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bours and Divine Studies,
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- ↑ ræd. Cod. Hatt.
- ↑ This is a remarkable Testimony of the Royal Translation of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History out of Latin into English, or into Saxon by King Ælfred, which Mr. Whelock, in his Preface to the Reader, introduces with no less Authority than that of the Saxon Church; and that with very good reafon, the Church having appointed this Homily to be read upon the Festival of St. Gregory; his words are these, Rem vero confirmat Ecclesia Saxonica. iv Iduum Martii Sancti Gregorii Papæ Urbis Romane Inclyti Maniga halige bec, &c. The Sermon from whence he quotes this Rubrick is referr'd to by him in the Margin, under this Title, Serm. Cath. MS. Sax. Bibl. Publ. Cantabr. pag. 300.
that of her great Apostle St. Gregory. This appears from an antient Kalendar, or Menologium, wherein we find the Day to be thus fixed, ad 12 Martii. See the Appendix.