A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 1 (of 2) by Charles Creighton

Confessor, appears to have omitted this one. [162] Ailredi Abbatis Rievallensis _Genealogia Regum Anglorum_. In Twysden’s _Decem Scriptores_, col. 368. “Cum, inquit [David], adolescens in curia regia [Anglica] servirem, nocte quadam in hospicio meo cum sociis meis nescio quid agens, ad thalamum reginae ab ipsa vocatus accessi. Et ecce domus plena leprosis, et regina in medio stans, deposito pallio, lintheo se precinxit, et posita in pelvi aqua, coepit lavare pedes eorum, et extergere, extersosque utrisque constringere manibus et devotissime osculari. Cui ego: ‘Quid agis,’ inquam, ‘O domina mea? Certe si rex sciret ista, nunquam dignaretur os tuum, leprosorum pedum tabe pollutum, suis labiis osculari.’ Et illa surridens ait: ‘Pedes,’ inquit, ‘Regis aeterni quis nescit labiis regis morituri esse praeferendos? Ecce, ego idcirco vocavi te, frater carissime, ut exemplo mei talia discas operari. Sumpta proinde pelvi, fac quod me facere intueris.’ Ad hanc vocem vehementer expavi, et nullo modo id me pati posse respondi. Necdum enim sciebam Dominum, nec revelatus fuerat mihi Spiritus ejus. Illa igitur coeptis insistente, ego--mea culpa--ridens ad socios remeavi.” [163] _Vita S. Hugonis Lincolnensis._ Rolls series, 39, p. 163-4. [164] The bishop left by his will 100 marks to be distributed “per domos leprosorum” in his diocese and a like sum “per domos hospitales,” and three marks each to the leper-houses at Selwood and outside Bath and Ilchester. _Hist. MSS. Commiss._ X. pt. 3, p. 186. [165] _Monumenta Franciscana._ Rolls series, No. 4. Introd. by Brewer, p. xxiv. [166] William of Malmesbury, _Gesta pontificum_, Rolls ed., p. 72. [167] In 1574 it was found providing indoor relief for fifteen brethren and fifteen sisters, and outdoor relief for as many more. [168] Roger of Wendover. Rolls ed. II. 265. [169] In the MS. of Matthew Paris’s _Chronica Majora_ in the library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, No. 26 in the Parker Collection, p.