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l._n 6._o p._n 32._o cumbran_n a_o most_o noble_a ealdorman_n for_o represent_v the_o people_n grievance_n to_o cruel_a king_n sigebert_n at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o subject_n be_v stain_n by_o he_o l._n 4._o p._n 226_o 227_o cuneglasus_n suppose_v by_o some_o antiquary_n to_o have_v be_v king_n of_o the_o northern_a or_o cambrian_a britain_n l._n 3._o p._n 139_o 145._o curescot_n or_o cyrescot_n that_o be_v first-fruit_n or_o money_n give_v to_o the_o church_n l._n 6._o p._n 55_o 56._o cutha_n vid._n cuthwulf_n cuthbert_n ordain_v bishop_n of_o lindisfarne_n his_o noble_a character_n and_o approach_a death_n l._n 4._o p._n 201_o 202._o retires_n after_o he_o have_v resign_v his_o bishopric_n to_o farne-island_n and_o there_o decease_v but_o his_o body_n be_v translate_v to_o lindisfarne_v id._n p_o 204._o called_n st._n cuthbert_n and_o esteem_v to_o have_v be_v a_o very_a holy_a man_n id._n p._n 215._o l._n 5._o p._n 286._o cuthbryht_o or_o cuthbert_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o nothelm_n be_v consecrate_v archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n l._n 4._o p._n 224._o sit_v archbishop_n eighteen_o year_n and_o then_o dâ—ceases_v id._n p._n 228._o his_o body_n after_o a_o hundred_o year_n remove_v by_o aldune_n from_o cunecaeaster_n i.e._n chester_n to_o the_o place_n where_o the_o city_n of_o durham_n be_v afterward_o build_v l._n 6._o p._n 26._o cuthr_v have_v three_o thousand_o hide_n of_o land_n give_v he_o by_o cenwalc_n king_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n near_a aescasdune_n l._n 4._o p._n 182._o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o cwichelme_v ibid._n his_o death_n id._n p._n 186._o cuthred_a cousin_n to_o ethelred_n succeed_v he_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n hâ—s_n war_n with_o ethelbald_n king_n of_o the_o mercian_n with_o various_a success_n he_o and_o ethelbald_n fight_v against_o the_o britain_n l._n 4._o p._n
regis_fw-la fol._n 19_o 19_o print_v also_o at_o the_o end_n of_o asser_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la alfredi_n see_v the_o translation_n of_o this_o will_n at_o the_o end_n of_o k._n alfred_n be_v life_n life_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la alsredi_fw-la de_fw-fr genealog_n regum_fw-la ang._n col._n 351._o 1_o vol._n pag._n 59_o hist._n ecclesi_n pag._n 5._o chron._n ethelwerdi_n lib._n 3._o ca._n 3._o an._n 901._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 6._o ethelwerdi_n histor._n cap._n 7._o 7._o otho_n d._n 12._o true_a and_o exact_a history_n of_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o crown_n so_o 3_o 9_o vid._n exact_a history_n of_o the_o succession_n p._n 7_o 9_o 9_o cleopatra_n b._n 13._o sim._n dunelm_n 975._o true_a and_o exact_a history_n of_o the_o succession_n etc._n etc._n fol._n 7._o pag._n 37._o ibid_fw-la pag._n 38._o bibliothec._n cotton_n nero._n cap._n 7._o id._n sub_fw-la effigy_n claudii_n a._n 3._o 3._o i_o e._n the_o ld._n or_o prince_n to_o