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and fixed upon it as his Episcopal See, where now the castle 

 of Warwick is situated, and there he built and dedicated 

 the church in honour of St. Mary and All Saints (which is 

 existing down to our own time,) and there until the arrival 

 of the Saxons (which shortly followed) he had his abode. 



"Besides he built oratories for himself in convenient 

 situation ; and in the one, which was considered the chief, 

 Guido, afterwards Earl of Warwick, having been converted 

 to God and forsaken the world, lived two years, and then 

 died; which oratory before the days of this blessed man 

 Guido was dedicated in honour of St. Mary Magdalen, as 

 appears in many books written concerning his life. 



" When King Kimbelin was dead and buried at London, 

 his eldest and first-born son, by name Gwyder, succeeded him 

 and reigned many years — a contemporary of Christ and the 

 blessed Virgin, and about the year when the blessed Virgin, 

 the mother of Christ died ; he also was killed in battle. 



" He (according to the assertion of David, L.L., the 

 treasurer of the Church of Llandaff) held in great esteem 

 the ' Urbs Legionem (?'um') otherwise Caer-leon in 

 'Leofria,' which is now called Warwyke, and he adorned it, 

 repairing it in a sumptuous manner, and established it by 

 certain privileges. 



"In these days (58) he (Uter) freed Britain from the 

 Roman subjection ; and he also held the round table of 

 knights, amongst whom, as Geoffrey (of Monmouth,) in his 

 history of the Britons, and John Herding in his chronicle, 

 with many others, relate — Arthal, consul of the ' Civitas 

 Caer-gueriensis, which is now called Warwyke, was 

 the chief." 



It will be seen that Rous quotes as his authority Gildas, 

 David of Llandaff, and Geoffery if Monmouth. On referring 

 to Gildas I find that Rous has gone on the assumption that 

 the 'city' of Warwick was the same place which Gildas 

 mentions as "Caerleon." The only quotation in GUdas* 

 relating to the subject is " God . . . lighted up among us 

 the most and brightest lamps of Holy Martyrdom. St. 

 * Fetrie'8 Editioa on the " Monamenta Bistorica," cap. viii. 



