Et quia locus ipse super ripam fluminis erat situs, solebat hoc creber ob magnum castigandi corporis affectum ingredi, ac saepius in eo supermeantibus undis immergi; sicque ibidem quamdiu sustinere posse videbatur, psalmis vel precibus insistere, fixusque manere ascendente aqua fluminis usque ad lumbos, aliquando usque ad collum;
And because the place was situated right above the river bank, he was wont many times to step in and plunge himself oftentimes beneath the flowing waters, for the great desire that he had to chastise his body; and so used to continue there singing of psalms or praying, as long as he seemed able to abide it, standing still while the water of the river mounted up to his hips, and now and then to his neck;
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