be_v elect_v whence_o the_o spanish_a and_o italian_a title_n of_o signior_n cleopatra_n b._n 13._o seld._n tit._n hon._n pag._n 116._o id._n pag._n 140._o ingulph_n fol._n 507._o b._n lin_v 5._o otho_n d._n 7._o page_n 5._o 5._o fol._n 509._o a_o line_n 2._o 2._o lib._n 2._o c._n 12._o lib._n 6._o p._n 365._o otho_fw-la d._n 7._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 13._o pag._n 895._o lib._n 6._o p._n 365._o cleopatra_n c._n 3._o lib._n 6._o cap._n 9_o page_n 8._o col._n 189._o n._n 20._o fo._n 512._o n._n 40._o page_n 172._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 43._o fol._n 515._o page_n 5._o will._n malmesbur_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la lib._n 2._o fol._n â—5_n dr._n brady_n be_v answer_n to_o argum_fw-la antinorman_n fol._n 238._o true_a and_o exact_a history_n of_o the_o succession_n fol._n 7._o id._n fol._n 9_o id._n ibid._n vid._n ante_fw-la vitam_fw-la aelfred_n r._n tab._n 4._o &_o ante_fw-la camden_n britan_n tab._n vid._n vitam_fw-la aelfredi_n pag._n 158._o liâ—_n 4._o pag._n 363.364_o publish_v by_o dr._n gale_n gale_n pag._n 318._o publish_v in_o the_o same_o vol._n by_o dr._n gale_n gale_n sect._n 3_o artic._n super_fw-la chartas_n cap._n 20._o p._n 576._o pag._n 340._o 340._o pag._n 7_o 8._o 8._o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o k._n clotair_n ii_o tit_n moeurs_fw-fr &_o constumes_n constumes_n vid._n hoveden_n pars_fw-la pâ—â—or_fw-la p._n 42â—_n 42â—_n pag._n 345._o 345._o pag._n 138._o seld._n tit._n hoâ—_n c._n 8._o so_o 131._o ibid._n fol._n 110._o de_fw-fr comitiis_fw-la imperatoriis_fw-la c._n 2._o aetheling_n general_n of_o the_o king_n force_n chancellor_n hist._n ingulph_n fol._n 36._o edit_fw-la oxen._n page_n 8._o ealdormaâ—_n gloss._n tit_n aldermannus_n fol._n 25._o huntingtonshirâ—_n tiâ—â—â—s_n of_o â—onoâ—r_n chap._n 5_o fol._n 505._o 505._o 〈◊〉_d lib._n dâ—_n ramsey_n publish_v by_o dâ—_n gale_n spelm._n glos_n tit._n aldemannus_n cap._n 35._o tit_n geref_o hist._n eccles._n lib._n 3._o cap_n 3._o &_o vid._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 13._o eorle_fw-mi heretoch_n tit._n hold_v tit._n de_fw-fr herâ—tochiis_fw-la sheriff_n lib._n 3._o an._n 787._o thane_n tit._n of_o honour_n fol._n 507_o 508._o 508._o vid._n notas_fw-la ad_fw-la eadmerum_fw-la pag._n 170._o cap._n 52._o sithcundman_n lamb._n explic._n verb._n pag._n 5._o cap._n 5._o part_n 4._o ch._n â—_o ceorle_n complete_a history_n pag._n 65._o 65._o ll._n edwardâ—_n cap._n 35._o vid._n hovedeâ—_n socman_n cap._n 12._o cap._n the_o brev._n de_fw-fr recto_n vid._n ll._n edwardi_fw-la confess_v cap._n 35._o tit._n honour_n ch._n 5._o fo._n 515._o apud_fw-la lambard_n in_o itinerar_n cantii_n pag._n 552_o 553._o slave_n vid._n aelfric_n gloss._n saxonic_n burh_fw-mi witan_fw-mi i._n e._n citizen_n and_o townsman_n vid._n aelfric_n gloss._n saxonic_n different_a court_n 1._o the_o court_n of_o trihing_n or_o lath_n lambard_n de_fw-fr priscis_fw-la anglor_fw-la legibus_fw-la fol._n 135._o 135._o chap._n 12_o fol._n 26._o 2._o the_o hundred_o court_n dugdale_n