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celebration_n of_o easter_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a rite_n 541_o 〈◊〉_d osr_v p._n 545_o 〈◊〉_d ceolnulf_n egbert_n oswulf_n 〈◊〉_d 546_o 〈◊〉_d ethelred_n elfwald_n osred_n ethelred_n 547_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o east-angle_n 548_o usfa_n titulus_fw-la 549_o redwald_n earpenwald_n sigebert_n 550_o egric_fw-la anna_n ethelherd_n edelwald_n aldulf_n elfwold_n 551_o beorn_n ethelred_n egilbert_n 552_o the_o kingdom_n of_o mercia_n 553_o crida_n wibba_n georl_n penda_n peada_n 555_o wulfer_n ethelred_n kenred_n 556_o kelred_n ethelbald_n beornred_n 557_o offa_n 558_o egfrid_n kenwolf_n kenelm_n 559_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n 560_o cerdic_n 561_o kenric_n ceaulin_n 563_o cearlic_n ceowolf_n kingil_n 564_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n 565_o kenwalch_n 566_o eskwin_n ketwin_n ceadwalla_n 567_o ina_n 568_o the_o law_n of_o king_n ina_n 569_o ethelard_n cuthred_n 580_o sigibert_n kinwulf_n 581_o birthric_n 582_o finis_fw-la cambden_n cambden_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d timagenes_n polybius_n festus_n avicnus_fw-la onomacritus_n cambden_n 〈◊〉_d isacius_n tzetzes_n camb._n brit._n ptolemy_n geog._n the_o true_a calculation_n cluverius_n geogr._n caesar._n com._n minutius_n foe_n lix_o tacitus_n brietius_n brietius_n answer_v tacitus_n eusebius_n herodotus_n justin._n bishop_n usher_n learned_a sir_n w._n raleigh_n note_v a_o german_a mile_n be_v four_o english_a tibullus_n scaliger_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d learned_a selden_n r._n 1._o r._n 2._o r._n 3._o tacitus_n 1._o bocaitus_fw-la ezckiel_n 2._o josephus_n herodotus_n lib._n 4._o hesychius_n pliny_n didimus_n crates_n scholiaste_v aristoph_n ad_fw-la ran._n ran._n in_o dictione_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diod._n sicul._n plutarch_n caesar._n suidas_n florus_n justin._n paus._n aelian_a athenaeus_n suidas_n livy_n plutarch_n festus_n caesar._n tully_n caesar._n lib._n 1._o virgil._n quintilian_n cambden_n festus_n plutarch_n caesar._n com._n festus_n plutarch_n lazius_n pontanus_n strabo_n caesar._n manlius_n sherringham_n de_fw-fr anglorum_fw-la origin_n antonius_n volscus_n dominicus_n marius_n niger_n servius_n honoratus_n john_n twine_v du_n bartas_n etc._n etc._n pliny_n nat._n hist._n lambard_n hist._n richardi_fw-la viti_n lib._n 1._o verslegan_n speak_v of_o the_o king_n of_o palestine_n utrecht_n the_o utmost_a bind_v of_o land_n hugo_n grotius_n de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la relig._n christ._n lib._n 1._o sanchoniathon_n a_o phoenician_n author_n strab._n lib._n 3._o 3._o medacritus_fw-la viz._n melicartus_fw-la hercules_n herodotus_n de_fw-fr cassiteritibus_fw-la diodorus_n sic._n lib._n 5._o plin._n nat._n hist._n lib._n 8._o sancho_n cambden_n solinus_n eustathius_n ortelius_n strabo_n olivarius_n solinus_n eustathius_n cambden_n prolomy_n cambden_n bochartus_fw-la this_o island_n take_v not_o we_o name_n from_o brit_n birth_n or_o canta_n britain_n true_o derive_v from_o bratanac_n bochartus_fw-la strabo_n pliny_n isidore_n manethon_n josephus_n strabo_n humphrey_n lloyd_n bish_n cooper_n tacitus_n herudotus_fw-la lib._n 4._o vulcanus_fw-la bochartus_fw-la strabo_n lib._n i._n milton_n herodotus_n in_o melpomene_n bochartus_fw-la blondus_fw-la buchanan_n milton_n nist_n of_o england_n the_o