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and Angles made a dcfccnt in England, and there 

 eftablifhed feven fmall kingdoms ^ this govern- 

 ment was diftinguilhcd by the name of the Hep- 

 tarchy , and hfted 369 years, and the domi- 

 nion of the Saxons i. d in all 

 564 years. 



3. The modern hiftory of England. Soon 

 after the death of Charlemagne-, that is, in the 

 Soi, the feven Saxon kingdoms in Eng- 

 land were united in one, under Egbert, king of 

 the Vvcft Saxons, who fubJued all the others, 

 and reigned alone in that country. He and his 

 fucceflbrs were greatly molcfled by the Danes, 

 who alfo made a delcent in this ifland, com- 

 mitted holtilities, and endeavoured to eftablifh 

 ihemfelves there; and which at laft they effc&ed, 

 in the year 1017, when Canute the Great, king 

 of Denmark aud Norway, was alfo crowned king 

 .igb.nd. This Danifh epoch continued only 

 50 years, for in the year 1066, William I. called 

 the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, landed on 

 the Englilh coaft, drove out the Danes, and 

 caviled himlclf to be crowned k,ng of England. 

 1-Yom that time England has been governed 



by. 



Three kings of the houfe or the dukes of Nor- 

 mandy, fiom William the Conqueror to Henry I. 

 during 70 years, am. r 1136. 



.ng of the houle of Bluis, named Sre^l 

 who i 



iirtecQ kings of the houfe of Aj^ogs, fYo:n I len- 

 of Anjou, Ngrniiindy and Aqu: 



to 



