Chronicles (1 of 6): the Historie of England (4 of 8)
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]that towne tooke name, as you would say, The field of dead corpses. To be briefe, this persecution was so great and greeuous, and thereto[Sidenote: _Gyldas_. ]so vniuersall, that in maner the Christian religion was therebydestroied. The faithfull people were slaine, their bookes burnt, [Sidenote: _Ran. Cestren. _]and churches ouerthrowne. It is recorded that in one moneths space[Sidenote: _Matth. West. Constantius_. ]in diuers places of the world there were 17000 godlie men and womenput to dea...th, for professing the christian faith in the daies of thattyrant Dioclesian and his fellow Maximian. [Sidenote: COELUS. 262. ]Coelus earle of Colchester began his dominion ouer the Britains inthe yeere of our Lord 262. This Coelus or Coell ruled the land fora certeine time, so as the Britains were well content with hisgouernement, and liued the longer in rest from inuasion of the Romans, bicause they were occupied in other places: but finallie they finding[Sidenote: _Fabian_. ]time for their purpose, appointed one Constantius to passe ouerinto this Ile with an armie, the which Constantius put Coelus insuch dread, that immediatlie vpon his arriuall Coelus sent to him anambassage, and concluded a peace with him, couenanting to pay the[Sidenote:_Gal.
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