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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... commanded the head of king Ethelbert to be struck off . A. 794. After two years Offa also died , and Egfert his son succeeded to the kingdom , and died in the same year . Pope Adrian also departed this life . Ethelred , king of the ...
... commanded the head of king Ethelbert to be struck off . A. 794. After two years Offa also died , and Egfert his son succeeded to the kingdom , and died in the same year . Pope Adrian also departed this life . Ethelred , king of the ...
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... commanded also a large sum of money , namely , three hundred mancuses , to be carried to Rome for the good of his soul , to be distributed in the following manner : namely , a hundred mancuses in honour of St. Peter , specially to buy ...
... commanded also a large sum of money , namely , three hundred mancuses , to be carried to Rome for the good of his soul , to be distributed in the following manner : namely , a hundred mancuses in honour of St. Peter , specially to buy ...
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... commanded boats and galleys , i . e . long ships , to be built throughout the kingdom , in order to offer battle by sea to the enemy as they were coming . On board of these he placed seamen , and appointed them to watch the seas ...
... commanded boats and galleys , i . e . long ships , to be built throughout the kingdom , in order to offer battle by sea to the enemy as they were coming . On board of these he placed seamen , and appointed them to watch the seas ...
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... commanded such men as these to read books to him ; for he never suffered himself to be without one of them , wherefore he possessed a knowledge of every book , though of himself he could not yet understand anything of books , for he had ...
... commanded such men as these to read books to him ; for he never suffered himself to be without one of them , wherefore he possessed a knowledge of every book , though of himself he could not yet understand anything of books , for he had ...
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... commanded me to write the same quotation in that book . Hearing this , and perceiving his ingenuous benevolence , and devout desire of studying the words of divine wisdom , I gave , though in secret , bound- less thanks to Almighty God ...
... commanded me to write the same quotation in that book . Hearing this , and perceiving his ingenuous benevolence , and devout desire of studying the words of divine wisdom , I gave , though in secret , bound- less thanks to Almighty God ...
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