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A07396	The history of the Church of Englande. Compiled by Venerable Bede, Englishman. Translated out of Latin in to English by Thomas Stapleton student in diuinite; Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. English	Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735.; Stapleton, Thomas, 1535-1598.	1565 (1565)	STC 1778; ESTC S101386	298,679	427

holy bishop Trumwine with him and many other religiouse parsons and men of power and authoritie did passe ouer vnto the Iland Also many of the bretherne of the I le of Lindesfar came thither for this purpose all which on their knees most earnestly desyred and required him for Gods sake and with weping teares in our Lords name they besought him so longe that they made his eyes stand full of swete teares to and so they gat him out of his caue and brought him to the Synode And when he came thither though much againe his owne will he was ouercomed by the one assent and will of all the reast and compelled to submit his necke to beare the yoke and office of a bishop And the wordes that forced him most were that the seruaunt of God Boisil who did with the propheticall spirite he had foreshew many things that should fall after him had also prophecied and fortelde that Cutberte should be bisshop Nowe his consecrating not appointed to be straight way but after the winter passed which then was at hand in the feast and solemnisation of Easter it was finished at Yorke in the presence of the foresayd king Egfride where there came to his consecrating vij bishops of whome Theodore of blessed memorie was chief and primate He was first elected and chosen to be bishop of Hagulstad diocese in Trumberts place who was deposed from the same But bycause he rather desired to be of Lindisfarne churche in which he had sometimes lyued it semed good and was appointed that Eata showld retourne to the see of Hagulstad of whiche he had first bene made byshop and Cutberte showld haue the chardge and iurisdiction of Lindisfarne Churche And when he had thus taken vpon him this degree and office of byshop he dyd setforth and adorne the same with the workes of vertues and holinesse following the example of the blessed Apostles For he dyd bothe with continuall prayers make intercession for the people committed vnto him and with most holesome exhortations styrred them to thirst after the ioyes of heauen And the thing which most of all is wont to helpe and farther teachers suche thinges as he towght other folke to doo he first in his owne dooing gaue example of the same For he was aboue all thinges feruent in the fyre of Gods loue and charitie modest and sober in the vertue of patience excedingly giuen to deuotion of praying affable and familiar to all men that came to him for comfort and counsell For he tooke this for a kynde of prayer too if he dyd helpe and succour with his exhortation such as were weake and vnperfecte knowing that he that sayed Thow shalt loue thy lord God sayed also Thow shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe He was also notable for his abstinence and straight lyuing euer panting after the hope of heauenly thinges with great contrition and compunction of harte Finally when he offred the hoste of the holesome sacrifice vnto God he commended his prayers to our Lord not with a voyce lyfted vp on highe but with teares powred owt from the botome of his harte Thus when he passed ouer two yeares in his bysshoppricke he went againe to his ile and monasterie being warned by the oracle and admonyshment of god that the day of his death was nowe at hand or rather the entraunce and beginning of that lyfe which only in dede should be called lyfe Which thing he himselfe at the same tyme dyd after his playne and simple maner open vnto certayne but in darke and obscure wordes yet such as were afterwardes playnely vnderstanded And to some to he dyd vtter and reuele the same in very open and playne wordes Howe the sayd byshop dyd foretell his death to be very nighe at hand vnto Herebert a vertuous priest The. xxix Chapter FOr there was a certayne priest reuerend for his vprightnes and perfection of lyfe and maners named Hereberte which had a longe time bene coupled to this man of God in the bond of spirituall loue and fryndship For lyuing a solitary lyfe in the yle of that great wyde lake owt of which ronneth the head and beginning of the ryuer of Derwent he was wont to visite Cutbert euery yere and to heare the good lessons of eternall lyfe at his mouth When this vertuous priest heard of his comming to the citie of Lugubalia he came after his accustomed maner desyryng to be enflamed more and more to the blysse and ioyes aboue by his holesome exhortations Who as they sate together and dyd inebriat one an other with the cuppes of the lyfe of heauen among other thinges the byshop sayd Remember brother Hereberte that what soeuer ye haue to say and aske of me yow doo it nowe for after we departe the one from the other we shall not mete againe and see one an other with the eyes of