Porro rex, venerat enim de venatu, coepit consistens ad focum calefieri cum ministris: et repente inter calefaciendum recordans verbum quod dixerat illi antistes, discinxit se gladio suo, et dedit illum ministro, festinusque accedens ante pedes episcopi conruit, postulans ut sibi placatus esset, Quia nunquam, inquit, deinceps aliquid loquar de hoc, aut iudicabo quid vel quantum de pecunia nostra filiis Dei tribuas.
Then the king, for he had come from hunting, standing with his thanes at the hearth began to warm himself: and suddenly, as he warmed himself, recalling the word which the bishop had spoken unto him, he ungirded his sword, giving it to a thane, and came in haste to the bishop, falling down at his feet and beseeching him to be reconciled to him: Because, said he, I will never hereafter speak of this, or measure what or how much of our money thou bestowest upon the sons of God.
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