Eccleſiaſtice hiſtorie gētis Ingloꝝ

ſuam innocens exercitus intuitur. et victorie conceſſe ocioſus peccator efficiturſpolia colligūtur expoſita: ⁊ celeſtis palme gaudia miles religioſus amplectiturTriūphant pontifices hoſtibꝰ fuſis ſineſanguine. triūphat victoria obtenta nonviribus. Compoſita itaqꝫ inſula ſecuritate multiplici: ſuꝑatiſqꝫ hoſtibus vel viſibilibus vel carne conſpicuis reditū moliūtur pontifices. Quibꝰ tranquillā nauigationem ⁊ merita ꝓpria interceſſio beatimartyrꝭ Albani parauerunt: qͥetoſqꝫ eosſuoꝝ deſiderijs felix carina reſtituit.¶ Ut renaſcentibꝰ virgultis Pelagianapeſtis Germanꝰ cum Seuero Britāniāreuerſus: prius Claudio iuuenē inceſſuꝫ:deinde ⁊ populo dei cōdēnatis ſiue emēdatis hereticis greſſum recuꝑarit fidei.¶ Capl̓m. XXI.Ec multo interpoſito temporeinūciatur ex eadem inſula PelaTgianam peruerſitatem iteratopaucis auctoribus dilatari Rurſuſqꝫ adbeatiſſimū virū preces ſacerdotū omniūdeferunt̉: vt cauſam dei quaꝫ prius obtinuerat tutaret̉. Quorū petitioni feſtinusobtemperet. Nāqꝫ adiuncto ſibi Seuero totius ſanctitatis viro qͥ erat diſcipulus beatiſſimi patris Lupi trecaſenoruꝫep̄i: ⁊ nūc Treueris ordinatus epiſcopgentibꝰ prime germanie verbū p̄dicabatmare cōſcendit: ⁊ cōſentientibꝰ elementistranquillo nauigio britānias petit. Interea ſpūs ſiniſtri ꝑuolantes totam inſulāGermanū venire inuitis vaticinationibꝰnūciabant. interim tm̄ vt Elabius qͥdamreligionis illius primus in occurſum ſāctoruꝫ ſine vlla manifeſti nūcij relationeꝓperaret: Exhibens ſecum filium quemin ip̄o flore adoleſcentie debilitas dolenda dānauerat. Erat enī areſcentibus neruis cōtracto poblice cui ꝑ ſiccitatem cruris vſus veſtigij negabant̉. hunc Elabiūꝓuincia tota ſubſequit̉ Ueniūt ſacerdotes: occurrit inſcia multitudo. confeſtimbenedictio ⁊ ſermonis diuini doctrina ꝓfundit̉. Recognoſcūt populū in ea qͣ reliquerat credulitate durantē. intelligūt culpam eſſe paucoꝝ. inquiruūt auctores: inuentoſqꝫ condemnant. Cuꝫ ſubito ſine p̄

cibus adlegebat: fit cōmunis omniū dolor ⁊ precipue ſacerdotum: qͥ conceptammiſericordiā ad diuinā clementiā contulerunt: ſtatimqꝫ adoleſcentē beatus Germanus ſedere eum cōpulit: adtrectat poblicē debilitate curuatum. ⁊ ꝑ tota infirmitatis ſpacia medicabilis dextra ꝑcurrit. Salubrēqꝫ tactū ſanitas feſtina ſubſequit̉. ariditas ſuccum: nerui officia receperunt. ⁊ in cōſpectu omniū filio incolumitas: patri filius reſtituit̉. Implent̉ populi ſtupore miraculi ⁊ in pectoribꝰ oīmfides catholica incultata firmat̉: predicatio deinde ad plebē de p̄uaricatiōis emēdatione conuertit̉. Omniūqꝫ ſentētia prauitatis auctores qͥ erant expulſi inſula ſacerdotibus adducūt̉ ad mediterranea deferendi: vt et regno abſolutiōe: ⁊ illi emēdatione fruerēt̉. Factūqꝫ eſt: vt in illis locis ml̓ta ex eo tēpore fides intemerata ꝑduraret. Itaqꝫ cōpoſitis omnibꝰ beati ſacerdotes ea qua venerāt ꝓſperitate redierunt. Porro Germanꝰ poſt hec ad Rauēnam ꝓ pace armoricane gētis ſupplicaturus aduenit: ibiqꝫ a Ualētiniano ⁊ Placidia matre ip̄iꝰ ſūma reuerentia ſuſceptꝰmigrauit ad chriſtū. Tuius corpꝰ honorifico agmine comitantibꝰ virtutū operibus ſuam defertur ad vrbem. Nec ml̓topoſt Ualentinianꝰ ab Etij patricij quemocciderat ſatellitibus interimit̉. anno imperij Marciano ſexto: cū quo ſimul heſperiū cōcidit regnum.¶ Ut britones qͥeſcentibꝰ ad tp̄s exterisciuilibꝰ ſeſe bellis cōtriuerint: ſimul ⁊ maioribus flagitijs ſubmerſerint.Capl̓m. XXII.Nterea britannie ceſſatū qͥdeꝫeſt parūper ab externis: ſꝫ namciuilibꝰ bellis. manebant exterminia ciuitatū ab hoſte derutaꝝ ac deſertarū. pugnabāt cōtra inuicem qͥ hoſtemeuaſerūt ciues. Attamē recēte adhuc memoria calamitatis ⁊ cladis inflicte ſeruabant vtcunqꝫ reges ſacerdotes priuati etoptimates ſuū quiqꝫ ordinē. At illis decidentibꝰ: cū ſucceſſiſſet etas tēpeſtatis illius neſcia: ⁊ p̄ſentis ſolū ſerenitatis ſtatum exꝑta: ita cuncta veritatis ac iuſticiemoderamina cōcuſſa ac ſubuerſa ſunt: vt