a conventfrom Savigny, with no better result, however, thana sharp letter calling him a fool for his pains,because he had begun an abbey without theadvice of the house of Savigny. For the PaterAbbas bethought him of the dangers, toils, andfailures, which had befallen his monks in differentparts of… … recall them ; and so he openly swore a great oaththat nothing should induce him to send a convent toJervaulx, and he wished he were well rid of CountAlans gift. This letter vexed and discouraged Peterand his companions, but did not shake their holypurpose. At last, in the tenth or twelfth year…
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