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its_o situation_n 348_o bonfinius_n history_n 171_o boyne_n battle_n there_o 95_o breda_n peace_n there_o 92_o britain_n joseph_n of_o arimathea_n preach_v there_o 66_o lucius_n first_o christian_a king_n there_o 67_o christianity_n establish_v there_o 72_o the_o saxon_n call_v in_o 71_o saxon_a heptarchy_n erect_v 71_o 72_o the_o dane_n infest_v the_o land_n 76_o 77_o brutus_n and_o cassius_n 63_o 405_o their_o death_n 407_o brutus_n l._n junius_n founder_n of_o the_o consular_a state_n of_o rome_n p._n 378_o 379_o c._n cadmus_n p._n 301_o bring_v letter_n to_o greece_n 52_o his_o story_n 349_o etc._n etc._n caesar_n c._n julius_n 63_o 399_o his_o victory_n 400_o etc._n etc._n in_o britain_n 400_o 401_o perpetual_a dictator_n and_o emperor_n of_o rome_n 404_o his_o write_n 197_o his_o death_n 405_o cainam_fw-la 46_o 228_o 231_o his_o son_n founder_n of_o nation_n 233_o calendar_n correct_v by_o caesar._n 403_o correct_v by_o p._n gregory_n 88_o callymachus_n 329_o cambyses_n 59_o 262_o conquer_a egypt_n 304_o candia_n take_v by_o turk_n 92_o cannae_n the_o battle_n there_o between_o hannibal_n and_o the_o roman_n 392_o canticle_n the_o book_n of_o 135_o canute_n the_o dane_n king_n of_o england_n 77_o carloman_n k._n of_o france_n 76_o carolus_n gustavus_n k._n of_o sweden_n 90_o carthage_n build_v 56_o conquer_a by_o roman_n and_o destroy_v 63_o 394_o carthaginian_a war_n first_o 61_o 389_o second_o 61_o 391_o three_o 61_o 394_o cassiodorus_n history_n 162_o catiline_n conspiracy_n 399_o catullus_n 64_o centuriae_fw-la magdeburgen_n 173_o chalecondylas_n history_n 170_o charlemagne_n k._n of_o france_n 73_o declare_v emperor_n 74_o charles_n martel_n govern_v france_n 73_o charles_n the_o bald_a emp._n 75_o charles_n v._o king_n of_o spain_n and_o emperor_n 86_o resign_v his_o crown_n 88_o charles_n i._n k._n of_o england_n 89_o charles_n ii_o k._n of_o england_n restore_v 91_o his_o death_n 93_o china_n the_o history_n of_o its_o monarch_n p._n 291_o to_o 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its_o beginning_n 378_o corimodus_fw-la emp._n 67_o corinth_n its_o history_n and_o king_n 343_o 344_o etc._n etc._n corinthian_n epistle_n to_o 141_o coriolanus_n c._n mar._n his_o story_n 382_o crassus_n 399_o 401_o crates_n the_o philosopher_n 61_o croesus_n k._n of_o lydia_n 58_o 362_o cromwell_n oliver_z usurp_v the_o government_n of_o england_n 90_o curopolate_v his_o history_n 162_o cyrus_n the_o first_o persian_a monarch_n 262_o d._n donatus_n k._n of_o argos_n p._n 301_o 316_o daniel_n 58_o his_o prophecy_n 136_o cast_v into_o the_o lionl_n den._n 250_o dardanus_n k._n of_o troy_n 52_o darius_n codomannus_n k._n of_o persia_n overcome_v by_o alexander_n 267_o darius_n hystaspes_n k._n of_o persia._n 59_o 262_o darius_n nothus_fw-la 265_o k._n david_n 54_o 239_o decemviri_fw-la a_o sort_n of_o government_n at_o rome_n create_v 384_o their_o ill_a government_n and_o expulsion_n ibid._n the_o demetrii_n their_o successor_n 284_o etc._n etc._n demetrius_n soter_n k._n of_o syria_n 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231_o ezekiel_n 58_o his_o prophecy_n 136_o ezra_n 60_o his_o prophecy_n 250_o f._n fabius_n
maximus_n 61_o 392_o flavius_n blondus_n hist._n 169_o the_o flood_n 47_o 288_o fohi_n emp._n of_o china_n 291_o freculphus_n chronicle_n 160_o frederick_n barbarossa_n emp._n 79_o frederick_n ii_o emp._n go_v to_o the_o holy_a land_n 80_o fredoard_n chronicle_n 162_o french_a monarchy_n found_v 71_o fulk_n k._n of_o jerusalem_n 79_o g._n galatian_n epistle_n to_o p._n 141_o galba_n emp._n rom._n 66_o gaul_n sack_n rome_n 60_o 386_o genesis_n book_n of_o 131_o gideon_n 52_o glaber_n rudolphus_n hist._n 162_o gloucester_n present_a duke_n of_o bear_v 94_o godeau_n hist._n 174_o godfrey_n of_o bolleign_a k._n of_o jerusalem_n 78_o golden_a number_n find_v out_o 325_o gomer_n son_n author_n of_o nation_n 233_o goth_n invade_v italy_n etc._n etc._n 67_o gracchus_n turbulent_a at_o rome_n 395_o gregory_n of_o touâ—'s_n hist._n 159_o gunpowder_n plot_n in_o england_n 89_o gun_n invent_v 81_o gustavus_n adolphus_n 89_o h._n habakkuk_n 57_o 243_o his_o prophecy_n 138_o haggai_n 60_o 250_o ham._n 230_o hannibal_n the_o carthaginian_a general_n 61_o 391_o pass_v the_o alps_n and_o invade_v italy_n 391_o defeat_v the_o roman_n 392_o harold_n k._n of_o england_n conquer_v by_o william_n 77_o hardicanute_n the_o dane_n k._n of_o england_n ib._n hebor_n 48_o 228_o 230_o hebrew_n epistle_n to_o 143_o hegira_n of_o the_o turk_n 7_o 72_o hegisippus_n history_n 151_o heli._n 53_o heliograbalus_fw-la 68_o helmodius_n hist._n 166_o hengist_n the_o saxon_a k._n of_o kent_n 71_o henry_n i._n k._n of_o england_n 78_o henry_n ii_o 79_o henry_n iii_o 80_o henry_n iu._n 82_o henry_n v._n ib._n henry_n vi._n ib._n henry_n vii_o 85_o henry_n viii_o 86_o 87_o henry_n iii_o k._n of_o france_n stab_v by_o clement_n p._n 88_o henry_n iu_o k._n of_o france_n stab_v by_o ravillac_n 89_o heraclide_n king_n of_o lacedaemon_n 334_o king_n of_o corinth_n 345_o heraclitus_n 60_o herald_n the_o dane_n k._n of_o england_n 77_o hercules_n 52_o 347_o herod_n the_o great_a 64_o 253_o herodian_n hist._n 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