A.D. 



973- 



[I- 9.] 



Fundatio 

 Ecclesi(£ 

 Cathedralls 

 Eliensis. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



quas Britanniam incolunt, sibi Armis subegit) 

 nullus tamen eorum ultra ejus fines imperium suum 

 dilatare aggressus est. Mihi autem concessit pro- 

 pitia Divinitas, cum Anglorum Imperio, omnia 

 regna Insularum Oceani, cum suis ferocissimis 

 Regibus, usque Noruegiam, maximamque partem 

 Hyberniae, cum sua nobilissima Civitate Dublinia, 

 Anglorum regno subjugare : Quos etiam omnes, 

 meis Imperiis colla subdere (Dei favente gratia) 

 coegi. Quapropter & ego Christi gloriam, & 

 laudem exaltare, & ejus servitium amplificare 

 devotus disposui, & per meos fideles Fautores, 

 Dunstanum viz. Archiepiscopum, Athelwoldum, & 

 Oswaldum episcopos (quos mihi patres spirituales, 

 & Consiliatores elegi) magna ex parte, secundum 

 quod disposui, efFeci, &c. 



And againe this in another Monument. 



OMnipotentis Dei, &c. Ipsius nutu & gratia sufFultus, 

 Ego i^dgarus Basileus dilectae Insulae Albionis, sub- 

 ditis nobis sceptris Scotorum, Cumbrorum, ac Brytonum, 

 & omnium circumcirca Regionum, quieta pace perfruens, 

 studiosus sollicite de laudibus creatoris omnium occupor 

 addendis : Ne nunc inertia, nostrisque diebus (plus aequo) 

 servitus ejus tepescere videatur, &c. 18. mei terreni 

 Imperii anno, &c. Anno Incarnationis Dominicas, 973. 



Ego ^dgarus totius Albionis Basileus hoc privilegium 

 (tanta roboratum authoritate) crucis Thaumate con- 

 firmavi. 



So that by all these rehearsed Records, it is most evident 

 that the peaceable king Edgar, was one of those Monarchs, 

 in whose handes (if life had suffised) the incredible value 

 and priviledge granted by God and nature unto this 

 British monarchie, might have bene peaceably purchased in 

 such sort, as the very blessing and favour of the divine 

 Trinitie hath laid meanes for our industrie to attaine to, 

 and enjoye the same by. 



