![]() ![]() Sharpe’s work is by no means so smooth as the dialect of the present day would require, yet the care with which he examined MSS., and endeavoured to give the exact sense of his author, seemed so important a recommendation, that the editor of the present volume has gladly availed himself of it as a ground-work for his own labours. John Sharpe, and published in quarto, in 1815. His History of the Kings of England was translated into English by the Rev. “William of Malmesbury,” according to archbishop Usher, “is the chief of our historians ” Leland records him “as an elegant, learned, and faithful historian ” and Sir Henry Saville is of opinion, that he is the only man of his time who has discharged his trust as an historian. Preface, Addressed To Robert, Earl Of Gloucester Edward King And Martyr The Son Of EdgarĬhap. ![]() Of Ethelbald, Ethelbert, And Ethelred, Sons Of EthelwulfĬhap. Of The Arrival Of The Angles, And Of The Kings Of KentĬhap. The Author’s Epistle To Robert, Earl Of Gloucester Son Of King HenryĬhap. This online edition was created and published by Global Grey on the 17th February 2023. This translation by John Allen Giles was originally published in 1847. Chronicle of the Kings of England William of Malmesbury ![]()
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