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Show a 2 . On . 2 YE Thettl of thefe fuas called Eluanus Aualonius,a mran bore inthe Beof Aualon, and beought-op there buvder thofe godlie patfours andtheir difciples , whont Philip fent over at the firfox the connerfion of the Writows, The other bight Medguinus, andiwas there: fofurnamed Belga, bicaule be tas of the fotvne of ; Beloa. Shi tion giuen of late to fpeate of to one fret map caf lie be miftaken for Lhomnep. Fo2 asthe wor Thomep proceencth fromthe Sarons, tho called the twefk end of the cifie by that name, abere Wetknintter now ftan deth,bicaute of the wilonele and bulhineffe of the toile; fo ¥ dw not read of ante fireete in London called Cornebill before the conqueft of the Normans. Wherz oe aa, arene trained bpalto itrone fthole with Eluanus,bothef them ft coer them dich make Wiefhininffer to be granitic and godlineffe,that Eleutherusfuppofernone moze tuorthie to fuport this charge , than they: after -rruines of fhat Flamine 264. } ea 8, a8 Malmesburic -fatth, before the comming of the Sarons, and 411. be tuas not long per Lucius sitions andallhishontholo totth viuers ofthe sRobilitic were in lib .4.Pontif. there he noteth the thine of "4 Sar me fore =: chia ae yi us ble. being aenantents fo theit horte ages , and men of fur 10 the place tere Lucius Haina tihate comming homealfo,it Fethteruent baptifen,befive infinit numbers of thecommompetple, fubiects. FeHich Dailie reforted Huto thent, and boluntatilie res hounced all theit idolatrie and pagantime, Jn the meanetinte, Eleutherus bnderfkanding fhe fuccefle of thefelearited doctours, and {uypoling twith Faganus. dares Oe means P nad fore the arrival of Augultine. Read alfo bis aypendie in the 4.49. of Grace, and of a ae ie 59) : be Chill;which isa manifett accompt, though a a haue 499. for st one, but not without manifert co2 ruption and erro, Bist , Si io ay Thus became Writaing the fir prouince that g bimlelfe,that thep tivo onlic could notfuffice to fuyport 20 Nevalliereceiuedthe faith, and there the gofpell was fo great a hargeas Mould concerne the conustfion of freelie preached fwtthoutinbibition of bir paince. oly the fthole Fld; he directed' ouer onto them itr the beitalthoughthat Lucius and bis p2inces and great Dinas. peare infuing Faganus,Dinaw(o3Dinauus)Aaron,and eat chante other godlic preachers, asfellow-labourersto Radulphus ftauell ith them in the vinepard of the Low. Zhete delanoir metttherefore after their comming hither, confultea alidsNiger. Spith the otherand forthwith wholic confenten to make ‘. -_sntimtbers of bis people imbzaced the too2 twith grecdt: _nefle,pet twas not the {uccetle thereof vither fo bniuer: fall, that allmenbeleened at the fir; the fecuritie fo -aqreat > asthat noperfecution Was to be feared from the Romane empire afterbis decealesor the proceeding 2. Cheete Sdinifionof this land amongf themfelues , apo Sithopsin fing that ratcell each preacher thould take, that with of the king fo feurre, as that he forced anp man bp publike authozitic leffe trauell alfo for themfelues she dodvine of the fo luould become a chiftianin his fime,might without Sittaune. The defcriptionofBritaine, of Apollointhe tueff, the iyo. Co:ebill(a denionritas ft the moze profit and eafe of the people ,andfomehbat 30 mifines but onelie to forfake and relinguith bis pagas this fredome was enisied, that hho Gofpell mightbe preacheo andreceined. Zn thisdifiris Theonus, bution,thep ordetned that there thoulo be onecongres Theodofus gation at London there they placed Theonus ag outer, cheefe elder and bithop, for that prefent time, toortht? Careiheon. {te called Theonus. 