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barbarous_a nation_n the_o seat_n of_o attilas_n and_o the_o huns_n then_o of_o the_o ostrogothe_n afterward_o of_o the_o longobard_n and_o last_o of_o the_o avares_n the_o avares_n be_v subdue_v by_o the_o emperor_n charles_n the_o great_a it_o be_v add_v to_o the_o province_n of_o the_o bavarian_o people_v with_o colony_n of_o that_o nation_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o emperor_n lewis_n the_o three_o it_o be_v conquer_v by_o the_o hungarian_n part_v whereof_o which_o be_v the_o low_a pannonie_n they_o have_v hold_v unto_o this_o day_n enthrall_v now_o for_o the_o great_a part_n unto_o the_o turk_n the_o rest_n contain_v now_o stiermarck_n and_o the_o dukedom_n of_o austria_n be_v partly_o yet_o retain_v by_o the_o bavarian_o recover_v by_o the_o prince_n of_o austria_n by_o that_o mean_n still_o remain_v dutch._n gaul_n etc._n this_o country_n we_o have_v before_o bound_v and_o describe_v beside_o france_n it_o comprehend_v the_o part_n of_o modern_a germany_n situate_v betwixt_o the_o alps_n and_o the_o river_n soâ—sne_n mouse_n and_o the_o rhijn_n contain_v now_o the_o dukedom_n of_o lorraine_n gulicke_n sweybruck_n and_o savoy_n the_o free_a county_n of_o burgundy_n elsat_v the_o district_n and_o bishopric_n of_o mentz_n colen_n trier_n and_o luick_n &_o part_n of_o the_o land_n of_o cleve_n and_o of_o the_o low_a palatinate_n what_o have_v be_v the_o sundry_a fortune_n succession_n and_o affair_n hereof_o and_o how_o these_o part_n become_v dutch_n or_o germany_n see_v france_n germany_n 11._o ptolemie_n name_v germania_n this_o the_o great_a germany_n for_o a_o distinction_n from_o the_o two_o lesser_a call_v the_o first_o and_o the_o second_o germany_n and_o lie_v upon_o the_o other_o side_n of_o the_o rhijn_n in_o gaul_n the_o bound_n hereof_o be_v not_o alike_o set_v down_o by_o all_o strabo_n and_o mela_n extend_v they_o southwards_o as_o far_o as_o the_o alps_n include_v rhaetia_n and_o noricum_n orosius_n east-ward_n unto_o the_o euxine_a sea_n 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saxonibus_fw-la v._n etiam_fw-la comment_fw-fr loachimi_fw-la vadiani_n in_o pompon_n melae_n lib._n 3._o the_o hispan_n &_o septent_a iâ—â—sulis_fw-la iâ—â—sulis_fw-la v_o caesaris_fw-la com._n bell._n gal._n lib._n 6._o 6._o v_o trithemium_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la scriptoribus_fw-la annal._n gallicos_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n v_o caes._n com._n bell._n gall._n lib._n 6._o &_o taciti_fw-la julij_fw-la agricolae_fw-la vitam_fw-la vitam_fw-la v_o annal._n eccl._n baronij_fw-la anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 35._o 35._o malmesbur_n de_fw-fr antiq_n glaftoniae_fw-la glaftoniae_fw-la nicephori_n callisti_fw-la eccles._n histor._n lib._n 2_o c._n 4._o 4._o dorothei_n synop_n de_fw-fr vità _fw-la &_o morte_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la menologium_fw-la graecorum_n 10_o die_v maij._n maij._n martyrologium_fw-la romanum_fw-la 28_o octob._n octob._n martyrologium_fw-la bedae_fw-la s._n calend_n novemb_n novemb_n dorothei_n synopsis_n de_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la bedae_fw-la eccles._n histor._n anglorum_fw-la lib._n 1._o c._n 4._o 4._o ib._n lib._n 1_o c._n 6._o &_o 7._o 7._o v_o geldae_fw-la epistolam_fw-la de_fw-la excidio_fw-la &_o conquestu_fw-la brittanniae_fw-la brittanniae_fw-la v_o annales_n eccl._n coes._n baronij_fw-la anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 183._o 183._o quaedam_fw-la civitates_fw-la cogiduno_n regi_fw-la donatae_fw-la vetere_fw-la &_o iam_fw-la pridem_fw-la recepta_fw-la populi_fw-la romani_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la ut_fw-la haberet_fw-la instrumenta_fw-la servitutis_fw-la &_o reges_fw-la corn._n tacit_fw-la vita_fw-la julij_fw-la agricolae_fw-la agricolae_fw-la britanorum_fw-la inaccessa_fw-la romanis_n loca_fw-la christo_fw-la sunt_fw-la subdita_fw-la tertullian_n adversus_fw-la judaeos_fw-la cap._n 7._o vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la theodoret_n ad_fw-la graeco_n infideles_fw-la serm._n 9_o &_o nicephori_n