Auxilius；　Isserninus；　and　other　brothers　were　ordained　with　him
  to　inferior　degrees。
  ＇1＇　V。R。　Germanus　〃sent　the　elder　Segerus　with　him　to　a　wonderful
  man；　the　holy　bishop　Amathearex。〃　　Another　MS。　〃Sent　the　elder
  Segerus；　a　bishop；　with　him　to　Amatheorex。〃
  ＇2＇　V。R。　〃Received　the　episcopal　degree　from　the　holy　bishop
  Amatheorex。〃　　Another　MS。　〃Received　the　episcopal　degree　from
  Matheorex　and　the　holy　bishop。〃
  52。　Having　distributed　benedictions；　and　perfected　all　in　the　name
  of　the　Holy　Trinity；　he　embarked　on　the　sea　which　is　between　the
  Gauls　and　the　Britons；　and　after　a　quick　passage　arrived　in　Britain；
  where　he　preached　for　some　time。　　Every　necessary　preparation　being
  made；　and　the　angel　giving　him　warning；　he　came　to　the　Irish　Sea。
  And　having　filled　the　ship　with　foreign　gifts　and　spiritual
  treasures；　by　the　permission　of　God　he　arrived　in　Ireland；　where
  he　baptized　and　preached。
  53。　From　the　beginning　of　the　world；　to　the　fifth　year　of　king
  Logiore；　when　the　Irish　were　baptized；　and　faith　in　the　unity　of
  the　individual　Trinity　was　published　to　them；　are　five　thousand
  three　hundred　and　thirty　years。
  54。　Saint　Patrick　taught　the　gospel　in　foreign　nations　for　the
  space　of　forty　years。　　Endued　with　apostolical　powers；　he　gave
  sight　to　the　blind；　cleansed　the　lepers；　gave　hearing　to　the　deaf；
  cast　out　devils；　raised　nine　from　the　dead；　redeemed　many　captives
  of　both　sexes　at　his　own　charge；　and　set　them　free　in　the　name　of
  the　Holy　Trinity。　　He　taught　the　servants　of　God；　and　he　wrote
  three　hundred　and　sixty…five　canonical　and　other　books　relating
  to　the　catholic　faith。　　He　founded　as　many　churches；　and　consecrated
  the　same　number　of　bishops；　strengthening　them　with　the　Holy　Ghost。
  He　ordained　three　thousand　presbyters；　and　converted　and　baptized
  twelve　thousand　persons　in　the　province　of　Connaught。　　And；　in
  one　day　baptized　seven　kings；　who　were　the　seven　sons　of　Amalgaid。＇1＇
  He　continued　fasting　forty　days　and　nights；　on　the　summit　of　the
  mountain　Eli；　that　is　Cruachan…Aichle；＇2＇　and　preferred　three
  petitions　to　God　for　the　Irish；　that　had　embraced　the　faith。
  The　Scots　say；　the　first　was；　that　he　would　receive　every　repenting
  sinner；　even　at　the　latest　extremity　of　life；　the　second；　that
  they　should　never　be　exterminated　by　barbarians；　and　the　third；
  that　as　Ireland＇3＇　will　be　overflowed　with　water；　seven　years
  before　the　coming　of　our　Lord　to　judge　the　quick　and　the　dead；　the
  crimes　of　the　people　might　be　washed　away　through　his　intercession；
  and　their　souls　purified　at　the　last　day。　　He　gave　the　people　his
  benediction　from　the　upper　part　of　the　mountain；　and　going　up
  higher；　that　he　might　pray　for　them；　and　that　if　it　pleased　God；
  he　might　see　the　effects　of　his　labours；　there　appeared　to　him　an
  innumerable　flock　of　birds　of　many　coulours；　signifying　the　number
  of　holy　persons　of　both　sexes　of　the　Irish　nation；　who　should　come
  to　him　as　their　apostle　at　the　day　of　judgment；　to　be　presented
  before　the　tribunal　of　Christ。　　After　a　life　spent　in　the　active
  exertion　of　good　to　mankind；　St。　Patrick；　in　a　healthy　old　age；
  passed　from　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　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。
  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　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；　again