▁ 2 7 ▁February ▁ 1 6 0 1 . ▁He ▁sang , ▁on ▁the ▁way ▁to ▁Ty burn , ▁the ▁Pas ch al ▁Anth em : ▁" H æ c ▁dies , ▁qu am ▁f ec it ▁Domin us , ▁ex ult em us ▁et ▁l æ tem ur ▁in ▁e a ", (" This ▁is ▁the ▁day , ▁the ▁Lord ▁has ▁made , ▁let ▁us ▁rejo ice ▁and ▁be ▁glad ▁in ▁it "). ▁On ▁his ▁arrival ▁he ▁kiss ed ▁the ▁ro be ▁of ▁Line , ▁who ▁was ▁already ▁dead , ▁saying : ▁" Ah , ▁sister , ▁thou ▁hast ▁got ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁us , ▁but ▁we ▁will ▁follow ▁thee ▁as ▁quickly ▁as ▁we ▁may "; ▁and ▁told ▁the ▁people ▁that ▁Pope ▁St . ▁Gregory ▁had ▁sent ▁the ▁Bened ict ine ▁mon ks ▁to ▁even gle l ize ▁England , ▁saying ▁" I ▁am ▁come ▁here ▁to ▁die , ▁being ▁a ▁Catholic , ▁a ▁priest , ▁and ▁a ▁religious ▁man , ▁belonging ▁to ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁St ▁Bened ict ; ▁it ▁was ▁by ▁this ▁same ▁order ▁that ▁England ▁was ▁converted ." ▁He ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁" a ▁man ▁of ▁stat ure ▁tall ▁and ▁well ▁proportion ed ▁showing ▁strength , ▁the ▁hair ▁of ▁his ▁head ▁brown , ▁his ▁be ard ▁yellow , ▁somewhat ▁heavy ▁e yed ". ▁He ▁was ▁of ▁a ▁cheer ful ▁disposition . ▁He ▁suffered ▁in ▁the ▁Bened ict ine ▁habit , ▁under ▁which ▁he ▁wore ▁a ▁hair - sh irt . ▁It ▁was ▁noticed ▁that ▁his ▁kne es