334 MATTHEW OP WBSTteOTSTSB* . A.D. 699. wife of king Ethelred, and daughter of Egfrid, king of Northumberland. The same year, Eadbert, successor of the holy Guthbert, moved the body of that blessed saint, after it had been eleven years in the tomb ; and when he placed it on the floor, both the body and the features were found to be unimpaired. About the same time, the patrician Leo deprived Justinian of the empire, and having cut off his nose and cut out his tongue, sent him into banishment. A.D. 697· Leo obtained the empire of Rome, and reigned two years. The same year, Willibrod, a Briton by birth, was sent by Pope Sergius to preach the gospel to the people of Friesland, and by the gift of king Pepin received the episcopal eee of Utrecht. A.D. 698. Hildebert was created king of France, and reigned eighteen years. The same year,' the holy Lambert received the crown of martyrdom, and was buried at Utrecht. For he had ventured to reprove Pepin the prince,1 because he had taken an adulterous concubine, besides his legitimate wife. And, accordingly, he was slain by her brother Dodon, and was buried at Utrecht, as I said before. The same year, Absimarus, who is also called Tiberius, was appointed as the keeper of the prison of Leo, who was deposed from the sovereign power, and mutilated by having his nose cut off. A.D. 699. Absimarus, who is also called Tiberius, obtained the empire of Rome, and reigned seven years. The same year, Dodo, the slayer of the holy Lambert, was tormented by a most shameful illness, being eaten up by worms, and, on account of the intolerable stench that proceeded from him, he was thrown into the Mease, and all his accomplices in guilt were banished within the year, by the direct intervention of the Deity. And the slayer of the holy martyr met with his brother in battle, and both the combatants were slain by one another. This year, a certain father of a family in the county of Northumberland, being seized with a very severe illness of body, died at the beginning of the night, but coming to life again 1 To understand this—as in one sentence our author calls Pepin king, then calls Lewis king, then Hildebert king, and Pepin prince—we most recollect that Lewis and Hildebert were the real kings of that miserable lot called Rois Fainéans, and that Pepin was their Maire du Palai*, who wielded the whole authority, though, as I said in a previous note, without the title of king.