Six Old English Chronicles: Of which Two are Now First Translated from the Monkish Latin Originals. Ethelwerd's Chronicle. Asser's Life of Alfred. Geoffrey of Monmouth's British History. Gildas. Nennius. and Richard of CirencesterJohn Allen Giles, Gildas G. Bell, 1885 - 512 pages |
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... incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ , was four hundred and forty - nine . A. 455. In the sixth year after , Hengist and Horsa fought a battle against Vortigern in the plain of Ægels- threp . There Horsa was killed , and Hengist ...
... incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ , was four hundred and forty - nine . A. 455. In the sixth year after , Hengist and Horsa fought a battle against Vortigern in the plain of Ægels- threp . There Horsa was killed , and Hengist ...
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... god . And the number of years that was completed from the incarnation of our Lord was four years less , than six hundred . † CHAP . III . - Of Ceolwulf , king of the West - Saxons , and of his con- tinued wars . A. 597. At the end of ...
... god . And the number of years that was completed from the incarnation of our Lord was four years less , than six hundred . † CHAP . III . - Of Ceolwulf , king of the West - Saxons , and of his con- tinued wars . A. 597. At the end of ...
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... incarnation of our Lord 800 years , from the coming of Hengist and Horsa into Britain 350 years , from the reign of Cerdic , the tenth ancestor of king Egbert , when he subdued the western part of Britain , 300 years , and from the ...
... incarnation of our Lord 800 years , from the coming of Hengist and Horsa into Britain 350 years , from the reign of Cerdic , the tenth ancestor of king Egbert , when he subdued the western part of Britain , 300 years , and from the ...
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... Lord's incarnation 849 , was born Alfred , king of the Anglo - Saxons , at the royal village of Wanating , * in Berkshire , which country has its name from the wood of Berroc , where the box - tree grows most abundantly . His gene ...
... Lord's incarnation 849 , was born Alfred , king of the Anglo - Saxons , at the royal village of Wanating , * in Berkshire , which country has its name from the wood of Berroc , where the box - tree grows most abundantly . His gene ...
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... Lord's incarnation 851 , which was the third after the birth of king Alfred , Ceorl , earl of Devon , fought with the men of Devon against the pagans at a place called Wicgambeorg ; and the Christians gained the victory ; and that same ...
... Lord's incarnation 851 , which was the third after the birth of king Alfred , Ceorl , earl of Devon , fought with the men of Devon against the pagans at a place called Wicgambeorg ; and the Christians gained the victory ; and that same ...
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