be_v origin_n juridic_n cap._n 11._o 11._o exit_fw-la regist._n de_fw-fr ely_n in_o bibl._n cotton_n sub_fw-la effigy_n titi._n â—_o 1._o f._n 6._o b._n ibid._n fol._n 5._o b._n &_o fol._n 7._o a._n &_o fol._n 13._o b._n b._n cart_n 2._o r._n 2._o m._n 12._o n._n 5._o per_fw-la inspex_fw-la the_o decennary_n or_o tything_n court_n with_fw-mi leg._n canut_n cap._n 19_o vid._n leges_fw-la edwardi_fw-la cap._n 27._o vid._n lambard_n ll._n edward_n cap._n 16._o cap._n 50._o cap._n 20._o the_o rise_n of_o court-baron_n vid._n leges_fw-la edw._n conf._n apud_fw-la lamb._n f._n 132._o a._n the_o sciremote_a or_o sheriff_n turn_v vid._n dugd._n juridical_n orig._n c._n 13._o fol._n 28._o 28._o leges_fw-la edgari_fw-la â—enes_fw-la lamb._n cap._n 5._o fol._n 80._o leges_fw-la canuti_n ibid._n c._n 17·_fw-la fol._n 108._o a._n selden_n be_v tit._n of_o honour_n part_v 2._o cap._n 5._o and_o sect._n 5._o fol._n 628_o 130._o 130._o vid._n jani_fw-la angl._n etc._n etc._n etc._n cart._n 2._o r._n 2._o per_fw-la inspex_fw-la m._n 12._o ll._n henry_n i._n cap._n 7._o page_n 260._o verb._n laeta_n vid._n ll._n edwardi_fw-la c._n 35._o the_o county_n court_n vid._n dugdale_n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n leges_fw-la edwardi_fw-la senioris_fw-la apud_fw-la lamb._n c._n xi_o fol._n 51._o a._n videsis_n etiam_fw-la leges_fw-la canuti_n cap._n 17._o apud_fw-la lamb._n fol._n 108._o a._n cap._n 39_o apud_fw-la brompt_a col._n 924._o &_o apud_fw-la lamb._n fol._n 108._o a._n n._n 18._o vid._n spelm._n gloss._n vocab_n comitatus_fw-la curia_fw-la curia_fw-la vid._n lib._n rub_v in_o scacc._n fol._n 26._o inter_fw-la leges_fw-la hen._n 1._o glanvil_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 4._o vid._n dugdale_n origin_n jurid_a selden_n be_v tit._n of_o honour_n chap._n 5._o fol._n 509_o 510._o 510._o lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o curia_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la regis_fw-la lib._n 3._o c._n 10._o dugdal_n origin_n juridical_a cap._n 17._o f._n 38._o cap._n 5._o the_o great_a council_n or_o parliament_n vid._n vol._n 1._o council_n an._n 851._o fol._n 347._o pag._n 116_o 117_o 118._o vid._n introduct_v and_o fol._n 127_o 128._o glossary_a fol._n 66._o id._n fol._n 67._o 67._o cap._n 1._o id._n ibid._n lamb._n fol._n 147._o 147._o fol._n 85._o witena_n gemot_n concilium_fw-la procerum_fw-la vel_fw-la primatum_fw-la laity_n and_o clergy_n thanes_z milites_fw-la dr._n brady_n introduct_n fol._n 6_o &_o 7._o vid._n antiquit._n britan._n matth._n parkeri_fw-la archiep_n cant._n dr._n brady_n ut_fw-la sup_n nobilis_fw-la tit._n adâ—lingi_n p._n 10._o proceres_fw-la lib._n 9_o cap._n 4._o page_n 420._o primate_fw-la optimates_fw-la â—rincipes_fw-la dr._n brady_n introduct_n fol._n 7._o id._n ibid._n spelm._n gloss._n tit_n barones_n comitatus_fw-la complete_a hist._n fol._n 69_o 70._o answer_v to_o mr._n petyt_n be_v right_n of_o the_o commons_o in_o folio_n p._n 10._o deputy_n of_o city_n and_o great_a to_n procuratores_fw-la procuratores_fw-la in_o bibl._n cotton_n tiber._n c._n 4._o