gar, to Britain with three ships at a place which is called Cerdices-ora; and they fought against the Britons and put them to flight.

514 [E]. Here the West-Saxons came to Britain with three ships at the place which is called Cerdices-ora; and Stuf and Wihtgar fought against the Britons and put them to flight.

519 [A]. Here Cerdic and Cynric succeeded to the kingdom of the West-Saxons; and the same year they fought against the Britons where it is now named Cerdicesford. And from that day forth the royal offspring of the West-Saxons have reigned. 527 [A]. Here Cerdic and Cynric fought against the Britons at the place which is called Cerdices-lea. 528 [E]. Hoc tempore Dionisius in urbe R. circulum paschalem composuit. Tunc Priscianus profunda grammatica rimatus est.

530 [A]. Here Cerdic and Cynric conquered the island of Wight and slew many men at Wihtgarasburg [Carisbrooke].

534 [A]. Here Cerdic died and Cynric his son reigned from that time twenty-six winters; and they gave the whole island of Wight to their two nephews, Stuf and Wihtgar.

538 [A]. Here, fourteen days before the kalends of March (Feb. 16th), the sun was eclipsed from early morning till nine of the clock.

540 [A]. Here the sun was eclipsed on xii kal. July (June 20th) and the stars showed themselves full-nigh half an hour after nine of the clock.

544 [A]. Here Wihtgar died and was buried in Wihtgarasburg [Carisbrooke].

547 [A]. Here Ida succeeded to the kingdom, from whom arose the royal race of the Northumbrians: and he reigned twelve years and built Bamborough, which was at first enclosed by a hedge and afterwards by a wall. Ida was son of Eoppa, Eoppa of Esa, Esa of Ingui, Ingui of Angenwit, Angenwit of Aloc, Aloc of Benoc, Benoc of Brand, Brand of Bældæg, Bældæg of Woden, Woden of Freotholaf, Freotholaf of Freotho

wulf, Freothowulf of Finn, Finn of Godwulf, Godwulf of Geat.

552 [A]. Here Cynric fought against the Britons at the place which is called Searo-burg (Salisbury) and put the Britons to flight. Cerdic was Cynric's father: Cerdic was son of Elesa, Elesa of Esla, Esla of Gewis, Gewis of Wig, Wig of Freawin, Freawin of Frithogar, Frithogar of Brand, Brand of Bældæg, Bældæg of Woden.

552 [F]. Here Cynric fought against the Britons at the place which is called Salisbury, and Æthelbert, son of Eormenric, was born on the . and in the . year of his reign he received baptism, the first of the kings in Britain. 556 [A]. Here Cynric and Ceawlin fought against the Britons at Beran-bury [Barbury].

560 [A]. Here Ceawlin succeeded to the kingdom among the West-Saxons, and Ida being dead Ælle succeeded to the kingdom of the Northumbrians,' each of whom reigned thirty-one winters. Ælle was son of Yffe, Yffe of Uxfrea, Uxfrea of Wilgisl, Wilgisl of Westerfalca, Westerfalca of Sæfugl, Sæfugl of Sæbald, Sæbald of Sige-geat, Sige-geat of Swebdæg, Swebdæg of Sigegar, Sige-gar of Wæg-dæg, Wæg-dæg of Woden, Woden of Frithowulf.

565 [A]. Here Æthelbert succeeded to the kingdom of the Kentishmen and held it fifty-three winters. In his days Gregory sent us baptism;2 and Columba masspriest came to the Picts and converted them to Christ's faith; they are dwellers by the northern mountains. And their king gave him the island which is called Iona; therein are five hides of land as men say. There Columba built a monastery and he was abbot there thirty-two winters and there he died when he was seventy-seven winters old. His heirs still have the place. The Southern Picts had been baptized long before; bishop Ninias, who had been instructed at

1 And held it thirty winters.-B, C.

2 That was in the thirty-second year of his reign.-F.

Rome, had preached baptism to them, whose church. and monastery is at Whitern, consecrated in the name of St. Martin; there he rests with many holy men. Now in Iona must ever be an abbot-not a bishop; and all the Scottish bishops must be subject to him because Columba was an abbot-not a bishop.1

568 [A]. Here Ceawlin and Cutha, Ceawlin's brother, fought against Æthelbert and drove him into Kent: and they killed two aldormen at Wibbandun [Wimbledon], Oslaf and Cnebba.

571 [A]. Here Cuthwulf' fought against the Britons at Bedford and took four towns, Lenbury and Aylesbury and Bensington and Eynsham; and the same year he died.

577 [A]. Here Cuthwin and Ceawlin fought against the Britons, and they slew three kings, Coinmail and Condidan and Jarinmail, at a place which is called Deorham [Dyrham] and took three cities from them, Gloucester and Cirencester and Bath.

583 [A]. Here Mauricius succeeded to the realm of the

Romans.

