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  this world to the Lord; and changing this life for a better; with the saints
  and elect of God he rejoices for evermore。 '1' King of Connaught。 '2' A
  mountain in the west of Connaught; county of Mayo; now called Croagh…
  Patrick。 '3' V。R。 that no Irishman   may be alive on the day of judgment;
  because they will be destroyed seven years before in honour of St。 Patrick。
  55。 Saint Patrick resembled Moses in four particulars。 The angel spoke
  to him in the burning bush。 He fasted forty days and forty nights upon the
  mountain。 He attained the period of one hundred and twenty years。 No one
  knows his sepulchre; nor where he was buried; sixteen'1' years he was in
  captivity。   In   his   twenty…fifth   year;   he   was   consecrated   bishop   by   Saint
  Matheus;'2' and he was eighty…five years the apostle of the Irish。 It might
  be profitable to treat more at large of the life of this saint; but it is now
  time to conclude this epitome of his labours。'3' '1' V。R。 Fifteen。 '2' V。R。
  By the holy bishop Amatheus。 '3' Here ends the Vatican MS。 collated by
  Mr。 Gunn。
  'Here endeth the life of the holy bishop; Saint Patrick。' (After this; the
  MSS。 give as 56。; the legend of king Arthur; which in this edition occurs in
  50。)
  Genealogy of the kings of Bernicia。* * These titles are not part of the
  original work; but added in the MSS。 by a later hand。
  57。 Woden begat Beldeg; who begat Beornec; who begat Gethbrond;
  who begat Aluson; who begat Ingwi; who begat Edibrith; who begat Esa;
  who begat Eoppa; who begat Ida。 But Ida had twelve sons; Adda; Belric;
  Theodric;   Ethelric; Theodhere;   Osmer;   and   one   queen;   Bearnoch;   Ealric。
  Ethelric   begat   Ethelfrid:   the   same   is   Aedlfred   Flesaur。   For   he   also   had
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  seven sons; Eanfrid; Oswald; Oswin; Oswy; Oswudu; Oslac; Offa。 Oswy
  begat Alfrid; Elfwin; and Egfrid。 Egfrid is he who made war against his
  cousin Brudei; king of the Picts; and he fell therein with all the strength of
  his army; and the Picts with their king gained the victory; and the Saxons
  never again reduced the Picts so as to exact tribute from them。 Since the
  time of this war it is called Gueithlin Garan。
  But Oswy had two wives; Riemmelth; the daughter of Royth; son of
  Rum; and Eanfled; the daughter of Edwin; son of Alla。
  The genealogy of the kings of Kent。
  58。 Hengist begat Octa; who begat Ossa; who begat Eormenric; who
  begat   Ethelbert;   who   begat   Eadbald;   who   begat   Ercombert;   who   begat
  Egbert。
  The origin of the kings of East…Anglia。
  59。   Woden   begat   Casser;   who   begat   Titinon;   who   begat   Trigil;   who
  begat Rodmunt; who begat Rippa; who begat Guillem Guercha;* who was
  the first king of the East Angles。 Guercha begat Uffa; who begat Tytillus;
  who begat Eni; who begat Edric; who begat Aldwulf; who begat Elric。 *
  Guercha is a distortion of the name of Uffa; or Wuffa; arising in the first
  instance from the pronunciation of the British writer; and in the next place
  from the error of the transcriberPalgrave。
  The genealogy of the Mercians。
  60。 Woden begat Guedolgeat; who begat Gueagon; who begat Guithleg;
  who   begat   Guerdmund;   who   begat   Ossa;   who   begat   Ongen;   who   begat
  Eamer; who begat Pubba。* This Pubba had twelve sons; of whom two are
  better known to me than the others; that is Penda and Eawa。 Eadlit is the
  son of Pantha; Penda; son of Pubba; Ealbald; son of Alguing; son of Eawa;
  son of Penda; son of Pubba。 Egfert; son of Offa; son of Thingferth; son of
  Enwulf; son of Ossulf; son of Eawa; son of Pubba。 * Or Wibba。
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  The kings of the Deiri。
  61。 Woden begat Beldeg; Brond begat Siggar; who begat Sibald; who
  begat     Zegulf;    who    begat    Soemil;    who    first  separated'1'      Deur    from
  Berneich      (Deira    from   Bernicia。)    Soemil     begat   Sguerthing;     who    begat
  Giulglis; who begat Ulfrea; who begat Iffi; who begat Ulli; Edwin; Osfrid
  and Eanfrid。 There were two sons of Edwin; who fell with him in battle at
  Meicen;'2' and the kingdom was never renewed in his family; because not
  one of his race escaped from that war; but all were slain with him by the
