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"Then," said the abbot, "thou art, by thy own confession, better off as a monk than thou wast as a poor labouring man: and yet thou grudgest a little comfort to one who has given up more luxury than thou hast ever beheld.
Would not such an one be called an enemy rather than a father? Therefore will I no more call thee my father, but will withdraw from thee, as a man fleeth from a snake, if I know that thou grudgest me my salvation, and with violent hand forcest me to destruction.
So the eldest lady said to him, 'What ails thee that thou dost not go away? Belike, thou grudgest at thy pay? And she turned to the cateress and said to her, 'Give him another dinar. 'No, by Allah, O lady! answered the porter.
J. C. Bulenger puts the date of the Hamburg visit earlier. Thereupon Christ replied, 'Because thou grudgest Me such a moment of rest, I shall enter into My rest, but thou shalt wander restless. At once, frantic and agitated, he fled through the whole earth, and on the same account to this day he journeys through the world.
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