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parent_n and_o bear_v in_o the_o town_n of_o s._n david_n in_o wales_n see_v the_o englishman_n to_o be_v oppress_v with_o the_o war_n and_o rapine_n of_o the_o cruel_a dane_n and_o all_o the_o land_n in_o a_o hurlie_n burly_n he_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n undertake_v a_o long_a journey_n even_o as_o far_o as_o athens_n and_o there_o spend_v many_o year_n in_o the_o study_n of_o the_o greek_a chaldie_n and_o arabian_a tongue_n he_o there_o frequent_v all_o the_o place_n and_o school_n of_o the_o philosopher_n and_o the_o oracle_n also_o of_o the_o sun_n which_o aesculapius_n have_v build_v unto_o himself_o and_o have_v find_v at_o length_n that_o which_o he_o have_v with_o long_a travel_n search_v he_o return_v again_o into_o italy_n and_o france_n where_o for_o his_o singular_a learning_n he_o be_v much_o favour_v of_o the_o two_o king_n charles_n and_o lewes_n and_o in_o his_o be_v there_o he_o translate_v into_o latin_a the_o book_n of_o dionysius_n areopagita_n concern_v the_o heavenly_a hierarchy_n which_o be_v send_v from_o constantinople_n in_o the_o year_n 858._o after_o this_o he_o come_v back_o again_o into_o his_o own_o country_n and_o be_v schoolmaster_n unto_o alphred_n then_o king_n of_o england_n and_o his_o son_n and_o upon_o his_o request_n at_o his_o time_n of_o leisure_n he_o translate_v aristotle_n moral_n of_o the_o secret_n of_o secret_n or_o of_o the_o right_a government_n of_o prince_n out_o of_o greek_a into_o these_o three_o tongue_n chaldie_n arabian_a and_o latin_a which_o he_o do_v very_o exquisite_o at_o the_o last_o be_v in_o the_o abbey_n of_o malmsburie_n whither_o he_o go_v for_o his_o recreation_n and_o there_o according_a to_o his_o manner_n dispute_v and_o read_v to_o the_o student_n some_o of_o they_o mislike_v and_o hate_v he_o rise_v against_o he_o and_o slay_v he_o in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 884._o the_o travail_n of_o andrew_n whiteman_n aliâs_fw-la leucander_n centur._n 2._o andraeas_n leucander_n alias_o whiteman_n iuxta_fw-la lelandum_fw-la monachus_n &_o abbas_n ramesiensis_fw-la caenobij_fw-la tertius_fw-la fuit_fw-la hic_fw-la bonis_fw-la artibus_fw-la study_v quodam_fw-la incredibili_fw-la noctes_fw-la atque_fw-la dies_fw-la invigilabat_fw-la &_o operae_fw-la praecium_fw-la ingens_fw-la inde_fw-la retulit_fw-la accessit_fw-la praeterea_fw-la &_o arden_n quoddam_fw-la desiderium_fw-la ea_fw-la proprijs_fw-la &_o apertis_fw-la oculis_fw-la videndi_fw-la loca_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la seruator_fw-la christus_fw-la redemptionis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la mysteria_fw-la omne_fw-la consummavit_fw-la quorum_fw-la prius_fw-la sola_fw-la nomina_fw-la ex_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la lectione_n noverat_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o sacram_fw-la hierosolymorum_fw-la urbem_fw-la miraculorum_fw-la praedicationis_fw-la ac_fw-la passionis_fw-la eius_fw-la testem_fw-la invisit_fw-la atque_fw-la domum_fw-la rediens_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la abbas_n claruisse_fw-la fertur_fw-la anno_fw-la
domini_fw-la 1172_o fundata_fw-la fuit_fw-la abbatia_fw-la de_fw-la stanlaw_n per_fw-la dominum_fw-la johannem_fw-la lacie_n constabularium_fw-la cestriae_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la de_fw-la halton_n 1173._o qui_fw-la obijt_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la sancta_fw-la anno_fw-la sequenti_fw-la qui_fw-la fuit_fw-la vicessimus_fw-la annus_fw-la regni_fw-la regis_fw-la henrici_fw-la secundi_fw-la ¶_o the_o same_o in_o english_a in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1172_o be_v found_v the_o abbey_n of_o stanlaw_n by_o the_o lord_n john_n lacie_n constable_n of_o chester_n &_o lord_n of_o halton_n who_o decease_v in_o the_o holy_a land_n the_o year_n follow_v which_o be_v in_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o the_o voyage_n of_o william_n mandevile_n to_o jerusalem_n william_n mandevile_n earl_n of_o essex_n with_o diverse_a english_a lord_n and_o knight_n go_v to_o the_o holy_a land_n in_o the_o 24_o year_n of_o henry_n the_o second_o holinshed_n pag._n 101._o 1177._o english_a man_n be_v the_o guard_n of_o the_o emperor_n of_o constantinople_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o