Book, Chapter
1 0, Life | the need of a holiday. "Having completed," he writes, "
2 0, Life | my King in His beauty.’ Having said this and much more
3 I, I | Pictish, and Latin, the last having become common to all by
4 I, II | passage into Britain. Here, having provided about eighty ships
5 I, V | but with much trouble. Having been victorious in all the
6 I, V | the ground, like a wall, having in front of it the trench
7 I, V | the State; but Bassianus, having taken the surname of Antonius,
8 I, VI | himself of Britain, and having most valiantly conquered
9 I, VI | associate Allectus. The usurper, having thus got the island from
10 I, VIII | the Arian madness, which, having corrupted the whole world,
11 I, XI | and many others with them, having defeated the Franks and
12 I, XII | territories of their allies, and having in the meanwhile delivered
13 I, XV | had invited them. Then, having on a sudden entered into
14 I, XVI | When the army of the enemy, having destroyed and dispersed
15 I, XVII | warfare. Hereupon, these, having assembled a great synod,
16 I, XVII | called upon Christ, and having, in the name of the Holy
17 I, XVII | astray, the reproach of having been silenced, lest they
18 I, XVIII | through him. There Germanus, having with him relics of all the
19 I, XIX | the treacherous enemy, having, as it chanced, prepared
20 I, XIX | that in which he was; and having burned down the other houses
21 I, XX | aid of human force. Thus, having settled the affairs of the
22 I, XXI | health to the people of God, having condemned or converted the
23 I, XXI | Troyes, and at that time, having been ordained bishop of
24 I, XXIII | the English nation. They having, in obedience to the pope’
25 I, XXV | to the King of Kent, and having obtained licence from him,
26 I, XXV | the Christian religion, having a Christian wife of the
27 I, XXVII | in that you, my brother, having been instructed in monastic
28 I, XXVII | For there are some, who, having substance, commit theft;
29 I, XXX | A.D.]~The aforesaid envoys having departed, the blessed Father
30 I, XXXIII | abbot of the same.~Augustine having had his episcopal see granted
31 I, XXXIV | king of the Northumbrians, having vanquished the nations of
32 II, I | blessed Pope Gregory, after having most gloriously governed
33 II, I | his deacon, Peter, after having enumerated the former virtues
34 II, I | dust of earthly action. And having wasted itself on outward
35 II, II | English race was brought, who having been presented to the British
36 II, II | of whom we have spoken, having raised a mighty army, made
37 II, II | their hands. Many of these, having observed a fast of three
38 II, II | at the aforesaid battle, having one Brocmail for their protector,
39 II, III | the faith of Christ, and having ended the days of his office
40 II, IV | Augustine in the bishopric, having been ordained thereto by
41 II, IV | chief of the Apostles, who, having founded the Church of Christ
42 II, IV | all the gods; wherein he, having purified, it from all defilement,
43 II, V | Ethelbert, king of Kent, having most gloriously governed
44 II, V | Nevertheless, the people having been once turned to wickedness,
45 II, VI | mentioned before; wherein having laid himself to rest, after
46 II, VII | This archbishop also, having ruled the church five years,
47 II, VIII | that see in his own stead, having obtained authority to ordain
48 II, VIII | the fruit of your labours, having Himself faithfully promised
49 II, VIII | mercy of their Saviour: for having received letters from our
50 II, VIII | confession of all nations, having received the mystery of
51 II, IX | devoted servant, saw this, having no buckler at hand to protect
52 II, X | inasmuch as His Humanity, having opened the doors of the
53 II, X | place, being so formed, and having no understanding, sunk in
54 II, X | the indivisible Trinity, having put to flight the thoughts
55 II, XI | that your Highness, also, having received the wonderful mystery
56 II, XI | with frequent prayers.~ "Having premised thus much, in pursuance
57 II, XII | raise him to a throne.~ Having received this answer, the
58 II, XII | of what you now promise." Having uttered these words, he
59 II, XIII | on anything but a mare. Having, therefore, girt a sword
60 II, XIV | erected should be enclosed. Having, therefore, laid the foundation,
61 II, XV | been born and ordained, and having told him what he desired,
62 II, XV | in the city Dommoc, and having presided over the same province
63 II, XIX | involved in the same.~ After having laid down the manner of
64 II, XX | valiant thegn of King Edwin, having with him Eanfled, the daughter,
