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The next is Bregwin (759-765) — the narratio is of the tragical consequences of a Christmas dance in 1012. Other Anglo-Saxon saints are Felix, bishop of Dunwich in Suffolk, the narratio is of John Damascenus ; Birin, of Dorchester, near Oxford, discussing the translation of his body to Winchester and its probable re- translation to Dorchester; Ithamar, of Rochester, to whose life are appended two narrationes ; Erkenwald, of London, brother to Ethelburga, abbess of Barking ; Egwin, of Worcester, born of the royal stock ; " Aldhelm, of Sherburn, died 709 : the preceding bishop of Wessex, Hedda, is omitted ; King Ethelbert, of Kent, baptised 597, died 616 ; his granddaughter, Eanswida, about 633, abbess of Folkestone ; Ethelred and Ethelbrict, grandsons of King Eadbald, and their sister Domneva's daughters." These are Milburga, abbess of W^enlock, died about 670, Mildred, of Minster, and Mildgyth, but the latter is omitted. Edberg, third abbess of Minster, is described by John of Tynemoulh as a daughter of King Ethelbert of Kent, but it appears that she was really a daughter of King Centwin of Wessex. The East Anglian saints are Etheldreda, died 679, foundress of Ely ; Ethelburga — the narratio is a story of abbot Pastor and an old man in Egypt ; Withburga — her life is supplemented by incidents relating to Dacius, bishop of Milan, and Venancius Sabinus : Sexburga — the narratio is the life of Erkengoda, her daughter by Earconbert, King of Kent — these four being daughters of King Anna : Erme- nild and her daughter Werburg of Ely, and Erkengoda, the two daughters of Sexburg ; Ethelbert, king and martyr, 792 — appended to this life is an edifying narration of the life of St. Peregrine. The daughters of King Penda of Mercia, Kyneburga and Kynes- wida, are included with Tibba in one biography, to which is appended a narratio of Margarita dicta Pelagia. Rumwold, the grandson of King Penda, about 660, has a biography, to which is added a narratio of Abbot Anthony. Wulfade and Rutin, sons of Wulfere, are omitted, but their lives are contained in a contem- porary collection of 47 lives made for Romsey Abbey. Werburgh of Mercia, daughter of King Wulfere, is also omitted. Ositha, virgin and martyr, is described as a granddaughter of Penda, and her life is followed by a curious and somewhat inappropriate narratio relating to St. Epiphanius. Frideswida of Oxford, died about 735, has for narratio another story of Abbot Anthony. To the life of Hildelitha of Barking is appended a narratio of the