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and_o forcible_o shave_v a_o monk_n at_o york_n p._n 180._o osric_z the_o son_n of_o elfric_n baptize_v by_o paulinus_n succeed_v in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o bernicia_n p._n 154._o turn_n apostate_n and_o be_v slay_v by_o a_o eruption_n of_o kedwalla_n out_o of_o a_o besiege_a town_n ibid._n another_o osric_n succeed_v kenr_v the_o second_o p._n 170._o osric_z earl_n of_o southampton_n and_o ethelwolf_n of_o bark-shire_n beat_v the_o dane_n back_n to_o their_o ship_n p._n 199._o ostorius_n send_v vicepraetor_a into_o britain_n in_o the_o room_n of_o plautius_n the_o praetor_n p._n 55._o rout_n the_o britan_n and_o improve_v his_o victory_n to_o the_o best_a advantage_n p._n 55_o 56._o give_v the_o government_n of_o several_a city_n to_o cogidunus_n a_o british_a king_n his_o ally_n p._n 56._o defeat_v the_o silures_n under_o the_o lead_n of_o caractacus_n p._n 57_o ostrid_v the_o wife_n of_o ethelred_n kill_v by_o she_o own_o noble_n p._n 169._o oswald_z brother_n of_o eanfrid_n live_v exile_v in_o scotland_n be_v there_o baptize_v p._n 154._o with_o a_o small_a army_n utter_o overthrow_v kedwalla_n ibid._n settle_v religion_n and_o very_o much_o enlarge_v his_o dominion_n p._n 155._o overcome_v and_o slay_v in_o battle_n by_o penda_n at_o maserfeild_n now_o oswestre_n p._n 156._o oswi_n succeed_v his_o brother_n oswald_n in_o the_o kingdom_n p._n 156._o he_o persuade_v sigebert_n to_o receive_v the_o christian_a faith_n p._n 159._o he_o discomfit_n penda_n vast_a army_n p._n 160._o he_o subdue_v all_o mercia_n and_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o pictish_a nation_n p._n 161._o shake_v off_o by_o the_o persian_a noble_n and_o wulfer_v set_v up_o in_o his_o stead_n ibid._n his_o death_n p._n 163._o oswin_n the_o nephew_n of_o edwin_n share_v with_o oswi_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o northumberland_n p._n 157._o come_v to_o arm_n with_o he_o he_o be_v overmatched_a and_o slay_v by_o his_o command_n ibid._n oswulf_n have_v the_o crown_n of_o northumberland_n relinquish_v 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