Navigatio Sancti Brendani 1.1-1.6. Translation 2.
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Sections: 1.1-1.6.
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[ 1 ] Sānctus Brendānus , fīlius Finlocha nepōtis Altī , dē genere Eogēnī , stāgnī Lēn regiōnis Mumenensium ortus fuit . Erat vir magnae abstinentiae et in virtūtibus clārus , trium mīlium ferē monachōrum pater .
[ 2 ] Cum esset in suō certāmine , in locō quī dīcitur Saltus Virtūtum Brendānī , contigit ut quīdam patrum ad illum quōdam vespere vēnisset , nōmine Barrindus , nepōs Neil .
[ 3 ] Cumque interrogātus esset multīs sermōnibus ā praedictō sānctō patre , coepit lacrimāre et sē prostrāre in terram et diūtius permanēre in ōrātiōne . [ 4 ] Sānctus Brendānus ērēxit illum dē terrā et ōsculātus est eum , dīcēns : " Pater , cūr trīstitiam habēmus in adventū tuō ? Nōnne ad cōnsōlātiōnem nostram vēnistī ? [ 5 ] Magis laetitiam tū dēbēs frātribus praeparāre . Indicā nōbīs verbum Deī , atque refice animās nostrās dē dīversīs mīrāculīs quae vīdistī in ōceanō . " Tunc Sānctus Barrindus , explētīs sermōnibus sānctī Brendānī , coepit nārrāre dē quādam īnsulā , dīcēns :
[ 2 ] Cum esset in suō certāmine , in locō quī dīcitur Saltus Virtūtum Brendānī , contigit ut quīdam patrum ad illum quōdam vespere vēnisset , nōmine Barrindus , nepōs Neil .
[ 3 ] Cumque interrogātus esset multīs sermōnibus ā praedictō sānctō patre , coepit lacrimāre et sē prostrāre in terram et diūtius permanēre in ōrātiōne . [ 4 ] Sānctus Brendānus ērēxit illum dē terrā et ōsculātus est eum , dīcēns : " Pater , cūr trīstitiam habēmus in adventū tuō ? Nōnne ad cōnsōlātiōnem nostram vēnistī ? [ 5 ] Magis laetitiam tū dēbēs frātribus praeparāre . Indicā nōbīs verbum Deī , atque refice animās nostrās dē dīversīs mīrāculīs quae vīdistī in ōceanō . " Tunc Sānctus Barrindus , explētīs sermōnibus sānctī Brendānī , coepit nārrāre dē quādam īnsulā , dīcēns :
Saint
Brendan
,
son
of
Finloch
,
grandson
of
Altus
,
of
the
lineage
of
Eogenius
,
was
born
in
the
region
of
the
lake
of
Lene
in
the
territory
of
the
Mumenensians
.
He
was
a
man
of
great
self-discipline
and
renowned
for
his
virtues
,
the
father
of
nearly
three
thousand
monks
.
While he was engaged in his struggle , in a place called the Saltus Virtutum of Brendan , it happened that one evening , a certain father named Barrindus , the grandson of Neil , came to him .
And when he was questioned at length by the aforementioned holy father , he began to weep , prostrated himself on the ground , and remained for a long time in prayer . Saint Brendan lifted him from the ground and kissed him , saying : " Father , why do we have sorrow at your arrival ? Have you not come for our consolation ? You should prepare more joy for the brothers . Tell us the word of God , and refresh our souls with the marvelous things you have seen in the ocean . "
Then Saint Barrindus , having listened to the words of Saint Brendan , began to recount the story of a certain island , saying :
While he was engaged in his struggle , in a place called the Saltus Virtutum of Brendan , it happened that one evening , a certain father named Barrindus , the grandson of Neil , came to him .
And when he was questioned at length by the aforementioned holy father , he began to weep , prostrated himself on the ground , and remained for a long time in prayer . Saint Brendan lifted him from the ground and kissed him , saying : " Father , why do we have sorrow at your arrival ? Have you not come for our consolation ? You should prepare more joy for the brothers . Tell us the word of God , and refresh our souls with the marvelous things you have seen in the ocean . "
Then Saint Barrindus , having listened to the words of Saint Brendan , began to recount the story of a certain island , saying :