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treacherous_o slay_v he_o be_v drive_v into_o banishment_n ibid._n after_o 10_o year_n banishment_n restore_v again_o p._n 179._o he_o cruel_o and_o treacherous_o put_v to_o death_n oelf_n and_o oelfwin_n the_o son_n of_o elfwald_n former_o king_n p._n 180._o and_o afterward_o osr_v who_o though_o shave_v a_o monk_n attempt_v again_o upon_o the_o kingdom_n ibid._n he_o marry_v elfle_v the_o daughter_n of_o offa_n p._n 180._o be_v miserable_o slay_v by_o his_o people_n p._n 182._o ethelred_n the_o son_n of_o eandr_v drive_v out_o in_o his_o 4._o year_n p._n 193._o be_v re-exalted_n to_o his_o seat_n but_o slay_v the_o 4._o year_n after_o ibid._n ethelred_n the_o three_o son_n of_o ethelwolf_n the_o three_o monarch_n of_o the_o english-saxons_a infest_a with_o fresh_a invasion_n of_o the_o dane_n p._n 199._o he_o fight_v several_a great_a battle_n with_o the_o dane_n with_o various_a success_n p._n 202_o 203_o he_o die_v in_o the_o 5._o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o be_v bury_v at_o winburn_n p._n 203._o ethelred_n the_o son_n of_o edgar_n by_o elfrida_n crown_v at_o kingston_n p._n 243._o dunstan_n at_o his_o baptism_n presage_v ill_a of_o his_o future_a slothful_a reign_n ibid._n new_a invasion_n of_o the_o dane_n and_o great_a spoil_n commit_v by_o they_o in_o his_o reign_n p._n 244_o 245_o etc._n etc._n be_v reduce_v to_o straits_n by_o the_o dane_n he_o retire_v into_o normandy_n p._n 258._o be_v recall_v by_o his_o people_n and_o joyful_o receive_v ibid._n drive_v canute_n the_o dane_n back_o to_o his_o ship_n p._n 259._o he_o die_v at_o london_n p._n 262._o ethelric_n ida_n son_n expel_v edwin_n the_o son_n of_o alla_n out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o deira_n p._n 133._o ethelwald_n the_o son_n of_o oswald_n king_n of_o deira_n take_v part_n with_o the_o mercian_n withdraw_v his_o force_n p._n 160._o ethelwald_n the_o brother_n of_o edelhere_o succeed_v he_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o east-angle_n p._n 161._o ethelwald_n surname_v mollo_n set_v up_o king_n of_o the_o northumbrian_n in_o the_o room_n of_o oswulf_n p._n 177._o he_o slay_v in_o battle_n oswin_n a_o lord_n that_o rebel_v against_o he_o ib._n be_v set_v upon_o by_o alcle_v who_o assume_v his_o place_n ibid._n ethelwolf_n the_o second_o monarch_n of_o the_o english-saxons_a of_o a_o mild_a nature_n not_o warlike_a or_o ambitious_a p._n 192._o he_o with_o his_o son_n ethelbald_n give_v the_o dane_n a_o total_a defeat_n at_o ak-lea_n or_o oak-lea_n p._n 194._o he_o dedicatea_fw-la the_o ten_o of_o his_o whole_a kingdom_n towards_o the_o maintenance_n of_o mass_n and_o psalm_n for_o the_o prosper_a of_o he_o and_o his_o captain_n against_o the_o dane_n p._n 195._o take_v a_o journey_n to_o rome_n with_o his_o son_n alfrid_n and_o marry_v judith_n the_o daughter_n of_o charles_n the_o bald_a of_o france_n ibid._n he_o be_v drive_v by_o a_o conspiracy_n to_o consign_v half_a his_o kingdom_n to_o his_o son_n ethelbald_n p._n 195._o die_n and_o be_v bury_v at_o winchester_n p._n 197._o ethelwolf_n earl_n of_o bark-shire_n obtain_v a_o victory_n against_o the_o dane_n at_o englefield_n p._n 201_o 202._o in_o another_o battle_n be_v slay_v himself_o p._n 202._o ethildrith_n refuse_v for_o 12_o year_n her_o husband_n ecfrids_n bed_n at_o length_n veil_v herself_o a_o nun_n and_o be_v make_v abbess_n of_o ely_n p._n 167._o eustace_n count_n of_o boloign_n revenge_v the_o death_n of_o one_o of_o his_o servant_n be_v set_v upon_o by_o the_o citizen_n of_o canterbury_n p._n 284._o he_o complain_v to_o king_n edward_n who_o take_v his_o part_n against_o the_o canterburian_o and_o command_v earl_n godwin_n against_o they_o but_o in_o vain_a p._n 284_o 285._o f._n faganus_fw-la and_o deruvianus_n say_v to_o have_v preach_v the_o gospel_n here_o and_o to_o have_v convert_v almost_o the_o whole_a island_n p._n 79._o faustus_n incestuous_o bear_v of_o vortimer_n and_o his_o daughter_n