Six Old English Chronicles: Of which Two are Now First Translated from the Monkish Latin OriginalsJohn Allen Giles Bell & Daldy, 1872 - 512 pages |
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... prince of Armorica , comes to assist the Britons 87. Constans 89. Aurelius Ambrosius 90. Utherpendragon VIII . 2 . VIII . 17 . Igerna VIII . 19 . 88. Vortigern usurps the throne ( VI . 9 ) and calls in the Saxons . 90. Arthur IX . 1 ...
... prince of Armorica , comes to assist the Britons 87. Constans 89. Aurelius Ambrosius 90. Utherpendragon VIII . 2 . VIII . 17 . Igerna VIII . 19 . 88. Vortigern usurps the throne ( VI . 9 ) and calls in the Saxons . 90. Arthur IX . 1 ...
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... prince , for it was told him that he was in company of a certain courtezan at a place called Meranton [ Merton ] , and though he had with him only a few men , who knew nothing of the matter , he surrounded the house with arms . The king ...
... prince , for it was told him that he was in company of a certain courtezan at a place called Meranton [ Merton ] , and though he had with him only a few men , who knew nothing of the matter , he surrounded the house with arms . The king ...
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... prince asks a truce , and makes ample promises ; his object is future sovereignty . The king's friends spurn these offers , and rather seek to separate from the prince their relations who were in his company . These reject their ...
... prince asks a truce , and makes ample promises ; his object is future sovereignty . The king's friends spurn these offers , and rather seek to separate from the prince their relations who were in his company . These reject their ...
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... prince , like sheep under the protection of the shepherd ; the tyrant is wounded , and his troops are driven across the river Thames into the northern countries . Meanwhile , the Danes are held besieged in Thorney isle . Earl Ethered ...
... prince , like sheep under the protection of the shepherd ; the tyrant is wounded , and his troops are driven across the river Thames into the northern countries . Meanwhile , the Danes are held besieged in Thorney isle . Earl Ethered ...
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... princes of the English , in the flower of their youth , there yield up the breath of life , and explore the foreign regions , under the waves of Acheron , and numbers of full - grown men fall on both sides . The barbarians remain ...
... princes of the English , in the flower of their youth , there yield up the breath of life , and explore the foreign regions , under the waves of Acheron , and numbers of full - grown men fall on both sides . The barbarians remain ...
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according aforesaid afterwards ancient Androgeus Armorica arms army arrived Arthur Aurelius Aurelius Ambrosius barbarians battle begat Belinus besieged bishop Brennius Britain British Britons brother Brutus Cadwalla Cæsar Cair Cassibellaun CHAP Christ church coast commanded consul Corineus Cornwall crown daughter death duke duke of Cornwall emperor endeavoured enemy Ethelwulf father fight fleet forces fought Gaul gave Germany hath Hengist holy honour hundred inhabitants Ireland island Iter Julius Cæsar Kent killed king Alfred king's kingdom kingdom of Britain London Lord's incarnation Lucius Tiberius Maximian Mercians Merlin miles nation Nennius night noble pagans passed peace Picts place called possessed priests princes prophet province reign river Rome saith our Lord Saxons Scots sent Severn ships side slain slaughter soldiers station sword Thames thee thence things thou took town Trinovantum unto usque Uther Pendragon victory VIIII Vortigern wall whole wicked words
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Page 399 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dung-hill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.
Page 297 - And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven...
Page 213 - And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women.
Page 323 - Woe be to them who call good evil, and evil good, placing darkness for light, and light for darkness, bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter...
Page 330 - But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, And your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity ; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue hath muttered perverseness. None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: They trust in vanity, and speak lies ; They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. They hatch cockatrice...
Page 325 - Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
Page 288 - But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame ; and goest not forth with our armies.
Page 358 - Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land : By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword ; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters : for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
Page 319 - ... they very swords. 23 O cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall nourish thee : and shall not suffer the righteous to fall for ever. 24 And as for them : thou, O God, shalt bring them into the pit of destruction. 25 The blood-thirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days : nevertheless, my trust shall be in thee, O Lord.
Page 331 - Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips; whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness : their feet are swift to shed blood : destruction and misery are in their ways : and the way of peace they have not known : there is no fear of God before their eyes.