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here, was made the firfl bifhop.* The 

 prince, when he founded it, had fome 

 thoughts of entering himfelf a monk here, 

 and taking up the profeffion of religion. 

 But the charms and pleafures of the world, 

 to which he was too much addicted, foon 

 choaked the refolution, and by yielding 

 to thefe, he became, in the latter part of 

 his life, a great libertine, though in his 

 public character he appears to have been 

 always a brave man, and a noble and mag- 

 nanimous prince. 



The cathedral was destroyed by the 

 Saxons 1071, and being afterwards rebuilt, 

 it was again destroyed in 1212 by a de- 

 tachment from the army of King John, 

 who had invaded the Welm on account 

 of fome depredations they had committed 

 in the Marches. The bifliop was taken 

 prifoner, and carried to the Englifh camp, 



* Tanner's Notitia. 



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