Dialogue,  Chapter

 1      I, X    |        under the orders of their Abbot, to do nothing by their
 2      I, X    |       with the permission of the Abbot. In fact, this is the first
 3      I, X    | furnished by the command of that Abbot. Now, it so happened that,
 4      I, X    |          I had come thither, the Abbot had sent bread to a certain
 5      I, X    |    virtue of the chil- dren, the Abbot, with deeper insight, and
 6      I, XI   |         beating,-he implored the Abbot that henceforth no bread
 7      I, XI   |       firm. In the meantime, the Abbot was admonished by the Spirit
 8      I, XI   |        due to the arrival of the Abbot;while, on the other side,
 9      I, XI   |           on the other side, the Abbot ascribed itrather to the
10      I, XII  |          on the testimony of the Abbot himself, and all the brethren,
11      I, XVII | admission is not received by the Abbot of the monastery on any
12      I, XVII |         to any injunction of the Abbot, however arduous and difficult,
13      I, XVIII|        accepted as a member, the Abbot began to place many considerations
14      I, XVIII|    obedience, saying that if the Abbot should order him to walk
15      I, XVIII|        was that, neither did the Abbot regret having issued such
16      I, XIX  |         man had come to the same Abbot in like manner with the
17      I, XIX  |          it so happened that the Abbot was holding in hishand a
18      I, XIX  |       already withered. This the Abbot fixed in the ground, and
19      I, XXII |         them, and especially the Abbot of that place, sought to