Manie other things were as meanes of reformation articled, both for spirituall causes, and also concerning ciuill ordinances, as disabling children to be heirs to the parents, which by them were not begot [Sidenote:  Nuns concubines.] in lawfull matrimonie but on concubines, whether they were nunnes or secular women.  Also of paiment of tithes, performing of vowes, auoiding of vndecent apparell, and abolishing of all maner of heathenish vsages and customes that sounded contrarie to the order [Sidenote:  Curtailing of horsses.] of christanitie, as curtailing of horsses, and eating of horsses flesh.  These things with manie other expressed in 20 principall articles (as we haue said) were first concluded to be receiued by the church of the Northumbers in a councell holden there, and subscribed by Alfwold king of the Northumbers, by Delberike bishop of Hexham, by Eubald archbishop of Yorke, Higwald bishop of Lindisferne, Edelbert bishop of Whiterne, Aldulfe bishop of Mieth, Ethelwine also another bishop by his deputies, with a number of other of the clergie; and lords also of the temporaltie, as duke Alrike, duke Segwulfe, abbat Alebericke, and abbat Erhard.  After this confirmation had of the Northumbers, there was also a councell holden in Mercia at Cealtide, in the which these persons subscribed, Iambert or Lambert archbishop of Canturburie, Offa king of Mercia, Hughbright bishop of Lichfield, Edeulfe bishop of Faron, with Vnwone bishop of Ligor, and nine other bishops, besides abbats; and three dukes, as Brorda, Farwald, and Bercoald, with earle Othbald.

But now to returne backe to speake of other dooings, as in other parts of this land they fell out.  About the yeere of our Lord 764, the see of Canturburie being void, one Iambert or Lambert was elected [Sidenote:  764.] archbishop there, and in the yeere 766, the archbishop of Yorke Egbert [Sidenote:  Sim.  Dun. saith 780] departed this life, in whose place one Adelbert succeeded.  About the 25 yeere of Kenwulf king of Westsaxons, the Northumbers hauing to their capteine two noble men, Osbald and Ethelherard, burned one [Sidenote:  Simon Dun.] of their iudges named Bearne, bicause he was more cruell in iudgement (as they tooke the matter) than reason required.  In which vengeance executed vpon the cruell iudge (if he were so seuere as this attempt of the two noble men dooth offer the readers to suspect) all such of his liuerie & calling are taught lenitie & mildnes, wherwith they should leuen the rigor of the lawe.  For

  [Sidenote:  Ouid. lib. 2. de art. am.]

------capit indulgentia mentes,
Asperitas odium saeuaque bella mouet. 
Odimus accipitrem, quia viuit semper in armis,
Er pauidum solitos in pecus ire lupos. 
At caret insidijs hominum, quia mitis hirundo est,
Quasque colat turres Chaonis ales habet.

At the same time, one Aswald or Alfewald reigned ouer the Northumbers, being admitted K. after that Ethelbert was expelled, and when the [Sidenote:  He began