347. The Council of Clermont.
——'in awe-stricken countries far and nigh ... that voice resounds.
[Sonnet XXXIII. ll. 13-14.]
The decision of this Council was believed to be instantly known in remote parts of Europe.
PART II. TO THE CLOSE OF THE TROUBLES IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES I.
348. Cistertian Monastery. [Sonnet III.]
'Here man more purely lives,' &c.
'Bonum est nos hic esse, quia homo vivit purius, cadit rarius, surgit velocius, incedit cautius, quiescit securius, moritur felicius, purgatur utius, praemiatur copiosius.'—Bernard. 'This sentence,' says Dr. Whitaker, 'is usually inscribed in some conspicuous part of the Cistertian houses.'