Eccleſiaſtice hiſtorie gētis Ingloꝝ

¶ Capl̓m. XXIIIEc multo poſt illi qͦꝫ qͥ inſulaꝫHu incolebant monachi ſcotienationis: cuꝫ his qͥ erāt ſubditimonaſterijs ad ritū paſche ac conſure canonicū dn̄o ꝓcurante ꝑducti ſūt. Siquidem anno ab incarnatiōe dn̄i. dcccxvj. qͦOfredo occiſo Coenredo gubernacularegni nordanhimbroꝝ ſuſcepit. Cum veniſſet ad eos ad hyberniā deo amabilis⁊ cū omni honorificētia nominādus pater ac ſacerdos Ecgberecht: cuiꝰ ſuꝑiꝰ memoriam ſepiꝰ fecimꝰ: honorifice ab eis ⁊multo cū gaudio ſuſceptus ē: qͥ qm̄ ⁊ doctor ſuauiſſimꝰ et eorū q̄ agēda docebaterat executor deuotiſſimꝰ libēter auditusab vniuerſis. Immutauit pijs ac ſedulisexhortatiōibꝰ inueteratā illā traditioneꝫparentū eoꝝ: de qͥbꝰ apl̓icū illū licet ꝓferre ſermonē. Ꝙ emulationē dei habebāt:ſed non ẜm ſcientiaꝫ. Catholicoqꝫ illosatqꝫ apl̓ico more celebrationē: vt diximꝰp̄cipue ſolēnitatis ſub figura corone perpetis agere ꝑdocuit. Qd̓ mira diuine cōſtat factū diſpēſatiōe pietatꝭ. et qm̄ gensillā quā nouerat ſcientiā diuine cognitionis: libēter ac ſine inuidia ppl̓is anglorūcōmunicare curauit. Ip̄a qͦꝫ poſtmoduꝫꝑ gentē angloruꝫ in eis q̄ minꝰ habueratad ꝑfectā viuēdi normā ꝑueniret. Sicutecōtra britōnes qͥ nolebat anglis quā habebāt fidei chriſtiane noticiā pādere credentibꝰ iā ppl̓is angloꝝ: ⁊ in regula fideicatholice ꝑ oīa inſtructis ip̄i adhuc inueterati ⁊ claudicātes a ſemitis ſuis et capita fieri ſine corona pretendūt: ⁊ ſolenniachriſti ſine eccl̓ia chriſti ſocietate venerantur. Suſceperūt aūt Huenſes monachidocēte Ecgberechto ritus viuēdi catholicos ſub abbate Duum chado poſt annos circiter. lxxx. ex qͦ ad p̄dicādū gentisangloꝝ Aidanū miſerūt antiſtitē. Manſit aūt vir dn̄i Ecgberecht ānos. xiij. ī p̄fata inſula quā ip̄e vel vt noua qͣdā relucente gr̄a eccl̓iaſtice ſocietatis ⁊ pacꝭ chriſto cōſecrauerat. Annoqꝫ incarnationisdn̄ice. dccxxix. ꝙ paſcha dn̄icum octauokl̓. mai. die celebrabat̉ cū miſſaꝝ ſolēniaī memoriā dn̄ice eiuſdē reſurrectōis celebraſſet. Eodē die ⁊ ip̄e migrauit ad dn̄m

ac gaudiū ſūme feſtiuitatꝭ qd̓ cū fratribꝰqͦs ad vnitatꝭ gr̄am ꝯuerterat inchoauitcū dn̄o: ⁊ apl̓is ceteriſqꝫ celi ciuibꝰ cōpleuit: īmo ad ip̄m celebrare ſine fine nō deſinit. Mira aūt dn̄ice diſpenſatio ꝓuiſionis erat ꝙ venerabilis vir nō ſolū in paſcha trāſiuit de hͦ mūdo ad patrē: verumetiā cuꝫ eo die paſcha celebraret̉ qͦ nunqͣꝫpriꝰ in eis locis celebrari ſolebat. Gaudebāt aūt fratres d̓ cognitiōe certa ⁊ catholica tꝑis paſchalis: letabāt̉ de patrocinioꝑgentis ad dn̄m patrꝭ ꝑ quē fuerāt correcti. Gratulabat̉ ille ꝙ eatenꝰ in carne ẜuatus ē: donec illū in paſchalē diē ſuos auditores quē ſemꝑ ꝑ antea vitabāt ſuſciperet: ac ſecū agere videret. Sicqꝫ certꝰ deillaꝝ correctōe reuerēdiſſimꝰ pr̄ exultauitvt videret diē dn̄i. vidit: ⁊ gauiſus ē.¶ Quis ſit in p̄ſenti ſtatꝰ gentis anglorūbritānie totiꝰ⁊ cū recapitulatiōe chronicatotius oꝑis. ¶ Capl̓m. XIIIIAno dn̄ice incarnatiōis. decxxv. qͥ erat annꝰ. vij. Ofrici regꝭnordanhimbroꝝ qͥ CoenredoL ſucceſſerat: Uictred filius Ecgberechtirex cātuarioꝝ defunctꝰ ē. ix. die kl̓. mai. etregni qd̓ ꝑ. xxxiiij ſemis ānos tenebat filios tres Edilberechtū: Eadberechtū etAldricuꝫ reliqͥt heredes. Anno poſt quēꝓximo Thobias Torfenſis eccleſie p̄ſuldefūctꝰ eſt vir: vt ſupͣ meminimꝰ: doctiſſimus. Erat enī diſcipulꝰ beate memoriemagiſtroꝝ Theodori archiep̄i ⁊ abbatisAdriani. vn̄ vt dictū eſt cū eruditiōe litteraꝝ vel eccl̓iaſticaꝝ vel generalium itagrecā qͦꝫ cū latina didicit linguā: vt tamnotas et familiares ſibi eas qͣꝫ natiuitatis ſue loq̄lā haberet. Sepultꝰ ꝟo ē ī porticū ſancti Pauli apl̓i: quā ītro eccl̓iaꝫ ſācti Andree ſibijp̄i ī locū ſepulchri feceratPoſt quē ep̄atꝰ officium Aldulf Berecualdo archiep̄o ꝯſecrāte ſuſcepit. ¶ Anno dominice incarnationis. dccxxix. apparuerunt comete due circa ſolē: multuꝫintuentibꝰ terrorē incutiētes. Una qͥppeſolem p̄cedebat mane orientem: altera veſpere ſequebatur oriētē: qͣſi oriēti ſimul etoccidēti dire cladi preſage. vel certe vnadiei: altera noctis p̄currebat exortum: vtvtroqꝫ tꝑe mala mortalibꝰ īminere ſigna