Sed quoniam iuxta Veritatis dictum ciuitas in excelso sita nequit abscondi, et lucernę lumen magis in edito proferri quam in abscondito debeat occultari, fama uirtutum et constantię ac prudentię nobilissimi principis latius diffunditur, et tam apud Scottos et Orcadas Irosque, qui ultimos fere occidentis fines incolunt, quam et apud Anglos et Gallos Saxonesque celeberrimus habebatur. Italicis uero terminis incognitus non erat; sed et ipsis Francigenis, qui et Romani dicuntur, admodum bellicocis non tam admirandus quam et metuendus insonabat.

But since, as Truth itself says, a city set upon a hill cannot be hidden, and the light of a lamp ought to be placed high rather than concealed, the fame of the noble prince’s virtues — his steadfastness and wisdom — spread ever more widely. He was renowned not only among the Scots, the Orcadians, and the Irish, who inhabit the furthest reaches of the western world, but also among the English, the Franks, and the Saxons. Nor was he unknown in the lands of Italy. Even among the French — whom many also called Romans — a people fierce in war, his name was spoken not merely with admiration, but with fear.