The history of England : written in French . ,s • fit >1 s g. w t • 53 ft i --Is — li ?« N^M Si C > rCPH c pP »> Book III. The Kingdom of EAST-ANGLIA. 55 Lanlbi man. Ccncil. G. i. c-4- 796. M. Wig,Brumpton- Dun-R. de Htv. might be inceflantly made for the Murdered and Mur-derer. William of Malmsbury, fpeaking of King Offa, doubtswhether he ihould rank him among the good or bad Princes(1). The Canonization of St. Alban, procured by his means,and the founding a noble Monaftery in Honour of that Saint,being put in the Balance again
The history of England : written in French . ,s • fit >1 s g. w t • 53 ft i --Is — li ?« N^M Si C > rCPH c pP »> Book III. The Kingdom of EAST-ANGLIA. 55 Lanlbi man. Ccncil. G. i. c-4- 796. M. Wig,Brumpton- Dun-R. de Htv. might be inceflantly made for the Murdered and Mur-derer. William of Malmsbury, fpeaking of King Offa, doubtswhether he ihould rank him among the good or bad Princes(1). The Canonization of St. Alban, procured by his means,and the founding a noble Monaftery in Honour of that Saint,being put in the Balance againft the Murder of Ethelbert,is the Ground of that Hiftorians Uncertainty. The Reign of Offa is memorable upon feveral Accounts:His Dike: The Union of Eajl-Anglia to Mercia: Thee-rectino- of Lichfield into an Archbifhoprick (2), of which I{hall fpeak elfewhere: Peter-Pence: A Body of Lawspublifhd under the Title of Mercens Leaga, (i. e.) Lawsof the Mcrcians{-f), which fervd for Pattern to his Succeflbrs,and the grcateft part whereof were inferted in King
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