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Show wl the Britifh kings. the hiftorie ofEnglaind. of the charch in thoferountries, ro temples 02 fonts Thecrueltic of Penda and Cadwallo he went within the cities 02 elfeaberc abzoad,to baue DF uch great jeale was Cotvitt (as it is tepor fed) totvarns the fetting fo:th of Godstruth, that he abanner bose before bim , in token of tuffice to be miniftred by bis rotall authorttic. after their victoric, the Britains makeno @Chischanced perfuaded Carpwwald the fonne of icdivald king of nthe mcane feafon, pope Wonoriusthe fift,hea inthepare j account of religion, Archbifhop Pauline with queen Erhelburgaflieout of Nort humberland in- the Caftangles to abandon the fuperffitious tuo2 ting that the Porthumbers bad receiued the fatth Be ME Shipping of (ols, mpto receinethe faith of Chartt (as before ts mentioned) at the preaching of aur line.fent bnito the fain Paulie the pall, confirining Bedalib.s.cap, Bevwan Withall histhole province. Wis father Rediwald him archbithop in the feeof Worke. We fent alfolet. 17. bing of Gaft- tyasbaptifes in Lent long before thistime, but in anglesbeptt: paine: forreturning home, though comtfell of bis to fersof crhoztation vnto king Cotwin, to kindle bim Geo. fwffe and other Wwicken perforts, he was feduced, and bettig tured from the fincere puvitie of faith, bis lafomings were wworfle than bis fir, f that acco2 Bowed ding tothe mancrof theoly Samaritans, he would Gouldferne femme both to ferue thetrue Codand bis falfe gons, Godandthe (fhontbeforetime be had ferued) and in one felfe bunil. church had at one time both the facraments of the move with fatherlic adutfe to continue and pie ceedin the twaie of bnderitanding , into the tric) he DHtbertos peeres twas trapped eftfones inevronr, till Sibert 97 Sigtbert,the brother of Carpwaln, amok chzittis an prince, and beriwell learned , obteined the rule of that kingdome, abo thtlet belined abantihen _ Dunwich, after he bad continucdin that his bithoplikeoffice Bedalii.cap, the {pace of 17 peeres.ozeouer Paulineafter that 16, bebad conuerted the Rorthumbers, preached the fwd of God vuto themof Lindfep, thich is a part __ eee of Lincolnthire: ano fir he perfuaded one wWlecea %8, twMach, LC goucrnourof the citie of XLincolne to turne but Weltfaty, Chat, togither twithall bis familie. In that citic he atter be bad goucrnedit the fpace of 17 peeves, Cady walline,o: Cadtwailo bing of aSzitaine, tho fuccer alfo builoed a churd of fone wazke. Thus Pauline so bed Cadiwane, as Gal. Mon faith , rebelled agatntt trauellen in the wazke of the Loz , the fame being bim. Fo2 (it commeth to patie, that nothing can be greatlicfucthercd bythe belpeof Cotvin, in thofe Go ure conftcmed by mang power , but the faute bp prlence be baptifed a great number of people in the the like potner map be againe dcftroten.Wenda king Finer of Crent , mere to atowne, thich infye olp of Percia enuieng the polperous proceedings of Pauline bad with huna deacon named James,the Cowin, procured Cadtwallo to mane this rebellion again® Cowin: and ioining pis polwer iwith Cay Crgtifh tong was called Tio vulfingacefter, hig Lbich hewed bintelfe peric diligent tn theminitte ricanprofited qreatlic therein, Wut now toretupne to king Gowin, abo was 8 Wwallo, thep innaded the countric of MoztheunberLand fointlie togither, Ewin beereof aducrtife,ga theredbis people, ¢cametotncounter them, fo that prince bevclic of waytbic fame, ann for the politike 60 both arntics inetat a place called Yatfield, where a2dering of bis countrics and obferning o twas fought a veric foze and blondic battell. Gatin WiLMalm, --eferued bighlie to be covumnernce:fonabe the end Coiwin