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 636 | ome fodder for his flock from | the | tree-top, / he had fallen down |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 638 | n from human concerns at that | the | very time / on which the saint |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 639 | that the very time / on which | the | saint saw him taken up into t |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 640 | After he had diligently ruled | the | church for two years / with th |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 641 | he church for two years / with | the | authority of a bishop, and ha |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 642 | tered the living fields / with | the | streams of the Word, the vene |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 643 | s burden and, as a recluse in | the | desert of his hermitage, / he |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 644 | rred rather to be assailed by | the | grim weapons of Satan / than t |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 645 | ons of Satan / than to receive | the | empty favours of the ignorant |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 646 | of the ignorant crowd, / since | the | flattering praise of retainer |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 647 | ners produces indolence, / but | the | struggle in blessed in the wi |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 648 | pecially because, prompted by | the | pronouncements of his prophet |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 649 | etic spirit / he rejoiced that | the | time of his death was at hand |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 651 | he went off, exhausted, from | the | wave-tossed cares of the worl |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 652 | ve-tossed cares of the world. / | The | beloved island receives him [ |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 654 | orn illness, / and while daily | the | insistent fever was growing i |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 655 | aves his sweet stronghold and | the | company of retainers / who hap |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 658 | / ‘Learn, my sons, to break | the | bonds of the frail world / and |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 663 | no-one can either learn about | the | recesses of a sheltered heart |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 665 | ooks with pure vision towards | the | gate of the realm, / which the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 666 | the gate of the realm, / which | the | renowned King of the aetherea |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 668 | le mind I aspire to riches in | the | stars, / but the hidden confin |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 669 | to riches in the stars, / but | the | hidden confinements of the he |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 670 | nts of the heart / lie open to | the | Lord alone, which, when the b |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 672 | nsistent death is knocking at | the | threshold, / entrust these lim |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 673 | hold, / entrust these limbs to | the | tomb within these walls; / I h |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 676 | riving in that instant’. / As | the | old man was repeating these t |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 677 | rn in time; and they overcame | the | waves / in their boat, taking |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 681 | would now be allowed to take | the | limbs of their dear father / w |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 682 | heir dear father / with them. | The | saint said further to them: |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 683 | res victoriously to ascend to | the | high-throned kingdom / should |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 685 | shed battle / and, overcome by | the | force of the final attack, / n |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 686 | ttack, / not be cheated out of | the | crowns he has already almost |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 687 | ough long labour to frustrate | the | faithful, / disturbs them with |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 689 | r final hours. / Accordingly, | the | Wicked One used to assail me |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 690 | with frequent ambushes / from | the | flowering of my early childho |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 691 | s five-day / has surpassed all | the | guile of that past time. / Bu |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 692 | s my leader I easily repelled | the | darts of the Wicked One, / sin |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 696 | fty commands for ever, / which | the | celestial rule of the fathers |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 698 | ty words / when I was watering | the | crops which the highest noble |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 700 | / bear everything with faith: | the | hall of the kingdom is sought |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 702 | / scorn frenzied torrents and | the | savage north wind. / Let your |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 704 | e suitable for you to abandon | the | borders of this homeland / tha |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 707 | Nor because that place buries | the | ashes of many / who sought the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 708 | the ashes of many / who sought | the | golden stars on a flaming cou |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 709 | ng course / should approval or | the | fleeting glory of empty prais |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 710 | you; / for they rejoice beyond | the | stars with merited crowns. / I |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 711 | tars with merited crowns. / In | the | same way it is appropriate fo |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 712 | / on our own feet, and to take | the | prize with our own hands. / N |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 713 | rightly venerable because of | the | place where he is, / but a pla |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 715 | eat you now: commit me within | the | walls of my own dwelling, / fo |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 716 | alls of my own dwelling, / for | the | time is at hand when I shall |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 719 | esses, / but rather to relieve | the | fever keeping him at the last |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 720 | t the last limits of life / in | the | presence of brotherly consola |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 727 | come under my roof and offer / | the | consolation of love to me, wh |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 728 | ing.’ / When he accompanied | the | saint, soon crossing the sacr |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 730 | sick breast unawares, / after | the | weakness ha been driven out; |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 732 | to enter in. / Without delay | the | one who had entered sick depa |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 733 | Cuthbert might worthily seek | the | stars / with that witness [the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 734 | the stars / with that witness | [the | viaticum], the witness with w |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 735 | w all things grew numb during | the | sleepy night , / while those o |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 736 | hile those on Farne kept back | the | wakeful shadows with vigils; |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 737 | prayers resound with rhythms; | the | island rumbles with psalms. |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 738 | island rumbles with psalms. / | The | saint himself, tasting before |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 739 | victory, / gladly measures out | the | shadows in ethereal praise. |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 740 | n ethereal praise. / But when | the | burning morning star brought |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 741 | flame-haired sunrise / behold, | the | holy bishop, remaining at the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 742 | ifies his upward journey with | the | blood of Christ, / and joyfull |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 744 | his face and kindly hands / to | the | stars, and committed his soul |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 745 | cupied / in heavenly praise, to | the | gladdening stars. / The priest |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 746 | ise, to the gladdening stars. / | The | priest went out and declared |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 751 | r own, but with You as leader | the | enemy’s / wars collapse; Yo |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 753 | ain hostile weapons, / so that | the | chosen may attain the light o |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 755 | to those at Lindisfarne / that | the | saint had entered the aethere |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 757 | y too, were then by chance at | the | sequence of nocturnal praise, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 758 | miraculously enough, chanting | the | melody of the same psalm / tha |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 759 | psalm / that sad blows follow | the | Lord’s holy gifts. / Nor we |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 761 | ayed for long: for as soon as / | the | holy limbs of the saint were |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 762 | / consigned beneath marble at | the | right of the altar, / the insi |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 763 | e at the right of the altar, / | the | insistent north wind, relying |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 764 | on its snowy weapons, / shook | the | buildings on Lindisfarne on a |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 767 | rather would choose to leave | the | place than to undergo / extrem |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 768 | wrath remain long, and after | the | disturbance / died down, Eadbe |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 770 | holy peace / and summoned back | the | scattered sheep to the sacred |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 771 | he sacred sheepfold. / Just as | the | prescient psalm resounded in |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 772 | lyric sequence, / he restores | the | episcopal glory and the honou |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 773 | the honour of the community. / | The | sacred heir who was placed on |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 774 | d father / after he had passed | the | course of the eleventh year, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 775 | year, / was pleased to remove | the | saint’s remains from in the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 776 | mb / in order to place them in | the | bosom of a delicate casket. |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 777 | a delicate casket. / But, as | the | psalm says, because the preci |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 778 | d, those who are protected by | the | name of the lofty King / do no |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 779 | ty King / do not fear to drain | the | chalice of salvation; / and ag |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 780 | of salvation; / and again, as | the | mystic lyre resonates with th |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 782 | on’ / — to whom You reveal | the | golden thresholds of light-st |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 784 | es shine in human limbs, / and | the | power which gleams through th |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 785 | His faithful servants through | the | gift of association. / The inc |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 786 | ugh the gift of association. / | The | incorrupt limbs are brought o |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 788 | t from dire stain. / Nor does | the | body seem hard and stiff, as |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 791 | ible in every joint. / Nor did | the | grace of the splendid garment |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 792 | covered the holy limbs / shine | the | lesser, uncorrupted in the ea |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 793 | / It seemed pleasing to divide | the | garment: the holy limbs reta |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 794 | holy limbs retain one half, / | the | other half is kept as a mark |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 797 | recalled in verse / describing | the | outstanding acts of that bish |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 799 | g forth his gentle breath / to | the | stars, he entered into his fa |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 800 | ’s resting-place in body. / | The | splendour of a lofty casket i |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 801 | of immortal glory, containing | the | famed remains / of the holy ma |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 802 | taining the famed remains / of | the | holy martyr, which shine (a w |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 803 | !) with celestial miracles. / | The | taints of disease flee from i |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 805 | he was accustomed to / reveal | the | radiance of his miracles, so |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 806 | now spread everywhere through | the | lifeless limbs. / A certain man |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 807 | limbs. / A certain man brought | the | body of his son, whom the bli |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 810 | his teeth; / and he entreated | the | sacred tombs in the name of t |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 811 | f the limbs of the holy men. / | The | saints were not willing to re |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 812 | the requested cure, / so that | the | lofty power of Cuthbert might |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 813 | n a certain man, horrified by | the | weeping and wailing of the bo |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 814 | f the boy, / ran faithfully to | the | beloved father’s aid. / He k |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 815 | ather’s aid. / He knew where | the | holy water which once washed |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 816 | washed the lifeless limbs / of | the | bishop had been poured into t |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 819 | d with holy words. / He gives | the | drink to the boy; the bitter |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 821 | tely. Reverently he praises / | the | heavenly gifts and, with glad |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 823 | to all. / Another, consumed by | the | fire of a disease-bearing fev |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 825 | by hands of his servants / to | the | holy tomb of the great martyr |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 826 | ng the knee he entreats / that | the | kindly voice of so great a bi |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 827 | He rises and, strengthened by | the | granting of an ethereal gift, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 829 | / and over some days receives | the | gift of his former health. / Mo |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 830 | ven coverings in contact with | the | holy body / abound in medicina |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 833 | ent darkness were afflicting / | the | eyes of a certain man, he too |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 834 | ed both of his eyes, and soon | the | grace of the venerable cloth / |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 835 | the venerable cloth / opens up | the | path leading back to health. / |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 839 | n, / placed on his ailing feet | the | shoes / which had sheltered the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 840 | the shoes / which had sheltered | the | feet of the holy martyr. / Soo |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 841 | yr. / Soon sweet sleep soothed | the | early hours of darkness; / sinc |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 842 | s; / since he had lately put on | the | sacred gifts of lofty medicin |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 843 | of lofty medicine / and with | the | laces made taut with internal |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 844 | / he jerked in either foot in | the | course of glad sleep, / just a |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 845 | / just as fish dragged out of | the | sea play on the shore. / On wa |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 847 | tch / and begins to pour forth | the | morning praises [of Matins] w |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 850 | lth, offers proper thanks / to | the | Thunderer for a gift from the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 851 | gift from the stars. / Not even | the | holy building, where the sain |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 852 | his feeble body, was empty of | the | ethereal gift, / but now it to |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 853 | ow it too everywhere provides | the | accustomed cure. / And let th |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 854 | he accustomed cure. / And let | the | lofty building of your temple |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 855 | / be admired, since they rival | the | sky with their starry gems je |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 857 | / But I may be more amazed at | the | membrane with which the saint |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 858 | the saintly one had covered / | the | weak corner of the saint’s |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 859 | ’s humble dwelling / so that | the | rain or the penetrating cold |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 860 | enter everywhere and exhaust | the | hearts burning with / chaste p |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 863 | on had made from tawny gold, / | the | Chaldean flame covered over, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 864 | the collapse of stones. / But | the | sacred veil which hung by Cut |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 865 | hand / and split up throughout | the | wide-spread world through Fel |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 868 | recious than Libyan gold, / so | the | gleaming calf-skin shines bri |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 869 | third successor [Felgild] of | the | n now keeps the stronghold, / |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 870 | ow his blessed predecessor to | the | high realms. / As the middle on |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 871 | cessor to the high realms. / As | the | middle one between these two, |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 872 | Oidilwald, providently ruled | the | sacred citadel. / They say th |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 875 | h he had destroyed in triumph / | the | bloody darts of the savage se |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 878 | lessed lips. / When by chance | the | holy man was nourishing a fai |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 880 | s heart: / ‘What, I ask, is | the | reason that so often frequent |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 881 | ilences / interrupt and change | the | words flowing from your mouth |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 882 | forgetfulness sets limits in | the | middle of your speech?’ / T |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 883 | e middle of your speech?’ / | The | pious hero replied and spoke |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 887 | e cannot exchange words among | the | ethereal hosts / nor open up t |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 888 | ts / nor open up their ears to | the | glad harmonies of heaven.’ |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 892 | and groaning, he bursts into | the | following speech: / ‘I earne |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 893 | I earnestly entreat you, by | the | authority of the Thunderer, / |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 894 | se words from everyone, until | the | time when I render / my dying |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 895 | n I render / my dying limbs to | the | earth and set out on the path |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 896 | my fathers’. / Thus although | the | holy man preferred his last w |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 898 | ly, Cuthbert, often recalling | the | holy deeds of those who went |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 901 | d few of his own [deeds]. / So | the | same spirit infused the two / |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 903 | t them by different paths / to | the | single kingdom of high heaven |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 904 | aven. / So, therefore, Felgild, | the | donor of kindly gifts, / recei |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 905 | ndly gifts, / received himself | the | first teachings of health-giv |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 910 | he was putting a new roof on | the | old dwelling, / rejoicing that |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 911 | old dwelling, / rejoicing that | the | membrane had been torn down f |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 912 | rn down from the weak wall: / | the | certain hope of salvation ins |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 913 | should be divided, / and while | the | first strip is dipped in holy |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 914 | p is dipped in holy water / at | the | place a clear path had been o |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 915 | ed knife, / a lively drop from | the | holy font leapt up / and passe |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 916 | ont leapt up / and passed over | the | eyes and reddened face of the |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 917 | wiftly took care to wipe away | the | water with his right hand, / a |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 918 | ruck dumb with amazement that | the | affliction had gone away / and |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 922 | things, / in whose trusty ear | the | saint had spoken. / ‘Look |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 924 | cted my face. But now indeed | the | grace of Christ / through Cuthb |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 926 | to test whether I’m telling | the | truth’ / — for [Felgild] w |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 927 | r [Felgild] was closed up in | the | cell could not be seen by eye |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 928 | o, and keenly felt that, with | the | disease gone, / and that forme |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 929 | alth was there from heaven in | the | saintly face. / We have offered |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 931 | tributor of every good, / from | the | greatest bounty of Your gift; |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 933 | e words / we have touched upon | the | lofty struggles of your saint |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 935 | aties, You Who / rightly crown | the | worthy in the starry sky / may |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 936 | sky / may gently forgive even | the | debts of our unworthy self. |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 937 | debts of our unworthy self. / | The | final rewards in the dwelling |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 938 | t hall are sufficient, / where | the | sight of You, O Christ, will |
| BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 939 | ss all — / life remaining to | the | chaste, and light and salvati |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 3 | isbelieving presumption? / But | the | fiery coal will come, which i |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 4 | d, / held by tongs, to cleanse | the | prophetic mouth, / All-powerful |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 6 | secret, / Spirit who animates | the | bitter recesses of my heart w |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 7 | h internal delights, / so that | the | clinging tongue of a righteou |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 10 | nor Cynthia her scanty ones. / | The | earlier centuries, tricked by |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 12 | with vain terror, / but after | the | ruler of highest Olympus want |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 13 | ympus wanted to visit / freely | the | bedroom of an untouched virgi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 15 | shed their chief, / and through | the | wood of his cross he unbound |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 16 | / Then he returned in glory to | the | starry citadels, / and, presen |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 18 | rs, he sent out / in splendour | the | blessed Spirit from the highe |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 21 | id, whose fame is higher than | the | mountains, / tasted the surpas |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 22 | r than the mountains, / tasted | the | surpassingly sweet draughts f |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 23 | m. / It is my earnest wish, if | the | author of our Lord grants hel |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 25 | ary witness of God throughout | the | regions of the earth! / For (I |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 30 | e, so that I do not rush into | the | work under a burden. / The lan |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 31 | nto the work under a burden. / | The | land is surrounded by watery |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 32 | e after / many crimes, and was | the | worshipper of the gods. / The |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 33 | the worshipper of the gods. / | The | Briton has been expelled and |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 34 | ion cultivates / this land. In | the | western parts of this curved |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 35 | ed world, / Wilfrid experienced | the | customary natural origin. / As |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 36 | him and was struggling under | the | shadows, / a lamp with flame-s |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 37 | rth from heaven, a portent of | the | future. / Immediately the whol |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 38 | t of the future. / Immediately | the | whole neighbourhood ran there |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 40 | d with trembling hearts, / lest | the | consuming fire should enter t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 42 | , and did not yet understand / | the | miracles of the skilled Chris |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 44 | ey said, / “It is an omen of | the | divine power.” Meanwhile, t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 45 | men found out / good news from | the | whispers of the women, since |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 47 | ch a shrine. / With that torch | the | boy cast the deadly darkness |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 48 | t the deadly darkness / out of | the | hearts of many, growing in hi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 49 | blessed virtues. / Now, because | the | throat is made sweet by honey |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 50 | hall balance my discussion of | the | young man with sharp hemlock. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 53 | boyish, but instead, through | the | inspiration of God, / he perfo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 54 | iration of God, / he performed | the | functions of an eloquent tong |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 55 | eeds were manifest. / But after | the | mature age had brought him to |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 57 | home behind him / and to serve | the | Lord with every hour of his t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 59 | / he preferred to escape from | the | harsh furies of his stepmothe |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 60 | s associates he departed with | the | accustomed company of glory, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 61 | stomed company of glory, / and | the | young man quickly took arms, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 62 | is faith lay concealed behind | the | boss of his shield. / Then, ha |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 63 | ved a pious commendation from | the | ancestral / right hand of his |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 64 | and of his father, he entered | the | courtly citadel on his conspi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 65 | onspicuous feet. / At that time | the | greatly renowned leader of an |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 66 | rious people, / Aeonfled, held | the | reins. Immediately, the bless |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 69 | omed by all, he flourished in | the | deeds of faith. / At that time |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 72 | , / was putting behind himself | the | slippery joys of this filthy |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 73 | / preferring instead to enter | the | struggle of an august arena, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 74 | and was submitting himself to | the | direction of a regulated life |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 75 | . / With a holy love he took up | the | teaching of the young man. / T |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 76 | f the young man. / Thereafter, | the | novice, sustained by the inte |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 77 | ty of his faith in God, / kept | the | rules of his teacher, just li |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 78 | Samuel, / and submitted to all | the | brothers with an equal love. / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 81 | ived an internal roughness by | the | inspiration of Jesus. / Desiri |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 82 | siring to move from virtue to | the | heights of virtue, / he decide |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 83 | decided to run voluntarily to | the | altar of Romulus, / evidently |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 84 | / evidently in order to visit | the | tomb of the ancient atoning s |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 87 | tions. Both Arcadians reached | the | same decision, / that he shoul |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 88 | ecision, / that he should seek | the | apostolic summit / and expiate |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 89 | apostolic summit / and expiate | the | doubtful. The aforementioned |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 91 | elative, and entrusted to him | the | gentle disciple of the Lord. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 92 | gentle disciple of the Lord. / | The | name of this man, who held th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 96 | s, led by a certain man / whom | the | uncultivated barbarians call |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 97 | . / Favourable breezes carried | the | man down to the right coast. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 98 | o the right coast. / He sought | the | Gallic fields and climbed the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 99 | ts of Lyons. / Soon he took up | the | yoke and experienced the offe |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 100 | his guide, but was placed in | the | mouth of Christ. / My pipe has |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 102 | truthful plectrum. / However, | the | strength of the innate Muse, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 103 | , / refrains from making known | the | magnificent songs of the nobl |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 104 | songs of the noble champion. / | The | remarkable prelate of the afo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 105 | ho was guarding the walls / and | the | Christian flock with pleasant |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 106 | ith pleasant fences, / Dalvin, | the | cream of the Franks, / was dul |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 107 | Franks, / was duly dispelling | the | dusky darkness with a pale to |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 108 | er a swift rumour had reached | the | ears of the prelate, / he imme |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 109 | late, / he immediately invited | the | righteous man and offered him |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 112 | words. He perceived quickly / | the | chaste heart of youth and the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 114 | ou please, / and you will have | the | use of the fertile earth acco |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 115 | ing to your wishes, / wheat and | the | abundance of the full-grown w |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 120 | nd you to be my offspring.” / | The | gentle hero disclosed these t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 121 | rom his pleasant mouth. / Then | the | nimble novice, not forgetful |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 122 | “My internal organs burn in | the | inflamed recesses of my veins |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 123 | drawn away, excellent man, by | the | vows I have taken. Why did I |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 124 | ave taken. Why did I seek out / | the | swelling sea-waters of Thetis |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 127 | gion. / When first I have seen | the | illustrious seat of the apost |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 128 | counted worthy of feeding on | the | airy breezes for a little lon |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 130 | ngs had been agreed, and when | the | resources had been prepared / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 131 | , he set out on his road with | the | favourable help of the prelat |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 134 | ore precious truths and exalt | the | servant of God above the air. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 135 | / For he completed with honour | the | long courses of his journey / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 136 | is journey / and hastened into | the | court of Peter, which he had |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 137 | to see / for such a long time; | the | spreading veins beneath his w |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 138 | ith joy. / Moreover he entered | the | illustrious halls / of Peter |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 141 | / “Behold, I seek pardon for | the | sins I have committed,” he |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 142 | he said, / “and I testify by | the | sceptre of the lofty Thundere |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 143 | the lofty Thunderer: / loosen | the | slow labouring of my tongue t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 147 | in speaking and in reading. / | The | English clergy survives even |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 148 | s, / composing divine songs in | the | Latin language. / He, inspired |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 149 | in language. / He, inspired by | the | vaporous breaths he had drawn |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 150 | breaths he had drawn, / flew to | the | hallowed altars and strove wi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 151 | iasm / To pour out righteously | the | offering of pious prayers. / H |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 153 | lf, and he learned skilfully / | the | pious teachings of the fourfo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 154 | ings of the fourfold stream, / | the | Easter rituals, and the fluct |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 155 | moon; / indeed he even learned | the | liturgical rubrics of the Rom |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 157 | then unknown to his people. / | The | great teacher’s name was Bo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 158 | r him, Boniface hid him under | the | sacred wings of the venerable |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 159 | able Pope, / explaining to him | the | long struggles of his fervent |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 160 | truggles of his fervent soul. / | The | Pope, on seeing his faith, ex |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 162 | / Strengthened in this way by | the | precious relics / of the nouri |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 163 | ay by the precious relics / of | the | nourishing limbs of the saint |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 164 | ected / his returning steps to | the | dear home of his father, ment |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 165 | hrough all places and entered | the | heights of Lyon. / Why should I |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 166 | of Lyon. / Why should I tell of | the | tears that poured down the fa |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 168 | father’s love, / and no less | the | father himself at the sight o |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 172 | leasant arms. / Now, one after | the | other they exchange happy new |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 174 | mine / with much consideration | the | secret recesses of wisdom, in |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 175 | its diversity. / Love inflamed | the | young man, and a pleasant des |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 177 | irtue hid. / For he shaved off | the | hair which spread out from th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 178 | om the top of his head, / with | the | right hand of the bishop maki |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 179 | cut, / as he wished to take up | the | mark of a life-giving crown. / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 180 | mark of a life-giving crown. / | The | archbishop rejoiced to have o |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 181 | , he might be able to entrust | the | sheepfold which he had illumi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 182 | he had illumined / so well. But | the | Judge of the world had planne |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 185 | stating plague / was increasing | the | sin of the Franks: the name o |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 186 | thild. / She, smouldering like | the | charred soot of Styx, was thr |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 187 | tyx, was threatening / to tear | the | saints to pieces with her lac |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 189 | / She violated nine bishops of | the | church with the sword. / These |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 190 | d. / These can be omitted, whom | the | art of counting does not gras |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 191 | o had committed no crime, was | the | aforementioned Dalvin, / bless |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 192 | n word, in deed, and in hope. | The | ruthless punisher / condemned |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 193 | ss punisher / condemned him to | the | executioners of impiety / to p |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 194 | ecutioners of impiety / to pay | the | savage penalties of the sword |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 195 | summon him, choosing to obey | the | cruel laws / of the raging, pu |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 196 | ng to obey the cruel laws / of | the | raging, punishment-loving, be |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 197 | ws. / Therefore, as he went to | the | appointed arena of the terrib |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 198 | ct, / he received a companion, | the | one whom he had earlier made |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 199 | is, so that he might not meet | the | same fate. / In this way the fa |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 200 | et the same fate. / In this way | the | father obtained the eternal c |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 201 | eternal crown by dying, / and | the | son lived by enduring intense |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 202 | / With great grief he embalmed | the | body of the slain man. / Then |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 205 | blue Nereus with swift oars. / | The | healthful coasts opened to hi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 206 | d that two kings were holding | the | symbols of power: / Alhfrid wa |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 208 | iu, / and they were protecting | the | decrees of the people by a co |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 209 | earts to devote themselves to | the | heavenly mysteries, / and the t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 210 | o the heavenly mysteries, / and | the | torch which had been given to |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 211 | em could not be concealed / in | the | wicked hiding-places. Soon af |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 212 | r emerged among the nobles / of | the | court that a man strong in vi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 213 | ad arrived, who was uttering / | the | excellent teachings of heaven |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 214 | keys. / Then indeed he came to | the | entrance of the royal foundat |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 216 | tive manner he discoursed / on | the | evangelical utterances, which |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 217 | to learn, when he had entered | the | schools of broad Rome, / and o |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 218 | chools of broad Rome, / and on | the | things which he had collected |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 219 | cted among the shrewd Gauls. / | The | king, astonished by the stupe |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 220 | te himself, in his purple, on | the | grey earth, / seeking immediat |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 221 | g immediately a blessing from | the | mouth of the saint. / He perfo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 222 | performed it. He stayed with | the | king, and he received / the ki |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 223 | th the king, and he received / | the | kind reward of many herds of |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 226 | as lavish to all, / giving out | the | provisions (epimenia) of life |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 227 | generous portions of food to | the | poor, / revealing by his examp |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 228 | or, / revealing by his example | the | intention of his ardent spiri |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 229 | ardent spirit. From now on, / | the | grace of such a great man wil |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 230 | prelate was brought down from | the | north coast. / His name was Ae |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 231 | e was Aegilbert. Blessed with | the | strength of his learning, / he |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 233 | manded. / He soon took note of | the | life and outstanding merits o |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 234 | tstanding merits of Wilfrid. / | The | king expressed his opinion / th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 235 | dvantageous for a person whom | the | marshy judgement / would not b |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 236 | not blunt to be blessed with | the | gift of the divine rank. / The |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 237 | the gift of the divine rank. / | The | prelate suggested that he fea |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 238 | induced to run away, and that | the | unstable age / might perhaps d |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 239 | perhaps draw him headlong to | the | cross-roads of a perverse sec |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 240 | ect. / At last Aegilbert placed | the | chosen neck under the yoke he |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 241 | the yoke he had sought, / and | the | celibate man was honoured by |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 243 | fully supplying everyone with | the | doctrines of salvation. / Then |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 245 | about a grievous division / of | the | people of the true faith, who |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 246 | God, into two worlds. / While | the | groups which had been broken |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 247 | ere shaking, they gathered in | the | icy north-east: / the Scottish |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 248 | hered in the icy north-east: / | the | Scottish people, the company |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 249 | tion. / Those present included | the | royal glory, some groups of y |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 250 | men, and a prelate devoted to | the | violent East wind. / The battl |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 251 | ed to the violent East wind. / | The | battle-lines stand, locked in |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 252 | ; / a public split arises over | the | waning moon. Then the eloquen |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 253 | eloquent bishop Colman, / from | the | region where shadows fall, sp |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 256 | h have been given by Polycarp | the | disciple of pious John. For h |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 257 | ould celebrate holy Easter on | the | fourteenth day of Phoebe; / and |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 259 | a learned manner, describing | the | traditional custom, inasmuch |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 260 | asmuch as / he was recollecting | the | ceremonies of a bygone life. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 262 | h equal balances / did he weigh | the | testaments of the God of equi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 264 | ade equal with true weights. / | The | fathers mourned together, bec |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 265 | ecause with a blind authority / | the | brothers were striving to gua |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 267 | ld not easily be refuted. / On | the | order of heroes, Wilfrid, a s |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 268 | chosen to dispel with wisdom | the | twists in an uneven path / and |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 269 | twists in an uneven path / and | the | deviations of the erroneous s |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 270 | tions of the erroneous sect; / | the | speech of a foreign tongue wa |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 271 | ign tongue was known to him. / | The | orator began his address amid |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 274 | which has been introduced by | the | grim serpent, will be overcom |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 275 | ill be overcome. / Three times | the | old men measured the position |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 276 | positions of the cycle, / that | the | cyclical motion returns to it |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 277 | unity. / This is binding, but | the | people, lacking in the truth, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 280 | and he was greatly exalted by | the | favour of the legions of list |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 281 | isteners. / Moreover, he added | the | following words, speaking in |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 286 | ng said this, he was silent. / | The | leader and his grey-haired su |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 288 | breasts with battered fists. / | The | assembly immediately dissolve |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 289 | grief. / After a little while, | the | gentle king spoke these sweet |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 290 | rsuasion to remove minds from | the | punishments / of scorched Ache |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 292 | ur: surely there is no-one in | the | Olympian court / greater than |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 293 | eater than Peter, whom we and | the | kings of old have read for a |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 294 | / What about Columba, in whom | the | unfortunate people prides its |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 295 | nate people prides itself?” / | The | synod responded by raising a |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 296 | appy cry: / “Peter was given | the | power of binding by Jesus, wh |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 297 | nthroned on high. / He loosens | the | twisting reins of slothful ol |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 298 | l old age. / Justly he took up | the | breath of the Elysian chamber |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 299 | hambers, / holding as his duty | the | power of the heavenly keys. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 300 | keys.” / “Let all of us,” | the | king said, “embrace him, hi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 301 | him, him, you peoples, / lest | the | palace of the life-giving tem |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 302 | not be opened to us.” / Thus | the | king spoke, and the defeated |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 304 | e had been defeated, to break | the | Ausonian laws. / Astraea of the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 305 | the Ausonian laws. / Astraea of | the | dew-bearing sky increased in |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 306 | m, who had carried him across | the | Alps. / For after the see had |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 307 | m across the Alps. / For after | the | see had lost its aforemention |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 308 | ts aforementioned patron, / on | the | resolution of the king, / and |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 309 | lution of the king, / and with | the | encouragement of the people, / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 310 | t Wilfrid should be chosen as | the | one who would offer / the milk |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 311 | n as the one who would offer / | the | milky breast to the dependent |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 312 | heep; he knew how to suppress / | the | weeds and adorn the lilies. H |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 313 | thousand things in his mind: | the | shafts sent / from the sling o |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 314 | s mind: the shafts sent / from | the | sling of the wicked enemy, an |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 315 | r that he might not rush over | the | precipice of a blasphemous ca |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 316 | emous cave / or avoid purifying | the | moist hollows of crime, he un |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 318 | accustomed sweat / poured from | the | disciple, who was girt up for |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 319 | ood out conspicuously through | the | Spirit. / Those of rank gathere |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 320 | it. / Those of rank gathered on | the | day / when the man was due to |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 321 | ank gathered on the day / when | the | man was due to take up the he |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 322 | f his own accord he addressed | the | kings: / “I ask, if your uns |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 324 | first it is right to remember | the | labour of the past. / For while |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 325 | labour of the past. / For while | the | recurring plague and the anci |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 327 | ssed with polluted displays. / | The | Gallic gravel, with its abund |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 328 | t, does not frighten me, / and | the | Hesperian glory is guarded in |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 330 | shall hurry there and / accept | the | episcopal shoes of the just a |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 331 | ed to them, unless by chance / | the | sea should put an obstacle in |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 332 | iven by a powerful storm.” / | The | nobles, the lords, and even t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 334 | is exploit, / happy to receive | the | allied squadrons of the Heave |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 335 | n-dweller. / A sailor made fast | the | symbols on the happy helm, / f |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 336 | on the happy helm, / fastening | the | many-layered ropes, with the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 337 | ith the mast balancing them. / | The | ship was released, and, with |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 338 | xed, / they quickly swept over | the | foamy crests of the sea and r |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 339 | he right shore. / They entered | the | harbour with happy hearts. / Me |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 340 | with happy hearts. / Meanwhile, | the | delegation of a gentle sailor |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 341 | ly gathered when knowledge of | the | group’s intention / reached |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 343 | ir unstained assemblies, / and | the | precious hall resounded with |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 345 | columns. / They exulted, mixing | the | organs with the joyful horn, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 346 | ystical arms were placed upon | the | truthful minister. / The back |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 347 | upon the truthful minister. / | The | back of his head was enriched |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 348 | , poured out freely, / and for | the | first time the adornments of |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 351 | rried in a jewelled throne in | the | manner of rulers, / and he put |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 352 | ner of rulers, / and he put on | the | ornament. In this apparel he |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 354 | d he consecrated libations on | the | altar. / When these things had |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 355 | eted, he returned and boarded | the | ship. / But, because all those |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 356 | hose who are happy are put to | the | test by temptation, / the inse |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 357 | t to the test by temptation, / | the | inseparable companion of happ |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 358 | g over the marble / surface of | the | deep with taut sails, celebra |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 359 | ies of the Psalmist, / behold, | the | waves suddenly rose up and th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 360 | up menacing disasters against | the | mast; / it threatened that the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 361 | the mast; / it threatened that | the | crew, slipping far away to un |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 362 | unknown shores, / would suffer | the | impending horrors of an immin |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 363 | ent death. / They pressed upon | the | oars; the sluggish stern was |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 364 | sluggish stern was harassed. / | The | father himself was strengthen |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 365 | sailors / by laying his legs on | the | ground and prostrating himsel |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 366 | himself, / fixing his eyes on | the | heavens. Behold, when they we |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 368 | arms, / and sought to plunder | the | vulnerable keel and to take t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 369 | to take the people captive. / | The | father looked at them, and be |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 370 | umble speech, / saying, “Keep | the | wreck, but I shall voluntaril |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 372 | s. Come back to your senses. / | The | violence of the dreadful sea |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 373 | s indeed, / but I declare that | the | swift mercy of Christ shall c |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 374 | f Christ shall come soon.” / | The | augur, standing there, was ac |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 376 | ips. / He invoked in a whisper | the | Eumenides, the Furies, the Pa |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 377 | for blood to be shed and for | the | dear people / to be made an of |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 378 | le / to be made an offering to | the | infernal spirits, as strong E |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 380 | siastically to deadly battle. / | The | prelate likewise, stretching |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 383 | ng it around, cast it through | the | air; / it struck the forehead |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 384 | t through the air; / it struck | the | forehead of the unspeakable p |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 385 | the cavities of his brain. / As | the | cunning man fell to the groun |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 386 | y seethed with shouts. / Later | the | shepherd remembered the old m |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 387 | himself more vigorously, and | the | awful disaster was averted. / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 388 | awful disaster was averted. / | The | battle-lines gave out a shout |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 389 | rd in a fierce struggle, / and | the | king’s forces ran together |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 393 | k, defeated, four times, / and | the | victor was carried away by a |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 394 | r original course and reached | the | intended harbour. / They whom t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 395 | e intended harbour. / They whom | the | royal assembly had defeated a |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 397 | hile he, having wandered over | the | Gallic fields, / was detained |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 399 | er, / an unfaithful failure of | the | king changed the situation. / F |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 402 | sound doctrine, / would guard | the | bed of the excellent prelate. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 403 | In this way they boldly stole / | the | bride from her husband while |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 404 | The crowd which came to meet / | the | father trembled with grief as |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 405 | n humility he turned aside to | the | familiar huts at Ripon. / Is t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 407 | now how to be moved by this? / | The | see, snatched from him at suc |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 408 | / did not terrify him, nor did | the | symbols of power, taken in a |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 409 | in a great struggle, / nor did | the | toil, nor the anger of the sw |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 414 | r, / a man powerful throughout | the | kingdoms of Mercia because of |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 415 | he was scarcely able to bring | the | shepherd out of his little pl |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 418 | nour. / Moreover, Ekbert, whom | the | fields of Kent feared, / while |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 420 | dain some sacred ministers in | the | decreed manner. / When these t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 423 | f monks, which were to follow | the | regular path; / he warned them |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 425 | e sanctuary. / In addition, for | the | continuous period of three ye |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 426 | years he girded himself / with | the | accustomed fighting weapons o |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 427 | d he did not cease to plunder | the | citadel of the harsh thief. / T |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 428 | harsh thief. / Therefore, after | the | aforementioned number of year |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 429 | n measured out, / a prelate of | the | shepherds was sent from the A |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 432 | granted to him, he shared in / | the | common grief at the agreement |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 433 | after he removed Coedda from | the | doors he had seized, and he f |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 438 | imself more eagerly to them. / | The | foundations of the ancient ch |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 439 | w, and pigeons were damaging / | the | rafters, which had become unc |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 440 | unconnected from each other. / | The | timbers had worn out, and moi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 441 | s dripping from the ceiling. / | The | walls were denuded, and the d |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 442 | no gutters in place. Wherever | the | rainwater flowed, / it ran dow |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 443 | flowed, / it ran down between | the | separated beams in the precar |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 444 | eams in the precarious roof. / | The | windows in the ruined arch we |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 445 | asting away. / When he had seen | the | state of the building, he was |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 446 | ding, he was aghast. At once / | the | stone-masons, tired and sweat |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 447 | atural strength, to repairing | the | enclosed areas of the high te |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 448 | mple; / no less diligently did | the | barbarian workmen, lying on t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 449 | s. He ordered them to enclose | the | unkept arches with a glassy s |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 450 | ith a glassy screen, / and that | the | pillars, formerly shapeless, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 451 | all done: water was poured on | the | apse, / and the purified altar |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 452 | was poured on the apse, / and | the | purified altars were made whi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 454 | glory. / A supreme love grew in | the | holy man, it grew, / the flouri |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 455 | rew in the holy man, it grew, / | the | flourishing nurse and mother |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 456 | of nourishing virtues. / Hence | the | right hand did not annul the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 458 | or did double talk break it. / | The | Spirit, a co-worker with his |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 459 | m, inspired him / to aggrandise | the | neighbouring town of Ripon, w |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 460 | its extensive hazel thickets. / | The | earth there was levelled in t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 464 | nd with everything prepared, / | the | leaders gathered, and some of |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 465 | isters, and a diverse mass of | the | common people. / The dignitari |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 466 | e mass of the common people. / | The | dignitaries of the church ble |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 467 | customary manner / and adorned | the | altar with the honour of the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 468 | melodious Peter. / Standing in | the | chancel, he gave the seed of |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 470 | ught to recover. / He satisfied | the | crowd with word and food for |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 471 | ree days. / He gave generously | the | best gifts, embellished in re |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 474 | nhanced, and which contained / | the | text of the gospels in its bo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 478 | deserved choir, / as once did | the | torch in the time of Moses, / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 479 | the time of Moses, / revealing | the | path and the homeland of eter |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 480 | homeland of eternal rest, / and | the | houses in the upper region, w |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 482 | or shall I be silent? / Grant | the | lamp of the word, Christ. I h |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 483 | ow let me be allowed to break | the | long delays imposed by my ign |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 485 | ffice / to run properly through | the | sea of your virtues, / which y |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 487 | / Of their number Wilfrid was | the | highest lord: he was a shephe |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 488 | bly leading his flock through | the | pastures of the life from abo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 491 | g saved / with liquid water in | the | name of the Father and the So |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 492 | Spirit, / as a father applying | the | anointing fluid, who was in t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 493 | in the middle, / surrounded by | the | people in a beautiful circle. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 494 | autiful circle. / Behold, amid | the | hordes, spread out in a dense |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 495 | woman, full of fear, shunning | the | bier, / showed in her weary ar |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 496 | er, / showed in her weary arms | the | corpse of her dead child. / Sh |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 497 | e stood there, mixed in among | the | crowds; / she groaned as faith |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 499 | eart with silent whips. / Then | the | father approached, and soon h |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 500 | ned and stopped where he was. | The | brazen mother / laid herself p |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 501 | er / laid herself prostrate on | the | ground and increased her grie |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 502 | ing. / “Father, do not lower | the | right hand which you have rai |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 507 | with an insistent complaint. / | The | crowd came rushing together, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 509 | ast, filled with compassion, / | the | lordly prelate gave silent th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 510 | s in his holy breast, / because | the | faithless multitude knew to e |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 511 | his heart alone, he unsealed | the | clear courses; / he brought fo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 513 | is hands, / and he summoned up | the | pious shout “Adonai”. / Th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 515 | hand / and, when he had touched | the | child’s cold temples with h |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 516 | cold temples with his hand, / | the | dead boy moved his head, with |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 517 | things had been accomplished, | the | crowd sang out incomplete son |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 519 | with each other’s. / At once | the | boy was baptised with sacred |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 521 | was ordered to return him to | the | father after seven years, / bu |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 523 | d as an exile with her son to | the | foreign Britons. / He did not |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 525 | s, / a certain official brought | the | boy back, against the will of |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 526 | he will of his mother, / under | the | authority of the father. Then |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 528 | xample to many. / At that time | the | torch flashed forth its light |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 529 | e amid the din. / In those days | the | English kingdom shone with tw |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 530 | ingdom shone with twin lamps. / | The | bishops were performing worth |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 531 | the support of the king, / and | the | king also was offering honour |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 532 | ble service to the prelates. / | The | people enjoyed the greatest p |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 533 | ws; the barns, / made heavy by | the | fruitful earth, rejoiced; / th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 534 | he fruitful earth, rejoiced; / | the | lay people could easily dare |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 535 | scorn the threat of robbers; / | the | terrible trumpets of war were |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 536 | was no dread of poverty, / and | the | church shone forth, joined to |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 537 | a treaty of reconciliation. / | The | deadly one was envious and un |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 538 | sand schemes / to try to break | the | holy peace with a perverse sc |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 539 | eace with a perverse schism. / | The | rebellious race of the Picts |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 540 | ot wanting to bear any longer | the | chains of the English, / to wh |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 541 | ecome accustomed. Egfrid held | the | broad reins of rule. / (His gr |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 544 | ter her wedding.) / Therefore, | the | leader led out his troops, fe |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 545 | in spirit, / and he slaughtered | the | defenders with an indomitable |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 546 | ey blocked up two rivers with | the | slain of the enemy, / and the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 547 | the slain of the enemy, / and | the | king’s squadrons returned, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 548 | y laid waste a wide area, and | the | chains were again placed on t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 549 | again placed on their necks. / | The | victorious king delighted in |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 551 | is soldiers were few, / but by | the | virtue of God and by the meri |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 552 | pride. No less numerous were | the | hordes / of the Mercian kingdom |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 553 | s numerous were the hordes / of | the | Mercian kingdoms, which were |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 554 | time swelling with pride; / but | the | same king laid them low, pier |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 557 | s, / evidently strengthened by | the | noble prayers of Wilfrid. / The |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 558 | prayers of Wilfrid. / Therefore | the | man’s virtue did not relax |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 561 | ven among nations ignorant of | the | divine seed, / extending his j |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 563 | , / and he was not slothful in | the | performance of his work. / He |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 