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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... arrival , they sailed round the western part of Britain , which is now called Wessex . A. 501. Also after a year Port landed in Britain with his son Bieda . 1 A. 508. Seven years after his arrival , Cerdic with his son Cynric slay Natan ...
... arrival , they sailed round the western part of Britain , which is now called Wessex . A. 501. Also after a year Port landed in Britain with his son Bieda . 1 A. 508. Seven years after his arrival , Cerdic with his son Cynric slay Natan ...
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... , is accustomed to rule them , not by necessity , but by its powerful superintendence , and remain . ing always immoveable in itself , and disposing the different a.b. 584-596 . ] 9 ARRIVAL OF AUGUSTINE . HERE ENDS BOOK THE FIRST. ...
... , is accustomed to rule them , not by necessity , but by its powerful superintendence , and remain . ing always immoveable in itself , and disposing the different a.b. 584-596 . ] 9 ARRIVAL OF AUGUSTINE . HERE ENDS BOOK THE FIRST. ...
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... arrived , the En- glish received the faith and erected temples , and our Saviour Jesus Christ exhibited innumerable miracles to his faithful followers through the prayers of the bishop , St. Augustine ; at whose tomb , even to the ...
... arrived , the En- glish received the faith and erected temples , and our Saviour Jesus Christ exhibited innumerable miracles to his faithful followers through the prayers of the bishop , St. Augustine ; at whose tomb , even to the ...
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... arrival in Britain out of Germany , was about one hundred and twenty . At that time Cynegils received baptism from the holy bishop Birinus , in a town called Dorchester . A. 639. He baptized Cuthred also four years after in the same ...
... arrival in Britain out of Germany , was about one hundred and twenty . At that time Cynegils received baptism from the holy bishop Birinus , in a town called Dorchester . A. 639. He baptized Cuthred also four years after in the same ...
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... arrived on the coast a fleet of Danes , not large , but of three ships only : this was their first arrival . When this became known , the king's officer , who was already stopping in the town of Dorchester , leaped on his horse and ...
... arrived on the coast a fleet of Danes , not large , but of three ships only : this was their first arrival . When this became known , the king's officer , who was already stopping in the town of Dorchester , leaped on his horse and ...
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