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... reign , adding later a sequel on Stephen's reign up to 1142 , the year of the chronicler's death . Henry of Huntingdon wrote a history of the English about 1154. Geoffrey of Monmouth , a Welsh priest , wrote , about 1147 , a history ...
... reign , adding later a sequel on Stephen's reign up to 1142 , the year of the chronicler's death . Henry of Huntingdon wrote a history of the English about 1154. Geoffrey of Monmouth , a Welsh priest , wrote , about 1147 , a history ...
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... reign , who had recited the ballad over and over again , but was not its author . It is a fine heroic song , and has had noble tribute borne to its merits . " I never hear the old song of Percy and Douglas , that I found not my heart ...
... reign , who had recited the ballad over and over again , but was not its author . It is a fine heroic song , and has had noble tribute borne to its merits . " I never hear the old song of Percy and Douglas , that I found not my heart ...
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... reign arose the custom of form- ing bodies of actors under the King's patronage — the King's servants . Inter- ludes . One of these Court poets , John Heywood ( 1497-1580 ) , was a most industrious writer of interludes , and his Four ...
... reign arose the custom of form- ing bodies of actors under the King's patronage — the King's servants . Inter- ludes . One of these Court poets , John Heywood ( 1497-1580 ) , was a most industrious writer of interludes , and his Four ...
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