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to_o the_o the_o priory_n especial_o by_o one_o osborne_n a_o monk_n who_o be_v afterward_o reconcile_v to_o he_o and_o die_v appear_v s._n anselm_n and_o reveal_v his_o estate_n unto_o he_o chap._n 4._o among_o all_o the_o virtue_n and_o praise_n which_o be_v recount_v of_o the_o holy_a man_n to_o i_o none_o seem_v more_o worthy_a of_o consolation_n &_o imitation_n then_o the_o dexterity_n &_o charity_n which_o he_o use_v in_o the_o government_n and_o instruction_n of_o his_o subject_n to_o which_o purpose_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v thus_o much_o that_o assoon_o as_o he_o ascend_v to_o the_o priorship_n he_o want_v no_o few_o enuyer_n and_o persecutor_n to_o who_o it_o seem_v a_o intolerable_a thing_n and_o very_o unworthy_a to_o be_v subject_v so_o to_o the_o obedience_n of_o one_o that_o may_v well_o be_v call_v a_o novice_n against_o the_o perverseness_n &_o malice_n of_o these_o s._n anselm_n oppose_v himself_o with_o all_o office_n of_o benignity_n that_o may_v be_v and_o 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he_o to_o dissemble_v with_o his_o error_n to_o grant_v he_o whatsoever_o be_v possible_a without_o the_o manifest_a damage_n of_o the_o order_n and_o final_o to_o omit_v nothing_o that_o may_v any_o way_n seem_v to_o tame_v and_o relent_v that_o so_o fierce_a and_o unbridled_a wit_n of_o he_o the_o youth_n take_v complacence_n at_o such_o deportement_n of_o s._n anselm_n towards_o he_o and_o by_o little_a and_o little_o be_v mollify_v and_o vanquish_v with_o so_o much_o humanity_n begin_v to_o be_v affect_v to_o he_o and_o to_o take_v his_o fatherly_a advice_n in_o good_a part_n and_o even_o voluntary_o to_o compose_v himself_o to_o all_o modesty_n and_o gravity_n which_o the_o wise_a rectour_n perceive_v he_o proceed_v to_o favour_v he_o more_o than_o ever_o to_o prevent_v his_o necessity_n not_o to_o suffer_v he_o to_o want_v any_o thing_n and_o withal_o to_o praise_v that_o improvement_n and_o fruit_n which_o he_o note_v in_o he_o and_o sweet_o to_o exhort_v &_o pray_v he_o 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whence_o it_o seem_v to_o proceed_v in_o sum_n with_o wholesome_a and_o fit_a remedye_n that_o youth_n who_o seem_v so_o incorrigible_a before_o come_v now_o to_o be_v amend_v and_o reform_v in_o such_o manner_n as_o look_v what_o disquietness_n and_o scandal_n he_o have_v give_v before_o he_o now_o give_v as_o great_a example_n and_o edification_n to_o all_o when_o as_o thus_o cure_v in_o his_o soul_n through_o divine_a disposition_n he_o fall_v grievous_o sick_a then_o do_v the_o good_a pastor_n show_v no_o less_o diligence_n in_o help_v the_o exterior_a man_n then_o before_o he_o have_v use_v towards_o the_o interior_a so_o as_o he_o serve_v he_o in_o person_n in_o supply_v he_o his_o meat_n &_o drink_v with_o his_o own_o hand_n &_o with_o extreme_a solicitude_n provide_v he_o of_o all_o thing_n necessary_a to_o rid_v that_o subject_n of_o his_o infirmity_n of_o who_o now_o a_o good_a while_n since_o he_o have_v promise_v to_o himself_o great_a matter_n for_o the_o divine_a 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great_a violence_n of_o they_o &_o with_o the_o efficacious_a help_n of_o divine_a grace_n the_o same_o line_n come_v once_o to_o be_v break_v asunder_o with_o such_o holy_a document_n as_o these_o the_o holy_a man_n daily_o excite_v himself_o and_o other_o to_o the_o custody_n of_o the_o hart_n and_o purchase_v of_o virtue_n but_o to_o return_v from_o whence_o we_o have_v digress_v king_n william_n after_o he_o have_v unworthy_o banish_v from_o his_o presence_n the_o venerable_a man_n so_o that_o s._n anselm_n see_v now_o all_o thing_n to_o pass_v continual_o from_o ill_a to_o worse_o without_o hope_n of_o any_o present_a remedy_n through_o the_o occasion_n of_o obieyn_v his_o episcopal_a pall_n resolve_v to_o go_v to_o rome_n &_o to_o recurre_v unto_o the_o pope_n for_o help_v and_o counsel_n who_o in_o those_o day_n be_v vrban_a the_o second_o for_o this_o end_n he_o go_v to_o demand_v licence_n of_o the_o king_n and_o after_o many_o repulse_n affront_n and_o injury_n receive_v at_o 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&_o wrong_n stick_v not_o to_o molest_v and_o even_o suck_v out_o of_o the_o church_n for_o himself_o and_o his_o hungry_a flatterer_n as_o much_o blood_n as_o he_o can_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o servant_n of_o christ_n be_v arrive_v at_o lion_n there_o rest_v himself_o a_o while_n &_o from_o thence_o pass_v safe_a to_o rome_n be_v every_o where_o receive_v of_o all_o with_o much_o honour_n &_o reverence_n and_o especial_o of_o the_o pope_n himself_o cause_v chamber_n to_o be_v provide_v he_o in_o his_o own_o palace_n and_o admit_v he_o to_o audience_n and_o kiss_v of_o the_o foot_n take_v he_o up_o and_o dear_o embrace_v he_o &_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o all_o the_o prelate_n speak_v so_o much_o good_a of_o he_o as_o the_o humble_a man_n be_v confound_v thereat_o have_v not_o the_o hart_n to_o lift_v up_o his_o eye_n from_o the_o ground_n much_o less_o to_o endure_v such_o manner_n of_o discourse_n wherefore_o with_o good_a opportunity_n he_o declare_v the_o state_n of_o the_o 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