Sentence:  he was going to make away himself; but meeting by chance his master Plotinus, who, perceiving by his distracted looks all was not well, urged him to confess his grief; which when he had heard, he used such <WSD>comfortable</WSD> speeches, that he redeemed him "e faucibus Erebi"nb.... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory. (14th-19thc.)