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... Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester Robert Mannyng , or De Brunne Rolle , or Hampole ; Davie Lawrence Minot Alliterative Verse : -Piers Ploughman Piers Ploughman's Creed . THIRD ENGLISH ( Mixed or Compound English ) PAGE 205 206 208 213 ...
... Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester Robert Mannyng , or De Brunne Rolle , or Hampole ; Davie Lawrence Minot Alliterative Verse : -Piers Ploughman Piers Ploughman's Creed . THIRD ENGLISH ( Mixed or Compound English ) PAGE 205 206 208 213 ...
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... Chronicle : -French Language in England Minot ; First Invasion of France by Edward III . 217 221 Vision of Piers Ploughman : -Commencement 228 " " Sermon by Reason 232 " 9 " " " " 29 دو Repentance of Reason's hearers First appearance of ...
... Chronicle : -French Language in England Minot ; First Invasion of France by Edward III . 217 221 Vision of Piers Ploughman : -Commencement 228 " " Sermon by Reason 232 " 9 " " " " 29 دو Repentance of Reason's hearers First appearance of ...
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... Chronicle 381 James I. of Scotland : -King's Quair ; Garden at Windsor Blind Harry - Wallace ; his Latin Original 382 387 22 " " The same subject 388 Commencement of the Poem 388 " " 99 " 2 99 " " دو 23 · Part of Battle of Shortwoodshaw ...
... Chronicle 381 James I. of Scotland : -King's Quair ; Garden at Windsor Blind Harry - Wallace ; his Latin Original 382 387 22 " " The same subject 388 Commencement of the Poem 388 " " 99 " 2 99 " " دو 23 · Part of Battle of Shortwoodshaw ...
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... Chronicles , 1848. They consist principally of violent invectives directed against his own countrymen as well as their continental invaders and conquerors ; and throw but little light upon the obscure period to which they relate . Our ...
... Chronicles , 1848. They consist principally of violent invectives directed against his own countrymen as well as their continental invaders and conquerors ; and throw but little light upon the obscure period to which they relate . Our ...
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... Chronicles . But the most curious and impor- tant volume connected with Nennius is that published in 1847 by the Irish Archæological Society , containing an Irish version of his History executed in the fourteenth century , with a ...
... Chronicles . But the most curious and impor- tant volume connected with Nennius is that published in 1847 by the Irish Archæological Society , containing an Irish version of his History executed in the fourteenth century , with a ...
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