1. for there tag another of that name te)o fled into Wales twith Thadiocts of Borke; Atthe firkk comming of the Sarong sand alfoGuthel- mus,ftho uent(as J read)inite Ariotica,thereto crane feare of bis latues profetle the Gofpell, in trhote tettic monte, ifnedbadbene , ¥ doubt not fo affieme, but that be would hane then alfa his blond, as dix his reece Emmet Emerita, abo being conftant aboue the common fort He -_ofomen,refuten notatter-bis veceate bp fire,to pela bir felfe to veath, as a finet finelling facrifice tr the _noftrelsof the Loz,beyond the fea in France. 3 The faith of Chat being thus planted in this Zand se aid againt the Scots and Ganvalg that plagued this 40 inthe 177. after Gyift,and Faganus and Dinaw. {with to Rom Sle,front the Diwede wnto the iumber , After his the ref fent over from Rome, inthe 178.as pou Theonusalfo Eluanus fucceven; rhe conuertedmanie haue -_eardsit came to patie in the third peareof the Gofpell of theDruiydes, and builoed the fire libgarie neve puto tecetucd,that Lucius ain fend againe fo Eleutherus the the bithops palace «Zhe faid Lucius alta placean: -_bithop ,requiving that be night baue fame baeefe epte Other at Borke, thither they appointed Theodofiis: fonte ofthe order of aifcipline then dfen in the chard), and the third at Caerlheon bpan the tiucr Gthe, Fforbe tellconttoerend, that as it auaileth litle.to plant builded formetimes bp Belinus,ann calley)Glamorgans -_a cofflie Dinepard, ercept.it afterward be cherifged, tia,but itote Chetter (in tihich thaee cities there bad ber foretinte benethre Archflaminesevecen eptin amdozder,ann fuch hirigs as annoie oit.tFafter of any ff thefvconuertion ithe f they tout Dawentodoubt wedesof bice 2 and bicious lining, will fo quicklic as bound in bs,that thepep twill in thee end : 55 choke b end choke fed fotwne in Out ninds, and either inforce bp the gan bs fo res furne bntoour founer iickeonette iwith nceperf ecurttie than befoze, 02 elfe fo become meere Atheitts whic sts Agreatdeale Wate,A : Zfa2 this-cante therefore ofa Lucius fend fg tome, fhe fecomd tinte,tor a copie ef3 fuchPp politits & oders aS ‘ Bee ete therblen there , in their teginient of the churd. ;dailiere: tuto Apol> moued ftom the fame : fo after bapfifine and entrance lo,Mats,and Mitierua,outnots racepto theground,and 5° into teligion, it: piofiteth liftle fo beare the name three offer chardyes builded in thetv fens of -_chaiftians sthcept tue de Wwalke inthe fothe end that the countries round about bpLucius) (pirit , anv haue might bane fuch things as offend aparentlic » indifferent accette Unto thofe places Co2reded bp. feuere po3,¥ , ann theretithall -_difcipline, For otherivite it will come bidertkand for certeintic, uhither to teloztfor.xefolntis to patle, that the Any Hig. Fr like fort allo the teftof the tdoll-tems ples Handing tt other'places tere citherouerthowne, 2 conuicrted into chardjes for eheittian Tongtegatis oe to atvemble iit, AS ONL iw2iters Do remember. In Sumnernance me - gentle Teader, of Co. ne we fo Though it map and oath f purepofe, pet teake fox al i a little: i ns onper oth the King bis people. Suchas divell e hing dante of than } teenie impertinent fo mp mong out biftoriograybers.tubetier the curdthat La cius builded at London fod at Wetiminter, o2 in Comnebill, Fo2 there is fomecaute , tehp the metropalt: tame chucth thoulo be thouabt to fan tthere sy ters now doth b Deptt der ex Pace of. soo.4anvetesbefee it {was remoued toCanturburie by Aug if e ne themonke, Fant Chouild leane to one foe twitbout anie conf tenceof the alenerations of the other. But herin nes takeit) there lucketh tome Reale, toybean :os Peters churey too in theeat endot the citie,? ann that pa as ris thenh ON ns that ave bencficiall toORE one, Rea map nofpand five Pee ea a9fat theino2dno rifesand orderscanfering loug continue ;ber 02 ine are