the gouernour of the citie of Lincolne to [Sidenote:  This chanced in the yeere 628, as Matth.  West saith.] turne vnto Christ, togither with all his familie.  In that citie he also builded a church of stone woorke.  Thus Pauline trauelled in the woorke of the Lord, the same being greatlie furthered by the helpe of Edwin, in whose presence he baptised a great number of people in the riuer of Trent, neere to a towne, which in the old English toong was called Tio vulfingacester.  This Pauline had with him a deacon named Iames, the which shewed himselfe verie diligent in the ministerie, and profited greatlie therein.

But now to returne to king Edwin, who was a prince verelie of woorthie fame, and for the politike ordering of his countries and obseruing of iustice, deserued highlie to be commended:  for in his time all robbers by the high waie were so banished out of his dominions, that a woman [Sidenote:  Wil.  Malm.] with hir new borne child alone, without other companie, might haue trauelled from sea to sea, and not haue incountred with anie creature that durst once haue offered hir iniurie.  He was also verie carefull for the aduancement of the commoditie & common wealth of his people, [Sidenote:_ Math.  West.  Beda lib 2. cap. 16_] insomuch that where there were any sweet and cleare water-springs, he caused postes to be set vp, and iron dishes to be fastened thereto with chaines, that waifaring men might haue the same readie at hand to drinke with:  and there was none so hardie as to touch the same but for that vse.  He vsed wheresoeuer he went within the cities or elsewhere abroad, to haue a banner borne before him, in token of iustice to be ministred by his roiall authoritie.

In the meane season, pope Honorius the fift, hearing that the Northumbers had receiued the faith (as before is mentioned) at the preaching of Pauline, sent vnto the said Pauline the pall, confirming him archbishop in the see of Yorke.  He sent also letters of [Sidenote:  Beda lib 2. cap. 17.] exhortation vnto king Edwin, to kindle him the more with fatherlie aduise to continue and proceed in the waie of vnderstanding, into the which he was entered.  At the same time also, bicause Iustus the archbishop of Canturburie was dead, and one Honorius elected to that see, pope Honorius sent to the said elect archbishop of Canturburie [Sidenote:  A decree concerning the archbishops of Canturburie and Yorke] his pall, with letters, wherein was conteined a decree by him made, that when either the archbishop of Canturburie or Yorke chanced to depart this life, he that suruiued should haue authoritie to ordeine another in place of him that was deceassed, that they should not need to wearie themselues with going to Rome, being so farre distant from them.  The copie of which letter is registred in the ecclesiasticall historie of Beda, bearing date the third Ides of Iune, [Sidenote:  633.] in the yeere of our Lord 633.  The same pope sent letters also to the Scotish people,