Anno autem regni Aldfridi tertio, Caedualla rex Occidentalium Saxonum, cum genti suae duobus annis strenuissime praeesset, relicto imperio propter Dominum regnumque perpetuum, venit Romam, hoc sibi gloriae singularis desiderans adipisci, ut ad limina beatorum apostolorum fonte baptismatis ablueretur, in quo solo didicerat generi humano patere vitae caelestis introitum: simul etiam sperans quia mox baptizatus, carne solutus ad aeterna gaudia iam mundus transiret: quod utrumque ut mente disposuerat, Domino iuvante completum est.
The third year of king Aldfrids reign, Cadwalla king of the West Saxons, after keeping the sovereignty over his nation very stoutly for two years, for the Lords sake and the hope of the everlasting kingdom forsook his power and came to Rome, desiring to obtain the singular renown to be cleansed in the font of baptism at the churches of the blessed apostles, by the which alone he had learned the entry to the heavenly life is opened to mankind: withal too he had hope that by and by being baptized he should be released from the body, and being now cleansed should pass to eternal joys: the which both by the Lords help were fulfilled as he had in his mind determined.
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