twas flaine twith one of bis fornes alltobbers bythe bigh waie Were fo bantthed ontof Hayred Dlitide, and bis armic beaten dotwne and Dis dominions, that a woman with bie nel borne bifperfed, Alf there was Maine on Cotwine part, Siloalone, without other contpanio,wygbt baue tras Godbalo king of D:kenie. gozeouer there was an Melled fron {ca to feaand not baurdycountren with other of Cotwins fonnes named Ganfrioe confteey Ane creature that kurt once baue offered ‘Dir iy Hed of neceMtic to gue bimfclfe into the .banos of Manh Wer, Hes We was alfo-berie- careful fay theaduancement Penda,and was after bp bumcrucllie pat ro death, Belabbacsp of Piemonte toa wealthof bispeople, contrarie te bis prontifed faith in king Ofivalds rvethere were Daies that fucceeoed Cowin. Thus did king, Gower waetwee canted meticehe end bislife in that battell, fought at watheld.sfaor : fattened thoretp tuith chaines, faib,on the fourth ines of Daober,in the pete of out faring men might bane the fanie-reapic 3an AL02D 63 3,be being then abont.the age of 47 peares Batre with; aNd Gyre was Nong hardic as to and bpioards. C The proninces of the Po2thumbers,but like a tpzant toas fred and deftroied them, in Meaing the people tr traz gicall maner, be alfo fue Gauftioe, the hich with tivelue men of fwarte came bndticrectlic onto him to fue for peace: and thus within lefe than fwelue moneths {pace both thefe runagate kings Were dif patchen. orion andinterceflion to Godagainft his enimies; both kingsioinebattell; Cadwallo is flaine, Penda king of Mercia hisnorable vertues linked with foule vices,he maketh warre on whom hewill withaut exception, The xxvij.Chapter. ther tothe forefain Canfrive was created king beqanhts of the Posthambers, the firt tinumber from Joa. reigneinthe this Dfinalo affer that his father was Maine, lined yeare 635. uing obteined the bidoate a forlatd, bled it mot crucllie, 3fo2 one of the capteinswas Apagan,, and the other wan: y ting all ciuilitte,hetwed him .. felfe moze cruel than anie HA pagancouls haue done. So fwo2thipper of falfe gods with 623 : Wen Divalo the fonnie of Coelfred, and beo-Yfivala >Anwalla and Wenda ha letter is regiffred in the ecclefiatticall hiffozte of Beda bearing date the third Jocsof June, in the peere berefies is manie times caked and recoucreth » but neuer frangico, ut now that the kingdome of Morthumberland Hlourithen(as before is partlie touched)in bappte ftate bnder the profperous reigne of Cotwin > at length, Within acerteine totone, Cadtwalle bzake forth bp Coe of ox Britaine hath him in contempt,Ofwaldsfuperftirious de- the Scotith people , eryorting them to relebsate the The eat df manin France during bis brothers life tinte, twas featt of Cafterinfuchouetime as otherchurches of Eater. baptifen there , and becamea chziffian : an oben be the chziftian world obferued, Andalfo bicaute the be- The berelie d came to be bing,becaufed all bts prouince to be pars 30 refteof the pelagtans began to renetw againe a the elage a. taker of the faine fountaineof life,wherein be ban mongt thent (as hetvas informed) be admonithed beene dipped bimfetfe. them to betware thereof ,and by all meanes to auoid Unto bis godlie purpofe alfo , a bithop of the pare tt. Foz be knetw thatto the office of a paftozit is ne tlesof Wurgoigne named Felip toasa great furceffartlie incident, not onelie to erboxt, teach, and therer, nhoconuning quer buto the archbithop of thety bis theepe the twaies to a dyiftian life; but alo Cantarburte Bonoztus that was {aceeflo2 onto Jufronglie to twithftand all {uch oniutt meanes, as ftusand declaring nto bim bis carneft vefire, was" nright binder their proceeding in the truth of relir fent bp the fante