pious devotion, invoke the name of the most pious father, shall receive the wished-for reward. Theodoric reigned in France fourteen years. In the year of grace 682, Kentwine, king of the West- Saxons, made war on the Britons, and as they made but a weak resistance, he overcame them, and vigorously pursued them with fire and sword even unto the sea. Si. Cuthbert ordained bishop. In the year of grace 683, St. Cuthbert was consecrated bishop of Lindisfarne. At the same time, Sigehere, king of the East-Saxons, dying, Sebba, his partner in the kingdom, began to reign alone. Egfrid, king of the Northumbrians, afflicts the people of Ireland. In the year of grace 684, Leo sat in the Roman chair ten months and seventeen days. The same year pope Benedict succeeded for two months and three days. The same year, Egfrid, king of the Northumbrians, sending an army into Ireland with Bert as their leader, committed ravages on that innocent people, who had always been most friendly to the English nation, sparing not even churches and monasteries. They did their best to repel force by force, invoking the aid of divine pity, and putting up continual prayers for the vengeance of Heaven to light on their invaders. It accordingly came to pass, that those who were justly cursed for their impiety, quickly suffered the punishment of their guilt by the vengeance of the Lord, as the following year will show. Egfrid, king of the Northumbrians, being slain, is succeeded by Alfrid his brother. In the year of grace 685, John sat in the Roman chair one year. The same year, Egfrid, king of the Northumbrians, having rashly led an army to ravage the provinces of the Picts, in spite of the remonstrances of his friends, and especially of Cuthbert of blessed memory, who had lately been ordained bishop, he was led by a stratagem of his enemies, who pretended to flee, into the narrow fastnesses of their inaccessible mountains, where he perished with the greatest part of the forces he had brought with him. He was succeeded by his brother Alfrid, who, although not be