William of Malmesbury's Chronicle of the Kings of England: From the Earliest Period to the Reign of King StephenG. Bell, 1895 - 544 pages |
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... peace was con- cluded ; Vortimer , who had been the instigator of the war , * At Aylesford , A.D. 455 ; at Crayford , 457 ; at Wippedsfleet ( supposed , but very doubtful , Ebbsfleet , in Thanet ) , 465 ; and the fourth , A.D. 473 , the ...
... peace was con- cluded ; Vortimer , who had been the instigator of the war , * At Aylesford , A.D. 455 ; at Crayford , 457 ; at Wippedsfleet ( supposed , but very doubtful , Ebbsfleet , in Thanet ) , 465 ; and the fourth , A.D. 473 , the ...
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... peace , but at that time was torn with intestine war . He found , however , the inhabitants by no means unprepared or void of courage , as he had expected . For , after many losses sustained in the towns and villages , at length they ...
... peace , but at that time was torn with intestine war . He found , however , the inhabitants by no means unprepared or void of courage , as he had expected . For , after many losses sustained in the towns and villages , at length they ...
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... peace for the inhabitants of those parts . For they never dared after that day to attack him , but voluntarily submitted to his dominion . Nevertheless he did not waste his time in indolence ; but , on the contrary , extending his ...
... peace for the inhabitants of those parts . For they never dared after that day to attack him , but voluntarily submitted to his dominion . Nevertheless he did not waste his time in indolence ; but , on the contrary , extending his ...
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... peace . Kenwalk his son succeeded : in the beginning of his reign , to be compared only to the worst of princes ; but , in the succeeding and latter periods , a rival of the best . The moment the young man became possessed of power ...
... peace . Kenwalk his son succeeded : in the beginning of his reign , to be compared only to the worst of princes ; but , in the succeeding and latter periods , a rival of the best . The moment the young man became possessed of power ...
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... peace of the Britons , and the Pelagians as- saulting their faith , St. Germanus of Auxerre assisted them against both ; routing the one by the chorus of Hallelujah , † and hurling down the other by the thunder of the Evan- gelists and ...
... peace of the Britons , and the Pelagians as- saulting their faith , St. Germanus of Auxerre assisted them against both ; routing the one by the chorus of Hallelujah , † and hurling down the other by the thunder of the Evan- gelists and ...
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