Kerbogah Tries to Retake Antioch
[9.27.3] Cum Wīdō, mīles honestissimus, tālia audīsset, cum omnibus statim coepit plōrāre, atque vehementissimō ululātū plangere; ūnāque vōce, omnēs dīcēbant: “Ō Deus vērus, trīnus et ūnus, quamobrem haec fierī permīsistī? Cūr populum sequentem tē in manibus inimīcōrum incidere permīsistī, et viam tuī itineris tuīque Sepulchrī līberāre volentēs tam citō dīmīsistī? Certē sī vērum est hoc verbum quod ab istīs nēquissimīs audīvimus, nōs et aliī Chrīstiānī dērelinquēmus tē; nec tē amplius rememorābimur, et ūnus ex nōbīs nōn audēbit ulterius invocāre nōmen tuum.” Et fuit hic sermō valdē maestissimus in tōtā mīlitiā, ita ut nūllus illōrum sīve epīscopus sīve abbās, seu clēricus seu lāicus, audēret invocāre Chrīstī nōmen per plūrēs diēs.
notes
(June 1098) Guy and the other leaders are in despair. If what Stephen of Blois says is true, then they no longer have any faith in God.
Ō Deus vērus, trīnus et ūnus: the nominative instead of vocative is poetic in CL.
vocabulary
dīmittō dīmittere dīmīsī dīmissum: to dismiss from one’s attention, disregard (OLD1c); forsake
rememoror (1): to remember again, call to mind (LL)
ulterius: any more, any longer (OLD 2b)
