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Julius
Caesar
Aulus
Plantius
Belinus
,
Baal
Bel
;
Diana
Moon
;
Camulus
Mars
;
Andate
The
Altar
of
Eternal
Domination
Sun
of
Righteousness
Gildas
,
This
day
Star
sprung
from
on
high
,
visited
us
soon
after
the
Assension
of
our
Saviour
,
toward
the
end
of
the
Reign
of
Simon
Magus
Claudia
Ruffina
Claudia
Ruffina
Pomponia
Graecina
Claudia
Ruffina
Northern
Britain
Holy
Trinity
They
usurp'd
the
Chair
of
St.
with
impure
feet
Joseph
of
Arimathea
Brithwald
,
Hentwyn
,
Baldred
,
Ina
,
Arthur
,
Cantred
The
Mother
and
Tomb
of
Saints
,
Suetonius
Paulinus
Olenus
Calenus
That
St.
with
other
Bishops
coming
to
invited
by
the
Sanctity
of
the
place
;
resolv'd
to
Consecrate
the
Church
there
,
formerly
erected
to
the
Honour
of
the
Mother
of
God
;
and
having
provided
all
things
necessary
for
that
purpose
,
the
night
before
his
intended
Ceremony
;
our
Blessed
Lord
appear'd
to
St.
in
his
sleep
,
and
demanded
the
cause
of
his
coming
thither
,
which
St.
forthwith
declar'd
;
whereupon
our
Lord
taking
him
by
the
Hand
,
told
him
,
That
he
himself
many
years
before
had
Dedicated
the
said
Church
to
the
Honour
of
his
Mother
,
and
that
That
Holy
Ceremony
was
not
to
be
Profain'd
by
any
mans
repeating
:
And
having
said
this
,
with
his
Finger
pierc'd
through
the
Bishops
Hand
;
telling
him
this
should
be
a
sign
,
that
what
himself
had
formerly
Anticipated
,
ought
not
again
to
be
Renew'd
;
and
withall
promis'd
him
,
that
when
the
said
Bishop
the
next
day
at
the
should
pronounce
the
words
His
Hand
should
be
restor'd
sound
to
him
:
The
Bishop
awaking
,
found
his
Hand
pierc'd
;
and
others
saw
and
touch'd
the
Wound
with
great
Admiration
;
and
the
Preparation
for
the
was
laid
aside
;
and
during
the
Celebration
of
the
Bishops
Hand
became
Sound
Henry
Spelman
Collection
of
Councels
He
doubts
whether
any
Christian
Churches
were
Erected
so
early
.
If
Churches
were
Built
,
yet
they
were
not
Encompass'd
with
ground
for
Burial
before
St.
's
time
;
Burial
within
Cities
being
forbidden
by
the
Canterbury
.
Constantine
Dedication
of
Churches
was
not
then
in
use
:
Blessed
Virgin
Dell
Pilar
Arviragus
,
Marius
Northern
Britains
Ad Britones veni post quam Christum Sepelivi . Dorni requievi .
That
a
supplication
having
been
made
by
wherein
he
affirms
,
that
he
had
received
a
command
from
Heaven
,
diligently
to
seek
till
he
could
find
the
Body
of
the
Noble
Councellor
which
reposes
in
Christ
within
the
limits
of
and
which
for
the
Saints
Honour
was
to
be
discover'd
in
those
times
.
And
for
that
it
appear'd
by
Antient
Records
that
his
Body
was
there
buried
:
The
said
King
,
if
so
,
desirous
to
bestow
due
Honours
to
the
Monument
and
Venerable
Reliques
of
him
,
who
exprest
so
great
Piety
and
Charity
to
our
dying
Redeemer
,
that
he
took
his
Body
from
the
Cross
,
and
plac'd
it
ina
New
Monument
which
he
had
built
for
himself
,
and
hoping
that
by
the
revealing
of
his
Holy
Reliques
greater
Grace
and
Favour
should
be
shew'd
by
God
to
him
and
his
Kingdom
;
did
give
and
grant
permission
,
as
much
as
in
him
lay
,
to
the
said
to
dig
where
he
should
find
it
expedient
within
the
precincts
of
the
said
Monastery
,
in
order
to
the
searching
out
of
the
said
precious
Reliques
,
according
to
the
Injunction
and
Revelation
made
unto
him
,
provided
he
did
it
with
the
consent
of
the
Abbot
,
and
without
prejudice
to
the
Monastery
.
Britains
,
Saxons
,
Danes
That
he
brought
with
him
into
two
Silver
Vessels
fill'd
with
the
Blood
of
our
Saviour
Christ
,
which
were
buried
with
him
in
his
Tomb
William
Good
That
in
his
time
certain
Brass-plates
were
Engraven
to
perpetuate
the
memory
of
these
things
,
as
also
Chappels
,
Grots
,
Crosses
,
Arms
,
and
the
observation
of
the
Festival
of
St.
on
the
sixth
of
the
which
remain'd
as
long
as
the
enjoy'd
the
Charters
of
their
Munificent
and
Royal
Benefactors
,
but
are
now
buried
in
the
ruines
of
the
place
.
never
any
knew
the
certain
place
of
this
Saints
Sepulcher
:
The
common
report
was
,
it
was
extreamly
deep
under
ground
,
somewhere
in
or
about
but
when
ever
the
Saints
Body
shall
be
found
,
multitudes
would
resort
to
it
,
invited
with
the
great
and
innumerable
Miracles
which
should
be
there
wrought
:
He
remembers
,
to
have
seen
upon
a
Stone-Cross
,
which
was
demolish'd
in
Queen
days
,
a
Plate
of
on
which
was
written
:
That
in
the
year
after
the
Passion
of
our
Lord
,
Companions
came
into
and
were
permitted
by
King
to
abide
at
then
called
like
Solitary
men
;
and
that
he
brought
with
him
two
small
Silver
Vessels
of
the
Sacred
Blood
and
Water
which
flow'd
out
of
Christ's
side
after
his
death
.
And
that
a
Cross
was
there
Erected
many
years
before
,
to
shew
the
length
of
the
Chappel
which
St.
built
of
wailed
Roddes
of
the
most
Holy
Virgin
,
on
the
out-side
of
the
Wall
of
which
Chappel
were
Engraven
in
Antient
Characters
Matthew
Paris
That
then
the
Master
of
the
Temple
and
Hospital
of
St.
sent
a
certain
portion
of
the
Blood
of
our
Lord
shed
upon
the
Cross
,
in
a
most
Beautiful
Christal
Glass
,
by
a
Brother
of
the
Temple
;
which
Present
was
confirm'd
by
the
then
Patriarch
of
by
Archbishops
,
Bishops
,
Abbots
,
and
other
Prelates
and
Noblemen
then
dwelling
in
the
With
what
Honour
and
Reverence
this
Holy
Treasure
was
entertain'd
by
King
and
his
whole
Clergy
and
Nobility
.
Robert
Grosthead
a
Noble
Councellour
,
and
one
of
the
Hearers
of
Jesus
,
or
his
Disciple
rather
,
out
of
tender
compassion
,
was
very
sollicitous
how
his
venerable
Body
might
be
preserv'd
from
the
rage
of
the
Howbeit
,
both
He
and
and
other
rich
men
,
though
most
cordial
Lovers
of
Jesus
,
yet
conceal'd
their
Affection
for
fear
of
their
Estates
;
Nevertheless
when
Jesus
was
Crucify'd
,
went
boldly
to
and
beg'd
the
Body
of
Jesus
,
and
by
's
permission
(
notwithstanding
the
murmuring
of
the
with
all
due
Honour
and
Reverence
took
down
the
most
Holy
Body
from
the
Cross
,
all
mangled
and
bloody
,
and
with
a
fine
Linnen-cloath
Devoutly
and
carefully
wip'd
the
Sacred
Wounds
as
yet
moist
and
distilling
,
and
having
drawn
the
Nails
out
of
the
Wounds
he
wip'd
and
cleans'd
them
at
the
Cross
,
and
then
carrying
the
Body
from
he
laid
it
in
a
new
Tomb
where
never
any
body
had
been
laid
;
and
which
was
decently
cut
out
of
a
Rock
,
as
provided
and
intended
for
He
wash'd
it
with
an
intention
and
Religions
design
to
appropriate
the
same
Blood
to
his
own
devout
use
,
as
a
most
precious
Treasure
and
Medicine
for
his
Soul
:
The
Water
tinctur'd
with
the
Blood
,
he
would
not
cast
away
,
but
kept
it
in
a
clean
Vessel
;
and
the
pure
Blood
distilling
from
the
Wounds
of
his
Hands
and
Feet
,
he
reserv'd
with
more
Reverence
;
But
above
all
,
with
more
then
ordinary
Devotion
and
Holy
Fear
he
receiv'd
into
a
most
precious
Vessel
,
the
Blood
mix'd
with
Water
,
which
he
carefully
press'd
out
of
his
Right
side
;
and
which
he
judg'd
to
issue
from
his
Heart
;
This
he
esteem'd
a
Treasure
invaluable
,
to
be
reserv'd
for
himself
and
his
Successours
:
To
the
end
that
being
dead
,
he
might
be
made
partaker
of
the
Prayers
,
which
there
in
Honour
of
the
Apostles
should
be
offer'd
unto
God.
Joseph
,
Julius
Agricola
Trinobantes
Boadicea
.
Agricola
Edinborough
Frith
,
Eastward
Dunbritton
Westward
Caledonian
Britains
Julius
Caesar
Julius
Agricola
Edinborough
Northward
Cneus
Trebellius
Salustius
Lucullus
Cornwal
,
Wales
Victrix
&
Britanica
Julius
Severus
Northern
Britains
The
Picts
Wall
Mount
Calvary
,
Venus
Lever
Maur
Pope
Evaristus
Christian
Faith
Pope
Alexander
Christian
Faith
That
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
nine
Doctors
and
Schollars
were
Baptiz'd
at
Gildas
,
That
the
Christian
Faith
did
from
the
beginning
,
entirely
remain
in
's
time
,
which
was
by
him
well
observ'd
,
least
any
should
think
the
Religion
brought
in
by
the
Apostles
and
their
Disciples
,
had
been
utterly
extinguish'd
.
Antoninus
Pius
Lollius
Vrbicus
Pope
Pius
John
the
Evangelist
first
Moon
English
Martyrology
That
he
gather'd
into
a
Flock
the
remainder
of
those
,
who
had
been
Converted
by
St.
and
his
Companions
,
confirming
them
in
the
same
Faith.
King
of
was
made
a
Christian
,
and
Baptiz'd
by
this
a
Teacher
of
the
Inhabitants
of
That
he
was
Baptiz'd
by
sent
by
Marcus
Aurelius
Catholick
Church
Pope
Pius
Coemetery
of
Priscilla
Salarian
way
That
the
venerable
Virgin
was
in
great
affliction
for
the
death
of
her
Sister
and
many
Honourable
Christians
came
to
comfort
her
,
and
amongst
the
rest
her
Brother
who
,
about
two
months
after
he
departed
from
his
Sister
fell
sick
,
and
was
forthwith
visited
by
the
Holy
as
also
by
other
godly
persons
to
his
great
Comfort
.
That
in
the
presence
of
those
persons
,
declar'd
his
Will
,
and
bequeath'd
all
his
Estate
to
and
shortly
after
departed
in
the
Lord
.
To
know
of
how
he
would
have
the
Estate
of
his
Brother
dispos'd
,
to
the
end
,
that
what
the
said
directed
might
be
observ'd
therein
That
what
ever
share
was
given
to
him
by
his
Brother
should
be
at
the
dispose
of
his
Holy
Sister
and
the
Holy
Priest
to
whom
he
return'd
his
Answer
:
Pope
Pius
Baths
of
Novatus
Pope
Evaristus
Timothean
Bath
Marcus
Aurelius
Lucius
Verus
Two
years
and
days
after
this
Church
was
Dedicated
,
there
was
a
great
Persecution
rais'd
against
Christians
,
to
enforce
them
to
Worship
Idols
,
and
many
were
Crown'd
with
Martyrdom
:
Now
the
Holy
Virgin
fervent
in
the
Holy
Ghost
,
secretly
conceal'd
many
good
Christians
in
the
said
Title
or
Church
,
whose
bodies
she
strengthen'd
with
Food
,
and
their
minds
with
Exhortations
proceeding
from
Gods
spirit
;
Insomuch
,
as
notice
was
given
to
that
Christian
Assemblies
were
made
in
her
House
;
he
then
sent
his
Officers
thither
,
who
laid
hold
on
a
Priest
and
persons
more
,
all
which
the
Cruel
Emperour
commanded
to
be
put
to
Death
in
the
same
Title
,
without
any
Examination
;
their
Bodies
took
by
night
,
and
bury'd
in
the
but
soon
after
afflicted
for
the
suffering
of
the
Saints
,
with
many
Groans
she
Pray'd
that
she
might
pass
out
of
this
Life
;
her
Prayers
found
access
unto
our
Lord
Jesus
,
for
in
the
day
after
the
Martyrdom
of
the
fore-mention'd
Saints
,
she
went
unto
the
Lord
,
and
the
Priest
bury'd
her
Body
in
her
Fathers
upon
the
This
Persecution
was
begun
at
the
Instigation
of
especially
of
the
beastly
particularly
of
that
infamous
Wretch
mention'd
with
indignation
by
Pope
Pius
to
have
ended
their
Lives
by
a
Happy
Conflict
Take
care
dear
Brother
that
thou
follow
these
Saints
,
in
imitating
their
zeal
,
and
freeing
thy self
from
the
Chains
of
this
World
:
Make
hast
to
obtain
with
the
Holy
Apostles
the
everlasting
Palm
of
Victory
,
that
Palm
which
St.
attain'd
by
a
world
of
Sufferings
,
and
St.
also
,
from
whom
the
Cross
it self
could
not
take
the
love
of
Christ
Salute
thee
,
Salute
the
Brethren
who
live
with
thee
in
our
Lord
:
Satans
prime
Minister
,
seduces
many
from
the
Faith
;
may
the
Grace
of
Christ
dwell
for
ever
in
thy
heart
.
The
Decent
Interring
of
the
Bodies
of
Martyrs
,
and
a
due
Veneration
of
their
Reliques
.
Marcus
Aurelius
L.
Verus
Calphurnius
Agricola
Nero
,
Vitellius
Nerva
,
Trajan
,
Hadrian
,
Antoninus
Pius
Marcus
Aurelius
Caesar
,
Titus
,
Aelius
Hadrianus
,
Antoninus
Pius
,
Angustus
To
the
People
of
Health
;
I
am
assur'd
that
the
Gods
will
not
permit
those
men
to
lye
hid
in
obscurity
,
who
refuse
to
pay
due
Honour
and
Worship
to
them
,
for
they
themselves
will
far
more
severely
punish
such
,
then
you
can
.
And
you
do
not
consider
,
that
by
Molesting
and
Tormenting
those
men
,
whom
you
call
Impious
,
and
charge
as
Enemies
to
the
Gods
,
you
do
thereby
the
more
confirm
and
increase
their
Religion
;
for
to
them
it
is
a
thing
more
desirable
to
be
accus'd
as
Criminal
,
to
lay
down
their
Lives
for
their
God
,
then
to
enjoy
the
present
Life
with
worldly
Contentment
.
Hence
it
is
that
by
exposing
their
Lives
in
this
manner
,
they
obtain
over
you
a
more
Glorious
victory
,
then
if
they
should
perform
whatever
you
require
.
Now
as
concerning
the
Earthquakes
,
which
both
in
late
times
,
and
at
this
present
also
do
happen
;
I
judge
very
reasonable
to
give
you
some
Admonition
:
Whensoever
such
Calamities
befall
you
,
ye
are
presently
disheartned
and
in
despair
,
you
impute
it
straight
to
their
Religion
,
as
if
it
alone
were
the
cause
of
all
misfortunes
happening
to
you
:
On
the
other
side
,
whensoever
any
such
Accident
befalls
them
,
they
are
thereby
incited
to
a
more
constant
and
firm
Trust
in
God
:
Whereas
all
that
while
,
you
either
loose
all
knowledge
of
God
,
and
utterly
despise
all
Sacred
Duties
;
not
only
refusing
to
pay
the
Worship
and
Service
due
to
the
Deity
,
but
grievously
vexing
,
and
to
death
pursuing
those
who
do
observe
and
reverence
him
.
Now
several
Magistrates
and
Governours
of
our
Provinces
,
have
heretofore
written
Letters
to
our
most
Holy
and
Deify'd
Father
to
whom
his
Answer
and
Rescript
was
,
Many
also
have
written
to
me
in
their
favour
,
to
whom
my
Answer
was
,
That
I
assented
to
the
Ordinance
and
Will
of
my
late
Father
;
And
my
pleasure
is
,
that
if
any
shall
hereafter
offer
any
Injury
or
Vexation
to
any
Christian
,
as
a
Christian
,
the
person
so
persecuted
,
though
found
indeed
to
be
a
Christian
,
shall
be
presently
Acquitted
,
and
his
Accuser
undergo
just
and
due
punishment
.
The
Emperour
after
many
Battles
fought
,
and
dangers
undergone
in
in
subduing
the
was
enforc'd
to
a
new
and
sharp
War
against
the
from
which
ensu'd
a
Victory
happy
to
the
beyond
their
hope
,
obtain'd
indeed
by
the
miraculous
favour
of
God
;
for
the
in
the
midst
of
the
Battle
,
being
brought
in
extream
danger
,
were
sav'd
after
a
wonderful
manner
,
and
meerly
a
special
Divine
assistance
:
They
were
narrowly
inclos'd
on
all
sides
by
the
yet
in
places
commodious
fought
valiantly
;
but
the
barbarous
enemy
craftily
forbore
to
come
to
a
general
Engagement
,
hoping
without
that
hazard
,
to
see
the
destroy'd
before
their
faces
with
extremity
of
Heat
and
Thirst
,
whom
by
their
Multitudes
they
had
shut
so
in
,
that
they
could
come
by
no
Water
.
Now
the
brought
to
these
extreme
difficulties
,
and
tormented
with
Wounds
,
Diseases
,
Thirst
,
and
the
burning
Heat
of
the
Sun
,
could
neither
Fight
,
nor
draw
off
from
the
place
,
nor
expect
any
remedy
;
when
behold
on
a
suddain
there
was
a
gathering
together
of
many
Clouds
,
from
which
descended
great
showers
of
Rain
,
to
the
great
comfort
and
Refreshment
of
the
who
being
thus
encourag'd
by
an
unexpected
assistance
from
Heaven
,
set
upon
their
Enemies
,
(
astonish'd
at
such
a
Miracle
,
)
and
forc'd
them
to
flee
;
and
seeing
many
of
them
in
their
flight
kill'd
with
Lightning
and
Thunder-bolts
from
Heaven
,
so
as
it
was
notorious
to
all
the
World
,
that
this
so
great
Deliverance
and
Victory
was
the
work
not
of
Men
but
God
only
.
That
the
report
then
was
,
that
a
certain
then
attending
on
the
Emperour
,
did
by
Magical
Arts
invoke
especially
that
Deity
who
rules
in
the
Air
,
and
other
and
by
their
assistance
forcibly
procur'd
those
showers
.
Thundering
Legion
Gregory
Nissen
Tertullian
,
&c.
Caesar
,
Marcus
Aurelius
,
Augustus
,
Vetrusius
Pollio
Romans
,
That
though
they
counted
as
Externs
,
yet
we
fill
all
your
places
,
your
Cities
,
Isles
,
Castles
,
Free-Towns
,
Camps
,
Tribes
,
Corporations
,
Palaces
,
Senates
,
Pope
Eleutherius
Christian
Faith
That
every
Church
,
and
all
Christians
where-ever
dspers'd
,
should
have
recourse
to
the
by
reason
of
its
more
Powersul
Principality
.
Tertullian
Who
ever
thou
art
who
would'st
better
imploy
thy
Curiosity
in
the
business
of
thy
Salvation
,
take
a
view
of
the
Principal
Churches
founded
by
the
Apostles
.
If
be
nearest
to
thee
,
thou
mayest
repair
to
from
whence
our
Authority
in
is
likewise
deriv'd
;
a
Church
it
is
happy
in
its
constitution
:
To
which
the
chief
Apostles
,
together
with
their
Blood
,
shed
forth
the
whole
Doctrine
of
Christianity
.
By
making
known
the
Faith
of
that
chiefest
and
most
Antient
Church
of
renown'd
throughout
the
whole
World
,
founded
and
constituted
by
the
most
glorious
Apostles
St.
and
St.
and
by
an
un-interrupted
Succession
of
Bishops
deriv'd
to
our
times
,
we
confound
all
those
who
any
way
either
by
an
unlawful
self-love
,
vain
glory
,
blindness
,
or
perversity
of
Opinion
,
make
separated
congregations
professing
other
Doctrine
.
That
King
having
heard
the
Fame
of
the
Sanctity
of
Preachers
at
that
time
in
sent
his
Messengers
with
publick
Letters
in
great
Expedition
,
most
devoutly
and
earnestly
beseeching
the
venerable
that
by
his
Order
and
Will
he
might
be
made
a
Christian
.
Christian
Commonwealth
Pope
Eleutherius
That
he
obtain'd
the
effect
of
his
Pious
Petition
,
as
to
so
much
thereof
as
concern'd
his
further
instruction
in
Christian
Religion
Matthew
of
Westminster
The
Earth
is
our
Lords
and
the
fulness
of
it
,
the
round
World
and
all
that
dwell
in
it
:
Thou
hast
lov'd
Righteousness
,
and
hated
Iniquity
,
Therefore
thy
God
hath
Anointed
thee
with
the
Oyl
of
Gladness
above
thy
Fellows
Give
thy
Judgements
to
the
King
,
and
thy
Justice
,
thy
Judgement
Protect
them
as
a
Hen
,
gathering
her
Chickens
under
her
Wings
,
Joseph
of
Arimathaea
Justin
Martyr
,
Irenaeus
Now
,
though
to
the
Essence
of
Baptism
,
nothing
is
more
requir'd
than
due
matter
,
which
is
Water
,
a
due
form
of
Words
,
and
a
right
intention
of
him
who
confers
it
:
He
that
heareth
you
,
heareth
me
sent
his
Missioners
Learn'd
and
Holy
men
to
King
who
Baptiz'd
the
King
,
and
his
People
embraceing
the
Christian
Faith
,
destroy'd
Idols
,
and
built
Churches
,
and
decreed
that
in
those
Cities
,
where
formerly
resided
according
to
the
Superstition
,
there
Arch-bishops
should
be
establish'd
,
and
where
ordinary
were
,
there
Bishops
should
succeed
,
the
chief
Cities
then
were
which
became
the
Seats
of
three
Arch-bishops
.
Cair
Gumeguir
Cair
Guntius
Cair
Lualid
Luguballia
Cair
Colon
Cair
Ebranc
Cair
Custeint
Cair
Custeint
Cair
Caratauc
Cair
Grant
Maucguid
,
Mancunium
Cair
Londein
Cair
Lud
Cair
Guorthigirn
Cair
Ceint
Cair
Guorangon
Branonium
Cair
Peris
Cair
Daun
Cair
Legio
Cair
Guaricon
Cair
Segesut
Cair
Leon
Cair
Guent
Venta
Belgarum
Cair
Brito
Cair
Lerion
Saxons
Legecestria
Cair
Draiton
Cair
Pentavelcoit
Cair
Vervac
Cair
Luitcoit
Rome
,
Theanus
In
the
year
of
our
Lord
the
first
Christian
King
of
this
Land
,
founded
the
first
Church
at
namely
the
Church
of
St.
Matthew
of
Westminster
That
in
the
year
of
Grace
the
Blessed
Prelates
return'd
to
and
obtain'd
from
the
Holy
a
confirmation
of
all
they
had
done
in
and
then
came
back
again
,
accompany'd
with
many
others
:
Aurelius
Ambrosius
Antoninus
Pius
Welsh
Britains
Pagan
Flamens
did
not
content
themselves
to
retain
the
order
of
living
,
practis'd
by
the
Primitive
Christians
,
That
they
had
all
things
in
common
,
accounted
nothing
their
own
,
sold
their
Possessions
and
laid
the
price
at
the
Apostles
feet
,
to
be
divided
amongst
such
as
had
need
:
de
Hida
The
same
Charter
should
continue
in
force
,
so
long
as
the
love
of
Christianity
should
remain
in
this
Nation
.
Christian
Philosophers
Christian
Faith
Christian
Faith
St.
Paul
Vlpius
Marcellus
Caledonian
Britains
That
those
Provinces
of
into
which
the
Armies
were
not
able
to
pierce
,
yet
willingly
submitted
to
the
Faith
of
our
Blessed
Saviour
.
Pope
Victor
Fulgentius
,
Donaldus
Romans
:
Severus
Britanicus
:
Fulgentius
He
had
been
all
,
and
overcame
all
,
now
be
a
God
Caledonian
Britains
Antoninus
Bassianus
Christian
Faith
Martialis
,
With
Burying
the
Children
of
this
in
the
prophane
Sepulchres
of
the
That
a
Cross
was
erected
upon
their
Monuments
.
Isle
of
Man
.
