Et ut scivi quoniam aliter non possem esse continens, nisi Deus det; et hoc ipsum erat sapientiæ, scire cujus esset hoc donum: adii Dominum, et deprecatus sum illum, et dixi ex totis præcordiis meis:
And as I knew that I could not otherwise be continent, except God gave it, and this also was a point of wisdom, to know whose gift it was, I went to the Lord, and besought him, and said with my whole heart:
Et ut sci quia aliter non pote es contine, nisi Deo que da; et hoc ipso es de sapientia, scire de que es hoc dono: i ad Domino, et depreca es illo, et dic ex toto praecordios meo: