Old English Chronicles: Including Ethelwerd's Chronicle, Asser's Life of Alfred, Geoffrey of Monmouth's British History, Gildas, Nennius, Together with the Spurious Chronicle of Richard of CirencesterJohn Allen Giles G. Bell, 1901 - 512 pages |
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... Italy . ( I. 17. ) Corinæus Albanact Kamber II . 1 . 2. Locrin 3. Guendolana ( Locrin by Estrilda has Sabre , who being drowned in the Sever , gives name to that river . 15 years . 1. 10 yrs . 4. Maddan . II . 6 . 40 yrs . 1 At his time ...
... Italy . ( I. 17. ) Corinæus Albanact Kamber II . 1 . 2. Locrin 3. Guendolana ( Locrin by Estrilda has Sabre , who being drowned in the Sever , gives name to that river . 15 years . 1. 10 yrs . 4. Maddan . II . 6 . 40 yrs . 1 At his time ...
Page 91
... Italy . There he was honourably received by king Latinus , which raised against him the envy of Turnus , king of the Rutuli , who thereupon made war against him . Upon their engaging in battle , Æneas got the victory , and having killed ...
... Italy . There he was honourably received by king Latinus , which raised against him the envy of Turnus , king of the Rutuli , who thereupon made war against him . Upon their engaging in battle , Æneas got the victory , and having killed ...
Page 92
... Italy make no mention of Brutus and his adventures . The minuteness of detail , so remarkable in the whole story , as related by Geoffrey , is an obvious objection to its authenticity . body of men and women that adhered to him , 92 ...
... Italy make no mention of Brutus and his adventures . The minuteness of detail , so remarkable in the whole story , as related by Geoffrey , is an obvious objection to its authenticity . body of men and women that adhered to him , 92 ...
Page 109
... Italy did Sylvius Æneas , the son of Æneas , the uncle of Brutus , and the third king of the Latins . * BOOK II . CHAP . I. — After the death of Brutus , his three sons succeed him in the kingdom . DURING these transactions , Brutus had ...
... Italy did Sylvius Æneas , the son of Æneas , the uncle of Brutus , and the third king of the Latins . * BOOK II . CHAP . I. — After the death of Brutus , his three sons succeed him in the kingdom . DURING these transactions , Brutus had ...
Page 112
... Italy ; and that Gad , Nathan , and Asaph prophesied in Israel . He also built the city of Alclud † towards Albani , and the town York seems to be a corruption of Ebrauc . It is first mentioned by Ptolemy ( ii . 3. ) A.D. 120 . † Alclud ...
... Italy ; and that Gad , Nathan , and Asaph prophesied in Israel . He also built the city of Alclud † towards Albani , and the town York seems to be a corruption of Ebrauc . It is first mentioned by Ptolemy ( ii . 3. ) A.D. 120 . † Alclud ...
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