Studens autem vir Domini acceptum monasterii locum primo precibus ac ieiuniis a pristina flagitiorum sorde purgare, et sic in eo monasterii fundamenta iacere, postulavit a rege, ut sibi totum quadragesimae tempus quod instabat, facultatem ac licentiam ibidem orationis causa demorandi concederet.
Now the man of the Lord, desiring first by prayer and fasting to cleanse the place he had obtained for the monastery from the former filth of iniquities there committed, and so to set thereon the foundations of the monastery, required of the king that he would grant him opportunity and leave to abide in that same place to pray all the time of the 40 days of Lent that then approached.
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