{290} Bede, book iii. cap. 3.

{292} These details, and countless stories of St. Cuthbert's
miracles, are to be found in Reginald of Durham, "De Admirandis
Beati Cuthberti," published by the Surtees Society. This curious
book is admirably edited by Mr. J. Raine; with an English synopsis
at the end, which enables the reader for whom the Latin is too
difficult to enjoy those pictures of life under Stephen and Henry
II., whether moral, religious, or social, of which the book is a
rich museum.

{299} "In this hole lie the bones of the Venerable Bede."

{303} An English translation of the Anglo-Saxon life has been
published by Mr. Godwin, of Cambridge, and is well worth perusal.

{312} Vita S. Godrici, pp. 332, 333.

{316} The earlier one; that of the Harleian MSS. which (Mr.
Stevenson thinks) was twice afterwards expanded and decorated by
him.

{323} Reginald wants to make "a wonder incredible in our own
times," of a very common form (thank God) of peaceful death. He
makes miracles in the same way of the catching of salmon and of
otters, simple enough to one who, like Godric, knew the river, and
every wild thing which haunted it.

{330} That of the Salisbury Manual is published in the