tanta namque eos affecit infirmitas carnis ut perficeretur in eis virtus Christi, ut cum quadam die desiderantibus eis se invicem priusquam de hoc seculo migrarent videre et alloqui, Sigfridus in feretro deportaretur ad cubiculum ubi Benedictus et ipse suo iacebat in grabato, eisque uno in loco ministrorum manu compositis, caput utriusque in eodem cervicali locaretur, lacrimabili spectaculo, nec tantum habuere virium ut propius posita ora ad osculandum se alterutrum coniungere possent;
(for so sore lay their bodily sickness upon them, perfecting in them the power of Christ), that one day, when each desired to see and speak with the other, before departing this life, Sigfrid was carried on a stretcher to the chamber where Benedict too was himself laid upon his pallet, and their attendants placing them side by side, their heads were set on the same pillow (a lamentable sight), and albeit their faces were close together they had not strength to bring them near to kiss each other;
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