Quod cum audisset abbas quidam et presbyter, vocabulo Cyniberct, habens non longe ab inde monasterium in loco qui vocatur Hreutford, id est, Vadum harundinis, venit ad regem, qui tunc eisdem in partibus occultus curabatur a vulneribus quae ei inflicta fuerant praelianti in insula Vecta: postulavitque ab eo, ut si necesse esset pueros interfici, prius eos liceret fidei Christianae sacramentis imbui.
Which thing when a certain abbot and priest named Cynibert had heard of, whose monastery was not far from thence at a place called Hreutford, that is to say, Reeds Ford, he came to the king, which then lying secretly in the same parts was being healed of his wounds that he had taken fighting in the Isle of Wight; and desired of him that, if he must needs have the boys put to death, yet they might first be instructed in the mysteries of the Christian faith.
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