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  Ethelfrid;   reigned   twenty…eight   years   and   six   months。   During   his   reign;
  there    was    a  dreadful    mortality    among     his  subjects;    when    Catgualart
  (Cadwallader) was king among the Britons; succeeding his father; and he
  himself died amongst the rest。'5' He slew Penda in the field of Gai; and
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  now took place the slaughter of Gai Campi; and the kings of the Britons;
  who   went   out   with   Penda   on   the   expedition   as   far   as   the   city  of   Judeu;
  were slain。 '1' Llauiguin;  means the 〃fair;〃 or the 〃bounteous hand。〃   '2'
  This name has been variously written; Bede spells it Caedualla (Cadwalla);
  Nennius;   Catgublaun;   the   Saxon   Chronicle;   Ceadwalla;   and             the   Welsh
  writers; Cadwallon and Kalwallawn: and though the identity of the person
  may   be   clearly   proved;      it   is   necessary   to  observe   these   particulars   to
  distinguish      him     from    Cadwaladr;       and    from    another     Caedualla      or
  Caedwalla; a king of the West Saxons; all of whom; as they lived within a
  short   time    of  each   other;   have    been   frequently   confounded        together。
  Rees's Welsh Saints。 '3' Gwynedd; North Wales。 '4' Bede says at Denis's
  brook。   '5'  The   British   chronicles   assert   that   Cadwallader   died   at   Rome;
  whilst     Nennius     would     lead   us   to  conclude     that   he   perished    in   the
  pestilence at home。
  65。 Then Oswy restored all the wealth; which was with him in the city;
  to Penda; who distributed it among the kings of the Britons; that is Atbert
  Judeu。   But   Catgabail   alone;   king   of   Guenedot;   rising   up   in   the   night;
  excaped;      together    with   his   army;    wherefore     he   was   called    Catgabail
  Catguommed。   Egfrid;   son   of   Oswy;   reigned   nine   years。   In   his   time   the
  holy bishop Cuthbert died in the island of Medcaut。* It was he who made
  war against the Picts; and was by them slain。 * The isle of Farne。
  Penda; son of Pybba; reigned ten years; he first separated the kingdom
  of Mercia from that of the North…men; and slew by treachery Anna; king
  of the East Anglians; and St。 Oswald; king of the North Men。 He fought
  the battle of Cocboy; in which fell Eawa; son of Pybba; his brother; king of
  the   Mercians;   and   Oswald;   king   of   the   North…men;   and   he   gained   the
  victory by diabolical agency。 He was not baptized; and never believed in
  God。
  66。 From  the   beginning of the   world to Constantinus   and   Rufus;  are
  found to be five thousand six hundred and fifty…eight years。
  Also from the two consuls; Rufus and Rubelius; to the consul Stilicho;
  are three hundred and seventy…three years。
  Also   from   Stilicho   to   Valentinian;   son   of   Placida;   and   the   reign   of
  Vortigern; are twenty…eight years。
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  And from the reign of Vortigern to the quarrel between Guitolinus and
  Ambrosius; are twelve years; which is Guoloppum; that is Catgwaloph。*
  Vortigern      reigned    in  Britain    when     Theodosius      and    Valentinian     were
  consuls; and in the fourth year of his reign the Saxons came to Britain; in
  the consulship   of   Felix   and Taurus;  in   the   four  hundredth   year   from  the
  incarnation   of   our   Lord   Jesus   Christ。   *   In   Carmarthenshire。   Perhaps   the
  town now called Kidwelly。
  From     the   year   in  which    the   Saxons     came    into  Britain;    and   were
  received by Vortigern; to the time of Decius and Valerian; are sixty…nine
  years。
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