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A12738 The history of Great Britaine under the conquests of ye Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans Their originals, manners, warres, coines & seales: with ye successions, lives, acts & issues of the English monarchs from Iulius Cæsar, to our most gracious soueraigne King Iames. by Iohn Speed. Speed, John, 1552?-1629.; Schweitzer, Christoph, wood-engraver. 1611 (1611) STC 23045; ESTC S117937 1,552,755 623

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priviledger_n fl●…_n albinus_n the_o continuance_n of_o his_o reign_n monarch_n 1●…_n kenwolfe_n an._n do._n 794._o ke●…olfes_n praise_n wil._n mal●…b_n winchcomb_n mon●…ry_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d elfrid●…_n 〈◊〉_d un●…_n ken●…_n d●…th_v chap._n 10._o ●…ct_n 14._o qu●…dred_a th●…_n eld●…st_a d●…ughter_n of_o k●…wolfe_n burg●…ild_a 〈◊〉_d young_a daug●…ter_n monarch_n 19_o egbert_n an._n do._n 800._o the_o seven_o fold_n government_n mutable_a westsaxon_n ambition_n egberts_n exigent_n and_o relief_n simon_n d●…el_n say_v 80●…_n mat._n westminst●…_n say_v 801._o john_n b●…_n chap._n 12._o chap._n 10._o sect_n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d egbert_n the_o first_o sole_a monarch_n an._n do._n 819._o floren._n ●…igorn_n simon_n d●…n_n henry_n hunt_v mat._n w●…st_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d son●…e_n e●…an_v young_a son_n 〈◊〉_d a_o daughter_n monarch_n 20_o ethelwolfe_n an._n do._n 837._o roger_n hoveden_n john_n brampton_n henry_n hunt_v mat._n westminster_n wil._n malmsb._n simon_n dunelm_n henry_n hunt_n an._n dom._n 838._o henry_n 〈◊〉_d ar●…●…ival_n si●…on_n dun._n see_v chap._n 10._o sect._n 20._o wil._n mal●…sbury_n simon_n dun._n wil._n mal●…s_n ethelwolfes_n time_n of_o reign_v osburgs_n parent_n judith_n a_o second_o wife_n 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o son_n ethelbert_n the_o second_o son_n ethelred_n a_o three_o son_n elfred_n a_o four_o son_n 〈◊〉_d a_o daughter_n ne●…_n a_o suppos●…d_a 〈◊〉_d s._n need●…s_n town_n monarch_n 21._o ethelbald_n an._n do._n 857._o floro●…_n wigo●…_n his_o war_n against_o the_o dane_n ●…l_n 〈◊〉_d the_o time_n of_o his_o reign_v 1._o cor._n 5._o 1._o monarch_n 22_o ethelbert_n an._n do._n 860._o hen._n ●…unting_v the_o kentishman_n compound_v for_o their_o peace_n ethelberts_n ti●…_n of_o reign_v athelm_n the_o elder_a son_n ethel●…ld_v the_o second_o son_n he●…y_n h●…ing_v monarch_n 23._o ethelred_n an._n do._n 866._o hunger_n and_o hubba_n the_o dane_n march_v northward_o ing●…s_n an._n do._n 870._o fl●…es_n histor._n assendon_n battle_n scala_fw-la chronicon_fw-la basin_n battle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scala_fw-la chr●…n_n marian._n scot._n elfred_n the_o elder_a son_n the_o abbess_n of_o quedlingburg_n oswald_z a_o young_a son_n there_o a_o daughter_n monarch_n 24._o elfred_n an._n do._n 872._o marianus_n florentius_n asser._n speculum_fw-la hist._n ricardus_n cirencestrencis_n mat._n west_n polychro_fw-la lib._n 6._o c._n 〈◊〉_d an._n dom._n 875._o elfreds_n composition_n three_o king_n against_o elfred_n an._n do._n 876._o abington_n seven_o battle_n in_o one_o year_n an._n do._n 876._o simon_n dunel_n elfreds_n exigent_n edelingsey_n island_n asser._n s●…_n hist●…_n ric._n cir●…_n polydor._fw-la virg._n 〈◊〉_d h●…y_n hunt_n an._n do._n 878_o an._n do._n 879_o asser._n 〈◊〉_d dane_n send_v for_o peace_n sl●…_n d●…lm_n 〈◊〉_d lambere_fw-la in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o old_a english_a law_n an._n do._n 879_o mar●…_n an._n do._n 889._o asserius_fw-la flo._n wigorn._n wil._n malmsbury_n an._n do._n 892._o si●…_n dun._n fernham_n battle_n *_o bea●…fles_n hastings_z wife_n and_o child_n set_v at_o liberty_n excester_n and_o chester_n besiege_v an._n do._n 895._o flor●…_n wigorn._n marian._n scotus_n scotus_n ware_n the_o river_n lea_n divide_v and_o ●…ade_v unnavigable_a henry_n h●…ting_v an._n do._n 897._o seal_n chr._n regist._n hyde_n tho._n