108. Without fasting, without heavy labour,
Without great vigils;
In figure of the glorious salvation
Which we shall receive yonder.
109. The feast of an apostle and martyr
In the time of the great Lent;
In figure of the righteousness
Which we shall receive yonder.
110. The two fast days of the week
Are to be observed by a proper fast,
Accordingly as the time occurs,
By him who has the strength.
111. Summer Lent or Winter Lent,[4]
Which are bitter of practice,
It is the laity that are bound to keep these,
Who do not do so perpetually.
112. For as regards the ecclesiastics,
Who abide in propriety,
It is certain that of Lent and fasting
All seasons are to them.[5]
113. The meritorious fast is,
And the abstinence so bright,
From noon to noon—no false assertion;
From remote times so it has been done.
114. A tredan [three days' total fast] every quarter to those
Who fast not every month,
Is required in the great territories
In which is the Faith of Christ.
115. From the festival of the birth of John
Till Easter, happy the combat,
It is from vesper time to vesper time
It is proper to go to table.
116. From Easter again to John's feast,
It is from noon to noon;
It is at evening of alternate days
That comfort is allowed them.
117. When the little bell is rung,
Of the refectory, which is not mean,
The brethren who hear it
Come all of them at its call;