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Rh to it with his fingers the cross of Christ, and he spoke thus, "I King Wulfere having these Kings, Earls, Generals, and Thanes as witnesses of my gift, and before the Archbishop Deusdedit, do confirm it with the cross of Christ." + "And I Oswy King of Northumberland, the friend of this monastery and of the Abbot Saxulf, do sanction it with the cross of Christ." + "And I King Sighere do confirm the same with the cross of Christ." + "And I King Sibbi do subscribe to it with the cross of Christ." + "And I Æthelred the King's brother do confirm it with the cross of Christ." + "And we the King's sisters Cyneburh and Cyneswith do sanction the same." "And I Deusdedit, Archbishop of Canterbury, do confirm the same." Then all the others who were there confirmed this grant with the cross of Christ; these were by name Ithamar Bishop of Rochester, and Wine Bishop of London, and Jeruman Bishop of the Mercians, and Bishop Tuda, and the Priest Wilfrid, who was afterwards a Bishop, and the Priest Eoppa whom King Wulfere sent to preach Christianity in Wight, and the Abbot Saxulf, and the Aldermen Immine, Eadberht, Herefield, Wilberht, and Abon, and Æthelbold, Brordan, Wilberht, Æthmund, and Frethegis.