65 III, II | health of his soul, and having sung many psalms of praise,
66 III, II | wood. As he sat at table, having no place to bestow the gift
67 III, III | piety, and moderation; having a zeal of God, but not fully
68 III, III | Aidan was himself a monk, having been sent out from the island
69 III, IV | was also buried therein, having died at the age of seventy-seven,
70 III, IV | of the great festival, as having none to bring them the synodal
71 III, V | English nation in Christ, having received the dignity of
72 III, V | with one or two clerks, and having taken a little food, made
73 III, V | his disciples, and after having taught and instructed them,
74 III, V | higher precepts of God." Having heard these words, all present
75 III, VII | counsel of Pope Honorius ; having promised in his presence
76 III, VII | that when the king himself, having received instruction as
77 III, VII | his episcopal see; where having built and consecrated churches,
78 III, VIII | carnal concupiscence, and having washed it again and clothed
79 III, XI | that dust, and the priest having prayed, he passed that night
80 III, XIV | the ioth day of October, having held the office of a bishop
81 III, XVI | endeavoured to burn it down; and having pulled down all the villages
82 III, XVII | bishop sixteen years; for having a church and a chamber in
83 III, XVII | of the king’s townships, having nothing of his own besides
84 III, XVIII | had built for himself, and having received the tonsure, applied
85 III, XX | stead. Honoriushimself also, having run his course, departed
86 III, XXI | called At the Wall. And having received four priests, who
87 III, XXI | be set over two nations. Having in a short time gained many
88 III, XXII | eternal rewards. King Oswy having often, with friendly counsel,
89 III, XXII | eastern sea.~King Sigbert, having now become a citizen of
90 III, XXII | at the ordination. Cedd, having received the episcopal dignity,
91 III, XXIII | XXIII. How Bishop Cedd, having a place for building a monastery
92 III, XXIV | war, and was now killed, having lost his army and auxiliaries.
93 III, XXIV | Hilda, who, two years after, having acquired an estate of ten
94 III, XXIV | depredations of the pagans, and, having made an end of their heathen
95 III, XXV | seen it practised in Kent, having with her a Kentish priest
96 III, XXV | and that when the king, having ended his fast, was keeping
97 III, XXV | who feared, lest haply, having received the name of Christians,
98 III, XXV | son Alchfrid. Now Oswy, having been instructed and baptized
99 III, XXV | they taught; but Alchfrid, having for his teacher in Christianity
100 III, XXV | you certainly sin, if, having heard the decrees of the
101 III, XXV | have the keys." The king having said this, all who were
102 III, XXVI | returned to his bishopric, having submitted to the Catholic
103 III, XXVI | Northumbriansin his place, having been instructed and ordained
104 III, XXVI | among the Southern Scots, having also the crown of the ecclesiastical
105 III, XXVI | five or six servants, and having performed his devotions
106 III, XXVII | into Ireland to study, and having been well instructed, returned
107 III, XXVII | is called Rathmelsigi,and having lost all their companions,
108 III, XXVIII | before spoken, and who, having left Britain, was made bishop
109 III, XXVIII | s example. Wilfrid also having been now made a bishop,
110 III, XXIX | bishop, to the end that, having been raised to the rank
111 III, XXX | unbelief among their idols. Having thus accomplished their
112 IV, I | over the Apostolic see, and having made known to the aforesaid
113 IV, I | But the Apostolic pope having consulted about that matter,
114 IV, I | thence by land to Arles, and having there delivered to John,
115 IV, I | to go where they pleased. Having received the same, Theodore
116 IV, I | Raedfrid, to conduct him. He, having arrived there, with Ebroin’
117 IV, II | English came into Britain; for having brave Christian kings, they
118 IV, II | charged Bishop Ceadda with not having been duly consecrated, he,
119 IV, III | he had need to go. Ceadda having received the bishopric of
120 IV, III | Owini,his other companions having upon some due occasion returned
121 IV, III | was a monk of great merit, having forsaken the world with
122 IV, III | employed abroad, his companions having gone to the church, as I
123 IV, III | the same end, and they, having received his blessing, had
124 IV, III | descending from heaven, who, having taken Ceadda’s soul along
125 IV, III | keepers of the place, and having rested there the whole of
126 IV, III | a little house, covered, having a hole in the wall, through
