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Against him fought four kings, Urbgen, and Riderchhen, and Guallanc, and Morcant. Deodric fought bravely, together with his sons, against that Urbgen. But at that time sometimes the enemy and sometimes our countrymen were defeated, and he shut them up three days and three nights in the island of Metcaud; and whilst he was on an expedition he was murdered, at the instance of Morcant, out of envy, because he possessed so much superiority over all the kings in military science. Eadfered Flesaurs reigned twelve years in Bernicia, and twelve others in Deira, and gave to his wife Bebbab the town of Dinguoaroy, which from her is called Bebbanburg.

Eoguin, son of Alli, reigned seventeen years, seized on Elmet, and expelled Certic, its king. Eanfled, his daughter, received baptism, on the twelfth day after Pentecost, with all her followers, both men and women. The following Easter Eadguin himself received baptism, and twelve thousand of his subjects with him. If any one wishes to know who baptized them, it was Rum Map Urbgen: he was engaged forty days in baptizing all classes of the Saxons, and by his preaching many believed on Christ.

§ 64. Oswald, son of Eadfred, reigned nine years; the same is Oswald Lamnguin; he slew Catgublaun, king of Guenedot, in the battle of Catscaul, with much loss to his own army. Osguid, son of Eadlfrid, reigned twenty-eight years and six months. During his reign, there was a dreadful mortality among his subjects, when Catgualart was king among the Britons, succeeding his father, and he himself died amongst the rest. He slew Pantha in the field of Gai, and now took place the slaughter of Gai Campi, and the kings of the Britons, v. R. Giti who went out with Pantha on the expedition as far as the city of Judeu, were slain.

§ 65. Then Osguid restored all the wealth, which was with him in the city, to Penda; who distributed it

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among the kings of the Britons, that is, Atbret Judeu. But Catgabail alone, king of Guenedot, rising up in the night, escaped, together with his army, wherefore he was called Catgabail Catguommed. Ecgfrid, son of Osbiu, reigned nine years. In his time the holy bishop Cuthbert died in the island of Medcaut. It was he who made war against the Picts, and was by them slain.

Pend, son of Pybba, reigned ten years; he first separated the kingdom of Mercia from that of the North- men, and slew by treachery Onna, king of the East Anglians, and St. Oswald, king of the North-men. He fought the

battle of Cocboy, in which fell Eoua, son of Pippa, his brother, king of the Mercians, and Oswald, king of the North-men, and he gained the victory by diabolical agency. He was not baptized, and never believed in God.

§ 66. From the beginning of the world to Constantinus and Rufus, are found to be five thousand six hundred and fifty-eight years.

Also from the two consuls, Rufus and Rubelius, to the Consul Stilicho, are three hundred and seventy-three years.

Also from Stilicho to Valentinian, son of Placida, and the reign of Vortigern, are twenty-eight years.

And from the reign of Vortigern to the quarrel between Guitolinus and Ambrosius, are twelve years, which is Guoloppum, that is Catguoloph. Vortigern reigned in Britain when Theodosius and Valentinian were consuls, and in the fourth year of his reign the Saxons came to Britain, in the consulship of Felix and Taurus, in the four hundredth year from the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

From the year in which the Saxons came into Britain, and were received by Vortigern, to the time of Decius and Valerian, are sixty-nine years.

APPENDIX.

I. THE COMMENCEMENT OF MR. GUNN'S MS. IN THE
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habitant IIII. gentes. Scotti. Picti. Saxones. et antiqui brittones; Tres magnas insulas habet; quarum una australis vergit contra armoricas. et vocatur insula guerth. Secunda sita est in umbilico maris inter hiberniam et bryttaniam; et nominatur eubonia vel manau. Tertia est in extremo boreali limite orbis bryttaniæ ultra pictos et vocatur orch; Sic in proverbio dicitur antiquo quando de judicibus et regibus sermo fit; iudicavit bryt

tanniam cum tribus insulis; Sunt in ea flumina multa? quae confluunt ad omnes partes eius. idest ad orientem et occidentem ad meridiem et septentrionem; sunt tamen duo flumina praeclariora ceteris fluminibus? tamensis et sabrina; quasi duo brachia bryttanniæ ? per quae olim rates vehebantur ad deportandas divitias pro causa negotiationis; Bryttones autem olim impleverunt eam et a mari usque ad mare judicaverunt; Siquis scire voluerit quo tempore post diluvium habitata est haec insula hoc experimentum bifarie inveni; In annalibus autem romanorum scriptum est;

De romanis vero et græcis trahunt ethimologiam id est de matre Lavina filia latini regis Italiæ et progenie silvani filii inahi filii dardani; Idem dardanus filius saturni regis grecorum perrexit ad partem asiæ et ille aedificavit urbem troie; Dardanus pater troi troius pater priami. et anchise? Anchises pater eneae. Eneas pater ascani et silvii? silvius filius æneae et Lavinæ filiæ regis italiæ. Et de stirpe filii eneae et Lavinia orti sunt Remus et romulus. duo filii reginæ sanctimonialis reae id est iliae. scilicet remus et romus? qui fecerunt romam. Brutus consul fuit in roma imperii romani quando expugnavit hispaniam . ac detraxit eam in servitutem rome et postea tenuit brýttanniam insulam quam habitabant bryttones romanorum filii? olim silvio posthumo orti; Ideo dicitur posthumus? quia post mortem æneae patris eius natus est. et fuit mater eius lavina super clandestina. quando pregnans erat; Ideo silvius dictus est quia in silva natus est; ideo silvatici dicti sunt romani reges et bryttones qui de eo nati sunt; sed a bruto bryttones et de bruti stirpe surrexerunt;

Æneas igitur post troianum bellum cum ascano filio suo venit ad italiam. et superato turno Labinam filiam latini regis italiæ in coniugium filii fauni? filii pici? filii saturni et post mortem latini? æneas regnum obtinuit Romanorum; Ascanius autem albam condidit?

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