Six Old English ChroniclesJohn Allen Giles, Gildas H.G. Bohn, 1848 - 512 pages |
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... passed from the one side to the other ; the royal army was deceived , the enemy had the victory , but gained no spoils . Furthermore after two months the aforesaid king Ethelred renewed the battle , and with him was his brother Alfred ...
... passed from the one side to the other ; the royal army was deceived , the enemy had the victory , but gained no spoils . Furthermore after two months the aforesaid king Ethelred renewed the battle , and with him was his brother Alfred ...
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... passed the winter at Exeter . Lastly their fleets put to sea and spread their sails to the wind : but a lamentable storm came on , and the greatest part of them , namely a hundred of their chief ships , were sunk near the rock which is ...
... passed the winter at Exeter . Lastly their fleets put to sea and spread their sails to the wind : but a lamentable storm came on , and the greatest part of them , namely a hundred of their chief ships , were sunk near the rock which is ...
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... passed into the upper districts of the Maese and measured out their camp at a place called Escelum . * In the same year king Alfred put to sea and fell in with four ships ; which he defeated , and destroyed two , the others surrendered ...
... passed into the upper districts of the Maese and measured out their camp at a place called Escelum . * In the same year king Alfred put to sea and fell in with four ships ; which he defeated , and destroyed two , the others surrendered ...
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... passed over a bridge on the eastern side of the river Severn , at a place commonly called Cantabridge , † the troops of the Mercians and West - Saxons met them : a battle ensued , The particulars recorded in this passage , concerning ...
... passed over a bridge on the eastern side of the river Severn , at a place commonly called Cantabridge , † the troops of the Mercians and West - Saxons met them : a battle ensued , The particulars recorded in this passage , concerning ...
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... passed the winter . In the year of our Lord's incarnation 870 , which was the twenty - second of king Alfred's life , the above - named army of pagans , passed through Mercia into East - Anglia , and wintered at Thetford . In the same ...
... passed the winter . In the year of our Lord's incarnation 870 , which was the twenty - second of king Alfred's life , the above - named army of pagans , passed through Mercia into East - Anglia , and wintered at Thetford . In the same ...
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according aforesaid afterwards ancient Androgeus apostle Armorica arms army arrived Arthur Aurelius Aurelius Ambrosius barbarians battle begat behold 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 earth 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 land Lord's incarnation Lucius Tiberius Maximian Mercians nations Nennius night noble offences pagans passed peace Picts place called possessed priests princes prophet province reign river road Roman Rome saith our Lord Saxons Scots sent Severn ships side slain slaughter soldiers station sword thee thence things thou town Trinovantum unto Uther Pendragon victory VIIII Vortigern wall whole wicked words
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Page 322 - 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 288 - And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 300 - The barbarians drive us to the sea ; the sea throws us back on the barbarians : thus two modes of death await us — we are either slain or drowned.
Page 323 - 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.
Page 357 - But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart thou treasurest up to thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgment of God who will render to every man according to his works.
Page 289 - 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 43 - He was loved by his father and mother, and eren by all the people, above all his brothers, and was educated altogether at the court of the king. As he advanced through the years of infancy and youth, his form appeared more comely than that of his brothers ; in look, in speech, and in manners he was more graceful than they. His...
Page 63 - In these times, I also came into Saxony [Wessex] out of the furthest coasts of Western Britain; and when I had proposed to go to him through many intervening provinces, I arrived in the country of the Saxons, who live on the right hand, which in Saxon is called Sussex, under the guidance of some of that nation; and there I first saw him in the royal vill, which is called Dene.
Page 36 - Methuselah, who was the son of Enoch, who was the son of Jared, who was the son of Mahalaleel, who was the son of Cainan, 38 who was the son of Enos, who was the son of Seth, who was the son of Adam, who was the son of God.
Page 76 - Moreover, he promised, as far as his infirmity and his means would allow, to give up to God the half of his services, bodily and mental, by night and by day, voluntarily, and with all his might...