claudius_n b._n 9_o cap._n 5â—_n tome_n 3._o pag._n â—00_o faustina_n a._n 3._o fol._n 97._o pag._n 64_o 65._o 65._o in_o bib._n cotton_n faustina_n a._n 3._o 3._o in_o the_o margin_n of_o the_o book_n there_o be_v this_o note_n in_o a_o more_o modern_a hand_n nota_fw-la hic_fw-la hos_fw-la omnes_fw-la convocari_fw-la à _fw-la rege_fw-la suâ_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la ad_fw-la causas_fw-la religionis_fw-la tractandas_fw-la tà m_fw-la nobiles_fw-la de_fw-la clero_fw-la quam_fw-la principes_fw-la regni_fw-la cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la inferioris_fw-la gradus_fw-la conventio_fw-la quorum_fw-la videtur_fw-la esse_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la from_o whence_o it_o appear_v that_o this_o notator_n take_v this_o assembly_n for_o a_o parliament_n of_o those_o time_n bibliothec._n politic._n pag._n 567_o 568._o archeion_n p._n 256_o 257_o etc._n etc._n etc._n of_o which_o sort_n be_v gatton_n in_o surrey_n beside_o several_a borough_n in_o devonshire_n comâ—â—â—â—_n and_o other_o couâ—â—iâ—s_n couâ—â—iâ—s_n rot._n pat._n 17._o ed._n 3._o pars_fw-la 1._o m._n 20._o vid._n monastic_a anglican_n vol._n 1._o fol._n 988._o col_fw-fr 2._o vid._n spelm._n council_n f._n 625._o 625._o lamb._n ll._n edw._n regis_fw-la cap._n 8._o answer_v to_o argument_n anti-â—orman_a fol._n 297._o lamb._n ibid._n baro._n villanus_fw-la complete_a hist._n p._n 67._o decem-scriptores_a fol._n 372._o tit._n alodium_n cap._n 75._o cap._n 36._o sub_fw-la effigy_n claudii_n d._n 2._o f._n 8._o vid._n spelm._n coâ—cil_n f._n 350._o charta_fw-la antiq_n in_o turri_n lond._n b._n b._n vid._n lleg_n regum_fw-la inae_fw-la aelfredi_n aethelstani_n edgari_fw-la etc._n etc._n vid._n spelm._n council_n vol._n 1._o fol._n 552._o tom._n 1._o fol._n 219._o 219._o pag._n 193._o vid._n chronic._n brompt_v fol._n 848._o brompt_v ut_fw-la supr_n col_fw-fr 893_o 894._o idem_fw-la fol._n 895._o bibl._n cotton_n sub_fw-la effig_n claud._n b._n 9_o cap._n 31._o 31._o rot._n cart._n 4._o e._n 3._o m._n 24._o n._n 58._o 58._o the_o same_o expression_n as_o to_o the_o enact_v part_n as_o well_o as_o all_o the_o party_n that_o give_v their_o assent_n you_o may_v also_o find_v in_o k._n edward_n the_o confessor_n last_o charter_n to_o the_o abbey_n of_o westminster_n vid._n sir_n hen._n spelman_n be_v one_a
vol._n of_o council_n ad_fw-la finem_fw-la spelm._n gloss._n f._n 225._o col_fw-fr 1._o 22_o edw._n 3._o f._n 3._o a._n b._n observation_n on_o the_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n of_o the_o king_n of_o england_n pag._n 13_o 14_o etc._n etc._n tacit._n the_o morib_n german_n cap._n 11._o vid._n bede_n eccl._n hist_n l._n 2._o c._n 13._o hunt_v l._n 3._o f._n 188._o vid._n spel._n council_n ubicunque_fw-la mat._n westm._n fol._n 122_o 123._o spelm._n council_n vol._n 1._o pag._n 152_o 153._o ibid._n fol._n 182_o 183_o etc._n etc._n ibid._n p._n 189_o 190._o ibid._n p._n 194._o spelm._n council_n p._n 242_o etc._n etc._n spelm._n council_n vol._n 1._o f._n 291_o 292_o etc._n etc._n spelm._n council_n 