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... present day amongst the Gael and the Cymry to designate the Theodish invaders and their descendants . At the beginning of the seventh century Pope Gregory sent a mission to civilize " the Angles , " by which preponderant name he ...
... present day amongst the Gael and the Cymry to designate the Theodish invaders and their descendants . At the beginning of the seventh century Pope Gregory sent a mission to civilize " the Angles , " by which preponderant name he ...
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... present Cronycle of Eng | londe wyth ye fruyte of tymes , compyled in A booke . also enprynted by one somtyme scole | mayster of saint Albons . vpō whos soule god | haue mercy amen . And newely in the yere of our lorde god M.CCCCC . z ...
... present Cronycle of Eng | londe wyth ye fruyte of tymes , compyled in A booke . also enprynted by one somtyme scole | mayster of saint Albons . vpō whos soule god | haue mercy amen . And newely in the yere of our lorde god M.CCCCC . z ...
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... present first page are from the Knight's Tale , ' Or who hap 30w mys [ ] or offended 66 And telleth me şif it may be amended And whi pat 30 ben clothed pus in blak . . ' And the last words on leaf 214 are from the Parson's section De ...
... present first page are from the Knight's Tale , ' Or who hap 30w mys [ ] or offended 66 And telleth me şif it may be amended And whi pat 30 ben clothed pus in blak . . ' And the last words on leaf 214 are from the Parson's section De ...
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... present MS . contains the earlier recension of the work , which came out in the time of Richard the Second , and comprises the complimentary verses concerning Chaucer , which for some reason were omitted in the second issue , dedicated ...
... present MS . contains the earlier recension of the work , which came out in the time of Richard the Second , and comprises the complimentary verses concerning Chaucer , which for some reason were omitted in the second issue , dedicated ...
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... present boke . Leaf 55 : The aduent of our lorde . Folio primo .. Leaf 438 ( marked Fo . CCClxxxiiii ) : . . Thus endeth the legende Finysshed the .xxvii . daye of August the yere of our lord . M.CCCCC.xxvii . the .xix . yere of the ...
... present boke . Leaf 55 : The aduent of our lorde . Folio primo .. Leaf 438 ( marked Fo . CCClxxxiiii ) : . . Thus endeth the legende Finysshed the .xxvii . daye of August the yere of our lord . M.CCCCC.xxvii . the .xix . yere of the ...
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