Quin etiam sublime crucis, radiante metallo, Hic posuit traphaeum, necnon et quatuor auro Scribi Evangelii praecepit in ordine libros; Ac thecam e rutilo hic condignam condidit auro: Paschalis qui etiam sollemnia tempora cursus Catholici ad iustum correxit dogma canonis, Quem statuere patres, dubioque errore remoto Certa suae genti ostendit moderamina ritus: Inque locis istis monachorum examina crebra Colligit, ac monitis cavit quae regula patrum Sedulus instituit: multisque domique forisque Iactatus nimium per tempora longa periclis, Quindecies ternos postquam egit episcopus annos,.
And likewise reared a shining cross, on high above the floor; Here was his trophy set, and here in golden letters writ He bade the four evangelists be shewn in order fit; And of red gold he had for them a worthy casing made. Of Easters solemn festival the course he also laid, According to the catholic rule, canonically right, Fixed by the fathers once, and so he banished out of sight Erroneous doubt by shewing clear the true way to his race: A goodly company of monks he gathered in this place, And holding fast the fathers rule was zealous to provide By warning words: at home, abroad, he was by perils tried, Tossed beyond measure for long years, but after he had spent Thrice fifteen years ordained to hold a bishops government,
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