Hildegard of Bingen

On the Winds

Latin Etymology

Quatuor etiam cardinales uenti sub sole et super solem firmamento assunt et illud continent ac totum orbem, scilicet de inferiori parte usque ad superiorem partem firmamenti, sicut cum pallio circumdant. Orientalis enim uentus aerem complectitur et suauissimum rorem super arida mittit. Ventus enim occidentis fluentibus nubibus se admiscet, ut aquas sustineat, ne erumpant. Australis uero uentus ignem in magistratione sua retinet et eum prohibet, ne omnia conburat. Ventus quoque septentrionalis exteriores tenebras retinet, ne modum suum excedant. Isti quatuor uenti alae potentiae dei sunt. Qui cum simul mouebuntur, omnia elementa conplicabunt et se diuident ac mare concutient et omnes aquas exsiccabunt.

Use the following words to complete the sentences below. Good Luck!

peril
purge
incantation
secular
plurality

1. Because he was surrounded by traitors, our wise leader decided to them from his government.

2. Donnie's preference for rather than spiritual things troubled his pastor greatly.

3. The tipsy bus driver put all of the passengers in significant .

4. Bobby was interested in an unconventional religion, but found the ominous more than a little disturbing.

5. There were 5 candidates in the election and while no one could hope to win a majority of the votes, they each hoped for a .

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