Pope
Zephyrin
Alexander
Severus
Julius
Maximinus
Pope
Fabianus
Nonnius
Philippus
Julius
Philippus
Trinobantes
,
Iceni
Holy
Cross
A
Cross
between
four
Crowns
Novatus
,
A
black
Swine
,
who
trod
under-foot
our
Lords
Pearl
.
Beware
of
those
,
who
deny
the
Church
of
God
Power
to
forgive
all
sins
,
and
will
not
understand
how
in
St.
God
hath
establish'd
a
Rock
,
and
given
the
Keys
of
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
to
his
Church
.
Pope
Stephen
Receive
this
Staff
,
with
which
thoushalt
govern
the
Inhabitants
of
the
City
of
and
though
the
Labours
of
a
course
of
life
yet
unexperienc'd
by
thee
,
may
prove
burdensom
,
fear
not
yet
to
undertake
it
,
for
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
will
protect
thee
under
the
shadow
of
his
wings
:
Dionysius
.
Valerian
Constantius
Chlorus
West
;
Aurelianus
Constantius
Chlorus
Paulus
Samosatenus
That
the
possession
of
the
said
Bishoprick
,
should
be
given
to
such
,
to
whom
the
Bishop
of
and
other
Bishops
should
assign
it
Constantius
Chlorus
That
St.
was
a
We
are
of
necessity
compell'd
to
agree
,
that
was
the
Lawful
Wife
of
How
much
she
was
Honour'd
by
her
Pious
Son
and
how
much
the
Church
of
God
hath
been
beholding
to
her
,
for
finding
our
Blessed
Saviours
Cross
.
Christianity
▪
Carus
Manlius
Aurelius
Numerianus
Caesarus
;
Carus
How
he
could
pass
safely
to
that
City
through
so
many
Regions
of
Amphibalus
,
Our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
Son
of
the
living
God
,
preserv'd
me
safe
from
all
dangers
,
and
sent
me
into
this
Province
for
the
Salvation
of
many
,
that
by
Preaching
his
Faith
,
I
might
prepare
a
People
acceptable
to
him
.
Who
is
this
Son
of
God
,
Can
God
be
said
to
be
born
,
these
are
strange
Speeches
,
which
I
never
heard
of
before
?
I
desire
to
know
your
Opinion
of
these
matters
?
Our
Faith
teacheth
us
to
acknowledge
the
Father
to
be
God
,
and
the
Son
also
to
be
God
,
who
in
Infinite
Mercy
vouchsafed
to
take
our
slesh
upon
him
,
for
the
Salvation
of
Mankind
,
that
he
might
redeem
us
by
suffering
Death
.
If
you
will
believe
these
things
to
be
true
,
you
will
receive
Power
,
by
calling
on
the
Name
of
Christ
,
to
Cure
any
Infirm
or
Sick
person
.
And
the
Truth
is
,
I
am
come
to
this
City
on
purpose
to
Preach
to
you
,
the
healthful
Doctrine
of
our
Lords
Passion
,
because
our
merciful
God
will
reward
your
kind
Offices
of
Humanity
and
Hospitality
,
to
which
you
frequently
addict
your self
,
which
is
the
inestimable
recompense
of
Eternal
Happiness
.
What
Honour
and
Worship
must
I
exhibit
to
Christ
,
in
case
I
embrace
the
Faith
?
Believe
this
,
that
our
Lord
Jesus
,
together
with
the
Father
and
the
Holy
Ghost
,
is
one
God
,
and
thou
wilt
have
perform'd
a
work
of
high
esteem
in
his
sight
.
What
is
all
this
;
sure
thou
art
mad
,
thou
know'st
not
what
thou
say'st
?
no
Humane
understanding
or
Reason
can
apprehend
these
things
:
But
be
sure
of
this
,
that
if
the
Inhabitants
of
this
City
come
to
know
,
thou
mak●st
such
discourse
of
Christ
,
without
delay
they
will
put
thee
to
a
cruel
death
.
For
my
own
part
I
am
very
sollicitous
on
thy
behalf
,
for
fear
some
mischief
befall
thee
,
before
thou
departest
from
hence
.
Friend
,
if
those
things
which
thou
told'st
me
lately
concerning
Christ
be
true
;
I
pray
thee
,
to
tell
me
freely
the
meaning
of
my
Dream
.
Hail
King
of
the
if
thou
art
the
Son
of
God
,
come
down
from
the
Cross
,
and
we
will
believe
in
thee
:
Father
into
thy
Hands
,
I
commend
my
Spirit
:
Blessed
be
God
the
Father
,
with
his
only
begotten
Son.
Albanus
,
Behold
in
this
Figure
and
Image
thou
may'st
manifestly
perceive
,
the
meaning
and
importance
of
thy
last
nights
Vision
;
for
the
Man
which
came
from
Heaven
is
this
Jesus
my
Lord
,
who
refus'd
not
to
undergo
the
punishment
of
the
Cross
,
that
by
his
Blood
,
he
might
free
us
from
the
guilt
,
which
we
had
contracted
,
by
the
Transgression
of
our
first
Father
Now
these
men
which
laid
violent
hands
upon
him
,
and
so
afflicted
him
,
were
his
own
People
the
For
though
they
had
a
promise
from
God
,
that
he
would
send
unto
them
from
Heaven
his
own
Son
;
yet
when
He
whom
they
so
much
,
and
so
long
expected
,
was
come
,
they
would
not
acknowledge
him
,
to
be
the
Author
of
their
Salvation
,
but
contradicted
him
in
every
thing
;
return'd
to
him
Evil
for
Good
,
and
Hatred
for
his
Love.
And
at
last
stir'd
up
with
extream
envy
and
malice
against
him
,
they
broke
out
into
such
horrible
Impiety
,
that
they
laid
hold
on
him
,
Crucify'd
and
Murder'd
him
.
Thus
it
was
that
our
Lord
redeem'd
us
with
the
price
of
his
own
Blood
:
Thus
by
Dying
he
became
victorious
over
death
;
For
being
rais'd
upon
the
Cross
,
he
drew
all
to
him
;
for
descending
voluntarily
to
the
enclosures
of
Hell
,
he
freed
from
captivity
his
own
Servants
detain'd
there
,
and
binding
the
Divel
in
everlasting
Chains
,
he
cast
him
into
utter
darkness
.
All
that
thou
hast
said
of
Christ
is
most
true
;
for
the
last
night
I
evidently
perceiv'd
,
and
with
mine
own
eyes
saw
,
how
Christ
overcame
the
Divel
,
how
he
bound
him
,
and
thrust
him
down
into
the
bottom
of
Hell
,
where
the
damnable
wretch
lyes
fast
bound
with
Chains
:
So
that
knowing
what
hath
been
told
by
thee
is
true
,
from
this
moment
I
profess
,
I
will
be
thy
most
obedient
Disciple
.
Tell
me
therefore
,
for
I
know
thou
art
Ignorant
of
nothing
,
how
I
must
behave
my self
to
the
Father
and
Holy
Ghost
,
now
that
I
profess
my self
a
servant
of
the
Son
?
Amphibalus
believe
firmly
,
and
profess
faithfully
,
that
those
three
persons
so
exprest
by
him
in
their
proper
Names
,
are
one
only
God.
I
believe
,
Albanus
)
and
my
firm
Faith
is
,
that
there
is
no
other
God
,
besides
my
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
who
for
the
Salvation
of
Mankind
,
took
our
Nature
upon
him
,
and
suffer'd
death
upon
the
Cross
.
He
,
together
with
the
Father
,
and
the
Holy
Spirit
,
is
one
only
God
,
and
besides
him
there
is
no
other
.
I
renounce
the
Divel
,
and
detest
all
the
Enemies
of
our
Lord
,
to
whom
I
wholly
resign
myself
.
Amphibalus
Our
Lord
is
with
thee
,
whose
Grace
will
never
be
wanting
to
thee
:
The
saving
Faith
which
others
attain
by
the
Ministry
of
men
,
thou
hast
learn'd
by
the
Revelation
of
Christ
himself
;
And
therefore
being
assur'd
of
thy
constancy
,
my
purpose
is
to
leave
thee
,
and
Travel
further
,
that
I
may
shew
the
way
of
Truth
to
other
He having been thus Instructed , Baptiz'd and Confirm'd in the Faith by Amphibalus , was at last contented with his departure , but exhorted him to take care of his safety ; and in order thereunto , disguis'd him in his own Military Vestment , woven with Gold , that he might the more safely pass through the Soldiers : Early in the morning Amphibalus takes his slight Northward , conducted part of the way by Albanus ; at last they parted with Tears , Amphibalus hastens into Wales . Albanus returns into the City , cloath'd with the Caracalla , or long Ecclesiastical Robe of Amphibalus , and now left alone made great hast in his journey to Immortality : All the enticements of the World became odious to him , he found no pleasure but in Prayers and Tears at the foot of our Lords Cross ; he burn'd with a desire to requite the Love of Christ by dying for him . His Domesticks and Neighbours observing the wonderful change in his manner of Life , began to suspect , and quickly found out the true cause of it ; so that in a short time he is publickly known for a Deserter of Heathenish Superstition , and therefore complain'd of unto , and conven'd before the Roman Magistrate , to whom a certain Gentile had discover'd what ever pass'd between St. Albanus and St. Amphibalus ; This Magistrate thus Incens'd commanded they should both be brought before him ; St. Amphibalus being departed , the Soldiers found only St. Albanus in his strange Habit , at his Prayers with naked feet before the Cross of our Lord , and ask'd him , where the Clark was , whom he had entertain'd ? He answered , That the Holy man was under the Protection of God , and fear'd not the Threats of Men : When they heard this , they laid hands on him , bound him with Chains , and violently drew him away , some pulling at his Garments , some at his Hair : He had still upon him the Vestment of his Master , knowing the sight of it was enough to make him odious ; he carried also in his hand the Image of our Lord , that he might only appear a Servant of the Cross : Being come before the Judge , he was examin'd in many particulars , but all his Answer was , That he was Albanus , and a Christian ; which he profess'd with great liberty of Speech : The Judge enquir'd of him , What became of the Clark who was sent by one call'd Christ , to delude and seduce the People of this City . Had he not ( saith the Judge ) had a guilty Conscience , and been distrustful of his own Cause , this worthy Master of yours , would have freely presented himself before us , to defend both Himself and his Disciples ; But by his own Carriage , he makes known the falseness and Fraudulence of his Doctrine , since he deserts thee , and is Cowardly run away from thee ; whom , if his Cause had been good , he ought to have justify'd , though with hazard of his Life : So as I suppose thou now perceiv'st how silly a Fellow he was , who seduc'd thee into Errours , and brought thee by his idle suggestions into such a Frenzy , as not only to renounce all worldly Advantages , but to contemn the immortal Gods ; the injury against whom , since we ought not to leave unpunish'd , my purpose was to have reveng'd it by the death of the prophane Delinquent : But seeing humane frailty is such , that there is none , but are obnoxious to Errour , thou mayest yet by Repentance escape the indignation of the Gods , and make them propitious to thee , if thou wilt now renounce this abominable Sect.
Hereto Albanus Answer'd , It were a very easie matter to declare how vain and impertinent this long discourse of yours is ; for if it had seem'd good or agreeable to either of us ; That Holy Clark would not have fail'd to have been here : But I confess his stay here could not be pleasing to me , who well know how prone to mischief this People hath ever been : The Doctrine taught by that good man , I have heartily embrac'd , neither can I repent me of it ; for the Faith which I profess will be prov'd to be Holy and Divine , by the Testimony of Sick and Infirm People , who by virtue thereof shall receive Health . I will no longer Sacrifice to your Gods , nor fear your Threats or Torments , being secure under the protection of my good Lord .
This being said , at the command of the Judge , he was Cruelly Scourg'd by the Officers for refusing to Sacrifice ; during which Torment , he lifted up his Eyes to our Lord , and with a chearful countenance said , O Lord Jesus Christ , I beseech thee keep this mind and good resolution , which thou hast given me , firm and stable : My desire is , O my God , to offer up my Soul a whole Burnt Sacrifice to thy Glory , and with my Blood to Seal thy Truth . But when the Officers were weary with tormenting him , the Holy man was thrust into a deep Dungeon , where he continu'd six Months . All the Elements soon bare witness of the injury done unto him ; and from the time of his Apprehension to his Death , neither Rain nor Dew refresh'd the Earth , the Winds were whist , and the Region thereabout parch'd with excessive Heat of the Sun , even in the night-time the stifing heat was intollerable , neither Fields nor Trees produced any Fruit , so that the whole World fought in the quarrel of this just man against his Impious Enemies ; insomuch as this excessive Heat and Drought , Heathens themselves took notice of , though they apply'd it to other purposes .
O
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
do
not
permit
the
Divels
malice
so
much
to
prevail
,
as
by
his
cuning
machinations
,
and
this
Peoples
relenting
,
my
suffering
for
thee
may
be
hindred
.
He
was
an
irreconcilable
Enemy
of
their
False
Gods
,
the
works
of
mens
Hands
,
unworthy
of
Honour
,
as
having
no
Divinity
,
they
themselves
could
not
but
observe
,
that
these
their
Idols
,
neither
See
,
Hear
nor
Vnderstand
any
thing
,
and
that
it
could
be
no
other
then
detestable
vanity
to
expect
Life
from
them
which
have
no
Life
,
to
pray
to
those
who
could
not
Hear
,
to
expect
safety
or
Happiness
from
them
,
which
were
not
sensible
of
the
least
good
to
themselves
:
He
therefore
protests
,
that
whoever
Honours
such
dead
Idols
,
must
renounce
all
reason
,
for
whom
can
be
more
desperately
miscrable
,
than
he
who
suffers
himself
to
be
enslav'd
to
Puppets
of
his
own
fashioning
.
Wo
therefore
to
Idels
,
but
greater
Wo
to
their
Adorers
.
Catholick
Church
That
although
they
Ador'd
the
yet
Idols
,
and
all
their
Ornaments
were
detested
by
them
,
and
abominable
unto
them
.
When these invectives against Idols were utter'd by St. Alban , Sentence of Death was pronounc'd against him , and he was led to Execution , to a place call'd Holmburst , a Plain cloath'd with all sorts of Flowers , a fit Theater for so Glorious a Martyr : Albanus being thus led to his Death , came to a River , which with a swift Torrent ran between a Wall on the one side , and a Sandy-shore on the other , where the Holy Martyr was to be Beheaded ; there he saw great multitudes of all Conditions , Ages and Sects , which no doubt by Divine instinct , were assembled to Honour his Death ; and they so choak'd the passage of the Bridge , that before night they could not all have pass'd over : As for the Judge , he had no intention of any respect to the Martyr , but stay'd behind in the City . St. Albanus therefore enflam'd with a Devout desire of a speedy Martyrdom , approach'd near the River , and lifting up his Eyes with Prayer to God , the River became presently dry , so as the Water gave free way to the passengers , by the Prayer of the Martyr to this effect , O Lord Jesus Christ , from whose most Holy side , I my self , in a Vision , saw both Water and Blood to flow ; I beseach thee , to cause these Waters to be diminish'd , and the floud to return back , that the People without prejudice or danger , may be present at my Sufferings . He had no sooner pray'd thus , but the Channel was immediately dry , his Tears left no other water in the River , the Power of his Prayer emptied the Torrent and clear'd a safe passage for the People .
The Officer who conducted St. Alban to his Death , by the merits of the Holy Martyr obtain'd Eternal Happiness ; for seeing the Miracles , he threw away his Sword , and casting himself at the Holy Martyr's feet , beg'd his pardon ; which when the People saw , they laid hold on the Man , beat out his Teeth , and in a manner broke all his Bones . This Pagan Souldier thus of a Persecutor , chang'd into a Lover of the true Faith , and willing to die for and with St. Alban , the other Officers were at a stand and knew not what to do .
The
People
might
receive
no
harm
by
his
occasion
With St. Alban the poor Converted Souldier was also Beheaded , who by Divine Instinct refus'd to put the Holy Confessor to Death ; and doubtless , though this new Convert was not outwardly cleansed with the water of Baptism , yet being wash'd in the Laver of his own Blood , he became worthy to be admitted into the Kingdom of Heaven . His Name is said to be Heraclius ; of whom it is further reported , That being left half dead , by the Peoples Stroaks , as aforesaid , and creeping on his hands and feet toward the Crowd , he was mock'd by one of the Judges , And bid to address himself to his Patron Albanus , ( then newly Executed ) and Pray him to restore Soundness to his bruis'd Limbs ; Run , ( saith the Scoffing Judge ) make hast , joyn thy Patrons Head to his Body ; no doubt , thou wilt not fail of Health ; Bury the dead Carcass , and thou may'st be sure , whilst it is in thy Hands it will afford a Cure. The Souldier reply'd , I do verily believe , that this blessed Saint by his merits , can restore unto me my perfect Health : So that what you speak in Derision , may in earnest be fulfill'd to me . Having said this , he imbrac'd the Martyr's Head , and adjoyning it to the Body , became immediately sound . When the Infidels saw this , they were fill'd with Envy , and bound him with Chains , tearing his Body with several sorts of Tortures , and in the end cut off his Head.
How acceptable to Almighty God these Martyrdoms were , was presently declar'd from Heaven in a wonderful manner ; for behold , the night following their Sufferings , a Pillar of Light was seen to raise it self from the Grave of St. Alban up to Heaven , by which Angels ascended and descended , spending the whole night in Hymns and Praises to God , repeating also these words , The Illustrious Albanus is now a glorious Martyr of Christ . As Venantius in his Poem for that purpose Elegantly sets forth .
Tharacus
,
That
he
would
not
dispatch
him
at
once
.
but
would
make
an
end
of
him
by
piece-meal
;
and
that
the
remainder
of
his
Carcass
should
be
devour'd
by
Beasts
:
Tharacus
Do
what
he
did
quickly
Thou
thinkest
Villain
,
that
after
thy
death
silly
Women
shall
Embalm
thy
Body
with
Rich
Vnguents
and
Spices
,
but
I
will
destroy
thee
and
thy
Relicks
,
least
foolish
Women
should
Honour
thee
so
.
He
should
be
consum'd
to
Ashes
,
least
some
of
his
Consorts
,
or
foolish
Women
,
should
gather
up
any
of
them
and
preserve
them
,
as
if
they
were
some
precious
or
holy
Thing
:
For
then
all
the
devout
Soldiers
of
Christ
,
with
joyful
Eyes
beheld
and
receiv'd
the
Calm
and
Lightsomness
following
so
tedious
a
Winters-night
.
Britain
.
Gregory
Pelagian
Heresy
Pelagian
Heresy
Gregory
Nazianzen
That
a
little
portion
of
Dust
,
a
particle
of
Bones
,
a
little
Hair
,
part
of
the
Vestment
,
the
sprinkl'd
marks
of
a
Martyr's
Blood
,
ought
to
have
as
much
Veneration
as
the
whole
Body
:
That
he
had
known
where
only
the
Name
of
a
Martyr
attributed
to
a
place
,
had
produc'd
the
same
Virtue
,
that
his
whole
Body
would
have
done
O
wonful
!
the
Memory
alone
of
a
Martyr
is
sufficient
in
my
Opinion
to
confer
Health
.
With
deceiving
the
People
,
and
teaching
them
to
trample
under-foot
the
Laws
Imperial
,
and
contemn
the
Gods
,
Calling
upon
him
for
help
,
and
declaring
that
he
firmly
believ'd
,
his
Health
should
be
restor'd
unto
him
,
if
the
Servant
of
the
most
high
God
,
would
vouchsafe
to
intercede
for
him
in
the
Name
of
Christ
.
O
pityless
wretch
why
hast
thou
deceiv'd
these
simple
People
with
thy
fraudulent
Specehes
,
withdrawing
them
from
the
Worship
of
the
Gods
;
by
thy
perswasion
we
have
lost
our
Friends
and
Parents
:
Although
thou
hast
above
measure
incens'd
both
Gods
and
Men
,
yet
now
at
last
by
thy
Repentance
,
thou
may'st
receive
their
Pardon
and
Favour
:
Signifie
thy
repentance
,
by
renouncing
that
impious
Sect
,
which
hitherto
thou
hast
follow'd
,
and
yet
adore
the
Omnipotent
Gods
,
which
perhaps
through
Ignorance
thou
hast
offended
;
which
if
thou
wilt
do
,
those
all-powerful
Deities
,
will
restore
to
Life
those
whom
thou
hast
Murder'd
.
whilst
thou
endeavour'st
to
extol
thy
Gods
,
assure
thy self
thou
offendest
the
True
God
;
for
it
is
Jesus
Christ
my
Lord
,
who
alone
hath
Power
to
raise
,
and
give
Life
to
the
Dead
:
As
for
those
whom
ye
Worship
as
Gods
,
and
think
them
Powerful
in
Heaven
,
they
now
suffer
horrible
torments
in
Hell
,
with
Adulterers
,
Vnjust
persons
,
Slanderers
,
●nd
such
as
by
their
Reprobate
actions
here
,
render'd
themselves
like
to
Divels
:
And
thou
and
all
such
as
worship
Idols
,
except
you
renounce
their
Worship
,
and
Convert
your selves
to
the
Faith
of
Christ
,
will
incur
the
same
Punishments
in
Hell
;
But
despair
not
of
the
Mercy
of
God
,
break
off
your
evil
ways
,
make
haste
to
partake
of
the
Grace
of
Baptism
,
by
which
all
sins
are
forgiven
,
and
Heaven
is
open'd
unto
men
,
thereby
becoming
new
Creatures
,
divested
of
their
former
wicked
dispositions
;
For
those
who
before
Baptism
by
their
sins
were
the
Children
of
the
Divel
,
become
afterwards
the
Sons
of
God.
Run
therefore
to
this
Grace
for
refuge
,
that
you
may
escape
everlasting
Torments
.
Verily
I
say
unto
thee
,
thou
shalt
be
in
Paradise
with
thy
Disciple
:
There
remain'd
for
a
long
time
in
that
Village
,
great
Knives
with
which
the
Martyr
was
slain
.
But
in
that
year
the
Blessed
Martyr
St.
was
seen
visibly
to
go
out
of
the
Church
to
him
Dedicated
,
and
came
to
an
Inhabitant
of
St.
whom
he
desir'd
to
follow
him
:
The
poor
man
seeing
the
brightness
of
the
Martyr
,
was
sore
afraid
,
but
yet
follow'd
him
the
very
high
way
shone
with
the
brightness
of
his
Conductor
:
As
they
walk'd
,
the
poor
man
ask'd
,
who
he
was
?
and
was
Answered
,
They
thus
talk'd
like
Friends
together
,
until
St.
shew'd
the
man
the
place
where
was
obscurely
bury'd
,
that
his
bones
might
be
remov'd
Reverently
to
a
more
Decent
place
;
The
man
took
diligent
notice
of
the
place
,
by
setting
Stones
in
such
Order
there
,
that
it
might
easily
be
found
again
;
soon
after
the
Sacred
Body
was
translated
to
the
Church
of
St.
and
many
Miracles
were
there
continually
wrought
,
through
the
intercession
of
the
Blessed
who
suffer'd
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
They
suffer'd
Bede
)
with
many
others
of
both
Sexes
intoller
able
Torture
,
their
Members
being
torn
asunder
with
unheard
of
Cruelty
;
at
last
consummating
a
Glorious
Martyrdom
,
their
Souls
were
receiv'd
into
the
joys
of
the
Heavenly
City
.
Which
Mercy
of
God
was
the
rather
extended
towards
the
because
they
only
preserv'd
among
them
their
Primitive
(
Faith
receiv'd
in
the
days
of
King
entire
and
inviolate
,
untill
the
reign
of
Britain
.
Maximianus
Caledonian
Britains
Galerius
,
Maximianus
Carausius
;
Alectus
Isle
of
Wight
Praetorian
Band
:
Alectus
Christian
Faith
Of
the
four
persons
conjoyn'd
in
the
Government
of
the
only
clave
to
the
living
God
,
and
was
displeas'd
with
the
practices
of
the
other
three
The
Emperour
having
been
inform'd
,
that
by
his
negligence
and
profuse
Liberality
,
had
wasted
his
publick
Treasure
,
by
Messengers
sent
on
purpose
,
sharply
reprov'd
him
for
it
.
promis'd
the
Messengers
in
a
few
days
to
give
them
his
Answer
;
and
in
the
mean
time
gave
notice
throughout
his
Dominions
,
especially
to
the
most
wealthy
of
his
Subjects
,
that
he
stood
in
great
need
of
Money
,
and
that
they
could
never
have
a
fitter
opportunity
to
testifie
their
Affection
and
Duty
to
him
:
Hereupon
,
without
any
delay
,
and
with
great
chearfulness
,
each
contended
with
other
,
who
should
send
most
;
so
that
in
short
time
his
Treasure
was
fill'd
with
innumerable
sums
of
Money
.
This
being
done
,
invites
the
Messengers
to
be
Spectators
of
his
Wealth
,
desiring
them
to
tell
the
Emperour
what
they
had
seen
:
And
when
they
were
gone
,
the
bountiful
Emperour
return'd
all
that
Mass
of
Treasure
to
the
respective
Owners
,
with
an
Affectionate
resentment
of
their
Duty
and
good
Will
to
him
.
