86 ItOGER OF WENDOVER. [A.D. 645. cians, in a disadvantageous place, called in the English tongue " Marelfeld." The spot where he was crowned with martyrdom in fighting for his country, is still famed for cures wrought on the sick. At the same time Kinewalc founded an episcopal see at Winchester, of which Hedda was the first English bishop; for after Birinus bishop of Dorchester, had departed unto Christ, and was buried in his own church, in process of time the latter city was subjected by the kings of the Mercians, whereupon the see was transferred to Winchester ; and the body of the blessed Biriuus was translated thither by the aforesaid bishop, and honourably deposited in the church of the first see. The same year, Constans, son of Heraclius Constantine, obtained the Roman empire, which he governed for twenty-six years. He too fell into the heresy of the Monothelites, as his grandfather Heraclius Augustus had done. This sect asserts that there is only one nature in Christ, which is contrary to the orthodox faith ; for, speaking of his divine essence, the Son of God says, " I and the Father are one," and in another place he says ot his human substance, " The Father is greater than I." We will speak of them more at length by and by. Oswald succeeded in the kingdom of the JBcrnicians by his brother Oswi, and in the kingdom of the Deiri by Oswin, son of king Osric. In the year of grace 645, Oswald was succeeded in the kingdom of the Bernicians by his brother Oswi, who reigned in the midst of trouble twenty-eight years. At the same time Oswin, son of king Osric, succeeded to the kingdom of the Deiri, and reigned seven years. When he was established on the throne, he showed himself amiable to all ; he had the countenance of an angel, a lofty stature, a cheerful disposition, courteous and elegant manners, a bountiful hand, was temperate at table, chaste in bed, and though raised to the highest pinnacle of power, he was careful to maintain humility, the guard of the other virtues ; and so the great had him in reverence as their lord, while from his condescension the poor regarded him as a brother ; and all thought themselves happy to live under him. The same year, Honorius, archbishop of Canterbury, was succeeded by Deusdedit. The same year, Penda, king of the Mercians, attacked Kinewalc, king of the West-Saxons, and deprived him of his