A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 1 



venth century, and wrote in Latin a 

 Hiftory of Britain, which is extant in the 

 prefent day, was one of the abbots*. 



At the coming of Augufline the monk, 

 who was miflioned by Pope Gregory I. 

 to England about 596, to convert the 

 Englifh Saxons to Chriftianity, themo- 

 naflery of Bangor appears to have been 

 in a very flourifhing ftate. There were at 

 this time no lefs than two thoufand four 

 hundred monks, a hundred of which in 

 their turns pafled one hour in devotion, 

 fo that the whole twenty-four hours of 

 every day were employed in facred du- 

 ties-f . Bede fays there were fo many, 

 that being divided into feven parts, each 

 contained three hundred men, which, 

 with their proper rulers, pafled their 

 time alternately in prayer and labour J. 



* Gibfon's Camd. p. 568. Jones's WeHh Bards, p. 14. 

 t Speed's Chronicle, I. zc6. 



Hift. Eccl. Grntis AngL a venerab. Beda, Lib. II. 

 cap. ii. p. in, 112, 113. Holinlhed's Chron. I. 15. 



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