callisti_fw-la histor._n eccl._n lib._n 3._o c._n 1._o 1._o bedae_fw-la ec._n his_o anglorum_fw-la lib._n 1._o c._n 8._o 8._o ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la lib._n 1._o c._n 10._o 17._o &_o 21._o 21._o v_o balaei_n cent._n 1._o nu_fw-la 55_o etc._n etc._n bedae_fw-la eccl_n histor._n anglorum_fw-la lib._n 2._o 2._o v_o infrà _fw-la infrà _fw-la v_o corn._n tacitum_fw-la de_fw-la moâ—ibus_fw-la germâ—â—orum_fw-la germâ—â—orum_fw-la malmesbur_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la lib._n 1._o c._n 1._o etc._n etc._n etc._n sicut_fw-la è_fw-la â—ntrá_fw-fr britones_o qui_fw-la nolebant_fw-la anâ—lis_fw-la eam_fw-la quam_fw-la habebant_fw-la fidei_fw-la christianae_n notitiam_fw-la pandere_fw-la etc._n etc._n bedae_n eccl._n histor._n lib._n 5._o c._n 23._o v._n etiam_fw-la eâ—usdem_fw-la ec._n hist._n lib_n 2._o c._n 2._o &_o 20._o et_fw-fr lib._n 5._o cap_n 24._o 24._o ibidem_fw-la lib._n â—_o c._n â—3_n c._n et_fw-fr lib._n 2._o c._n 1._o 5._o et_fw-la 6._o 6._o fâ—or_n histor._n per_fw-la matth_n â—um_fw-la westmon_n westmon_n bedae_fw-la eccl._n histor._n anglorum_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 3._o et_fw-la 5._o et_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 22._o 22._o ibidem_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 9_o 10._o 11._o 12._o 13._o et_fw-la 14._o etc._n etc._n v_o etiam_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 1_o et_fw-la 3._o 3._o ibidem_fw-la lib._n 2_o c._n 15._o et_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 18._o 18._o ibidem_fw-la lib._n 3._o c._n 7._o 7._o ibidem_fw-la lib._n 3_o c._n 21._o 23._o et_fw-la 24._o et_fw-la lib._n 4._o c._n 3._o 3._o cedda_fw-mi adda_n beâ—ti_n et_fw-la diuma_fw-la permittente_fw-la rege_fw-la penda_fw-la bedae_fw-la eccles._n histor._n aug._n l._n 3._o c._n 21._o et_fw-la cellach_n trumhere_o â—aromano_fw-mi et_fw-fr ceadda_fw-mi sub_fw-la pâ—ada_n et_fw-fr wulfhere_n ib._n l._n 3._o c._n 24._o 24._o habuit_fw-la autem_fw-la ceadda_n sedem_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la qui_fw-la voco_fw-la liccid_n fell_v in_o quo_fw-la et_fw-la defunctus_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la sepultus_fw-la ubi_fw-la usque_fw-la hodiè_fw-la se_fw-la quentium_fw-la quoque_fw-la provinciae_fw-la illius_fw-la episcaporâ—_n sedes_fw-la est_fw-la ib._n l._n 4._o c._n 3._o 3._o ib_n l._n 4_o â—_o 13._o 13._o ib._n l._n 4_o c._n 16._o 16._o ib._n l._n 3._o c._n 26._o five_o etiam_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 5_o et_fw-la 28._o 28._o bedae_fw-la eccl._n histor._n anglorum_fw-la l._n 5._o c._n â—1_n etâ—2_n alberti_fw-la krantzij_fw-la metrop_n l._n 1._o c._n 6._o 7._o et_fw-la 8_o magdeburg_n cent._n 8._o c_o 2_o baron_n annal._n eccles._n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 697._o et_fw-la 710._o 710._o pectheimus_fw-la bedae_fw-la ec._n hist._n lib._n 5._o c._n 24._o 24._o quod_fw-la ut_fw-la facilius_fw-la &_o maiore_fw-la authoritate_fw-la perficeret_fw-la naitanus_n rex_fw-la pictorum_fw-la quaesivit_fw-la auxilia_fw-la de_fw-la gente_fw-la anglorum_fw-la quos_fw-la iamdudum_fw-la ad_fw-la exempium_fw-la sanctae_fw-la romanae_fw-la &_o apostolicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la svam_fw-la religionem_fw-la instituisse_fw-la cognovit_fw-la bedae_fw-la eccles._n histor._n angloâ—um_n l._n 5._o c._n 22._o 22._o flores_n hist._n per_fw-la mat._n west_n monaster_n an._n 727._o &_o 794._o 794._o vid._n infra_fw-la infra_fw-la v_o bedae_fw-la eccl._n hist._n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o 2._o ibid._n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o &_o l._n 5._o c._n 24._o 24._o ibid._n l._n 3._o c._n 29._o 29._o concili_fw-la râ—_n palestin_n pontic_a gallâ—â—_n osroen_fw-mi et_fw-fr ephesin_n habit_n circa_fw-la a_o d_o 198_o victore_fw-la pontifice_fw-la rom._n &_o severo_n imperat._n et_fw-fr council_n nicen_n â—_o sub_fw-la imperat._n constantino_n magno_fw-la v._n binij_fw-la council_n tom_n 1_o et_fw-la eusebij_fw-la aec_fw-la histor_n l_o 5_o c_o 22_o 22_o v_o hoveden_n partem_fw-la priorom_fw-la in_o
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