Page:William of Malmesbury's Chronicle.djvu/333



You may perceive in these verses, that the bishop exceeded the just measure of praise; but eloquence is apt to recommend itself in such wise; thus a brilliant style proceeds in graceful strain; thus

But though Berengar himself changed his sentiments, yet was he unable to convert all whom he had infected throughout the world; "so dreadful a thing it is to seduce others from what is right, either by example or by word; as, per-