Neque hoc reticendum, quod venerabilis abbas Benedictus ad temperandum saepe longae noctis taedium, quam prae infirmitatis onere ducebat insomnem, advocato lectore, vel exemplar patientiae Job, vel aliud quid scripturarum quo consolaretur aegrotus, quo depressus in infimis vivacius ad superna erigeretur, coram se recitari iubebat.
Nor must I forbear to tell how ofttimes the venerable abbot Benedict in order to abate the weariness of the long nights, when he could not sleep by reason of his grievous malady, would call a reader and have him read to him the story of Jobs patience, or some other passage of Scripture, whereby in his sickness he might be comforted and be exalted with a more lively hope to things above out of the depth wherein he was brought down.
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