The Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England: Also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. With Illustrative Notes, a Map of Anglo-Saxon England and a General IndexG. Bell, 1887 - 515 pages |
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... Scots , * Picts , †and Latins , each in its * The Scots were the relatives of the Cymri , being another branch of the great Celtic nation , who , at a period far beyond all authentic history , had established themselves in Hibernia ...
... Scots , * Picts , †and Latins , each in its * The Scots were the relatives of the Cymri , being another branch of the great Celtic nation , who , at a period far beyond all authentic history , had established themselves in Hibernia ...
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... Scots , they begged to be allowed to settle among them , but could not succeed in obtaining their request . Ireland is the greatest island next to Britain , and lies to the west of it ; but as it is shorter than Britain to the north ...
... Scots , they begged to be allowed to settle among them , but could not succeed in obtaining their request . Ireland is the greatest island next to Britain , and lies to the west of it ; but as it is shorter than Britain to the north ...
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... Scots , who , migrating from thence , as has been said , added a third nation in Britain to the Britons and the Picts . There is a very large gulf of the sea , which formerly di- vided the nation of the Picts from the Britons ; which ...
... Scots , who , migrating from thence , as has been said , added a third nation in Britain to the Britons and the Picts . There is a very large gulf of the sea , which formerly di- vided the nation of the Picts from the Britons ; which ...
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... Scots and Picts , sought succour from the Romans , who , coming a second time , built a wall across the island ; but the Britons being again invaded by the aforesaid enemies , were reduced to greater distress than before . FROM that ...
... Scots and Picts , sought succour from the Romans , who , coming a second time , built a wall across the island ; but the Britons being again invaded by the aforesaid enemies , were reduced to greater distress than before . FROM that ...
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... Scots and Picts , understanding that they had declared they would come no more , speedily returned , and growing more confident than they had been before , occupied all the northern and farthest part of the island , as far as the wall ...
... Scots and Picts , understanding that they had declared they would come no more , speedily returned , and growing more confident than they had been before , occupied all the northern and farthest part of the island , as far as the wall ...
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