archbithop to preadythe toazdoflife gion . Fo2.a8 poifon is onto the bodie, that is here mele tatblic bifieged Cadiwalle King of fhe +ritains, the ton on him, and finding bin bipzoufded to make tee rhumberiann thanayeeres {pace; Ofwaldis created king of Northumber- ro fante flue him with all bis arntte, Pow after this, Haine. land, hischiefe pratife in feats ofarmes, Cadwalloking of abilett Cadtwalls not like a conquero2 goucrned the to the fatd elect archbifhop of Canturburie his pall, With letters , therein twas conteined a decree by B dectet con bnto the Caftangles, tbich be od totth tuch gand fac, fle butoberitic, And as the bovie bp potfonis difa coffethat be conuerted the tole countrie to the fatth 4° bled from all natural facuities,ano btterlic ertine of Fetus Chyttt,and placed the (ee of bis bithapzike at guithed,bniletic bppzefent meancs the force thereof Duntwic, ending the courte of bisltethens pees be banquifhen ; fo truth and beritic bp erro2s and mont ; fo:firik in the nert fammer,tien Diribe hav fro chriftianitic to paganifme, chey are bothflaine within leffe twas entered. At the faine time alfo,bicaufe Zuttus the archbifhop of Canturburie twas dead, and one Ponorlus cleced to that fee, pope Wonoztus fent of our L020 633. Lhe fame pope fentletters alfato fer this their bnthankefulnete twithout tuft punith- toKent,honorable perfonages accompanie him thisher,Romanus bifhop ofRachefer drowned, Pauline underta» keththe charge ofchatfee ; Oltike is king of Deira, and Eaufride king ofBernicia, both kings become apoftatas, and fall bim made, that tent either the archbithop of Cane cerning the Chuttt miniffred at one altar, and facrifice made bre turburte o2 Borke chanced to departthislife, be that archbilhops tobdtuels at another, Canturbe But Carpwald tithin a thile after he had recet. 20 furniued fhonld baue anthozitic to oxdetne another of TE end opbe. inplace of pfthat twas oeceaffen, that they fhould ued the fatth,twas flatne by one of bts otone countri hot nedto teearic themfelucs tith gcing to Wome, men that tas anethnike, called Richbert, and then being fo farre diftant from them, Dhe copie of which after bis death , that prouince for the tearmeof thaee Sigiett, prittces, after thep had obtefned poffettton of thetr earthlie kingdoms,pio forget the care of the beauety hie kingdome,fo that thep returned to their old hind of idolatiie, Wut almightie God did not long tut as abanifhed perfona long tine within Scotland, Bedalib.3. there he twas baptifen, and profeffedthe chaiftian tes ?P3 ligton, and paffed the flotver of bis ponth in ged erereifes,both of mind ¢ bodice. Amongit other things he peactifed the tnderffanding of warlike knot lengeminding fo to bfe it as it might fan him tit ffead to defend bimfclfe from iniurie of the entnties bis people of $ercia, and Cadwallo hauing-no rer 3° that thoulopzouoke him, and not otheriwife. Were fhectto the chefftian religion thich latelie twas bes Gunamongt the Porthumbers, made banocke in all places there thep came, not {paring man, ‘woe Man no? child; and fo continued in theit furious ont tage a long time in palling through the countrie; to ppd Cadiwalle kina of the 1Beitains made in maner ne account of bint: for bp reafon that be bad atchie ued fud) great bicories agatnt the Cnglitpmen, and hauing fate their tivo kings ( as before ts ers frelled)be ceafled not to procerd in his trrannicall doings, reputing the Englith people for Nouthfull, ahd notapt to the iarre,boating that be tyas bone to fiir deffructon.chus being fet bp. in pride of cou: tage,be feared no perils,but bolblte(without confioes foe gteat decay and calamitic of the chaiftianconaver Gations in hole parties, And