The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays Illustrative of the History, Arts, and Manners, of the Ninth Century, Volume 1Printed and published for the Alfred Committee by J.F. Smith, 1852 |
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... forces , fought with a great army , which ' with 250 ships had put in at Thames - mouth and over- powered those illustrious cities , famous through so many years , namely London , and Canterbury , and defeated and put to flight Britwlf ...
... forces , fought with a great army , which ' with 250 ships had put in at Thames - mouth and over- powered those illustrious cities , famous through so many years , namely London , and Canterbury , and defeated and put to flight Britwlf ...
Page 19
... forces . For he had , in his blessed Swithin of Winchester , and Alstan of Sherborne ; who , seeing that the king was of a dull and heavy his rebellious son Ethelbald , with all his counsellors , out of the kingdom . But he , as we have ...
... forces . For he had , in his blessed Swithin of Winchester , and Alstan of Sherborne ; who , seeing that the king was of a dull and heavy his rebellious son Ethelbald , with all his counsellors , out of the kingdom . But he , as we have ...
Page 34
... force , and sought the army at the town of York , and stormed the town , and some of them got In the year of our Lord's incarnation 867 , which was the nineteenth of the life of the aforesaid king Alfred , the army of pagans before ...
... force , and sought the army at the town of York , and stormed the town , and some of them got In the year of our Lord's incarnation 867 , which was the nineteenth of the life of the aforesaid king Alfred , the army of pagans before ...
Page 39
... forces , and shew a numerous army . but they tremble , clearly see- ing that the Christian people with a hundred and a thou- sand times a thousand resist- ed their enemies , at the ex- hortation of their sacred 870 Florence Huntingdon ...
... forces , and shew a numerous army . but they tremble , clearly see- ing that the Christian people with a hundred and a thou- sand times a thousand resist- ed their enemies , at the ex- hortation of their sacred 870 Florence Huntingdon ...
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... forces of the English were collected , and Hinguar saw his men besieged and unequal in strength , with the cunning of a fox , and soothing words , he obtained a truce from the English , and returning to York , remained there cruelly one ...
... forces of the English were collected , and Hinguar saw his men besieged and unequal in strength , with the cunning of a fox , and soothing words , he obtained a truce from the English , and returning to York , remained there cruelly one ...
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æfre Ælfred aforesaid army ancient Anglo-Saxon army of pagans Asser battle Berkshire bishop bith Boethius BRITISH MUSEUM brother century Charlemagne Charles Charles the Bald CHARTERS Christians Chronicle Asser church coins Danes Danish death dominions duke Ealle earl earth East-Anglia Elfred emperor empire England English eorthan Essays Ethelbald Ethelred Ethelstan Ethelwerd Ethelwulf father Florence Forthæm fortress fought France Franks Gaul gave gesceafta honour Huntingdon Hwæt Kent king Alfred King Alfred's king of Mercia king's kingdom land Lewis London Lord Lord's Lothaire mæg meaht monastery monks nation Neustria nobles Northmen Ofer Oxford pagans peace place called pope princes reign river river Thames Roman Rome royal Saxon Chronicle ships Simeon siththan slain St Neot sword thæm thæs Thæt Thames Theah things thone Thonne thou tion victory Wessex West-Saxons wintered Wuhte