"Gate be open. Never be closed against an honest man."
It was just the time when the long-forgotten art of punctuation was
beginning to be brought into use again. Abbot Martin was not skilled
in this art, and unfortunately he employed a copyist to whom it was
equally unknown. The consequence was, that the point which ought to
have followed the word _esto_ was placed after _nulli_, completely
changing the meaning of the line, thus:--