pours, thont if thep to gatherinto concozd amd bnitie, place woul ferue to rand bpon fc daies alfe the number of Such as to faluation, inereafed datlie moze and in other places of the fyo2ld) the Ife t of perfecution, there were no finall $ that fuffered fo2 the fame, of which fiao De aD his apotties bap alreaiz et Dotone bnto all men. Zn returning 1s, Julius and Aaron, are reputed to ufe of their noble patentage, Lyidy is : theeeee the netn conuerts ofX21 therefore bis bis pean ittbe am onto bis Nobilitic,ee vatenir Lucius and* thecontulthips of Commodus 403 ans thofe parts, - Inthis alfo heanddtuers other ' the Annales of Aquitane, frho neuertheles: maketh the fee t tare itibin pour Co king of Britaine gtandfatherto this Lucio+-(he fain onmieaNdthe Boe Schedelius furthermore fetteth dotone, that his fitter {was martyred in Zrinecattell, nerve onto fhe place emeries {ifle that Eleuth¢rusfent onto fabere the (aid Lucion divelled, Kherebp itapecvetnin martyre n rie-pretic cbferuations are to be like be fo perfect inalpoints, but that astime f th fwillrenuieate ene: he thought. ifeee Huite alfevation Lett not toee Laie anp moze bpan f taineas our tine after Lucion 92 Lucius: the firtt founder thee: ofand the oviginall beginner of anie fuch houte in of his frends cont Hand lawof Gy, ard to his fa nued their times, in great contemplation and pater, Jandimatuteite, to rule alfoand 4o and fromberce, were tranflaten a8 occalion feruc, bing each of them from fuch as -_bnto fundsie ecelefiaFicall promotions in the time of g,and keeping themfromthe mae -Conftant. bis brother. So that cuenbythis thort-n aythetrenimies. * Wo bute the nation -_rationitis not eafeto fee, hat Lucius the king,anp isa child, and whofe princes rife bp earlic Lucius 92 Luciow the fonne of Chloris, Were distin 1D feed, Lhich ts pokeu not of a-paince that perfons.. Uerebnts Hermannus Sciedelius abddet)) alfO,Her manus is Within age, but of a prince that ts become a child, hol be twent into Rhetia tith Emerita bis filfersand Schedelius, h follte fine ¢ onitenfattnetie, of thom the pro neere onto the citie Augufta conuerteathe Curienfes Brufchi us < Pet faith; The bloudthirtie and deceit full men fhall not bnifothe faith oF Chutt, ann there liketwile (beittg put "?3 alte thett Dates. * Bpfeeding J bndersfand fo beath in Caftro Martis) lieth buvied in the faite p gluttonie, Inft; ¢ bp lutt all wickeouede¢ go folune, there his feat ts holoen bpan the third daic of cording to the faieng of Salomon. the king; December,as mapreadtlic be confirmed,bbereas the b not into a wicked mind,:no2 divelbones of cue Lucius ‘were to be fens at Glocefter, that is fubiew onto finne. A bing hath hat Schedelius erveth not herein alfo, the ancient mos 1g, aud not of the poflefion of his numents of the faid Abbaie, thereof he twas the Hgts reali, ou thalbe a hing ebhilelt pourule twellbut if anal beginner,as 4 fain om peeld fufticiont teftintarite, ° sife,the name of a king thall notremaine befide an bymue manein bis commendation, intitu: but you thail btterlie forge if, hich Gon foy led Gande Luconumerc. But for moze of this powmay Feftum Lu: efort onto Boudier tn bis firtk boko,and fit chapte r of lohan B _. Giemitcancm.cherisscomeuessee ‘UtEleubercntoering ahnlcpanaSd it 25 and Vefpronius, aberein he tolv them that Chit had A hore ave thichaffirnre ovr Lucius te renounee bis left fuffictent order in the feriptures fox the gouerr y kingdome, andati wd fo become firtta bithopthen ntent of bis church alreadic in bis tod, and not for a preacherof the gofpell, and afferipara a pope: but ‘hat onlie,but alto for the to regiment ofbis hole * bing, the end fuch as hola this opinion nap once buderft and canot heave One, if he would tubmit himtelfe, to velo and folloty