...better of him. But they came furnifh'd with Divine Virtue, not with Diabolical, bearing a filver Crofs for their Banner, and the Image of our Lord and Saviour painted on a Board, and finging the Litany, offer'd up their Prayers to the Lord for their own, and the eternal Salvation of...

...among the AngloSaxons, who, with his companions, came, as Venerable Bede records, "bearing a sil ver cross for their banner, and the image of our Lord...their prayers to the Lord for the eternal salvation of themselves ana of those to whom they were come." " They wrought," it is added, "many miracles,"...

...upon him, and so get the better of him. But they came furnished with Divine, not with magic virtue, bearing a silver cross for their banner, and the image...both of themselves and of those to whom they were come. WThcn he had sat down, pursuant to the king's commands, and preached to him and his attendants...

...missionaries might impose on him by some magical arts. At the king's command, the missionaries drew near, " bearing a silver cross for their banner, and the image...both of themselves and of those to whom they were come." The king having signified his wish that they should sit down, they preached unto him and all...

...and get the better of him. But they came furnished with divine virtue, not with diabolical [power], bearing a silver cross for their banner, and the image...Saviour painted on a board, and, singing the litany, offered up their prayers to the Lord for their own and the eternal salvation of those to whom they...

...witnessing in the West, as the thing 1 See p. 15 supra. 3 " They come bearing a silver cross for a banner, and the image of our Lord and Saviour painted on a board." Bede. advanced, might be expected against it. Nor, though doubtless scanty, (a scantiness in part accounted...

...western Christendom, and Bede reports of this mission, that "they came bearing a silver cross for a banner, and the image of our Lord and Saviour painted on a board. " Fuller says of Augustine, " be found here a plain religion practised by the Britons ; living some...

...silver cross fur their banner, ami the image of our LORD and SAVIOUBpainted on a board; 1 and tinging the litany, they offered up their prayers to the LORD...both of themselves and of those to whom they were come. Ethelbert received them favourably, and permitted them to reside in the city of Canterbury, which...

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...into his presence. Whereupon they came, endued with divine virtue, bearing the cross as a standard, and the image of our Lord and Saviour painted on a board, and chanting litanies for the salvation both of themselves, and of those for whose sakes they were come....