(lector hic primum, sic minister altaris, idque ab infantia, post laborum temporumque processu archidiaconus, in quo seu gradu seu ministerio multum retentus propter industriam diu dignitate non potuit augeri, ne potestate posset absolvi): attamen hunc iam secundi ordinis sacerdotem dissonas inter partium voces, quae differebant laudare non ambientem sed nec audebant culpare laudabilem, stupentibus factiosis erubescentibus malis, acclamantibus bonis reclamantibus nullis collegam sibi consecravere.
He had first been a Reader and, as such, a servant of the altar, as indeed he had been from infancy; then with the passing of laborious years he had become an archdeacon. In this grade or ministry he had been kept for a long time, for because of his efficiency he could not be promoted in rank for fear of loosing him from an office of such importance. However, this priest of a second rank they have now consecrated as their colleague'amid the discordant voices of factions, slow to praise one who was no place-seeker, although not daring to find fault with one so praiseworthy; and thus the schemers were dumbfounded, the wicked blushed, the good shouted approval, and none shouted disapproval
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