Ut autem vidit vir Domini Ecgberct, quia nec ipse ad praedicandum gentibus venire permittebatur, retentus ob aliam sanctae ecclesiae utilitatem de qua oraculo fuerat praemonitus; nec Victberct illas deveniens in partes quicquam proficiebat: tentavit adhuc in opus verbi mittere viros sanctos et industrios, in quibus eximius Vilbrord presbyteri gradu et merito praefulgebat.
Now when the man of the Lord, Egbert, perceived that neither was he suffered himself to go to preach to the heathen, but was stayed for some other commodity of the holy Church, whereof he had warning by an oracle of God; neither did Witbert coming into those parts profit anything: he assayed yet to send for the setting forth of the word holy men willing to take pains, amongst whom the excellent Wilbrord was chief for his merit and degree of priest.
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