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speechless_a and_o soon_o after_o expire_a be_v bury_v at_o winchester_n ibid._n harold_n surname_v harefoot_n the_o son_n of_o canute_n elect_a king_n by_o duke_n leofric_n and_o the_o mercian_n p._n 273._o he_o banish_v his_o mother-in-law_n emma_n p._n 274._o his_o perfidiousness_n and_o cruelty_n towards_o elfred_n the_o son_n of_o ethelred_n p._n 274._o 276._o he_o die_v and_o be_v bury_v at_o winchester_n p._n 276._o harold_n son_n of_o godwin_n make_v earl_n of_o kent_n and_o send_v against_o prince_n griffin_n of_o wales_n p._n 292._o he_o reduce_v he_o at_o last_o to_o utmost_a extremity_n p._n 293._o be_v cast_v upon_o the_o coast_n of_o normandy_n and_o bring_v to_o duke_n william_n he_o promise_v his_o endeavour_n to_o make_v he_o king_n of_o england_n p._n 295_o 296._o he_o take_v the_o crown_n himself_o p._n 299._o put_v off_o duke_n william_n demand_v it_o with_o a_o slight_a answer_n p._n 300_o 301._o be_v invade_v by_o his_o brother_n tosti_n p._n 300._o by_o harold_n 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uncle_n gurgustius_fw-la in_o the_o kingdom_n p._n 21._o icenian_o and_o by_o their_o example_n the_o trinobantes_n rise_v up_o in_o arm_n against_o the_o roman_n p._n 63._o ida_n the_o saxon_a begin_v the_o kingdom_n of_o bernicia_n in_o northumberland_n p._n 126_o 127._o idwallo_n learn_v by_o his_o brother_n be_v ill_a success_n to_o rule_v well_o p._n 27._o immanuentius_n slay_v by_o cassibelan_n p._n 46._o immin_n eaba_n and_o eadbert_n nobleman_n of_o mercia_n throw_v off_o oswi_n and_o set_v up_o wulfer_n p._n 161._o ina_n succeed_v kedwalla_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n p._n 168._o he_o march_v into_o kent_n to_o demand_v satisfaction_n for_o the_o burn_a of_o mollo_n ibid._n be_v pacify_v by_o victre_v with_o a_o sum_n of_o money_n and_o the_o deliver_v up_o of_o the_o accessory_n ibid._n vanquish_v gerent_fw-la king_n of_o wales_n p._n 170._o stay_v kenwulf_n and_o albright_n and_o vanquish_v the_o east-angle_n p._n 171._o end_n his_o day_n at_o rome_n ibid._n 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72._o he_o extend_v his_o conquest_n to_o scotland_n subdue_v the_o orcades_n and_o other_o scotch_a island_n p._n 72._o he_o be_v hard_o put_v to_o it_o in_o several_a conflict_n but_o come_v off_o victorious_a p._n 74_o 75_o etc._n etc._n he_o be_v command_v home_o by_o domitian_n p._n 77._o julius_n caesar_n have_v intelligence_n that_o the_o britan_n be_v aid_v to_o his_o enemy_n the_o gaul_n p._n 33._o he_o send_v caius_n volusenus_n to_o make_v discovery_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o people_n and_o strength_n of_o the_o country_n p._n 34._o after_o he_o comius_n of_o arras_n to_o make_v a_o party_n among_o the_o britan_n p._n 35._o the_o stout_a resistance_n he_o meet_v with_o from_o they_o at_o his_o land_n p._n 36_o 37._o he_o receive_v term_n of_o peace_n from_o they_o p._n 38._o he_o lose_v a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o fleet_n ibid._n defeat_v the_o britan_n and_o