The history of the Church of Englande. Compiled by Venerable Bede, Englishman. Translated out of Latin in to English by Thomas Stapleton student in diuinite

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Title: The history of the Church of Englande. Compiled by Venerable Bede, Englishman. Translated out of Latin in to English by Thomas Stapleton student in diuinite
Author: Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735.
Publication: Imprinted at Antwerp :: By Iohn Laet, at the signe of the Rape: with priuilege,; Anno. 1565.
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Subject terms: Great Britain -- Church history -- To 449.; Great Britain -- Church history -- Anglo Saxon period, 449-1066.
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How Germanus restored the blinde daughter of the Tribune to her sight, and after cumming to Saint Albanes shrine did both from thence take sum relikes, and left other of the Apostles or other Mar∣tyres there.

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THis don, sodainly a certaine man of the dignitie of the Tribunes commeth forth among them, offeringe them his daughter of x. yeres oulde to be cured, which was blinde. They bid••e them haue her to the aduersaries. But they their oune conscience fearing them to take such an enter∣prise in hand, ioyneth their praiers together with their paren∣tes, desiring the priestes to doe their cure vppon the gyrle. Which seing their aduersaries to yelde, maketh their praiers for her. And after Germanus full of the holy goste, calleth vppon the Trinite, and strayte loseth from his nek a litle bugget whi∣che he had by his side full of the relliques of the martyres,* 1.1 and in the sight of them all putteth it to the eyes of the mayden: which done she strait receiued her sight. The parents much ioyeth ther at, the people ar all amased at the sight of the mi∣racle. After that day the saied errors were so pulled out of the mindes of all men, that with all hart and desire they embraced

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the doctrine of the bishops. Thus these damnable heresies being suppressed, and the authors thereof vtterly confuted, and all mens myndes instructed with the purite of the faith, they went vnto saint Albanes,* 1.2 to geue god the praise and thankes by him. Wher Germanus hauing reliques of the Apostles and of di∣uers Martyres, making his prayer cōmaunded the toumbe to be opened, entending their to leaue those precious treasures. Thinking good that the members of the Sainctes gotten in diuers countries shoulde be buried together in one tumbe, as being like of merites, they reioyced together with god in hea∣uen•• which being there lefte with much honour he toke of the dust of the place where the holy Martyrs bloud was shead, and caried it away with him. Which thinges being thus disposed, a very great multitude of people was that day conuerted vnto our Lord.

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* 1.1

Relikes of holy Mar∣tirs.

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* 1.2

The faith and deuo∣tion of Christen bishops a∣bout the yere of our Lord. 400.

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