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" The one shaft hit the nose-screen of the helmet, which was bent by it on one side, and the other arrow hit the earl's eye, and went through his head, and that was found to be the king's. Earl Hugo fell, and the English fled, with the loss of many people. "
The annals of England, an epitome of English history [by W.E. Flaherty]. - Page 213
by William Edward Flaherty - 1855
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The Heimskringla: Or, Chronicle of the Kings of Norway, Volume 3

Snorri Sturluson - 1844 - 410 pages
...They both shot at once. The one shaft hit the nose-screen of the helmet, which was bent by it to one side, and the other arrow hit the earl's eye, and...was found to be the king's. Earl Hugo fell, and the Britons fled with the loss of many people. So says Biorn Cripplehand: — " The swinger of the sword...
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The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, Volume 3

Ordericus Vitalis - 1854 - 508 pages
...was bent by it to one side, and the other :irrow hit the earl's eye, and went through his head, an.l that was found to be the king's. Earl Hugo fell, and the Britons fled with the loss ol many people. " There was sung the following verse about it : — " On...
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The Annals of England: An Epitome of English History, Volume 1

William Edward Flaherty - 1855 - 456 pages
...both struck him at once. The one shaft hit the nose-screen of the helmet, which was bent by it on one side, and the other arrow hit the earl's eye, and...the expedition by Harold, a son of King Harold. The Normans withdrew, having conferred the government on Owen ap Edwin, who is said to have been the son...
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The Annals of England: An Epitome of English History, from ..., Volume 1

William E. Flaherty - 1855 - 448 pages
...both struck him at once. The one shaft hit the nose-screen of the helmet, which was bent by it on one side, and the other arrow hit the earl's eye, and...the expedition by Harold, a son of King Harold. The Normans withdrew, having conferred the government on Owen ap Edwin, who is said to have been the son...
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The Dublin University Magazine, Volume 54

1859 - 782 pages
...at his side. They both shot at once. The one shaft hit the nose-screen of the helmet, and the other hit the earl's eye, and went through his head ; and that was found to be the king 8. King Magnus gained the victory in this battle, and took Anglesey Isle, which was the farthest...
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The Montgomery Manuscripts: (1603-1706)

George Hill - 1869 - 536 pages
...once. The one shaft hit the nose-screen of the helmet which was bent by it to one side, and the other hit the earl's eye, and went through his head, and that was found to be the king's." The version of Gtraldus is as follows : — " Pirates from the Orkneys had come into the island sound...
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The annals of England: an epitome of English history [by W.E. Flaherty ...

William Edward Flaherty - 1876 - 694 pages
...the ether arrow hit the earl's eye, and went through his bead, and that was found to be the king s. Earl Hugo fell, and the English fled, with the loss of many people." The story is also told by Giraldas Cambrensis. The Normans withdrew, having conferred the government on Owen ap Edwin, who is...
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The Annals of England: An Epitome of English History, from Contemporary ...

William Edward Flaherty - 1876 - 670 pages
...both struck him at once. The one shaft hit the nose-screen of the helmet, which was bent by it on one side, and the other arrow hit the earl's eye, and went through Lis head, and that was found to be the kings. Earl Hugo fell, and the English fled, with the loss of...
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The annals of England, an epitome of English history [by W.E ..., Volume 1

William Edward Flaherty - 1877 - 268 pages
...both struck him at once. The one shaft hit the nose-screen of the helmet, which was bent by it on one side, and the other arrow hit the earl's eye, and...people." The story is also told by Giraldus Cambrensis. The Normans withdrew, having conferred the government on Owen ap Edwin, who is said to have been the...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 169

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1889 - 604 pages
...both struck him at once. The one shaft hit the nose-screen of the helmet, which was bent by it on one side, and the other arrow hit the earl's eye, and...the English fled, with the loss of many people.' The History of the Soulis family introduces us to the legend of their familiar sprite ' Redcap,' and the...
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