Et quia acris erat ingenii, didicit citissime psalmos, et aliquot codices; necdum quidem adtonsus, verum eis quae tonsura maiores sunt virtutibus, humilitatis et obedientiae, non mediocriter insignitus: propter quod et a senioribus, et coaetaneis suis iusto colebatur affectu.
And because he had a goodly pregnant wit he learned very speedily the Psalms and some books beside; being not yet shoren in, but garnished in no common measure with those virtues of lowliness and obedience which far surmount the tonsure: for the which he was justly loved and esteemed both of the elders and of his equals in years.
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