566 | o that he might not fall into | the | fire through the ardour of an |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 567 | f an innate passion. / Neither | the | heat of Phoebus nor the cold |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 568 | n the middle of winter / broke | the | sweet patterns of this concer |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 573 | ad, / he led his subjects into | the | narrow way. / A gathered crowd |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 575 | crowd of leaders / marvelled at | the | pious integrity of his habits |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 578 | s champion was protected by | the | coat of peace, / and he produc |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 579 | at of peace, / and he produced | the | gentle incense of obedience i |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 580 | he established a temple after | the | land had been hewn out in pre |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 581 | it with dark crypts, built in | the | curved foundations, / and pain |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 582 | ved foundations, / and painted | the | halls, which were overlaid wi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 583 | urs. / Soon he performed again | the | assistance of a slow tongue, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 584 | ongue, / and he conferred upon | the | altar the name of pious Andre |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 585 | tar the name of pious Andrew. / | The | envious breath of the deadly |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 586 | . / While they were plastering | the | heights of the fragile wall, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 587 | irst, and his body crashed to | the | ground. / His little legs did |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 590 | thered. / As he was drawing out | the | last breaths of his fearful l |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 591 | breaths of his fearful life, / | the | sad people were running to ma |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 592 | reparations for his funeral. / | The | prescient father understood i |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 594 | re breast, / and he encouraged | the | grieving remnants of the peop |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 595 | to entreat the Lord, / so that | the | supreme shepherd might restor |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 596 | d sheep. / He was present, and | the | man’s limbs quickly recover |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 598 | ife. / Therefore, they praised | the | gifts of the great Christ. / Th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 599 | he gifts of the great Christ. / | The | raging anger of the demon wan |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 600 | hat, after first having slain | the | choice soldier, / he might ter |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 601 | er, / he might terrify greatly | the | fragile spears of the feeble |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 603 | d he corrupted with infection | the | weak spouse of the king. / The |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 604 | e of the king. / Then she shot | the | poisonous arrows from the evi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 605 | evil quiver, / and she defiled | the | heart of the king with a devi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 606 | e king with a devious wound. / | The | methods she used in her hosti |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 607 | ighteous man of having abused | the | things / which had been granted |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 608 | to him. For glory had come to | the | man / from every part of the gl |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 609 | to the man / from every part of | the | globe: many farmers, the gras |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 611 | ition an assembly of monks of | the | celestial life. / After the de |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 612 | of the celestial life. / After | the | destructive poison had entere |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 614 | they engaged as an assistant / | the | teacher of the truth, the fol |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 615 | ngly deceived by their words. | (The | rustic Muse has sung / of this |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 616 | his man earlier.) He approved | the | wicked undertakings of the ro |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 617 | royal house, / and he replaced | the | father with three men, all wi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 619 | d been under a single ruler. / | The | fortunate man heard what the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 620 | m and, / wanting to investigate | the | depths of his anger without a |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 622 | ptuous dining-halls. / Behold, | the | great torches and instigators |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 624 | lies. / “Why am I harmed,” | the | father asked, “by those who |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 627 | any crime at all, / even though | the | council is assembled; but it |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 628 | crees / to be revoked.” Thus | the | witnesses of their crimes wer |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 629 | were able to speak. / However, | the | bishop did not want to give u |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 631 | ainst him, / and he swore that | the | matter would be decided by th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 635 | or your rejoicing! / Not before | the | seasons reach the returning s |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 637 | hese things, and he expressed | the | words from a sober palate. / T |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 638 | e words from a sober palate. / | The | peoples grieved for the slaug |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 639 | d, / weeping as they performed | the | funeral rites for the slain p |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 642 | happy heart he visited again | the | sheep who had been denied to |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 645 | swift ship / was released from | the | slanting shore in order to ma |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 646 | order to make an attempt / at | the | watery passage. Around it the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 647 | ind on the right side / and on | the | left, who were matching their |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 648 | tear-filled complaints. Then | the | hateful crop, which was fit t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 649 | was fit to be handed / over to | the | eternal fire, not content to |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 650 | ir malice, / sent messengers to | the | king of the Franks / and asked |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 651 | of the Franks / and asked for | the | Lord’s steward to be robbed |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 652 | obbed with impunity. / But, by | the | mercy of the ruler who dwells |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 653 | the ruler who dwells above, / | the | false attempts were not able |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 654 | saster upon the blessed man. / | The | one who fell into the fatal t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 655 | ly concealed within a pit / was | the | prelate Winfrid, who was dest |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 657 | deceived by a single letter. / | The | breezes turned favourably in |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 658 | d’s ship reached harbour on | the | happy coasts of the Frisians. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 659 | appy coasts of the Frisians. / | The | indigenous population was gre |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 661 | eful. / Therefore, he preached | the | divine seed to the multitude, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 662 | he opened up sweet rivers on | the | briny cliffs. / Then a fitting |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 663 | s. / Then a fitting progeny of | the | livestock sprung forth, / then |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 664 | livestock sprung forth, / then | the | seed sprung forth in the fiel |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 665 | er a little while, he granted | the | baptism of salvation to many, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 666 | tion to many, / and he founded | the | citadels which Willibrord pos |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 667 | great teacher in his zeal for | the | faith. / This custody inflamed |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 668 | faith. / This custody inflamed | the | leader of the Franks, / who ha |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 669 | anks, / who had been broken by | the | abundance of much treasure, w |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 670 | h treasure, with bitter rage. / | The | boastful Efruin inscribed a w |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 671 | ten contract, / making note of | the | gift that he was offering, in |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 673 | y bestowing wealth upon him. / | The | ambassadors hurried to him an |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 674 | hurried to him and revealed / | the | indirectly stated orders. But |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 675 | them with disdain, tearing up | the | deadly contract and throwing |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 676 | ontract and throwing it / into | the | depths of the fire. “I pray |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 677 | ay anyone / who seeks to break | the | bonds of an agreed trust may |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 678 | ,” / he said, and he ordered | the | hostile associates to go back |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 679 | oubt that he was illumined by | the | celestial gleam, / which had on |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 680 | had once shone from above on | the | cradle of the holy one. / Unwis |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 681 | ise woman, why do you provoke | the | righteous one, with his aveng |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 682 | / It was enough to have driven | the | blessed man from his homeland |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 683 | homeland. / Why do you disturb | the | sea? What? Do you hide the ne |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 684 | he nets of Charybdis? / Surely | the | four-faced contrivance of the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 685 | land does not obey you? / Will | the | right-hand pole of the sky gl |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 686 | aith. You will be captured by | the | same power; / swiftly, with yo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 688 | changed, / and you will become | the | hateful destroyer of the crim |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 689 | you will provide pasture for | the | white lambs of Christ. / Now yo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 691 | e many tokens of salvation to | the | peoples. / In a trance I have |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 693 | un them, / I am glad to rave in | the | customary manner of the tragi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 694 | tor. / Spring had now dissolved | the | icy Alps with its warm heat, / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 695 | Alps with its warm heat, / when | the | happy prelate, having regaine |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 696 | from those regions and sought | the | fields of Gaul. / In faith he |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 697 | of Gaul. / In faith he entered | the | familiar walls of King Dagobe |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 698 | when he was about to go where | the | order required, / deservedly s |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 699 | vedly supplied public joys to | the | patron he had received. / “De |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 700 | s you know,” he said, “by | the | popular wings, / I suffered gr |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 703 | / I was driven as an exile to | the | slothful Irish. / Behold, I ob |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 707 | keep such a great friend.” / | The | nobles rejoiced; for it is no |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 708 | is subjects want to go beyond | the | primary thing which is right |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 709 | g which is right and lawful. / | The | king offered him an excellent |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 710 | vast purview; / he did not want | the | blessed man to go further afi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 711 | gorously seeking to importune | the | forbidden citadels. / But the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 712 | the forbidden citadels. / But | the | great-hearted hero did not de |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 714 | he left, accompanied also by | the | prelate Deodat. / He hurried on |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 718 | with much dread. / He received | the | righteous man and comforted h |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 720 | had drunk some pleasant wine, / | the | king began to narrative a tal |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 721 | to the father, / who perceived | the | spiteful words of an evil cit |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 723 | But I remember,” he said, / | “the | past danger, holy one, how on |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 724 | ed of my land, / and how I felt | the | bitter scars as I lived under |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 725 | . / However, I was protected by | the | Hun through a great treaty, / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 726 | rough a great treaty, / and in | the | end I departed in freedom fro |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 728 | n by bringing gifts, / just as | the | blue-eyed Britons want to ent |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 731 | h you. A trumpet sounded, and | the | ready king / increased his ret |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 732 | ions. In this way they sought | the | Roman halls / with swift feet. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 734 | couriers ahead of him. / Then | the | pious reputation of blessed W |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 735 | on of blessed Wilfrid / reached | the | Ausonian courts with known ap |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 736 | rts with known approval. / All | the | citizens immediately strove w |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 737 | t worthy manner he knocked on | the | wooden doors of Peter. / The p |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 738 | n the wooden doors of Peter. / | The | prelate Agatho was adorning t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 742 | em, / and he addressed them in | the | common language: / “The reli |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 743 | them in the common language: / | “The | religion and divine law of th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 744 | nt church will be stained / if | the | heat of the church does not b |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 745 | rged. / We have discovered that | the | English kingdoms are being mo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 747 | borders. / Brothers, weigh up | the | disaster caused by a sharp sc |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 749 | ugh crude new injustices.” / | The | mature Italian elders, equipp |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 751 | Begin, shepherd; you possess | the | decrees of men of old. / Now, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 754 | cide by your pious words what | the | submitted order should cultiv |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 755 | hould cultivate, / and what all | the | churches should cultivate, or |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 758 | rid himself / was brought into | the | sacred house and ordered to m |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 759 | nt, written with clarity, for | the | fathers to read: / how in his s |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 760 | ice he had diligently managed | the | concerns of his homeland / in |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 761 | h a way as to bring profit to | the | pious sheep; how, by the comp |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 762 | sion of envy, / he had given up | the | doors which had been assigned |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 763 | im. / He also described (alas!) | the | deceits of bishops, who in th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 766 | be judged,” he said, “by | the | Hesperian court.” / It would |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 768 | . / Both parties asserted that | the | man had set forth / an accurat |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 770 | force was to be confirmed by | the | apostolic authority, / so that |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 771 | n might not spread and infect | the | unwary with its unsound sap, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 772 | y with its unsound sap, / with | the | wicked man reducing the right |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 773 | ghteous to the lowest state. / | The | pope agreed, and in legally b |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 774 | ing writings / he ordered that | the | decrees were to be made known |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 775 | ng, / that if they did not keep | the | commands of the master with e |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 776 | ished with excommunication in | the | judgement / of the Lord, all w |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 777 | nication in the judgement / of | the | Lord, all who sought to conde |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 779 | e apostate or a fugitive from | the | laws, seek to give up the lan |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 781 | el path. / A hostile friend of | the | human offspring burned, seeki |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 783 | hurried along, / sweeping over | the | fields of the open land, / har |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 786 | t royal blood had been shed. / | The | lord Dagobert had felt the fo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 787 | gobert had felt the force / of | the | right hands of his own citize |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 788 | s groin, entering right up to | the | hilt. / They brandished their s |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 791 | ear, hurled abuse at him / with | the | filthy mouth of a bishop, say |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 792 | is about to die, you profaned | the | Gallic sceptre / by restoring a |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 794 | g, by any chance, when I sent | the | king back?” / he replied (inq |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 795 | t I might suffer with joy for | the | name of Christ.” / Soon the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 796 | the name of Christ.” / Soon | the | cruel shafts fall; then the s |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 798 | believe that this happened by | the | glowing fire of a lightning s |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 799 | ng strike, / which appeared to | the | world when he emerged from th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 800 | , fearing nothing, he crossed | the | grass in safety, / and without |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 802 | od. / After this, supported by | the | perceptive prayers of the bro |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 803 | f the brothers, / and carrying | the | hallowed banners of the bless |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 804 | he blessed Peter, / he reached | the | royal door-posts, bringing jo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 805 | o the righteous. / He presented | the | documents of the papal bull, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 806 | marked on their surface / with | the | official seal. Immediately, l |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 807 | together, / ready to hear what | the | Roman summit would tell them. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 808 | oman summit would tell them. / | The | military commander looked on |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 809 | a cruel edict in response to | the | sacred utterances. / After the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 810 | the sacred utterances. / After | the | correct, evangelical judgemen |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 812 | nt, / not wanting to give back | the | booty they had stolen. / They |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 813 | len. / They were spurred on by | the | bitter bile in their raging b |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 814 | at wickedness!) they beguiled | the | king through their perverse s |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 815 | erverse speech / into rejecting | the | charter on the grounds that i |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 816 | st means. / They rejoiced that | the | confidant of God was being br |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 817 | nderer. / Finally, they thrust | the | father into a solitary cell. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 818 | a solitary cell. / He recalled | the | soothing promises of the king |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 820 | you, rejects me also.” / Then | the | oppressive queen, the author |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 821 | his dispute, presumed to tear / | the | precious reliquaries away fro |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 822 | under for herself. Therefore, | the | renowned hero, / reduced to the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 823 | the renowned hero, / reduced to | the | worst condition in regard to |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 824 | d companions, / spoke words to | the | brothers from his remarkable |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 826 | ught after with much effort: / | “The | aged sequence of fathers, who |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 827 | ome their numerous enemies by | the | help of God. / It was through |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 828 | It was through suffering that | the | twelvefold summit of heroes / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 832 | r minds are being included in | the | stores of wheat in heaven, / f |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 833 | / from which rich harvests of | the | soul will soon be reaped. / A |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 834 | ot seek after rewards, except | the | one who triumphs by suffering |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 838 | rist afterwards; you wept for | the | damage to the flock, / which h |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 839 | k, / which had been injured by | the | blows of the shepherds. / But w |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 841 | not able to obtain access to | the | usual brightness? / In vain th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 842 | he usual brightness? / In vain | the | insignificant enemies sharpen |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 844 | . / A timely light poured from | the | heavens for you; / the customar |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 845 | red from the heavens for you; / | the | customary torch came quickly |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 847 | as present as witness and saw | the | cruel prison being illuminate |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 848 | ed / with bright flames during | the | night-time. What will be infe |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 849 | . What will be inferior / about | the | equal garland which you will |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 850 | ter this from Peter, / for whom | the | light shone when he was in cl |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 854 | ht / to persuade him to profane | the | blessed summits and to approv |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 855 | ” he said, “were given to | the | bitter sword, / or if javelins |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 857 | ota of those documents, which | the | fathers / who succeeded from P |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 859 | ” / Thus, he chose to offend | the | dark faces of nobles, / and he |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 860 | he was not willing to deceive | the | apostolic religion. / At that t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 861 | a heavy torpor was oppressing | the | dear wife of the official / wh |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 862 | cial / who (alas!) was holding | the | unfortunate reins. / Her body |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 867 | and, / who watched as she drew | the | last breaths of her spent lif |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 868 | er spent life. / She prolonged | the | time, and at length the husba |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 870 | immoderate weeping he sought | the | aid of the healer. / Therefore |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 871 | id of the healer. / Therefore, | the | father, trusting in the accus |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 873 | . He arrived, and he ordered / | the | crowds which had gathered to |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 875 | e poured water on her organs. / | The | warmth of life soon returned |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 876 | rned to its previous source. / | The | cruel bonds did no harm to th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 877 | een expression he returned to | the | same grove, / and he was not a |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 878 | ot ashamed to cultivate again | the | gloomy caves. / The name of th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 879 | vate again the gloomy caves. / | The | name of the officer I mention |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 880 | r I mentioned was Osferd, / and | the | spouse who had been rescued w |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 881 | she rejoiced to be hidden by | the | sacred veil. / But the officia |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 882 | dden by the sacred veil. / But | the | official was afraid and, comp |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 883 | n that he would rather suffer | the | loss of his own life / than de |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 885 | ghteous man for a cruel king. / | The | king, swelling up greatly, ga |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 886 | rsher command, / ordering that | the | condemned man in prison be bo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 887 | of hard iron, / and he changed | the | lot of the earlier guard. / Th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 888 | / They worked hard to fashion | the | iron into two-pronged forks, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 889 | wo-pronged forks, / and to tie | the | threefold ropes with barren l |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 890 | ey might be able to terrorise | the | heart of the bound champion. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 891 | t of the bound champion. / But | the | more biting the efforts they |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 892 | punishments for his spirit, / | the | more they were astonished tha |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 893 | absolutely nothing. / For all | the | shackles they bound around hi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 895 | d them. / Noble liberty came to | the | innocent limbs. / Cruel race, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 896 | t limbs. / Cruel race, in vain | the | anvil is struck! / Wicked hand |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 897 | enefit does it supply to harm | the | body? / He did not fear the yo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 898 | rm the body? / He did not fear | the | yoke, upon whom the bridle tr |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 899 | ed. / In quite a worthy manner | the | quivering chains fled from hi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 900 | t, / which were running through | the | cross-roads of a peace-making |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 901 | eace-making life. / Therefore, | the | mildest of shepherds cared fo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 902 | ipping them with his hands in | the | water of baptism. / But while t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 903 | e water of baptism. / But while | the | lord of the kingdom which was |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 904 | ted to him was going / through | the | towns, indulging himself oste |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 906 | by a sudden disaster. / While | the | royal spouse was daring to mi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 908 | anger came against her, / and | the | snarling of Satan passed thro |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 910 | he became his raving hostess. / | The | royal nurse came to her and, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 911 | t, spoke these words, / “Are | the | deeds committed in an old sin |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 912 | ious? / Foreign prisons defile | the | righteous Wilfrid: / your limb |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 914 | terrible demon. / You despised | the | papers deservedly obtained fr |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 917 | ie, you are yourself bound on | the | spit of Baal.” / Burning wit |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 918 | / Burning with scorching heat, | the | king came to her, as if he we |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 919 | fires from his nostrils, and | the | honourable mother addressed h |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 920 | and break down your lethargy. | The | greatest retribution / is strik |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 921 | you, if you want to increase | the | power / of your right hand, wh |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 922 | your right hand, which bears | the | sceptre, loosen the shackles |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 925 | reluctantly agreed, and soon | the | prison lay open, / and the thi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 926 | oon the prison lay open, / and | the | thickest of clouds yielded up |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 927 | e bright star. / Straightaway, | the | queen experienced an undeserv |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 928 | ft his homeland and abandoned | the | fields of his kindred, / and h |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 929 | travelled as an immigrant to | the | southern lands. / A noble trave |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 930 | lands. / A noble traveller met | the | exile during his wanderings a |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 931 | gs and received him, / because | the | highest power of the world ha |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 932 | ndefined word, promising that | the | righteous who have suffered / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 933 | his sake would lack nothing. | The | name of this traveller was Be |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 935 | and was endowed with wealth. / | The | news of this welcome was not |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 936 | ostile rage was ignited. / But | the | father, never growing weary o |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 937 | , / drew up monastic rules for | the | flocks, who had been driven o |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 938 | who had been driven out, / in | the | land of the man who has just |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 939 | t been named. At that moment / | the | envious plague of the devil b |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 940 | f the leader, a fitting host, / | the | brother Edilred, glorious thr |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 942 | hateful wife in his service, / | the | sister of Ekfrid, the savage |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 943 | / They did not stop assailing | the | tranquil man with much terror |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 945 | sed a wicked scheme to compel / | the | pledge which had been given t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 946 | dishonoured. / Thus, bereft of | the | help of his host, he was forc |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 947 | deed, having been received in | the | halls of another king, / he en |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 948 | which had been stirred up by | the | prompting of a demon. / The no |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 949 | by the prompting of a demon. / | The | nourisher of the whole crime |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 950 | crime was Ermenburg, who, / as | the | Muse sang in a melody set for |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 951 | earlier, / furiously tormented | the | great bishop with various dis |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 952 | disasters; / her cruel sister, | the | royal wife of Centwin, expell |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 955 | or / are you being burned up by | the | eternal sulphur of hell? / See |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 957 | e things which are rejected. / | The | prelate will gain for himself |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 958 | has not yet been broken up by | the | divine ploughshare. He was no |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 966 | / and he was of assistance to | the | leader, expounding the gifts |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 967 | mediately, he was taken up by | the | king in an agreeable compact. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 968 | ore that he would never break | the | bonds they had established, / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 969 | established, / neither through | the | payment of gold nor through t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 971 | rds, / and he happily won over | the | leader and his wife; / the tir |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 972 | ver the leader and his wife; / | the | tireless torch shone forth in |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 973 | le of the darkness. / Quickly, | the | shrines were demolished and t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 974 | the altars were crushed, / and | the | diviner did not mourn as he d |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 975 | oxes. / Sweet honey poured from | the | divine honey-comb. The people |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 976 | ly baptism / and were immersed. | The | noble king also was drenched |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 978 | assigned him an estate, / and | the | prelate made preparations for |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 979 | ablishing a monastery there. / | The | chief is said to have been ca |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 980 | about heavenly Tempe through | the | merits of Wilfrid. / I shall si |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 981 | you, fugitive boy, Cedvalla: | the | sceptre was denied to you, / a |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 984 | t you might be able to regain | the | crown of your kingdom, / seekin |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 985 | ngdom, / seeking to escape from | the | fates of great evils; / patien |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 987 | a little while, you obtained | the | increase of faith, / for the h |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 988 | d the increase of faith, / for | the | head which he had previously |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 989 | encircled by a crown, through | the | help of the prelate. / You also |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 990 | he prelate. / You also enriched | the | bishop with much land. / Happy |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 991 | bishop with much land. / Happy | the | banishment which is sought ou |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 992 | rple of kings! / Rather, happy | the | father, an exile for the sake |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 993 | sake of a peace treaty. / Then | the | news emerged that many column |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 994 | / with both sides decimated by | the | slaughter, / and that Ekfrid ha |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 995 | hat Ekfrid had been struck by | the | spear of the savage Pict / and |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 996 | Pict / and had ceased to drive | the | saints into a wicked exile. / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 997 | to a wicked exile. / Moreover, | the | shepherd who was governing th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 998 | m, / Theodore, wanted to annul | the | wicked deed which he had once |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 999 | had once perpetrated / against | the | prelate, and, already in the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1000 | old age, / he sought to recall | the | man he had quite inappropriat |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1001 | riately expelled. / Therefore, | the | humble man returned, completi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1002 | uperior, and present also was | the | venerable prelate Erchenwald. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1003 | enerable prelate Erchenwald. / | The | three men came to the ?torch? |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1004 | he true light, / and Theodore, | the | older man, began to speak, / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1006 | so many torments. / Moreover, | the | final limit of my life is rus |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1008 | ve committed against you.” / | The | deeds of Wilfrid had overawed |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1009 | es to heaven and his hands to | the | earth / and he pardoned the cri |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1010 | to the earth / and he pardoned | the | crime, just as Jesus had comm |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1011 | they prostrated themselves on | the | ground / and sought the mercie |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1012 | ves on the ground / and sought | the | mercies of Christ, and, with |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1014 | is time, Aldfrid had taken up | the | symbols of kingship and the o |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1015 | and the official sceptres / of | the | man who had been killed. Soon |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1016 | e eastern shepherd wrote / that | the | blessed disciple of Christ, ? |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1017 | gers, / ought to be restored to | the | see which had been snatched f |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1018 | might not die and succumb to | the | same fate which had befallen / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1019 | llen / Ekfrid, who wanted to be | the | first to rob the aforemention |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1020 | hop. / Immediately, he declared | the | same thing / to all the friend |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1021 | clared the same thing / to all | the | friends, to Aelfled, / wrapped |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1023 | odesty, / who nourished wisely | the | radiant sheep of Jesus. / “A |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1025 | anted to drive Wilfrid out of | the | whole world, asleep in death, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1026 | p in death, / “be mindful of | the | dependants you have desired. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1027 | Come now, if you are enjoying / | the | best life by a common wish: o |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1028 | ave wisely / obeyed my words in | the | past. Now also, heed the fina |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1030 | ur famous sceptre, / might keep | the | lofty commands of the Romulea |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1031 | hich have been established by | the | fathers who nourish the tribu |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1032 | the tribute of Peter, / Agatho | the | foremost, Benedict, and Sergi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1034 | these instructions / and held | the | teacher in the highest honour |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1035 | , as was fitting, / right up to | the | last hour of his vain life. / W |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1037 | this way, Aldfrid, / who bore | the | illustrious garlands of rule, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1039 | some ancient little houses. / | The | adulterers were driven out, a |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1040 | e vacated see / was restored to | the | bishop: the citizens applaude |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1041 | ed, calling the event happy. / | The | bright pole shone again in th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1042 | oble? (Euuroica) court. / Happy | the | peoples which had acquired su |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1043 | h a great shepherd! / However, | the | joys hardly remained even for |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1044 | ourished more perversely than | the | familiar hydra. / Old fires wer |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1046 | terrible storms beat against | the | stern of the church; / the hel |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1047 | nst the stern of the church; / | the | helmsman was again compelled |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1048 | s hand to the tiller / to stop | the | anchor from becoming stuck in |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1049 | stuck in the hard sand. / For | the | aforementioned king, dyed in |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1050 | the Ligurians, / was stretching | the | true plants with various shoo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1051 | / now he placed himself under | the | wings of the father, / now he |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1052 | the father, / now he believed | the | invented stories of lying men |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1054 | lacked a fixed position. / But | the | father, who was seeking to ke |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1055 | unmoved, / preferred to abandon | the | lofty arrogance of the king, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1056 | therefore he left, / giving up | the | divided lands. He was unwilli |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1057 | where he was prelate, or that | the | fields which had been granted |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1058 | lds which had been granted / to | the | monks entrusted to him should |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1059 | ot fear to esteem more highly | the | oracles of the great Peter. / S |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1060 | Peter. / Soon, he sought again | the | throne of Aedilred, who has b |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1061 | elcomed, and was cherished by | the | king in an untroubled tranqui |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1062 | led tranquillity, / performing | the | duties from above with much p |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1065 | ollective synod was set up by | the | pressing judgement of the rul |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1067 | gation was ordered to compel / | the | celibate man to come with hur |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1068 | was a fierce quarrel between | the | brothers, / and all those gath |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1070 | up by fictitious complaints. / | The | device, not solidly construct |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1071 | ollapsed, / not able to endure | the | predictions being made by the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1072 | ing made by the prophet; / for | the | great man had the eyes of Lyn |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1073 | is purpose / that he had drunk | the | prophetic draughts, / that he |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1074 | he might be able to perceive | the | internal aims of people. / At l |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1076 | ed them to put their trust in | the | Italian documents. / But no me |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1077 | / But no medicine could cause | the | hearts of the Gentiles to yie |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1078 | o soften, / and they concealed | the | harmful venom in their minds. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1079 | re, a young man who supported | the | honourable man of God / discove |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1080 | g together evil plans against | the | holy man, / and he came to him |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1081 | d he came to him and revealed | the | king’s terrible throwing-st |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1082 | strap, / which gives flight to | the | poisonous shafts from the dea |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1083 | was not ashamed to listen to | the | faithful informer, who, / as s |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1084 | ng, crept quickly back inside | the | palace. / Therefore, standing w |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1085 | e. / Therefore, standing within | the | camp of the greatest eternal |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1086 | t eternal leader, / he endured | the | slings with their horrible so |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1087 | ckler could not be pierced by | the | strong arrows. / For they were |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1089 | olent words, / trying to cause | the | father to dismiss himself wil |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1090 | elf to be unworthy of holding | the | sacred offices. / What a compa |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1094 | ill tremble before Erebus and | the | spirits of the dead. / Then he |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1097 | ner / undefiled throughout all | the | lands of the true faith / and |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1098 | e faith / and I have scattered | the | haughty throng of the multitu |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1099 | / Unconquered, I have guarded | the | famous / statements of the east |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1100 | rded the famous / statements of | the | eastern judgement, and my scu |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1103 | pelled, I will be cleared / by | the | decision of Peter. I do not d |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1105 | by my own sword.” / This was | the | father’s plea, and he refut |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1106 | the judgement of the people. / | The | wicked gathering was dissolve |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1107 | as Jesus was victorious, / and | the | good authority of the excelle |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1108 | e out. / Thus, he sought again | the | gaping doors of Aedilred, / an |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1109 | edilred, / and he disclosed to | the | leader the contrivances of a |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1110 | benevolent intention towards | the | prelate, / and he decreed that |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1113 | / until he should return from | the | apostolic court. / But the disc |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1114 | from the apostolic court. / But | the | discordant rage was burning m |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1115 | they were preparing to uproot | the | houses which the shepherd / ha |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1116 | the shepherd / had founded for | the | worshippers of Christ. They p |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1117 | ad vainly recanted those whom | the | sacred man had organised as b |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1119 | th a righteous winnowing-fork | the | pious judgement of Christ / ble |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1120 | judgement of Christ / blew away | the | chaff, to be burned up by the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1121 | of Cocytus, / and he seasoned | the | good grain for the barns of h |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1122 | for the barns of heaven. / For | the | father himself visited again |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1123 | groaned and committed them to | the | Lord with breathless prayers. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1124 | s. / After that, he set out on | the | path that led to Rome, / and he |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1126 | any rowers. / They passed over | the | gentle sea with their sails b |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1127 | th their sails balanced, / and | the | strong ?anchor? (lautomia) wa |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1128 | elled without difficulty over | the | lands which were across their |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1131 | and I must not deceive), / and | the | rich grace of such a great le |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1132 | protected them. / Even though | the | devout man was needy himself, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1134 | s) open palms. / Therefore, as | the | Davidic psalmist sang beforeh |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1136 | a favourable passage through | the | caves of Jupiter, / they reach |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1137 | ves of Jupiter, / they reached | the | sparkling sanctuary of the bl |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1138 | of the blessed Peter, / where | the | joyful John shone with the gr |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1139 | ne with the greatest virtue. / | The | residents, moved by his arriv |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1141 | ully arranged intervals, / and | the | very energetic sacristan open |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1142 | ened the venerable churches. / | The | prelate entered, supported by |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1143 | se-shell, / and he lay down on | the | dry earth with his knee bent |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1145 | is holy strength / he drew back | the | heavenly bolt of the highest |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1146 | e brought harmonious songs to | the | divine ears. / When he rose fr |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1149 | pleased him, he climbed up to | the | sacred monastery. / The patron |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1150 | d up to the sacred monastery. / | The | patron of bishops and the fai |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1151 | ul assembly rejoiced, / as did | the | old men who rushed down from |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1152 | rom the Tarpeian hill. / After | the | father had lamented the inter |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1153 | ernal strife, / he returned to | the | nearby lodgings with slow fee |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1155 | , a pointless delegation / from | the | party of Berthwald rushed to |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1156 | their childish volume against | the | great bishop. / Soon, Ausonian |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1158 | ere brought together, / and in | the | vestry they quickly unrolled |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1159 | ancients. / Straightaway, when | the | gem had been admitted, the tr |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1160 | one. / He entered like a ray of | the | sun, and, like the nectar of |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1161 | / he presented a document with | the | lucidity of an unclouded glea |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1162 | ritten in these letters. Then | the | disciple of Christ said, / “ |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1164 | ot to court officials, not to | the | attendants of kings, / but rath |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1165 | chosen to run voluntarily to | the | bosom of the excellent mother |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1166 | ent mother / in order to prove | the | rights which were previously |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1168 | ch are already known to you: / | the | fathers who guided the Roman |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1169 | man crown gave these rights. / | The | diligence of this holy see is |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1171 | equent plundering I have lost | the | fields which were granted to |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1177 | / No, naked I have followed in | the | footsteps of the naked Peter. |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1179 | posterity, and do not tear up | the | ancient charters.” / The fath |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1180 | r up the ancient charters.” / | The | fathers were astonished as th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1182 | h this beacon,” they said, / | “the | crude origin of the world has |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1183 | zed with light, / and wherever | the | venerable mind shines, there |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1184 | onents. / They cannot tolerate | the | swaddling-bands of a fleeting |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1185 | , and the envious / activity of | the | wicked does not hold back fro |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1186 | not hold back from harassing / | the | life and morals of the righte |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1187 | licious coils. / Nevertheless, | the | opposition of this sect must |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1190 | itnesses will not / depart from | the | Roman lands until they have p |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1191 | and have learned to submit to | the | approved man. / He, by sucking |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1192 | He, by sucking at one time on | the | Latin breasts, / has fed the C |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1193 | n the Latin breasts, / has fed | the | Christian crowds with much sw |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1194 | much sweetness.” / This was | the | fathers’ argument. John him |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1195 | elf also bore witness, / saying | the | following, “No mould will c |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1196 | use the lamp to die. / Let all | the | old snares quickly fall sleep |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1197 | d snares quickly fall sleep. / | The | stupid people who are raging |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1200 | Just as Peter greatly revered | the | footsteps of Christ, so this |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1201 | so this man greatly reveres / | the | footsteps of Peter, and he ha |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1204 | m your ancestral shores. / See | the | clearly shining image of the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1205 | of the most noble virtue! / Let | the | things which he has prescribe |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1206 | y never be erased, / either by | the | royal summit or by the eccles |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1207 | cal order. / Let him who bears | the | marks of Christ consider with |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1208 | us, so that he might not / see | the | deadly chasm and the sulphuro |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1209 | he has been thrust down into | the | depths of the cruel pit. / Rega |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1211 | y have written in new books, / | the | delegation should be brought |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1214 | s time this man has professed | the | honour of the faith openly, / a |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1218 | ith patient hope. / I say that | the | one who disagrees with him is |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1219 | utter folly.” / They ordered | the | same words to be put into sac |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1220 | d books and / to be sealed with | the | usual stamps in the Cleanthea |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1221 | an manner; / they sent them to | the | kings, the clergy, and the co |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1222 | rder that / they might resolve | the | fierce quarrel which had aris |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1223 | d hatred. / They also spoke to | the | father, after placing kisses |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1225 | tore joy to your subjects; / be | the | heir of Jesus on earth and in |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1226 | n heaven.” / Therefore, after | the | practitioners of falsehood an |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1227 | glory and with many relics of | the | saints, / left the Ausonian sh |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1228 | y relics of the saints, / left | the | Ausonian shores with many com |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1229 | er that he might pass through | the | Celtic fields. / Leaving behind |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1230 | familiar peoples, he crossed | the | territories of the Alani with |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1231 | tion, / and at last he reached | the | lands of the Sicambri, who up |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1233 | not able to travel on foot to | the | goals he wanted to reach. / At |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1234 | by a horse, and afterwards by | the | brothers, / who were grieving f |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1236 | r whole hearts; / they carried | the | beloved burden to a walled ci |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1239 | , / and they were oppressed by | the | terror of death. / He lay there |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1241 | nety-six hours, / nourished by | the | ardour of his mind, / but not |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1243 | lly, when they were breathing | the | light of a fifth sun, / there |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1244 | fth sun, / there was sent from | the | highest heaven (marvellous to |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1245 | t heaven (marvellous to say!) / | the | mysterious Michael, radiant w |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1246 | radiant with a shining face. / | The | father looked at him, not rej |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1249 | though you are numbered among | the | companies who dwell among the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1251 | / After you have strengthened | the | brothers for four years, / I w |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1253 | build a church worthy of Mary | the | mother of Christ, / by whose l |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1255 | ou are making to Peter and to | the | brother of Peter.” / Immedia |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1257 | returned to his holy limbs. / | The | angelic being returned to the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1259 | ly restored. / Weary one, whom | the | discerning heavenly dignitary |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1260 | y healed: / because you shunned | the | delights of a deceitful age, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1261 | hts of a deceitful age, / with | the | company you have earned the r |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1262 | est life! / Then he returned to | the | swelling waves of the ocean, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1263 | e ocean, and he pressed down / | the | surface of the vast whirlpool |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1264 | ool which flowed around him. / | The | shores of Kent lay open to th |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1265 | he contented prow. / He ordered | the | apostolic document to be brou |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1266 | s appropriate; he carried out | the | commands of the father. / Then |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1267 | th much confidence, he sought | the | open courts / of the divine Ae |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1268 | he sought the open courts / of | the | divine Aedilred, about whom t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1276 | in his body, he wanted to see | the | man / whom he had lazily despi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1279 | his wish to apply himself to | the | things he had refused to do, / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1280 | fused to do, / if he would give | the | abundant help of the Lord for |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1281 | r the salvation of his life. / | The | poisonous Eodwulf took up the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1282 | wed uncontrolled fury towards | the | saint, / and he died shortly a |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1284 | violent citizen. / To undertake | the | care of his homeland in a pro |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1285 | n a proper manner, / he engaged | the | son of the frequently mention |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1288 | blessed. / He gave an order to | the | whole domain over which he ru |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1289 | gathered together, following | the | righteous summons given by Be |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1290 | given by Berthwald. / Then, on | the | urging of the father, the kin |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1291 | , / that they would all follow | the | doctrines of Wilfrid with rev |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1292 | Wilfrid with reverence; / and | the | English nations were strength |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1293 | peace treaty. / From that time, | the | arguments of the brave champi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1294 | pion became very strong, / and | the | sophisms of the evil citizen |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1295 | evil citizen came to nothing; / | the | scar of the seed of the serpe |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1297 | avelled as a shepherd through | the | regions before him; / like a m |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1298 | those who were teachable with | the | milk of instruction, / and lik |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1299 | father he became angry toward | the | lazy with a sober anger, / urgi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1300 | anger, / urging them all to set | the | country of light as their goa |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1301 | oal. / He knew in advance that | the | prophecy of Michael would soo |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1305 | together in dark cloaks, / and | the | miserable common people gathe |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1307 | art from them. / However, with | the | brothers singing back pleasin |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1312 | ious song, and I were to join | the | seven sisters / with cyclical s |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1313 | lical sweetness, or if I were | the | faithful follower of the gran |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1316 | enzied anger, / he released by | the | outpouring of his prayers and |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1318 | emning them to a muttering of | the | tongue, / or restraining their |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1321 | a brother he was a member of | the | flock, / and as a father he was |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1322 | flock, / and as a father he was | the | hinderer of crimes. He travel |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1323 | teaching them, giving to them | the | fourfold theme / of the lifegi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1324 | o them the fourfold theme / of | the | lifegiving word, diligently r |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1326 | uous care. / He perceived that | the | Olympiad, which had been exte |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1328 | end, and he anticipated / that | the | change of state which he desi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1329 | nurture everyone according to | the | rule, / testifying that they sh |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1330 | fying that they should pursue | the | heavenly life with righteousn |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1332 | ese words? / Now I shall reach | the | end, I think, by writing the |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1333 | ong as death. / Therefore, when | the | gracious man was being assail |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1334 | assailed by frequent fevers, / | the | monks, who were blessed with |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1335 | , ran to him. / They surrounded | the | great shepherd in a dense thr |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1336 | , he lifted his head and said | the | following: / “May the grace |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1337 | d said the following: / “May | the | grace of the divine dew sprin |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1340 | s time / I am glad to ascend to | the | kingdom above, and I choose t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1342 | that form any longer, / until | the | elements disturb the cosmic d |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1343 | he cosmic darkness / and, with | the | appearance of the Lord, the f |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1344 | e world is present. / You know | the | mousetraps which are set by t |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1348 | images, / and often he soothes | the | ears with pleasing harps; / he |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1353 | ant, lest you be engulfed / by | the | searing wave of Pyr-Phlegetho |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1355 | rdingly, as Michael returned, | the | spirit of the blessed man / hi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1356 | pirit of the blessed man / hid | the | lordly body in a wicker box / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1357 | er box / and fittingly drained | the | vital blood from the glass. / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1359 | and soared upwards, free from | the | struggles of the flesh. / After |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1360 | flesh. / After they had buried | the | sacred limbs in a sacred tomb |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1361 | cred limbs in a sacred tomb, / | the | venerable brothers took his v |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1362 | vestments, / and a boy seized | the | undergarment, / which was soak |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1363 | rment, / which was soaked with | the | saint’s sweat, / and took it |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1364 | nt’s sweat, / and took it to | the | blessed abbess, whom / the exce |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1365 | t to the blessed abbess, whom / | the | excellent hero had fittingly |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1366 | ed-ridden woman, who had lost | the | vital strength in her limbs, |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1368 | e might allowed to touch it. / | The | virgin was frightened of prod |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1369 | t. At last, / sympathising with | the | wretched woman, who was makin |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1370 | uest submissively, / she dipped | the | item of clothing in water, by |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1371 | he woman deservedly obtained / | the | restoration of her health. Af |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1372 | their chests, applied fire to | the | building from which he had de |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1373 | ch he had departed. / However, | the | power of the dead man terrifi |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1374 | the living fire, / mollifying | the | fierce men and displaying ome |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1375 | splaying omens of his virtue. / | The | course of the year had comple |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1376 | d twice six months, / and when | the | father’s subordinates had g |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1377 | emarkable signs shone beneath | the | stars. / They were trying to f |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1378 | o find out who should receive | the | many sheepfolds / left vacant |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1379 | ny sheepfolds / left vacant by | the | shepherd, and who should guar |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1380 | lready Hesperus had thickened | the | airy shadows, / as the brother |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1381 | ickened the airy shadows, / as | the | brothers’ night-long concer |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1382 | a gleaming arc flashed across | the | dark stars, / as if Phosphorus |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1384 | if Phosphorus were igniting / | the | rising of the dawn. The ray / o |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1385 | wn. The ray / obligingly lit up | the | monasteries of the monks all |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1386 | o have abandoned its paths in | the | sky. From this it was evident |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1387 | From this it was evident / that | the | Lord’s vineyard was firmly |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1388 | secure harvest / of grapes, by | the | prayers of Wilfrid. They quic |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1389 | ly hurried to give thanks / to | the | greatest averter of evil, and |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1391 | ney-bearing foreigner sang of | the | callous sneers of a cavity, / |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1392 | neers of a cavity, / examining | the | strange teachings with a feeb |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1394 | , / as I have just now related | the | old lineage of a close. / The p |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1395 | d the old lineage of a close. / | The | page does not occupy the atte |
| FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1396 | ance. / Greetings, reader: use | the | rest in whatever way you choo |
| N.Abingdon.Obit b 7 | ndit ad astra poli / [Note that | the | phrase ceu mistica lampas als |
| N.BenÆthelwold.Coloph 9 | hand for you, / of this book of | the | coming of the Son of the Lovi |