the body any more in this world For I knowe well that the time of my departing is at hand and the laying away of my bodyly tabernacle shal be very shortly Which thinges when he heard he fel downe at his feete and with heauy sighes and powring teares I beseke yow quoth he for our Lordes sake forsake me not but remember your most faythfull fellowe and companion and make intercession to the high and tender pitie of God that we may departe hence vnto heauen together to behold his grace and glorie whome we haue in the earth serued and honoured together For yow knowe that I haue euer studied and laboured to liue after your good and vertuous instructiōs and what soeuer I offended and omitted throughe ignoraunce and frailtie I dyd straight way doo mine endeuour to amēde the same after your ghostly coūsel wil and iudgement At this earnest and affectuouse request of his the bysshop gaue him selfe to his prayers and anon being certified in spirite that he had obtayned the thing that he besought of our Lorde Aryse quoth he my dere brother and wepe not but reioyce with all gladnesse For the highe mercy of God hath graunted vs that we haue praied for The truth of which promise and prophecie was well proued in that which befell after For after they departed a sonder they sawe not one an other bodyly any more but on one selfe same day which was the xix day of Marche their soules went out of their bodyes and wer straight ioyned together againe in the blessed sight and vision and caryed hence both to the kingdome of heauen by the handes and seruice of Angels But Herebert was first tried and pourged in the fyre of longe sickenesse by the dispensation of our Lordes goodnes and pitie as it is credible that such want of merite and perfection as he had more than blessed Cutbert the same might be supplied in the purging pain of long chastening sickenesse so that being made equall in Gods grace and fauour with his fellowe that was intercessour for him euen as he should depart out of the

them which faythe fully seeke therfore In this churche after Iustus departure hence vnto Christe Pawlyne consecrated Honorius Archebishopp of Caunterbury as I shall shewe more conueniently herafter Nowe as towching the faythe and belefe of this prouince a certaine preist and abbot a man of good credit and to be beleued whose name is Deda of the monasterie of Peartan told me that one of the elders of that couent as he reported him selfe was baptised with manie other of the people there at none daye by bishop Pawline in the presence of king Edwine and in the fludde of Trent nere the citie Thwolfing acester the which father and elderly man was wont to describe Paulinus personne saying that he was a taule man sumwhat crooked backe and blacke of heare lene in face and hauing a hooked and thinne nose in countenance bothe dredful and reuerent Who had in his chappel one Iames by name who was a deacō and an industrious and diligent mā noble certes and of greate fame in Christ and the church Who liued also euē vnto our time But in those dayes such was the peace and tranquillite through out all Britannie which waye soeuer king Edwynes dominions laye that as it is yet in a cōmon prouerbe a weake womā might haue walked with her new borne babe ouer al the yland euen from sea to sea without anie dammage or danger Moreouer this king did so muche tender his subiectes and the welth of the commons that in most places where he sawe fay●e clere wel springes breaking out by the highwaies syde he enclosed them in quicke sett boures for the refreshing of wayfaring men hauing by greate brasen basens to bathe or washe in Which basens either for feare of the kinges displeasure no man durst touche farder then to his owne present vse and necessite or no man wold take them awaye for the loue and good will they boore to their prince Who was for the time of his raigne so honoured and loued that the triumphing banners and flagges were borne before him not in warre only but in peace too whersoeuer he went abrode or rode with his garde in progresse aboute the greate cities townes and sheres of his dominions Yea euen when he passed through the stretes to any place there was carried before him that kinde of flag or stremer which the Romans calle Tufa and the English men now a Thuuffe How king Edwyne receaued letters of exhortation from Pope Honorius who sent therwith a palle to bishop Pauline The. 17. Chapter AT what time Honorius Boniface his successor was bishop of Rome and sate in the see Apostolike when he had vnderstoode that the kinge of Northumberland and all his subiectes in that countrie were conuerted to the faithe and confession of Christe by Paulinus preaching he sent the same bishop Pauline a palle and letters to king Edwyne exhorting him and his subiectes with fatherly loue and charite to persist or rather go forward in this true faithe which they had now receiued The tenor of which letters is suche To the most puissant prince and his most vertuous sonne in our Lorde Iesus Christe Edwyne king of the English men bishop Honorius