the people were excited to utter a great shout,
that the attestation of God Himself had there been manifested,
and Defensor ought to acknowledge his slander,
and that God desired to perfect His praise
in the innocent Martin and to shame Defensor.
Then the holy man received episcopal consecration there,
and so kept the office, as is past telling,
with the same steadfastness in which he had before lived,
and with the same humility, and with his former (monastic) habit;
and he was so filled with piety
and with the dignity of his office that he, in his works, fulfilled
both the episcopal office with all honour
and preserved the monastic state amongst men.
He was just in judgement, and devout in preaching,
venerable in manners and vigilant in prayers,
constant in reading, steadfast in his look,
virtuous in desire, and reverent in his duties.
Oh! what benignity was in his sayings,
and what excellence was in his manners,
and how great gladness in spiritual works
dwelt in the Saint with lofty perfection!
Blessed was the man in whom dwelt no guile;
he condemned no man, neither did he repay to any
evil with evil; but meekly endured
the injuries of men with great patience.
No man ever saw him ever so little angry,
nor murmuring in mind nor evilly disposed,
but ever continuing in one steadfastness '
above man's measure with great gladness.
For some time he had a house close to the church;
then, after some space, for an example to the people
and because of the unstillness, he established for himself a monastery
two miles from the city; and the place was so secret
that he desired no other desert.
On one side of the monastery was an immense cliff
