E quibus primum mihi psallat hymnus qui Tolosatem tenuit cathedram, de gradu summo Capitoliorum praecipitatum; Quem negatorem Iovis ac Minervae et crucis Christi bona confitentem vinxit ad tauri latus iniugati plebs furibunda, Vt per abruptum bove concitato spargeret cursus lacerum cadaver cautibus tinctis calida soluti pulte cerebri.
Of these may he be the first theme of my hymn who held the bishops throne at Toulouse and was flung headlong from the topmost step of the Capitol; Who for denying Jove and Minerva and confessing the blessings of Christs cross was tied by the maddened mob to the side of a bull that had not known the yoke, That, the beast being driven wildly down the steep, its rushing course might scatter asunder his torn body, staining the rocks with the warm pulp of his mangled brain.
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