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The Legend Of The Introduction Of Masons Into England.
reeds . This is A . D . 652 , * and we learnf that " Eadbert , also bishop of that place , took off the thatch , and covered it , both roof and walls , Avith plates of lead . " Immediately King Edwin had been baptised , in the Avooden church he had himself built as mentioned above , " he took care , by
the direction of the same Paulinus , [ the bishop ] to build in the same place a larger and nobler church of stone , in the midst whereof that same oratory which he had first erected should be enclosed . " X This is in A . D . 627 . Paulinus in A . D . 628 , § builds in the city of Lincoln " a stone church of beautiful A \ r orkmanship , " " the walls of which , "
Bede adds , " are still to be seen standing . " Under A . D . 565 , in writing of St . Columba , Bede mentions an episcopal see " famous for a stately church . " .... "The place
belongs to the province of the Berni . cians , and is generally called the White House , because he [ Ninias ] there built a church of stone , which was not usual among the Britons . " || Ninius was of the British nation , and " had been regularly instructed at Rome in the faith ' and mysteries of the truth . "
About A . D . 660 , ^ " Bishop Cedd , having received " places for building a monastery or a church , " and being summoned by the King , entreated his priest Cynebil , who was also his brother , "that the religious work might not be intermitted" . . . "to complete that which had been so piously begun . Cynebil readily complied ,
and when the time of fasting and prayer was over , he there built the monastery , which is UOAV called Lestingau . " When Cedd died , "he was first buried in the open air , but in process of time a church was built of stone in the monastery " [ de lajaide facta ] . The church at Verulam ** is said to have been erected of " wonderful
workmanship " .... " Avhen peaceable Christian times were restored . " A churchff near Canterbury , it is stated , was " built Avhilst the Romans were still in the Island , " and a church within this cit y , JJ Augustine " was informed , had been built by the Ancient Roman Christians . " Here also §§ was built by Ethelbert the church of S . S
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Legend Of The Introduction Of Masons Into England.
reeds . This is A . D . 652 , * and we learnf that " Eadbert , also bishop of that place , took off the thatch , and covered it , both roof and walls , Avith plates of lead . " Immediately King Edwin had been baptised , in the Avooden church he had himself built as mentioned above , " he took care , by
the direction of the same Paulinus , [ the bishop ] to build in the same place a larger and nobler church of stone , in the midst whereof that same oratory which he had first erected should be enclosed . " X This is in A . D . 627 . Paulinus in A . D . 628 , § builds in the city of Lincoln " a stone church of beautiful A \ r orkmanship , " " the walls of which , "
Bede adds , " are still to be seen standing . " Under A . D . 565 , in writing of St . Columba , Bede mentions an episcopal see " famous for a stately church . " .... "The place
belongs to the province of the Berni . cians , and is generally called the White House , because he [ Ninias ] there built a church of stone , which was not usual among the Britons . " || Ninius was of the British nation , and " had been regularly instructed at Rome in the faith ' and mysteries of the truth . "
About A . D . 660 , ^ " Bishop Cedd , having received " places for building a monastery or a church , " and being summoned by the King , entreated his priest Cynebil , who was also his brother , "that the religious work might not be intermitted" . . . "to complete that which had been so piously begun . Cynebil readily complied ,
and when the time of fasting and prayer was over , he there built the monastery , which is UOAV called Lestingau . " When Cedd died , "he was first buried in the open air , but in process of time a church was built of stone in the monastery " [ de lajaide facta ] . The church at Verulam ** is said to have been erected of " wonderful
workmanship " .... " Avhen peaceable Christian times were restored . " A churchff near Canterbury , it is stated , was " built Avhilst the Romans were still in the Island , " and a church within this cit y , JJ Augustine " was informed , had been built by the Ancient Roman Christians . " Here also §§ was built by Ethelbert the church of S . S