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 Helias vero, maximus secretorum colonus, caelum imbribus clausit, ignibus reseravit, ministra alite cibum sumpsit, fixa mortis iura revocavit, Iordanem dividuum interrupto amne transivit, caelum ardenti curru raptus ascendit. Truly, Elijah, the most distinguished husbandman, closed the sky of showers, reserved enemies for the fires, received nourishment from a bird, revoked the fixed laws of death, by the Jordan being divided, he crossed the broken stream, being carried away in a flaming chariot, he ascended into heaven.