fill the chritttan Wate tains tore letle meveifull than Penida his heathe, Nit fenlbdiers, Ffo2 enen buto the dates of Beda tas beatitmeth) the wBritains madeno accomit sfthe 4° ting atall fhe fhilfull knowledgehich Dtwalo han faith 09 religion of the Englithmen , nox would ‘fuifictentlic learned in feates of twar\tmbe bpon bint toaffatlethe forefain Diwald, that bad brought an Soiimanicate with them miore than tith the pas aumie againft hii, and twas encainped tn a plaitté Gans, bicaule thep differed in rites from thelr atcus fomed travitions, field nére unto the Iwall ubich the Womans han but eke When the countrie of the -Moithumbers twas _ -byought into this miterable cate by the entimiesint: brdin times palt againtt theinnafton of Scots and pits, . Sa eee , Cadiwallo freight proncten Dfinalo to trie the uafion,the archbithop Pauline taking with bim the imatter by battell, but Diwalo fatbare the AP Guate- Cthelburga , hom he had brought thither, How againe tith bir by twater tito tkent, thetebewas benozablie receined of the archbithop Hotidring,and king Gavbalo, ie canre thitherinthe SONU of One ISatKs aDaliant matvof ivarre, hae UNG With him Cantred the datightet any Tulfrea the fonneof Cotvin/zalto Ami the fonne of Otrrive Sipins fore, uborit their mother after for Feare 52 pherebe as incamped,infullhope that tt houlnhe dt enfigne o2 tropbie of bis bicaaie, cantingall foul: bieks to mabe their praiers toad, thatin time of of Heliings Coboly and Drwold did {ero into France Ubere they dienAhechurch of KochettMe at that Hive AS beltitute of a bithop,bythe veathiof Romanus: Wing fent to Wome tits pope Wonozius, wad bouwned bythe omeen the Ztaltant feasetherevpon © ® atthe Tequetl of ‘akaybtthop Woovns, and hig Paulingtoke pon him the chatge of that MAUD beldit till he died, i Fter tt was knownthat Cowwas Maine te in battell (as before pe havie heard) Dfrike the Bap, audcauleda crofie to be erected. in the. fameplace flich necelfitie it might pleafe him to fuccour fhemt that tooathipbiin, Atis fio, thatthe. rome bene mabe,anbdthe hole digged therein tt Hhould.be fet, he take the crofein bis. othe hands, and putting the fotthereof inte thathole, fo helo it till bis fouloiers had fillca the bole, and ramuned it bp : ang then cau fed all the fouloters to kneele Dotwne Qpon their knees, and tomake interceffton to the true and I uing God for bis alfiffance againtt the proud ent mie,with thomthey thould fight in a tuff quarell foz the p2efernation of their people and countric. After this, onthe nert mozning be bololie gaue incudtion of Pauline, Sut the other kiigvormicok Setonetland called wernicias, Carittive the fort battell to his eniniies, fo that a fore and cruell fight tifued betivixt them. At length Diwald pereciuen that the Wyitains began fombubatto faint, aro thers fore canfen his people to renciy their force , and mMo2elutfilic to preaffe fortward ; fo that firtt He put that moft cruel! enimie to Aight,and after put fing bance Anfrine during the time ef Goins reigne; fete tinued i Scotlana, and there being conner? De gritian faith was baptifea, ut both there ralled Denifbonte, but the place there he caufed the erofle tobe grected be named Heuenfielo.Zhus Cav 7 eof bistmele Clirike twke wpon him the rule Hebingnonte of Deira,hich badveretttedthe fas Patient of baptitme by the preaching are: Bertnons delferd o2 Goeltrine,toke bpon hint togoueine, the cafe ouettoke him, and fue bim twith the molt peda partof allbisbuge and mightie armie, at a place Wil.Malm. BA, walls 5 a Fe --= could be builocd o2 erected in fo fhozt atime. | - Theftate ofthe Britains touch the fame but for that te. de bled trherefocner = ee The fiftBooke of no |