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Title: Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (7 of 8) The Seventh Boke of the Historie of England Author: Raphael Holinshed Release Date: August 29, 2005 [EBook #16617] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORIE OF ENGLAND ***
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THE SEVENTH BOKE
OF THE
HISTORIE OF ENGLAND.
CONTENTS
THE FIRST CHAPTER THE SECOND CHAPTER THE THIRD CHAPTER THE FOURTH CHAPTER
Page 702 705 707 709
THE FIFT CHAPTER THE SIXT CHAPTER THE SEUENTH CHAPTER THE EIGHT CHAPTER THE NINTH CHAPTER THE TENTH CHAPTER THE XJ CHAPTER THE TWELFTH CHAPTER THE XIIJ CHAPTER THE XIIIJ CHAPTER THE XV CHAPTER
712 713 716 718 721 724 727 729 730 732 736
Egelred succeedeth Edward the martyr in the kingdoms of England, the decaie of the realme in his reigne, Dunstane refusing to consecrate him is therevnto inforced, Dunstans prophesies of the English people and Egelred their king, his slouth and idlenes accompanied with other vices, the Danes arriue on the coasts of Kent and make spoile of manie places; warre betwixt the king and the bishop of Rochester, archbishop Dunstans bitter denunciation against the king because he would not be pacified with the bishop of Rochester without moneie; Dunstans parentage, his strange trance, and what a woonderfull thing he did during the time it lasted, his education and bringing vp, with what good qualities he was indued, an incredible tale of his harpe, how he was reuoked from louing and lusting after women whereto he was addicted, his terrible dreame of a rough beare, what preferments he obteined by his skill in the expounding of dreames. THE FIRST CHAPTER. In the former booke was discoursed the troubled state of this land by the manifold and mutinous inuasions of the Danes; who though they sought to ingrosse the rule of euerie part and parcell therof into their hands; yet being resisted by the valiantnesse of the gouernors supported with the aid of their people, they were disappointed of their expectation, and receiued manie a dishonorable or rather reprochfull repulse at their aduersaries hands. Much mischiefe doubtlesse they did, and more had doone, if they had not béene met withall in like measure of extremitie as they offred, to the offense and ouerthrow of great multitudes. Their first entrance into this land is controuersed among writers, some saieng that it was in the daies of king Britricus, other some affirmin that it was in the time of kin E bert, &c: about