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the_o harass_n of_o his_o country_n and_o the_o death_n of_o two_o of_o his_o chief_a earl_n in_o his_o ten_o year_n he_o manage_v his_o war_n by_o his_o brother_n cuthwolf_n who_o encounter_v the_o britain_n at_o bedanford_n now_o bedford_n give_v they_o a_o great_a defeat_n and_o take_v four_o town_n from_o they_o liganborough_n egelsborough_n or_o allsbury_n besington_n now_o benson_n in_o oxfordshire_n and_o ignesham_n or_o evesham_n but_o he_o outlive_v not_o long_o his_o good_a success_n but_o leave_v a_o son_n behind_o he_o who_o succeed_v his_o uncle_n in_o the_o kingdom_n cuthwolf_n dead_a ceaulin_n in_o person_n with_o his_o son_n cuthwin_n undertake_v the_o war_n and_o about_o the_o year_n 581_o at_o a_o place_n call_v diorth_o deorrham_n in_o glocestershire_n he_o obtain_v a_o great_a victory_n slay_v in_o one_o battle_n three_o british_a king_n coinmagil_n condidan_n and_o farimnagil_n which_o good_a success_n be_v attend_v with_o the_o surrender_n of_o as_o many_o city_n badencester_n gloucester_n and_o cireneester_fw-mi about_o five_o year_n after_o at_o a_o place_n call_v fedanly_a or_o fechanly_n possible_o about_o fekenham_n forest_n in_o worcestershire_n he_o again_o meet_v the_o britain_n but_o not_o with_o like_a success_n for_o matthew_n of_o westminster_n give_v a_o clear_a victory_n to_o the_o britain_n and_o huntingdon_n allow_v the_o beginning_n of_o the_o day_n to_o be_v they_o for_o with_o the_o death_n of_o cuthwin_n the_o saxon_n be_v whole_o put_v to_o rout_n but_o ceaulin_n rally_v his_o scatter_a force_n not_o only_o put_v stop_n to_o the_o pursuit_n but_o as_o that_o author_n write_v recover_v a_o entire_a victory_n with_o the_o purchase_n over_o and_o above_o of_o many_o town_n and_o large_a territory_n but_o the_o sequel_n declare_v nothing_o less_o for_o the_o same_o year_n or_o not_o long_o after_o we_o find_v the_o britain_n again_o give_v he_o battle_n and_o that_o in_o wiltshire_n at_o
〈◊〉_d dion_n cass._n boadicia_n describe_v in_o person_n by_o the_o greek_n tacitus_n tacitus_n vit_fw-mi agric._n ann._n dom._n 60._o an._n dom._n 70._o suet._n vit_fw-fr ner._n josephus_n suet._n vit_fw-fr galbae_n suet._n vit_fw-fr otho_n ann._n dom._n 71._o tacitus_n tacitus_n ann._n dom._n 72._o tacit_fw-la vit_fw-mi agr._n ann._n dom._n 80._o count_n palat._n 〈◊〉_d count_n palat._n anna_n dom._n 81._o 81._o tweed_n as_o some_o think_v ann._n dom._n 82_o ann._n dom._n 83._o an._n dom._n 84._o anne_n dom._n 85._o 85._o trinobantes_n rather_o the_o order_n of_o the_o battle_n on_o both_o side_n anno_fw-la post_fw-la christum_fw-la 86._o hol._n hist._n of_o brit._n suet._n vit_fw-fr domitian_n tacitus_n juvenal_n agricola_n poison_v by_o domitian_n in_o reward_n of_o his_o good_a service_n and_o virtue_n juvenal_n ann._n dom._n 86._o martial_a joh._n bale_n matt._n parker_n an._n dom._n 98._o ann._n dom._n 96._o anno_fw-la dom._n 98._o gal._n l._n 9_o c._n 8._o method_n med._n tacitusi_fw-la beda_n am._n marcel_n beda_n an._n dem._n 118._o cambden_n spartianus_n in_o vit_fw-mi hadriani_n speed_v chron._n ann._n dom._n 80._o bishop_n usher_z william_n of_o malmsbury_n an._n dom._n 132._o ann._n dom._n 139._o digest_v lib._n 36._o an._n dom._n 162._o capitolinur_n capitolinus_n vit_fw-fr macrin_n ann._n dom._n 181._o aelius_n lamp_n fol._n 1119_o anno_fw-la à _fw-la passione_n christi_fw-la 169a_fw-la