| N.EadwigBasan.Coloph 5 | r, to pour forth a prayer for | the | scribe. The monk Eadwig, with |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 1 | # MiraculaNyniae / / | The | eternal God and king, the ven |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 2 | ather, / Christ came down from | the | height of heaven, when the ti |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 3 | plete, / and took on flesh from | the | body of his chaste mother, / i |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 5 | ave certain of us from wrath. / | The | eternal power of divine works |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 6 | s and dealings granted, / with | the | honour of his mother’s virg |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 8 | petually on all, / and granted | the | splendid consolation of a sal |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 10 | roughout countless lands, / and | the | merciful grace of the Lord ha |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 11 | widely throughout peoples, / as | the | psalmist, filled with the div |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 12 | irit, / sang in a lyrical song, | ‘The | Lord has reigned in the earth |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 13 | has reigned in the earth: / let | the | lands exult, and let every is |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 14 | rejoice.’ / So he spoke, and | the | decree of the lofty poet has |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 15 | y God, who scattered lamps in | the | world, / has granted many ligh |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 17 | liant teacher, shone forth in | the | world; / and he was called Nin |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 18 | was called Ninian by name in | the | ancestral language. / He was o |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 19 | outstanding, strengthened by | the | heavenly flood, / magnificent i |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 20 | ificent in merits, relying on | the | divine gift. / He provided ver |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 24 | / and they received diligently | the | mystical teachings of Christ. |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 26 | oned from grievous death, / to | the | glittering spheres of the sta |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 27 | heres of the starry sky; / for | the | breast which is always sacred |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 29 | liest days, / than to yield to | the | savage storms of the venomous |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 30 | venomous serpent. / From there | the | sacred man went down to the s |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 31 | e wave-tossed sea / and boarded | the | bowels of a wide-curved craft |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 32 | of a wide-curved craft, / and | the | spread sails flew in the eage |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 33 | he eager breezes / until after | the | rough timber had been carried |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 34 | mber had been carried across / | the | barque left the sea and fixed |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 35 | on foot, he climbed by pacing | the | Alps, / where the milky fleece |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 36 | ed by pacing the Alps, / where | the | milky fleeces slip from the s |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 37 | lip from the silent sky, / and | the | mountain vegetation is heaped |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 39 | seeking to be strengthened by | the | holy utterances of the suprem |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 40 | n by chance deserved to guard | the | defences of ancient predecess |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 41 | s of ancient predecessors / and | the | sacred summit with its aposto |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 42 | triumphs, / and at his arrival | the | mercy of Rome rejoiced. / He s |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 43 | e rejoiced. / He stayed within | the | gleaming walls of the mistres |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 45 | wake in his vigils, demanding | the | lights of the world, / and als |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 48 | phs, whom God / had brought to | the | golden halls of the flourishi |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 49 | while bright-white Rome held | the | holy man, / he performed outsta |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 51 | shining merits , / and Christ | the | king redeemed him with great |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 52 | great honour: / for he reached | the | peakof the highest priest, / n |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 53 | at he might shineas a lamp of | the | sacred house / and be able to |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 54 | house / and be able to dispel | the | shadowy darkness of night / and |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 55 | ing, be seen resplendent from | the | highest branch. / Turning his s |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 57 | rned to his lovely homeland. / | The | mighty champion satisfied the |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 58 | fied the hosts on earth, / and | the | prelate swift in prudent spee |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 60 | ncestral lands, / so that, once | the | threat of war was overcome, / |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 61 | ht receive purple crowns with | the | coming of Christ. / Prelate wh |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 62 | ming of Christ. / Prelate whom | the | world should venerate, what s |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 64 | hrist’s favourable rules to | the | peoples, / and as a teacher pi |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 66 | worshipping idols paralyzedin | the | shadow of death, / but he, wit |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 68 | er, they were all immersed in | the | holy flood, / and they cleanse |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 69 | oly flood, / and they cleansed | the | stain of their sin in the eve |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 70 | ring. / So in this way he sowed | the | seeds of life with his pious |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 71 | sed widely throughout peoples | the | talents to be gained. / He bui |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 74 | nding throng of monks; / truly | the | worshippers of Christ keep mo |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 75 | instructed with his teaching | the | furthest kingdoms of the eart |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 76 | he will receive rewards, when | the | earth splits open by itself / |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 77 | self / and all rise throughout | the | world at the coming of Christ |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 78 | of Christ. / Meanwhile, leaving | the | peoples and lands of the Pict |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 79 | nds of the Picts, / he came to | the | children of Britain, with the |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 80 | h the Lord accompanying him,. / | The | chaste shepherd took care of |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 81 | d, / and he was keen to defend | the | flocks entrusted from the ene |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 83 | was spread in our lands too, / | the | famed prophet shone forth on |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 84 | and he it was who first built | the | bright-white foundations of t |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 85 | ns of the brilliant house / and | the | venerable summits of the loft |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 86 | s of the lofty temple, / where | the | father, glowing with the sple |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 88 | is venerable house glows with | the | merits of Martin: / and the pre |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 89 | ith the merits of Martin: / and | the | pre-eminent father and worthy |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 91 | ofty roof, / consecrated it to | the | Lord and dedicated it in the |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 92 | the name of Martin. / This is | the | house of the Lord, which many |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 93 | which many strive to visit: / | the | towering glories of the wall- |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 95 | lnesses hasten there, / receive | the | ready gifts of a restoring cu |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 96 | ng in all their limbs through | the | saintly man’s strength. / The |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 97 | the saintly man’s strength. / | The | eternal judge, who created al |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 98 | ll things, spread light / upon | the | saintly man widely among peop |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 100 | n our borders / that man, truly | the | image of virtues in his sacre |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 101 | ast, / deserving veneration in | the | world, sparkled with all meri |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 102 | y man was summoned forth from | the | beginning of his life, / and n |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 105 | vael, / and was under him that | the | guardian shepherd of the illu |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 109 | many of them flourished like | the | shining lights of heaven, / for |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 110 | shining lights of heaven, / for | the | good things of life with the |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 111 | distinctions of virtues. / But | the | aforementioned king drove the |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 112 | cent one from his lands, / and | the | unjust man forced him to leav |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 113 | ed of his goods. / Immediately | the | usurper felt deserved wrath, |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 114 | way he fell sick and incurred | the | loss of his eyes, / and, with h |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 117 | for a long time. / Immediately | the | king remembered his evil deed |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 118 | ervant, “Take care to visit | the | noble man, / and be persistent |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 119 | persistent in asking him for | the | sake of the bonds of my sins. |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 120 | d, I admit it, I am sorry for | the | crime I once committed.” / A |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 121 | tted.” / After he said this, | the | messenger hastened from there |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 122 | swift steps / and rushed into | the | presence of the blessed proph |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 123 | prophet. / He stretched out on | the | soil, and he even planted kis |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 124 | ses on his feet / and drenched | the | whole ground with tears; plea |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 126 | , my dear master, deprived of | the | clear light, / lies afflicted |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 129 | t head there, I beg, disperse | the | black night, / O you who are g |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 130 | who are glory and deservedly | the | greatest part of our fame. / Th |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 131 | he greatest part of our fame. / | The | guilt of the sin was serious |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 132 | cy.” / When he had said this, | the | messenger was filled with a f |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 133 | f tears / and, fearfuly filled | the | air with wailing. / In respons |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 134 | wailing. / In response to him, | the | prophet spoke pious words, / |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 138 | I shall come; / get going, for | the | whole error of the king will |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 139 | him.” / After he said this, | the | man was happy to see the inne |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 142 | and said by him. / Meanwhile, | the | prophet and highest priest ha |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 143 | ighest priest had come / where | the | king had fallen sick, laid lo |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 144 | is right hand made a sign on | the | head of the recumbent one. / Re |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 145 | th crept back and pushed back | the | darkness; / the merciful one r |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 146 | nd pushed back the darkness; / | the | merciful one restored the aff |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 147 | and with God’s confirmation | the | pushed back darkness disappea |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 148 | k darkness disappeared. / When | the | king perceived this, he rende |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 149 | d, who worked wonders through | the | saint. / Meanwhile, a priest wa |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 150 | hile, a priest was performing | the | function of a baptist, / when |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 153 | committed wicked sacrilege. / | The | filthy slander ceased through |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 154 | gh the saint’s healing, / as | the | splendid words of the noblema |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 155 | poken utterances widely among | the | peoples, / sowed very many riv |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 157 | ranched streams, / and watered | the | hearts of the peoples with pu |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 159 | ight doctrine, / behold, among | the | peoples there had been produc |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 160 | d / from a mother’s womb on | the | previous night, a little boy, |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 161 | ous night, a little boy, / and | the | saint’s holy priest was bla |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 162 | ed for an ancient crime. / But | the | senior one asked for silence |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 164 | ow in speech, I charge you by | the | kingdoms of the supreme Thund |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 166 | s deed?” / Then straightaway | the | tender infant, while all were |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 168 | st – / he had only lived for | the | space of a single night, as I |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 169 | aid before – / and, breaking | the | hindering impediments of spee |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 173 | as you command and witness in | the | name of the high-throned king |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 174 | have been entreated to decide | the | my father’s case . / Behold, |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 177 | er’s body in marriage, / but | the | priest, with a pure mind, rem |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 178 | t succumbed to any shadows of | the | devil.” / When he had said t |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 179 | d said these things, breaking | the | laws of nature, / he went quiet |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 181 | a silent knot. / Seeing this, | the | people called out pious words |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 182 | rendered praise and thanks to | the | Lord . / The Lord of virtues ma |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 183 | aise and thanks to the Lord . / | The | Lord of virtues made the vene |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 185 | th countless merits of deeds. / | The | almighty judge of the world, |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 186 | ble power, / redeemed him with | the | honour of an ever-beautiful c |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 187 | ver-beautiful crown / and made | the | celebrated saintly man equal |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 188 | / and by His help he performed | the | signs of his virtues. / Once, |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 189 | s of his virtues. / Once, when | the | servant of the Holy One was s |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 190 | oly One was sitting / inside at | the | table with the brothers, by c |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 192 | n your two feet / be sure visit | the | watered soil of the garden; / |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 193 | o us some plants growing from | the | earth.” / The brother, who t |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 194 | s growing from the earth.” / | The | brother, who took care of the |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 195 | , and addressed true words to | the | saint, / “Behold, today I ha |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 196 | e fixed and planted greens in | the | furrows, / and the dewy earth, |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 197 | d greens in the furrows, / and | the | dewy earth, which produces al |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 198 | t yet brought them forth from | the | green turf.” / But the holy m |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 199 | h from the green turf.” / But | the | holy man spoke from his chast |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 200 | herefore run and, trusting to | the | Lord, look for seedlings. / Fo |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 202 | / Then quicker than speech, | the | servant went down to the inte |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 203 | en, / and in doubt, he saw all | the | flowering plants / rising and |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 204 | ants / rising and growing from | the | seeds in the ground, / sproutin |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 205 | sprouting there as much as in | the | whole summer. / Plucking them |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 206 | them by hand, he returned to | the | brothers and the nobleman / an |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 208 | them all, / praising with them | the | Lord, who works wonders throu |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 209 | through his saints. / At around | the | same time, the servant and pr |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 211 | by divine virtue. / Once, when | the | saint blessed his dear flock, |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 213 | g gone beyond, he transcended | the | clouds of heaven; / while ever |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 214 | everything was lying idle in | the | sleep-filled night, / suddenly |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 215 | eves came running secretly to | the | house, / and tried to carry of |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 216 | ouse, / and tried to carry off | the | bullocks in the dusky darknes |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 217 | preferred swiftly to destroy | the | guilty, / who stupidly wanted |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 219 | merits, / rather than to make | the | chosen one sad by the theft o |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 220 | fact he immediately enclosed | the | thieves in dizziness, / and he |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 223 | rward, with a mighty bellow. / | The | bristling beast charged at th |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 226 | / until one of them dying lost | the | breath of life. / That man was |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 227 | breath of life. / That man was | the | wicked leader of those guilty |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 228 | y men, / and (amazing to say!) | the | savage bull impressed its hoo |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 229 | mpressed its hoofprints / into | the | stone as if it were the softe |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 230 | it were the softest wax, / and | the | firmest of rocks gave way und |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 231 | y under the soft hooves. / For | the | creator of Christ can accompl |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 232 | t can accomplish all things; / | the | pre-eminent one accomplish al |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 233 | ings in his saints. / But when | the | dusky night had moved its pal |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 234 | d its pallid shadow on, / then | the | pious man went out, with the |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 235 | hem all trembling and licking | the | earth, / and that dead man gro |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 237 | ing cold, with numbed limbs, / | the | one who previously tried to l |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 238 | e thieves to the stable. / But | the | sacred man stood before them |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 242 | m their illness and sin. / But | the | pious man bowed his body, e |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 243 | ating Christ, / and he uttered | the | following words from his chas |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 245 | enter his whole body restore | the | gift of life, , / once his bod |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 247 | ” / After he had spoken, and | the | dead limbs of the deceased we |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 248 | deceased were revived. / Then | the | terrified ones were stunned, |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 249 | wise repeating pious words to | the | Lord. / The marvellous man had |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 250 | ting pious words to the Lord. / | The | marvellous man had performed |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 251 | s for many years, / exchanging | the | darkness of the blind for bri |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 253 | scaly body, / and even curing | the | ailing steps of many, / penetr |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 254 | etrating deaf ears of through | the | piercing of his voice, / and re |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 257 | ith Christ’s healing. / Then | the | day arrived when he himself, |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 258 | fflicted: / as, gradually after | the | wasting of sickness had utter |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 259 | s had utterly consumed them, / | the | limbs of the highest priest w |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 260 | th his mind he pierced beyond | the | ether. / The venerable cultiva |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 261 | he pierced beyond the ether. / | The | venerable cultivator of justi |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 262 | stice related the following: / | “The | potter’s furnace shakes the |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 263 | with the force of flame, / and | the | harshest afflictions will ref |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 265 | Christ face to face.” / After | the | wondrous prophet said these t |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 268 | his chaste body / and pierced | the | clear summits of the starry s |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 269 | starry sky. / Therefore, when | the | vvital breath had left his dy |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 271 | ning in a snowy covering like | the | morning star in the sky, / he |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 272 | carried by angelic arms above | the | stars of the sky, / among crow |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 274 | ongs / and, happy to look upon | the | inner chambers of the high-th |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 275 | high-throned king, / he joined | the | celestial hosts in the hall o |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 276 | heaven / and witnessed clearly | the | glory of the Trinity, / songs |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 277 | y, being lofty, together with | the | highest citizens. / Yet, the di |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 278 | th the highest citizens. / Yet, | the | divine grace in his holy limb |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 279 | able