Footnotes
| [1] | Bulwer Lytton’s versification. By some this poem is placed in the tenth century. Morley puts it in the eighth. |
| [2] | Bede’s Life of St. Cuthbert. |
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Uncrowning a King
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Transcriber’s Note
Spelling and punctuation inaccuracies were silently corrected.
Archaic and variable spelling is preserved.
The author’s punctuation style is preserved.
Hyphenation has been made consistent.
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