Archaeologia Cambrensis

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W. Pickering, 1914

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Page 319 - Philip and Mary, by the grace of God, king and queen of England, France. Naples, Jerusalem, and Ireland ; defenders of the faith ; princes of Spain and Sicily ; archdukes of Austria ; dukes of Milan, Burgundy, and Brabant; counts of Hapsburg, Flanders, and Tyrol.
Page 143 - My son, fear thou the LORD and the king : and meddle not with them that are given to change...
Page 104 - A. 519. This year Cerdic and Cynric obtained the kingdom of the West- Saxons ; and the same year they fought against the Britons where it is now named Cerdicsford.
Page 120 - Company a while, entertaining myself with a more delightfull indagation : and then (steered by the cry of the Hounds) overtooke the company, and went with them to Kynnet, where was a good Hunting dinner provided.
Page 103 - Bellum Badonis in quo Arthur portavit crucem Domini nostri Jesu Christi tribus diebus et tribus noctibus in humeros suos, et Brittones victores fuerunt.
Page 107 - This year Mauricius succeeded to the empire of the Romans. AD 584. This year Ceawlin and Cutha fought against the Britons at the place which is called Fethan-lea, [Frethern ?] and there was Cutha slain ; and Ceawlin took many towns, and spoils innumerable; and wrathful he thence returned to his own.
Page 120 - Twas here that our Game began : and the Chase led us (at length) through the Village of Aubury, into the Closes there : where I was wonderfully surprised at the sight of those vast stones, of which I had never heard before ; as also at the mighty Banke and graffe (ditch) about it.
Page 120 - Twas here that our game began and the chase led us (at length) through the village of Aubury [Avebury], into the closes there: where I was wonderfully surprised at the sight of those vast stones, of which I had never heard before, as also at the mighty bank and graffe [ditch] about it.
Page 174 - The Church they say is so shaken by wind and storm that it daily needs repair, and the site is without trees and grass, and being of chalk has such a glare that many of the clerks have lost their sight.

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