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TO THE CLOSE OF THE TROUBLES IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES I.
348.

_Cistertian Monastery_.

[Sonnet III.] 'Here man more purely lives,' &c.
'Bonum est nos hic esse, quia homo vivit purius, cadit rarius, surgit velocius, incedit cautius, quiescit securius, moritur felicius, purgatur utius, praemiatur copiosius.'-- Bernard.

'This sentence,' says Dr.
Whitaker, 'is usually inscribed in some conspicuous part of the Cistertian houses.' 349.