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3530 |
| Text |
De temporum ratione liber (701 - 725) Bede |
| Quotation |
Quinta die pisces auesque aquis eductae, hi patriis manent undis, illae aera terramque peruolant;
quinta aetate multiplicatus in chaldaea populus israhel, pars caelestium desideriorum pennis fulta
hierosolymam petunt, pars uolatu destituta uirtutum inter babyloniae fluenta resident.
Successit et uespera quando, imminente iam saluatoris aduentu, gens iudaea propter scelerum
magnitudinem romanis tributaria facta, insuper et alienigenis est regibus pressa. |
| Translation |
On the fifth day the fishes and birds came forth from the water; the former remained in their native waves, while the latter flew over air and land. In the Fifth Age the people of Israel multiplied in Chaldea; some of them sought out Jerusalem, fledged in the plumage of heavenly yearnings, and others abode amongst the rivers of Babylon, lacking all powers of flight. The evening arrived when, with the Saviour’s advent imminent, the Jewish people was made tributary to the Romans because of the magnitude of their wicked deeds, and moreover was oppressed by foreign-born kings. (Trans. Faith, p. 40) |
| Quotation source |
Cap. 10 (lin. 33) |
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