. The greater abbeys of England. 536, theabbot had called his subjects to chapter, and, accordingto the depositions of four monks, had addressed them with suchlike exhortation in the said Chapter House,with lamentable mournings for the dissolving of them,enjoined us to sing Salvator mundi salva nos omnes everyday after Lauds. And we murmured at it and were notcontented to sing it for such a cause, and so we did omit itdivers times. For this cause the abbot came into thechapter and did in manner rebuke us and said we werebound to obey his commands by our profession. And sohe did command us to s
. The greater abbeys of England. 536, theabbot had called his subjects to chapter, and, accordingto the depositions of four monks, had addressed them with suchlike exhortation in the said Chapter House,with lamentable mournings for the dissolving of them,enjoined us to sing Salvator mundi salva nos omnes everyday after Lauds. And we murmured at it and were notcontented to sing it for such a cause, and so we did omit itdivers times. For this cause the abbot came into thechapter and did in manner rebuke us and said we werebound to obey his commands by our profession. And sohe did command us to sing it again with versicles ExurgatDeus, etc., and enjoined us to say at every Mass that everypriest did sing a collect, Deus qui contritorum, etc. Andhe said, if we did thus with good and pure devotion, Godwould handle the matter so that it should be to the com-fort of all England, and so show us mercy as He showedto the Children of Israel. And surely, brethren, he said,there will come over us a good man who will re-edify [318]. THE ABBOT S OAK, WOBURN WOBURN these monasteries again that are now suppressed quiapotens est Deus de lapidibus istis suscitare filios Abrahce/ But during the time of waiting for the doom of theirhouse there was inevitable excitement, contention andrecrimination among the monks of Woburn, with crossaccusations of one party against the other. In the shav-ing house, one told another that he belonged to the new world. Bitter words passed, and one of thosethere present declared that neither thou nor yet any ofus shall do well as long as we forsake our head of thechurch, the Pope ; to which his opponent replied callinghim a false, perjured knave to his prince. Anothermonk wrote to Crumwell to complain of his abbot that,having spoken against the quality of the bread suppliedin the monastic refectory, he was told to go further andfare worse. These and other tales carried to the too willing ear ofthe Kings minister brought the abbot under was arre
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