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Ill CI a. PEEFACE. xci ■ that the author of the Saxon additions to Nennius has simply inverted the order of his successors. The following table will show the real order of their reigns, with the event noted by Nennius under each : — A.D. 547-559. Ida, first king of Bernicia, reigned 12 years. Table of the 559-566. Adda, son of Ida, . . . .„ 7 „ kings of Ber- 566-567. Clappa, son of Ida, . . . • » 1 567-574. Hussa, son of Ida, . . . ■ >, 7 Contra iUum quatuor reges Urbgen et Riderchen ot Guallauc et Morcant dimicaverunt. 574-580. Freodulf, son of Ida, . . . . „ 6 „ 580-587. Theodric, son of Ida, . . . . ,, 7 ,, Contra ilium Urbgen cum filiis dimi- cabat fortiter. In illo tempore aliquan- do hostes, nunc cives, vincebantur. 587-594. Athelric, son of Ida, . . . . „ 7 „ 594-617. Ethelfrid, son of Athelric, . . . „ 24 „ Rex fortissimus et glorias cupidissi- mus, qui plus omnibus Anglorum pri- matibus gentem vastavit Britonum. Nemo enim in tribunis, nemo in regibus plm-es eorum terras extermi- natis vel subjugatis indigenis aut tri- butarias genti Anglorum aut habita- biles fecit. 617-633. Edwin, son of EUa, . . . . „ 17 „ 633-634. Anfrid, son of Ethelfrid, . . . „ 1 „ 634. Oswald, son of Ethelfrid, rex Nordorum. On the death of Ethelfred, Edwin, the son of EUa, king of the Angles of Deira, drove his sons out of Bernicia, and united both divisions of North- umbria under his own rule. Three of the sons of Ethelfred who afterwards reigned, viz., Eanfrid,