seruant to them that serue God sendeth greating So is your Christian loue and integrite fyred with the flame of faith to the worshipping of your creator and maker that it shineth far and wyde and being declared through all the worlde bringeth furth fruyt of your doinge And truly so doe ye know your selfe best to be a king when that after ye are taught by the right and true preching ye beleaue in almightie God your king and creator Worshipping him adoring him and rendring vp to him the syncere deuotion of your hart as far forthe as mans weaknes and poore abilite can attaine vnto For what other thinge I praye you are we able to offer vnto our God then that persisting in good workes and confessing him to be the author of mankinde we worship him and spedely render our vowes and prayers vnto him Therfore we exhorte you our most derely beloued sonne in our Sauiour Christe Iesu as it is mete for a louing father to doe that ye endeuour al maner of wayes ye cā with ernest will and daily prayer to hold and kepe this that the mercy of God hath wrought in you calling you and all yours vnto his grace And so shall he which hath vouche●afed to bring you in this present world from all errour to the knowlege of his holy name prepare for you in the worlde to come a mansion place in heauen Be ye therfore often occupied in the reading of S. Gregories workes Who was a man certes of blessed memorie our good predecessour and your true precher and Apostle Haue before your eyes continually the greate zele of his doctrine and good affection which he gladly practised for your soules health and saluation That by this meanes his ver●●ouse prayer may both encrease your kingdome and also prosper yo●●eople And that in the end he may represent you all as clene soules and without fault before the throne of almighty God Now as concerning these thinges which your grace desyred to be ordeined and appointed by vs for your priestes we haue without all delay prouided the same and truly the rather for your syncere and vnfayned faithes sake Which hath ben at diuers times and by diuers relatiōs as also now by the bearers of these our presentes commendably declared vnto vs. We haue therfore with the rest of our rules and orders sent here ij palles for the ij metropolitans of your countre that is for bishop Honorius and bishop Pauline Willing and commaunding that when one of them is called out of this mortall lyfe to the mercie of God then shall his make and felowe which is yet a lyue subro gate by this our authorite an other bishop metropolitane in his place which is deceased which thinge we doe graunte vnto them as well for your good affection to vs and loue to the truthe as also for the distance of places and of so greate prouinces and cuntries as lye betwene Rome and Britannie And last to thintent that we might in all pointes shewe your highnes howe our consent and agrement is euer more redie at hand to your deuoute zele and ernest desyre of Gods glorie Who keape your grace alwaies in parfecte healthe and prosperite How bishop Honorius who succeded Iustus in the byshoprike of Caunterbury receiued from Pope Honorius a palle and letters The 18. Chapter NOW about this tyme died Archebishop Iustus the x. daie of Nouember And Honorius was chosen in his place Who comming to Archebishop Pauline to be appointed thereto met him at Lincolne And there was consecrated and instituted byshop of Caunterbury And is nowe numbred fifthe after S. Austin To whome also Pope Honorius sent a palle with letters in the which he commaunded the verie selfe same thinge that he wrote before in his epistle to king Edwine Which is

and all the reast with all a most certaine awnswere of Gods prouision from aboue For after matyns was done on a certaine night as these handemaydes of Christe went forth of the chappel to the graues of the bretherne that were gone out of this lyfe before thē and dyd sing their accustomed lawdes and praises to our Lord behold sodainly a light sent downe from heauen lyke a great shete came vpon them and strake them withe so great a traunce that for very feare they stopped and leafte of their songe that they sange And the brightnes of that shining lyghte to which in comparison the sonne at mydday might seme but darke being not long after lyfted vp from that place went to the sowth part of the monasterie that is to saye the East end of the chappel and there abyding a while and couering those places withdr●we it selfe vpp to heauen so plaine to all their sightes that none of them all dowbted but that the very light which showld lead and receaue vp into heauen the sowles of Christes handemaydes dyd also shewe a place for their bodyes to reast in and abyde the day of resurrection The brightnes of this light was so great that a certaine elderly man one of the bretherne who at that tyme with an other yonger man was in their chappell reported that the beames thereof entring in at the morning through the chinkes of the doores and windowes dyd seme to passe all brightnes of the day lighte How a litle boy dieng in the same