[1] Intereā cum dē mōtū atque impetū barbarōrum subita cīvitātem fama turbāsset, daemoniācum ad sē exhibērī iubet: imperat ut, an vērus esset hic nuntius, faterētur. [2] tum cōnfessus est decem daemonās sēcum fuisse, quī rumōrem hunc per populum dispersissent, ut hōc saltim metū ex illō Martīnus oppidō fugārētur: barbarōs nihil minus quam de irruptiōne cōgitāre. ita cum haec immundus spiritus in mediā ecclēsiā faterētur, metū et turbātiōne praesentī cīvitās līberāta est. [3] Apud Parīsiōs vērō, dum portam cīvitātis illius magnīs sēcum turbīs euntibus introīret, leprōsum miserābilī faciē horrentibus cunctīs osculātus est atque benedīxit, statimque omnī malō ēmundātus. [4] posterō diē ad ecclēsiam veniēns nitentī cute grātiās prō sānitāte, quam recēperat, agēbat. nec praetereundum est, quod fimbriae vestimentō eius ciliciōque dētractae crēbrās super īnfirmantibus ēgēre virtūtēs. [5] nam digitīs illigātae aut collō indītae saepe ab aegrotāntibus morbōs fugāvērunt.
notes
vocabulary
mōtus –ūs, m.: moving, motion; movement
impetus –ūs, m.: an attack, assault, onset
daemoniacus –ī, m.: demoniac, one possessed by an evil spirit
exhibeō –ēre –uī –itum: deliver, produce; show, exhibit
rūmor –ōris, m.: common talk; report, rumor
dispergō –spergere –spersī –spersum: scatter about, disperse
saltim: (adv.) at least, at all events, anyhow
irruptio –ōnis, f.: rushing upon, invasion, raid
immundus –a –um: unclean, impure, foul
turbātiō –ōnis, f.: confusion, disorder
līberō –āre: make free, free, liberate
introeō –īre –iī –itum: go inside, enter
leprōsus –a –um: leprous
miserābilis –e: pitiable, miserable, wretched
horreō horrēre horruī: tremble, shudder
ōsculor –ārī –ātus sum: kiss
benedīcō –ere –xī –ctum: bless, consecrate
ēmundō –āre: cleanse, purify
nitēns –entis: shining, glistening, brilliant
cutis –is, f.: the skin
fimbria –ae, m.: fibres, threads, fringe
vestīmentum –ī, n.: clothing, garment, vestment
cilicium –ī, n.: course garment
dētrahō –trahere –trāxī –trāctum: draw off, pull off, rob (+dat. or abl.)
crēber crēbra crēbrum: thick, close, frequent
īnfirmantes –um, m.: (pl.) the weak, the sick
illigō –ligāre: bind fast
collum –ī, n.: neck
indō –dere –didī –ditum: put, place in; apply to
aegrōtō –āre: be ill, be sick