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p._n 21_o 22_o etc._n etc._n etc._n h._n wharton_n pref._n to_o ab_fw-la laud'_v life_n p._n 10._o 10._o j._n âââon's_n proposal_n proposal_n t._n gale_n praef._n ad_fw-la script_n xv._n â_o 8._o 8._o id._n ib._n ib._n camd._n brit._n in_o norman_n norman_n sir_n w._n t.'s_n introduct_n p._n 5._o 5._o praef._n ad_fw-la angl._n sacr._n vol._n i._o p._n 26._o 26._o athen-oxon_n vol._n i._o p._n 452._o &_o alibi_fw-la alibi_fw-la hist._n eccles._n lib._n i._o p._n 42._o 42._o edit_fw-la london_n 8_o o_z 1659._o 1659._o london_n 1570._o 1570._o london_n 1571._o 1571._o lond._n 1574._o 1574._o cum_fw-la priore_fw-la priore_fw-la francof_n 1601._o 1601._o francof_n 1601._o 1601._o ib._n 1602._o 1602._o lond._n 1652._o 1652._o see_v w._n kennet_n life_n of_o mr._n sâââer_n p._n 64_o 65_o 66._o 66._o oxon._n 1684._o 1684._o oxon._n 1691._o 1691._o oxon._n 1687._o 1687._o praef._n ad_fw-la vol._n i._n p._n 5_o 6._o 6._o anglia_fw-it sacra_fw-la par._n i._n &_o ii_o lond._n 1691._o 1691._o cum_fw-la adversa_fw-la clementissimi_fw-la patroni_fw-la fortuna_fw-la mihi_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la studiorum_fw-la subsidia_fw-la omnium_fw-la verò_fw-la praemia_fw-la infoelici_fw-la excusserit_fw-la praef._n ad_fw-la par._n ii_o p._n 30._o 30._o tot_o tantisque_fw-la argumentis_fw-la firmata_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la facilè_fw-la aliis_fw-la rejicienda_fw-la fuerit_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ad_fw-la antiq._n 975._o 975._o p._n 796._o 796._o j._n usser_n praef._n ad_fw-la brit._n eccl._n antiq._n p._n 2._o 2._o camden_n and_o speed_n speed_n praef._n ad_fw-la vit_fw-mi aelfredi_n r._n not._n ad_fw-la tab._n iu._n iu._n ecloga_fw-la oxonio-cantabr_a lond._n 1600._o 1600._o athen._n oxon._n vol._n i._o p._n 459._o 459._o oxon._n 1605_o 1620._o 1620._o see_v dr._n plott_n hist._n of_o staffordsh_fw-mi p._n 277._o 277._o oxon._n 1692._o 1692._o mr._n edw._n lhwyd_n the_o worthy_a keeper_n of_o the_o musaeum_fw-la musaeum_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la instit._fw-la gramm_n anglo-sax_n anglo-sax_n oxon._n 1692._o 1692._o librorum_fw-la mss._n academiorum_fw-la oxoniensis_fw-la &_o cantabrigiensis_n &_o celebrium_fw-la per_fw-la angliam_fw-la hiberniamque_fw-la bibliothecarum_fw-la catalogus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ptolemy_n ptolemy_n h._n lhuyd_v fragment_n fol._n 35._o a._n jo._n ant._n maginus_fw-la pag._n 4._o etc._n etc._n etc._n append._n ad_fw-la hist._n brit._n p._n 735._o &_o 787._o antoninus_n antoninus_n de_fw-fr hist._n lat._n in_o vità _fw-la livii_n livii_n vide_fw-la usserii_fw-la hist._n eccles._n brit._n p._n 42._o 42._o m._n s._n in_o coll._n ben._n cantab._n &_o bibl._n cott._n de_fw-fr quo_fw-la vid._n hist._n &_o antiq._n oxon._n par_fw-fr ii_o p._n 135._o &_o j._n pit_n p._n 737._o 737._o fol._n london_n 1658._o 1658._o append._n ad_fw-la hist._n brit._n p._n 787._o libre_fw-la notitiaâ_n rum_o rum_o id._n ib._n p._n 744_o 746_o 748._o 748._o pag._n 136._o since_o the_o conquest_n conquest_n id._n p._n 280._o 280._o assert_v arthur_n fol._n 33._o a._n a._n pit_n p._n 283._o 283._o id._n p._n 398._o 398._o id._n pag._n 529._o 529._o id._n pag._n 567._o 567._o id._n p._n 646._o 646._o fol._n lond._n 1515._o 1515._o edit_fw-la prim_fw-la cent._n 8._o cap._n 43._o in_o hen_n eighth_n reign_n reign_n j._n pit_n p._n 733._o 733._o id._n p._n 734._o 734._o de_fw-fr encom_n virorum_fw-la illustr_n p._n 18._o 18._o fragment_n