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MATTHEW OF WESTMINSTER The flowers of history, especially such as relate to the affairs of Britain. Vol. I. B.C. 4004 to A.D. 1066.

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MATTHEW OF WESTMINSTER
The flowers of history, especially such as relate to the affairs of Britain. Vol. I. B.C. 4004 to A.D. 1066.
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The Kings qf The Kings qf The Kings qf The Kings of the the Deiri. the East Angles. the Bast Saxons. South Saxons. Ella. This EUa Uffa Erkenwin EUa reigned in the Titai Sledda Cissa land of the Redwald Sebert Ethelwald Deiri, and eight Wibert Sexred and ) Berthun collateral King» Eorpenwald Siward Aldhun reigned in Ber-Sigebert Sigebert the Little From Aldhun micia. Swithelin the king om qf Ethelfrid Anna Sigeher and ) the South Saxons, Eadwin Ethelher Sebba \ was transferred Oeric Ethelwald Sigehard and ) to the Kings qf Oswin Ealdulf Seofrid Î the West Saxons. From Ostein the Ealfwald Oflk kingdom of the Beoni* Selred Deiri teas transEthelred Suithred ferred to Oswy, Ethelbert From Suithred King of the Berni-Edmund the kingdom qfcianSi and one Gytro, the Dane the Bast Saxons kingdom qf NorthFrom Gytro, the was transferred umberland was Dane, the kingto the Kings qf made out qf the dom qf the East the West Saxons. two, the borders Angles was trans qf which exitend\ferredto the Kings from the of the West Sax Humber northwards as far as the sea qf Scotland, and this kingdom was at last transferred to the Kings qf the West Saxons. A.D. 887. Hastein, or Hasting, a Dane by birth, haying traversed England in a hostile manner, proceeded onwards towards the country of Gaul, where he put into the harbour of Vermond, with a most powerful army of infidel soldiers ; and the unbelievers disembarking, gave the whole country to the flames. They also burnt the monastery of Saint Quintin the Martyr, and made a most wicked massacre of the people of the district. The bishop of Nismes, by name Bmmo, was slain by their swords, and a great slaughter was made of his people after their shepherd had been slain. Then, steering their fleet to Gemeticum, they burnt a monastery, containing nine hundred monks. From this place, they preceeded with


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