The history of England : written in French . THE HISTORY of ENGLAND. BOOK IV. Origin of the Danes. Their continual Irruptions from the Reign of Egbert to Edward theMartyr, with ivhofe Reign this Book concludes. A particular and curious Account of theLaws and Cuftoms introducd by Alfred the Great, which are the Bafis of the prefentLaws of England. The State of the Church and Religion, from Egbert to Edward theMartyr inclttftve. H. Origin of tb NGLAND now grown more pow-erful by theUnion of thefeven King-doms, feemed to be better fecuredthan ever from foreign yet,
The history of England : written in French . THE HISTORY of ENGLAND. BOOK IV. Origin of the Danes. Their continual Irruptions from the Reign of Egbert to Edward theMartyr, with ivhofe Reign this Book concludes. A particular and curious Account of theLaws and Cuftoms introducd by Alfred the Great, which are the Bafis of the prefentLaws of England. The State of the Church and Religion, from Egbert to Edward theMartyr inclttftve. H. Origin of tb NGLAND now grown more pow-erful by theUnion of thefeven King-doms, feemed to be better fecuredthan ever from foreign yet, prefently after this Unionit was, that the Danes began theirDefcents with a Fury, equal to thatwherewith theEngliJh themfelves hadformerly attacked the Britons. Forabove two hundred Years thefe new Enemies were fo obfti-nately bent upon the ruin of the Ifland, that it cant be con-ceived, either how their Country could fupply them withTroops fufficient for fo long and bloody a War, or the En-glijl) hold out againft fo many reiterated Attacks. This Waris to be the chief fubje£t of our fourth Book, and of greatpart of the fifth. But before I enter upon particulars, itwill be neceflary to premife fome account of thefe Danes,who in the IXth Century became fo formidable to all Eu-rope, and efpecially to England. c Scandia or Scandinavia (1), fituated in the North of Eu-rope, contains a Tract: of Land in length from North toSouth about four hundred Leagues,
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