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 in that same and take rest, thou art the same, for thou art not changed, and in thee is rest, forgetting all labours. I read all that psalm, and I burned; which sometime had been a barker bitter and blind against the letters honied with the sweetness of heaven and enlumined with thy light. O Jesu Christ my helper, how sweet is it suddenly made to me to lack the sweetnesses of truffes and japes, which were far from me to leave and forsake, and now to leave and forsake them is to me great joy! Thou hast cast them out from me, and thou which art sovereign sweetness hast entered into me for them; which art sweeter than any sweetness or delices, more clear than any light, and more secret than any secret counsels, and more high than all honour, and there is none more high than thou.'

And after this he took Nebridius and Evodius and his mother, and returned again into Africa. But when they came to Tiberina his sweet mother died, and after her death Austin returned unto his proper heritage, and there entended with them that bode with him in fastings and in prayers. He wrote books, and taught them that were not wise, and the fame and renown of him spread over all: and in all his books and works he was holden marvellous.

He refused to come to any city whereas was no bishop, lest he should be let by that office. And in that time was in Hippo a man full of great wealth, which sent to Augustin, that if he would come to him that he might hear the word of his mouth, he might renounce the world. And when S. Augustin