387_o 388._o spelm._n council_n 390_o etc._n etc._n spelm._n council_n 396_o etc._n etc._n spelm._n council_n fol._n 419_o etc._n etc._n lamb._n archaionomia_fw-la f._n 57_o &_o dein_fw-ge id._n fol._n 62._o id._n fol._n 97._o in_o vitâ_fw-la wilfridi_fw-la cap._n 11._o edit_n per_fw-la rev._n dom._n dr._n gale_n fol._n 46._o claudius_n a._n 5._o bibl._n cotton_n vitellius_n d._n 17._o mat._n paris_n fol._n 20._o lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr pont._n vid._n ang._n sacra_fw-la vol._n 1._o pag._n 107._o vid._n lambard_n be_v perambâ—lat_a of_o kent_n pag._n 340._o of_o the_o english_a law_n before_o the_o conquest_n the_o original_a of_o the_o saxon_a customary_a law_n 1._o merchenlage_n 2._o westsaxonlage_n 3._o dane-lage_n the_o civil_a law_n dr._n brady_n complete_a hist._n fol._n 66_o 67._o gavelkind_a fol._n 11._o 11._o k._n edw._n sen._n cap._n 11._o 11._o gloss._n in_o verbo_fw-la terrâ_fw-la ex_fw-la scripto_fw-la bocland_n and_o folkland_n what_o what_o spelm._n council_n fol._n 310._o an._n 800._o council_n clovesho_n c._n 2_o 3_o 6._o 6._o somner_n ut_fw-la â—up_n pag._n 12_o 13._o 13._o ll._n aâ—uvid_n cap._n 37._o bocland_n and_o allodium_fw-la compl._n hist._n pag._n 66_o 67._o pag._n 603._o anno_fw-la 994._o ingulph_n hist._n fol._n 508._o vid._n camd._n brit._n in_o cantio_fw-la folkland_n spelm._n gloss._n â—it_n folkland_n tenant_n in_o ancient_n demesne_fw-la cap._n breve_fw-la de_fw-fr recto_n complete_a hist._n fol._n 67_o 68_o saxon_a tenor_n inland_a utland_n or_o outland_n outland_n lamb._n peramb_v kent_n p._n 495._o 1_o edit_n spelm._n gloss._n in_o verb._n verb._n gavelk_n p._n 14_o 115._o spelm._n gloss._n in_o verbo_fw-la the_o name_n of_o ordinary_a people_n spelm._n gloss._n in_o verb._n f.n.b._n p._n 122._o 122._o the_o original_a of_o ecclesiast_n jurisdict_n of_o testament_n set_v out_o by_o dr._n littleton_n fol._n 5._o 5._o peramb_v cant._n p._n 548._o selden_n ut_fw-la sup_n fol._n 15_o 16._o cap._n 1._o 1._o canuti_n leg._n cap._n 68_o 68_o ejusdem_fw-la leg._n cap._n 68_o 68_o de_fw-fr moribus_fw-la germanorum_n germanorum_n canut_n legibus_fw-la cap._n 75._o 75._o leg._n edw._n confess_v cap._n de_fw-fr heretochiis_fw-la heretochiis_fw-la f._n s_o instit._n de_fw-fr bonorum_fw-la possessione_n criminal_a part_n of_o the_o english_a saxon_a law_n all_o trial_n in_o court-leet_n sheriffs-turn_a or_o county-court_n mirror_n cap._n 5._o sect._n 1_o the_o number_n of_o juryman_n to_o be_v twelve_o ll._n sax._n lamb._n grand_fw-fr jury_n k._n alured_n council_n brit._n fol._n 492._o ordeal_o what_o and_o what_o 〈◊〉_d trial._n somn._fw-la glossâ—r_n in_o verbo_fw-la ordeal_o ll._n longob_n lib._n 1._o tit_n 9_o c._n 39_o glanv_n lib._n 14._o cap._n 1._o in_o fine_a fol._n 79._o see_v the_o hist._n anno_fw-la 1042._o 1042._o de_fw-fr praesul_fw-la p._n 89_o 90._o ll._n aethelst_n can._n 23._o vita_fw-la roberti_n archiep._n sacrilege_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la pontificum_fw-la l._n 1._o sabaoth-breaking_a adultery_n and_o fornication_n treason_n coin_v and_o clip_v