That
finding
his
Court
and
Family
distracted
into
Faction
by
various
Sects
and
Religions
,
he
publish'd
an
Edict
,
That
whoever
would
continue
in
his
Service
,
should
conform
himself
to
the
Worship
of
the
Gods
,
for
no
other
should
stay
in
his
Court
;
however
they
might
enjoy
their
Liberty
and
Possessions
,
but
they
must
avoid
his
presence
.
They
would
never
preserve
their
Fidelity
to
him
,
who
had
so
basely
betray'd
their
Faith
to
God
Northern
Britains
Heathenish
Romans
That
when
the
Houses
of
Monks
there
were
in
our
Fathers
memory
demolish'd
,
a
Lamp
was
found
burning
in
a
little
Vaulted
Chappel
,
in
which
by
Tradition
,
is
thought
to
have
been
bury'd
.
Galerius
,
Maximinus
That
the
intended
Marriage
,
was
but
to
make
him
secure
,
that
her
Father
might
the
sooner
deprive
him
of
the
Empire
,
and
perhaps
of
his
Life
also
.
Christians
.
Constantine
Johelin
,
Traer
West
Saxon
Christian
Sacrifices
Britain
,
Maxentius
Africk
,
Maximinus
Pannonia
,
Greece
,
Illyrium
That
he
would
discover
to
him
,
who
he
was
,
and
how
he
would
be
Worship'd
,
and
would
protect
him
in
his
present
condition
of
danger
.
By
this
be
Victorious
That
many
Angels
were
seen
with
this
Apparition
,
who
encourag'd
and
promis'd
him
Victory
by
that
Sign
;
and
that
he
himself
saw
an
Arm'd
Horseman
,
who
bore
in
his
Hands
the
sign
of
the
as
an
Ensign
Constantine
,
To
cause
a
Draught
or
Copy
thereof
to
be
fram'd
,
and
to
be
made
use
of
by
him
,
as
a
Guard
and
Protection
in
all
his
Battels
.
Holy
Cross
Milvian
Bridge
Holy
Cross
Holy
Cross
Cross
Prudentius
Vex illum Crucis summus Dominator Adorat .
By
this
saving
Sign
,
the
Emblem
of
Fortitude
,
I
deliver'd
your
City
from
the
yoak
of
Tyranny
;
and
having
given
perfect
Liberty
to
the
Senate
and
People
of
I
restor'd
them
to
their
Antient
Greatness
and
Splendour
.
That
about
this
time
chose
into
the
Senate
his
three
Vncles
before-mention'd
,
which
might
perhaps
give
occasion
to
the
Apostate
,
afterwards
to
darken
the
memory
of
this
Glorious
Emperour
,
as
a
perverter
of
the
Antient
Laws
,
in
being
the
first
who
Adorn'd
Barbarous
Strangers
with
Consular
Robes
.
Westmorland
,
Octavius
Caecilianus
;
Lucilla
Pope
Melchiades
to
appoint
some
Judges
of
their
Cause
You
require
a
Secular
Judgement
from
me
,
who
my self
expect
the
Judgement
of
Christ
.
Colonia
Aggrippina
,
Rhetitius
As
you
know
the
Holy
Law
of
God
requires
a
Synod
O
the
rabid
impudence
of
these
mens
fury
;
they
have
presum'd
to
interpose
an
Appeal
,
as
the
custom
is
among
in
Secular
Causes
Pope
Melchiades
Aelianus
.
Whereupon
not
daring
to
become
a
Judge
,
of
a
Judgement
given
by
the
Bishop
of
he
refer'd
the
matter
to
a
Synod
of
all
the
Bishops
,
appointed
to
meet
at
the
City
of
whose
Charges
were
defray'd
by
the
Emperour's
order
:
That
the
Feast
of
should
in
all
Churches
be
Celebrated
upon
the
same
day
,
in
opposition
to
the
who
observ'd
it
according
to
the
custom
,
upon
the
day
of
the
first
Moon
in
which
practice
began
to
prevail
more
and
more
in
the
That
all
such
should
be
remov'd
from
the
Order
of
the
Clergy
,
who
in
time
of
Persecution
,
had
deliver'd
up
to
the
the
Holy
Scriptures
,
or
the
Lords
Vessels
deputed
for
the
Christian
Sacrifice
,
That
a
place
to
offer
Sacrifice
,
should
be
afforded
to
a
Stranger
Bishop
,
with
Vessels
for
that
purpose
in
their
Ordination
,
protesting
their
resolution
to
Marry
,
might
lawfully
do
it
.
Pope
Silvester
,
Desiring
his
Care
and
Diligence
in
the
Observation
of
their
Decrees
in
all
Churches
:
York
,
Restitutus
Pope
Silvester
Sozomen
)
by
this
Emperour's
Decree
,
if
any
Clergy-man
were
called
into
Judgement
by
Civil
Magistrates
,
they
might
Appeal
to
the
Judgement
of
Bishops
,
whose
Sentence
was
to
be
Ratified
,
as
if
pronounc'd
by
the
Emperour
himself
.
Christian
Philosophy
Sozomen
,
He
so
far
priviledg'd
all
persons
Male
or
Female
,
who
Consecrated
themselves
to
Virginity
,
that
though
they
were
under
Age
,
yet
they
should
have
Power
to
dispose
of
their
Estates
by
Will
,
contrary
to
the
custom
of
the
That
a
measure
of
Wheat
should
yearly
be
given
to
Widows
,
and
those
who
observ'd
a
Virgin
Life
,
He
commanded
publick
rest
on
the
and
prescrib'd
a
form
of
Prayer
on
that
day
for
all
persons
,
especially
his
Souldiers
:
We
acknowledge
thee
,
the
only
God
,
we
prefess
thee
our
Soveraign
King
;
we
invoke
thee
our
Helper
,
by
thee
we
obtain
Victories
,
and
vanquish
our
Enemies
;
we
acknowledge
that
from
Thee
we
have
obtain'd
present
Felicity
,
and
hope
to
obtain
future
:
We
bescech
thee
many
years
to
preserve
safe
and
victorious
our
Emperour
,
with
his
Pious
Children
.
That
upon
some
time
should
be
spent
in
Prayers
to
God.
He
not
only
Enrich'd
the
Church
by
his
own
Bounty
,
but
by
a
Law
open'd
the
Purses
of
others
to
Endow
it
,
by
giving
License
to
all
persons
to
bequeath
what
they
thought
sit
to
the
Church
.
Pagan
Romans
Pope
Silvester
.
Constantine
That
if
any
should
go
about
to
compel
any
to
Celebrate
Lustrations
,
he
should
,
(
if
a
mean
person
,
)
be
publickly
beaten
with
Clubs
;
if
otherwise
,
he
should
be
grievously
Fin'd
.
Pope
Silvester
The
only
way
to
be
restor'd
,
was
by
a
Bath
of
Infants
Blood
:
That
it
would
be
a
certain
remedy
for
him
to
receive
Baptism
at
the
hands
of
the
John
Baptist
Behold
the
Lamb
of
God
,
Behold
him
who
takes
away
the
sins
of
the
World
,
That
Christ
is
the
true
Lord
,
who
cleans'd
him
from
his
and
whom
he
commanded
to
be
Ador'd
through
the
whole
Empire
,
Severe
Punishments
on
those
who
by
Word
or
Deed
should
Dishonour
him
.
Like
Penalties
against
those
who
should
Persecute
or
Molest
any
Christians
.
He
confer'd
on
the
Churches
Imperial
Priviledges
He
granted
Immunities
to
all
other
Churches
.
he
added
many
other
Gists
to
Ecclesiastical
Persons
.
Peter
,
He
took
his
Diadem
from
his
Head
,
and
putting
off
his
Impertal
Robes
,
with
a
Spade
open'd
the
Earth
for
a
Foundation
of
a
new
Church
;
and
in
Honour
of
the
Apostles
,
carry'd
on
his
Shoulders
Baskets
of
Earth
;
and
with
great
joy
receiving
the
Bishop
into
his
Chariot
,
he
return'd
to
his
Palace
.
He
who
wears
the
Imperial
Robe
comes
hither
,
he
embraces
the
Sepulchers
of
the
Martyrs
,
and
laying
aside
all
haughtiness
and
pride
,
stands
before
them
in
the
Posture
of
a
Supplicant
,
beseeching
them
to
intercede
on
his
behalf
.
That
time
was
,
when
he
was
not
;
though
he
was
first
of
all
Creatures
:
Arius
.
Constantine
That
the
Son
was
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
Consubstantial
with
the
Father
.
Arch-Heretick
Arius
For
the
universal
Observation
of
upon
the
first
following
the
day
of
the
first
Moon
after
the
for
the
better
finding
out
of
which
,
it
was
recommended
to
the
care
of
the
Patriarch
of
every
year
to
give
notice
to
the
Bishop
of
upon
what
day
was
to
be
observ'd
,
and
this
was
to
be
communicated
unto
all
remoter
Churches
;
and
during
on
the
a
Deacon
with
a
loud
voice
declar'd
the
following
and
all
other
moveable
Feasts
,
were
regulated
:
Catholick
Christian
Nice
,
Helena
And
in
that
day
his
feet
shall
stand
upon
the
Mount
to
the
That
the
same
footsteps
of
our
Lord
imprinted
on
the
ground
,
were
shewn
in
his
time
,
so
as
though
the
Earth
were
continually
taken
away
by
the
Devotion
of
Christians
,
yet
these
Holy
footsteps
did
receive
and
retain
their
former
state
.
Sulpitius
Severus
That
the
place
where
our
Lords
feet
at
his
Ascention
stood
,
could
not
be
continu'd
to
the
rest
of
the
Pavement
about
it
,
for
whensoever
Marble
was
laid
on
it
,
the
Earth
refus'd
to
receive
it
,
casting
the
Stones
oft
times
upwards
in
the
Faces
of
those
which
apply'd
them
;
and
the
footsteps
of
our
Lord
there
seen
,
are
a
lasting
Monument
,
that
the
Dust
there
had
been
trod
on
by
our
Saviour
.
That
whereas
the
Temple
built
over
this
place
,
consisted
of
three
Stories
,
the
uppermost
whereof
were
Vaulted
with
Arches
;
that
which
was
the
lowest
and
most
inward
,
could
by
no
Art
or
Labour
be
clos'd
with
a
Vault
.
Greek
,
Latin
That
God
would
be
pleas'd
to
shew
unto
them
,
which
of
those
three
was
imploy'd
to
glorisie
our
Lord
,
and
which
for
the
punishments
of
the
Malefactors
,
and
that
this
discovery
might
be
made
by
the
restoring
of
the
Woman
half
dead
,
upon
the
touches
of
the
True
Adriatick
Sea
That
she
invited
some
of
them
to
Dinner
,
and
thought
it
not
enough
that
her
Maids
should
attend
upon
them
,
but
girding
her self
after
the
manner
of
a
waiting
Maid
,
set
Meat
upon
the
Table
,
gave
them
Drink
,
and
pour'd
Water
on
their
Hands
:
Holy
Cross
She
spent
her
last
days
in
great
Devotion
,
and
approaching
to
her
Death
,
after
her
receiving
the
Sacraments
of
the
Church
,
she
was
comforted
with
a
Vision
of
our
Lord
Jesus
,
encompass'd
with
a
multitude
of
Angels
,
and
holding
his
shining
with
inexpressible
Brightness
.
Eusebius
That
her
Son
with
all
humble
respect
attended
her
in
her
Sickness
,
and
was
present
at
her
Death
;
having
receiv'd
many
Devout
Exhortations
,
and
the
Benediction
of
a
Parent
from
her
:
To
have
reign'd
as
Empress
with
him
,
to
be
stil'd
to
be
transfer'd
into
the
Family
;
so
that
many
Golden
Coins
were
made
and
stamp'd
with
her
Image
.
Gallican
Martyrology
Holy
Cross
The
Church
of
St.
Catholick
Church
Holy
Cross
To
thee
,
O
Christ
,
our
Lord
,
I
commend
this
City
.
Eusebius
adorn'd
his
new
City
,
especially
with
Magnisicent
Churches
,
Consecrated
to
Holy
Martyrs
,
the
chief
whereof
were
St.
and
St.
Holy
Cross
viz.
That
a
Soldier
of
the
Emperour's
Guards
,
by
Name
,
afflicted
with
grievous
Torments
in
his
feet
,
not
only
receiv'd
ease
in
that
place
,
but
was
also
honour'd
with
a
wonderful
and
Divine
Vision
.
He
was
converted
to
Christianity
,
and
thoroughly
satisfied
with
all
points
of
that
Religion
;
yet
he
could
never
be
perswaded
that
the
could
be
any
wise
instrumental
to
the
Salvation
of
mankind
:
Being
thus
perswaded
,
the
Image
of
the
was
presented
to
him
in
a
Vision
,
as
it
was
usually
set
on
the
Altar
of
that
Church
;
and
in
the
same
Vision
it
was
declar'd
to
him
manifestly
,
that
what
thing
soever
had
been
perform'd
either
by
Angels
or
Holy
men
,
for
the
publick
or
private
profit
of
men
,
since
Christ
was
Crucified
,
were
not
rightly
perform'd
,
but
by
Virtue
of
the
Of
breaking
a
Chalice
,
of
Murder
,
of
Enchantments
with
his
dead
Hand
,
of
Adultery
by
Violence
,
Arrian
Heresie
desiring
to
be
satisfi'd
what
the
Opinion
of
truly
was
,
ask'd
him
,
whether
he
did
approve
the
Decrees
of
the
Councel
:
He
presently
with
a
chearful
countenance
,
answered
,
That
he
approv'd
them
:
The
Emperour
not
satisfied
with
this
Affirmation
,
urg'd
him
to
confirm
it
by
an
Oath
;
to
which
likewise
he
comply'd
;
But
all
this
was
impious
Craft
and
subtilty
;
for
whilst
he
made
this
Profession
and
Oath
,
he
had
in
his
bosom
a
Paper
containing
his
and
swore
from
his
Heart
he
believ'd
what
he
had
written
,
referring
still
to
that
Paper
never
the
less
warn'd
him
,
that
if
his
Faith
were
true
and
Orthodox
,
he
had
sworn
well
;
but
if
otherwise
,
God
may
condemn
thee
for
thy
Perjury
.
However
being
deluded
with
this
Equivocation
,
sent
to
the
Pishop
of
to
receive
the
Hypocrite
into
Communion
:
Bishop
of
not
willing
to
admit
the
Arch-Heretick
,
but
sollicitous
for
the
True
Faith
,
more
than
for
his
Bishoprick
,
which
some
threat
ned
to
deprive
him
of
;
lay
prostrate
several
days
and
nights
before
his
Altar
,
and
pray'd
to
God
,
that
if
the
Opinion
of
were
true
,
he
might
die
before
the
day
of
Disputation
came
;
But
in
case
the
Faith
which
he
profess'd
were
true
,
then
that
the
Author
of
all
those
Calamities
,
might
suffer
just
punishment
for
his
Impiety
:
Which
Prayer
it
seems
was
soon
heard
;
for
in
his
way
to
the
Church
,
using
many
vain
and
boasting
Bablings
,
was
on
a
suddain
forc'd
to
retire
to
a
common
Privy
to
ease
himself
;
where
,
as
is
written
of
he
fell
on
his
Face
to
the
ground
and
burst
asunder
in
the
middle
,
and
was
in
that
manner
depriv'd
both
of
Life
and
Communion
:
This
struck
the
Faction
with
wonderful
Terrour
and
consternation
,
the
Fame
whereof
soon
spread
it self
over
the
whole
World
,
and
confirm'd
the
Emperour's
Faith
,
and
the
That
their
memory
would
procure
much
profit
to
his
Soul
,
by
being
so
made
partaker
of
their
Prayers
,
which
would
there
be
offer'd
in
Honour
of
the
Apostles
.
Of
the
Immortality
of
Souls
,
of
the
Rewards
of
Pious
men
,
and
the
Miseries
of
such
who
liv'd
ungodly
lives
.
That
the
things
spoken
seemed
to
be
true
,
especially
commending
that
part
of
the
Oration
which
decry'd
a
multitude
of
Gods.
imposition
of
Hands
Saving
Laver
of
Baptism
He
was
now
assur'd
of
Happiness
and
Immortality
,
being
made
partaker
of
Divine
Light.
That
he
had
now
attain'd
true
Life
indeed
,
and
he
himself
understood
his
own
Happiness
,
and
therefore
he
long'd
for
his
departure
to
God.
Gaul
,
Spain
,
Britain
Alpes
.
Constantius
Catholick
Faith
Arrian
Hereticks
:
Constantine
That
the
place
being
too
strait
for
so
many
,
the
Blessed
man
having
recourse
to
God
,
in
whose
Power
and
Goodness
he
plac'd
his
confidence
,
when
the
Sea
at
low
ebb
had
left
the
shoar
for
a
great
space
,
with
a
Rod
which
he
had
in
his
Hands
,
made
impressions
in
several
places
of
the
Sands
,
and
commanded
the
waters
in
the
Name
of
Christ
,
not
to
pass
those
bounds
,
upon
which
the
Sea
was
observ'd
to
restrain
its
own
violence
and
swelling
,
insomuch
,
as
to
this
day
,
it
hath
never
presum'd
to
pass
those
prescrib'd
limits
.
Belgick
Gaul
Christian
Faith
Simeon
:
Mevorus
O
worthy
Soldier
of
God
,
may
the
joy
of
our
Lord
always
encrease
in
thee
,
and
his
Peace
continually
remain
with
thee
;
be
prepar'd
,
for
e're
long
God
will
call
thee
out
of
this
World
,
and
thou
shalt
meet
thy
Heavenly
King
with
a
Palm
of
Victory
:
I
am
the
Arch-Angel
,
sent
to
thee
from
our
Lord
,
to
acquaint
thee
,
That
the
hour
of
thy
departure
is
at
hand
;
for
after
ten
days
,
thou
shalt
joyfully
issue
out
of
thy
fleshly
Prison
,
and
escape
out
of
the
Dungeon
of
this
World
,
and
with
unspeakable
gladness
thou
shalt
meet
thy
Heavenly
King
,
into
whose
presence
we
will
bear
thee
;
he
will
receive
thee
with
Glory
,
and
enroll
thee
among
the
Courtiers
and
Citizens
of
his
Kingdom
.
Pagan
Saxons
Schism
,
Constans
Britain
;
Restitutus
Consubstantiality
of
the
Son
of
God.
Catholick
Church
That
Appeals
be
made
in
Case
of
Contention
,
to
St.
's
Chair
,
ultimately
to
be
determin'd
by
the
or
such
as
he
should
appoint
in
that
behalf
.
To
restrain
the
Appeals
of
Deacons
sent
by
their
Bishops
to
the
Emperour's
Court
,
appointing
them
to
present
their
Petitions
to
the
Bishop
of
the
Church
,
to
be
by
him
examin'd
whether
just
or
not
It
was
better
to
allow
of
then
hazard
a
Civil
War
.
Magnentius
Chrestius
That
he
should
die
in
his
Grand-Mothers
Lap.
Catholick
Faith
Catholick
Faith
Arrian
Heresie
That
the
Suffrages
of
Bishops
were
mercenarily
sold
according
to
the
Princes
inclination
.
He
would
suffer
any
thing
,
rather
than
being
a
Christian
,
to
become
an
Our
Confession
belov'd
is
that
the
Word
is
the
Son
of
God
,
being
according
to
his
Nature
begotten
of
God
his
Father
,
not
created
;
he
is
God
,
his
Fathers
Colleague
in
his
Empire
,
and
obtains
an
endless
Kingdom
for
infinite
Ages
,
Magnentius
;
Paul
Consubstantiality
of
the
Son
of
God.
Taurus
,
That
when
the
Bishops
were
met
together
,
he
should
not
permit
them
to
depart
,
till
they
had
all
consented
in
one
Faith
:
Illyricum
,
Italy
,
Africk
,
Spain
Nicene
Creed
They
would
never
depart
from
the
Faith
which
they
had
receiv'd
from
God
the
Father
by
the
Prophets
and
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
which
the
Holy
Spirit
taught
in
the
Gospels
,
according
as
was
deliver'd
by
Tradition
of
the
Fathers
succeeding
the
Apostles
to
the
times
when
this
Controversie
was
debated
at
against
an
which
then
arose
They
profess
the
Son
of
God
to
be
like
the
Father
who
begat
him
,
whose
Generation
,
according
to
the
Scriptures
,
no
man
knows
but
the
Father
only
.
That
the
Son
is
in
all
things
like
the
Father
,
That
Peace
and
Vnity
would
be
restor'd
to
the
Church
,
in
case
should
relinquish
that
one
word
That
it
was
not
as
affirm'd
,
that
Peace
would
follow
,
by
the
subversion
of
things
just
and
true
;
but
that
rather
more
contention
would
arise
,
both
at
and
other
Cities
:
They
therefore
Pray'd
,
that
the
Councel
might
be
dissolv'd
,
considering
the
Poverty
,
Age
and
Infirmity
of
many
Bishops
in
it
.
Catholick
Bishops
Catholick
Faith
:
Copgrave
That
he
abode
several
years
with
S.
improving
himself
in
Learning
and
Sanctity
;
whereunto
God
gave
Testimony
,
by
conferring
on
him
the
Grace
of
Miracles
,
so
that
he
gave
Sight
to
the
Blind
,
Cleans'd
the
Leprous
,
Cur'd
those
which
were
Dumb
,
Heal'd
the
sick
of
the
Palsey
,
and
those
who
were
possess'd
with
Divels
.
To
descend
with
ten
Monks
,
who
were
his
Disciples
,
into
a
Meadow
of
King
pitching
his
Tents
there
;
wherewith
,
when
the
King
was
acquainted
,
he
went
with
Company
to
cast
these
Monks
out
of
his
Country
;
by
the
way
he
fell
from
his
Horse
,
which
dy'd
immediately
,
and
both
He
and
his
Followers
were
stricken
with
blindness
:
Thereupon
the
King
prostrates
himself
before
St.
devoting
himself
to
God
and
the
Saint
,
by
whose
Prayers
they
were
all
presently
Healed
.
gave
the
Holy
Child
to
certain
who
carefully
brought
him
up
,
and
gave
him
the
Name
of
because
he
was
found
alive
under
a
Rock
,
the
Grace
of
God
being
with
him
.
His
desire
was
to
know
the
Creator
of
all
things
,
and
to
believe
in
him
who
made
Heaven
and
Earth
;
and
declaring
that
the
Elements
could
not
be
made
without
a
skilful
Workmaster
,
nor
be
produc'd
by
any
man
:
That
she
was
buried
near
the
Sepulchres
of
Caer
Gubi
Cilicia
,
Julian
Pagan
Philosophers
Holy
Cross
That
they
left
off
to
Adore
and
Worship
the
let
fall
from
Heaven
,
as
a
pledge
of
his
Protection
of
their
City
;
instead
of
which
they
Ador'd
the
Wood
of
the
painting
Images
thereof
in
their
Forcheads
,
and
before
their
Doors
.
Caesarea
Philippi
That
the
Body
of
the
Holy
Martyr
hindred
his
Speech
Heathen
Sophister
Ask'd
a
Christian
,
what
the
Carpenters
Son
was
then
doing
,
He
is
preparing
a
Cossin
for
That
being
a
Christian
,
he
neither
would
,
nor
could
govern
an
Army
poison'd
with
That
they
also
were
Christians
In
all
Cities
a
proportion
of
Wheat
was
contributed
to
Sacred
Virgins
by
Vow
Consecrated
to
God
:
Another
which
inflicted
Death
on
any
who
should
Ravish
,
or
but
attempt
their
Chastity
.
He
desir'd
the
Judgement
of
the
Saints
,
who
among
the
divided
Sects
of
Christians
retain'd
the
Orthodox
Faith.
Arrian
Heresie
Picts
,
Saxons
,
Scots
They
were
a
Savage
People
upon
the
Mountains
of
who
neglecting
Beeves
and
other
Cattle
fed
themselves
with
Humane
Flesh
as
their
principal
Delicacies
,
living
without
Law
or
Government
;
and
who
had
promiscuous
Wives
and
hildren
in
common
Britania
prima
Britania
secunda
Flavia
Caesariensis
Maxima
Caesariensis
Pope
Damasus
Calphurnius
,
Socher
He
did
well
to
Fast
,
and
that
e're
long
he
should
return
into
his
Country
.
Angels
are
design'd
by
particular
Names
,
to
signifie
their
particular
Virtucs
and
Operations
Cross
,
in
the
Name
of
the
true
God
to
his
Assistance
Flavius
Clemens
Maximus
A
sprig
of
the
Picts
:
Maximus
Pope
Damasus
As
Praying
Naked
in
a
meeting
of
Women
at
night
,
Catholick
Faith
Gaul
,
Spain
Manichces
,
Whose
abominable
Doctrines
and
Crimes
were
so
Enormous
,
even
by
their
own
Confession
,
in
judgement
,
that
Modesty
forbids
the
further
relation
of
them
.
