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 17
... slew the Emperor Gratian , who was in a con- sternation at his sudden invasion , and attempting to escape into Italy . His brother , Valentinian , expelled from Italy , fled into the East , where he was entertained by Theodosius with ...
... slew the Emperor Gratian , who was in a con- sternation at his sudden invasion , and attempting to escape into Italy . His brother , Valentinian , expelled from Italy , fled into the East , where he was entertained by Theodosius with ...
Page 19
... slew a great multitude of them , drove the rest out of the territories of their allies , and having delivered them from their cruel oppressors , ad- vised them to build a wall between the two seas across the the island , that it might ...
... slew a great multitude of them , drove the rest out of the territories of their allies , and having delivered them from their cruel oppressors , ad- vised them to build a wall between the two seas across the the island , that it might ...
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... slew another soldier , whose name was Forthhere . On that same holy night of Easter Sunday , the queen had brought forth to the king a daughter , called Eanfled . The king , in the presence of Bishop Paulinus , gave thanks to his gods ...
... slew another soldier , whose name was Forthhere . On that same holy night of Easter Sunday , the queen had brought forth to the king a daughter , called Eanfled . The king , in the presence of Bishop Paulinus , gave thanks to his gods ...
Page 85
... slew or subdued all those that he had been informed had conspired to murder him . Returning thus victorious into his own country , he would` not immediately and unadvisedly embrace the mysteries of the Christian faith , though he no ...
... slew or subdued all those that he had been informed had conspired to murder him . Returning thus victorious into his own country , he would` not immediately and unadvisedly embrace the mysteries of the Christian faith , though he no ...
Page 109
... slew them both , through the rightful vengeance of Heaven , though the act was base in him . He first slew Osric , the next sum- mer ; for , being besieged by him in a strong town , he sallied out on a sudden with all his forces , by ...
... slew them both , through the rightful vengeance of Heaven , though the act was base in him . He first slew Osric , the next sum- mer ; for , being besieged by him in a strong town , he sallied out on a sudden with all his forces , by ...
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