A.D. 

 624. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



English, roome enough for 960. families, and the second 

 for 300. and above. 



The voyage of Bertus, general! of an armie sent 

 into Ireland by Ecfridus king of Northumber- 

 land, in the yere of our Lord 684, out of the 

 4. Booke and 26. Chapter of Beda his Ecclesi- 

 asticall Hystorie. 



Nno Dominicas incarnationis sexcentesimo 

 octogesimo quarto, Ecfridus rex Nordan- 

 humbrorum, misso Hiberniam cum excer- 

 citu duce Berto, vastavit misere gentem 

 innoxiam, & nationi Anglorum semper 

 amicissimam, ita ut nee ecclesiis quidem 

 aut monasteriis manus parceret hostilis. 

 At insulani & quantum valuere armis arma repellebant, 

 & invocantes divinae auxilium pietatis coelitus se vindicari 

 continuis diu imprecationibus postulabant. Et quamvis 

 maledici regnum Dei possidere non possint, creditum 

 tamen est, quod hi qui merito impietatis su^ maledice- 

 bantur, ocyus Domino vindice, poenas sui reatus luerent. 



The same in English. 



IN the yeere of our Lord 684, Ecfrid the king of 

 Northumberland sent captaine Bert into Ireland with 

 an armie, which Bert miserably wasted that innocent 

 nation being alwayes most friendly unto the people of 

 England, insomuch that the fury of the enemy spared 

 neither churches nor monasteries. Howbeit the Islanders 

 to their power repelled armes with armes, and craving 

 Gods aid from heaven with continual! imprecations and 

 curses, they pleaded for revenge. And albeit cursed 

 speakers can by no meanes inherit the kingdome of God, 

 it was thought notwithstanding, that they which were 

 accursed for their impiety did not long escape the ven- 

 geance of God imminent for their offences. 



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