murder_n manslaughter_n maim_v etc._n etc._n robbery_n and_o burglary_n trespass_n cap._n 30._o perjury_n ll._n aethelst_n cap._n 12._o ll._n canuti_n c._n 5._o spec._n sax._n l._n 3._o art_n 53._o ll._n edw._n c._n 18._o fine_n set_v and_o appoint_v by_o law_n law_n britan._n wiltshire_n p._n 102._o 102._o p._n 444_o 44â—_n 44â—_n vid._n britan._n dâ—scâ—ipt_n of_o scotland_n introduct_n to_o britan._n britan._n lib._n iii_o c._n 2._o 2._o lib._n ii_o c._n 16._o 16._o lib._n i._o c._n 39_o 39_o 〈◊〉_d ii_o c._n 2._o 2._o lib._n vii_o c._n 36._o 36._o lib._n ii_o cap._n 5._o cap._n 2.3_o 4._o 4._o lib._n iu._n â—iâ—_n â—_o hist._n lib._n iu._n iu._n lib._n iii_o iii_o cap._n 2._o lib._n lxiii_o lib._n xi_o lib._n xxxiii_o cap._n 1._o lib._n xvii_o c._n 8._o cap._n 35._o caesar_n comment_fw-fr lib._n iu._n comment_fw-fr lib._n iu._n iu._n it_o be_v suppose_v by_o mr._n somner_n to_o have_v be_v near_o dover_n dover_n note_v the_o roman_a ensign_n be_v then_o all_o eagle_n though_o afterward_o they_o take_v the_o figure_n of_o other_o animal_n animal_n i_o e._n that_o side_n which_o waâ—_n 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z esseda_n a_o sort_n of_o open_a wagon_n wagon_n temo_fw-la temo_fw-la jugum_n jugum_n de_fw-fr portiâ—_n ictiâ—_n anno_fw-la ante_fw-la christ._n lii_o anno_fw-la ante_fw-la christ._n lii_o lii_o i.e._n a_o kind_n of_o a_o arch_n make_v with_o their_o shield_n clap_v câ—ose_v to_o each_o other_o like_o the_o back_n of_o a_o tortoise_n from_o whence_o it_o have_v its_o name_n anno_fw-la ante_fw-la christ._n lii_o anno_fw-la ante_fw-la christ._n lii_o lii_o i_o shall_v not_o undertake_v to_o english_a thâ—se_a name_n bâ—cause_n they_o be_v very_o â—ncertain_a anno_fw-la ante_fw-la christ._n lii_o m._n anno_fw-la ante_fw-la christ._n xl._o anno_fw-la ante_fw-la christ._n xl._o xl._o dâ—on_n cas._n l._n 49._o 49._o ibid._n l._n 23._o anno_fw-la ante_fw-la chr._n fourteen_o fourteen_o geoff._n mon._n mon._n dion_n ibid._n ibid._n car._n lib._n iii_o od._n 5._o coelo_fw-la tonantem_fw-la credidimus_fw-la jupiter_fw-la regnare_fw-la praesâ—ns_fw-la divus_o habebitur_fw-la augustus_n adjectis_fw-la britannis_fw-la impâ—rio_fw-la gravibusque_fw-la pâ—rsis_n anno_fw-la dom._n fourteen_o fourteen_o suet._n in_o aug._n anno_fw-la dom._n xxxvii_o xxxvii_o sueton_n in_o calig_n anno_fw-la dom._n xxxvii_o xxxvii_o dion_n l._n 15._o 15._o suet._n ibid._n anno_fw-la dom._n xliii_o xliii_o lib._n 60._o anno_fw-la dom·_fw-la xliii_o anno_fw-la dom._n xliv_o xliv_o sueton_n in_o claudio_n anno_fw-la dom._n xliv_o s._n anno_fw-la dom._n xliv_o tacitus_n annal._n lib._n xiii_o c._n 32._o 32._o a_o sort_n of_o petty_a triumph_n perform_v on_o foot_n sueton_n in_fw-la vespas_fw-la an._n xxv_o id._n annal._n lib._n xii_o c._n 31._o anno_fw-la dom._n xliv_o tacit._n an._n lib._n 12._o câ—p_n 32._o 32._o ib._n cap._n 33._o anno_fw-la dom._n xliv_o ib._n cap._n 36._o anno_fw-la dom._n xliv_o xliv_o as_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o germanicus_n tacit._n an._n lib._n 12._o cap._n 38._o 〈◊〉_d c._n 39_o anno_fw-la