Praeterea idem papa Gregorius Augustino episcopo, quia suggesserat ei multam quidem ibi esse messem, sed operarios paucos, misit cum praefatis legatariis suis plures cooperatores, ac verbi ministros: in quibus primi et praecipui erant Mellitus, Iustus, Paulinus, Rufinianus; et per eos generaliter universa, quae ad cultum erant ac ministerium ecclesiae necessaria, vasa videlicet sacra, et vestimenta altarium, ornamenta quoque ecclesiarum, et sacerdotalia vel clericalia indumenta, sanctorum etiam apostolorum ac martyrum reliquias, nec non et codices plurimos.
Furthermore the said pope (for so much that Augustine had advertised him that the harvest truly was great but the labourers were few) sent unto the bishop with his aforenamed emissaries more helpers and ministers of the word: among whom the first and chiefest were Mellitus, Justus, Paulinus, Rufinianus; and by them he sent in general all things that were necessary for the furniture and ministry of the Church, as holy vessels and altar-cloths, ornaments also for the churches and apparel for the priests or clergy, relics too of the holy apostles and martyrs as well as many books.
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