Ambrose
;
Who
being
under
the
severe
Persecution
of
Empress
,
it
pleas'd
God
in
a
Vision
then
to
discover
to
that
Holy
Bishop
,
the
place
wherein
the
Bodies
of
the
Martyrs
repos'd
,
and
had
been
there
preserv'd
incorrupt
for
many
years
,
by
which
discovery
the
rage
of
this
Empress
was
much
restrain'd
.
For
these
Holy
Bodies
being
with
due
Honour
translated
to
the
Church
,
not
only
many
vex'd
with
unclean
Spirits
,
were
heal'd
,
but
a
Citizen
of
who
had
been
blind
many
years
,
hearing
the
noise
and
acclamations
of
the
People
,
desir'd
to
be
led
to
the
said
Church
,
and
there
obtain'd
leave
with
his
Handkercheif
to
touch
the
Coffin
of
those
Martyrs
,
and
wiping
his
Eyes
with
the
said
Handkercheif
,
they
were
immediately
open'd
,
so
as
he
saw
clearly
,
to
the
joy
and
astonishment
of
the
Beholders
and
whole
City
;
and
although
the
fame
hereof
did
nat
heal
the
Empress
fully
of
her
Spiritual
Blindness
,
yet
it
allay'd
her
fury
against
the
Holy
Bisohp
.
That
the
Devils
themselves
upon
this
occasion
cast
out
,
confess'd
it
to
be
done
by
the
Power
and
Virtue
of
the
Martyrs
,
which
they
were
not
able
to
resist
,
but
to
their
excessive
torment
.
That
when
the
day
of
her
Dissolution
was
at
hand
,
she
made
it
her
request
that
Commemoration
should
be
made
of
her
at
Gods
Altar
,
from
whence
she
knew
the
Holy
Sacrifice
and
Victim
was
dispens'd
,
and
by
which
she
hop'd
to
blot
out
the
Hand-writing
against
her
,
and
joyfully
to
Triumph
over
the
Devil
.
Maximus
,
Theodosius
Gaul
,
Britain
Luther
,
Justifying
such
as
renounc'd
their
Monastical
Profession
,
and
approving
the
Incestuous
Embraces
of
Consecrated
Nuns
:
Jovinian
Pope
Siricius
Venemous
Doctrine
in
three
respects
For
that
it
affirms
,
Virgins
,
Widdows
and
Married
Women
,
being
Baptiz'd
to
be
of
the
same
merit
,
in
case
they
differ
not
in
other
works
.
That
those
who
with
a
compleat
Faith
have
been
Regenerated
by
Baptism
,
cannot
afterwards
be
subverted
by
the
Devil
.
That
there
is
no
difference
in
point
of
Merit
,
between
Fasting
from
Meats
,
and
receiving
them
with
Thanksgiving
.
Jovinian
,
That
he
was
an
Imitator
of
the
Devil
,
an
Enemy
of
Chastity
,
a
Teacher
of
Luxury
,
a
hater
of
Abstinence
,
and
lover
of
Gluttony
.
That
the
Vows
of
Marriage
are
not
to
be
disparag'd
,
yet
greater
Honour
is
to
be
attributed
to
the
Spiritual
Marriage
of
Virgins
:
That
's
opinion
was
contrary
to
the
Christian
Law
,
and
Tradition
of
the
Church
;
and
therefore
and
all
his
Complices
were
condemn'd
of
by
this
Synod
,
and
by
their
Sentence
cast
out
of
the
Church
.
That
those
who
then
fled
to
were
avoided
by
all
,
as
if
they
had
been
infected
with
the
Plague
,
and
thrust
out
of
the
City
like
Vagabonds
.
That
Holy
Church
had
most
Fruitfully
and
Couragiously
resisted
this
Monster
.
I
yons
Popes
Damasus
Southern
Picts
Is
in
the
Province
of
the
now
call'd
Candida
Casa
receiv'd
the
true
Faith
by
the
Preaching
of
this
Holy
man
.
Hector
Boetius
Watching
one
night
at
the
Monument
of
St.
was
admonish'd
from
Heaven
to
take
off
the
Holy
Apostles
Arm
,
three
Fingers
,
and
as
many
Joynts
of
one
of
his
Feet
,
and
laying
them
Decently
in
a
Vessel
,
to
carry
them
to
the
Island
of
seated
in
the
Confines
of
the
World
;
because
in
future
times
,
there
would
live
a
People
,
which
would
give
great
Veneration
to
that
Apostle
,
and
by
his
Intercession
receive
great
Graces
and
Benefits
,
both
Earthly
and
Heavenly
through
the
Divine
goodness
.
Insomuch
that
the
People
flock'd
together
from
all
quarters
,
bringing
Gifts
and
Offerings
to
the
Holy
Apostle
.
The
King
falling
Prostrate
on
the
the
ground
,
with
great
veneration
kiss'd
the
Sacred
Relicks
;
and
when
all
the
Holy
Rites
were
perform'd
after
the
manner
,
he
freely
bestow'd
his
Royal
Palace
,
to
the
Honour
of
St.
and
the
Priests
with
him
;
and
also
built
a
Church
not
far
from
thence
,
Dedicated
to
the
same
Apostle
,
for
the
performance
of
Divine
Service
:
This
is
the
place
,
where
in
followiug
Ages
the
Primates
of
establish'd
their
Arch-Episcopal
See.
Which
place
the
Antients
call'd
his
Mount
,
where
King
of
the
built
the
principal
Church
of
his
Kingdom
,
call'd
to
this
day
St.
viz.
Pattens
,
Copes
,
Chalices
,
Basons
,
Lavers
,
fram'd
of
Silver
and
Gold
Pope
Boniface
Your
Royal
Highness
may
please
to
understand
,
that
the
Kingdom
of
was
Converted
to
the
Vnity
of
the
Catholick
Faith
by
the
venerable
Relicks
of
St.
the
Apostle
:
Such
was
the
great
goodness
of
Almighty
God.
Regulus
Coldei
Colidei
,
Worshipers
of
God
With
such
fame
of
their
Sanctity
that
being
dead
,
their
Cells
were
Converted
to
Churches
:
English
Martyrology
Honorius
,
Pope
Siricius
Anastasius
,
Aman
of
rich
Poverty
and
Apostolick
Solicitude
Britain
,
That
although
he
utterly
forbad
the
Offering
of
Sacrifices
,
yet
his
pleasure
was
,
that
the
Ornaments
of
publick
Works
,
though
representing
Superstititions
,
should
be
preserv'd
Pope
Anastasius
Heresie
,
Pelagius
British
Serpent
was
not
invented
by
Bishops
or
Priests
,
but
by
a
Monk
By
a
stupid
vain
stragling
Monk
,
Incorrigible
,
smelling
Feasts
,
and
Fawning
on
Magistrates
for
their
good
Cheer
,
having
taken
up
his
Graceless
in
his
Old
and
almost
doting
Age
:
He
taught
,
that
man
might
be
sav'd
by
his
Merits
without
Grace
.
That
every
one
is
directed
by
his
own
Natural
free-will
to
the
attaining
of
Justice
;
That
Infants
are
born
without
Original
sin
,
and
as
Innocent
as
before
his
Fall
;
that
they
are
Baptiz'd
,
not
that
they
should
be
free
from
sin
,
but
that
by
Adoption
,
they
may
be
admitted
into
the
Kingdom
of
God
;
and
that
although
they
were
not
Baptiz'd
,
yet
they
should
enjoy
an
Eternal
and
Happy
Life
,
though
excluded
from
the
Kingdom
of
God.
Pope
Innocentius
:
Pelagius
Pope
Innocentius
Pope
Zosimus
Roman
Priest
That
the
Teachers
thereof
should
incurre
the
same
Punishment
.
Heretick
Vigilantius
That
the
Sepulchres
of
Martyrs
were
not
to
be
venerated
,
,
and
condemning
the
Devout
Celebrated
before
the
Festivals
of
Gods
Saints
:
Jovinian
,
Declaim'd
against
Fasting
,
preferr'd
Riches
before
voluntary
Poverty
,
and
Marriage
before
Virginity
Jerom
,
Were
detested
by
the
whole
Catholick
World.
Britain
;
Marcus
Scots
,
Norwegians
Constantine
:
Geffery
Cottian
Alpes
himself
by
his
Letters
exhorted
the
to
shift
for
themselves
:
Gerontius
That
the
Childs
Nurse
coming
to
the
place
where
the
Body
lay
,
there
she
saw
a
Vision
of
Angels
and
Heavenly
Lights
shining
with
unspeakable
Brightness
.
is
scituate
in
not
far
from
Prosper
,
To
make
use
not
only
of
Apostolick
but
of
Imperial
Edicts
also
,
for
the
suppressing
the
the
Affronters
of
Divine
Grace
Fastidius
Priscus
Scots
,
Picts
Gildas
,
The
poor
sent
humble
Petitions
to
for
assistance
,
vowing
their
Eternal
subjection
to
the
Empire
,
so
as
their
Cruel
Enemies
might
be
repell'd
:
In
complyance
with
which
Request
,
a
Legion
well
Supply'd
was
sent
,
which
soon
drove
the
Barbarous
Nations
out
of
the
Borders
,
and
freed
the
from
vexation
and
slavery
But
before
their
departure
they
gave
order
to
the
to
raise
a
Wall
between
the
two
Seas
to
restrain
the
Enemies
and
defend
Themselves
:
British
Penvahel
Penvahel
,
Cambden
The
Head
of
a
Rampire
Like
ravenous
Woolves
enrag'd
with
hunger
,
on
all
sides
encompassing
the
Sheep-fold
in
the
absence
of
the
Shepherd
;
so
they
with
Oares
and
Full-blown
Sails
invaded
the
Island
,
broke
into
the
Borders
,
and
laid
all
waste
in
their
way
,
mowing
down
and
treading
underfoot
the
wretched
like
ripe
Corn.
They
earnestly
beg
the
rescue
of
their
miserable
Country
,
and
the
freeing
the
Name
from
the
contempt
of
Foraign
Nations
:
Britains
,
That
for
the
future
they
must
rely
upon
their
own
strength
,
and
expect
no
more
assistance
from
which
at
so
great
a
distance
,
and
amidst
so
many
Distractions
,
could
not
attend
to
so
remote
a
Province
.
Pope
Bonifacius
Pope
Caelestinus
Christian
Faith
He
Convers'd
here
in
by
his
Holy
example
inviting
his
Countrymen
to
the
imitation
of
his
Virtue
and
Piety
.
On
a
day
St.
in
his
sleep
saw
a
man
coming
to
him
out
of
with
many
Letters
in
his
Hand
,
one
of
which
he
gave
to
the
Saint
,
who
read
it
.
This
is
the
voice
of
the
Inhabitants
of
He
heard
the
voices
of
many
Infants
,
crying
to
him
,
as
out
of
their
Mothers
wombes
in
several
Provinces
of
Holy
Father
,
come
and
converse
amongst
us
:
That
St.
hereupon
asking
Councel
of
our
Lord
touching
this
Affair
,
and
by
the
means
of
the
Angel
receiv'd
this
Divine
Oracle
:
That
forsaking
his
Country
and
Parents
,
he
should
pass
over
into
there
to
be
more
perfectly
instructed
in
the
Christian
Doctrine
and
Discipline
.
Pope
Caelestine
Pelagian
Heresie
British
Scots
Pope
Caelestine
:
Germanus
Now
my
Dear
Brother
,
it
is
our
Duty
to
be
diligent
in
preserving
this
Honour
committed
to
thee
,
without
stain
:
For
as
soon
as
I
am
dead
,
Almighty
God
commits
to
thee
the
Pastoral
Charge
of
this
City
:
Amator
Pelagian
Hereticks
At
first
their
Ship
was
carried
with
favourable
Winds
from
the
Coasts
,
'till
they
came
into
the
midst
of
the
Sea
,
where
no
Land
could
be
discover'd
,
but
presently
after
the
fury
of
a
whole
Legion
of
Devils
,
envying
their
design
for
the
Salvation
of
Souls
,
is
said
to
have
assail'd
them
;
dangers
appear
on
every
side
,
Storms
are
rais'd
,
Darkness
covers
the
Heavens
,
and
that
Darkness
becomes
more
terrible
,
by
the
fearful
swelling
of
the
Sea
,
and
rage
of
the
Air
,
no
longer
are
the
Sails
able
to
sustain
the
fury
of
the
Winds
,
nor
the
Boat
able
to
resist
the
Mountains
of
Waters
dashing
against
it
,
so
that
the
Ship
was
carried
forward
rather
by
their
Prayers
,
than
the
skill
or
force
of
the
Mariners
:
The
prime
Pilot
St.
was
then
securely
compos'd
in
sleep
,
and
the
Ship
ready
to
sink
,
so
that
St.
and
the
Company
were
fain
to
awake
the
Old
man
;
who
was
only
able
to
withstand
the
fury
of
the
enrag'd
Elements
.
He
not
at
all
astonish'd
at
the
danger
,
Addresses
his
Prayers
to
our
Lord
,
and
his
Threats
to
the
unruly
Ocean
;
To
the
raging
storm
he
opposes
the
cause
of
Religion
,
which
invited
them
to
that
Voyage
;
and
presently
with
a
little
quantity
of
Oyl
,
which
he
Blessed
in
the
Name
of
the
Holy
Trinity
,
and
then
sprinkled
upon
the
Waves
,
he
overcame
their
fury
:
His
Collegue
he
admonish'd
,
the
rest
he
encourag'd
,
so
that
with
one
breath
and
clamour
Prayers
were
pour'd
forth
to
our
Lord
,
and
immediately
the
Divine
Virtue
shew'd
it self
present
,
the
Infernal
Enemies
were
dissipated
,
a
calm
tranquillity
ensu'd
,
the
Windes
and
Waves
became
serviceable
to
the
Voyage
,
and
all
things
concurr'd
to
their
safe
Arrival
in
a
quiet
and
secure
Haven
:
(
Galla
Placidia
That
with
loud
clamour
they
should
repeat
the
words
by
him
pronounc'd
To
expect
a
Commission
from
the
See
of
to
execute
that
Apostolick
Office.
Pope
Caelestinus
Pope
Caelestinus
To
employ
his
care
for
the
Conversion
of
the
That
he
should
be
the
Father
of
many
Souls
:
Chalices
,
Priestly
Vestments
and
store
of
Books
,
That
a
man
would
come
thither
with
his
Wood
,
whose
Table
should
be
placed
in
the
Eastern
side
of
his
House
,
and
some
persons
standing
behind
,
together
with
others
from
the
Table
,
will
Sing
,
and
the
Congregation
will
Answer
them
,
saying
,
AMEN
.
When
this
man
comes
,
he
will
destroy
our
Gods
,
subvert
our
Temples
,
destroy
Princes
which
resist
him
,
and
his
Doctrine
shall
remain
and
prevail
here
for
ever
.
That
a
Head
of
Art
and
Skill
,
with
his
Crooked
Staff
would
come
,
from
that
hour
every
House
shall
be
bor'd
through
the
Top
:
He
will
chant
an
abomination
from
his
Table
at
the
forepart
of
the
House
;
and
his
whole
Family
will
answer
,
That
the
Master
of
Wisdom
would
come
with
the
Sign
of
the
Cross
,
by
which
the
hearts
of
all
men
would
feel
Compunction
,
and
from
the
Altar
of
the
Holy
Mysteries
he
would
Convert
Souls
unto
Christ
,
so
as
all
Christian
People
should
Answer
,
And
then
our
Kingdom
shall
fall
A
certain
wonderful
Staff
which
St.
before
his
Journey
receiv'd
from
a
Holy
Hermit
,
and
was
call'd
the
Staff
of
Jesus
.
That
St.
by
Divine
Revelation
pass'd
over
to
a
certain
Solitary
living
in
an
Island
of
the
Sea
,
whose
Name
was
a
man
of
a
Holy
Life
and
great
Fame
;
this
man
of
God
gave
to
St.
the
foremention'd
Staff
,
affirming
seriously
,
That
he
had
receiv'd
it
immediately
from
the
Hand
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
who
had
appear'd
to
him
.
There
were
other
men
in
the
same
Island
at
some
aistance
,
who
also
led
Solitary
Lives
:
Some
of
these
St.
observ'd
to
be
very
Fresh
and
Youthfull
,
others
very
Decrepid
and
Old
,
were
the
Children
of
them
who
appear'd
so
Youthful
;
at
which
the
Saint
being
astonish'd
,
and
enquiring
the
occasion
of
so
great
a
Miracle
,
was
thus
Answer'd
,
You
have
oft
hitherto
ministred
unto
my
Members
,
and
this
night
Entertain'd
me
in
my
own
Person
Till
in
succeeding
times
a
stranger
Nam'd
should
come
to
visit
him
,
and
then
to
give
it
to
that
Stranger
From
that
day
,
those
told
St.
They
had
remain'd
in
the
same
state
of
Youthful
Comliness
and
Vigour
;
whereas
their
Children
,
who
were
then
little
Infants
,
were
,
as
he
saw
,
become
decrepid
Old
men
.
Giraldus
Cambrensis
,
It
was
the
Vulgar
Opinion
,
that
with
this
Staff
,
cast
out
of
the
Island
all
Venomous
Beasts
.
coming
suddainly
with
Weapons
,
intended
to
have
kill'd
and
his
Companions
;
but
as
soon
as
he
saw
his
face
,
he
was
prick'd
in
his
Heart
;
our
Lord
immediately
turning
his
Thoughts
,
so
as
he
meekly
led
him
to
his
House
,
where
the
Holy
Bishop
resided
sometime
,
Preaching
to
him
the
Faith
of
Christ
so
effectually
,
that
he
became
the
first
of
all
the
Island
,
who
believ'd
with
all
his
Family
.
sent
by
landed
at
the
mouth
of
the
River
but
an
impious
Count
call'd
who
formerly
had
resisted
and
his
Doctrine
:
However
the
Son
of
by
the
Preaching
of
believ'd
in
Almighty
God
:
and
was
the
first
among
the
who
was
Baptiz'd
by
the
Holy
Bishop
,
upon
whom
and
his
Seed
bestow'd
his
Benediction
Vsher
.
St.
came
to
the
Ford
of
which
runs
before
the
Castle
of
Son
of
And
early
in
the
morning
Son
of
found
him
Preaching
the
Gospel
of
Christ
,
who
wondering
at
the
Doctrine
taught
by
him
,
presently
believ'd
,
and
was
Baptiz'd
in
Christ
by
at
a
Fountain
arising
in
the
same
place
,
and
stay'd
with
him
until
his
Mother
who
sought
after
him
came
to
the
same
place
:
She
was
over-joy'd
at
the
sight
of
the
Holy
man
,
because
she
also
came
out
of
and
being
instructed
by
him
likewise
believ'd
;
and
returning
Home
,
told
her
Husband
what
had
hapned
to
her self
and
her
Son
:
was
much
joy'd
at
the
arrival
of
because
his
Mother
call'd
had
been
the
Daughter
of
a
therefore
went
to
him
,
and
Saluted
him
in
the
Language
,
questioning
him
in
particular
touching
his
Descent
and
Doctrine
,
who
answer'd
,
That
his
Name
was
a
Christian
,
and
Disciple
of
the
Holy
Bishop
S.
sent
,
as
he
said
,
by
God
to
Convert
the
Inhabitants
of
that
Country
to
the
Faith
of
Christ
,
and
Baptize
them
immediately
believ'd
with
his
whole
Family
,
and
offer'd
him
and
St.
his
whole
Territory
with
his
Son.
remov'd
his
Habitation
beyond
the
River
stay'd
at
the
Ford
of
'till
St.
came
thither
,
where
they
joyntly
erected
a
Church
,
about
years
,
before
the
Church
of
was
founded
;
the
beginning
of
which
Arch-Episcopal
Church
,
the
Annals
of
ascribe
to
the
year
of
Grace
Glastonbury
,
The
Venerable
Bishop
St.
Preaching
the
Gospel
through
the
Provinces
of
came
to
a
plain
call'd
very
Spacious
and
Beautiful
,
with
which
being
delighted
,
he
determin'd
there
to
Celebrate
the
Feast
of
then
at
hand
:
His
first
Acquaintance
and
Familiarity
in
that
Province
,
was
with
a
man
whom
he
had
newly
Converted
to
the
Faith
,
with
him
St.
Lodg'd
:
This
man
had
a
Young
Child
call'd
who
bore
a
tender
Affection
to
the
Saint
,
he
would
often
play
with
him
,
and
Kiss
his
Foot
;
the
Child
would
not
sleep
,
but
when
he
lay
with
the
Holy
Bishop
:
He
therefore
Prophetically
perceiving
the
great
Grace
,
which
the
Divine
Bounty
would
confer
upon
the
Child
,
vouchsafed
to
take
him
to
his
Bed
,
and
gave
him
the
Name
of
When
the
Holy
Bishop
was
ready
to
proceed
in
his
Journey
,
the
Child
with
Pittiful
cries
,
beg'd
to
go
along
with
him
,
so
as
the
Bishop
was
forc'd
to
receive
him
into
his
Waggon
,
and
Prophecy'd
,
that
he
should
be
his
Successor
in
the
Bishoprick
,
which
accordingly
came
to
pass
.
Kindled
the
Holy
fire
,
the
Flame
whereof
shone
brightly
about
the
place
.
Vnlawful
for
any
to
Light
a
Fire
,
before
it
was
kindled
in
the
Kings
Palace
:
That
the
Fire
which
had
so
been
kindled
against
Law
,
unless
presently
extinguish'd
,
would
never
cease
to
the
Worlds
end
,
but
obscure
all
the
Fires
which
they
kindled
according
to
their
custom
;
and
that
the
man
who
lighted
it
,
would
be
the
destruction
of
his
Kingdom
.
His
raising
a
Young
man
to
Life
.
He
was
the
same
whom
he
so
earnestly
desir'd
to
Visit
:
But
to
prevent
a
dangerous
Journey
by
Sea
and
Land
,
our
Lord
hath
sent
me
to
thee
,
to
fulfil
thy
desire
,
so
as
thou
mayst
enjoy
both
my
Sight
and
Conversation
:
Winwaloc
,
That
he
should
be
a
Guide
and
Director
of
many
in
Spiritual
Warfare
:
for
which
end
he
gave
him
many
wholesome
Instructions
:
Exhorting
him
to
desire
from
his
Master
some
Companions
,
and
with
them
to
remove
to
another
place
.
That
he
had
been
Honour'd
with
a
Divine
Visitation
and
Revelation
,
He
bad
his
Companions
be
Couragious
and
firm
in
Faith
,
As
you
see
me
lead
this
Brother
by
the
Hand
,
so
do
every
one
of
you
take
his
next
Fellows
Hand
and
follow
one
another
:
Red-Sea
,
For
the
Sea
open'd
a
Passage
for
them
;
so
that
taking
one
another
by
the
Hand
,
and
himself
marching
in
the
Front
,
they
all
walk'd
securely
over
the
dry
Sands
,
the
Waters
on
both
sides
standing
like
Walls
;
and
as
they
pass'd
thus
,
they
sang
to
our
Lord
a
Hymn
of
Praise
and
Joyfulness
.
Reverend
Father
,
the
Heavenly
Citizens
desire
thee
for
their
Companion
,
and
soon
shalt
thou
be
deliver'd
from
thy
painful
Exercises
.
as
soon
as
I
have
Sung
and
Communicated
the
Body
and
Blood
of
our
Lord
,
at
the
sixth
hour
of
the
day
,
our
Lord
will
receive
me
out
of
this
Mortal
Body
:
Chasuble
,
Alb
Going
one
day
thither
together
,
one
met
them
vail'd
in
the
Figure
of
a
miserable
Leaper
,
with
a
lamentable
voice
beging
their
assistance
with
great
Compassion
and
Charity
Embrac'd
and
Kiss'd
the
Leaper
,
the
same
also
at
his
monition
did
St.
Our
Lord
accepted
their
Office
of
Charity
with
great
Kindness
,
for
he
delights
to
be
cherish'd
in
his
poor
Members
;
therefore
he
was
pleas'd
to
give
each
of
them
a
present
reward
of
their
unfain'd
Charity
;
for
flying
from
their
Embraces
,
our
Lord
immediately
in
a
Cloud
with
great
Glory
,
and
with
Gracious
words
assur'd
them
,
that
their
Names
were
already
written
in
the
Book
of
Life
,
and
that
with
his
Saints
they
should
be
partakers
of
his
Kingdom
.
That
he
was
a
Teacher
of
Christian
Verities
,
of
a
desert
more
than
ordinary
;
To
his
Old
Age
he
largely
communicated
the
Talent
,
wherewith
God
had
entrusted
him
,
among
the
He
was
a
man
Assiduous
in
Reading
the
Holy
Scripture
,
Merciful
to
Orphans
,
Widdows
and
the
Poor
;
Illustrious
in
Miracles
and
Sanctity
:
By
his
Pious
Industry
the
Nation
of
the
first
of
all
relinquishing
their
Idolatry
,
embrac'd
the
true
Faith
of
Christ
:
He
was
the
first
Bishop
of
and
dy'd
among
the
in
the
Province
of
Saxons
,
He
found
in
the
City
of
a
Church
Dedicated
to
the
Honour
of
St.
which
had
been
built
in
the
times
of
the
In
the
Region
of
the
there
was
a
Prince
named
a
man
of
a
proud
and
high
Spirit
;
he
contemning
the
Admonitions
of
this
man
of
God
,
and
derogating
from
his
Doctrine
and
Life
,
resisted
him
openly
:
Being
one
day
more
then
ordinarily
troublesome
and
rude
;
God
the
supreme
Judge
,
would
not
any
longer
suffer
the
injuries
offer'd
to
his
Holy
Servant
,
to
pass
unreveng'd
,
but
struck
this
proud
man
with
an
intollerable
pain
in
his
Head
,
by
the
violence
whereof
those
lofty
Eyes
of
his
became
utterly
Blind
;
so
that
he
who
had
before
impugn'd
the
Light
of
Divine
Truth
,
deservedly
lost
this
Worlds
Light.