phoenician_n hanno's_fw-la navigation_n gerardus_n vossius_fw-la isaac_n vossius_fw-la aelianus_n strabo_n bochartus_fw-la onomacritus_n strabo_n pomp_n mela._n ptolemy_n orpheus_n aristotle_n claudian_n eustathius_n martian_a juvenal_n pomp._n mela._n diod._n siculus_n bochartus_fw-la procopius_n pytheas_n mass._n marinus_n ptolemy_n cadmus_n his_o alphabet_n aethicus_n homer_n odyss_n 1._o vers_fw-la 25._o statius_n lib._n 4._o ad_fw-la marcell_n lib._n 5._o in_o proterp_v ad_fw-la crispinum_n suidas_n polybiur_fw-fr lit_fw-fr 3._o strabo_n lib._n 2_o festus_n avienus_n tacitus_n clem._n a_o ex_fw-la plin._n nat._n hist._n strabo_n lib._n 4._o sanchoniathon_n cambden_n 〈◊〉_d solinus_n martial_a tacitus_n bochartus_fw-la ptolemy_n franciscus_n philelphus_n lileus_fw-la geraldus_fw-la varro_n pliny_n nat._n hist._n bochartus_fw-la marcellianus_fw-la ex_fw-la timagi_n stephanus_n josephus_n pausanias_n enidius_fw-la geropius_fw-la sheringham_n plutarch_n solinus_z prolomy_n clitophon_n pliny_n nat._n hist._n ptolemy_n jornandus_fw-la ex_fw-la cornello_n tacitus_n tacitus_n note_v godolanac_n be_v a_o place_n of_o tynn_n from_o which_o godolcan_n be_v derive_v anton._n goll_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 29._o jamblicus_n julian_n the_o apostate_n tacitus_n caesar._n lactant._n lucan_n livy_n philo_z bibl._n sanchoniathon_n plato_n phil._n tully_n lactantius_n pomp._n mela._n bochartus_fw-la polybius_n cambden_n plutarch_n orosius_n servius_n 8_o aeneid_n hesychius_n 2_o sam._n 18._o 14_o pausanias_n quintilian_n pliny_n salassian_o viz._n gaul_n eusebius_n orosius_n eutropius_n salvianus_n prosper_n eumenius_n salvianus_n allobroges_n isidorus_n and_o diodorus_n geraldus_fw-la camb._n rhenanus_fw-la ortelius_n cambden_n pliny_n antoninus_n dio_fw-mi cassius_n pliny_n tacitus_n gul._n malmsb._n antoninus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d itinery_n 〈◊〉_d girald_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 1_o 5._o plutarch_n silius_n ital_n tacitus_n bochartus_fw-la old_a seol_n on_o juvenal_n caesar_n com._n quoere_o nominae_fw-la britannica_fw-la britannica_fw-la note_v duct_n i_o think_v shall_v be_v ducitis_fw-la as_o it_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o derivation_n of_o paterius_n and_o delphidius_n st._n hierom_n ad_fw-la hedeb_n posidonius_n strabo_n festus_n caesar._n a_o 〈◊〉_d account_n of_o this_o chapter_n chapter_n rahab_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o interpretation_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o latin_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v puniceus_fw-la and_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d poenus_fw-la poenus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d marth_a marth_a syrian_a ie_fw-fr syrim_a than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o sylli_n and_o by_o prefix_v the_o article_n hassurim_n be_v bring_v in_o ‑_o assyrian_a grorius_n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la gall._n 114_o p._n 242._o hesychius_n herodotus_n plin._n nat._n hist._n strabo_n lib._n 3._o geogr._n cambden_n liu7_n st._n hieroms_n quest._n on_o gen._n varro_n antiq._n caesar_n comment_n caesar._n tacitus_n caesar._n tacitus_n sheringham_n de_fw-fr orig._n angl._n pythias_n polybius_n lib._n 3._o thucydides_n herodotus_n stephanus_n in_o voce_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isacius_n tzer_n in_o lycoph_n mirae_fw-la