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episcopal_a sea_n at_o dunwich_n in_o suffolk_n sebert_n the_o first_o christian_a prince_n resign_v his_o government_n to_o egrick_n and_o enter_v into_o a_o monastery_n from_o whence_o he_o be_v draw_v forth_o by_o his_o subject_n when_o the_o mercian_n invade_v his_o province_n he_o be_v slay_v in_o battle_n with_o egrick_n who_o ana_n succeed_v in_o the_o government_n 259_o athelhere_o the_o brother_n of_o ana_n rule_v the_o east-angle_n he_o be_v slay_v by_o oswin_n prince_n of_o the_o northumber_n s._n ethelbert_n be_v murder_v by_o offa_n prince_n of_o the_o mercian_n offa_n have_v make_v a_o voyage_n into_o the_o holy-iland_n die_v in_o his_o return_n homeward_o edmund_n succeed_v offa_n in_o the_o government_n the_o martyrdom_n of_o s._n edmund_n by_o the_o pagan_a dane_n the_o monastery_n of_o s._n edmunds-bury_a in_o suffolk_n erect_v the_o principality_n of_o the_o east-angle_n annex_v to_o that_o of_o the_o westsaxon_n 261_o ¶_o the_o principality_n of_o the_o northumber_n 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