But
upon
better
consideration
he
sent
a
Message
to
the
Holy
Bishop
,
humbly
beseeching
him
,
in
imitation
of
our
Lords
Benignity
,
to
return
to
him
good
for
evil
,
and
love
for
hatred
:
The
Venerable
Bishop
hereupon
,
first
sharply
reprov'd
the
Prince
,
and
then
touching
him
,
imprinted
on
his
Eyes
the
Sign
of
the
when
immediately
his
pains
ceas'd
,
and
his
Blindness
was
dissipated
.
Afterwards
this
Prince
highly
Honour'd
the
Holy
Bishop
,
and
readily
granted
whatsoever
he
ask'd
of
him
.
Candida
Casa
That
he
would
please
to
shew
visibly
to
him
,
the
Nature
and
Verity
of
the
Body
and
Blood
of
Christ
,
in
the
most
Blessed
Sacrament
:
That
to
his
great
Consolation
,
our
Lord
appear'd
to
him
in
the
Sacrament
in
the
form
of
a
young
Child
.
Pelagian
Heresie
Pestilent
Heresie
Catholick
Faith
Resign'd
his
Principality
,
and
embrac'd
a
Monastical
or
Hermitical
Life
:
But
after
,
when
the
invaded
the
Land
,
he
was
drawn
out
of
his
Cell
,
to
be
Leader
of
an
Army
,
and
Courageously
rushing
among
the
Enemies
,
receiv'd
a
Mortal
Wound
,
for
which
Merit
he
was
Enroll'd
in
the
number
of
Martyrs
.
That
the
Scholars
prov'd
by
unquestionable
Testimonies
of
Antient
Annals
,
that
the
Orders
and
Institutes
of
that
place
,
which
sought
to
change
,
had
been
Established
by
Pious
and
Learned
men
,
Gildas
,
Melkin
,
Nemri
,
Kentigern
They
further
shew'd
,
that
St.
came
to
and
abode
there
half
a
year
,
approving
wonderfully
their
Orders
and
Institutions
:
Analecta
Anglo-Britanica
Bishop
of
Bishop
of
came
into
to
restore
Christian
Religion
deprav'd
by
the
Heresie
of
and
Errours
of
The
Doctrines
taught
by
them
,
as
the
Fame
is
,
which
also
testifies
,
were
as
followeth
Of
every
Loaf
of
Bread
set
before
them
,
one
Corner
they
gave
to
the
Poor
.
They
sat
three
together
at
Dinner
in
memory
of
the
Trinity
.
If
any
met
a
Religious
Monk
or
Clergy-man
in
the
way
,
or
any
one
in
a
Religious
Habit
,
he
would
presently
lay
aside
his
Weapons
,
and
with
a
low
inclination
of
his
Head
,
demand
his
Benediction
.
Generally
all
the
People
earnestly
demanded
Episcopal
Confirmation
,
and
Inunction
with
Holy
Chrism
,
by
which
the
Holy
Ghost
is
confer'd
.
They
somtime
bestow'd
the
Tythe
of
all
their
Substance
,
Cattle
and
Sheep
,
either
when
they
Marry'd
,
or
undertooke
some
long
Pilgrimage
,
or
by
the
Churches
Order
submitted
to
some
extraordinary
Pennance
for
their
Sins
:
This
they
call
the
great
Tythes
,
and
two
parts
thereof
they
bestow'd
on
the
Church
where
they
were
Baptiz'd
;
the
third
they
gave
to
the
Bishop
of
the
Diocess
.
Beyond
all
other
External
Labours
of
Mortification
,
they
were
most
Devoted
to
Pilgrimages
undertaken
to
to
Visit
the
Monuments
of
the
Apostles
.
Beyond
any
other
Nation
they
express'd
a
Devout
Reverence
to
Churches
and
Church-men
,
to
Relicks
of
Saints
,
to
Portable
Bells
,
Sacred
Books
,
and
the
Holy
Cross
;
and
this
Devotion
hath
been
rewarded
with
greater
Peace
,
than
any
other
Churches
enjoy'd
.
Entire
security
was
observ'd
in
regard
of
Beasts
seeding
not
only
in
the
Church-yards
,
but
beyond
them
through
all
Grounds
enclos'd
with
Ditches
,
which
Bishops
design
for
observation
of
Peace
and
Indempnity
:
And
greater
Churches
,
to
which
Antiquity
always
afforded
greater
Reverence
,
have
power
to
grant
and
enjoyn
the
observation
of
such
Peace
and
Security
for
Cattle
,
whilst
in
the
Morning
they
go
,
and
at
Evening
they
Return
from
their
Pastures
.
near
the
River
there
is
a
Village
Nam'd
from
St.
to
which
,
during
the
Tumults
,
the
Episcopal
See
of
that
Province
was
transfer'd
,
out
of
fear
,
as
to
a
place
more
remote
and
secure
:
There
a
Church
had
been
Erected
,
and
Consecrated
to
the
Honour
of
St.
who
Extirpated
the
Heresie
arising
a
new
among
the
To
have
wounded
to
Death
the
many
Headed
often
quell'd
,
and
often
reviving
again
:
the
Son
of
to
satisfy
for
injuries
done
by
his
Father
to
St.
Dedicates
that
part
of
the
Country
to
him
,
where
he
had
been
chiefly
wrong'd
,
in
memory
whereof
it
took
the
name
of
A
Calumny
justly
retorted
Julius
Caesar
Vortimer
,
Catigern
Aurelius
Ambrosius
viz.
Attendance
upon
Prayer
,
Fasting
and
Purity
of
Life
,
instituting
Rules
for
a
Monastical
Profession
in
amongst
such
Religious
men
,
as
were
there
Successors
of
St.
These
St.
reduced
from
an
Eremetical
to
a
Caenobitical
course
of
Life
,
giving
them
Institutes
which
he
had
receiv'd
from
his
Vncle
St.
who
long
since
had
cloathed
him
with
the
Monastical
Habit
,
which
was
a
of
the
natural
colour
of
the
Wool
,
over
his
other
Garments
,
by
which
Purity
and
Innocence
were
denoted
.
Black
Cowle
Black
Monks
That
they
had
receiv'd
from
Pope
ten
years
Indulgence
;
and
that
by
a
Revelation
from
our
Lord
,
they
had
built
a
Church
to
the
Honour
of
St.
the
Arch-Angel
That
he
was
to
Honour
the
Blessed
Arch-Angel
in
that
place
,
for
the
certainty
of
which
Vision
,
his
Left-hand
Wither'd
,
and
was
not
restor'd
,
'till
he
had
acquainted
his
Brethren
,
with
what
he
had
seen
.
That
he
conferr'd
an
Indulgence
of
days
on
those
who
by
cutting
down
Wood
clear'd
a
Passage
for
the
Devout
Visitants
of
the
Chapel
,
Consecrated
by
our
Lord
himself
to
the
Honour
of
his
most
Blessed
Mother
.
To
have
fore-told
many
Vnfortunate
,
and
many
Prosperous
things
,
which
should
bef
all
particularly
the
Sanctity
of
St.
then
inclosed
in
his
Mothers
Womb
Christian
Philosophy
To
have
forsaken
his
Country
,
and
undertaken
a
long
Pilgrimage
That
he
undertook
those
Travels
for
the
Love
of
God
,
his
own
Soul
,
and
his
Distressed
Country
.
That
in
the
most
fruitful
Field
of
Gods
Church
,
there
grew
Herbs
Medicinal
to
every
Wound
:
He
powerfully
exhorts
him
to
Pennance
in
an
inclosed
Monastery
,
there
to
expiate
his
Crime
by
Fasting
and
Prayer
,
and
to
beg
the
Intercession
of
the
Saints
on
his
behalf
;
and
fearing
least
he
should
accumulate
his
sin
by
joyning
Marriage
to
his
Incest
The
abominable
Excess
of
Marrying
one
,
who
was
Espoused
and
Consecrated
to
our
Lord
,
when
she
took
the
Vail
of
her
Religious
Profession
:
Gildas
.
To
third
time
Consul
:
The
Groans
of
the
Our
Barbarous
Enemies
drive
us
to
the
Sea
,
the
Sea
beats
us
back
upon
our
Barbarous
Enemies
:
Between
these
two
,
we
are
expos'd
either
to
be
Slain
by
the
Sword
,
or
Drown'd
;
to
avoid
both
,
we
find
no
remedy
.
The
extremity
of
Famine
,
forcing
many
of
them
,
to
render
themselves
Slaves
to
their
Enemies
for
Bread
;
Only
a
few
by
these
miseries
being
taught
the
Wisdom
to
seek
Aid
from
Heaven
,
retir'd
into
accessible
Mountains
and
Caves
;
from
whence
they
look
Courage
,
often-times
with
good
success
to
set
upon
their
Enemies
,
buisy
in
heaping
Spoils
,
and
drive
them
back
into
their
own
quarters
:
But
no
sooner
were
they
freed
from
their
Enemies
,
and
that
the
Island
began
to
abound
with
Provisions
,
but
their
Luxury
also
abounded
,
accompany'd
with
all
sorts
of
Vice
,
especially
hatred
of
Divine
Truth
,
and
Cruelty
one
towards
another
,
Saxons
,
Angles
Office
of
sitting
at
our
Lords
Feet
,
and
exchange
it
for
that
of
's
Ministry
,
in
attending
,
and
providing
supply
to
his
necessities
in
his
Members
:
Henry
Spelman
That
if
any
Ecclesiastical
person
,
from
the
Door-keeper
to
the
Priest
,
shall
not
for
Decency
wear
a
Tunick
,
and
have
his
Hair
cut
after
the
manner
,
or
shall
permit
his
Wife
to
go
abroad
Vnvail'd
,
he
should
be
separated
from
the
Communion
.
That
a
Monk
and
Consecrated
Virgin
,
shall
not
abide
in
the
same
Lodging
,
nor
Travel
in
the
same
Chariot
:
That
if
a
Monk
shall
neglect
the
Divine
Office
,
or
wear
long
Hair
,
he
shall
be
Excommunicate
.
That
the
Almes
of
Excommunicate
Persons
or
shall
not
be
receiv'd
.
That
if
any
Christian
shall
be
guilty
of
Man-slaughter
,
Fornication
,
or
consulting
Southsayers
,
he
shall
perform
Pennance
for
each
Crime
,
the
space
of
a
year
:
And
he
that
is
guilty
of
Stealing
,
half
a
year
,
of
which
days
he
shall
eat
Bread
only
,
and
be
withall
oblig'd
to
Restitution
:
That
if
any
Christian
shall
believe
Spirits
may
be
presented
in
a
Glass
,
he
shall
be
Anathematiz'd
,
That
if
any
Consecrated
Virginshall
Marry
,
she
shall
be
Excommunicated
,
'till
she
be
Converted
,
and
forsake
her
Adulteries
;
which
having
done
,
she
is
to
perform
due
Pennance
,
after
which
they
are
not
to
live
in
the
same
House
or
Town
.
That
if
any
Priest
shall
build
a
Church
,
he
must
not
offer
Sacrifice
in
it
,
before
it
be
Consecrated
by
the
Bishop
.
That
if
a
Clergy-man
be
Excommunicated
,
he
must
say
his
Prayers
alone
,
and
not
in
the
same
House
with
his
Brethren
;
neither
must
he
presume
to
Offer
or
Consecrate
'till
he
be
Absolv'd
:
That
a
Bishop
may
not
Ordain
in
another
Bishops
Diocess
without
his
Consent
,
only
upon
he
may
offer
Sacrifice
.
That
a
Clark
coming
from
without
a
Testimonial
,
be
not
suffer'd
to
Minister
.
The
most
Holy
Bishop
St.
together
with
three
other
Bishops
,
and
many
Clarks
,
came
to
a
Fountain
call'd
which
flowes
from
the
side
of
toward
the
there
to
Celebrate
a
Synod
touching
Ecclesiastical
Affairs
,
and
they
sate
near
the
Fountain
;
when
behold
two
Daughters
of
King
came
early
in
the
morning
,
to
wash
in
the
same
Fountain
,
as
Women
there
usually
did
;
and
there
found
the
Holy
Synod
with
St.
near
the
Fountain
Thanks
be
given
to
God
the
Father
,
Son
and
Holy
Ghost
,
to
the
Priests
,
Deacons
and
whole
Clergy
,
Health
:
It
is
better
we
should
premonish
those
who
are
negligent
,
then
blame
things
just
;
for
The
Tenor
of
our
Definition
begins
thus
,
If
any
Captive
,
Munster
(
Momonensium
Patrick
,
What
place
he
should
make
choice
of
to
live
in
Vnion
with
God
alone
,
divided
from
Humane
Society
?
That
he
should
pursue
Happily
his
well
begun
purpose
,
Go
my
beloved
Brother
,
and
take
only
your
Staff
with
you
;
and
when
you
shall
be
arriv'd
at
the
place
appointed
by
God
for
your
Repose
,
wheresoever
it
be
,
having
fix'd
your
Staff
in
the
ground
,
you
shall
see
it
flourish
,
and
grow
Green
,
there
know
you
must
make
your
abode
.
That
the
People
of
have
always
born
such
Veneration
to
the
Saints
that
retir'd
thither
,
that
almost
all
the
Towns
in
that
Province
,
have
been
Consecrated
to
their
Memory
:
That
he
hearing
that
in
Christian
Religion
was
most
purely
taught
,
and
Faithfully
practis'd
,
forsook
and
Travell'd
thither
,
where
being
arriv'd
,
he
was
instructed
in
the
Christian
Faith
,
and
Baptiz'd
;
and
there
he
remain'd
years
,
reading
Divine
Scriptures
,
and
learning
Ecclesiastical
Rules
with
all
diligence
.
That
at
he
was
ordain'd
Bishop
,
and
sent
into
years
before
St.
Roman
Martyrology
It
was
the
Divine
Will
that
he
should
forsake
and
go
into
there
to
expect
the
end
of
his
days
Mousehole
;
Cambden
He
was
a
Holy
man
,
which
came
from
and
if
we
may
believe
the
fed
ten
Kings
and
their
Armies
,
with
his
three
Cowes
,
rais'd
to
Life
dead
Men
and
dead
Pigs
,
and
in
that
place
divested
himself
of
his
Mortality
.
That
the
Holy
Bishop
St.
was
led
Captive
by
to
the
Hengist
.
Vortigern
Saxons
.
Gildas
Thou
hast
,
O
Lord
,
given
us
up
as
Sheep
to
be
devour'd
,
and
hast
dispers'd
us
among
the
Nations
:
The
number
of
Soldiers
which
under
their
Captain
went
out
of
Fighting-men
,
and
to
Till
the
ground
;
of
these
many
were
unmarry'd
:
Pinnosa
,
Cordula
,
Eleutheria
Hunns
,
Gepids
Though
their
Enemies
be
never
so
many
,
strange
,
and
Cruel
,
yet
they
should
be
unconquerable
;
unless
they
would
willingly
yield
up
the
Victory
:
Roman
Martyrology
We
read
of
St.
and
St.
with
a
few
other
Miraculous
examples
of
Courage
and
Chastity
in
tender
Virgins
;
but
they
were
single
persons
,
neither
is
it
un-usual
with
God
,
to
shew
the
Power
of
his
Grace
,
in
some
particular
Favourite
of
his
,
to
exalt
the
Faith
,
and
confound
Vnbelievers
:
There
have
likewise
been
recorded
Illustrious
Examples
of
multitudes
of
men
,
who
have
freely
without
resistance
suffer'd
Martyrdom
,
as
the
But
such
Courage
in
men
,
especially
in
Soldiers
,
who
daily
look
death
in
the
face
,
is
not
very
extraordinary
:
Whereas
here
we
find
,
a
far
more
numerous
Army
,
consisting
of
Young
Timorous
,
tender
Virgins
,
offering
themselves
to
innumerable
Swords
;
not
one
single
Soul
yields
to
the
Flatteries
or
fury
of
their
Enemies
,
one
only
delays
her
Suffering
,
the
space
of
one
single
night
;
and
then
animated
as
it
were
,
with
the
united
Spirits
of
all
her
Companions
,
next
day
sollicits
the
fury
of
innumerable
Enemies
,
against
her self
alone
,
and
joyfully
triumphing
over
the
rage
of
Men
,
and
Hell
,
is
joyfully
receiv'd
amongst
her
Companions
.
Germany
,
Gaul
,
Italy
,
Britain
,
Asia
,
Africk
Thou
,
O
God
,
hast
given
us
as
Sheep
to
be
devour'd
,
and
hast
dispers'd
us
among
the
Nations
.
winds
back
to
a
little
Town
formerly
call'd
from
the
Superstitious
Reverence
there
given
to
the
Head
,
of
I
know
not
what
Holy
Virgin
;
one
of
the
Martyrs
,
which
under
the
conduct
of
St.
returning
from
into
their
Country
were
Martyr'd
by
called
the
scourge
of
God
,
near
Panefredis
,
Secunda
,
Gemibaria
,
Florina
Honor
at
a
She
was
by
a
Noble-man
in
Compassion
taken
from
the
rest
,
and
convey'd
to
his
House
,
where
his
Lady
stir'd
up
with
Jealousy
,
Murdered
her
,
and
hid
her
Body
in
the
Stable
;
into
which
the
Lords
Horses
at
his
return
,
would
by
no
means
enter
,
by
reason
whereof
the
Murder
was
discover'd
:
F.
Gomez
How
great
a
measure
of
Christian
Fortitude
hath
been
implanted
in
the
Hearts
of
the
Women
of
that
Island
,
since
the
time
that
St.
Bishop
of
sent
into
and
St.
may
be
evidently
seen
by
this
one
Example
:
For
,
from
all
Antiquity
of
the
Church
through
the
whole
World
,
cannot
be
produced
an
example
,
equalling
the
Virtue
and
Courage
of
these
Holy
Kirgin-Martyrs
.
Saxonia
transmarina
Danes
Haitby
Cimbrian
Chersonesus
South
Saxons
Isle
of
Wight
Germans
:
Witchindus
wonder'd
to
see
such
men
of
Tall
Stature
,
Invincible
Courage
,
of
unwonted
Habits
,
wearing
their
long
Hair
spread
over
their
Shoulders
and
Arms
;
but
especially
they
admir'd
their
undaunted
Courage
:
Gaul
,
Spain
Counts
of
the
Fricca
:
Thor
Priapus
.
Woden
Mercury
,
Wednesday
Thor
,
Thursday
Woden
,
Friday
;
Tuesday
That
their
Marriages
were
severe
,
and
such
Christ
exactly
observ'd
amongst
them
;
that
they
were
almost
the
only
who
contented
themselves
with
single
Wives
,
their
Wives
are
confin'd
to
their
Houses
,
kept
from
the
sight
of
impure
Spectacles
,
and
provocations
of
Intemperate
Feasts
:
Salvian
That
in
old
where
was
no
knowledge
of
Christ
;
if
either
a
Maid
or
Wife
be
guilty
of
Adultery
,
they
force
her
to
strangle
her self
,
and
then
burn
her
Body
;
or
else
,
after
they
have
cut
off
her
Garment
to
the
Waste
,
the
Chaste
Matrons
whip
her
out
of
their
Confines
;
and
there
fresh
Women
meet
her
with
Whips
,
or
prick
her
with
Knives
;
and
thus
they
use
her
till
they
have
kill'd
her
.
were
Anointed
,
but
not
by
our
Lord
,
for
those
were
made
choice
of
to
reign
,
who
were
most
Eminent
for
their
Cruelty
,
and
presently
after
Murder'd
by
their
Anointers
,
and
others
more
Feirce
and
Savage
were
Elected
.
That
in
his
time
,
what
Prince
soever
was
rais'd
to
the
heighth
of
Royal
Dignity
,
receiv'd
the
Sacrament
of
Vnction
.
Ordo
Romanus
:
Selden
those
Enormous
sins
were
not
only
committed
by
Secular
men
,
but
by
Gods
own
flock
and
the
Pastors
thereof
:
The
Correction
of
the
Clergy
has
Priests
,
but
many
of
them
Impudent
;
It
has
Clergy-men
,
but
great
numbers
of
them
Covetous
Oppressors
,
Deceitful
Pastors
,
or
rather
Wolves
to
destroy
the
Souls
of
their
flock
,
having
no
regard
to
the
Spiritual
good
of
their
People
;
but
only
seeking
to
fill
their
own
Bellies
:
They
possess
the
Houses
of
the
Church
for
Lucres
sake
only
:
If
they
teach
the
People
,
they
render
that
Instruction
fruitless
,
by
their
ill
Example
:
They
seldom
Sacrifice
,
and
more
seldom
approach
the
Altars
with
Pure
Hearts
,
Simony
,
Purchasing
Livings
and
Bishopricks
with
Money
,
of
the
then
Ruling
Tyrants
,
This
was
done
by
the
common
advice
of
the
Nation
O
the
profound
Blindness
of
the
minds
!
O
the
Stupidity
of
their
Senses
!
These
at
whose
Names
they
trembled
,
when
they
were
absent
,
are
now
by
the
foolish
Princes
,
invited
to
live
in
their
own
Houses
,
so
senseless
was
their
Councel
:
loudly
proclaiming
the
Prosperous
Victories
of
the
sent
Messengers
to
them
to
beg
their
assistance
,
who
did
it
in
these
words
,
O
Noble
our
miserable
Country-men
the
wearied
and
even
consum'd
with
the
frequent
Incursions
of
their
Enemies
;
having
heard
of
your
glorious
Victories
,
have
sent
us
humbly
to
implore
your
Aide
;
in
recompense
whereof
,
they
offer
to
you
a
Province
Spacious
and
Abounding
with
all
things
:
We
have
hither
to
liv'd
Happily
under
the
Protection
of
the
after
them
,
we
know
no
Nation
better
than
your selves
,
to
whom
we
may
have
recourse
;
we
therefore
desire
to
shelter
our selves
under
the
Wings
of
your
Courage
,
Britains
,
They
would
be
Faithful
Friends
to
them
,
ready
always
to
assist
them
in
their
Necessities
,
and
to
do
them
all
Offices
of
Kindness
.
a
drove
of
Whelpes
rushing
out
of
the
Barbarous
Lyonesses
,
came
hither
in
three
Ships
with
full
sails
,
and
an
ominous
Course
;
encourag'd
by
a
Prophecy
certainly
believed
among
them
,
that
for
the
space
of
years
,
they
should
Possess
the
Country
;
toward
which
they
directed
the
Prow
of
their
Ships
,
and
that
in
half
of
that
time
,
they
should
often
lay
it
waste
:
That
the
had
march'd
so
far
without
opposition
;
and
that
they
were
only
Arm'd
,
and
Fought
with
Darts
and
Lances
;
but
the
with
Battle-Axes
and
long
Swords
,
whose
force
and
weight
their
Enemies
not
being
able
to
sustain
,
were
soon
put
to
flight
.
Hengist
,
Cambden
having
subdu'd
the
besides
large
Possessions
conferr'd
on
him
in
other
places
,
requested
to
bestow
upon
him
in
that
Province
,
so
much
ground
as
he
could
encompass
with
an
Oxes-Hide
,
which
being
obtain'd
,
he
cut
it
into
Thongs
extreamly
Thinn
,
and
with
it
encompass'd
a
great
Territory
,
in
the
midst
of
which
he
built
a
Castle
;
which
by
the
Name
perpetuates
the
memory
thereof
;
for
it
is
call'd
My
Lord
the
King
,
you
see
how
your
Enemies
disquiet
you
on
all
sides
;
if
you
please
,
therefore
we
will
send
into
our
Country
,
for
the
increase
of
our
numbers
with
new
Recruits
.
Hengist
,
To
be
for
Beauty
the
Miracle
of
Nature
,
admir'd
by
all
that
look'd
on
her
.
This
Feast
and
Marriage
were
Celebrated
at
was
instructed
by
her
Father
to
Drink
a
Health
to
after
the
Ambrosius
Aurelianus
obtain'd
the
Victory
Britains
Saisseneag-Haibail
Keith-cotyhouse
.
Horsa
Isle
of
Thanet
He
dy'd
a
Natural
Death
He
dy'd
by
Poison
,
administred
to
him
by
his
Mother-in-Law
into
whose
mind
the
Devil
suggested
,
to
cause
a
Servant
of
his
to
give
him
Poison
;
which
he
having
drunk
,
and
perceiving
the
approach
of
Death
,
he
divided
his
Treasures
among
his
Soldiers
,
earnestly
exhorting
them
to
Fight
Couragiously
for
their
Country
.
