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the_o government_n of_o britain_n unto_o he_o or_o for_o himself_o to_o have_v so_o soon_o usurp_v it_o against_o so_o righfull_a and_o a_o potent_a king_n and_o emperor_n 5._o and_o our_o most_o ancient_a and_o best_a historian_n s._n gildas_n s._n bede_n marianus_n 28._o gild._a l._n the_o excid_n &_o conq_fw-fr brit._n c._n 10._o â—â—â—gebert_n chron._n eutrop._n hist_n polyd_v virgil._n angl._n hist_o l._n 3._o p._n 49._o stowe_n &_o howes_n hist_n in_o constant_a constantius_n julian_n hollinsh_fw-mi hist_o of_o engl._n l._n 4._o fast_o reg._n &_o episc_n angl._n ammian_n marcelli_n l._n 20._o in_o init_fw-la l._n 26._o 28._o florentius_n wigorniensis_n ethelwerdus_n henry_n of_o huntingdon_n and_o william_n of_o malmesbury_n although_o as_o diligent_o as_o they_o can_v recompt_v our_o king_n of_o britain_n never_o mention_v any_o such_o octavius_n or_o octavian_n but_o the_o chief_a and_o most_o ancient_a of_o they_o s._n gildas_n plain_o say_v that_o this_o island_n be_v at_o 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