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The Latin reading blog: Beda Venerabilis: repent before it is too late!
Beda Venerabilis, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, V.14:
[14] Novi autem ipse fratrem, quem utinam non nossem, cuius etiam nomen, si hoc aliquid prodesset, dicere possem; positum in monasterio nobili, sed ipsum ignobiliter viventem. Corripiebatur quidem sedulo a fratribus ac maioribus loci, atque ad castigatiorem vitam converti ammonebatur. Et quamvis eos audire noluisset, tolerabatur tamen ab eis longanimiter ob necessitatem operum ipsius exteriorum; erat enim fabrili arte singularis. Seruiebat autem multum ebrietati, et ceteris vitae remissioris inlecebris; magisque in officina sua die noctuque residere, quam ad psallendum atque orandum in ecclesia, audiendumque cum fratribus verbum vitae concurrere consuerat. Unde accidit illi, quod solent dicere quidam, quia, qui non vult ecclesiae ianuam sponte humiliatus ingredi, necesse habet in ianuam inferni non sponte damnatus introduci. Percussus enim languore, atque ad extrema perductus, vocavit fratres, et multum maerens ac damnato similis coepit narrare, quia videret inferos apertos, et Satanan demersum in profundis tartari, Caiphanque cum ceteris, qui occiderunt Dominum, iuxta eum flammis ultricibus contraditum: ‘in quorum uicinia,’ inquit, ‘heu misero mihi locum despicio aeternae perditionis esse praeparatum.’ Audientes haec fratres coeperunt diligenter exhortari, ut vel tunc positus adhuc in corpore, paenitentiam faceret. Respondebat ille desperans: ‘Non est mihi modo tempus vitam mutandi, cum ipse uiderim iudicium meum iam esse conpletum.’
Talia dicens, sine viatico salutis obiit, et corpus eius in ultimis est monasterii locis humatum, neque aliquis pro eo vel missas facere, vel psalmos cantare, vel saltim orare praesumebat. O quam grandi distantia divisit Deus inter lucem et tenebras!
si hoc aliquid prodesset:  if there would by any use in this  (but Bede has condemned him to  damnatio ex memoria!)
corripio correpi correptum: to reproach, blame
maioribus loci: i.e. those who had a higher rank than monk
operum ipsius exteriorum: of his outward labour  (as opposed to his unwillingness of doing  inward labour of improving his character.)
fabrili arte singularis: exceptional in handwork art
ebreitas –atis (f.): drunkenness
ceteris uitae remissioris inlecebris: the further attractions of a very careless life
psallo psalli : to sing psalms
verbum vitae: the Bible
necesse habet + inf. : litt. `he has it necessary to’  he needs to be (This construction not uncommon in the Vulgate)
introduco: to lead into
percussus enim languore: for when he was struck down by illness
ad extrema perductus: going to his final hour
inferi –orum: the underworld
Caiphan: Caiaphas, the Jewish high-priest who plotted the death of Jesus
flammis ultricibus contraditum: delivered to flames of revenge (contrado is a Late Latin word)
ut vel tunc positus adhuc in corpore: while as yet still placed in his body
viatico salutis: a viaticum salutis is the final communion before one dies
saltim (saltem): at least
praesumo praesumpsi praesumptum: to dare (late meaning)
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