Primusque rex Osuiu praemissa praefatione, quod oporteret eos qui una Deo servirent, unam vivendi regulam tenere, nec discrepare in celebratione sacramentorum caelestium, qui unum omnes in caelis regnum exspectarent; inquirendum potius quae esset verior traditio, et hanc ab omnibus communiter esse sequendam: iussit primo dicere episcopum suum Colmanum, qui esset ritus, et unde originem ducens ille quem ipse sequeretur.
And first king Oswy said beforehand by way of preparation that it behoved those who were united in serving God to keep one rule of living and not to vary in celebrating the heavenly sacraments, who looked all for one kingdom in the heavens; but rather they should search out what was the truer tradition and this should be followed uniformly of everyone: and first he commanded his bishop Colman to declare what his observation was, and from whence he drew the source thereof and whom he followed therein.
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