by Eldre erchbischop of York.] In bataẏle, and ẏholde as quene in eche ponẏte. with grete diligence had i maked, be cause they hadde translated Seynt Oswalde's bonus fram Bardenaẏ thu∣der, but þat bẏ Danes de∣stroyed, a nother abbey now in. But in Willyam conquerours tyme the bysshops see was chaunged vnto Lyncolne.] ys ȝut vayre auong.ħ. The Cytee Dor∣chester longed to the bisshops of Mercia fro that tyme vnto the comynge of the Normans.
He swore that his sone Ken∣walcus sholde fulfyll it after∣warde. And for the kynge was lette by his dethe euyl that he myghte not fulfyll it. Also it is founde in cronycles that kynge Kyngilsus assygned all the lond seuen myle for too make a bysshops see in Winches∣ter | and for the sustenance of the mynysters. myle bi south Oxenforde sette bytwene two ryuers of Tame and of Temse. That Cyte Dortyk or Dortinga that nowe is called Dorchester is vii. Therfore a byer of a wonder werke is yet seen at Dorches∣ter aboue the place of his fyrste graue. But the chanons of Dor∣cheter saye naye | and saye that it was another body than saynt Byrinus body that was so tran∣slated. But at last by Hedda bysshop of Whynchester Byrinus was tran∣slated too Wynchester in to the chyrche of saynt Peter and Poul. yere of his bys∣shoprych and was beried there. And bothe the kynges gaue that cyte for too ordeyne there a bysshops see. There was kynge Os∣walde present and was Kyngil∣sus godfader | and wedded his doughter afterwarde. This Byrinus conuerted Kyngilsus kyng of Westsaxons | and crystned hym at cyte Dortyk | that is Dor∣chesster.
And whyle Birynus sayled in the see of Brytaine | he bethoughte on his restellis that he had foryete in the hauen | and yede vpon the see & fette hs restellis. Saynte Biry∣nus the confessour was sent of Honorius the pope for too preche too Englysshemen. At de Birino, pariter atque de Dorce∣stria, lectu dignissima sunt haec quae sequuntur, è Ranulphi Higdeni Polychronico (à Joan∣ne Trevisa Anglice verso) Lon∣dini edito A. [ Id est, being honourably received in that Which when shee had done, himselfe tooke the cup, and pledged hir so hartely, that from thencefoorth hee could neuer be in rest, vntill he had obtained hir to wife, little weighing, either how deepely he had endaungered his conscience in matching himselfe with a heathen wo∣man, or how greatly he had hazarded his Croune by joyn∣ing handes with so mightie a forein Nation.] "lord kyng wasseyl. And there∣fore he answered (as he was taught) vnto hir againe, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 drinke merily.
espying there∣fore, that king Vortiger was much delighted in womens companie, and knowing wel, that sine Cerere & Libero, fri∣get Venus, he bad him to a solempne banquet, and after that he had (according to the maner of Germanie yet conti∣nuing) well plied him with pots, hee let slip before him a faire gentlewoman, his owne daughter, called Roxena, or Rowen, which being instructed before hande how to behaue hir selfe, most amiablie pre∣sented him with a goblet of wine, saying in hir own lan∣guage, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 wessail Lorde king, that is to say, bee merie Lord king: with which hir daliance, the King was so delighted, that he not onely vouchsafed to pledge hir, but desired also to performe it in the right maner of hir owne countrey.