live_v a_o devout_a life_n in_o glamorgan-shire_n p._n 115._o fergus_n king_n of_o scot_n say_v to_o be_v slay_v by_o the_o joint_a force_n of_o the_o britan_n and_o roman_n p._n 102._o ferrex_n the_o son_n of_o gorbogudo_n slay_v in_o fight_v his_o brother_n porrex_n though_o assist_v with_o force_n out_o of_o france_n p._n 21._o be_v in_o revenge_n slay_v himself_o in_o bed_n by_o his_o mother_n videna_n ibid._n flattery_n odious_a and_o contemptible_a to_o a_o generous_a spirit_n p._n 273._o francus_n name_v among_o the_o four_o son_n of_o istion_n spring_v of_o japhet_n and_o from_o he_o the_o franc_n say_v to_o be_v derive_v p._n 5._o fulgenius_n reckon_v among_o the_o ancient_a british_a king_n p._n 28._o the_o commander_n in_o chief_a of_o the_o caledonian_n against_o septimius_n severus_n so_o call_v by_o geoffry_n of_o monmouth_n p._n 84._o g._n galgacus_n head_n the_o britan_n against_o julius_n agricola_n p._n 74._o germanus_n in_o a_o public_a disputation_n at_o verulam_n put_v to_o silence_v the_o chief_a of_o the_o pelagian_n p._n 104._o he_o be_v entreat_v by_o the_o britan_n to_o head_n they_o against_o the_o pict_n and_o saxon_n p._n 104._o he_o gain_v the_o victory_n by_o a_o religious_a stratagem_n p._n 105._o his_o death_n p._n 108._o gerontius_n a_o britain_n by_o his_o valour_n advance_v the_o success_n of_o constantine_n the_o usurper_n in_o france_n and_o spain_n p._n 95._o displace_v by_o he_o he_o call_v in_o the_o vanâ—â—â—â—_n against_o he_o ibid._n desert_a by_o his_o soldier_n he_o depand_v himself_o valiant_o with_o the_o slaughter_n of_o 300_o of_o his_o enemy_n p._n 96._o he_o kill_v his_o wife_n nonnichia_n refuse_v to_o outlive_v he_o ibid._n geruntius_n the_o son_n of_o elidure_n not_o his_o immediate_a successor_n p._n 28._o godwin_n earl_n of_o kent_n and_o the_o westsaxon_n stand_n for_o hardecnute_n p._n 274._o he_o betray_v prince_n elfr_v to_o harold_n p._n 274._o 276._o be_v call_v to_o account_v by_o hardecnute_n he_o appease_v he_o with_o a_o very_a rich_a present_n p._n 277._o he_o earnest_o exhort_v edward_n to_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n p._n 280._o marry_v his_o daughter_n to_o king_n edward_n p._n 281._o he_o raise_v force_n in_o opposition_n of_o the_o french_a who_o the_o king_n favour_v p._n 285._o be_v banish_v p._n 286._o he_o and_o his_o son_n unite_n in_o a_o great_a fleet_n grow_v formidable_a p._n 288._o come_v up_o to_o london_n with_o his_o ship_n and_o prepare_v for_o battle_n a_o reconciliation_n be_v sudden_o make_v between_o he_o and_o the_o king_n p._n 289._o sit_v with_o the_o king_n at_o table_n he_o sudden_o sink_v down_o dead_a in_o his_o seat_n p._n 290._o gomer_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o japhet_n believe_v the_o first_o that_o people_v these_o west_n and_o northern_a clime_n p._n 4._o goneril_n gain_v upon_o the_o affection_n of_o her_o father_n king_n liar_n by_o her_o dissimulation_n p._n 17._o she_o be_v marry_v with_o maglaunus_fw-la duke_n of_o albania_n p._n 18._o her_o ingratitude_n to_o her_o father_n after_o she_o have_v gain_v from_o he_o what_o she_o can_v p._n 19_o gorbogudo_fw-la or_o gorbodego_n succeed_v kinmarcus_n in_o the_o kingdom_n p._n 21._o gorbonian_n succeed_v morindus_n in_o the_o kingdom_n p._n 25._o his_o justice_n and_o piety_n p._n 25_o 26._o gratianus_n funarius_n the_o father_n of_o valentinian_n commander_n in_o chief_a of_o the_o roman_a army_n in_o britain_n p._n 89._o gregory_n archdeacon_n of_o rome_n and_o afterward_o pope_n procure_v the_o send_v over_o of_o abbot_n austin_n and_o other_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n to_o the_o saxon_n in_o this_o island_n p._n 138._o griffin_n prince_n of_o south-wales_n join_v with_o algar_n and_o commit_v great_a spoil_n in_o hereford_n be_v pursue_v by_o harold_n earl_n of_o kent_n p._n 292._o after_o a_o peace_n conclude_v he_o break_v his_o faith_n and_o return_n to_o hostility_n ibid._n be_v again_o reduce_v ibid._n harold_n