al._n 156_o ex_fw-la leg._n st._n edu._n reg._n &_o confesità _fw-la inscribitur_fw-la m_o s._n guil._n lond._n lond._n rege_fw-la dimicabunt_fw-la dimicabunt_fw-la degunt_fw-la &_o consistunt_fw-la ms._n ibid._n ibid._n rege_fw-la dimicabunt_fw-la ms._n ibid._n the_o first_o bishop_n in_o britain_n britain_n ante_fw-la adventum_fw-la augustini_fw-la gal-arturius_a vodinus_n mart._n christian_n religion_n establish_v in_o britain_n 181_o year_n after_o the_o death_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ._n capitolinus_n beda_n beda_n pope_n pope_n princeps_fw-la magna_fw-la gloriae_fw-la ninnius_n fabianus_n harding_n count_n palat._n an._n dom._n 183._o xiphilinus_n out_o of_o dio._n cass._n cass._n tilia_fw-la and_o in_o gr._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o tree_n bear_v fruit_n as_o great_a as_o a_o bean_n round_o within_o seed_n like_o antiseed_n aelius_n lamp_n in_o vit_fw-mi comm._n hel._n pertinax_n propraetor_n jul._n capitol_n in_o vit_fw-fr pertin_n clo._n albinus_n jul._n capitolinus_n capitolinus_n crassus_n julius_n severus_n propraetorl_n commodus_n requite_v for_o design_v martia_n death_n camb._n brit._n lampridius_n vit_fw-fr commod_n this_o be_v say_v to_o pertinax_n the_o follow_a emperor_n an._n dom._n 1941_o jul._n capitol_n clo._n albinus_n again_o propraetor_n ann._n dom._n 194._o eutrop._n sparta_n dio._n ann._n dom._n 194._o 194._o constantinople_n herodian_a onuphrius_n herodian_a an._n dom._n 198._o digest_v lib._n 28._o tit_n 6._o speed_v chron._n an._n dom._n 208._o dio._n cass._n herodian_a spartianus_n orofius_n sparta_n eutrop._n victor_n hect._n boet._n hier._n surita_n guid._n pauc_v bede_n cambd._n brit._n xiphiline_n ex_fw-la dion_n speed_v chron._n an._n dom._n 〈◊〉_d spartianus_n homer_n spartianus_n cod._n lib._n 3._o tit._n de_fw-fr ret_o vindicatione_n lig_n 1._o liv._o dicad_n 1._o lib._n 1._o flor._n val._n max._n varro_n de_fw-fr ceremontis_n note_n no_o emperor_n be_v capable_a of_o this_o honour_n in_o be_v deify_v but_o such_o as_o leave_v child_n and_o near_a relation_n behind_o they_o according_a to_o the_o custom_n at_o first_o institute_v by_o augustus_n and_o afterward_o reinforce_v by_o tiberius_n herodotus_n vit_fw-fr severi_n severi_n the_o senate_n mourn_v in_o black_n via_fw-la sacra_fw-la sacra_fw-la forum_n forum_n viz._n forum_n eoarium_fw-la piscarium_fw-la olitorium_n lipsius_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 7._o 7._o tarq._n superb_fw-la depose_v an._n dom._n 212._o aurel._n victor_n sabellicus_n bede_n eutropius_n an._n dom._n 284._o an._n dom._n 218._o count_n 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alectus_fw-la caraucius_fw-la this_o seem_v to_o be_v speak_v to_o constantiuque_n constantiuque_n alectus_fw-la alectus_fw-la caraucius_fw-la or_o alectus_fw-la caraucius_fw-la this_o seem_v to_o be_v speak_v to_o constantiuque_n constantiuque_n caraucius_fw-la or_o alectus_fw-la caraucius_fw-la this_o seem_v to_o be_v speak_v to_o constantiuque_n the_o acknowledgement_n of_o perpetual_a obedience_n tacitus_n camb._n brit._n tacitus_n dio_fw-mi cass._n herod_n vopisc_n &_o al._n basingstoak_n not._n 14._o ad_fw-la 1._o 5._o bede_n hect._n boet._n pompo_n latus_fw-la &_o avent_n fort._n prisc._n in_o laud._n virg._n bede_n speed_v chron._n aurel._n vict._n eusebius_n an._n dom._n 289._o an._n dom._n 269._o an._n dom._n 299._o an._n dom._n 300._o