Now when they being set downe by commandement of the king, had preached the woord of life to him, and to all those that came thither with him, he made them this answer, that their woords and promises were good:  but for as much as the same were new & vncerteine to him that had been brought vp in the contrarie doctrine, he could not rashlie assent to their admonitions, & leaue that beleefe which he and the English nation had so long a time obserued and kept:  but (said he) because ye haue trauelled farre, to the intent to make vs partakers of those things which ye beleeue to be most true and perfect, we will thus much graunt vnto you, that ye shall be receiued into this countrie, and haue harbrough, with all things sufficient found vnto you for your maintenance and sustentation:  neither will we hinder you, but that ye may by preaching associat and ioine as manie of our subiects as you can vnto your law and beleefe.  They had therefore assigned vnto them a place to lodge in within the citie of Canturburie, which was the head citie of all his dominion.  It is said that as they approched the citie according to their maner, they had a crosse borne before them, with an image of our Lord Iesus Christ, and they followed, singing this letanie, “Deprecamur te Domine in omni misericordia tua, vt auferatur furor tuus & ira tua a ciuitate ista & de domo sancta tua, quoniam peccauimus:  Alleluia.” That is to say, We beseech thee O Lord in all thy mercie that thy furie and wrath may be taken from this citie, and from thy holie house, for we haue sinned.  Praise be to thee O Lord.—­After they were receiued into [Sidenote:  Beda. Matth.  West.] Canturburie, they began to follow the trade of life which the apostles vsed in the primitiue church, that is to say, exercising themselues in continuall praier, watching, and preaching to as manie as they could, despising all worldlie things, as not belonging to them, receiuing onelie of them (whome they taught) things necessarie for the sustenance of their life, & liuing in all points according to the doctrine which they set forth, hauing their minds readie to suffer in patience all aduersities what so euer, yea and death it selfe, for the [Sidenote:  The christian faith receiued of the Englishmen.] confirming of that which they now preached.  Herevpon, manie of the English people beleeued and were baptised, hauing in great reuerence the simplicitie of those men, and the sweetenesse of their heauenlie doctrine.  There was a church neere to the citie on the east part thereof dedicated to the honor of saint Martine, and builded of old time whilest the Romans as yet inhabited Britaine, in the which the queene, being (as we haue said) a christian, vsed to make hir praiers.  To this church Austine and his fellowes at their first comming accustomed to resort, and there to sing, to praie, to saie masse, to preach and to baptise, till at length the king being conuerted, granted them licence to preach in euerie place, and to build and restore