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On the Ruin of Britain
St Gildas, tr. Williams, 1899
GILDAS.—Miriam is condemned with leprosy, because she agreed with Aaron in blaming Moses …
GILDAS.—Miriam is condemned with leprosy, because she agreed with Aaron in blaming Moses on account of his Ethiopian wife. This we should fear who disparage good princes because of indifferent faults.1
Notes
- These words do not appear in the Cambridge MS.; they are taken from Hibern., xxxvii, 5, under the heading, “Princes are not to be censured upon a trivial charge.”