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alexander_n severus_n 292_o jul._n maximianus_n 293_o pupienus_n maximus_n and_o 294_o clodius_n albinus_n 294_o m._n anton._n gordianus_n 294_o m._n jul._n philippus_n 295_o gn._n messius_n quintus_fw-la trajan_n decius_n 296_o trebonianus_n gallus_n 296_o publius_n licinius_n valerianus_n 297_o pub._n licinius_n galienus_n 297_o marcus_n aurelius_n flavius_n claudius_n 298_o the_o british_a writer_n concern_v claudius_n 299_o l._n domitius_n aurel._n valer._n aurelianus_n 301_o m._n claudius_n tacitus_n ibid._n m._n aurelius_n valer._n probus_n 302_o m._n aurelius_n carus_n carinus_n his_o son_n and_o caesar_n numerianus_n 303_o c._n aurel._n valer._n dioclesianus_n jovius_n and_o 303_o m._n aurel._n valer._n maximianus_n 303_o the_o panegyric_n oration_n ascribe_v to_o mamertinus_n in_o praise_n of_o the_o emperor_n dioclesian_n and_o maximian_n entitle_v only_o to_o maximian_n p._n 306_o observation_n out_o of_o the_o forego_n panegyric_n 311_o the_o british_a history_n in_o the_o day_n of_o dioclesian_n and_o maximian_n 314_o fl._n val._n constantius_n chlorus_n 315_o constantine_n the_o great_a 317_o the_o british_a history_n in_o the_o day_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a 320_o constantinus_n jun._n 321_o constans_n 322_o flau._n val._n constantius_n 323_o the_o british_a history_n in_o the_o day_n of_o constantius_n 325_o flau._n claud._n jul._n apostata_fw-la 326_o flavius_n jovianus_n ibid._n flavius_z valentinianus_n 327_o flau._n gratianus_n and_o 331_o flau._n valentinianus_n 331_o the_o british_a account_n of_o maximus_n '_o and_o the_o state_n of_o affair_n in_o his_o day_n 333_o flau._n theodosius_n 334_o honorius_n 335_o the_o british_a history_n in_o the_o day_n of_o honorius_n vuto_fw-mi vortigern_n who_o bring_v in_o the_o saxon_n 341_o the_o affair_n of_o britain_n from_o the_o decay_n of_o the_o roman_a state_n to_o the_o entrance_n of_o the_o saxon_n 343_o the_o antiquity_n and_o original_a of_o the_o roman_n 353_o with_o the_o distinction_n and_o division_n of_o the_o people_n 354_o of_o their_o civil_a government_n 357_o of_o their_o religion_n and_o some_o of_o their_o god_n and_o manner_n of_o worship_n 364_o of_o their_o four_o kind_n of_o sooth-saying_a 366_o their_o order_n of_o sacrifice_v 372_o of_o their_o religious_a place_n of_o worship_n 373_o of_o their_o military_a discipline_n 375_o of_o their_o manner_n of_o encamp_v 379_o of_o their_o habit_n both_o man_n and_o woman_n 383_o 386_o a_o catalogue_n of_o the_o british_a king_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o saxon_n 388_o the_o history_n of_o the_o british_a king_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o saxon_n 389_o a_o treatise_n of_o the_o ancient_a monument_n call_v stone-henge_n 395_o the_o continuation_n of_o the_o british_a king_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o saxon_n p._n 403_o the_o antiquity_n and_o original_a of_o the_o saxon_n in_o britain_n 411_o first_o of_o the_o saxon_n 412_o the_o next_o be_v the_o angle_n 414_o the_o last_o be_v the_o jute_n 417_o that_o the_o saxon_n be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o getes_n and_o a_o branch_n of_o the_o cimbri_n prove_v by_o the_o language_n custom_n etc._n etc._n of_o both_o nation_n 419_o of_o tuisco_n that_o he_o be_v vain_o suppose_v the_o founder_n of_o the_o german_a nation_n and_o conductour_n of_o our_o ancestor_n of_o the_o progress_n of_o the_o getes_n under_o divers_a prince_n ericus_n woden_n and_o other_o 424_o the_o saxon_a catalogue_n of_o king_n from_o noah_n with_o the_o scripture_n catalogue_n as_o far_o as_o it_o go_v 427_o of_o prince_n woden_n 435_o the_o sculpture_n represent_v the_o temple_n of_o thor_n with_o who_o be_v place_v woden_n and_o frigga_n 445_o the_o sculpture_n of_o rugiivith_n porevith_o porenuth_n and_o swantovite_n 455_o the_o heptarchy_n of_o the_o saxon_n in_o britain_n 469_o the_o catalogue_n of_o the_o king_n of_o kent_n 470_o hengist_n the_o first_o saxon_n king_n of_o kent_n 471_o oeric_n octa_n ermiric_n ethelbert_n 475_o the_o british_a epistle_n of_o gregory_n the_o great_a for_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o saxon_n 479_o gregory_n to_o bishop_n etherius_fw-la 480_o gregory_n to_o candidus_n the_o priest_n go_v to_o the_o patrimony_n of_o gaul_n ibid._n gregory_n to_o palladius_n bishop_n of_o xanton_a to_o pelagius_n of_o tours_n and_o to_o serenus_n of_o marseilles_n fellow-bishop_n of_o gaul_n 481_o gregory_n to_o virgilius_n bishop_n of_o arles_n and_o metropolitan_a of_o gaul_n 481_o gregory_n to_o desiderius_n of_o vienna_n and_o syagrius_n of_o augustodunum_n fellow-bishop_n of_o gaul_n 482_o gregory_n to_o arigius_n a_o noble_a man_n of_o gaul_n ibid._n gregory_n to_o theoderick_n and_o theodebert_n