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S. Cudbert with litle labour, persuadet this Prince to
co/zfirme the band w1 thame of Northumbirland. bot
with nathir prayeris nor pcrsuasioTze culde he be brocht
evir to mak ony band wl ye Peichtis, quha sa oft falsed
5 thair promis vntrulie, quhomto culd na credit be gyuen :
with thame, the hale tyme of his rigne, cowtinuallie he
was at weiris, bot at sindrie * tymes. This king in al
virtues was instructed vndir Bischope tAdaman, in¬
structed in b/Aes, no1 lychtelie, vndir quhome he in al
10 pietie and haly lyfe had studiet weill.
Quhen ten jeiris war cum and gane, he, tyret throuch
sluice in the comwzoune Welth, departes this lyfe the
jeir of our Lord sax hunder nywtie and sevin : Jn Kilma-
colme is he buriit. Jn Britannie war seine in thae dayes
15 mony meruellous, strange, and woundirfull thingis, of
quhilkes all tuik a felloun feir.
About this tyme Scotland bure to the kirk ane certane
notable defender of the truthe, of pietie, and deuotione,
his name Florens. as he was in pilgrimage, mony he
20 coTraerted frome the darknes of Paganisme, vnto the
lychtnes of Christe Jesus. He led a dour and hard lyfe
in the farthest parte and inwest of that maist thick wodd,
nocht far frome that famous flude in Alsatia to name
^ Bruche. Thair an honorable Monasterie he erected to
25 accepte thame intil, quha for the religioune cam frome
Scotland to seik him. § Thay of Wertsburghe eftirward
cheised him thair Bischope, quhen Rotharie was deid.
He is buriit in the monasterie quhilke we said he bigit
to Scotis Pilgrimis.
Papes—Benedict 2, Johan 5, Conon, Serg.
Emp.—Justinian 2, Leo 2, or Leowtius.
Kingis—Theodorik, Clodouie 3, Hildebert.
* L. “ varia sorte ”—but with varying fortune,
t L. “Adamnan.” J L. “Bruschio.”
§ L. “ Argentinenses ”—the Strassburgers.
Adamatt a
Bischope
deuote, Eu¬
genie his
maistir.
He dies the
^eir of Christ
697, and
regies 10.
S. Florens a
deuote maw.
a Scotis
monasterie
in Alsatia.