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... King's Scaur , 109 - The Story of the Cave , III . XI . THE FIRST FOUR BRETWALDAS ( ELLE , CEAWLIN , ETHELBERT , REDWALD ) 112-119 Bretwalda , Britannia , and Bryten , 113 - Ceawlin , of Wessex , 115 - Redwald , King of Anglia , 117 ...
... King's Scaur , 109 - The Story of the Cave , III . XI . THE FIRST FOUR BRETWALDAS ( ELLE , CEAWLIN , ETHELBERT , REDWALD ) 112-119 Bretwalda , Britannia , and Bryten , 113 - Ceawlin , of Wessex , 115 - Redwald , King of Anglia , 117 ...
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... King 40. - Anglo - Saxon Cup . Found at Halton , Lancashire ... ... 230 ... 242 41. — Dunstan . From the original MS .... 247 42. - Edgar . From the original MS . ... 43. - Corfe Castle ; the King's Tower ; Saxon work 44. - Viking Ship ...
... King 40. - Anglo - Saxon Cup . Found at Halton , Lancashire ... ... 230 ... 242 41. — Dunstan . From the original MS .... 247 42. - Edgar . From the original MS . ... 43. - Corfe Castle ; the King's Tower ; Saxon work 44. - Viking Ship ...
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... king alone stood erect . The speech which he was permitted to deliver has been thus reported by Tacitus , but how much belongs to the historian , how much to the king , it is impossible to determine : " Had my moderation in prosperity ...
... king alone stood erect . The speech which he was permitted to deliver has been thus reported by Tacitus , but how much belongs to the historian , how much to the king , it is impossible to determine : " Had my moderation in prosperity ...
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... king and his family . They were not , however , per- mitted to return to their native country.1 I 66 According to one historian , Caradoc is said to have exclaimed when he saw the size and magnificence of Rome , Strange that they who ...
... king and his family . They were not , however , per- mitted to return to their native country.1 I 66 According to one historian , Caradoc is said to have exclaimed when he saw the size and magnificence of Rome , Strange that they who ...
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... King Vortigern . Now Hengist had a daughter Rowena , who was exceeding fair , and the maiden stood at the board and served the king with mead . When the king looked upon her , he loved her ; and he said to Hengist , for his reason had ...
... King Vortigern . Now Hengist had a daughter Rowena , who was exceeding fair , and the maiden stood at the board and served the king with mead . When the king looked upon her , he loved her ; and he said to Hengist , for his reason had ...
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Page 217 - But those things which I met with, either of the days of Ine my kinsman, or of Offa, king of the Mercians, or of Ethelbert, who first among the English race received baptism, those which seemed to me the rightest, those I have here gathered together, and rejected the others.
Page 158 - Go on quickly, I know not how long I shall hold out, and whether my Maker will not soon take me away.
Page 112 - Beda's list comprises Ella of Sussex, Ceawlin of Wessex, Ethelbert of Kent, Redwald of East Anglia, and Edwin, Oswald, and Oswy, of Northumbria. THE SAXON ERA.
Page 160 - Receive my head into your hands, for it is a great satisfaction to me to sit facing my holy place, where I was wont to pray, that I may also, sitting, call upon my Father ! And thus, on the pavement of his little cell, singing : ' Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; ' when he had named the Holy Ghost, he breathed his last, and so departed to the heavenly kingdom.
Page 157 - ... nights and days, From Heaven to Hell, where the Lord changed them all To Devils, because they his Deed and Word Refused to worship. Therefore in worse light Under the earth beneath, Almighty God Had placed them triumphless in the swart HelL There evening, immeasurably long, Brings to each fiend renewal of the fire; Then comes, at dawn, the east wind keen with frost Its dart, or fire continual, torment sharp, The punishment wrought for them they must bear.