S. MODVVKN AND "THE UEVILL OK DRAKEI.OWE." 5-^ 



Ivynge Egbright did after his counsill to send his sone Arnulfe 

 into Hyrelond to Sent Modwen that him reseyvyd full gladly, and 

 liylde him with hur a yeare and more in Hyrelond, and him 

 heylyd by the grace of God of al maner syknyses, and send him 

 agyne into Englond to his fadyr Kinge Egbryght the ferist chyld 

 in al the world. And the Kinge Egbright send to Sent Modwen 

 that and she wold come into Englond to him, hee wold gyffe to 

 hure londs and tenements with the wech shee hurselfe myght 

 make an abbey for hur and hure sisters ; and sowne aftur thys 

 sendynge, the Kynge of Hyrelond and thoyse of Hyrelond 

 fowghten togedur, and ich one of them dystryde and sluue 

 Oder ; so that the bowse of Sent Modwen in Hyrelond was 

 brunned and dystryde, and al the contrey about, for the w)ch 

 cause Sent Modwen toke with hur two of hur susters and came 

 into Englond to Kynge Egbright, and fond Arnulfe that shee 

 hadde helyde-tlie kynge's sone, one of the feyryst kneylys of 

 the world, and the Kyng Egbright for the holliness that was in 

 Sent Modwen, betoke to hur his dowgtur Edyth, to norych and 

 to kepe, and to informe hur after the rule of Sent Benett, and 

 aftur, to veyle his dowgtur, and gaffe to the seyde Sent Modwen 

 a dwellynge place in the forest of Arderne that was callyd 

 Trensale there where Sent Edyth and Sent Lyne and Sent Osythe 

 were dwellyng togedur. And sone aftur Sent Modwen send to 

 the Kyng Egbright by Arnulfe hi.s sone that he wold come at 

 the leyst every yere one tyme them to vesyt, and that hee wold 

 giffe to his dowgtur Edythe londez and tenements, and a dwelling 

 place worwylhe sche and hur sisters myght be sosteyned God to 

 serve : for mony dowgters of good folke were veyled in heir 

 company, and they had not worwyth they might bee susteyned. 

 Wherefore the Kynge Egbright made for to make a dwellyng 

 place not far from Trensale there where Sent Modwen dwelled 

 undyr a revar that was callyd Ancur at Pollysworth, and there the 

 kynge foundyt an abbey in honor of our lady," &c. 



Pinaeus, however, obviously following the original MS. of 

 Geoffry the monk, writes : — " But when Saint Modwen had come 

 to the river which is called Trent which flows past Mount Calvus. 