rudburne_n reg._n hig._n asserim_n men._n wil._n malmsbury_n elfreds_n good_a study_n alfred●…_n ri●…essit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_fw-la apologia_fw-la oxen._n aserius_n grimbald_n john_n scot._n annal_n of_o winton_n monast._n mal●…s_n de_fw-fr reg._n l._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 4._o wigornensis_n th._n rudburne_n elswith_n malcolm_n king_n of_o scot_n edward_n the_o elder_a son_n ethelward_n the_o second_o son_n rudburne_n annales_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d elfleda_n the_o elder_a daughter_n ethelgeda_n the_o second_o daughter_n elfride_n the_o yo●…gest_a daughter_n edward_n monarch_n 24._o an._n do._n 901._o speculum_fw-la hist._n 〈◊〉_d ciren_n john_n stow._n ethealwld_v his_o minority_n winborne_n take_v by_o he_o henry_n 〈◊〉_d ran._n higd._n s._n edmund_n ditch_n an._n do._n 905._o joannes_n leo_n aph●…r_n in_o descrip●…_n a●…ric_n lib._n 3._o the_o dane_n break_v truce_n with_o the_o english_a an._n do._n 910._o simon_n dunelm_n two_o danish_a king_n slay_v wal._n mapaeus_n leolin_n his_o homage_n to_o king_n edward_n his_o admiration_n of_o king_n edward_n mildness_n hen._n hunting_n an._n do._n 912._o elfleda_n dislike_n of_o wedlock_n she_o win_v brec●…k_v &_o derby_n many_o town_n plant_v by_o she_o polydor._n edrick_n his_o do_n the_o time_n of_o king_n edward_n reign_n his_o death_n and_o burial_n eguina_fw-la prince_n edward_n marry_v sg●…inae_n elfleda_n stephen_n the_o six_o bishop_n of_o rome_n edgina_fw-la two_o king_n her_o son_n ethelstan_n the_o first_o son_n wil._n malmsb._n elfred_n the_o second_o son_n crown_a king_n in_o his_o father_n time_n editha_n the_o first_o daughter_n mat._n westminster_n po●…dor_n tamworth_n castell_n elsward_o the_o three_o son_n 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malmsbury_n a_o law_n against_o felon_n godfrey_n and_o anlasse_n the_o son_n of_o sithrick_n sithrick_n ludwall_n say_v malmsbury_n an._n do._n 937._o mat._n west_n rand._n higd._n king_n constantine_n assist_v godfrey_n wil._n malmsb._n simon_n dun._n ran._n higden_n anlafe_a king_n of_o ireland_n hector_n boetius_fw-la anlafe_a his_o policy_n anlafe_a his_o soldier_n fidelity_n wil._n malmsbury_n five_o king_n and_o twelve_o duke_n slay_v polier_fw-fr lib._n 6._o cap_n 〈◊〉_d dunba●…_n castle_n beverley_n the_o prince_n of_o wales_n tribute_n corn._n wal._n wil._n malmsbury_n ran._n higd._n in_o polier_n lib_n 6._o cap._n 6._o the_o king_n of_o france_n his_o present_n to_o king_n el●…elstan_n consta●…_n sword_n with_o 〈◊〉_d nail_n of_o the_o cross_n send_v into_o england_n holinshed_n s._n swithens_o abbey_n king_n athelstans_n beneficence_n john_n stow._n ceolnothus_n coin_n an._n ●…31_n 〈◊〉_d virtue_n the_o ti●…_n of_o his_o reign_n john_n rouse_n papulwick_n monarch_n 27_o 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virtue_n of_o k._n henry_n holinshed_n camb._n brit._n in_o descript_n of_o surrey_n king_n college_n in_o cambridge_n and_o eton_n in_o berkshire_n find_v 〈◊〉_d by_o k._n henry_n queen_n margaret_z ranso●…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bastard_z fauconbridge_n with_o his_o unruly_a crew_n yield_v to_o king_n edward_n bastard_z fauconbridge_n pardon_v of_o life_n and_o reward_v with_o knighthood_n rob._n fabian_n bastard_z fauconbridge_n behead_v a._n d._n 1472._o henry_n of_o richmond_n flee_v into_o britain_n the_o story_n of_o john_n earl_n of_o oxford_n water_n break_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n john_n stow._n annal_n the_o earl_n of_o oxford_n send_v prisoner_n into_o france_n the_o hard_a and_o inhuman_a usage_n of_o the_o countess_n of_o oxford_n the_o story_n of_o lord_n henry_n holland_n duke_n of_o excester_n phil._n comines_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o ed._n hall_n the_o unloving_a part_n of_o a_o unloving_a wi●…e_n joh._n s●…w_o the_o lord_n henry_n suppose_v to_o have_v be_v drown_v 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