king_n of_o the_o frank_n concern_v augustine_n servant_n of_o god_n send_v to_o the_o english_a nation_n 483_o gregory_n to_o brunichild_a queen_n of_o the_o frank_n of_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o english_a and_o of_o augustine_n ibid._n gregory_n to_o eulogius_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n he_o treat_v of_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o english_a and_o make_v mention_n that_o in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n the_o roman_a bishop_n be_v style_v universal_a p._n 484_o observation_n upon_o that_o epistle_n 486_o gregory_n to_o menna_n of_o tolouse_n to_o serenus_n of_o marseilles_n to_o lupus_n of_o cavation_n to_o agilius_n of_o man_n to_o simplicius_n of_o paris_n to_o malantius_fw-la of_o rouen_n and_o to_o licinius_n fellow-bishop_n 486_o gregory_n to_o clotharius_n king_n of_o the_o frank_n 487_o gregory_n to_o brunichild_a queen_n of_o the_o frank_n 487_o gregory_n to_o augustine_n bishop_n of_o the_o english_a wherein_o he_o treat_v of_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o glory_v in_o the_o power_n of_o miracle_n which_o oftentimes_o wicked_a man_n have_v perform_v 488_o observation_n upon_o that_o epistle_n 491_o gregory_n to_o aldiberga_n queen_n of_o the_o english_a 491_o observation_n upon_o that_o epistle_n 493_o gregory_n to_o aldibert_n king_n of_o the_o english_a wherein_o he_o congratulate_v with_o he_o concern_v the_o conversion_n of_o the_o nation_n 493_o gregory_n to_o virgilius_n bishop_n of_o arles_n he_o commend_v to_o
he_o bishop_n augustine_n 495_o gregory_n to_o melitus_n abbot_n in_o france_n wherein_o he_o give_v command_v to_o be_v send_v to_o augustine_n about_o the_o conversion_n of_o that_o nation_n 495_o gregory_n to_o augustine_n bishop_n of_o the_o english_a of_o the_o use_n of_o the_o pall_n and_o of_o the_o church_n of_o london_n 496_o the_o life_n of_o s._n augustine_n first_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 498_o augustine_n be_v courteous_o receive_v at_o his_o arrival_n into_o england_n by_o ethelbert_n king_n of_o kent_n 500_o the_o answer_n of_o gregory_n the_o great_a to_o the_o question_n send_v by_o augustine_n for_o the_o better_a government_n of_o the_o new_a erect_a church_n of_o english-saxons_a 502_o a_o synod_n call_v by_o augustine_n the_o first_o archbishop_n by_o the_o assistance_n of_o ethelbert_n king_n of_o kent_n to_o augustine_n ac_fw-la etc._n etc._n there_o be_v present_a the_o roman_a clergy_n seven_o bishop_n many_o british_a doctor_n first_o he_o demand_v obedience_n to_o the_o roman_a church_n and_o that_o the_o britain_n be_n conformable_a to_o the_o roman_n in_o three_o thing_n first_o in_o the_o celebration_n of_o easter_n second_o in_o the_o administration_n of_o baptism_n three_o in_o preach_v with_o he_o to_o the_o english-saxons_a 509_o the_o answer_n of_o the_o abbot_n of_o bangor_n to_o augustine_n the_o monk_n require_v subjection_n to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n p._n 511_o of_o the_o famous_a monastery_n of_o bangor_n and_o the_o conference_n hold_v between_o augustine_n and_o dinoth_n abbot_n of_o that_o place_n 513_o eadbald_n 515_o the_o epistle_n of_o boniface_n v._o to_o justus_n late_a bishop_n of_o rochester_n now_o successor_n of_o melitus_n in_o the_o archbishopric_n of_o canterbury_n 515_o ercombert_n 516_o egbert_n ibid._n lothair_n 517_o edric_n ib._n wigtre_v ib._n edbert_n 519_o ethelbert_n the_o second_o ibid._n alric_n ib._n ethelbert_n the_o three_o ib._n cuthred_a ib._n baldred_n ib._n the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o east-saxons_a 521_o sledda_n ibid._n sebert_n 522_o sered_a seward_n sigibert_n ib._n segibert_n the_o first_o 523_o segibert_n the_o second_o ib._n swythelme_fw-mi 524_o sighere_o ib._n offa_n ib._n selred_n 525_o suthred_n ib._n the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o south-saxons_a 527_o ella_n ib._n cissa_n 528_o edilwalch_n 529_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o south-saxons_a by_o wilfrid_n archbishop_n of_o york_n ib._n the_o conversion_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o wight_n 530_o the_o kingdom_n of_o northumberland_n 533_o ida_n ibid._n ella_n 534_o ethelric_n ib._n edelfrid_n ib._n edwin_n 535_o bishop_n honorius_n to_o edwin_n king_n of_o the_o english_a 537_o osric_n 538_o eanfrith_n ib._n oswy_o 540_o the_o synod_n of_o streanshalch_n now_o whitby_n at_o the_o request_n of_o hilda_n abbess_n of_o that_o place_n under_o oswy_a the_o father_n and_o alchfrid_n the_o son_n king_n of_o northumberland_n in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 664_o in_o which_o be_v controvert_v the_o 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
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