dom._n xliv_o anno_fw-la dom._n lv._o annal._n xii_o id._n ibid._n anno_fw-la dom._n lv._o history_n iii_o annal._n lxiii_o ibid._n c._n 38._o anno_fw-la dom._n lxiii_o anno_fw-la dom._n lxiii_o lxiii_o tacit._n lib._n 12._o 12._o lib._n lxii_o lxii_o in_o vita_fw-la agric._n cap._n 14._o 14._o annal._n lib._n fourteen_o cap._n 31_o anno_fw-la dom._n lxiii_o ibid._n cap._n 33._o tacit._n ibid._n chap._n 34._o anno_fw-la dom._n lxiii_o lxiii_o ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n cap._n 35._o 35._o ibid._n cap._n 36._o anno_fw-la dom._n lxiii_o lxiii_o tacit._n c._n 37._o 37._o ibid._n cap._n 39_o anno_fw-la dom._n lxiii_o lxiii_o cap._n â—â—_o â—â—_o ibid._n anno_fw-la dom._n lxix_o lxix_o cap_n â—_o anno_fw-la dom._n lxix_o lxix_o chap._n iii_o anno_fw-la dom._n lxix_o anno_fw-la dom._n lxix_o lxix_o ibid._n anno_fw-la dom._n lxx_o lxx_o tacit._n hâ—stor_n lib._n ii_o c._n â—_o 5_o id._n uâ—t_n agricolae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 1â—_n anno_fw-la dom._n lxx_o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxi_o tacit._n vi_o a_o agritol_n 17._o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxvii_o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxviii_o ibid._n cap._n 19_o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxviii_o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxix_o ibid._n cap._n 10._o ib._n c._n 20._o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxix_o lxxix_o ibid._n cap._n 22._o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxx_o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxxi_o lxxxi_o ibid._n cap._n 24._o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxxii_o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxxii_o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxxiii_o lxxxiii_o ibid._n cap._n 24._o 24._o ibid._n cap._n 26._o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxxiii_o lxxxiii_o ibid._n cap._n 27._o 27._o ibid._n cap._n 28_o 29._o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxxiv_o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxxiv_o ibid._n c._n 30_o 31_o 30._o galgacus_n his_o spâ—â—ch_n to_o the_o britain_n britain_n ibid._n c._n 33_o 34._o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxxiv_o the_o substance_n of_o agricola_n be_v speâ—ch_v ib._n cap._n 36._o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxxiv_o ibid._n 38._o ib._n 38._o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxxiv_o ib._n ch_n 39_o dion_n lib._n 67._o ib._n c._n 40._o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxxiv_o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxxv_o ibid._n 41_o 42._o anno_fw-la dom._n lxxxv_o domitian_n as_o i_o find_v it_o elegant_o translate_v in_o mr._n dryden_n be_v juvenal_n lib._n 1._o sat._n 4_o v_o 12â—_n anno_fw-la dom._n lxxxii_o anno_fw-la dom._n xcvi_o anno_fw-la dom._n xcviii_o de_fw-fr ecâ—les_fw-fr brit._n antiquitat_fw-la anno_fw-la dom._n xcvii_o dâ—on_n lib._n 68_o anno_fw-la dom._n cxx_o spartian_a in_o adriano_n anno_fw-la dom._n cxxxviii_o anno_fw-la dom._n