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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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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 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1346._o 1346._o grafton_n grafton_n serres_n king_n edward_n charity_n the_o french_a devise_n to_o succour_n calais_n the_o english_a victory_n at_o potier_n 19_o sep._n 1356._o 1356._o serres_n polyd._n verg●…_n say_v his_o name_n be_v innocentius_n innocentius_n serres_n the_o french_a king_n take_v prisoner_n prisoner_n froissard_n froissard_n serres_n serres_n fabian_z out_o of_o the_o french_a chronicle_n chronicle_n ypod._n neust._n neust._n serres_n the_o prince_n do_v thing_n more_o commendable_a than_o his_o victory_n victory_n paul_n aemyl_n aemyl_n poly._n verg_n lib._n 19_o 19_o holinsh._n &_o omnes_fw-la omnes_fw-la bolyd_n verg._n lib._n 19_o 19_o 5_o m●…_n a._n d._n 1357._o ypod._n neust._n a_o lord_n maior_n feast_v four_o king_n at_o once_o the_o two_o prisoner_n king_n lodge_v lodge_v adam_n 〈◊〉_d king_n david_n set_v at_o liberty_n after_o 11_o year_n durance_n durance_n fourdon_n a._n d._n 1357._o 1357._o 27._o novemb._n novemb._n guil._n tilli●…_n tilli●…_n 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d._n 1385._o the_o sovereignty_n of_o flanders_n offe●…red_v to_o king_n richard_n by_o the_o fleming_n fleming_n john_n tylli●…_n in_o chron._n chron._n paul_n aemyl_n say_v 40000._o in_o in_o fight_n and_o in_o ●…ight_n and_o that_o in_o those_o whole_a civil_a war_n there_o perish_v ●…00000_n ●…00000_n in_o rich._n 2._o ad_fw-la a._n d._n 1386._o the_o duke_n of_o lancaster_n stand_v upon_o his_o ke●…ping_n th●…_n walse_v in_o rich._n 2._o ad_fw-la ●…unc_fw-la ann_n the_o french_a prepare_v a_o invasion_n against_o england_n england_n exit_fw-la record_n ap●…d_v tiliu●…_n tiliu●…_n paul_n a●…myl_n a●…myl_n polyd._n uerg._n lib._n bist_fw-ge angl._n 20._o &_o paul_n aemyl_n fr●…issard_n i●…_n meir_n meir_n paul_n emyl_n three_o hundred_o thousand_o english_a man_n in_o arm_n together_o together_o seruientes_fw-la ad_fw-la arma_fw-la arma_fw-la paul_n aemyl_n in_o carol._n 6._o the_o king_n mother_n die_v be_v deny_v a_o pardon_n for_o her_o son_n the_o lord_n john_n holland_n 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