to die / and be buried in | the | bosom of the earth here, / but |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 284 | utter true songs as I reveal | the | miracles of the saint. / A cert |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 285 | f the saint. / A certain man of | the | people produced with his wife |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 288 | and shook in his weary body. / | The | wretch with punishment accomp |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 289 | et that were constricted from | the | womb, / because injuries had be |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 292 | live, dead in his limbs, / and | the | wretch was eaten away by the |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 293 | ving injuries, he lay numb in | the | shadow of death. / His parents |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 294 | . / His parents brought him to | the | temple, accompanied by faith, |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 295 | , , / and so were keen to visit | the | body and ashes of the sacred |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 296 | the sacred man: / they sought | the | lofty heights of the splendid |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 297 | endid hall on foot. / Carrying | the | boy with many tears, they ent |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 299 | nees, they kept on asking for | the | gifts of life, / and with frequ |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 300 | equent prayers they entreated | the | consecrated tomb of the shrin |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 302 | O God’s beloved, gazing on | the | lights of the heavens, / Chris |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 303 | as granted you as respite for | the | weary on earth; / the ruler of |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 304 | pite for the weary on earth; / | the | ruler of Olympus has appointe |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 306 | nly virtue, / restore and make | the | lame one run with relaxed fe |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 308 | they had sown such words, / as | the | day was fading, they left the |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 309 | left the afflicted limbs / of | the | fading boy, and kept themselv |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 310 | from the building, / and closed | the | temple doors with a creaking |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 311 | things were finally finished, | the | chilly night / covered the shi |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 312 | ed, the chilly night / covered | the | shining stars of the sky with |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 313 | shadows from above. / Then, at | the | balancing point in the middle |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 314 | the night, a light shone / on | the | place where inside, with the |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 315 | the darkness keeping him in, / | the | young boy lay by the tomb, we |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 316 | / Suddenly he caught sight of | the | prophet, now in a snowy cover |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 318 | hand on his head. / From here | the | powerful remedy ran into his |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 319 | o say!) with words he twisted | the | feet / into the right position, |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 320 | ords he twisted the feet / into | the | right position, and even the |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 322 | dancing over marble floor of | the | temple. / After this, he was t |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 324 | e / within our walls, called by | the | name Pethgils. / Meanwhile, a m |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 326 | ed in his whole body / flew to | the | grave, where the holy prelate |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 328 | g out his patchy limbs before | the | sacred feet he prostrated him |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 331 | ed and bound all my inwards. / | The | burden of leprosy has erupted |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 334 | om your merits, / so that once | the | danger of the threatening dis |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 335 | ght order health to return to | the | one who wants it.” / He said |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 336 | aid these things, and swiftly | the | lofty virtue of holy God / cle |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 337 | leansed by his heaping merits | the | ghastly limbs, / and by a new |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 338 | tly limbs, / and by a new gift | the | old appearance returned. / Whe |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 340 | d up praises and marvelled at | the | gift of health. / A woman came |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 344 | ad prevented her / from seeing | the | light, while the abyss had co |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 345 | r brain, / but had not darkened | the | springs of her moist tear-duc |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 346 | arents finally brought her to | the | place / where the towering wall |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 347 | rought her to the place / where | the | towering walls of the consecr |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 349 | n ancient dream, / she reached | the | place where the bowels of car |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 350 | e the bowels of carved stone, / | the | inner chamber of rock, kept t |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 351 | closed, / she threw herself to | the | ground and, in veneration, sp |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 353 | and black darkness / has held | the | twin windows beneath my foreh |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 355 | But I pray, entreating you by | the | kingdoms of the highest Thund |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 356 | e highest Thunderer, / shatter | the | too black shadow and cause da |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 357 | lee; / grant me bright day and | the | return of my health. / Make th |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 358 | he return of my health. / Make | the | heavy darkness depart; make m |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 360 | ver defers its gifts, / if only | the | hearts of men are always beli |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 361 | ieving. / For it is clear that | the | Lord thundered the following |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 363 | ved band of disciples, / ‘To | the | one who asks, it will be give |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 364 | find.’ / Because of this I, | the | least part of the human race, |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 365 | ry out with tears and beg for | the | gifts of Christ, / that he wou |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 367 | ght again to wretched me.” / | The | faithful woman, lacking light |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 369 | le body cast down / she pressed | the | earth with her forehead again |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 370 | w cave. / Then she leapt up and | the | darkness fled as brightness f |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 371 | ghtness filled her eyes, / and | the | woman, restored to health by |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 372 | ng / to run on her feet across | the | well-known inner chambers of |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 373 | / and to attune her praise to | the | Lord throughout the world. / An |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 374 | . / An outstanding priest, with | the | venerable name Plecgils, / cult |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 377 | tomed rather often to assail / | the | Thunderer with prayers, and t |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 378 | of the saint with words, / in | the | place where the sacred man re |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 379 | in the bosom of a tomb. / From | the | beginning of his life the pre |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 381 | ly virtue. / This man had left | the | borders and pleasant fields o |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 382 | hat he might diligently learn | the | mysteries of the Lord as an e |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 383 | n, returning home, he visited | the | well-known walls / and spent ma |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 384 | d spent many days multiplying | the | divine offices of the table, / |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 385 | e table, / and offered gifts to | the | Lord with a calm heart, / vener |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 387 | essive days he was venerating | the | altar with gifts / and offered |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 388 | offered pure celebrations of | the | Eucharist to God with a chast |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 389 | many days he took care to ask | the | Lord / to show him the nature o |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 390 | e to ask the Lord / to show him | the | nature of his nourishing body |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 391 | / and offered in sacrifice in | the | hope that Christ, / being God |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 392 | eing God everywhere, and whom | the | whole world cannot contain, / |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 393 | ould be present, hidden under | the | covering of shining grain. / R |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 395 | se he was in doubt concerning | the | body, / but rather he was askin |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 398 | able to see now shining above | the | stars of the sky. / So a day a |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 399 | arrived, on which he entered | the | heights of the lofty temple, / |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 400 | d as a suppliant in prayer at | the | altar / where, happy in the Lor |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 401 | at the altar / where, happy in | the | Lord, bishop Ninian rested , |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 403 | ing in Olympus, / experiencing | the | presence of the high-throned |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 404 | . / Then he piously celebrated | the | rites of the consecrated mass |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 407 | d knees, he lay prostrate / on | the | marble and uttered the follow |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 408 | ou, almighty, begin to reveal | the | mysteries of Christ / by showi |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 409 | steries of Christ / by showing | the | nature of his nourishing body |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 411 | see him present in my sight / | the | one whom shepherds once sough |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 412 | hey saw him as a boy, filling | the | cattle-stall / with a thin voi |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 413 | tle-stall / with a thin voice, | the | one who turns the stars of he |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 414 | ewise recognised at once what | the | angel had sung to them before |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 415 | sung to them before.” / While | the | priest was uttering these thi |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 417 | / standing on his right side, | the | angel uttered as follows: / |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 419 | w present in body, clothed in | the | garment of flesh: / Christ the |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 420 | the garment of flesh: / Christ | the | Lord is here, the maker and a |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 421 | is here who is now preparing | the | barns of heaven for the saint |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 422 | heaven for the saints / above | the | stars of heaven. Gaze with a |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 423 | nderer, / who is demonstrating | the | partnership of your flesh, / t |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 424 | e partnership of your flesh, / | the | one the sacred son-bearer car |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 425 | e shelter of her womb.” / But | the | scared priest prostrated hims |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 427 | ned, to deserve to see, / above | the | heights of the sacred table, |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 428 | d of the Father. / He perceived | the | blessed boy sitting on the di |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 429 | ssed boy sitting on the dish, / | the | one that, as an infant, the o |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 431 | in consecrated hands, / under | the | ancient temple’s roof. Then |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 433 | viously had been hidden under | the | covering of the shining bread |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 436 | him with your hands.” / Then | the | pious priest, relying upon th |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 437 | t, / (amazing to say!) received | the | boy in his trembling arms / an |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 438 | is trembling arms / and joined | the | venerable breast to his own b |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 439 | own breast. / Then, melting in | the | embrace, he gave kisses to th |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 440 | face, / touching with his lips | the | most beautiful lips of Christ |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 441 | y been completed, he restored | the | shining limbs / of the holy bod |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 442 | restored the shining limbs / of | the | holy body to the top of the p |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 443 | heart, he pressed himself to | the | ground / and entreated the Lor |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 444 | to the ground / and entreated | the | Lord of heaven that he himsel |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 445 | t he himself might deign / that | the | nature of the body be turned |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 446 | this he got up and found that | the | shining wafer / above the heig |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 447 | that the shining wafer / above | the | heights of the platter had re |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 448 | d to its previous form. / Then | the | pious man deserved to feed on |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 450 | his fully fed throatS. / After | the | saint’s funeral, his corpse |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 451 | they were evident throughout | the | world, / so that no-one could |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 458 | iracles flow from his limbs, / | the | immortal glory of the holy ma |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 460 | ght under heaven he displayed | the | brilliance of his signs . / Ch |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 461 | ent, and accomplishes through | the | holy body / all things which t |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 462 | e holy body / all things which | the | faithful request with minds t |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 467 | all begin to report / a few of | the | saint’s deeds, opening up t |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 469 | where in all things, provided | the | comforts of life / to all peopl |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 473 | ered very pleasing clothes to | the | naked, / and took care to visi |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 475 | by punishments in prison; / in | the | punishments of hunger he dole |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 478 | a kindly judge to widows; / to | the | poor he was a portion of the |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 480 | cherished with great love by | the | good. / This was a blessed man |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 482 | never harmed anyone; / he was | the | exceedingly blessed glory of |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 484 | yone. / He was a man worthy of | the | lord, thrice and four times b |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 485 | e forth to all as splendid in | the | virtue of Christ, / a worthy c |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 486 | hrist, / a worthy confessor in | the | world in deeds and words, / an |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 488 | lands / and radiated light like | the | brightest torch in the sky. / |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 489 | f dreadful night, he, who was | the | whole glory for his people, / u |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 491 | used mind; / often he observed | the | road of a teacher, giving out |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 495 | ll himself, / and by his speech | the | hearts of the chosen grew str |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 496 | hosen grew strong, / amazed at | the | sweet-sounding tones which he |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 497 | red; / speaking to servants of | the | true joys of eternal life, / f |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 498 | s of eternal life, / flying to | the | stars he opened their ears to |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 499 | eir ears to heavenly merits. / | The | holy man was revealing worthy |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 500 | rthy teachings equally to all / | the | nations and peoples who were |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 503 | ourney and was transferred to | the | hall of the Lord; / now he pra |
| N.MiraculaNyniae 504 | ; / now he praises Christ with | the | sacred choirs there. |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 1 | becedarian hymn for St Nynia / / | The | high-throned judge, the only |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 2 | ll, / powerful in majesty, | the | high-throned judge: / Pleasing |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 3 | gh-throned judge: / Pleasing in | the | citadel of heaven, he produce |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 4 | light from light; / he is | the | beginning and the end, pleasi |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 5 | anifest everywhere, it grows, | the | glory of the eternal king; / |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 6 | ory of the eternal king; / | the | king and pious Lord, manifest |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 7 | ywhere, it grows. / Due penalty | the | guilty held because of an anc |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 8 | ent offence; / had left in | the | Lord, due penalty the guilty. |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 9 | e guilty. / Sin disappears from | the | world at the coming of the he |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 10 | suffers, sin disappears from | the | world. / A blossoming mother, f |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 13 | sting joys she possesses with | the | honour of virginity, / she |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 14 | virginity, / she who bore | the | Lord, lasting joys she posses |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 15 | , lasting joys she possesses. / | The | supreme sacrifice of the Fath |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 16 | rld from death; / it seeks | the | sceptres of heaven, the supre |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 17 | rifice of the Father. / Rightly | the | glory of the saints shines in |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 18 | radiant heaven; / rightly | the | venerable light shines in the |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 19 | the radiant sky. / Precious in | the | citadel, he gleams, united wi |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 20 | bishop Ninian, precious in | the | citadel, he gleams. / Possessin |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 21 | itadel, he gleams. / Possessing | the | lights of the heart, he will |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 22 | nds; / he now gleams above | the | stars, possessing the lights |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 23 | the heart. / A gentle father in | the | world, he performed many mira |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 24 | many miracles; / he holds | the | covenants fast, a gentle fath |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 25 | er in the world. / Our glory in | the | world, from a scaly body he c |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 26 | he cleanses leprosy / from | the | grave, our glory in the world |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 27 | rave, our glory in the world. / | The | power to do all things was gi |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 28 | ng; / undefiled faith gave | the | power to do all things. / In th |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 29 | he power to do all things. / In | the | hall rests the buried body of |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 30 | he sacred prelate; / under | the | roof of the temple the sacred |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 32 | triumphs, God brought / to | the | stars of the sky, him who was |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 33 | celestial triumphs. / He awaits | the | blessed kingdoms, who lived i |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 34 | a chaste manner / here in | the | Lord, he awaits the blessed k |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 35 | ed kingdoms. / His spirit seeks | the | stars, carried from his chast |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 36 | ngelic hands his spirit seeks | the | stars. / By your healing, God, |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 39 | refully secured and purged of | the | worm, / the cups of his vi |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 40 | and purged of the worm, / | the | cups of his virtues, let his |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 41 | nnards spew forth. / Christ, in | the | hall of heaven, has crowned N |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 42 | brilliant honour; Christ, in | the | hall of heaven. / The serpent g |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 43 | hrist, in the hall of heaven. / | The | serpent groans in the world, |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 44 | ghout the world; / because | the | light of God is present the s |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 46 | black darkness, / to which | the | wretched ones return; a penal |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 47 | ; a penalty remains prepared. / | The | virtuous rest in nourishing t |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 48 | y for all ages, / praising | the | Lord, the virtuous in nourish |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 49 | s in nourishing tranquillity. / | The | faithful sing mystical words |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 50 | nce with the royal wish; / | the | holy hosts in the sky sing my |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 51 | mystical words. / Also for you | the | king, forever, songs are sung |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 53 | ewise, also for you, forever. / | The | nobility of the sky keeps wat |
| N.Nyniae.Hymn 54 | choirs / in their worship, | the | nobility of the sky. |
| N.Stigand.Inscr 7 | n anything else, stands above | the | supporting beam, above which |
| N.Swithun.Inscr 11 | whose great care and concern | the | lovely structure of the bridg |
| N.Vincent.Inscr 1 | St Vincent made by King Cnut / / | [the | cresting] / Rex Cnut hanc theca |
| N.Vincent.Inscr 6 | libras argenti pondere magno. / | [the | base] / Istud Ædelwini patris |
| N.Æthelstan.Coloph 21 | g Athelstan, renowned through | the | wide world, / whose esteem fl |
| THEODORE.Haeddi.Octo 7 | oly bishop, / worthy giver of | the | Word of God, / Hæddi, holy p |