He expired dictating the last words of a translation of St. John's Gospel.
344. Zeal.
'The people work like congregated bees!' [Sonnet XXIV. l. 2.]
See in Turner's History, vol. iii. p. 528, the account of the erection of Ramsey Monastery. Penances were removable by the performance of acts of charity and benevolence.
345. Alfred.
——'pain narrows not his cares.' [Sonnet XXVI. l. 10.]
Through the whole of his life, Alfred was subject to grievous maladies.
346. Crown and Cowl.
'Woe to the Crown that doth the Cowl obey.' [Sonnet XXXIX. l.1.]
The violent measures carried on under the influence of Dunstan, for strengthening the Benedictine Order, were a leading cause of the second series of Danish invasions. See Turner.