Sic per annos circiter triginta, hoc est, ex quo Aldfrid rex humanis rebus ablatus est, provincia nostra vesano illo errore dementata est, ut nullus pene exinde praefectorum extiterit qui non huiusmodi sibi monasterium in diebus suae praefecturae comparaverit, suamque simul coniugem pari reatu nocivi mercatus astrinxerit: ac praevalente pessima consuetudine ministri quoque regis ac famuli idem facere sategerint.
Thus for about 30 years, from the time, that is, when king Aldfrid was taken away from the affairs of men, our province hath been distracted with this perverse madness; so that from that day there hath been scarce a single reeve which hath not during the time of his office provided for himself a monastery of this sort, and at the same time bound his wife in the like guilt of mischievous traffic; and the force of this vile custom continuing, the thanes also and servants of the king have been very forward to follow the same.
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