Delectabatur enim antistes prudentia verborum iuvenis, gratia venusti vultus, alacritate actionis, et constantia ac maturitate cogitationis: unde et omnia quae necesse habebat, abundanter ipsi cum sociis suis, quamdiu secum erant, donabat: et insuper offerebat, ut si vellet, partem Galliarum non minimam illi regendam committeret, ac filiam fratris sui virginem illi coniugem daret, eumque ipso loco adoptivi semper haberet.
For the bishop was delighted with the young mans wise talk, the fair comeliness of his countenance, his readiness in action, and the steadiness and ripe compass of his thought; for which cause also he gave him and his company all things that were needful plentifully, as long as they continued there; and further offered, if he would, to entrust him with the government of a large part of France, and give him to wife a maid that was his brothers daughter, and look upon him always as his adopted son.
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