monasterie called a certaine virgin that should folowe him and howe an other virgin at her departing dyd see a part of the light to come The. 8. Chap. THere was in the same monasterie a child abowt three yeres olde or not past named Esica which bycawse of his age being yet a very infant was wont to be brought vp in this howse of virgins that were dedicated to God and to be occupied in meditation among them This childe being striken with the foresayd plage when he came to the last panges of death cryed owt and spake to one of these holy virgins of Christe naming her as if she were present by her owne name Eadgit Eadgit Eadgit and therewithall ended this temporall lyfe and entred into lyfe eternall But that virgin which he called at his death straight way in the place where she was being taken with the same sickenesse the very same daye that she was so called was taken owt of this lyfe and followed him that had called her to the kingdome of heauen Moreouer a certaine one of the same handemaydes of God being taken with the sayd disease and nowe browght to the last point began sodaynly abowt midnight to crye to them that dyd kepe and watche her desiring them to put owt the candle that stode there burninge And when she had ofte tymes so called vnto them and yet none of them would doo as she bad them I knowe quoth she at the last that ye thinke me thus to speake as if I were not in my right mynde But doo ye well knowe that I speake not so For I tell yowe very truly that I see this howse fylled withe so great a light that that candell of yours semeth to me altogether dym and withowt light And when none of them dyd yet awnswere vnto these sayinges of her nor followe her bydding well quoth she againe let that candell stand burning as long as ye lyst But yet knowe ye well that thesame is not my lighte For my lighte shall come vnto me when the morning beginneth to drawe nere And therewithall she began to tell that a certaine man of God appered vnto her which dyed the same yere and sayd to her that when the morning drewe nere she should departe hence to the euerlasting lyghte The truth of whiche vision was so tryed and proued by the death of the mayden abowt the appering of the day light What signes were shewed from heauen when the mother of that company departed this world The 9. Chap. NOWE when the godly woman Edilburge mother of these holy professed Nonnes should also be taken out of this world a wonderfull vision appered to one of the sisters whose name was Thorithgid the which had now many yeres continewed in the same monasterie and alwayes was diligently occupied in seruing God with all humilitie and sinceritie and in helping the said mother to kepe good order and discipline with enstructing or correcting the yonger sort The vertue of which woman that it might as the Apostle saieth be made perfect in infirmitie she was sodainly taken with a very greuouse sickenesse of body and was therewith very sore tormēted by the space of ix yeares through the mercyfull prouision of our redemer to this end that what so euer spot of defilinge sinne had through ignorance or negligence any thing long remained in her among her vertues it might al be perboyled out by the fire of long tribulation This same woman on a certaine night when the day light began a litle to appere as she went out of her chamber that she abode in sawe plainly as it were a corse brighter than the sonne wound vp in a shete and caried vpward from the dortery where the sisters were wont to reaste And as she diligently marked what it shoulde be that drewe vp this vision of the gloriouse body which she behelde she sawe as it were certaine cordes brighter than gold which drewe it vp so hye till it was taken into the open heauens and than she could see it no longer Which vision when she thought vpon with her selfe she douted no whit but some person of that company should dye shortly whose soule should be lifted vp to heauen by the good workes it had done euen as by golden cordes Which thing happened so in dede For not many dayes after the mother of that couent for the loue that God bare her was deliuered out of the prison of this flesh Whose life was certainly such that no man which knewe it can dout but that the entring in to the heauenly mansion was open vnto her going out of this life There was also in the same monasterie a certaine holy Nonne both noble for the dignitie of this world and more noble for the loue that she had of the world to come The which many yeres was so bereafte of al vse of her limmes that she was not able so much as to moue one parte of her bodye This Nonne when she knewe that the body of the reuerend Abbesse was brought and layed in the churche vntill it should be buryed desired that she might be caried thither and be layd by the same bowing downe as folke doo at their prayers Which thing being done she spake to the Abbesse as if she had bene aliue and desired her to obtaine of the mercye of the pitiful Creatour that she might be loused and rid of so great and so longe tormentes And not long after her