the son of the woman whose virtue he had rewarded, by preventing her measure of meal from wasting, and by keeping her cruse of oil flowing in a perpetual stream * At his word fire from heaven descended on a sacrifice. He burned two companies of fifty soldiers with their commanders, by fire from heaven. When crossing Jordan, he divided the waters by a touch of his mantle. After this, he was carried off in a fiery chariot, and ascended into heaven; being about to come again, according to the prophet Malachi, at the end of the world, and to precede Christ, and to announce his last advent, with great wonder and prodigious portents ; so that Antichrist will wage war against him, and he shall conquer him, and slay him. And the carcasses of these men shall he unburied in the streets. After that, a great kingdom shall be raised by the Lord, and shall smite the kingdom of Antichrist. After this the Lord shall come, and shall slay Antichrist with the sword of his mouth, and all those besides, who have worshipped him ; and the Lord shall reign with all his people in everlasting glory. In the days of this Elijah the prophet, Bladud, the son of Budhudibrae, succeeded to the kingdom of Britain, and held it for twenty years. He built the city of Caerbodun, which is now called Badonia (Bath) ; and he made in it warm baths fit for the use of mankind, which he committed to the presidency of Minerva ; in whose temple he established an everlasting fire, which was never to burn away to ashes ; but as soon as the flame gets feeble, it is turned into globes of stone. He also taught necromancy throughout the kingdom of Britain. And he was incessantly doing marvellous tricks, till at last he made himself wings, and endeavoured to go through the air ; and fell down on a temple of Apollo, just below die city Trinovantum, and was dashed to pieces. He was succeeded by Leyr, his son, who reigned forty years. He founded a city on the river Sora, which is called in the British language, Caerleyer ; and in the Saxon language, Leicester. At the same time that Elijah slew the priests of Baal, Ahaziah, his son, succeeded Ahab, and reigned two years. Ahaziah was succeeded by Joram, his brother, who reigned twelve years. Jehu slew Joram, having been anointed by the disciple of Elieha, for the purpose of scattering the family of Ahab, ac- And Jehn reigned twenty