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... wise men made a book of laws ; how Harold , the son of Earl Godwin , was made king ; how he was killed in the battle of Hastings , and the Duke of Normandy became king . CHAPTER XIV . WILLIAM I. - 1066 to 1087 . 37 How the English ...
... wise men made a book of laws ; how Harold , the son of Earl Godwin , was made king ; how he was killed in the battle of Hastings , and the Duke of Normandy became king . CHAPTER XIV . WILLIAM I. - 1066 to 1087 . 37 How the English ...
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... wise King ; how he went to war with France , and gained the battle of Agin- court ; and how the people lamented at his death CHAPTER XXXI . 104 HENRY VI . - 1422 to 1452 . How Henry the Sixth became King while he was an infant ; how the ...
... wise King ; how he went to war with France , and gained the battle of Agin- court ; and how the people lamented at his death CHAPTER XXXI . 104 HENRY VI . - 1422 to 1452 . How Henry the Sixth became King while he was an infant ; how the ...
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... wise and good men who visited him ; how he was for some time in the King's favour , but afterwards imprisoned and put to death , because he would not do every- thing the King wished • CHAPTER XLI . 141 EDWARD VI . - 1547 to 1553 . How ...
... wise and good men who visited him ; how he was for some time in the King's favour , but afterwards imprisoned and put to death , because he would not do every- thing the King wished • CHAPTER XLI . 141 EDWARD VI . - 1547 to 1553 . How ...
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... wise enough to find out the truth than young ones , they chose an old man in almost every town , to try and find out the truth before anybody was punished , either for killing or stealing , and they called the old man an elder , or an ...
... wise enough to find out the truth than young ones , they chose an old man in almost every town , to try and find out the truth before anybody was punished , either for killing or stealing , and they called the old man an elder , or an ...
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... wise men ; but we call it a parliament in English , which means a talking place , because they talked about the best way of making laws before they made them . By these means you see the Saxons were ruled by laws that they helped to ...
... wise men ; but we call it a parliament in English , which means a talking place , because they talked about the best way of making laws before they made them . By these means you see the Saxons were ruled by laws that they helped to ...
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