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maximā poſſeſſionuꝫ tuaꝝ q̄ tibi ablateſunt portionē recipies: atqꝫ in pace trāqͥlla vitam terminabis. Cōualuit igit̉ ep̄scūctis gaudētibꝰ ⁊ deo gr̄as agentibꝰ: ceptoqꝫ itinere britāniā venit. lectis autemepl̓is quas apl̓ico papa adduxerat Berechuald archiep̄s ⁊ Edilred quōdā rextunc aūt abbas libētiſſime fauerūt. Quividelicet Edilred accitis ad ſe Conredūquem ꝓ ſe regem fecerat amicum ep̄o fieri petijt ⁊ impetrauit. Sed Aldfrid nordanhimbroꝝ rex eum ſuſciꝑe cōtempſit.nec longo poſt ſuꝑfuit. Unde factum eſtvt regnante Oſredo filio eiꝰ mox ſynodofacta iuxta fluuiū Nidd poſt aliquātumvtriuſqꝫ ꝑtis ꝯflictum tandē cūctis fauētibus ī p̄ſulatuꝫ ſit ſue receptꝰ eccl̓ie. Sicqꝫ qͣttuor ānis vſqꝫ ad diem obitꝰ ſui vitam duxit ī pace. Defunctꝰ eſt aūt in monaſterio ſuo qd̓ habebat in ꝓuincia Undalū ſub regimine Cudbaldi abbatis etminiſterio fratruꝫ ꝑlatus in primū ſuummonaſteriū qd̓ dicit̉ in Hripum poſituseſt in eccl̓ia beati apl̓i Petri iuxta altaread auſtrū: vt ⁊ ſupra docuimꝰ. ⁊ hoc de illo epithaphium eſt ſcriptum.Uilfridus h̓ magnꝰ reqͥeſcit corꝑe p̄ſul:Hāc dn̄o qͥ aulā ductꝰ pietatis amoreFecit: ⁊ eximio ſacrauit noīe petri:Cui claues celi xp̄s dedit arbiter orbis.Atqꝫ auro arctirio deuotꝰ veſtijt auro.Quietiā ſublime crucꝭ radiāte metalloHic poſuit tropheū necnō ⁊ qͣttuor auroꝯcribi euāgelij p̄cepit in ordinē libros.Ac thecā ē rutilo hiſ ꝯdignā ꝯdidit auroPaſchalis qͥ etiā ſollēnia temꝑa curſus.Catholica ad iuſtū correxit dogma canoQuem ſtatuere patres dubioqꝫ (nis:errore remoto.Certa ſue gēti oſtēdit moderamīa ritus.Inqꝫ locꝭ iſtꝭ monachoꝝ examīa crebraColligit: ac monitꝭ canit q̄ regl̓a patrū:Sedulꝰ inſtituit multiſqꝫ domiqꝫ foriſqꝫLactatꝰ nimiū ꝑ temꝑa loga periclis:Quideciēs ternos poſtqͣꝫ egit ep̄s ānos:Trāſijt: ⁊ gaudens celeſtia regna petiuit:Dona ieſu vt grex paſtoris calle ſequat̉.Ut religioſo abbati Adriano AlbinꝰUilfrido in ep̄atū Acca ſucceſſerit.

¶ Capl̓m. ℟XIAno poſt obitum p̄fati patrisaꝓximo idē qͥnto Oſrędi regꝭ reuerendiſſimꝰ pater Adrianꝰ abbas cooꝑator in verbo Theodori beatememorie ep̄i defunctꝰ eſt: ⁊ ī monaſterioſuo in eccl̓ia beate dei genitricꝭ ſepultijsqͥ eſt annus qͣdrageſimuſprimꝰ ex qͦ a Uitaliano papa directꝰ eſt cum Theodoro:Ex qͦ autē britanniā venit. xxxj. Cuiꝰ doctrina ſimul ⁊ Theodori īter alia teſtimonia ꝑhibet ꝙ Albinꝰ diſcipulꝰ eius qͥ monaſterio ip̄ius ī regimine ſucceſſit intātūſtudijs ſcripturarū iuſtitutus eſt vt grecāqͥdem linguā non paruā ex ꝑte: latinā ꝟonon minus qͣꝫ angloꝝ que ſibi naturaliseſt nouerit. ¶ Suſcepit ꝟo ꝓ Uilfridoep̄atum Haguſtaldenſis eccl̓ie Acca p̄ſbyter eiꝰ vir ⁊ ip̄e ſtrēnuiſſimus: et coraꝫdeo ⁊ hoībꝰ magnificus: qͥ ⁊ ip̄iꝰ eccleſieſue q̄ in beati Andree apl̓i honorē conſecrata eſt edificiū multifario decore ac mirificis ampliauit oꝑbꝰ. Dedit nāqꝫ operam (qd̓ ⁊ hodie facit) vt acqͥſitꝭ vndiqꝫreliquijs beatoꝝ apl̓oꝝ ⁊ martyrum chriſti in venerationē illorū poneret altaria:diſtinctis porticibus in hoc ip̄m ītra muros eiuſdem eccl̓ie. Sed ⁊ hiſtorias paſſionū eorū vna cum ceteris eccleſiaſticisvoluminibꝰ ſumma induſtria ꝯgregans:ampliſſimā ibi ac nobiliſſimā bibliothecam fecit. Necnō ⁊ vaſa ſancta ⁊ luminaria: aliaqꝫ hmōi q̄ ad ornatum domꝰ deiꝑtinent ſtudioſiſſime parauit. Cantoremqꝫ egregiū nomīe Maban: qͥ a ſucceſſoribus diſcipulorū beati pape gregorij incantua fuerat cantandi ſono edoctꝰ ad ſeſuoſqꝫ inſtituendos accerſijt: ac ꝑ annosxij. tenuit: quatenꝰ ⁊ q̄ illi nō nouerāt carmina eccleſiaſtica doceret. ⁊ ea q̄ quōdaꝫcognita longo vſu vel negligētia inueterare ceꝑant: huius doctrina in priſcū renouarent̉ ſtatū. Nam ⁊ ip̄e ep̄s Acca cātator erat peritiſſimꝰ: quo etiā in lr̄is ſanctis doctiſſimus: in catholice fidei cōfeſſione caſtiſſimꝰ: in eccl̓iaſtice qͦꝫ inſtitutionis regulis ſollertiſſimꝰ extiterat: et vſqꝫdū ſua p̄mia deuotiōis accipiat exiſterenō deſiſtit vtpote qui a puericia in cleroſāctiſſimi ac deo dilecti Boſa eboracēſis

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