The greater abbeys of England, with illustrations in colour after Warwick Goble (1908)
Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York ; Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 344
e against the abbot of Woburn. When the report of the execution of the Carthusiansof the London Charter House reached the monastery,the abbot assembled his brethren in their ChapterHouse, and having recited the psalm T)eus veneruntgentes^ he spoke as follows: Brethren, this is a periloustime. Such… … Woburn kept the Commandments of God, so long their enemieshad no power over them, but God took vengeance oftheir enemies. But when they broke Gods Command-ments, then they were subdued, and so be we. There-fore let us be sorry, and undoubtedly He will take ven-geance on our enemies, these heretics…
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