Letter CDI. To Baldwin, Abbot of Chatillon. (Formerly No. 338)
He reassures this Abbot, who from a false report, feared that he had offended Bernard.
Since you fear so much that you have offended me, I infer that you love me much. But lay aside this appre- 1 The name of Obedience, cell, priory or villa, was given to a country house occupied by two, three or more Religious who were charged with the care of it. These houses are called cellules (cellules) in Ep. 254:. 1.
Et in hoc cognovi quod diligis nos, quoniam timuisti nos. Verumtamen gaude, quia timor, quem timebas, non accidit nobis. Diligenter est res inquisita, quemadmodum monuisti, et inventus est dolus in ore ejus qui ista dixit tibi. Unum e duobus nullatenus dubites, hominem videlicet aut ex malignitate, aut ex suspicione locutum. Procul dubio convertetur dolor ejus in caput ejus, et in verticem ipsius iniquitas ejus descendet. Reus est enim illius rei, quam alteri conatur impingere.