584 [A]. Here Ceawlin and Cutha fought against the Britons at the place which is called Fethanleag [Faddiley] and Cutha was slain; and Ceawlin took many villages and spoils innumerable and in wrath returned thence to his own.

588 [A]. Here king Ælle died and Æthelric reigned after him five years.

591 [A]. Here Ceol reigned five3 years.

592 [A]. Here was a great slaughter at Woddesbeorg

1 This annal-word for word identical with 565 E-is the addition of a later hand in A, whose original entry runs as follows: Here Columba presbyter came from the Scots to Britain in order to teach the Picts, and he built a monastery in the island of Iona.

2 E has Cutha instead of Cuthwulf; and tacks on to the end of the annal-This Cutha was Ceawlin's brother.

3 Altered by later hand to six. "591 E. Here Ceolric reigned six years. Gregorius papa hic augmentavit in predicatione canonem: Diesque nostros in tua pace disponas."

(Wanborough) and Ceawlin was expelled and Gregory succeeded to the popedom in Rome.'

593 [A]. Here Ceawlin and Cwichelm and Crida perished; and Æthelfrith succeeded to the kingdom amongst the Northumbrians; [he was son of Æthelric, Ethelric of Ida].2

596 [E]. Hoc tempore monasterium sancti Benedicti a Longobardis destructum est. Here pope Gregory sent to Britain Augustin with very many monks who preached God's word to the people of the Angles.3 597 [A]. Here Ceolwulf began to reign amongst the West-Saxons; and he fought and won incessantly against either the race of the Angles or the Welsh or the Picts or the Scots. He was son of Cutha, Cutha of Cynric, Cynric of Cerdic, Cerdic of Elesa, Elesa of Esla, Esla of Gewis, Gewis of Wig, Wig of Freawin, Freawin of Frithugar, Frithugar of Brand, Brand of Bældæg, Bældæg of Woden.

601 [A]. Here Pope Gregory sent a pall to archbishop Augustin in Britain and a great many religious teachers to assist him; and bishop Paulinus converted Edwin king of the Northumbrians to baptism. 603 [A]. Here was a battle at Egesanstan.

603 [E. Here Ægthan king of Scots fought against the Dalreodi and against Æthelfrith king of the Northumbrians at Dægsanstan [Ægthanstan?] and they slew nearly all his host. There Theodbald, brother of Æthelfrith, was slain with all his band. Since then no king of Scots dared lead a host against this people. Hering, son of Hussa, led the host [of the enemy] thither.

1 592 E. Here Gregory succeeded to the popedom in Rome. And this year was a great slaughter in Britain at Wodnesbeorg and Ceawlin was expelled.

2 MS. E.

3 Same entry-without the Latin sentence-in MS. 595 A, written on erasure; but probably all that the scribe has done is to transfer the entry from 596 to 595. B and C have it under 596. "597 F. Here came Augustin and his companions to England: plus minus centesimo quinquagesimo adventus Anglorum in Britannia," And amongst them was Paulinus.-F interlined.

604 [A]. Here the East-Saxons received the faith and the bath of baptism under king Sæbert and bishop Mellitus.

604 [E]. Here Augustin consecrated two bishops, Mellitus and Justus. He sent Mellitus to preach baptism to the East-Saxons; there was the king named Sæbert, son of Ricola, Æthelbert's daughter, whom Æthelbert had appointed king there. And Æthelbert gave Mellitus a bishop's see in London and to Justus he gave Rochester which is twenty-four miles from Dorwitceaster (i.e. Canterbury).

606 [A]. Here pope Gregory died about ten years after he sent us baptism: [his father was called Gordian and his mother Silvia].1

607 [A]. Here Ceolwulf fought against the South-Saxons. And here Æthelfrith led his fyrd to Chester and slew there numberless Welshmen; and so was fulfilled Augustin's prophecy which he spake-if the Welsh refuse peace with us, they shall perish at the hands of the Saxons. There also were slain two hundred priests who came thither to pray for the host of the Welsh: their leader was called Scrocmail [i.e. Brocmail] who ---one of fifty-escaped thence.2

611 [A]. Here Cynegils succeeded to the kingdom amongst the West-Saxons and held it thirty-one winters: this Cynegils was son of Ceol, Ceol of Cutha, Cutha of Cynric.

614 [A]. Here Cynegils and Cwichelm fought at Beandun [Bampton], and slew two thousand and sixty-five

Welshmen.

614 [F]. . . . Laurentius became archbishop whom Augustin on account of his holy life . . . should be archbishop.3

616 [A]. Here died Æthelbert, king of the Kentishmen; [he reigned fifty-six winters, and after him]*

'B, C add.

2 E places this account of the battle of Chester under the year 605 after the simple announcement of Gregory's death:-Here died Pope Gregory.

3

Cropped by the binder.

4 E.