died the same Year, which was in the Year Six hundred and four: Whereas the Slaughter of the Monks of Bangor, was not till the Year [1] Six hundred and seven; so that Mr. Wharton, with a just Concern, concludes the Matter thus: "They [2] trifle away their time, who leave nothing unattempted to prove that Augustine survived the Slaughter of the Monks of Bangor. I am inclined to have more favourable thoughts of the Apostle of our Nation, nor will the Chronology admit of other thoughts." The great Spelman speaks of this with much the like concern. For mentioning some, who very warmly asserted that Augustine was present with Ethelbert and Edilfrid, tho' not at the Slaughter of the Monks of Bangor, yet at the same time it was committed. He adds, "How truly they affirm this, let them take heed; That Excellent Man shall not fall by my Suffrage." And Mr. [3] Collier finishes his just Character of him in these Words. " He was a very graceful Person, lived suitably to the Business of a Missionary, and
- ↑ Chron. Sax. p. 25.
- ↑ Vid. Not. ad Canon. Lichfeild. Angl. Sacr. Par. I. pag. 89, 90, 91.
- ↑ Collier’s Eccl. Hist. Book II. pag. 78.
notice, that Bp. Goodwin, tho' I cannot telt from what Copy of him, cites out of Thomas Spott this Distick, which he says was inscribed upon the Tomb of St. Augustine.
Inclitus Anglorum præsul pius & decus altum,
Hic Augustinus requiescit corpore sanctus.
