[61] Wilk. Leg. 217, 228.
[62] Ivanhoe, v. iii. p. 328-345.
[63] Gen. xli. 9.
[64] Neh. i. 11.
[65] Clarke's Bible, Part ii. Exod.
[66] Hist. Anglo-Saxons, v. ii, p. 79.
[67] Malmsb. lib. iii. p. 80.
[68] The beautiful anecdote which Mr. Lingard furnishes from Bede of the debate on the conversion of the Northumbrian king, Edwin, we cannot forbear transcribing. The high priest of the heathen rites having spoken—a thane "sought for information respecting the origin and destiny of man. 'Often,' said he, 'O king, in the depth of winter, while you are feasting with your thanes, and the fire is blazing on the hearth in the midst of the hall, you have seen a bird, pelted by the storm, enter at one door, and escape at the other. During its passage it was visible: but whence it came, or whither it went, you knew not. Such to me appears the life of man. He walks the earth for a few years: but what precedes his birth, or what is to follow after death, we cannot tell. Undoubtedly, if the new religion can unfold these important secrets, it must be worthy our attention.'"—Lingard's History, vol. i. p. 92.
[69] The see of Canterbury was restored to the primacy again by Cenulf, the successor of Egfurth.
[70] Ep. Car. Mag. ap. Bouquet, tom. v. p. 260.