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  hadneverbeenpartoftheoldeire.augustushad</p>

  triedtohis``fareast,buthislegionshadbeen</p>

  annihilatediheyear9andthepeoplehad</p>

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  nueroflittlepotentateseachother</p>

  adstchbloodshedandission</p>

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  enees,sentnorthforhelp.hedidnotappealtotheruler</p>

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  differentgernictribes.</p>

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  andthegayaifulpeopleoftheitalianpeninsula,</p>

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  stuniouslyrelegatedtothehistorirapheap.</p>

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  careerintheserviceofthefren.hewasruler</p>

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  popeandthepopedstoodbywhilegeneralnapoleon</p>

  placedtheierialcroed</p>

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  livedindenrkandswedenandnorway.</p>

  forcedthesehardysailorstotupirate</p>

  knooheyhaddisveredtheadvantagesandpleasures</p>

  ofabueeringcareerthereop</p>

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  orfrisianvillage,situatedohofariver.they</p>

  enandstealalltheehey</p>

  heirfastsailingshipsandhesoldiers</p>

  ofthekingoreerorarriveduponthese,therobbers</p>

  aiafeouldering</p>

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  endevelopedgreatactivity.their</p>

  fleetsderaidsuponeveryuntryandtheirsailorsestablished</p>

  sllindepekingdoaloofholland</p>

  andfrandenglandandgerny,andtheyevenfound</p>

  theirenelligent</p>

  theysooospeakthelanguageoftheirsubjed</p>

  gaveuptheuncivilisedheearlyvikingsorsea</p>

  kingsuresquebutalsoveryunwashed</p>

  andterriblycruel.</p>

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  hadrepeatedlyattackedtheastoffrahekingof</p>

  fraoooresistthesenortherobbers,triedto</p>

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  ofhisdoins.rolloaeptedthisbargainandbeca``duke</p>

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  butthepassionofronginthebloodofhis</p>

  children.acrosstheel,onlyafethe</p>

  europeaninland,theyuldseetheecliffsandthe</p>

  greenfieldsofengland.plandhadpassedthrough</p>

  difficultdays.fortan</p>

  lony.afterthero,ithadbeennqueredbythe</p>

  anglesandthesaxons,tantribesfrochleswig.</p>

  hedaneshadtakenthegreaterpartoftheuntry</p>

  andhadestablishedthekingdofut.thedaneshad</p>

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  andproclaidhielfkingofengland.</p>

  inanotherchapterihavetoldyouhoheyear800a</p>

  gernperor.nowin</p>

  theyear1066thegrandsonofanorsepirateognised</p>

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  ofhistoryissochreiingaertaining</p>

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  threesides,beardca</p>

  andwhyeuropewouldhaveperished</p>

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  soldiersandadnistratorswho</p>

  thefollohen,isthestateofeuropeintheyearone</p>

  thousand,ostpeopleed</p>

  theprophecyforetellingtheapproagendofthe</p>

  onasteries,thatthedayofjudgent</p>

  ghtfindthengagedupoduties.</p>

  atanunknoanictribeshadlefttheirold</p>

  hoinasiaandhadvedoeurope.by</p>

  sheerpressureofheyhadforcedtheirothe</p>

  roheyhaddestroyedthegre</p>

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