Potentes
quippe nimis in aula Regis
predare sufficiunt ad auxilium carceris. [Lucian]
Participes
nempe maiestatis eterne
cum deputantur ad custodiam terrenorum, facilitate mirabili
premunt et pellunt quicquid predestinatis ad uitam occurrit
aduersum. [Lucian]
Ecce enim
ciuitatem nostram, ut predictum
est, sanctis seruatoribus
uelut quadruplici sorte commissam,
ab oriente suscepit
clementia Domini
Precursoris; ab
occidente celestis potencia
Ianitoris; ad aquilonem uigil Virginis pulcritudo;
ad meridiem mira Angeli claritudo. [Lucian]
Incipit de quattuor portis Cestrie nostre:
seriatim de Iohanne,
Petro, Virgine, et Angelo. [Lucian]
Ecce enim
ciuitatem nostram, ut predictum
est, sanctis seruatoribus
uelut quadruplici sorte commissam,
ab oriente suscepit
clementia Domini
Precursoris; ab
occidente celestis potencia
Ianitoris; ad aquilonem uigil Virginis pulcritudo;
ad meridiem mira Angeli claritudo. [Lucian]
Plures sancti
Cestriam seruant, omnes
beniuoli, set quattuor inducuntur
propter exigentiam et dissertionis materiam. [Lucian]
Ne enim ad tuicionem nostram, uelut
fidens sanctitati sue,
uideretur sibi solus sufficere, [Lucian]
uel dedignans socium de consortio non curare, [Lucian]
ad pacem pupillorum qui reuera secundum
Ionam
nesciunt quid sit inter dexteram et sinistram,
et ad maiorem diligentiam tutamenti Petrum Apostolum
assumpsit portarium
paradisi; [Lucian]
Our city, as
we said, is protected by four holy guardians: from the east by the merciful precursor of the Lord; from the west by the powerful doorkeeper of
heaven; from the north
by the watchful beauty of the
Virgin; from the south
by the marvellous renown of the
Angel. [Lucian]
Concerning the four gates of our
Chester: respectively, concerning John, Peter, the Virgin and the
Angel. [Lucian]
Many devoted saints serve Chester, but four are placed,
according to their abilities, where protection is most
required. [Lucian]
he summoned Peter the Apostle, the gatekeeper of paradise,
to ensure peace and safety for the orphans who, according
to Jonah, know not how to
distinguish between their right hand and their left
hand, [Lucian]