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of_o his_o noble_n and_o native_a subject_n 454._o thereupon_o magnate_v britanny_n the_o noble_n of_o britain_n anno_fw-la 454._o desert_v and_o then_o deprive_v vortigerne_a of_o his_o royal_a power_n 5._o make_v his_o son_n vortimer_n king_n qui_fw-la consiliis_fw-la suorum_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la acquiescens_fw-la who_o follow_v their_o counsel_n in_o all_o thing_n begin_v to_o expel_v the_o saxon_n and_o to_o restore_v the_o briton_n to_o their_o possession_n which_o the_o saxon_n have_v invade_v repair_v likewise_o the_o church_n and_o christian_a religion_n which_o they_o have_v almost_o quite_o ruin_v till_o at_o last_o he_o be_v poison_v by_o rowena_n his_o mother_n in_o law_n 460._o anno_fw-la 460._o cum_fw-la quo_fw-la simul_fw-la spes_fw-la &_o victoria_fw-la brtionum_fw-la est_fw-la extincta_fw-la &_o retro_fw-la fluxerint_fw-la such_o a_o incomparable_a loss_n be_v a_o good_a king_n to_o a_o nation_n vortimer_n be_v thus_o poison_v vortigerne_a reassume_v the_o crown_n 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