127 IV, IV | IV. How Bishop Colman, having left Britain, built two
128 IV, V | days at the holy places, having asked Bishop Wilfrid, with
129 IV, V | when Boniface died, after having been bishop seventeen years,
130 IV, VII | westward of the chapel, and having continued there some time,
131 IV, IX | sisters, called Tortgyth; who, having lived many years in that
132 IV, IX | her tongue; in which state having continued three days and
133 IV, IX | and thou art welcome!" Having so said, she was silent
134 IV, IX | deferred than this next night." Having so said, and being asked
135 IV, X | least glimpse of light. Having continued some time wrapped
136 IV, X | led into the cemetery, and having long prayed there on her
137 IV, XI | rather serve, the world. Having with much difficulty obtained
138 IV, XI | own attendants. The bishop having promised that he would most
139 IV, XII | succeeded him in the bishopric, having been consecrated by Theodore,
140 IV, XII | his episcopate, Caedwalla, having subdued and removed the
141 IV, XII | bishop of the Mercians and having received of him a certain
142 IV, XII | Bernicians;. the former having his episcopal see in the
143 IV, XII | had but newly acquired, having defeated Wulfhere and put
144 IV, XIII | from his bishopric, and having long travelled in many lands,
145 IV, XIII | alone. The bishop’s men having gathered eel-nets everywhere,
146 IV, XIII | cherronesos. Bishop Wilfrid, having this place given him, founded
147 IV, XIV | Masses are celebrated, that having received thy voyage provision,
148 IV, XV | Caedwalla, king of the Gewissae, having slain Ethelwalch, wasted
149 IV, XV | their first bishop, Wilfrid, having been recalled home, they
150 IV, XVI | consented, and the bishop having taught them the Word of
151 IV, XVIII | For the said Benedict, having built a monastery in Britain,
152 IV, XVIII | synod we have spoken of having been called for this purpose
153 IV, XIX | King, in a monastery; and having at length with difficulty
154 IV, XIX | called the city of Coludi,having received the veil of the
155 IV, XIX | called Elge, (Ely) where, having built a monastery, she began,
156 IV, XIX | guilt of my needless levity, having now, instead of gold and
157 IV, XIX | washed the virgin’s body, and having clothed it in new garments,
158 IV, XXII | thegns, was struck down, and having lain as if dead all that
159 IV, XXII | as best as he could. Then having rested awhile, he stood
160 IV, XXII | most frequently loosed. He, having taken an oath that he would
161 IV, XXIII | we mentioned above, after having done many heavenly deeds
162 IV, XXIII | we may here mention that, having applied himself to the reading
163 IV, XXIII | of blessed memory; where having spent some time in sacred
164 IV, XXIII | came, and about cockcrow, having received the voyage provision
165 IV, XXIII | certain nun called Begu,who, having dedicated her virginity
166 IV, XXIII | for her guides. Frigyth having heard it, awoke all the
167 IV, XXIV | religious tongue to utter. For having lived in the secular habit
168 IV, XXIV | out and return home.~Once having done so and gone out of
169 IV, XXIV | creation," said the other. Having received this answer he
170 IV, XXIV | reeve who was over him, and having told him of the gift he
171 IV, XXIV | could, to put it into verse. Having undertaken this task, he
172 IV, XXIV | upon him monastic vows; and having received him into the monastery,
173 IV, XXIV | bring me the Eucharist." Having received It into his hand,
174 IV, XXV | wrath to come. The priest having heard his offence, said, "
175 IV, XXV | persevere in your penance." Having so said, and prescribed
176 IV, XXV | delight in its rewards.~Having practised this carefully
177 IV, XXV | this very few do; for I, having now gone through all this
178 IV, XXVI | the English and the Picts. Having commended his followers,
179 IV, XXVII | be hidden from him; and having confessed their sins, they
180 IV, XXVII | venerable servant of the Lord, having thus spent many years in
181 IV, XXVII | in that you, my brother, having been instructed in monastic
182 IV, XXVIII | him, and some wheat; but having prepared the ground and
183 IV, XXIX | anchorite Herebert. [687 A.D.]~HAVING spent two years in his bishopric,
184 IV, XXIX | applied himself to prayer, and having presently had intimation
185 IV, XXXI | house, and is still living, having the testimony of all the
186 IV, XXXI | heavenly reward. This man, having one day washed in the sea
187 IV, XXXII | greater danger. The brother having long laboured under this
188 IV, XXXII | body uncorrupted, after having been many years buried,
189 IV, XXXII | the church. The priest, having given his friend as much