Moreover
,
He
commanded
a
Pyramid
of
Brass
to
be
made
,
and
plac'd
in
the
Haven
where
the
usually
landed
,
upon
which
Pyramid
his
Body
should
be
laid
;
that
the
Enemies
seeing
the
Body
of
so
Valorous
a
Prince
,
might
be
frighted
back
into
their
own
Country
.
He
was
Buried
in
the
City
of
the
and
with
him
was
Buried
the
Crown
and
Glory
of
the
In
his
War
against
the
he
bore
in
his
Ensign
the
Image
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
English
Martyrology
That
great
numbers
of
Bishops
and
Priests
were
Massacred
by
this
To
Arms
Ambrosius
Aurelianus
Of
old
with
the
were
Subjects
to
the
King
of
for
those
Provinces
the
first
King
of
obtain'd
of
not
by
open
War
,
but
Treachery
:
Essex
,
Sussex
,
Surrey
,
Norfolk
Trinobantes
,
Regni
,
&
Ireni
:
Dimetae
,
(
Northwest-Wales
That
after
years
,
a
Child
should
be
born
in
that
Province
,
which
should
give
a
great
Lustre
to
that
Country
.
O
God
,
Who
by
an
Angel
didst
foretell
the
Nativity
of
thy
Blessed
Confessor
St.
years
before
he
was
born
,
Grant
unto
us
we
beseech
thee
,
that
Celebrating
his
memory
,
we
may
by
his
intercession
attain
to
joyes
everlasting
.
Gildas
Albanius
A
Holy
Woman
call'd
now
present
in
this
Church
,
is
great
with
Child
,
and
shall
shortly
be
brought
to
Bed
of
a
Son
,
full
replenish'd
with
Grace
:
It
was
in
regard
to
him
that
I
was
hindred
from
speaking
,
by
a
Divine
Power
restraining
my
Tongue
.
This
Child
shall
be
of
so
Eminent
Sanctity
,
that
none
in
these
our
parts
are
comparable
to
him
;
I
will
surrender
this
Region
to
him
,
who
will
from
his
Infancy
by
degrees
increase
in
Grace
and
Sanctity
:
An
Angel
Gods
Messenger
hath
reveal'd
this
unto
me
.
Old
Bush
Cambrians
Henmenen
Latines
Menevia
Caer
Vortigern
:
It
is
plac'd
Cambden
)
in
a
vast
Solitude
,
fearful
for
the
Horrour
of
Mountains
,
and
narrow
turnings
of
the
passage
to
it
:
Magician
Merlin
Aurelius
Ambrosius
Red
Dragon
Aurelius
Ambrosius
For
which
purpose
Henry
Spelman
,
)
a
Council
or
Assembly
was
call'd
about
the
Mountains
of
by
which
he
was
exalted
to
the
Royal
Dignity
:
That
the
Holy
Bishop
finding
favour
from
whose
Reign
in
he
had
fore-told
,
requested
the
King
to
free
a
person
call'd
from
Banishment
That
after
the
Death
of
raign'd
;
and
then
it
was
that
St.
the
Apostle
of
and
first
Abbot
of
after
he
instructed
his
Brethren
in
Regular
Discipline
,
and
competently
enrich'd
that
Monastery
with
Possessions
,
procur'd
from
Kings
and
Princes
,
yielded
to
nature
in
the
year
after
his
return
to
that
Island
,
and
was
buried
in
the
Old
Church
on
the
Right-hand
of
the
Altar
,
by
direction
of
an
Angel
,
a
great
flame
in
the
sight
of
all
,
breaking
forth
in
the
same
place
.
That
St.
's
Body
rests
in
the
See
of
accompanied
with
those
of
St.
and
St.
Whippedsflet
:
Hengist
Cymen
,
Pleting
and
his
Sons
were
forc'd
to
forsake
the
Field
;
and
fearing
his
strength
not
enough
,
to
make
good
his
present
Conquests
,
much
less
to
enlarge
them
,
sent
into
for
new
Supplies
;
which
being
arriv'd
,
he
continu'd
his
Progress
in
gaining
more
Territories
,
'till
he
establish'd
a
new
Kingdom
of
Aurelius
Ambrosius
Southern-Saxons
;
Hengist
He
promis'd
Almighty
God
,
that
if
he
Would
render
him
Victorious
over
the
all
the
ruin'd
Churches
he
would
re-build
and
restore
.
The
Valorous
Duke
or
Consul
of
was
very
desirous
to
cope
with
and
therefore
with
the
Forces
under
his
command
furiously
piercing
into
the
Enemies
Squadrons
,
found
him
at
last
,
and
laying
hold
on
the
fore-part
of
his
Helmet
,
with
main
force
drew
him
within
his
own
Troops
;
saying
,
Vpon
this
the
the
Son
of
and
not
a
few
with
him
,
betook
themselves
to
the
City
of
After
this
Victory
took
the
City
which
he
enter'd
Triumphantly
:
Then
calling
his
Captains
together
,
commanded
them
to
Decree
what
should
become
of
Bishop
of
and
Brother
of
impos'd
Silence
on
them
all
,
and
gnashing
his
Teeth
for
rage
,
told
them
,
saith
he
As
thou
hast
made
many
Mothers
Childless
,
so
will
I
make
thy
Mother
Childless
this
day
:
had
thus
said
,
He
drew
his
Sword
,
and
leading
out
of
the
City
,
cut
off
his
Head
,
sending
his
wretched
Soul
to
Hell.
Mary
Magdalen
Scrip
Chain
Bell
Martyrologies
,
This
day
(
the
first
of
is
Celebrated
the
memory
of
the
Blessed
Virgin
St.
who
in
Testimony
of
her
Virginity
,
having
touch'd
the
Wood
of
an
Altar
,
it
became
presently
green
.
English
Martyrology
Southern
Britains
She
requested
the
Prince
of
that
Country
,
that
she
might
be
permitted
to
serve
God
in
that
Solitude
:
The
place
did
so
swarm
with
Serpents
,
that
neither
Men
nor
Beasts
could
inhabit
in
it
That
her
Trust
was
fix'd
in
the
Name
and
Assistance
of
Almighty
God
,
and
therefore
she
doubted
not
to
drive
all
that
Poisonous
brood
out
of
that
Region
:
On
the
Banks
of
is
seen
the
Town
of
some
are
of
Opinion
that
it
was
nam'd
so
,
from
a
most
Holy
Virgin
;
who
according
to
the
Credulous
perswasion
of
former
Ages
,
is
believ'd
to
have
turn'd
Serpents
into
Stones
,
for
that
such
like
Miracles
of
sporting
Nature
,
are
there
sometimes
found
in
the
Quarries
.
I
my self
saw
a
Stone
brought
from
thence
representing
a
Serpent
roll'd
up
into
a
Spire
:
The
Head
of
it
stuck
out
in
the
outward
Surface
,
and
the
end
of
the
Tayl
terminated
in
the
Center
.
One
night
when
the
time
of
her
Consummation
approach'd
,
by
the
Revelation
of
the
Holy
Ghost
,
she
saw
in
a
Vision
,
as
it
were
a
Fiery
Pillar
,
the
Base
whereof
was
fix'd
in
her
Bed
,
which
was
no
other
then
a
Pavement
strew'd
over
with
a
few
Branches
of
Trees
.
In
this
Vision
two
Angels
appear'd
to
her
,
one
of
which
approaching
respectfully
to
her
,
seem'd
to
take
off
the
Sack-cloath
wherewith
she
was
cover'd
,
and
instead
thereof
,
to
put
on
her
a
Smock
of
Fine-linnen
,
over
that
a
Tunick
of
Purple
;
and
last
of
all
a
Mantle
all
woven
with
Gold
,
and
then
bid
her
prepare
her self
to
come
with
them
,
that
they
might
lead
her
into
her
Heavenly
Fathers
Kingdom
.
This
is
the
place
above
all
others
belov'd
by
me
,
here
my
memory
shall
be
perpetuated
:
This
place
I
will
often
visit
in
Spirit
,
if
it
may
be
,
and
I
am
sure
it
shall
be
permitted
;
for
our
Lord
hath
granted
me
this
place
as
an
Inheritance
:
The
time
will
come
when
this
place
shall
be
inhabited
by
a
sinful
People
,
which
notwithstanding
,
I
will
violently
root
out
of
this
seat
.
My
Tomb
shall
lye
a
long
time
unknown
,
'till
the
coming
of
other
People
,
whom
by
my
Prayers
I
shall
bring
hither
;
them
will
I
protect
and
defend
,
and
the
Name
of
our
Lord
shall
in
this
place
be
Blessed
for
ever
.
For
you
may
there
often-times
see
Young-men
and
Maids
sometimes
in
the
Church
,
sometimes
in
the
Church-yard
,
and
sometimes
while
they
are
Dancing
in
an
even
ground
encompassing
it
,
to
fall
down
on
a
suddain
to
the
ground
;
at
first
they
lye
quiet
,
as
if
they
were
wrap'd
in
an
Extasie
;
but
presently
they
will
leap
up
,
as
if
possess'd
with
a
Frenzy
,
and
with
both
their
Hands
and
Feet
before
the
People
,
they
will
represent
whatsoever
Servile
work
,
they
unlawfully
perform'd
upon
Feast
days
of
the
Church
;
one
will
walk
as
if
holding
the
Plow
,
another
as
if
driving
Oxen
with
a
Goad
,
and
both
of
them
in
the
mean
time
Singing
some
rude
Tune
,
as
if
to
ease
their
Toyl
;
one
will
act
the
Trade
of
a
Shooe-maker
,
another
of
a
Tanner
;
a
third
,
of
one
which
were
Spinning
:
Here
you
may
see
a
Maid
busily
Weaving
,
and
expressing
all
the
Postures
usual
in
that
work
:
After
all
which
being
brought
with
Offerings
to
the
Altar
,
you
would
be
astonish'd
to
see
how
suddenly
they
will
return
to
their
Senses
again
.
English
Martyrology
(
Torquis
As
when
any
one
is
to
give
a
Testimony
by
Oath
,
if
that
Wreath
be
placed
in
sight
,
he
dares
not
presume
to
commit
Perjury
.
Saxons
Andraedwald
Caer
Carec
Hill
Badonicus
conducted
by
their
famous
King
took
Courage
,
and
provoking
the
Victorious
to
Combat
,
by
the
Divine
Favour
,
obtain'd
a
Victory
over
them
;
after
which
sometimes
the
sometimes
the
prevail'd
,
until
the
were
Besieged
in
the
Mountain
and
a
great
slaughter
was
made
of
them
:
Polydore
Virgil
Caer
Badon
:
The
City
was
Besieged
by
the
but
by
the
coming
of
the
War-like
Prince
they
were
forc'd
to
retire
to
the
Mountain
where
,
after
a
long
and
desperate
Fight
,
they
were
overcome
,
and
great
numbers
of
them
slain
:
This
Mountain
seems
to
be
that
which
is
now
call'd
at
the
foot
whereof
is
seated
a
little
Village
,
call'd
where
to
this
day
are
seen
Rampires
and
Trenches
,
the
marks
of
a
Camp.
In
a
Combat
near
the
Castle
of
he
carried
the
same
Image
on
his
Shoulders
,
and
by
the
power
of
our
Lord
Jesus
and
his
Holy
Mother
that
whole
day
the
fled
before
him
.
Florilegus
That
Prince
's
Shield
,
on
which
the
Image
of
our
Lady
was
Painted
,
was
named
and
that
in
a
certain
Battle
,
he
drawing
ferth
his
Sword
,
invok'd
the
Name
of
the
Blessed
Virgin
,
and
with
great
Violence
peircing
into
the
midst
of
the
Enemies
,
at
one
Blow
he
slew
whomsoever
he
touch'd
with
it
;
nor
gave
he
over
,
till
he
had
slain
of
his
Enemies
with
his
Sword
alone
.
To
take
a
Journey
into
there
to
Preach
the
word
of
God
to
the
and
that
he
should
not
apprehend
the
length
of
the
way
or
menaces
of
the
Infidels
,
because
our
Lord
would
be
present
to
assist
him
:
If
thou
wilt
believe
in
Jesus
Christ
,
and
be
Baptiz'd
,
thou
shalt
receive
thy
sight
I
believe
in
Jesus
Christ
whom
thou
Preachest
,
and
beg
that
I
may
be
Baptiz'd
:
There
is
only
one
most
high
God
,
who
by
his
good
Servant
hath
made
me
whole
:
Pope
Gelasius
That
being
will'd
by
the
Blessed
Arch-Angel
,
a
Church
should
forthwith
be
built
,
and
that
it
should
be
perform'd
by
the
Holy
Bishops
West
Saxons
Dubritius
.
Vter
Alcluid
,
Vterpendragon
Southern
Britains
Cadoc
,
Gunleus
Venta
Silurum
That
he
daily
sustain'd
Ecclesiastical
persons
,
as
many
Widows
,
and
as
many
other
poor
People
,
beside
Strangers
,
which
frequently
visited
him
.
That
a
Church
was
Erected
to
his
Honour
among
the
at
a
place
call'd
which
to
this
day
conserves
his
memory
:
Albany
.
Fergus
Brun
Albain
Gallican
Martyrology
That
their
Conductor
St.
should
for
the
asswaging
of
their
Thirst
,
cause
a
Spring
of
fresh
Water
to
issue
out
of
a
Rock
there
adjoyning
.
Whether
there
were
any
in
that
Province
,
who
Profess'd
the
Christian
Faith
,
Sampson
,
Who
led
a
Solitary
Life
,
and
exercis'd
himself
in
Corporal
Labours
,
Fasting
,
Watching
and
Prayers
,
sustaining
himself
daily
with
a
small
Portion
of
Barly
Bread
,
Credan
,
Medan
Eastern
Ocean
Roger
Hoveden
a
Canon
Regular
of
the
Church
of
by
stealth
took
away
the
Body
of
St.
and
fled
with
it
to
the
Abbey
of
St.
the
less
:
Which
Theft
being
discover'd
,
Pryor
of
that
Cathedral
Church
,
with
the
Antient
Canons
of
the
Chapter
,
address'd
themselves
to
King
the
Father
,
(
for
his
Son
was
then
likewise
King
)
and
from
him
they
obtain'd
a
strict
command
to
the
Abbot
and
Convent
of
St.
without
delay
to
restore
St.
's
Body
to
the
Pryour
of
which
if
they
refus'd
,
the
King
gave
order
to
the
Governour
of
little
to
take
away
the
Sacred
Body
by
force
:
As
soon
as
the
Abbot
of
heard
hereof
,
he
restor'd
the
Body
entire
,
Swearing
withall
upon
the
Holy
Gospels
,
and
the
Relicks
of
certain
Saints
,
that
it
was
the
very
same
Body
unchang'd
and
unimpair'd
.
and
his
Son
King
of
the
Mat.
Paris
was
then
sick
,
and
his
General
may
decide
this
Controversy
in
the
Language
was
call'd
but
after
for
his
Valiant
Acts
,
obtain'd
the
Sir-name
of
which
in
signifies
Terrible
or
Admirable
;
Therefore
his
Son
and
Successor
was
call'd
which
signifies
the
Son
of
a
terrible
Prince
,
because
from
his
Childhood
he
was
Fierce
and
Cruel
being
out
of
the
Language
interpreted
a
Terrible
Bear
,
or
an
Iron-wall
,
which
breaks
the
Lyons
Jaws
.
Henry
was
a
Prince
of
great
Fame
,
and
withall
of
great
Pride
,
of
whom
the
Province
was
call'd
which
after
had
the
Name
of
He
gather'd
an
Army
out
of
all
with
his
Son
to
enable
themselves
to
encounter
him
,
had
in
so
great
danger
obtain'd
Aid
from
King
of
the
Potent
King
of
the
as
likewise
from
and
his
Son
lately
arriv'd
;
which
Forces
were
divided
into
two
main
Bodies
,
one
led
by
the
other
by
his
Son
When
the
Battle
was
joyn'd
,
King
perceiving
the
right
Wing
of
the
Enemies
,
conducted
by
was
much
stronger
than
the
other
,
he
turn'd
all
his
Forces
against
it
,
willing
to
destroy
that
which
was
Strongest
.
He
set
upon
it
therefore
with
such
Violence
,
that
he
brake
quite
through
them
,
threw
down
their
Ensign
,
forc'd
to
fly
,
and
made
a
great
Slaughter
of
his
Army
in
a
short
time
:
But
who
conducted
the
left
Wing
,
seeing
his
Fathers
Army
routed
,
rush'd
vehemently
on
the
backs
of
the
whilst
they
pursu'd
their
Enemies
flying
;
by
this
means
the
Combat
became
furious
,
insomuch
as
King
was
slain
,
and
the
forc'd
to
fly
,
of
whom
there
fell
and
the
rest
sav'd
themselves
by
their
swiftness
.
Aurelius
Ambrosius
the
Brother
of
dying
by
Poison
,
after
the
coming
of
his
Son
a
Youth
of
years
,
began
to
reign
over
the
his
Mothers
Name
was
born
he
was
in
a
Castle
of
Ambrosius
:
Arthur
Was
the
Son
of
King
of
and
being
in
his
Childhood
of
an
excellent
Disposition
,
was
carefully
instructed
,
and
did
wonderfully
profit
in
good
Literature
.
After
he
was
sent
into
for
the
increase
of
his
knowledge
;
where
,
having
abode
seven
years
,
he
return'd
into
furnish'd
not
with
Learning
only
,
but
abundance
of
Books
also
.
The
report
of
his
Eminent
Learning
drew
many
to
him
from
all
quarters
,
to
suck
instruction
from
him
.
But
he
took
more
care
to
enrich
himself
with
Virtue
and
Piety
then
Knowledge
;
and
indeed
none
was
to
be
found
in
all
those
Regions
comparable
to
him
in
Assiduous
Prayers
,
Fasting
,
Sack-cloath
and
Mortifications
:
He
wholly
abstain'd
from
Flesh
,
contenting
himself
with
Barly-bread
and
Herbs
,
with
which
he
mix'd
Ashes
,
to
abate
the
Pleasure
he
might
take
in
the
taste
of
his
Food
.
His
Drink
was
pure
Water
from
the
Fountain
:
He
would
ordinarily
at
midnight
plunge
himself
in
the
River
for
Mortification
,
and
spend
the
rest
of
the
night
in
Prayer
,
by
which
Austerities
he
became
so
lean
,
as
if
he
had
been
in
a
Consumption
.
Whatever
was
bestow'd
on
him
by
richmen
,
he
presently
distributed
amongst
the
poor
:
His
Charity
drew
him
into
where
the
Gospel
of
Christ
was
not
so
well
settled
,
and
there
he
spent
many
years
in
instructing
that
Nation
;
but
being
inform'd
,
that
in
the
more
parts
of
his
own
Country
was
generally
profess'd
,
and
that
those
few
Christians
who
liv'd
there
,
were
Poison'd
with
many
Heresies
,
he
return'd
thither
;
and
being
thorough
furnish'd
with
the
Armour
of
God
,
he
demonstrated
to
the
that
the
suppos'd
Deities
Worship'd
by
them
,
were
nothing
but
the
Inventions
of
Impious
men
:
And
to
the
that
what
they
held
,
was
contrary
to
Divine
Truth
reveal'd
to
Gods
Church
,
by
which
means
he
is
said
to
have
brought
the
to
destroy
their
Idols
and
Prophane
Temples
,
to
receive
Baptisme
,
and
erect
Churches
:
The
also
he
reduc'd
into
the
bosome
of
the
Now
to
make
his
Preaching
more
effectual
;
our
Lord
was
pleas'd
to
give
him
a
Plentiful
Grace
in
Healing
the
Sick
,
giving
Sight
to
the
Blind
,
Curing
the
Deaf
,
Cleansing
the
Leprous
,
So
that
his
Preaching
confirm'd
by
frequent
Miracles
,
spread
the
true
Faith
through
all
those
Provinces
,
to
the
glory
of
God
and
the
inexpressible
joy
of
St.
Britains
Gladarhaf
That
his
Body
might
be
buried
in
the
Church
of
that
Monastery
Historicus
,
neque
Insulsus
,
neque
Infacetus
,
Gallican
Martyrology
That
he
being
during
his
Childhood
sent
into
was
recommended
to
the
Instructions
of
a
Disciple
of
St.
and
that
his
Voyage
into
was
to
root
out
many
Heresies
sprung
up
amongst
the
late
Converted
Christians
,
and
to
reform
many
Vices
and
unlawful
Customs
;
and
that
the
Heresie
most
oppos'd
by
him
in
the
parts
of
Little
Britain
Gildas
Albanius
That
the
Blessed
St.
was
born
in
the
most
fruitful
Region
call'd
His
Fathers
name
was
a
most
Noble
and
Catholick
person
:
This
Region
a
part
of
took
its
Name
from
the
River
by
which
the
greatest
part
thereof
is
Water'd
,
and
is
now
call'd
before
that
the
bounds
of
the
Provinces
under
the
jurisdiction
,
beyond
which
liv'd
the
That
this
with
his
Father
and
Brother
landed
in
a
Port
of
that
Province
,
call'd
therefore
Scots
.
John
A
certain
King
in
the
parts
of
who
was
a
begot
of
his
Wife
a
very
Beautiful
Daughter
;
she
having
been
a
frequent
hearer
of
Sermons
preach'd
by
the
Servants
of
God
,
obtain'd
the
Grace
to
believe
his
Truth
,
and
renounce
the
Worshiping
of
Idols
;
and
though
she
had
not
yet
been
Purified
with
the
Sacrament
of
Baptism
;
yet
she
was
diligent
in
observing
Gods
Commandments
with
an
Humble
and
Devout
mind
,
being
much
given
to
Prayer
and
Alms-giving
,
and
other
Duties
of
Ecclesiastical
Discipline
,
as
much
as
the
fear
of
offending
her
Father
would
permit
.
She
bore
so
great
a
Devotion
to
the
fruitful
Virginity
and
Integrity
of
the
Blessed
Virgin
that
mov'd
with
a
Womanish
presumption
,
she
beg'd
of
our
Lord
that
she
might
in
some
measure
imitate
her
in
her
Conception
and
Birth
:
At
length
,
as
she
thought
,
she
obtain'd
her
desire
,
for
she
found
her self
with
Child
.
Her
Father
perceiving
this
,
and
not
being
able
either
by
fair
Speeches
or
Threatnings
to
wrest
from
her
,
who
was
the
Father
of
the
Child
;
for
she
seriously
Protested
,
that
she
had
never
suffer'd
the
unlawful
Embraces
of
any
man
:
Hereupon
in
a
great
rage
determin'd
to
execute
upon
her
the
Law
of
the
Country
;
which
was
,
In
conformity
to
this
Law
,
the
young
Woman
was
placed
on
the
highest
part
of
a
mountain
in
that
Country
call'd
from
thence
to
be
thrown
down
and
torn
in
pieces
:
She
therefore
with
deep
Sighs
,
looking
up
to
Heaven
,
implor'd
the
Mercy
and
Help
of
her
Redeemer
with
many
Tears
;
after
this
she
was
cast
down
,
but
by
the
fall
was
neither
bruis'd
,
nor
receiv'd
the
least
harm
,
but
sliding
down
easily
and
slowly
,
came
safe
to
the
bottom
:
The
there
present
,
ascrib'd
this
deliverance
to
the
Magical
Inchantments
of
the
Christians
,
and
therefore
with
the
Kings
Consent
,
they
carried
her
several
Miles
into
the
Sea
,
and
there
left
her
in
a
small
Boat
made
of
Leather
without
any
Oares
,
and
destitute
of
all
Humane
help
:
But
it
seems
he
who
commands
the
Winds
and
the
Seas
was
her
Protector
;
for
by
his
Power
the
Boat
was
carried
straight
to
a
far
distant
Haven
,
with
greater
swiftness
then
either
Oares
or
Sails
could
have
driven
her
.
Being
there
arriv'd
,
the
young
Lady
soon
after
at
a
place
call'd
was
deliver'd
without
the
assistance
of
a
Midwife
,
of
a
Son
:
Ptolomy
Colania
Louden
:
The
next
morning
St.
came
to
the
place
,
and
seeing
the
desolate
Mother
with
her
Infant
,
said
,
He
took
them
into
his
care
,
nourish'd
and
Baptiz'd
them
,
calling
the
Mother
and
the
Child
Britains
Enhly
English
Berdsey
Was
inhabited
by
so
many
Saints
,
that
beside
no
fewer
then
Holy
men
were
Buried
there
,
as
Records
inform
us
.
It
was
call'd
by
the
for
the
distance
of
it
,
the
difficulty
of
Passage
,
the
Sanctity
and
Security
of
it
,
since
Saints
are
there
Venerated
as
Martyrs
,
and
since
it
is
on
all
sides
encompass'd
with
the
Sea
.
Saxons
.
Colgrin
York
.
