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The Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Edited by J. A. Giles. 2d Ed
The Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England Also the AngloSaxon Chronicle Edited by J A Giles 2d Ed Author:John Allen Giles General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1849 Original Publisher: H. G. Bohn Subjects: Great Britain History / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you ... more »get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: A. 1006. This year died archbishop Alfric, and after him. bishop Elphege [II.] succeeded to the archbishopric: and bishop Brithwin succeeded to the bishopric of Wiltshire.| And in the same year was Wulfgeat deprived of all his possessions, and Wulfeuh and Ufgeat were blinded, and Elfelm the ealdorman was slain ; and bishop Kenulf f died. And then, after mid-summer, then came the great fleet to Sandwich, and did all as they had been before wont; they ravaged, and burned, and destroyed, wherever they went. Then the king commanded all the people of Wessex and of Mercia to be called out; and then they lay out all the harvest in the field against the army. But it availed nothing the more than it oft before had done: but for all this the army went wheresoever itself would, and the forces did every kind of harm to the inhabitants ; so that neither profited them, nor the home army nor the foreign army. When it became winter, then went the forces home; and the army then came, over St. Martin's-mass, to their quarters in the Isle of Wight, and procured themselves there from all parts that which they needed. And then, at mid-winter, they went to their ready store, throughout Hampshire into Berkshire, to Reading: and they did their old wont; they lighted their war-beacons as they went. Then went they to Wallingford, and that all burned, and were then one day in Cholsey : and they went then along Ashdown to Cuckamsley-hill, and there abode, as a daring boast; for it had been often said, if they should reach Cuckamsley-hill, tha...« less