john_n the_o son_n of_o alexius_n comnenus_n malmesburiensis_fw-la curopolata_n and_o camden_n pag._n 96._o iaminde_v anglia_fw-it non_fw-it minus_fw-la belli_fw-la gloria_fw-la quà m_fw-la humanitatis_fw-la cultu_fw-la inter_fw-la florentissimas_fw-la orbis_fw-la christiani_n gentes_fw-la inprimis_fw-la floruit_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la custodiam_fw-la corporis_fw-la constantinopolitanorum_n imperatorum_fw-la evocati_fw-la fuerint_fw-la angli_fw-la joannes_n enim_fw-la alexij_fw-la comneni_fw-la filius_fw-la ut_fw-la refert_fw-la noster_fw-la malmesburiensis_fw-la eorum_fw-la fidem_fw-la suspiciens_fw-la praecipue_fw-la familiaritati_fw-la suae_fw-la applicabat_fw-la amorem_fw-la eorum_fw-la filio_fw-la transcribens_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la iam_fw-la inde_fw-la longo_fw-la tempore_fw-la fuerint_fw-la imperatorum_fw-la illorum_fw-la satellite_n inglini_n bipenniferi_fw-la nicetae_n choniatae_n barangi_n curopolatae_fw-la dicti_fw-la qui_fw-la ubique_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la prosequebantur_fw-la ferentes_fw-la humetis_fw-la secure_v quas_fw-la tollebant_fw-la cum_fw-la imperator_fw-la ex_fw-la oratorio_fw-la spectandum_fw-la se_fw-la exhibebat_fw-la anglicè_fw-la vitam_fw-la diuturnam_fw-la secure_v svas_fw-la collidentes_fw-la ut_fw-la sonitum_fw-la ederent_fw-la comprecabantur_fw-la the_o same_o in_o english_a from_o this_o time_n forward_o the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n be_v repute_v among_o the_o most_o flourish_a estate_n of_o christendom_n no_o less_o in_o chivalry_n then_o humanity_n so_o farforth_o that_o the_o english_a man_n be_v send_v for_o to_o be_v the_o guarder_n of_o the_o person_n of_o the_o emperor_n of_o constantinople_n for_o john_n the_o son_n of_o alexius_n comnenus_n as_o our_o countryman_n william_n of_o malmesburie_n report_v high_o esteem_v their_o fidelity_n use_v they_o very_o never_o about_o he_o recommend_v they_o over_o to_o his_o son_n so_o that_o long_a time_n afterward_o the_o guard_n of_o those_o emperor_n be_v english_a halberdier_n call_v by_o nicetas_n choniata_n inglini_n bipenniseri_fw-la and_o by_o europolata_n barangi_n which_o always_o accompany_v the_o emperor_n with_o their_o halberd_n on_o their_o shoulder_n which_o they_o hold_v up_o when_o the_o emperor_n come_v from_o his_o oratory_n show_v himself_o to_o the_o people_n and_o clafh_v their_o halberd_n together_o to_o make_v a_o terrible_a sound_n they_o in_o the_o english_a tongue_n wish_v unto_o he_o long_a life_n a_o great_a supply_n of_o money_n to_o the_o holy_a land_n by_o henry_n the_o 2._o the_o same_o year_n king_n henry_n the_o second_o be_v at_o waltham_n assign_v a_o aid_n to_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o christian_a soldier_n in_o the_o holy_a land_n that_o be_v to_o wit_n two_o and_o forty_o thousand_o mark_n of_o silver_n and_o five_o hundred_o mark_n of_o gold_n matth._n paris_n and_o holens_n pag._n 105._o a_o letter_n 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angliae_fw-la charissimo_fw-la amico_fw-la svo_fw-la salutem_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la bonum_fw-la cum_fw-la imperium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la necessarium_fw-la reputet_fw-la notificare_fw-la tibi_fw-la ut_fw-la dilecto_fw-la amico_fw-la svo_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quae_fw-la sibi_fw-la obueniunt_fw-la ideò_fw-la &_o de_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la acciderunt_fw-la ei_fw-la opportunum_fw-la iudicavit_fw-la declatare_fw-la tuus_fw-la voluntati_fw-la igitur_fw-la a_o principio_fw-la coronationis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la imperium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la adversus_fw-la dei_fw-la inimicos_fw-la persas_fw-la nostrum_fw-la odium_fw-la in_o cord_n nutrivit_fw-la dum_fw-la cernetet_fw-la illos_fw-la in_o christianos_n gloriari_fw-la elevarique_fw-la in_o nomen_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o christianorum_fw-la dominari_fw-la regionibus_fw-la quocirca_fw-la &_o alio_fw-la quidem_fw-la tempore_fw-la in_o differentèr_fw-la invasit_fw-la eos_fw-la &_o prout_fw-la deus_fw-la ei_fw-la concessit_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o 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