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The beloved of God Beorhtwald 19 of holy memory, bishop of Wiltshire wept over the forsaken throne of the kingdom. He passed the watches of his weeping in the monastery of Glastonbury, and weary after so many tears the man of God fell asleep. When lo! In the Holy of Holies he saw the blessed Peter... consecrate the image of a seemly man as king, assign him the life of a bachelor, and set the years of his reign by a fixed reckoning of his life. And when the king even at this juncture asked him who of the generations to come would reign in the kingdom, Peter answered: 'The kingdom of the English belongs to God; and after you He has already provided a King according to his own will.' |
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