[26] “Cōnfestim incohāvimus iter et ille praedictus vir nōbīscum pervēnit usque ad lītus ubi erat nostra nāvicula. [27] Ascendentibus autem in nāvim, raptus est idem vir ab oculīs nostrīs, et vēnimus per praedictam cālīginem ad Īnsulam Dēliciōsam. [28] At ubi frātrēs nōs vīdērunt, exultābant exultātiōne magnā dē adventū nostrō, et plōrābant dē absentiā nostrā multō tempore, dīcentēs: ‘Cūr, patrēs, dīmīsistis vestrās ovēs sine pāstōre in istā silvā errantēs? [29] Nōvimus autem abbātem nostrum frequenter ā nōbīs discēdere in aliquam partem—sed nescīmus in quam—et ibīdem dēmorārī aliquandō unum mēnsem, aliquandō duās ebdomās seu unam ebdomam vel plūs minusve.’
notes
They headed for home immediately, says Barrind. The mysterious man accompanied them to their boat, but then disappeared. They went back, through the fog, to the Delightful Island, The monks there welcomed them back and wondered why they'd been gone so long; Mernoc, they knew, did frequently leave them for various periods of time.
[26] usque ad: "all the way up to"
[27] Ascendentibus autem: supply nōbīs
[28] dē adventū nostrō: “on account of our arrival” (OLD dē 14).
[29] Nōvimus autem: CL would be et nōvimus.
abbātem nostrum ... discēdere: indirect statement, depending on Nōvimus.
vocabulary
| cōnfestim | immediately 26 |
| incohō –āre –āvī –ātum | to start work on, begin |
| praedīcō praedīcere praedīxī praedictus | to say beforehand; mention |
| ūsque | until (often with ad or dum) |
| nāvicula –ae f. | boat (ML); (CL) small boat |
| per | through; by means of [OLD 14] 27 |
| praedīcō praedīcere praedīxī praedictus | to say beforehand; mention |
| cālīgō –inis f. | darkness, mist |
| dēliciōsus –a –um | delicious, delicate |
| exsultō (exultō) –are –āvī –ātus | to be ecstatic, exult |
| exsultātiō –ōnis f. | a leaping for joy, exultation 28 |
| adventus adventūs m. | arrival, advent |
| plōrō (1) | to lament, mourn |
| absentia –ae f. | absence |
| ovis –is n. | sheep |
| pāstor pāstōris m. | shepherd |
| abbās –ātis m. | abbot, the head of a monastery 29 |
| frequenter | in large numbers, in crowds; often, frequently; generally, widely |
| ibīdem | in the same place |
| demmoror demmorārī | to linger, stay, live (in a place) |
| aliquandō | sometimes |
| mēnsis mēnsis m. | month |
| ebdomās –adis (acc. ebdoma) f. | week |