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In his second chapter he applies to Henry the famous passage in Tacitus's character of Galba, and changes capax imperii to dignus imperil, though dignus would have required imperio, and would then have made inferior sense.
The prospect terrified him, and in his agitation he had recourse to Latin. "Domine, non sum dignus," he cried, and beat his breast. But the uncompromising Affonso Henriques gave him back Latin for Latin. "Dixi I have spoken!" he answered sternly. "Do not fail me in obedience, on your life." And on that he clanked out again with his attendants, well-pleased with his morning's work.
In short, by the very absence of that Dignus deo vindice nodus, that knot which only a God could untie, which heathens demanded ere a god was allowed to interfere in the plot of a tragedy; which too many who call themselves Christians demand before the living God is allowed to interfere in that world in which without Him not a sparrow falls to the ground.
After the Agnus Dei and the three tinkles of the bell at the Domine, non sum dignus, the four little angels came with hands folded and heads bowed, with their gold-paper wings carefully furled behind them, and walked reverently to the front of the church.
The contrast between the two tenses is thus made more pointed. Cf. 3 et diximus et dicemus. CERTO SCIO: one of the best MSS., followed by some editors, has here certe scio. A. 151, c. SED: the idea implied is, 'but though I well know you do not need such consolation, I have yet resolved to address my book to you'. OCCURREBAS DIGNUS: a condensed construction for occurrebat te digmim esse.
'Indignus sum, sed dignus fui creari a Deo', &c. Although I am unworthy, yet nevertheless 'I have been' worthy, 'in that I am' created of God, &c. The translation does not give the true sense of the Latin.
"For tragedy implies some ponderable matter in dispute, some dignus vindice nodus; and this piece of work was all about the petulance of a young ass that had been spoiled, and wanted nothing so much as to be tied up and soundly belted.
A man shrinks from exposing to another that infirmity of will which he might else have but a feeble motive for disguising to himself; and the delegated man, the external conscience as it were of Coleridge, though destined in the final resort, if matters came to absolute rupture and to an obstinate duel, as it were, between himself and his principal in that extremity to give way, yet might have long protracted the struggle before coming to that sort of dignus vindice nodus; and, in fact, I know upon absolute proof that before reaching that crisis the man showed fight; and faithful to his trust, and comprehending the reasons for it, he declared that if he must yield he would 'know the reason why.
And how will the Bishop make their participation free of this idolatrous kneeling? The Rhemists show us, that when they are eating and drinking the body and blood of our Lord, they adore the sacrament, and, humbling themselves, they say to it, Domine non sum dignus, Deus propitius esto mihi peccatori. 5.
To one god in particular we may apply the Horatian maxim, "Nec deus intersit, nisi dignus vindice nodus." In German aesthetic theory, the conception tragische Schuld "tragic guilt" plays a large part.
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