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... King Ambrosius , and others only his nephew : others again affirm that he was a Cornish prince , and son of Gur- lois , king of that province . However this be , it is certain he was a commander of great valour , and if courage alone ...
... King Ambrosius , and others only his nephew : others again affirm that he was a Cornish prince , and son of Gur- lois , king of that province . However this be , it is certain he was a commander of great valour , and if courage alone ...
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... king of the East Angles , which was the fourth Saxon king- dom founded in Britain . Another body of these adven- turers formed a kingdom under the title of East Saxony , or Essex , comprehending Essex , Middlesex , and part of ...
... king of the East Angles , which was the fourth Saxon king- dom founded in Britain . Another body of these adven- turers formed a kingdom under the title of East Saxony , or Essex , comprehending Essex , Middlesex , and part of ...
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... king , declaring he was come from Rome with offers of eternal salvation . The king immediately ordered them to be furnished with all necessaries , and even visited them , though without declaring himself as yet in their favour ...
... king , declaring he was come from Rome with offers of eternal salvation . The king immediately ordered them to be furnished with all necessaries , and even visited them , though without declaring himself as yet in their favour ...
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... king , when he was sent by his father for his education to Rome . On his return , he became every day more the object of ... king's diligence , though it repressed his power to do good . He was in a little time enabled to hazard another ...
... king , when he was sent by his father for his education to Rome . On his return , he became every day more the object of ... king's diligence , though it repressed his power to do good . He was in a little time enabled to hazard another ...
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... kings of Wales did him ho- mage for their possessions ; the Northumbrians received a king of his appointing : and no enemy appeared to give him the least apprehensions , or excite an alarm . In this state of prosperity and profound ...
... kings of Wales did him ho- mage for their possessions ; the Northumbrians received a king of his appointing : and no enemy appeared to give him the least apprehensions , or excite an alarm . In this state of prosperity and profound ...
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Page 101 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 134 - For though there be no appearance of any stir, yet, I say, they will receive a terrible blow this Parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them.
Page 83 - ... ambition of the weakest or the worst of mankind. While the army of Edward was advancing to the charge, there happened a great fall of snow ; which driving full in the faces' of the enemy, blinded them, and this advantage, seconded by an impetuous onset, decided the victory in their favour.
Page 45 - I, John, by the grace of God, king of England, and lord of Ireland, in order to expiate my sins, from my own free will, and the advice of my barons, give to the church of Rome, to pope Innocent, and his successors, the kingdom of England, and all other prerogatives of my crown. I will hereafter hold them as the pope's vassal. I will be faithful to God, to the church of Rome, to the pope my master, and his successors legitimately elected. I promise to pay him a tribute of a thousand marks yearly ;...
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Page 134 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.
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Page 372 - An act for the more effectual preserving the King's person and government, by disabling papists from sitting in either house of parliament.