[35] “On ne trouvera point au treizième siècle le grand art, l’éloquence de longue haleine.” LM, 17. [36] But here too the record may sometimes be misleading. See above, page 234. [37] For the Dominicans, see above, page 237. [38] For this implication in John of Salisbury, see above, page 171. [39] See above, page 229. [40] PL 202: 637 seq. [41] St. Bernard’s dactylic pace is more marked at the opening of the first sermon of this series: “Laborat affectio mellifluæ dulcedinis copiam latius effundere gestiens, nec inveniens verba. Tanta siquidem est gratia sermonis hujus ut continuo incipiat minus sapere si unum iota mutavero.” PL 183: 87. [42] See Chapter I above, page 42. [43] Modum suum agnoscat humana imbecillitas.... Consilio meo, immo consilio ipsius veritatis et rationis divinæ suam deserat homo rationem. Non timeat se totum deserere, totus Deum sequens, et se totum jactans in Domino. Sciat cui credit quia potens est depositum ipsius reservare sed et augmentare. Ipsum tibi restituet, et cum usura. Accipit in terra et restituet in cælo. Accipit humilem et restituet sublimem. Accipit diminutum et restituet perfectum. Accipit vacuum et restituet facie ad faciem Deum contemplantem. Accipit corruptum et reddet incorruptibilem. Accipit miserum et reddet beatum, temporalem transferens in æternum, hominem in Deum. Quoted by Hauréau, _Histoire littéraire du Maine_, I. 19. Achard was Abbot of St. Victor 1155. Cf. St. Bernard’s “Neque sine salute Jesus, neque sine unctione Christus, nec sine gloria venit Dei Filius: siquidem ipse salus, ipse unctio, ipse gloria.” _In Vigil. Nativ. Dom._ I. 2; PL 183: 87. [44] For the history of Latin prose rime, with ample documentation, see Polheim; for concise summary, Perdrizet. [45] See above, Chapter III. A. [46] _In Fest. S. Dionisi_, last sentence of the exordium. The sermon is quoted in full by Bourgain, 384 seq. [47] _In Ascens. Dom._, quoted in context by LM 312 from Tissier VII. 252. [48] MS latin 2622, ff. 12-18 (Incipit omelia Beati Anselmi super Johannem de planctu Magdalene), as printed in Bourgain, 373-883. Bourgain’s comment, 225-227, does not clearly distinguish between such passages and the rimed prose of most of this _Planctus_. For a discreet use of rimed prose, deliberate but relieved from insistence, compare the passage from Alain de Lille quoted in Bourgain 88: “Fenum et stipule sunt”, etc. [49] E.g., the one quoted in Bourgain, 235, against “rimorum melodias vel metrorum consonantias que potius fuerunt ad aures audientium demulcendas quam ad animum informandum” (MS latin 15005, folio 193). [50] _In Canticum Beatæ Virginis Mariæ_, placed by Mabillon among the sermons attributed to St. Bernard doubtfully or erroneously (PL 184: 1121). Imitative translation is practically precluded by the intractable rhythm of the familiar English “My soul doth magnify the Lord.”