exhorting them to celebrate the feast of [Sidenote:  The feast of Easter] Easter in such due time as other churches of the christian world [Sidenote:  The heresie of the Pelagians] obserued.  And also bicause the heresie of the Pelagians began to renew againe amongst them (as he was informed) he admonished them to beware thereof, and by all meanes to auoid it.  For he knew that to the office of a pastor it is necessarilie incident, not onelie to exhort, teach, and shew his sheepe the waies to a christian life, but also stronglie to withstand all such vniust meanes, as might hinder their proceeding in the truth of religion.  For as poison is vnto the bodie, that is heresie vnto veritie.  And as the bodie by poison is disabled from all naturall faculties, and vtterlie extinguished, vnlesse by present meanes the force thereof be vanquished:  so truth and veritie by errors and heresies is manie times choked and recouereth, but neuer strangled.

But now that the kingdome of Northumberland flourished (as before is partlie touched) in happie state vnder the prosperous reigne of Edwin, at length, after he had gouerned it the space of 17 yeeres, [Sidenote:  Cadwallin, or Cadwallo king of Britaine.] Cadwalline, or Cadwallo, king of Britaine, who succeeded Cadwane, as Gal.  Mon. saith, rebelled against him.  For so it commeth to passe, that nothing can be so sure confirmed by mans power, but the same by the like power may be againe destroied.  Penda king of Mercia [Sidenote:  Penda king of Mercia.] enuieng the prosperous proceedings of Edwin, procured Cadwallo to mooue this rebellion against Edwin:  and ioining his power with Cadwallo, they inuaded the countrie of Northumberland iointlie togither.  Edwin heereof aduertised, gathered his people, & came to incounter them, so that both armies met at a place called Hatfield, [Sidenote:  King Edwin slaine. Matth.  West.] where was fought a verie sore and bloudie battell.  But in the end Edwin was slaine with one of his sonnes named Osfride, and his armie beaten downe and dispersed.  Also there was slaine on Edwins part, Eodbald king of Orkenie.  Moreouer there was an other of Edwins sonnes named Eadfride constreined of necessitie to giue himselfe into the hands of Penda, and was after by him cruellie put to death, contrarie to his promised faith in king Oswalds daies that succeeded Edwin.  Thus did king Edwin end his life in that battell, fought at Hatfield aforesaid, on the fourth ides of October, in the yere of our Lord 633, he being then about the age of 47 yeeres and vpwards.

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