The Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England: Also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ; with Illustrative Notes, a Map of Anglo-Saxon England And, a General Index |
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Page 216 - He sang the creation of the world, the origin of man, and all the history of Genesis : and made many verses on the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, and their entering into the land of promise, with many other histories from holy writ ; the incarnation, passion, resurrection of our Lord, and his...