(445d,1) ipsos quoque ad ejusdem vitae studium excitavit, adeo ut complures ipsorum, relictis omnibus rebus, in solitudines concederent, atque in mortali corpore eorum qui corporis expertes sunt vitae rationem susciperent.
it stirred them up also to the like zeal, insomuch that many of them forsook everything and withdrew to the deserts; and, though but men in mortal bodies, adopted the spiritual life of Angels.