egi ad haec gratias deo maximas, hospiti magnas, qui sic amaret tam suam famam quam conscientiam, confirmans amicum praemittere sibi quod dimitteret vobis, atque hinc superna regna mercari, quod beneficia terrena non venderet.
At this I gave chief thanks to God and also no small thanks to my host for so cherishing both his good name and his conscience. I declared that my friend was consigning in advance to himself all that he was resigning for you and that in refusing to sell earthly kindnesses he was buying a place in the kingdom of heaven.
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