Credidi me, vir peritissime, nefas in studia committere, si distulissem prosequi laudibus quod aboleri tu litteras distulisti, quarum quodammodo iam sepultarum suscitator fautor assertor concelebraris, teque per Gallias uno magistro sub hac tempestate bellorum Latina tenuerunt ora portum, cum pertulerint arma naufragium.
It seemed to me, my paragon of scholars, that it would be an outrage against learning if I delayed the tribute of praise due to you for delaying the extinction of literary culture, for you are acclaimed as its reviver, promoter, and champion when it lay more or less buried, and through the length and breadth of Gaul you stand alone as the teacher who amid the storms of war has enabled Latin speech to gain a haven of refuge, although Latin arms have suffered shipwreck.
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