Fabyans cronycle newly prynted, wyth the cronycle, actes, and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce kynge Henry the vii. father vnto our most drad souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii. To whom be all honour, reuere[n]ce, and ioyfull contynaunce of his prosperous reygne, to the pleasure of god and weale of this his realme amen

Anglia. THE .CXLIX. CHAPITER.

CUtbertus the neuew of Ethe∣lard{us} / began his reygne ouer y^e westsaxōs, in the yere of grace .vii. hūdred & .xxix / and the thyrde yere of the seconde Theodoricus then kyng of Fraunce. In tyme of whose reygn Colwolphus reygned in Northum∣berland / to whome as before in the story of Ethelarde is touched, holy Beda wrote the story called Historia Anglicana. About the .ii. yere of the reygne of this Cutberte apperyd in the fyrmament .ii. blasynge starrys or .ii. starris wyth crestes / & caste as yt were brennynge brondes towarde the Northe.

And about the .vi. yere of the reygn of Cutbert dyed the foresayde holy Beda / the which in his tyme made & wrote .lxxviii. bokes, ouer and besyde his manyfold workes of vertue that he vsyd by all his lyfe tyme. It ys told of hym, that in his later dayes when he was blynd, he was brought by y^e frawde of his leder vnto a great hepe of stonys / the whych his leder shewyd to hym was an assemble of men and women, that were thether comyn to here hym preache the word of god. Then he thynkynge hys re∣porte to be true / anon wyth great de¦uocyon beganne there a collacyon. And therof when he came to the ende the stonys by dyuyne power, in lyke¦nesse of a great multytude of people sayd Amen / or after the sayng of An¦toninus, Deo gratias.

He was so noble of lernynge and ex¦cellent in connynge / that the fyrste Sergius pope of Rome sent for him to assoyle q̄styons there made in the popes vniuersyte. Also his connyng is apparent in the bokes whyche he wrote super Genesim, super Thobi∣am, super Esdriam, su{per} Neemiam, wyth other, whyche wolde aske a longe tracte of tyme to reherse, wyth also the omelies made vppon the gos¦pellys / but I passe ouer▪ when he was dede / he was buryed at y^e abbay of Gyruy / all be yt the comynyng is

that he restyth now wyth saynte Cut¦bert of Durham. About the .ix. yere of this kynges reygne / the holy vyr¦gyne saynt Fredeswide dyed. Of her yt is sayde, for vylanye that to her shulde haue ben done, by a kynge in Oxynford / that kynges of England at the seasons syns haue sparyd to entre that towne for drede of mys∣happe. who so wyll knowe the cyrcū¦staunce of the mater, and the holy∣nesse of her lyfe / lette hym serche the workes of holy Gyldas, where he shall be suffycyently informed.

Soone after thys tyme and sea∣son / Colwolphus kynge of Northū∣berlande when he had reygned .viii. yeres, he resygned his domynyon to his cosyn Egbertus / and was shorne a monke in the abbay of Geruy, or after some wryters in the abbay of Lyndesar or holy ylande.

Thus for as mych as lytle is shew¦yd of the dedis of Cutbert kynge of westsaxons, therfore I haue made the more rehersayll of other chynges done in his tyme. For of hym is no∣thynge lefte in wrytynge worthy to be remembryd or mynded / sauynge that he often and many tymes made warre vppon Ethelwalde kynge of Mercia and spedde therin diuersly / & lastely dyed when he had reygned after moste wryters .xvi. yeres.