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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... 1. Brutus at the age of 15 kills his father . ( I. 3. ) Reigns twenty · four years . ( II . ¡ . ) At this time Eli governed Israel , and the ark wis taken by the Philistines , and the sons of Hector reigned in PREFACE .
... 1. Brutus at the age of 15 kills his father . ( I. 3. ) Reigns twenty · four years . ( II . ¡ . ) At this time Eli governed Israel , and the ark wis taken by the Philistines , and the sons of Hector reigned in PREFACE .
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... father was Woden , who also was king of a multitude of barbarians . For the unbelievers of the North are oppressed by such delusion that they wor- ship him as a god even to this day , namely the Danes , the Northmen , and the Suevi ; of ...
... father was Woden , who also was king of a multitude of barbarians . For the unbelievers of the North are oppressed by such delusion that they wor- ship him as a god even to this day , namely the Danes , the Northmen , and the Suevi ; of ...
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... father of Hengist , who was the first consul and leader of the Angles out of Germany ; whose father was Wihtgils , his grandfather Witta , his great - grand- father Wecta , his great - grandfather's father Woden , who also was king of ...
... father of Hengist , who was the first consul and leader of the Angles out of Germany ; whose father was Wihtgils , his grandfather Witta , his great - grand- father Wecta , his great - grandfather's father Woden , who also was king of ...
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... father Theodore . A. 674. After one year , Wulfhere son of Penda , and Cenwalh * fought a battle among themselves in a place called Beadanhead [ Bedwin ] . A. 677. After three years a comet was seen . A. 680. At the end of two years a ...
... father Theodore . A. 674. After one year , Wulfhere son of Penda , and Cenwalh * fought a battle among themselves in a place called Beadanhead [ Bedwin ] . A. 677. After three years a comet was seen . A. 680. At the end of two years a ...
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... father Pybba , his great - grand- father's grandfather was Icel , his sixth ancestor Eomær , the * This is a sort of paraphrase rather than a translation : the original is not only bad in style and ungrammatical , but exceedingly ...
... father Pybba , his great - grand- father's grandfather was Icel , his sixth ancestor Eomær , the * This is a sort of paraphrase rather than a translation : the original is not only bad in style and ungrammatical , but exceedingly ...
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