Erat enim religiosis actibus, crebris precibus, piis eleemosynarum fructibus plurimum intentus; vitam privatam et monachicam cunctis regni divitiis et honoribus praeferens, quam et olim iam, si non obstinatus coniugis animus divortium negaret, relicto regno subiisset.
For he was very much given to exercises of religion, to often prayer and to charitable alms deeds; esteeming the solitary and monastical life before all the riches and honours of a kingdom, which kind of life too he had taken long before and given up his kingdom, had not the self-willed mind of his wife refused to separate from him.
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