Note 216 — PLATE XCV. AND XCVI. MOUNT ST. MICHAEL.
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Of old, says Brito, the place
...... “satis angelicis gaudebat tutus haberi Præsidiis, nullo dispendia tempore passus; At simul ædificans muros ibi cura Johannis Prætulit humanas vires cœlestibus armis, Quemque tuebatur cœlesti milite Christus, Munivit sacrum humano munimine montem, Ex tunc causa loco pereundi inventa sacrato.”
The author goes on to add, that the king
...... “ne fiat eis deinceps injuria talis, Præcipit ut pereat munitio toto Johannis; Et sua militiæ cœlesti castra resignans, Humanis bonus excubiis locra sacra resignat, Largifluâque manu monachos juvat in renovando Sarta tecta, libros, et cætera quæ furor ignis Solverat in cinerem, quæ nobiliore paratu Quàm priùs extiterant jam restaurata videmus.” Phillip. lib. 8, l. 114.