ext_253465 ([identity profile] logothetes.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] beluosus 2011-04-12 01:38 pm (UTC)

Salut mon ami! Sorry to appear out of the blue, but, given your patent expertise as the only Latin-speaker I know, I was wondering whether you'd be able to help me translate the following two passages? If you don't have time, don't worry, but any assistance would be very gratefully received! :)

In the Speculum Caritatis, Ailred of Rievaulx (ca. 1110-67): “Nam et in fabulis, quae vulgo de nescio quo finguntur Arcturo, memini me nonnunquam usque ad effusionem lacrymarum fuisse permotem. Unde non modicum pudet propriae vanitatis, qui si forte ad ea quae de Domino pie leguntur, vel cantantur, vel certe publico sermone dicuntur, aliquam mihi lacrymam valuero extorquere, ita mihi statim de sanctitate applaudo, ut si magnum alinqui ac inusitatum mihi miraculum contigisset"

Peter of Blois (ca. 1135-1212), in De confessione sacramentali: “Recitantur etiam pressurae vel inuriae eidem crudeliter irrogatae, sicut de Arturo et Gangano et Tristanno, fabulosa quaedam referunt histriones, quorum auditu concutiuntur ad ocmpassionem audientium corda, et usaque ad lacrymas compunguntur”

Thank you!

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