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James who made leather, and sandals therewith, Hilarius the cook, of great skill in his art, Anselm whose herbal lay close to his heart, Gildas the fisherman, Paul of the plough, Arnold who looked to the bins and the mow, Matthew the vintner and Mark the librarian, Clement the joiner and John apiarian, Each wise in his calling as craftsmen are made, And each deep in love with his own special trade.
Then he bade him go; and Hilarius, for the pull of his heart- strings, must needs run hot-foot down the broad forest road and along the highway, without daring to look back, and so out into the wide, wide world. Martin the Minstrel sat under a wayside oak singing softly to himself as he tuned his vielle.
I do not mention the Latin writers, Tertullian, Cyprian, Minutius, Victorinus, Lactantius, Hilarius, lest I be thought not so much defending myself, as accusing others, &c." Op. Tom. 4. p. 2. p.:256. Middleton's Free Enquiry, p. 158. It is remarkable that the names mentioned by Jerom are the names of the early apologists for Christianity.
When it was ended they took a brisker pace in silence; then, after a while, Hilarius said timidly: "Did'st thou sing of thyself, good Martin?" "Ay, lad, and of my mistress." He stopped suddenly, louted low to the sky, and with comprehensive gesture took in the countryside. "A fair mistress, lad, and a faithful one, though of many moods.
"Nay, who am I that I should speak? and yet, and yet " the old man's voice grew weaker "the Bread of Heaven, that I may die in peace." He stretched out his hands again entreatingly, and Hilarius was sore perplexed. "Dost thou crave speech of the Abbat, my Father?" The Ankret looked troubled. "Blessed Michael, Blessed Michael!" he murmured entreatingly.
Among the earliest authors of Christian hymns were Hilarius and Prudentius, Those of the former were expressly designed to be sung, and are said to have been set to music by the author himself. To this age belong also the hymns of Damasus and of Ambrose.
But Hilarius answered never a word; overcome by shame, grief, and hunger, sudden darkness fell upon him. When he came to himself he was sitting propped against the hedge; the waggon was drawn up by the roadside, and the dancer and her brother stood watching him. "Fetch bread and wine," said the girl, and to Hilarius who tried to speak, "Peace, 'til thou hast eaten."
Pray for her soul" his voice grew stern "as for one of those upon whom God, in His great pity, may have mercy. Thus have I prayed these many years." Hilarius looked at him in wide-eyed horror: "She was evil, wicked, my mother?" "Ay a light woman, that was what the maid meant."
Five days passed, and despite extreme care victuals were short. Hilarius dug up roots from the hedgerows, and went hungry, but at last the pinch came; the woman was too weak and ill to walk, the babe scarce in life there could be no thought of flight and the little maid grew white, and wan and silent.
The Prior stared amazed; then once more the laboured voice "Hast forgot thy theft, and the dancer?" Hilarius needed no further word; in a moment the years were wiped away. "Lad, lad, to find thee again, and in such sorry plight! But see, stay not thy shriving, for the time is short, and the Lord ever ready to pardon." The man strove in vain to speak.
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