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to_o abandon_v their_o kingdom_n and_o depart_v into_o italy_n where_o the_o king_n die_v the_o same_o year_n in_o the_o english_a college_n at_o rome_n she_o live_v after_o he_o fifteen_o year_n in_o the_o habit_n of_o a_o nâ—…ne_n at_o the_o city_n of_o padâ—…a_n and_o there_o die_v and_o be_v honourable_o bury_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n god_n eight_o hundred_o eighty_o nine_o which_o be_v the_o eighteen_o year_n of_o her_o brother_n king_n elfreds_n reign_n 16_o neâ—…te_a suppose_a by_o john_n capgraâ—…e_n the_o legend_n writer_n to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o king_n ethelwolfe_n be_v in_o his_o 〈◊〉_d youth_n bring_v up_o at_o glastenbery_n under_o dunstan_n who_o be_v afterward_o arthbishop_n of_o caâ—…terbury_n he_o prove_v a_o man_n of_o great_a learning_n and_o be_v one_o of_o the_o first_o reader_n of_o divinity_n in_o the_o university_n of_o oxford_n at_o the_o foundation_n or_o as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o the_o restauration_n thereof_o by_o king_n elfred_n he_o 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