Baldulph
Malgo
Conan
Pelagian
Heresie
Yrugan
mil
Saint
Little
Britain
That
he
would
so
direct
their
course
,
that
they
might
come
to
a
Solitude
,
Commodious
for
the
Exercise
of
a
Spiritual
Life
:
That
the
Body
of
the
Blessed
Martyr
presently
arose
,
and
taking
the
Head
between
the
two
Arms
,
went
down
to
the
Sea-shore
,
and
walking
thence
on
the
Sea
,
pass'd
over
to
the
Port
call'd
by
his
Name
;
and
being
arriv'd
at
a
place
where
a
Church
is
now
built
to
his
memory
,
it
fell
down
,
and
was
there
bury'd
by
St.
with
Spiritual
Hymns
and
Canticles
:
In
which
Church
our
Lord
hath
frequently
vouchsafed
to
attest
the
Sanctity
of
his
Servant
by
many
Miracles
.
Cambden
,
To
be
famous
for
the
death
of
of
a
Holy
man
call'd
who
coming
from
liv'd
a
Solitary
Life
,
but
was
at
last
Murdered
by
his
Servants
,
and
inscrib'd
in
the
Catalogue
of
Martyrs
.
Llan
Patern
Maur
Llan
Patern
Maur
Venantius
Fortunatus
Little
Britain
Mel
,
Rioch
That
he
was
by
Nation
a
near
Kinsman
to
the
Holy
Bishop
St.
and
a
Deacon
when
he
attended
him
into
and
that
in
Beauty
and
Comliness
of
Body
,
he
excell'd
all
others
of
that
Nation
.
Latin
,
Secundinus
Leimster
(
Laginensium
Catholick
Faith.
being
thus
expell'd
,
all
the
Churches
of
receiv'd
their
Order
and
Rule
,
from
the
Authority
of
the
Catholick
Faith
Rosey
Valley
That
every
Monk
should
labour
daily
with
his
Hands
for
the
common
good
of
the
Monastery
.
For
Idleness
corrupts
the
Thoughts
and
Minds
of
men
.
The
Monks
there
were
not
to
take
Gifts
or
Possessions
from
unjust
persons
,
and
detested
Riches
;
they
had
no
care
to
ease
their
Labours
by
use
of
Oxen
or
Cattle
,
for
every
one
to
himself
and
his
Brethren
was
instead
of
Riches
and
Oxen.
They
never
convers'd
together
by
talking
,
but
when
necessity
requir'd
,
but
each
one
perform'd
the
labour
enjoyn'd
him
,
joyning
thereto
Prayer
or
Holy
Meditations
on
Divine
things
.
And
having
finish'd
their
Country
work
,
they
return'd
to
the
Monastery
,
where
they
spent
the
remainder
of
the
day
till
Even
,
in
Reading
or
Writing
:
At
Even
upon
the
sounding
of
a
Bell
,
they
all
left
their
work
and
repair'd
to
Church
,
where
they
remain'd
'till
the
Stars
appear'd
,
and
then
went
all
together
to
their
Refection
,
eating
sparingly
,
and
not
to
satiety
;
their
Food
was
Bread
,
with
Roots
or
Herbs
season'd
with
Salt
,
and
they
quench'd
their
Thirst
mith
a
mixture
of
Water
and
Milk
:
Supper
being
ended
,
they
continued
three
hours
in
Watching
,
Prayers
and
Genu-flexions
.
As
long
as
they
were
in
the
Church
,
it
was
not
permitted
to
any
to
Slumber
,
Sneeze
or
Spit
.
After
this
they
went
to
their
Rest
,
and
at
Cock-crowing
,
they
rose
and
continu'd
at
Prayers
'till
day
appear'd
.
All
their
inward
temptations
and
thoughts
they
discover'd
to
their
Superior
,
and
from
him
they
demanded
permission
in
all
things
,
even
when
they
were
urg'd
to
the
necessities
of
Nature
.
Their
Cloathing
was
of
the
Skins
of
Beasts
:
Whosoever
desir'd
to
joyn
himself
in
their
Holy
Conversation
,
he
was
oblig'd
to
remain
days
at
the
door
of
the
Monastery
as
a
Reprobate
,
unworthy
to
be
admitted
into
their
Society
,
and
there
be
expos'd
to
Opprobious
scorns
:
But
if
all
that
time
he
Patiently
suffer'd
all
Mortifications
,
he
was
receiv'd
by
the
Religious
who
had
care
of
the
Gate
,
whom
he
serv'd
,
and
by
whom
he
was
instructed
;
in
which
condition
he
remain'd
a
long
time
,
exercis'd
in
painful
Labours
,
and
grievous
Mortifications
;
and
so
at
last
was
admitted
to
the
Fellowship
of
the
Brethren
.
Cambden
Llandevibrevi
,
or
the
Church
of
St.
near
the
River
was
built
in
memory
of
St.
Bishop
of
in
the
place
where
He
,
during
the
sitting
of
a
full
Synod
,
confuted
and
repress'd
the
reviving
in
by
the
Holy
Scriptures
and
,
Miracles
;
For
,
as
the
Fame
is
,
the
Earth
on
which
he
Preach'd
,
swell'd
up
under
his
feet
till
it
became
a
Hill.
Ad
Quercum
,
at
the
Oak
.
Aurelius
Ambrosius
Caer
Carec
Threminius
;
Geoffry
That
he
was
Primate
of
and
Legate
of
the
Apostolick
See
Western
Britain
After
he
was
dead
,
the
Inhabitants
of
three
several
places
contended
earnestly
,
which
of
them
should
enjoy
his
Body
:
Those
of
where
his
Ancestors
had
been
Buried
,
those
of
where
he
dy'd
;
and
those
of
among
whom
he
had
been
Bishop
.
When
therefore
no
agreement
could
be
made
amongst
them
,
there
appear'd
presently
three
Bodies
,
so
like
to
one
another
,
that
three
Eggs
resemble
not
more
perfectly
:
Whereupon
each
of
those
People
took
one
of
them
,
and
so
ended
the
Controversy
:
That
St.
as
soon
as
he
was
promoted
to
Priesthood
,
went
to
a
Disciple
of
St.
and
that
in
a
certain
Island
he
led
a
Holy
Life
acceptable
to
God
,
and
that
St.
liv'd
with
him
many
years
,
and
follow'd
his
Instructions
.
at
last
by
extream
pains
in
his
Eyes
,
lost
the
use
of
them
:
Whereupon
calling
his
Disciples
together
,
he
desir'd
that
one
after
another
,
they
would
look
upon
his
Eyes
,
and
say
a
Prayer
or
Benediction
on
them
:
But
receiving
no
benefit
thereby
,
said
to
him
,
Father
command
me
not
to
look
you
in
the
face
,
for
ten
years
are
past
since
I
studied
the
Scriptures
with
you
,
and
in
all
that
time
I
never
had
the
boldness
to
look
you
in
the
face
admiring
his
Humility
,
said
,
Since
it
is
so
,
it
will
suffice
,
if
by
touching
mine
Eyes
thou
pronounce
a
Benediction
on
them
;
Presently
therefore
,
as
soon
as
he
had
touch'd
them
,
Sight
was
restor'd
to
them
.
West-Saxons
,
That
is
in
the
seventy
first
year
after
the
first
coming
of
the
in
the
reign
of
the
Emperour
the
Elder
That
this
year
a
terrible
Battle
was
fought
between
and
the
and
that
on
both
sides
the
Captains
Fought
Magnanimously
till
Even
;
but
then
the
got
the
Victory
,
which
would
have
been
more
Bloody
to
the
had
not
the
darkness
hind'red
the
Pursuit
:
Devonshire
,
Dorsetshire
,
Barkshire
Isle
of
Wight
Colgrin
,
Baldulf
We
beseech
you
most
Holy
Bishops
,
to
Pray
with
us
to
our
Lord
for
these
things
,
for
the
Necessities
of
Gods
Priests
ought
to
be
common
;
make
your
Supplications
likewise
with
us
to
the
most
Holy
and
Glorious
Virgin
Mother
of
God
,
that
she
would
intercede
for
the
Peace
of
the
Catholick
Church
,
and
for
the
Victory
and
long
Life
of
our
most
Excellent
and
Pious
Emperour
Little
Britain
To
take
pitty
of
that
miserable
People
,
and
to
give
them
some
small
portion
of
that
Country
,
to
inhabit
under
the
yoak
of
perpetual
Servitude
.
Candida
Casa
Finanus
,
That
he
having
been
in
his
Childhood
instructed
by
St.
was
afterward
recommended
to
the
care
of
when
he
came
into
and
return'd
with
and
there
Learn'd
of
him
the
Rules
of
a
Monastical
Life
at
his
See
,
call'd
the
great
Monastery
.
Finanus
Norfolk
,
Suffolk
Isle
of
Wight
Saxons
Witland
Isle
of
Wight
Kined
,
That
when
St.
had
publish'd
his
Edicts
for
assembling
this
Vniversal
Councel
of
he
humbly
invited
St.
to
it
;
who
excus'd
his
not
coming
,
in
regard
,
that
for
his
sins
,
he
was
become
distorted
and
crooked
in
his
Body
;
and
was
besides
unable
to
undertake
such
a
Journey
:
Whereupon
it
is
said
,
that
St.
by
the
Prayers
of
St.
was
restor'd
to
Heath
and
straightness
;
and
by
his
own
Prayers
reduc'd
again
to
his
Infirmity
and
Crookedness
.
Saxons
,
David
Minster
Britains
,
Twy
Davy
David's
House
Was
of
such
as
liv'd
either
Contemporaries
with
St.
or
presently
after
him
Contain'd
such
Saints
as
liv'd
about
this
Age
;
such
as
were
St.
call'd
by
the
and
by
the
That
when
the
hour
of
his
Dissolution
approach'd
,
the
Angel
of
the
Lord
appear'd
to
him
,
saying
,
Whereupon
the
Holy
man
of
God
said
,
The
Brethren
who
assisted
him
,
having
heard
the
sound
of
these
words
,
but
not
well
understanding
the
sense
,
fell
Prostrate
to
the
ground
in
great
fear
:
Then
the
Holy
Bishop
cry'd
with
a
loud
voice
,
Vpon
this
the
Brethren
pour'd
forth
loud
Complaints
,
but
he
asswag'd
their
sorrow
with
mild
and
comfortable
words
,
exhorting
them
to
be
constant
in
their
good
profession
,
and
unanimously
to
bear
to
the
end
that
yoak
which
they
had
undergone
,
and
to
observe
and
fulfill
whatever
they
had
seen
or
heard
from
him
;
and
from
that
hour
,
to
the
day
of
his
death
,
he
remain'd
in
the
Church
,
exhorting
and
encouraging
them
.
But
when
the
hour
of
his
departure
was
come
,
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
vouchsafed
his
presence
,
as
he
had
promis'd
by
his
Angel
,
to
the
infinite
Consolation
of
the
Holy
Father
;
who
at
the
Heavenly
sight
,
exalted
in
Spirit
,
cry'd
out
,
With
which
words
in
our
Lords
company
,
he
gave
up
his
Spirit
to
God
,
upon
the
fore-mention'd
;
and
being
associated
to
a
troop
of
Angels
,
mounted
up
to
Heaven
with
them
.
That
having
one
day
continu'd
his
Prayers
with
more
then
ordinary
Devotion
,
his
face
seem'd
as
on
fire
,
the
sight
whereof
fill'd
the
by-standers
with
great
amazement
;
when
Prayers
were
ended
,
the
Saint
began
to
lament
bitterly
,
and
when
his
Disciples
demanded
a
reason
of
his
sorrow
,
he
sate
a
while
silent
,
and
at
last
said
,
My
dear
Children
,
know
for
certain
that
the
Holy
Bishop
the
Glory
of
the
Father
of
his
Country
,
is
this
day
dead
,
he
has
escap'd
out
of
the
Prison
of
his
Body
,
and
is
flown
to
Heaven
:
Believe
me
,
I
my self
have
seen
a
multitude
of
Angels
conducting
him
into
the
Joy
of
our
Lord
;
and
our
Lord
himself
at
the
Entrance
of
Paradice
,
hath
Crown'd
him
with
Glory
and
Honour
.
Know
also
,
that
which
is
depriv'd
of
so
great
a
Light
,
will
a
long
time
mourn
for
the
Absence
of
such
a
Patron
,
who
oppos'd
himself
to
the
Sword
of
our
Lord
when
it
was
half
drawn
out
,
for
the
destruction
of
that
Nation
,
in
revenge
of
their
Sins
and
Impenitence
:
Now
will
God
deliver
up
to
a
strange
Nation
which
know
him
not
,
and
shall
enjoy
the
land
of
its
Inhabitants
:
Christian
Religion
shall
be
utterly
dissipated
in
it
,
'till
the
time
prefix'd
by
God
be
ended
.
But
after
that
,
it
shall
through
the
Mercies
of
our
Lord
,
be
restor'd
to
its
former
state
;
yea
to
a
far
better
and
more
Happy
.
Pope
Calixtus
Isle
of
Wight
Tours
.
Not
far
from
the
Church
of
rests
the
Body
of
a
Priest
Nam'd
by
Nation
a
who
living
here
with
great
Devotion
and
Sanctity
,
Our
Lord
was
pleas'd
by
him
Miraculously
to
restore
many
to
Health
:
The
better
to
attend
his
Divine
love
,
he
avoided
the
sight
of
men
,
confining
himself
to
a
little
Cell
or
Oratory
,
over
against
the
Church
of
where
,
in
a
little
Orchard
,
cultivated
by
himself
,
he
had
planted
a
few
Lawrel
Trees
,
which
now
are
so
increas'd
,
that
the
Boughs
of
them
being
drawn
together
Arch-wise
,
do
afford
a
very
pleasing
shade
;
under
those
Lawrels
his
custom
was
to
sit
Reading
or
Writing
:
After
his
Death
,
among
the
said
Trees
there
was
one
which
through
Age
was
quite
Wither'd
;
He
who
had
the
care
of
these
Trees
,
digg'd
up
the
root
of
the
dry
Tree
,
and
of
the
Body
of
it
hew'd
out
a
Bench
,
upon
which
he
us'd
to
sit
:
After
he
had
made
such
use
of
this
seat
above
two
years
,
thought
of
remorse
came
into
his
Heart
;
I
believe
by
Divine
Inspiration
,
which
forc'd
the
man
to
say
Whereupon
he
presently
digs
a
hole
and
puts
the
seat
into
it
,
having
cut
off
the
Feet
which
supported
it
,
and
then
cover'd
it
with
Earth
:
The
very
next
Spring
this
dry
Bench
sprouted
forth
into
Green
Branches
,
and
prosper'd
so
well
,
that
at
this
day
there
are
proceeded
from
it
several
young
Trees
of
great
heighth
;
and
which
every
year
,
by
our
Lords
Blessing
,
sprout
forth
more
and
more
.
That
no
Metropolitan
should
presume
to
Ordain
any
one
Bishop
,
before
he
arriv'd
to
years
,
the
Age
of
a
perfect
man
;
least
he
should
through
Youth
,
incurr
some
Errour
.
That
if
any
one
were
made
a
Bishop
,
without
the
Judgement
and
Consent
of
the
Metropolitan
,
he
was
forbidden
to
exercise
his
Episcopal
Function
That
every
Bishop
should
be
Ordain'd
by
at
least
two
or
three
Bishops
:
As
Anointing
the
Head
with
Chrism
,
with
Invocation
of
the
Holy
Spirit
,
Signing
the
Person
with
the
Sign
of
the
Cross
,
Impositionof
Hands
Kentigern
,
That
during
the
whole
course
of
his
Life
,
his
custom
was
to
eat
only
every
third
day
,
and
sometimes
every
fourth
;
his
food
was
Bread
,
Milk
,
Cheese
and
Butter
:
He
always
abstain'd
from
Flesh
and
Wine
,
or
any
other
Drink
which
could
Distemper
.
Next
his
skin
he
wore
a
very
rough
Hair-cloath
,
and
over
that
a
Garment
made
of
Goat-skins
,
together
with
a
close
Cowle
,
and
his
uppermost
cloathing
was
a
white
Albe
.
He
always
wore
a
Stole
,
and
carried
a
Pastoral
Staff
or
Crosier
,
not
Spherical
,
Gilded
or
set
with
precious
Stones
,
but
of
simple
Wood
,
bowing
back
at
the
Top
;
and
in
his
Hand
he
ever
held
a
Book
,
thus
was
he
always
in
readiness
to
exercise
his
Function
,
whenever
necessity
or
reason
requir'd
:
He
lay
in
a
stone
Chest
made
hollow
like
a
Biere
;
under
his
Head
lay
a
stone
,
and
under
his
body
were
cast
Cinders
and
Cilice
of
Hair
;
in
which
posture
with
some
unwillingness
,
he
admitted
a
short
sleep
;
after
which
he
would
plunge
himself
into
Cold
Water
,
and
so
recite
the
whole
Psalter
:
This
practice
neither
Snow
nor
Rain
interrupted
,
nor
any
thing
but
Sickness
,
or
Journeying
:
He
fix'd
his
Episcopal
See
in
the
City
of
where
he
also
ordain'd
a
great
Congregation
of
Religious
men
,
who
liv'd
according
to
the
form
of
the
Primitive
Church
,
in
community
of
all
things
:
The
in
his
Diocess
,
he
converted
to
the
Faith
,
by
his
sound
Doctrine
he
reduc'd
to
the
bosome
of
our
Holy
Mother
the
Church
.
He
every
where
threw
down
Idols
and
Images
of
Devils
,
and
built
some
Churches
:
He
distinguish'd
Parishes
by
their
certain
bounds
:
He
was
always
travelling
to
gain
Souls
to
God
;
never
riding
,
but
in
imitation
of
the
Apostles
,
always
going
on
foot
;
And
because
he
would
not
eat
his
Bread
in
Idleness
,
his
custom
was
to
labour
with
his
hands
in
Agriculture
.
Elaphius
,
Egbrith
British
Bards
a
Faery
Goddess
,
who
carried
the
Body
of
King
by
Magick
skill
,
with
promise
to
Cure
his
Wounds
,
and
that
he
should
return
with
his
former
Strength
and
Courage
to
govern
the
That
he
might
have
the
Prayers
of
such
as
in
succeeding
Ages
should
come
to
visit
those
Monuments
:
Brent
,
March
,
Poulden
Pagan
Angli
Matthew
Paris
)
the
King
dying
,
was
desirous
to
be
hidden
,
least
his
Enemies
should
insult
,
and
his
Friends
be
molested
at
so
great
a
Calamity
.
Hence
it
is
that
Histories
relate
little
or
nothing
of
his
Death
and
Burial
;
Insomuch
,
as
the
Nation
out
of
their
Affection
to
him
,
contend
that
he
is
still
alive
;
upon
which
occasion
the
Prophecy
was
invented
and
father'd
upon
That
he
should
appear
and
reign
once
more
.
That
the
Abbot
who
found
it
,
shew'd
him
the
Cross
which
lay
over
King
's
Body
,
the
Characters
whereof
he
read
:
In
this
Island
or
rather
this
Tomb
of
Saints
at
do
rest
King
the
flower
of
the
Kings
of
his
Queen
,
who
after
their
Decease
were
Honourably
Bury'd
near
the
Old
Church
,
between
two
Stone
Pyramids
,
heretofore
Nobly
Engraven
;
and
in
the
same
place
have
their
Bodies
rested
for
many
years
,
to
wit
,
years
,
untill
the
time
of
who
after
the
burning
of
the
said
Church
,
was
Abbot
there
:
This
Abbot
after
many
admonitions
by
several
persons
,
commanded
men
to
dig
between
the
said
Pyramids
:
They
dig'd
exceeding
deep
,
and
at
last
found
a
very
great
Bier
of
Wood
shut
close
up
,
which
,
with
their
Instruments
they
open'd
,
and
within
it
discover'd
the
Kings
Body
,
and
a
Cross
of
Lead
,
one
whole
side
whereof
was
fill'd
with
this
Inscription
,
Then
they
open'd
the
Tomb
of
the
Queen
,
and
the
Hairs
of
her
Head
were
spread
over
her
Body
,
and
seem'd
as
if
she
had
been
but
lately
bury'd
;
but
as
soon
as
they
touch'd
them
,
they
fell
all
into
Dust
.
The
Abbot
then
and
Convent
with
great
Joy
,
and
exceeding
Honour
,
transfer'd
their
Bodies
from
thence
,
and
plac'd
them
in
a
double
Monument
of
Stone
Nobly
Engraven
on
the
one
side
in
the
great
Church
,
to
wit
,
The
Kings
Body
by
it self
at
the
Head
of
the
Tomb
,
and
the
Queens
on
the
a
Modest
man
,
was
the
only
person
of
the
Stock
,
who
over-liv'd
the
Miseries
of
the
at
the
time
when
the
rais'd
such
Tragedies
in
the
Island
That
the
Off-spring
of
in
the
times
when
he
wrote
,
did
degenerate
from
the
Virtue
of
their
Ancestors
:
Cyril
,
Is
the
prime
and
immoveable
Foundation
of
the
Faith
profess'd
by
Christians
,
and
with
which
hath
in
every
Age
triumph'd
over
all
Superstition
and
Idolatry
:
Amiable
in
his
Conversation
,
Vigilant
in
Prayer
,
and
Persevering
in
good
Works
.
Little
Britain
Little
Britain
Caer
Guent
That
by
his
Prayers
a
Fountain
sprang
forth
in
a
dry
Soyl
,
very
effectual
for
Curing
several
Diseases
,
Little
Britain
Elan
Carvan
Elan
Carvan
That
the
constant
Tradition
was
,
that
he
was
after
made
a
Bishop
of
a
City
in
the
Province
of
the
to
whom
becoming
a
Christian
,
King
gave
those
Provinces
Little
Britain
For
with
his
word
he
calm'd
Tempests
,
he
restor'd
three
dead
persons
to
Life
,
to
the
Blind
he
gave
Sight
,
by
the
sprinkling
of
Holy
Water
he
expell'd
Devils
and
quench'd
the
Poison
of
Serpents
:
That
his
Flock
was
Penitent
,
and
desir'd
his
return
;
that
he
should
repair
to
them
,
and
restore
to
Health
that
Region
which
was
grievously
afflicted
with
the
Scourges
of
Divine
Severity
;
that
he
should
restore
plenty
to
the
barren
Earth
,
bestow
his
Benediction
on
the
Inhabitants
.
Returning
to
that
there
he
should
be
divested
of
corruptible
Flesh
,
and
his
Soul
ascend
to
Eternal
Felicity
.
Gildas
Albanius
That
he
saw
the
Heavens
on
a
suddain
open'd
,
and
a
Choire
of
Angels
descending
to
meet
St.
's
Soul
,
by
whose
incomparable
Splendour
,
the
whole
World
was
that
night
Enlightn'd
:
That
when
St.
of
whom
the
Province
of
took
its
Name
,
was
grown
to
an
Age
of
capable
knowledge
,
being
desirous
of
instruction
,
he
pass'd
over
into
to
a
Religious
man
call'd
and
under
him
studied
diligently
,
and
was
taught
both
Learning
and
Piety
:
Arthur
,
Constantine
In
former
times
Gildas
)
our
Kings
publick
Officers
,
private
Persons
,
Bishops
and
other
Ecclesiasticks
,
every
one
kept
their
Order
,
and
perform'd
the
Duties
belonging
to
them
;
But
when
they
were
dead
,
there
succeeded
a
Generation
,
utterly
ignorant
of
the
former
Virtues
,
among
whom
all
the
Rules
of
Truth
and
Justice
were
so
shaken
and
subverted
,
that
no
footsteps
,
nor
so
much
as
the
least
Monument
of
those
Virtues
appear'd
in
any
of
the
said
Orders
.
Constantine
Constantine
,
The
Tyrannical
Whelp
of
the
Lioness
of
an
infringer
of
the
dreadful
Sacrament
of
an
Oath
,
by
which
he
bound
himself
before
God
and
all
his
Saints
;
to
abstain
from
all
Injustice
and
Treachery
to
his
Subjects
;
notwithstanding
which
,
in
the
very
bosom
both
of
their
Carnal
Mother
,
and
Spiritual
Mother
the
Church
,
near
the
most
Holy
Altar
,
he
had
torn
the
Bowels
of
two
Royal
Youths
,
though
cover'd
with
the
Vestments
of
a
Holy
Abbot
,
whilst
they
stretch'd
forth
their
Hands
,
not
armed
with
Swords
to
resist
,
but
to
implore
help
from
God
and
his
Altar
;
and
yet
he
most
Barbarously
shed
their
Blood
;
which
,
with
a
Purple
dye
stain'd
the
seat
of
the
Ecclesiastical
Sacrifice
,
and
the
Sacred
Palls
which
cover'd
it
.
Constantine
,
That
he
would
do
suitable
Pennance
for
these
horrible
Crimes
;
that
if
possible
he
might
avoid
the
dark
inextricable
Torrents
of
Eternal
fire
,
in
which
otherwise
he
must
for
ever
be
roll'd
and
roasted
.
viz.
That
after
a
short
reign
,
having
been
depriv'd
of
his
Wife
and
Children
,
be
grew
weary
of
his
Kingdom
,
and
privily
stealing
from
his
Friends
,
went
into
and
there
for
the
love
of
Christ
,
labour'd
unknown
like
a
poor
Servant
in
a
Mill
;
but
afterward
by
perswasion
of
a
Monk
,
to
whom
he
discover'd
his
condition
,
he
was
induc'd
to
shave
his
Head
,
and
Consecrate
himself
to
a
Religious
Life
in
a
Monastery
,
where
he
is
said
to
live
with
such
Piety
and
Devotion
,
that
he
became
a
pattern
of
all
Virtues
to
the
rest
of
the
Monks
.