the botonte of thet errors; % twill fet sowne the matonthat We that rule. The epiftte it felfe @ partite extant 5 and fer at large, thereby thep thalfe (if thep lift teloke) licperithed, pet fuch asit is, anda 4 haue faith: boww far thep haue bene deceined, lie tranfated it ont of fundate veric ancient copies, ¥ find that Chlorus had iftue bybis fecond twffe, c J dwvel{uer it here, tothe end F will not defrana the tivo fonies,Dalmatius(aho had a fone called alfo Dalreader of anie t that map turne to the glovie sf 10 matius and flaine bp the fonloiors ) Conftantius fa: Bi in the bifforic of one nation, ther to Gallus,and lulian the apoftata ; befines foure a ire of bs the Romane odinances, and ther thele names as pet 3findnot)3ut being at the . thereto thy tes of the emperours tobe fent oner ficit matchen twith Helena,and before the twas put from bnito pou, b poudefire to pracifeand putingze him bp the roiall potyer of Dioclefian, he hav by bir ¢ Within pour realme and kingdome. Zhe Roman e theefonnes (befive one daughter waned Emerita) of laines and thofe of emperours we mapeffonesre p thich the name of the firtk is perifged,the fecond was * poue,but tote of Goo can neuer be found fault ivitly calle Lucius,¢ the third Conftantine, that affertvara all, Dou hate recetuedoflate through Govsimerciei n yas emperour of Rome , byelection of the armic s ¢ the realme of Witaine the law and faith of Gyif, you intBritaine. Spolv it happened hat Lucius, khome the hate twith pou both bolunies of the {criptures ont of 20 French call Lucion, by means of a quavell grofone bethemtherefore by Gods grace,and the councell of pour tweene him and his cloer bother, did Kill bis fain bos tealine take pou a laty, and bythat latthpeugh Govg ther, either hpa trate 02 by fomte other mieanes, fberes é fuffcrance rule pour kingdomte, for pou are Gods vie bponbis father crilea him out of AWeitaine, and aypoine Pfal.24. cat tht pout olonerealine ,as the vetall pzorbet faith; feabim from thencefwsth to remaine in Aquitanein Me earth is the Wows and all thatis therein, the conv France, This Lucion brought thus into worlolte fa pale of the inozld,and thep that divell therein, againe, toty, had now god leafure to meditate bport heaven, Palas. Thou haik loucd truth and bated tniquitie, therefore rho before in his paolperitic bat perabuenture neuer i Goa, cuen thy God hath amointed thee with oile of tegardof hell, Fhnallie he fell ( far inés the confine: Le ‘ glapnetie abouc thpfellotyes. And againe, accod ing ration of bis eftate, that at the lak he rengun eed fo the fateng of the fame prophet; Dh Goo gine fhp toate 30 paganifine 5 and firtt became a thiftian, then his Pfal.7r. an ludgentent ditto the hinge thyiufiice onto the kings elder , uid lat of all a bithop tn the church of Chiff, fore. Zhe bings fons are the chaittian people ¢ flocke ‘He ereaed allo a place of praier eherein to ferue the lt? tuciong ¢ Of the tealine, hich are Pnder pour gouctiance,a md -_uing God, thichatterfundsie alteratfons came trnpya- bitop. tue F continue tn peace twithinpour Kingdome.*Zbhe ceffeof time tobean Abbaie,and is Kill called cuen fo the hen gathereth bir chicke wd {uccefle it 152itaine,in time of 1 tie niet, fost,that the was not fifter:td Lucius hing of Bef:he fainie.of Lite) prince Alexander Necchamin bis moft ercellenttreatile De fapientia divina, Cettetyootone thts Diftichon: nnorimfider lasLucius off ai rnenia Brute tha, either couly Lucion 92 Lucius be fellow and of kinred tuto Paule theapoftie, as Auentireinferreth, ercept he meane tt of fome other Lucius, ag of one thome be nameth Cyrinenfis.s3ut thew will not the be fozie agree With the conuerfion of the Rhetians.anp Vinde- Soeeeste aaT ee " . ee . Thedeferiptionof Britaine. 24 |