  army of Catguollaunus;'3' king of the Guendota。 Oswy begat Egfrid; the
  same is Ailguin; who begat Oslach; sho begat Alhun; who begat Adlsing;
  who begat Echun; who begat Oslaph。 Ida begat Eadric; who begat Ecgulf;
  who begat Leodwald; who begat Eata; the same is Glinmaur; who begat
  Eadbert   and   Egbert;   who   was   the   first   bishop   of   their   nation。   '1'   V。R。
  Conquered。   '2'   Hatfield;   in   the   West   Riding   of   Yorkshire。   See   Bede's
  Eccles。 Hist。 '3' Cadwalla; king of the Western Britons。
  Ida;   the   son   of   Eoppa;   possessed   countries   on   the   left…hand   side   of
  Britain;   i。e。 of   the   Humbrian   sea;   and   reigned   twelve   years;   and   united*
  Dynguayth Guarth…Berneich。 * V。R。 United the castle; i。e。 Dinguerin and
  Gurdbernech; which two countries were in one country; i。e。 Deurabernech;
  Anglice      Diera    and    Bernicia。    Another     MS。     Built   Dinguayrh      Guarth
  Berneich。
  62。 Then Dutgirn at that time fought bravely against the nation of the
  Angles。   At   that   time;   Talhaiarn   Cataguen*   was        famed   for   poetry;   and
  Neirin;    and   Taliesin    and   Bluchbard;     and   Cian;   who    is  called   Guenith
  Guaut; were all famous at the same time in British poetry。 * Talhaiarn was
  a descendant of Coel Godebog; and chaplain to Ambrosius。
  The    great   king;   Mailcun;*     reigned    among      the  Britons;    i。e。  in  the
  district of Guenedota; because his great…great…grandfather; Cunedda; with
  his   twelve   sons;   had   come   before   from   the   left…hand   part;   i。e。   from   the
  country which is called Manau Gustodin; one hundred and forty…six years
  before Mailcun reigned; and expelled the Scots with much slaughter from
  those   countries;   and   they   never   returned   again   to   inhabit   them。   *   Better
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  known as Maelgwn。
  63。   Adda;    son   of  Ida;  reigned    eight   years;   Ethelric;   son  of   Adda;
  reigned four years。 Theodoric; son of Ida; reigned seven years。 Freothwulf
  reigned six years。 In whose time the kingdom of Kent; by the mission of
  Gregory; received baptism。 Hussa reigned seven years。 Against him fought
  four kings; Urien; and Ryderthen; and Guallauc; and Morcant。 Theodoric
  fought bravely; together with his sons; against that Urien。 But at that time
  sometimes the enemy and sometimes our countrymen were defeated; and
  he shut them up three days and three nights in the island of Metcaut; and
  whilst    he   was   on   an  expedition     he  was   murdered;      at  the  instance   of
  Morcant; out of envy; because he possessed so much superiority over all
  the   kings   in   military   science。   Eadfered   Flesaurs   reigned   twelve   years   in
  Bernicia; and twelve others in Deira; and gave to his wife Bebba; the town
  of Dynguaroy; which from her is called Bebbanburg。* * Bambrough。 See
  Bede; iii。 6; and Sax。 Chron。 A。D。 547。
  Edwin;   son   of Alla;   reigned   seventeen   years;   seized   on   Elmete;   and
  expelled Cerdic; its king。 Eanfled; his duaghter; received baptism; on the
  twelfth day after Pentecost; with all her followers; both men and women。
  The     following     Easter    Edwin     himself    received     baptism;    and    twelve
  thousand      of  his  subjects    with   him。   If  any   one   wishes    to  know     who
  baptized them; it was Rum Map Urbgen:* he was engaged forty days in
  baptizing all classes of the Saxons; and by his preaching many believed on
  Christ。 * See Bede's Eccles。 Hist。 From the share which Paulinus had in
  the   conversion   of   the   Northumbrian   king;   it   has   been   inferred   that   he
  actaully     baptized    him;    but   Nennius      experssly    states;   that   the   holy
  sacrament was administered by Rhun; the son of Urien。 The Welsh name
  of Paulinus is Pawl Hen; or Polin Eagob。
  64。 Oswald son of Ethelfrid; reigned nine years; the same is Oswald
  Llauiguin;'1' he slew Catgublaun (Cadwalla);'2' king of Guenedot;'3' in
  the battle of Catscaul;'4' with much loss to his own army。 Oswy; son of
  Ethelfrid;   reigned   twenty…eight   years   and   six   months。   During   his   reign;
  there    was    a  dreadful    mortality    among     his  subjects;    w