That
at
last
by
the
Prelate
of
that
place
he
was
sent
in
Mission
to
the
to
instruct
that
Nation
in
the
Doctrine
of
Christ
,
where
he
suffer'd
Martyrdom
by
the
hands
of
some
Impious
persons
:
Some
Ages
after
he
became
Venerated
as
a
Saint
,
and
by
Authority
of
succeeding
Bishops
,
Temples
were
Dedicated
to
his
Honour
,
which
yet
remain
in
that
Nation
.
David
,
That
when
St.
's
Holiness
was
spread
abroad
,
several
Princes
forsaking
their
Kingdoms
,
retir'd
to
his
Monastery
:
And
that
King
of
the
forsaking
his
Throne
,
became
a
Monk
there
,
and
after
some
time
spent
in
the
Service
of
God
,
at
last
went
into
a
far
distant
Country
,
where
he
built
a
Monastery
.
Egla
(
Elwy
That
St.
at
first
built
a
Church
of
Wood
and
Lime
,
but
after
he
renew'd
it
of
Stone
,
although
he
was
therein
much
hindred
and
molested
by
a
Prince
nam'd
whose
dwelling
was
six
Miles
thence
at
but
after
being
asswag'd
,
he
permitted
him
to
place
there
an
Episcopal
See
,
on
which
he
bestow'd
both
ample
Possessions
and
Priviledges
,
as
he
did
also
upon
the
Monastery
.
After
that
all
his
Enemies
in
had
been
consum'd
by
divers
Calamities
and
Diseases
,
the
Inhahitants
of
that
Region
from
whence
he
had
been
so
long
Exild
,
through
his
Absence
,
had
forsaken
the
way
of
the
Lord
,
which
he
had
taught
them
,
and
were
return'd
to
their
Idolatry
,
like
Dogs
to
their
Vomit
;
which
Apostacy
of
theirs
it
pleas'd
God
to
puntsh
by
a
grievous
Famine
,
the
Earth
,
the
Sea
,
and
all
the
Elements
refusing
their
accustom'd
aid
and
comfort
to
them
:
But
at
length
our
Lord
was
pleas'd
to
raise
up
a
good
King
in
that
Region
nam'd
who
had
been
Baptiz'd
by
some
of
the
Disciples
of
St.
and
who
was
very
desirous
to
restore
the
Faith
of
Christ
in
his
Kingdom
;
for
which
purpose
he
directed
Messengers
with
Letters
to
St.
wherein
he
acquainted
the
Saint
,
That
the
men
who
sought
his
Life
were
dead
,
and
besought
him
,
that
he
would
no
longer
be
absent
from
his
flock
,
for
which
he
was
oblig'd
to
Sacrifice
his
Life
;
St.
having
receiv'd
the
Message
,
prepar'd
for
his
return
,
and
having
appointed
St.
his
Successor
in
the
Bishoprick
of
he
attended
with
of
his
Brethren
,
took
his
Journey
to
the
Region
of
the
and
was
met
by
the
Devout
King
,
and
great
numbers
of
his
People
,
giving
Thanks
to
God
for
his
Presence
,
upon
whom
the
Holy
man
pronounced
a
solemn
Benediction
:
After
this
he
cry'd
with
a
loud
voice
.
Having
said
thus
,
immediately
in
the
sight
of
all
,
an
innumerable
multitude
of
wicked
Spirits
horrible
to
behold
,
both
for
their
Stature
and
Shapes
,
fled
away
from
the
Company
,
which
caus'd
a
wonderful
Fear
and
trembling
in
them
:
But
the
Holy
man
,
encourag'd
and
comforted
them
,
letting
them
see
visibly
who
they
were
in
whom
they
had
believ'd
,
and
by
whom
they
had
been
induced
to
Adore
dumb
Idols
,
or
the
Elements
which
were
Creatures
appointed
by
God
for
their
Vse
and
Service
:
And
for
whom
by
the
Seduction
of
the
they
esteem'd
their
principal
God
:
And
to
whose
Honour
they
Consecrated
the
fourth
day
of
the
Week
,
he
shew'd
that
he
was
no
better
than
a
Mortal
man
,
who
had
been
King
of
the
and
Ancestor
to
several
Nations
;
that
his
Body
was
then
dissolv'd
into
Dust
,
and
his
Soul
tormented
in
Hell
fire
for
ever
.
The
ground
on
which
he
sate
in
a
plain
Field
call'd
swell'd
up
under
him
in
the
sight
of
them
all
,
so
as
it
grew
to
a
reasonable
high
Hill
,
and
so
remains
to
this
day
I
see
a
Pillar
of
Fire
,
as
it
were
a
Golden
Crown
,
in
the
third
Choire
descending
upon
the
Bishop
,
and
casting
a
Caelestial
Splendor
about
him
:
There
were
in
several
men
of
the
Name
Because
it
seem'd
to
approve
an
Epistle
of
Bishop
of
The
Writings
of
Bishop
of
full
of
Blasphemous
passages
savouring
of
Because
it
had
receiv'd
into
Communion
Bishop
of
who
had
written
sharply
against
the
of
St.
Ibas
,
Theodius
If
these
things
were
approv'd
by
the
Bishop
of
Rome
,
Africk
,
Sardinia
,
Greece
Illyricum
,
That
he
should
by
no
means
consent
to
any
Novelty
,
nor
suffer
any
prejudice
to
the
Council
of
Menas
,
He
freely
reprehended
their
Condemnation
of
the
three
Bishops
,
desiring
to
recall
his
Decree
,
and
when
he
came
to
he
suspended
from
his
Communion
the
Bishops
which
had
subscrib'd
the
said
Condemnation
:
Africa
,
Illyricum
That
whatever
had
pass'd
on
either
side
,
should
be
rescinded
,
and
that
a
Synod
should
be
assembled
,
to
which
particularly
the
Bishops
,
who
had
been
scandaliz'd
should
be
call'd
.
That
in
Case
the
Bishops
would
not
comply
;
he
joyning
with
the
should
condemn
the
three
Bishops
That
as
to
the
Blasphemies
of
he
did
abhor
them
;
but
in
imitation
of
the
Council
of
would
spare
his
Name
.
Again
,
that
it
would
be
superfluous
to
cast
any
infamy
on
the
Writings
of
against
St.
since
St.
himself
,
and
the
Councel
of
had
requir'd
no
other
satisfaction
from
him
,
but
only
to
pronounce
which
he
did
:
And
as
for
the
Epistle
of
no
discussion
should
be
made
of
it
,
after
the
Council
of
That
the
would
not
afford
his
presence
to
them
:
Istria
,
Venice
That
this
Controversy
did
not
at
all
touch
the
Faith
of
the
Church
,
but
the
Persons
only
of
two
or
three
Bishops
:
That
the
Authority
of
the
Council
of
was
entire
,
both
with
those
who
oppugned
,
and
those
who
defended
the
and
therefore
none
could
have
just
cause
to
make
a
rent
in
the
Church
,
upon
so
trifling
a
quarrel
.
Nestorian
Heresie
To
continue
their
observance
of
the
Duties
of
their
Holy
Religion
,
their
mutual
Charity
,
Peace
,
Hospitality
,
their
diligence
in
Reading
and
Prayer
.
Aurelius
Conanus
Weldege
,
Withlege
Picts
;
Laudon
,
Northumberland
,
Cumberland
,
Westmorland
,
Durham
,
York
Aurelius
Conanus
A
Tyrant
,
who
in
his
Old
Age
ascended
the
Throne
by
Civil
Discords
,
being
a
wicked
Son
of
a
good
Prince
,
defil'd
by
many
Parricides
and
Adulteries
;
who
thinking
to
rid
himself
of
his
Lawful
Wife
,
wallow'd
in
Lust
with
her
Impudent
Daughter
,
and
thereupon
he
exhorts
him
by
a
timely
Repentance
to
avert
Gods
Judgements
.
Malgo
Conanus
Yellow
Lyon
Impiety
against
God
,
and
Savage
Cruelty
to
his
Subjects
,
repudiating
his
Lawful
Wife
,
and
violating
his
Sister
,
who
after
Widdowhood
,
had
vow'd
Chastity
to
God
;
and
by
many
injuries
afflicting
Holy
men
and
Priests
,
who
ceas'd
not
to
offer
up
their
Sighs
and
Prayers
for
him
:
Gildas
To
change
his
Life
,
that
he
might
reap
the
benefit
of
their
Prayers
,
who
had
Power
to
bind
in
Heaven
,
what
they
had
bound
in
this
World
,
and
to
loose
such
as
were
Penitent
.
Little
Britain
Mouric
,
That
in
what
place
soever
he
should
end
his
Life
,
he
should
there
build
a
Church
to
God
,
and
a
Sepulchre
for
himself
:
Merther
Tendric
Merthern
:
In
the
same
place
is
seated
the
House
and
Possessions
of
the
Bishop
of
first
of
his
own
accord
gave
to
that
Church
a
Farm
call'd
lying
on
the
Banks
of
the
River
together
with
the
and
the
Church
of
And
after
for
the
expiation
of
a
Murder
,
committed
by
him
on
a
person
call'd
contrary
to
a
League
by
Oath
contracted
between
them
,
he
added
other
Possessions
:
Henry
Spelman
Landaff
,
That
in
the
year
of
Grace
King
of
for
his
Perfidious
Murdering
of
was
Excommunicated
:
King
met
together
at
and
in
the
presence
of
St.
Swore
before
the
Relicks
of
Saints
there
before
them
,
that
they
would
observe
a
firm
Peace
between
them
;
some
space
after
this
Solemn
Oath
,
King
by
Treachery
slew
Whereupon
Bishop
call'd
together
all
Ecclesiasticks
from
the
mouth
of
together
with
three
Abbots
Abbot
of
the
Valley
of
Abbot
of
Abbot
of
and
in
a
full
Synod
,
did
Excommunicate
King
for
the
Murder
,
by
him
committed
,
and
for
Perjury
in
transgressing
the
Covenant
made
in
his
presence
,
and
on
the
Altar
of
St.
the
Apostle
,
and
of
St.
and
St.
moreover
,
inclining
the
Crosses
toward
the
ground
,
he
interdicted
the
Countries
of
and
so
dismiss'd
the
King
Let
his
days
be
few
,
his
Children
Orphans
,
and
his
Wife
a
Widdow
:
By
Fasting
,
Prayers
and
Alms
Henry
Spelman
and
his
Vncle
in
the
presence
of
St.
and
the
three
fore-nam'd
Abbots
at
the
or
Church
of
St.
took
their
Oaths
at
the
Holy
Altar
,
on
which
were
placed
the
Relicks
of
Saints
,
That
they
would
observe
Peace
and
Amity
together
without
any
guile
;
adding
,
That
if
either
of
them
,
should
Kill
or
commit
Treachery
against
the
other
,
he
should
not
redeem
his
Crime
by
Money
or
Lands
,
but
should
be
oblig'd
to
quit
his
Kingdom
,
and
spend
his
whole
Life
in
Forreign
Pilgrimages
:
A
good
while
after
which
Covenant
made
,
by
the
instigation
of
the
Devil
slew
his
Vncle
,
but
soon
after
came
to
the
Holy
Bishop
and
humbly
crav'd
Pardon
for
his
Homicide
and
Perjury
:
The
Bishop
thereupon
Assembled
a
Synod
at
the
Monastery
of
the
Vale
of
to
which
came
all
the
Clergy
,
and
King
also
,
with
the
principal
persons
of
The
Synod
unwilling
to
be
depriv'd
of
their
Natural
Lord
,
gave
judgement
,
that
the
King
should
redeem
his
Pilgrimage
with
Alms
,
Prayers
and
Fasting
;
which
Pennance
the
King
laying
his
Hands
on
the
four
Gospels
and
Relicks
of
Saints
undertook
to
perform
;
promising
withall
,
that
ever
after
he
would
in
all
things
mercifully
execute
Justice
.
The
Pennance
finish'd
,
and
the
King
restor'd
to
Christian
Communion
;
he
presently
proclaim'd
the
Churches
of
free
from
all
Regal
Service
A
certain
Prince
nam'd
Guidnerth
,
in
a
Contention
for
the
Principality
slew
his
Brother
for
which
he
was
Excommunicated
by
St.
in
a
full
Synod
;
in
testimony
of
which
Excommunication
the
Crosses
were
taken
down
,
and
the
Cimbals
were
turn'd
;
thus
he
remain'd
excluded
from
Christian
Communion
for
the
space
of
three
years
;
at
the
end
of
which
,
demanding
Pardon
,
he
was
sent
into
the
lesser
to
St.
Arch-Bishop
of
from
him
to
receive
judgement
and
suitable
Pennance
:
This
was
done
,
partly
because
of
the
great
Amity
between
these
Bishops
,
but
chiefly
because
the
same
Language
being
spoken
in
both
Countries
,
he
would
the
more
freely
discover
his
fault
,
and
require
Indulgence
for
the
same
:
This
Voyage
was
undertaken
by
who
having
obtain'd
Absolution
,
he
return'd
with
Letters
Seal'd
by
St.
before
the
year
was
ended
;
but
because
he
had
not
according
to
his
Injunction
remain'd
a
whole
year
in
Exile
,
the
Bishop
would
not
take
off
his
Excommunication
;
presently
after
St.
dy'd
,
to
whom
succeeded
in
the
Bishoprick
of
To
him
King
made
an
carnest
request
,
to
take
off
the
said
Excommunication
,
and
to
raise
again
from
the
Earth
the
Crosses
and
Cimbals
with
the
Holy
Relicks
:
Whereupon
,
after
a
promise
made
by
to
make
satisfaction
for
his
Crime
by
Fasting
,
Prayers
and
Alms
,
he
was
at
last
with
great
Devotion
and
many
Tears
shed
,
Absolv'd
by
the
Bishop
:
After
which
to
testifie
his
Gratitude
,
gave
to
the
Church
of
these
Lands
with
all
the
Woods
and
Sea-coasts
,
Landaff
;
Which
Mannor
is
the
only
Mannor
that
is
left
to
that
See.
That
he
quitted
his
Pastoral
Cure
,
and
built
a
Monastery
near
the
River
and
there
Assembling
a
great
multitude
of
Brethren
,
spent
the
remainder
of
his
Life
,
which
lasted
many
years
,
in
wonderful
Abstinence
and
Sanctity
Gildas
Albanius
Aurelius
Ambrosius
To
be
the
Disciple
of
and
leaving
him
to
have
gone
into
He
remain'd
four
years
under
the
Discipline
and
Instruction
of
St.
and
having
pass'd
through
the
Schools
of
many
Learned
Teachers
in
and
like
a
diligent
Bee
collected
the
Juice
of
divers
Flowers
,
he
laid
it
up
carefully
in
the
Hive
of
our
Mother
the
Church
,
to
the
end
he
might
in
opportune
season
,
pour
forth
the
Mellifluous
Doctrine
of
the
Gospel
to
his
own
Country-men
,
and
thereby
draw
them
out
of
Misery
to
Eternal
Joyes
,
and
like
a
good
Servant
,
restore
unto
his
Lord
the
Talent
entrusted
with
him
.
In
this
Island
there
flourish'd
in
this
Age
the
Schools
of
wherein
the
Elder
presided
,
when
he
Piously
labour'd
in
Cultivating
the
minds
of
the
in
which
imployment
probably
this
our
Younger
succeeded
him
;
and
here
not
only
collected
sweet
Juice
,
but
got
a
sharp
sting
also
;
which
he
after
darted
forth
against
the
Vices
of
his
own
Country
:
However
in
he
restor'd
Discipline
to
the
Ecclesiastical
Order
;
he
gather'd
many
Congregations
of
Monks
,
and
mercifully
deliver'd
many
Captives
from
the
slavery
of
Gildas
,
To
come
to
him
,
promising
that
if
he
would
undertake
the
Journey
,
and
restore
to
good
Order
the
Ecclesiasticks
of
his
Kingdom
,
wherein
generally
the
Catholick
Faith
was
decay'd
,
both
himself
and
his
Subjects
would
in
all
things
be
Obedient
to
him
.
Some
time
after
the
Civil
War
at
Son
of
was
Monarch
of
and
all
business
was
determin'd
before
the
Kings
Tribunal
;
it
happen'd
so
,
that
St.
was
oblig'd
to
appear
before
him
,
to
challenge
a
certain
Free-man
who
had
been
made
Captive
;
and
when
the
Cause
being
pleaded
before
the
King
,
an
unjust
Sentence
had
been
pronounc'd
by
him
;
the
man
of
God
rose
up
with
great
indignation
,
and
before
all
there
present
,
told
the
unrighteous
King
,
saith
he
And
having
said
thus
,
he
presently
took
Horse
,
smiting
him
with
his
Whip
,
so
as
the
Blood
issu'd
from
him
:
This
being
observ'd
by
the
Kings
Councellors
present
,
they
wonder'd
at
it
,
and
humbly
entreated
the
King
to
comply
with
the
Holy
mans
request
,
least
God
should
dissipate
his
Kingdom
according
to
the
man
of
Gods
threatning
:
But
the
King
fill'd
with
fury
would
not
understand
,
that
he
might
do
right
;
but
swore
,
he
would
take
revenge
of
the
Kingdred
of
St.
and
make
them
all
slaves
.
And
in
pursuance
of
his
Oath
,
he
gather'd
a
mighty
Army
,
of
Horse
,
Foot
and
Charriots
,
and
with
it
march'd
to
the
Confines
of
that
Country
whither
St.
went
;
with
resolution
utterly
to
extirpate
the
Inhabitants
:
When
therefore
the
People
of
heard
of
the
Kings
coming
,
they
likewise
assembled
the
number
of
resolving
to
Fight
manfully
in
defence
of
their
Country
,
being
in
so
great
danger
,
and
placing
all
their
hope
in
God
alone
.
St.
rose
very
early
,
and
being
full
of
Gods
Spirit
,
encourag'd
them
,
and
with
a
loud
voice
,
which
sounded
terribly
through
the
whole
Army
,
he
said
to
them
,
When
he
had
spoken
this
,
which
his
Army
believ'd
as
an
assurance
from
Heaven
;
a
few
of
his
Soldiers
,
the
same
moment
with
wonderful
Courage
,
rush'd
upon
their
Enemies
,
who
expected
them
not
:
And
at
the
same
time
,
an
Angel
of
God
arm'd
like
a
Soldier
,
and
in
the
shape
of
a
man
,
of
an
incredible
high
Stature
,
appear'd
in
the
Kings
Camp
:
His
Aspect
was
so
terrible
,
that
the
Soldiers
Hearts
utterly
fail'd
them
,
and
instead
of
resisting
their
Enemies
,
fell
one
upon
another
,
in
hast
to
fly
away
;
and
such
a
confusion
there
was
of
Chariots
and
Horses
,
that
they
kill'd
one
another
:
So
that
a
handful
of
men
,
without
any
loss
,
defeated
a
great
Army
,
taking
many
Prisoners
.
My
Son
,
this
day
will
procure
for
me
a
tedious
Pilgrimage
,
in
a
strange
Country
,
where
I
must
live
from
my
Friends
many
years
;
but
say
nothing
of
what
I
tell
thee
,
'till
the
event
shew
the
truth
of
my
words
.
That
by
Preaching
and
Example
,
he
should
bring
as
many
Souls
to
Heaven
,
as
by
occasion
of
that
War
,
were
sunk
to
Hell
:
That
the
judgement
pronounc'd
against
him
was
equal
and
just
:
That
he
must
go
to
an
Island
call'd
where
he
should
find
employment
for
his
Zeal
,
and
be
the
cause
of
bringing
many
Souls
to
Heaven
.
Hector
Boetius
The
fame
of
the
great
Devotion
and
Piety
of
King
of
the
drew
St.
out
of
attended
with
a
multitude
of
his
Disciples
,
where
he
became
the
Father
and
Director
of
many
Monasteries
.
That
a
certain
Disciple
of
St.
foretold
of
him
,
that
in
latter
times
should
be
born
one
call'd
who
should
illustrate
the
Age
wherein
he
should
live
,
and
be
highly
favour'd
of
God
:
He
should
descend
from
Noble
Parents
,
and
in
the
year
of
his
Age
should
pass
over
out
of
where
he
should
live
a
Stranger
in
Exile
for
Christ
.
That
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
,
when
the
Son
of
govern'd
the
Empire
,
there
came
out
of
a
certain
Priest
and
Abbot
call'd
with
an
intention
to
Preach
the
word
of
God
to
the
whoare
separated
from
the
Region
by
vast
and
horrible
Mountains
.
Candida
Casa
Domitius
,
Rutius
Scandalaus
,
Eglodeus
,
Totaueus
,
Moteser
That
upon
the
Prayers
of
the
Churches
,
God
had
added
four
years
more
to
his
Life
:
That
in
that
one
Tomb
three
Saints
,
St.
and
St.
did
repose
Britain
,
Ceaulin
Knebensbury
:
Ethelbert
Berta
,
Gregory
The
Percursor
to
St.
viz.
That
she
and
her
Family
frequented
the
Sacraments
of
in
the
Celebrating
whereof
,
the
Blessed
Bishop
was
President
,
or
chief
Priest
:
Buckinghamshire
;
Bensingtun
Norfolk
,
Suffolk
,
Cambridgeshire
Glocester
,
Cirencester
This
Battle
was
fought
at
a
place
call'd
after
which
the
City
of
was
given
up
to
the
Comagil
,
Candigan
Little
Britain
They
would
out
of
greediness
of
gaining
in
Dice
playing
,
even
set
their
own
liberty
at
stake
:
It
was
a
familiar
and
almost
a
natural
inbred
custom
among
them
to
sell
their
Children
;
which
unhappy
custom
continu'd
many
Ages
in
our
Nation
:
Giraldus
Cambrensis
,
A
Synod
at
was
fain
to
make
a
Decree
,
for
redeeming
of
such
Youths
as
had
been
sold
for
slaves
in
that
Island
:
To
redeem
such
Children
,
as
he
met
with
sold
for
Slaves
in
that
Kingdom
,
and
to
send
them
to
to
be
there
instructed
in
the
Christian
Faith
:
Pope
Benedict
Pope
Pelagius
That
by
Tradition
from
their
Ancestors
it
was
brought
to
them
,
that
St.
took
so
much
care
for
the
Salvation
of
our
Nation
;
that
on
a
day
when
great
variety
of
Merchandize
was
brought
into
the
Market
at
by
Foreign
Merchants
;
St.
especially
took
notice
of
three
young
Children
of
a
pure
Complexion
,
Beautiful
looks
,
and
Hairs
Gracefully
order'd
,
and
enquir'd
out
of
what
Country
they
came
;
and
being
told
,
they
came
from
the
Island
of
where
the
Inhabitants
generally
are
so
Comely
;
ask'd
whether
they
were
and
being
told
they
were
Sigh'd
,
saying
Then
he
ask'd
what
was
the
Name
of
their
particular
Nation
,
to
whom
was
answered
,
That
they
were
call'd
(
said
he
He
further
ask'd
how
the
Province
is
call'd
from
whence
they
came
,
the
Answer
was
,
that
they
were
Inhabitants
of
the
Province
call'd
said
he
,
importing
they
should
be
deliver'd
from
the
Ire
of
God
,
and
call'd
to
partake
of
his
Mercy
:
His
last
question
was
,
and
being
told
in
allusion
to
that
name
,
he
presently
reply'd
,
After
which
Discourse
he
went
to
then
Bishop
of
the
and
Apostolick
See
(
himself
not
being
then
and
humbly
intreated
him
to
send
into
some
Ministers
of
Gods
word
to
Convert
that
Nation
to
Christ
;
adding
,
But
his
offer
could
not
be
taken
,
for
the
would
not
permit
his
Absence
so
far
from
the
City
.
Scots
,
Aidan
Irish
Picts
Let
us
now
Pray
fervently
for
this
People
and
their
King
for
at
this
very
hour
the
Battle
against
their
Enemies
begins
:
Now
are
the
Barbarous
Enemies
put
to
flight
,
and
the
Victory
is
given
to
though
dearly
purchas'd
,
for
of
his
Army
are
slain
West-Saxons
Ceaulin
Penda
,
Kenwalch
Isle
of
Saints
Hampshire
,
Barkshire
,
Wiltshire
,
Somersetshire
,
Dorsetshire
,
Devonshire
East-Saxons
,
Sebert
Essex
,
Middlesex
Deiri
;
Bernicia
York
,
Durham
,
Westmerland
Norfolk
,
Suffolk
,
Cambridgeshire
Lincoln
,
Northampton
,
Rutland
,
Huntingdon
,
Buckingham
,
Oxford
,
Worcester
,
Warwick
,
Darby
,
Nottingham
,
Leicester
,
Glocester
,
Stafford
,
Chester
,
Lancashire
,
Herefordshire
,
Shropshire
Pope
Gregory
Saxons
,
Wibba