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... alliance being still more closely cemented by a marriage with Trenmor , the ancestor of their race . " King of Lochlin , said Fingal , Thy blood flows in the veins of thy foe . Our fathers met in battle , Because they loved the strife ...
... alliance being still more closely cemented by a marriage with Trenmor , the ancestor of their race . " King of Lochlin , said Fingal , Thy blood flows in the veins of thy foe . Our fathers met in battle , Because they loved the strife ...
Page 31
... alliance , were at first more powerful than the Scots . But the Scots so multiplied in numbers , and their settlements in the Hebrides or Western Isles so increased , as to excite the apprehensions and fears of the Picts . Though their ...
... alliance , were at first more powerful than the Scots . But the Scots so multiplied in numbers , and their settlements in the Hebrides or Western Isles so increased , as to excite the apprehensions and fears of the Picts . Though their ...
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... alliance with them , and restored to them their ancient possessions . Nor for nearly two years afterwards was Britain restored to the Roman empire . In the reign of FINCORMACHUS , the Scots , aided by the Picts and the Britons ...
... alliance with them , and restored to them their ancient possessions . Nor for nearly two years afterwards was Britain restored to the Roman empire . In the reign of FINCORMACHUS , the Scots , aided by the Picts and the Britons ...
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... alliance with the Scots . The Britons received the Picts on the most amicable terms , and the three kings now united their forces to bear down on the Saxons , whose leaders they killed , and so rendered their condition all but desperate ...
... alliance with the Scots . The Britons received the Picts on the most amicable terms , and the three kings now united their forces to bear down on the Saxons , whose leaders they killed , and so rendered their condition all but desperate ...
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... alliance with Charlemagne , the immediate object of which was to carry on a crusade against the Saxons , who not only continued to internally disturb his kingdom , but to infest the coasts of Gaul by their piratical incursions . He had ...
... alliance with Charlemagne , the immediate object of which was to carry on a crusade against the Saxons , who not only continued to internally disturb his kingdom , but to infest the coasts of Gaul by their piratical incursions . He had ...
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