an._n dom._n 305._o eusebius_n eutrop._n niceph._n niceph._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o e._n religious_a devout_a godly_a merciful_a honest_a just_a and_o bountiful_a in_o essex_n hist._n bede_n angl._n l._n 1._o c._n 8._o exit_fw-la orat._n ambrosii_n in_o laud._n helenae_n reg._n basingstoak_n cut_v of_o mekurchus_fw-la mekurchus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o e._n religious_a devout_a godly_a merciful_a honest_a just_a and_o bountiful_a in_o essex_n an._n dom._n 306._o panegyric_n oration_n to_o constantine_n the_o great_a euseb._n vit_fw-fr constant._n gelasius_n ciz_n lib._n 〈◊〉_d act._n 〈◊〉_d nicen._n cap._n 3._o an._n dom._n 310._o camb._n euscbius_n euscbius_n pecunia_fw-la londini_fw-la notata_fw-la zosimus_n malmsbury_n an._n dom._n 319._o ammianus_n pancirolus_n gildan_n and_o in_o the_o law_n basiggstoak_n lib._n 6._o gaufrid_n 1._o 2._o c._n 3_o 4._o fabian_n an._n dom._n 337._o socrates_n lib._n 2_o cap._n 31_o an._n dom._n 340._o jul._n firmicus_n speed_v chron._n basingstoak_n lib._n 6._o an._n dom._n 344._o am._n marcel_n lib._n 15._o cap._n 2._o basingstoak_n lib._n 6._o gildas_n socrates_n zosimus_n basingstoak_n lib._n 6._o an._n dom._n 361._o an._n dom._n 364._o an._n dom_n 365._o 365._o call_v otherwise_o attigotti_n catalotti_n &_o cattiti_n erasmus_n give_v they_o the_o name_n of_o azoti_fw-la they_o be_v cannibal_n as_o st_z hierom_n write_v lib._n 2._o cont_n jou._n an._n dom._n 370._o amm_n marcel_n lib._n 27_o and_o 28._o 28._o simmachus_n speak_v to_o his_o son_n theodosius_n the_o emperor_n an._n dom._n 376._o maximus_n the_o tyrant_n orosius_n gregor_n turonensis_n gildas_n bede_n bede_n bono_n reipublicae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d now_o little-britain_n an._n dom._n 379._o chrysan_fw-fr an._n dom._n 395._o claudian_n claudian_n marcus_z choose_a emperor_n by_o the_o britain_n gratian_n emperor_n constantine_n a_o soldier_n choose_a emperor_n emperor_n constant._n sosom_n lib._n 9_o olympiador_n apud_fw-la photium_fw-la rutil_n claud._n malmsbury_n ninnius_n prosp._n acquit_v nicepharus_fw-la gildas_n an._n dom._n 4104_o gildas_n an._n dom._n 418._o an._n dom._n 423._o buehanan_n gildas_n gildas_n an._n dom._n 430._o gildas_n mat._n westm_n constantius_n vit_fw-fr 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more_o i_o can_v name_v have_v i_o time_n beside_o many_o usage_n and_o custom_n in_o england_n which_o participate_v of_o both_o language_n alike_o to_o instance_n in_o the_o compound_n of_o javel_n a_o british_a word_n signify_v a_o tenure_n among_o the_o welsh_a we_o find_v gavel-kind_n sand-gavel_a gavel_n oat_n swine-gavel_a and_o many_o other_o why_o therefore_o may_v not_o ludgate_n be_v luds-gate_n although_o it_o have_v both_o language_n mix_v in_o it_o let_v we_o hear_v therefore_o verstegan_n ingenious_a derivation_n ludgate_n say_v he_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v leodgate_n or_o the_o peoples-gate_n leod_n signify_v people_n here_o mr._n sheringham_n ask_v he_o but_o a_o reasonable_a question_n what_o do_v the_o people_n angl._n pass_v only_o through_o this_o gate_n and_o the_o bard_n and_o druid_n through_o the_o other_o only_o and_o i_o may_v demand_v of_o he_o also_o upon_o what_o ground_n he_o suppose_v the_o concourse_n of_o people_n to_o have_v be_v great_a 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