Chapter

 1 Text|      both in grace and in name; having the mind of an adult even
 2 Text|   immortal children in heaven. ~Having therefore left his country,
 3 Text|       blessed memory; and there having extracted no little sweetness
 4 Text|      received the tonsure, and, having taken the vow, observed
 5 Text|         at Rome, in order that, having him for bishop of his own
 6 Text|         Lord's incarnation, and having before their eyes the perils
 7 Text|       dignity of abbot; and so, having thrown off his fleshly and
 8 Text|        venerable Abbot Sigfrid, having passed through the fire
 9 Text|    called Daldun. ~But Ceolfrid having now practised a long course
10 Text|    authority of the elders; and having shown the most incomparable
11 Text|  modesty in consoling the weak; having also observed such abstinence
12 Text|       by his life and doctrine. Having, therefore, deliberated
13 Text|         he judged it expedient, having first impressed on the brethren
14 Text| reflection, but that they also, having chosen a younger abbot,
15 Text|   tapers and a golden crucifix. Having crossed the river, he kissed
16 Text|         After a short interval, having ended the nine o'clock psalm,