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p._n 5._o from_o her_o the_o name_n albion_n derive_v ibid._n alcle_v slay_v ethelwald_n usurp_v the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o northumbrian_n p._n 177._o aldfrid_n recall_v from_o ireland_n succeed_v his_o brother_n ecfrid_n in_o the_o northumbrian_n kingdom_n p._n 168._o he_o leave_v osr_v a_o child_n to_o succeed_v he_o p._n 169._o aldulf_n the_o nephew_n of_o ethelwald_n succeed_v king_n of_o the_o east-angle_n p._n 187._o alectus_fw-la treacherous_o slay_v his_o friend_n carausius_n to_o get_v the_o dominion_n p._n 87._o be_v overthrow_v by_o asclepiodotus_n and_o slay_v ibid._n alemannus_n report_v one_o of_o the_o four_o son_n of_o histion_n descend_v from_o japhet_n and_o of_o who_o the_o alemanni_n or_o german_n p._n 5._o alfage_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n inhuman_o use_v by_o the_o dane_n p._n 256._o kill_v outright_o by_o thrum_v a_o dane_n in_o commiseration_n of_o his_o misery_n ibid._n alfred_n the_o four_o son_n of_o ethelwolf_n and_o successor_n of_o his_o brother_n ethelred_n encounter_v the_o dane_n at_o wilton_n p._n 204._o he_o give_v battle_n to_o the_o whole_a danish_a power_n at_o edinton_n and_o total_o rout_v they_o bring_v they_o to_o term_n p._n 206._o 207._o he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v bestow_v the_o east-angle_n upon_o gytro_n a_o danish_a king_n who_o have_v be_v late_o baptise_a p._n 207._o a_o long_a tedious_a war_n afterward_o maintain_v between_o he_o and_o the_o dane_n p._n 209._o 210._o etc._n etc._n he_o die_v in_o the_o 30_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o be_v bury_v at_o winchester_n p._n 212._o his_o noble_a character_n p._n 213._o 214._o alfwold_n drive_v out_o eardulf_n usurp_v the_o kingdom_n of_o northumberland_n p._n 185._o algar_n earl_n of_o howland_n now_o holland_n morcard_n lord_n of_o brunne_a and_o osgot_v governor_n of_o lincoln_n slaughter_n a_o great_a multitude_n of_o the_o dane_n in_o battle_n with_o three_o of_o their_o king_n p._n 201._o overpowr_v with_o number_n and_o draw_v into_o a_o snare_n algar_n die_v valiant_o fight_v ibid._n algar_n the_o son_n of_o leofric_n banish_v by_o king_n edward_n joins_z with_o griffin_n prince_n of_o south-wales_n p._n 291._o 292._o unable_a to_o withstand_v harold_n earl_n of_o kent_n he_o submit_v to_o the_o king_n and_o be_v restore_v p._n 292._o banish_v again_o he_o recover_v his_o earldom_n by_o force_n p._n 293._o alipius_n make_v deputy_n of_o the_o british_a province_n in_o the_o room_n of_o martinus_n p._n 90._o alla_fw-mi begin_v the_o kingdom_n of_o deira_n in_o the_o south-part_n of_o northumberland_n p._n 127._o 133._o alric_n king_n of_o kent_n after_o ethelbert_n the_o ii_o p._n 177._o with_o he_o die_v end_v the_o race_n of_o hengist_n p._n 181._o ambrose_n aurelianus_n dread_v by_o vortimer_n p._n 117._o defeat_v the_o saxon_n in_o a_o memorable_a battle_n p._n 118._o uncertain_a whether_o the_o son_n of_o constantine_n the_o usurper_n or_o the_o same_o with_o merlin_n and_o son_n of_o a_o roman_a consul_n p._n 118._o he_o succeed_v vortigern_n as_o chief_a monarch_n of_o the_o i_o will_v ibid._n anacletus_fw-la the_o friend_n of_o king_n pandrasus_n be_v take_v in_o fight_n by_o brutus_n p._n 9_o he_o be_v force_v by_o brutus_n to_o betray_v his_o own_o countryman_n ibid._n andragius_fw-la one_o in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o ancient_a british_a king_n p._n 28._o androgeus_n one_o of_o lud_n son_n have_v london_n assign_v he_o and_o kent_n p._n 29._o forsake_v his_o claim_n to_o the_o kingdom_n and_o follow_v caesar_n fortune_n p._n 51._o anlaf_fw-mi the_o dane_n with_o his_o army_n of_o irish_a and_o constantine_n king_n of_o scotland_n utter_o discomfit_v by_o king_n athelstan_n p._n 225._o 226._o etc._n etc._n anna_n succeed_v sigebert_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o east-angle_n p._n 157._o he_o be_v slay_v in_o war_n by_o penda_n the_o mercian_n p._n 159._o antigonus_z the_o brother_n of_o king_n pandrasus_n take_v in_o fight_n by_o brutus_n p._n 9_o antoninus_n send_v against_o the_o caledonian_n by_o his_o father_n severus_n p._n 84._o after_o who_o death_n he_o take_v hostage_n and_o depart_v to_o rome_n ibid._n archigallo_n depose_v for_o his_o tyranny_n p._n 26._o be_v restore_v by_o his_o brother_n he_o become_v a_o new_a man_n and_o reign_v worthy_o p._n 27._o archimailus_n one_o in_o the_o number_n of_o ancient_a british_a king_n p._n 28._o armorica_n in_o france_n people_v by_o britan_n that_n flee_v from_o the_o saxon_n p._n 114._o arthur_n the_o victory_n at_o badon-hill_n by_o some_o ascribe_v to_o he_o which_o by_o other_o be_v attribute_v to_o ambrose_n p._n 122._o who_o he_o be_v and_o whether_o the_o author_n of_o such_o famous_a act_n as_o be_v relate_v of_o he_o p._n 122._o 123._o etc._n etc._n arviragus_z engage_v against_o claudius_n keep_v up_o the_o battle_n to_o a_o victory_n by_o personate_n his_o slay_a brother_n guiderius_n p._n 54._o athelstan_n the_o son_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o elder_a by_o