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"Sed filius minor natu adeò malè se gessit, ut malim transire in nepotem ex primo filio." De Vita Propria, ch. xxxvi. p. 112. De Vita Propria, ch. xxvii. p. 71. De Vita Propria, ch. xii. p. 40. Opera, tom. x. p. 459. De Vita Propria, ch. xvii. p. 56. De Vita Propria, ch. xxiii. p. 104. This opinion prevailed with men of learning far into the next century.
"Eo quod," saith the text, "fratribus, et propinquis violentiam intulerit, et nepotem suum, quern ipse liberate poterat, interfici permiserit": "Because he used violence to his brothers and kinsmen, and suffered his nephew to be slain whom he might have delivered." Yet did he that which few kings do; namely, repent him of his cruelty.
For, among many other things which he performed in the General Assembly of the States, it follows: "Post haec autem palam se errasse confessus, et imitatus Imperatoris Theodosii exemplum, poenitentiam spontaneam suscepit, tarn de his, quam quae in Bernardum proprium nepotem gesserat": "After this he did openly confess himself to have erred, and following the example of the Emperor Theodosius, he underwent voluntary penance, as well for his other offences, as for that which he had done against Bernard his own nephew."