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Updated: May 16, 2025
He gained a bloody and well-disputed battle against Caedwalla; the last vigorous effort which the Britons made against the Saxons. He died in battle against Penda, King of Mercia, and was succeeded by his brother Oswy, who established himself in the government of the whole Northumbrian kingdom, by putting to death Oswin, the son of Osric, the last king of the race of Deiri.
Every moment Elfric expected to see the beloved faces bending over him; but all seemed strange, till he remembered that Redwald had remained behind at the hall; the four bearers spoke uneasily to one another, and Oswy disappeared in the dusky twilight.
I burn!" and cry after cry, as if from one in delirium. "It is Elfric! it is Elfric!" said Alfred. "It is my young lord's voice," said the thrall; "he is in a fever from his wound." "What can we do?" and Alfred walked impatiently to and fro; at last he stopped. "Oswy! if it costs me my life I will enter the castle!" "It shall cost my life too, then. I will live and die with my lord!"
In that vast abbey there were now but six persons Dunstan, Guthlac, Alfred, the lay brother Osgood, Oswy, and a guide who knew all the bypaths of the country. Desolate and solitary indeed seemed the huge pile of untenanted buildings as the evening breeze swept through them.
The British chronicles assert that Cadwallader died at Rome, whilst Nennius would lead us to conclude that he perished in the pestilence at home. Then Oswy restored all the wealth, which was with him in the city, to Penda; who distributed it among the kings of the Britons, that is Atbert Judeu.
A contemporary of Hild's was Aebbe, a princess of the rival dynasty of Bernicia, and sister of the royal saint, King Oswald, and of Oswy, the reigning king. Her brother intended to give her in marriage to the king of the Scots, but she herself was opposed to the alliance. Her family had embraced the Christian religion in exile, and she determined to follow the monastic life.
Alfred gazed with pallid face upon Oswy, but met only a resigned helpless glance in return. Yet, even at this moment of awful suspense, a voice seemed to whisper in his ear, "Stand still, and see the salvation of God." "Oswy," he exclaimed, "we shall not die I feel sure that God will save us!"
Redwald, help! Dunstan has seized me, and is bearing me to the fire! I burn! help, I burn!" Alfred groaned in his agony; the shrieking voice had been uttered just as they passed the staircase leading down to the hall. Up rushed Ragnar, followed by several of his men, and started back in amazement as he beheld Alfred and Oswy with their burden.
"Come here, Oswy; they do not know the little postern door hidden behind those bushes; the passage leads up to the chapel, and to the gallery leading to my father's chamber, where Elfric lies dying. I remember that that door was left unlocked, and perhaps I can save him.
All that could be done for Alfred was done at once, but he was manifestly too shaken and bruised to be able to travel; and, giving him his fatherly blessing, Dunstan was compelled by the guide to hurry on, leaving him in the care of Oswy.
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