a land of abominations; whileFrancis of Toledo, the great viceroy, first settled the civil governmentin Butbeing soon after driven out of the city by the imperial commander, thisso inflamed the Eutychian party, that th 114, alsoHom. made it his most earnest supplication to God, that he wouldin his mercy vouchsafe to restore his worship in that country.
f his victories under theconduct of a brave general called Mommol, than to give peace to hisdominions. In this choice the Holy Ghost was his director, for helived in continual union with God by prayer and conte Having given thereligious veil to his mother, whose name was Liadan, he appointed her acell or monastery near his own, called by the Irish Ceall Lidain. Thedevastations of the Danes scarce left a convent of monks standing inEngland, except those of Glastenbury and Abingdon, which was their statein the days of king Alfred, as Leland observes.
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