The Church Historians of England: pt. 1. The Anglo-Saxon chronicle. The chronicle of Florence of WorcesterSeeleys, 1853 |
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... river , under water ; this river was called Thames . When the Romans discovered this , then would they not go over the ford . Then fled the Britons to the wood- wastes , and the emperor conquered very many of their chief cities after a ...
... river , under water ; this river was called Thames . When the Romans discovered this , then would they not go over the ford . Then fled the Britons to the wood- wastes , and the emperor conquered very many of their chief cities after a ...
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... river's mouth . A.D. 795. " This year the moon was eclipsed , between cock - crowing and dawn , on the 5th of the kalends of April [ 28th March ] ; and Eardwulf succeeded to the kingdom of the North - humbrians , on the 2d of the ides ...
... river's mouth . A.D. 795. " This year the moon was eclipsed , between cock - crowing and dawn , on the 5th of the kalends of April [ 28th March ] ; and Eardwulf succeeded to the kingdom of the North - humbrians , on the 2d of the ides ...
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... river Tyne . And the army subdued the land , and oft - times spoiled the Picts , and the Strathclyde Britons . And the three kings , Godrum , and Oscytel , and Anwynd , 1 Of Sherborne . 2 Here ends the fragment of MS . G. In MSS ...
... river Tyne . And the army subdued the land , and oft - times spoiled the Picts , and the Strathclyde Britons . And the three kings , Godrum , and Oscytel , and Anwynd , 1 Of Sherborne . 2 Here ends the fragment of MS . G. In MSS ...
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... river of which we before spoke flows out of the weald . On this river they towed up their ships as far as the weald , four miles from the outward harbour , and there stormed a fortress : within the fortress a few ceorlish men were ...
... river of which we before spoke flows out of the weald . On this river they towed up their ships as far as the weald , four miles from the outward harbour , and there stormed a fortress : within the fortress a few ceorlish men were ...
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... river , and the king was in the west in Devon , against the fleet , then were the enemy distressed for want of food ; and having eaten a great part of their horses , the others being starved with hunger , then went they out against the ...
... river , and the king was in the west in Devon , against the fleet , then were the enemy distressed for want of food ; and having eaten a great part of their horses , the others being starved with hunger , then went they out against the ...
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Page 40 - And the same year King Athelstan and Elchere the ealdorman fought on shipboard, and slew a great number of the enemy at Sandwich in Kent, and took nine ships, and put the others to flight ; and the heathen men, for the first time, remained over winter in Thanet.
Page 134 - Alas ! that any man should be so prond, so raise himself up, and account himself above all men ! May the Almighty God show mercy to his soul, and grant him forgiveness of his sins...
Page 134 - Among other things is not to be forgotten the good peace that he made in this land, so that a man who had any confidence in himself might go over his realm, with his bosom full of gold, unhurt.
Page 165 - ... could. If two or three men came riding to a town, all the township fled before them, and thought that they were robbers. The bishops, and clergy were ever cursing them, but this to them was nothing, for they were all accursed, and forsworn, and reprobate. The earth bare no corn, you might as well have tilled the sea, for the land was all ruined by such deeds...
Page 63 - Ealdalf of Bamborough, and they confirmed the peace by pledge and by oaths at the place which is called Earnot, on the fourth of the Ides of July; and they renounced all idolatry, and after that submitted to him in peace.
Page 272 - I could discover them, and there, present, to worship and adore according to my desire. I have been the more diligent in the performance of this, because I have learned from the wise, that St. Peter, the apostle, has received from God, great power in binding and in loosing : that he carries the key of the kingdom of heaven ; and consequently I have judged it matter of special importance to seek his influence with God.
Page 48 - And Marinus the pope then sent 'lignum Domini' (of Christ's cross) to king Alfred. And in the same year Sighelm and ^Ethelstin conveyed to Rome the alms which the king had vowed (to send) thither, and also to India to St Thomas, and to St Bartholomew...
Page 165 - ... the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter: for there was none in the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land.