Icelandic Sagas Vol. 3
ADDENDA TO THE MAGNUS SAGA
I.
LEGENDA DE SANCTO MAGNO. (1)
DE SANCTO MAGNO MARTYRE GLORIOSO.
Beatus igitur Magnus apud Orchades
insulas oriundus fuit, nobilissimus genere et alti sanguinis parentelae. Pater
ejus illarum insularum comes et dominus nominatissimus juxta nomen magnorum qui
sunt in terris. Mater ejus de nobilioribus illius terrae duxisse fertur originem.
Sed cum in multis nobilitas generis parire soleat ignobilitatem mentis, Martyr
beatus statim a primis infantiae suae rudimentis SanctiSpiritus unctione edoctus
nobilitatem solam atque unicam animi virtutem reputabat. Agebat enim senem moribus,
annis puer, lasciviae puerilis expers. In gestu tam jocundus et hilaris, in sermone
tam amabilis, in incessu (2) tam modestus exstitit et gravis, ut nihil appareret
in eo, quod posset offendere intuentes. Sed quia ex convictu mores formantur,
et qui tangit picem, inquinabitur ab ea: cum ad intelligibilem aetatem pervenisset,
inter tam furialem quam feralemgentem constitutus, inter protervos ad mores, ferales
ad ritus, ad fidem impios, ad legem barbaros, pronos ad vitia, (3) cervicosos
ad disciplinam, se illorum moribus per dies aliquot coepit conformare, marinus
praedo existere, rapinis et spoliis vivere, caedibus indulgere. Quod tamen, magis
pravorum instinctu provacatus quam propria iniquitate pulsatus, creditur actitasse.
Denique cum beatus Magnus hujusmodi sceleribus implicaretur, ad hoc tandem ventum
est, ut patrem et germanum comitatus Hatlandiam applicaret. Quos rex Noruegiae,
in expeditione positus cum infinita navium et armorum multitudine, utpote exteras
nationes invasurus, (4) comprehendens, inimicis secum resistere coegit.
Tunc patre ejus apud Norvegiam
rebus humanis exempto, quidam Hako nomine, filius patrui sui irruens in quendam
procuratorum regis Norvegiae, qui patriam (5) beati Magni ex parte regis administrabat,
dominium (6) Orkadiae sibi subjugavit, cum non nisi pars dimidia ei de jure competeret,
alia autem pars ad beatum Magnum jure haereditario spectabat. Beatus igitur Magnus
ut invidiae locum daret et furorem Hakonis ad tempus declinaret, ad regem Henricum
filium Vilhelmi, qui tunc temporis monarchiam Angliae fraeno moderabat justitiae,
iter arripuit.
Qui cum ad praedictum regem venisset,
expositis negotiis et causis itineris sui, ab eodem honorifice est receptus. Visitatis
igitur sanctorum locis ad propriam terram itineris sui cursum expedivit. Praedictus
interim Hako non solum Orkadiam verum et Cathaniam tam invasionis quam praedicationis
titulo suae tyrannidi subjugavit. Satellites autem sui in necem beati Magni conspirantes,
sed simulationis nube palliantes, cum beato viro pacifice in dolo locuti sunt
ut beatus Magnus et Hako statuto die in quadam insula, quae vocatur Egelesio cum
pari numero hominum et armorum convenirent. Placuit hoc beato utpote homini serenatae
conscientiae, cui vivere Christus et mori lucrum. Ad praedictam igitur insulam,
in qua mansio sua sita erat, cum duabus longis navibus, nullam mali habens suspicionem,
pervenit. Imminente vero die statuto inter eos, praedictus Hako cum septem vel
octo navibus plenis, viris Belial et sanguinem sitientibus sibi associatis, praedictam
insulam applicuit. Seditionem igitur Hakonis comperiens Beatus Magnus se totum
Deo committens, non timore perterritus nec formidine perculsus, ecclesiam adiit.
Suis igitur vi vim repellere volentibus
fertur respondisse, se malle injuriam accipere quam irrogare. Erat autem hora,
qua sacerdos, vestibus sacris indutus in altari Unigenitum Patris sub specie panis
et vini in signum humanae reconciliationis praesentavit. Sed praedictus Hako,
ecclesiasticae dignitatis abutens privilegio, ecclesiam Dei invadere non formidabat,
missis apparitoribus suis quatuor, quorum pedes veloces ad effundendum sanguinem,
qui ad omne opus nepharium caeteris promptiores et velociores, ut christum Domini
raperent et illum sibi praesentarent. Irruentibus igitur in ecclesiam Domini apparitoribus,
justus ab injustis injuste rapitur, extrahitur, et Hakonis praesentiae praesentatur,
in tali constantia perseverans, ut nec corpus terrore nec mens horrore concuteretur.
Nec mora, electus Dei Magnus ab Hakone lictori tradebatur ut capitis sententia
plecteretur. Eductus ergo hilari mente et intrepido animo quasi ad epulas invitatus,
agonem suum Domino precibus commendans, securi bis in cerebrum suum vibrata, securus
ictum ferientis suscepit. Sed quem lictor exemit mundo, Jhesus Christus inseruit
coelo, sublimiter collocatum. (7) Mater vero illius Yra (8) nomine ad Hakonem
accedens christianam sepulturam beato martyri vix obtinuit impetrare.
Collecta. Deus, cujus nutu absque
sanctorum solatio, nullius temporis praeterit cursus, tribue nobis tua piissima
dignatione, ut sancti Magni martyris tui pia interventione, in cunctis adversitatibus
assidua tuae magnae misericordiae mereamur potiri consolatione. Per Dominum. Amen.
*********************
- From Cd. Chart. Arna-Magn. 670. f. 4t0., compared with a copy made by Arni
Magnus' son from the fragment of a lost vellum MS. The Cd. 670 is here in
the notes marked a., and the copy of the fragment b.
- in incessu] fr. b.; et in sensu, a.
- vitia ] lites, fr. b.
- After "invasurus," fr. b. has the following: --- "Comprehendens
multos (sic) secum residere coegit. Sed omnipotens Deus, cui proprium est
misereri semper et parcere, electum suum a talibus voluit mercimoniis suspendere,
et ostendere illi, quanta oporteret eum pati pro nomine ipsius, ut qui sanguinem
innocentem multotiens fuderat ipse quandoque Spiritus Sancti victima fieret,
ut proprium sanguinem Christo libaret. Unde contigit, ut de manu violenti
regis et praedatoris eva.... " Reliqua desunt.
- patriam ] patrimonium.
- dominium ] dominum, Cd.
- collocatum ] emend., collocatus, Cd.
- Yra ] for Thora.
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