Skirting the heights of Aguiar, he reach’d

That consecrated pile amid the wild,

Which sainted Fructuoso in his zeal

Rear’d to St. Felix, on Visonia’s banks.

In commune with a priest of age mature,

Whose thoughtful visage and majestic mien

Bespake authority and weight of care,

Odoar, the venerable Abbot, sate,

When ushering Roderick in, the Porter said,

A stranger came from Auria, and required