Book II of the Faery QueeneClarendon Press, 1910 - 300 pages |
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... Holinshed's Chronicle , as well as of Hardyng's . 9. one mans governments ; -this does not relate , as might seem at first sight , to the so - called Heptarchy , and its end ; but to the legendary reduction of all the petty kingdoms of ...
... Holinshed's Chronicle , as well as of Hardyng's . 9. one mans governments ; -this does not relate , as might seem at first sight , to the so - called Heptarchy , and its end ; but to the legendary reduction of all the petty kingdoms of ...
Page 222
... Holinshed's Chronicle had not long been published ( first ed . is dated 1587 ) : Camden's Britannia was also new ( first ed . 1586 ) , and Stowe had appeared in 1574 . 3 , 1. Maeonian quill ; —the pen of Homer , who was called Maeonian ...
... Holinshed's Chronicle had not long been published ( first ed . is dated 1587 ) : Camden's Britannia was also new ( first ed . 1586 ) , and Stowe had appeared in 1574 . 3 , 1. Maeonian quill ; —the pen of Homer , who was called Maeonian ...
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... Holinshed ( Hist . of Engl . 1. 3 ) explains how the name of Dioclesian ' got into the legend . He rebukes the ignorance of the chroniclers in supposing ' Danaus ' was a short way of writing ' Diocle- sianus . ' 9 , 3. their owne mother ...
... Holinshed ( Hist . of Engl . 1. 3 ) explains how the name of Dioclesian ' got into the legend . He rebukes the ignorance of the chroniclers in supposing ' Danaus ' was a short way of writing ' Diocle- sianus . ' 9 , 3. their owne mother ...
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... Holinshed says Gogmagog was thrown over the cliffs near Dover . ( Hist . of Eng . 2. 4. ) 11 , 6. hideous Albion ; —a legendary giant , whose history is given in Holinshed , 1. 3 . 7. Hercules in Fraunce did quell ; —a curious mixture ...
... Holinshed says Gogmagog was thrown over the cliffs near Dover . ( Hist . of Eng . 2. 4. ) 11 , 6. hideous Albion ; —a legendary giant , whose history is given in Holinshed , 1. 3 . 7. Hercules in Fraunce did quell ; —a curious mixture ...
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... Holinshed , Hist . of Engl . 2. 5 . Manild , his brother , is called ' Manlius ' by Holinshed , Maulyne ' by Hardyng . 6. Ebranck ; the legendary founder of Eber - wik ( or Caer - Ebrank ) , Everwyk ( Eber's town ) , i . e . York . See ...
... Holinshed , Hist . of Engl . 2. 5 . Manild , his brother , is called ' Manlius ' by Holinshed , Maulyne ' by Hardyng . 6. Ebranck ; the legendary founder of Eber - wik ( or Caer - Ebrank ) , Everwyk ( Eber's town ) , i . e . York . See ...
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