190 IV, XXXII | back into its place. But he having received the hairs of the
191 IV, XXXII | and mitigate the tumour. Having done this, he again laid
192 V, I | reverend father, Ethelwald. Having been refreshed with his
193 V, II | from it by the river Tyne, having an oratory dedicated to
194 V, II | himself to prayer and study. Having come hither once at the
195 V, III | said a prayer over her, and having given his blessing, went
196 V, IV | and give his blessing. Having at length, with much difficulty,
197 V, IV | Peter’s wife’s mother, who, having been sick of a fever, arose
198 V, IV | of our Lord’s hand, and having forthwith received health
199 V, V | dangerously ill, insomuch that having lost all use of his limbs,
200 V, VII | king of the West Saxons, having most vigorously governed
201 V, VII | of the blood royal; and having reigned thirty-seven years
202 V, VIII | he should live, the same having been revealed to him in
203 V, IX | Columba" and "Cella." Egbert, having heard the words of the vision,
204 V, X | Sacrifice of the saving Victim, having with them sacred vessels
205 V, X | For their dead bodies, having been cast into the river
206 V, X | birth in this world, who having been a thegn had become
207 V, XI | hand to put into them, and having deposited them there, might
208 V, XI | needful for so great a work. Having obtained his desire in all
209 V, XI | reverend Bishop Wilfrid, who, having been driven out of his country,
210 V, XI | the sea to be ordained, having not yet returned to his
211 V, XI | The most reverend prelate having built a church there, and
212 V, XI | venerable for his great age, having been thirty-six years a
213 V, XII | of the river Tweed, and having received the tonsure, went
214 V, XII | all those dark places.~"Having stood there a long time
215 V, XII | rising of the winter sun, and having soon brought me out of the
216 V, XIII | should upbraid him with having done that for fear of death,
217 V, XIII | bring it to me to read. Having read it, I found therein
218 V, XIII | two wicked spirits arose, having in their hands ploughshares,
219 V, XIV | these words, he died without having received the saving Viaticum,
220 V, XV | Returning to his island, after having celebrated the canonical
221 V, XV | of the holy places; and having wandered over all the Promised
222 V, XVI | length from west to east, and having a low wall without towers,
223 V, XVI | upholds a large silver cross, having a great brazen wheel with
224 V, XVII | is a large round church, having round about it three chapels
225 V, XVII | as high as a man’s neck, having an entrance from the west,
226 V, XVII | with grass and flowers, having a level plain on the top.
227 V, XIX | psalms and some other books, having not yet received the tonsure,
228 V, XIX | his elders and his equals. Having served God some years in
229 V, XIX | into Gaul, to Dalfinus; and having stayed with him three years,
230 V, XIX | has been said above; and having nobly ruled that church
231 V, XIX | bishop of Christ, Wilbrord. Having spent the winter there successfully
232 V, XIX | people, and "who, said they, having long since come here upon
233 V, XIX | he had any life in him. Having continued thus four days,
234 V, XIX | journey, he arrived n Britain.~Having read the letters which he
235 V, XXI | of the whole world, which having been prefigured in the deliverance
236 V, XXI | Britain, there are many who, having learned the ancient rules
237 V, XXI | concerning Easter.~"But having said thus much briefly and
238 V, XXI | also it behoves those, who having either taken the vows of
239 V, XXI | taken the vows of a monk, or having the degree of a clerk, must
240 V, XXI | in Christ."~This letter having been read in the presence
241 V, XX III| as has been said, besides having a great knowledge of letters
242 V, XX III| him the office of bishop, having been consecrated by Archbishop
243 V, XX III| on the 13th of January, having held his see thirty-seven
244 V, XX III| Mercians, was made archbishop, having been a priest in the monastery
245 V, XX III| province of the South Saxons, having now continued some years
246 V, XX III| English nation, and rejoice in having their part in Catholic peace
247 V, XXIV | Coenred, king of the Mercians, having reigned five years, went
248 V, XXIV | Jarrow, have set forth. Having been born in the territory
249 V, XXIV | 733, Archbishop Tatwine, having received the pall by Apostolic
250 V, XXIV | archbishop; and bishop Egbert, having received the pall from the
251 V, XXIV | and the same year, Offa, having put Beornred to flight,
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