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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Page 76
... king of Kent , having most gloriously governed his temporal kingdom fifty- six years , entered into the eternal joys ... king of the South - Saxons ; the second , Celin , king of the West - Saxons , who , in their own language , is ...
... king of Kent , having most gloriously governed his temporal kingdom fifty- six years , entered into the eternal joys ... king of the South - Saxons ; the second , Celin , king of the West - Saxons , who , in their own language , is ...
Page 84
... king of the West - Saxons , whose name was Cuichelm , in hopes at once to deprive King Edwin of his kingdom and his life . He had a two - edged dagger , dipped in poison , to the end , that if the wound were not sufficient to kill the king ...
... king of the West - Saxons , whose name was Cuichelm , in hopes at once to deprive King Edwin of his kingdom and his life . He had a two - edged dagger , dipped in poison , to the end , that if the wound were not sufficient to kill the king ...
Page 91
... king , when he was in banishment at the court of Redwald , king of the Angles , * was of no little use in urging him to embrace and understand the doctrines of salvation . Paulinus , there- fore , perceiving that it was a very difficult ...
... king , when he was in banishment at the court of Redwald , king of the Angles , * was of no little use in urging him to embrace and understand the doctrines of salvation . Paulinus , there- fore , perceiving that it was a very difficult ...
Page 109
... king , their enemy , they returned home , and Eanfrid , as the eldes . of them , mentioned above , became king of the Bernicians . Both those kings , as soon as they obtained the government of their earthly kingdoms , renounced and lost ...
... king , their enemy , they returned home , and Eanfrid , as the eldes . of them , mentioned above , became king of the Bernicians . Both those kings , as soon as they obtained the government of their earthly kingdoms , renounced and lost ...
Page 133
... king ? Is that foal of a mare more dear to you than the Son of God ? " Upon this they went in to dinner , and the bishop sat in his place ; but the king , who was come from hunting , stood warming himself , with his attendants , at the ...
... king ? Is that foal of a mare more dear to you than the Son of God ? " Upon this they went in to dinner , and the bishop sat in his place ; but the king , who was come from hunting , stood warming himself , with his attendants , at the ...
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