19. +Latin Element of the Second Period+ (i).-- The story of Pope Gregory and the Roman mission to England is widely known. Gregory, when a young man, was crossing the Roman forum one morning, and, when passing the side where the slave-mart was held, observed, as he walked, some beautiful boys, with fair hair, blue eyes, and clear bright complexion. He asked a bystander of what nation the boys were. The answer was, that they were Angles. “No, not Angles,” he replied; “they are angels.” On learning further that they were heathens, he registered a silent vow that he would, if Providence gave him an opportunity, deliver them from the darkness of heathendom, and bring them and their relatives into the light and liberty of the Gospel. Time passed by; and in the long course of time Gregory became Pope. In his unlooked-for greatness, he did not forget his vow. In the year 596 he sent over to Kent a missionary, called Augustine, along with forty monks. They were well received by the King of Kent, allowed to settle in Canterbury, and to build a small cathedral there. 20. +Latin Element of the Second Period+ (ii).-- This mission, the churches that grew out of it, the Christian customs that in time took root in the country, and the trade that followed in its track, brought into the language a number of Latin words, most of them the names of church offices, services, and observances. Thus we find, in our oldest English, the words, +postol+ from _apostolus_, a person sent; +biscop+, from _episcopus_, an overseer; +calc+, from _calix_, a cup; +clerc+, from _clericus_, an ordained member of the church; +munec+, from _monăchus_, a solitary person or monk; +preost+, from _presbyter_, an elder; +aelmesse+, from _eleēmosŭnē_, alms; +predician+, from _prædicare_, to preach; +regol+, from _regula_, a rule. (_Apostle_, _bishop_, _clerk_, _monk_, _priest_, and _alms_ come to us really from Greek words-- but through the Latin tongue.) 21. +Latin Element of the Second Period+ (iii).-- The introduction of the Roman form of Christianity brought with it increased communication with Rome and with the Continent generally; widened the experience of Englishmen; gave a stimulus to commerce; and introduced into this island new things and products, and along with the things and products new names. To this period belongs the introduction of the words: +Butter+, +cheese+; +cedar+, +fig+, +pear+, +peach+; +lettuce, lily+; +pepper+, +pease+; +camel+, +lion+, +elephant+; +oyster+, +trout+; +pound+, +ounce+; +candle+, +table+; +marble+; +mint+.