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Builds an oratory .towhich 

 she retires for cor.tem- 

 plation, at the sunamir, of 

 a certain hill (St. Abbs 

 Head) whence there 

 issues for her solace a 

 delightful spring of wa- 

 ter which still continues 

 to flow. 



St. Bthelreda, afterwards 

 of Ely, trained under 

 St. Ebba; 



St. CuDhbert, also, whose 

 dislike to the society of 

 women is well known, 

 accustomed to converse 

 with her. 



St. Kbba dies four years 

 before St. Cuthberr,. and 

 is buried in her monas- 

 tery of Colludi (Colding- 

 ham). 



Her monastery destroyed 

 and all knowledge of her 

 tomb lost for many years 



Her tomb afterwards dis- 

 covered by shepherds, 

 and in oiiedience to a 

 revelation from St. El)ba 

 herself, opened by the 

 Prior and convent of 

 Coldingham. 



Her relict discovered en- 

 tire, and removed to the 

 chuich of St. Mary of 

 Coldingham. 



A certain man named 

 Henry receives a com- 

 mand in a vision to Imild 

 her an oratory on the 

 former site. 



He delays ; 



Is threatened with pun- 

 ishment ; 

 And finally obeys. 



Though constructed of 

 mean materials the ora- 

 tory becomes fnmous on 

 account of the miracles 

 performed the'e. 



oratory rebuilt 



A miracle related. 



virtutibus. Et ut liberius contemplacioni se daret 

 oratorium in vertice cuinsdam montis secrete et 

 quiete condidit ut nichil carnalis oculns in earn 

 intneri qae at in quo eciam monticulo fons 

 amenissimus ad dicta virginis consolacionem nnde 

 eciam sitim extinguere solebat emanavit et in 

 presens fluere non desinit. 



Ad qnam eciam virgo nobilis etheldreda elyensium 

 nunc gloria tante magistre rudimentis se subdidit 

 et beatus pater cuthbertus qui licet ab infancia 

 consorciiim raulierum vitaverat eins audire collo(iuia 

 consuevit. Obiit autem beata ebba ante memoi^a- 

 tum put rem cuthbertam quatnor annis precurrens 

 ad celeste regnum et sepiilta est in suo monasterio 

 colludi dicto que postea propter incuriam inhabit- 

 ancium destractum est et sepulchrum eias multis 

 annorum curricnlis remansit incognitum. 



Tandem dispositione di vina a pastoribus repertum 

 est et per priorem et conventum monasterii de 

 Coldingham iussu et revelacione eiusdem sancte 

 virginis apertum est lintheura in quo corpus eius 

 involutum fuerat cum reliquiis suis integrum 

 reperierunt. Quod fratres cam sumnio cleri et 

 populi tripudio in ecclesia sancte marie de colding- 

 ham transtulerunt et collocaverunt oratorio vero 

 eius penitns destructo elapsis interea aliquot diebus 

 in somnis cnidam nomine henrico virgo venerabilis 

 apparuit et oratorium sibi in illo loco edilicnre 

 iussit. 



Cunque hoc semel et secundo per visionem 

 admoneretetille ex aliorum incrednlitate et cordis 

 duricia neglexerat adiecit virgo predicta dicens nisi 

 hec feceris condignatn tui contemptus ulcionem 

 expereris que et factum est. Nam repente cepit in 

 summain inopiam cadere Unde ad mentem redu><it 

 qualiter virgo oratorium sibi constrai mandavit viie 

 quideni materia conditum : sed celeste virtute sig- 

 nonim et miraculorum frequencia claruit ubi et 

 egroti sanitatis beneficia et fideles sue peticionis 

 consecpuintur desideria. 



Facta autem est hec revelacio de loci huius 

 reedificatione Anno domini millesimo centesimo 

 octuagesimo octavo varia qnidem miracula in illo 

 loco contingunt Unde virgo qusedam iuvencula 

 marlini filia prima fantastica vexacione demonum 



