THE AUTHOR’S EPISTLE TO ROBERT, EARL OF GLOUCESTER, SON OF KING HENRY. 1 PREFACE. 3 BOOK I. CHAP. I. _Of the arrival of the Angles, and of the Kings of Kent._ [A.D. 449.] 5 CHAP. II. _Of the kings of the West Saxons._ [A.D. 495.] 17 CHAP. III. _Of the kings of the Northumbrians._ [A.D. 450.] 40 CHAP. IV. _Of the kings of the Mercians._ [A.D. 626-874.] 70 CHAP. V. _Of the kings of the East Angles._ [A.D. 520-905.] 88 CHAP. VI. _Of the kings of the East Saxons._ [A.D. 520-823.] 90 BOOK II. PROLOGUE. 93 CHAP. I. _The history of king Egbert._ [A.D. 800-839.] 94 CHAP. II. _Of king Ethelwulf._ [A.D. 839-858.] 97 CHAP. III. _Of Ethelbald, Ethelbert, and Ethelred, sons of Ethelwulf._ [A.D. 858-872.] 110 CHAP. IV. _Of king Alfred._ [A.D. 872-901.] 113 CHAP. V. _Of Edward the son of Alfred._ [A.D. 901-924.] 122 CHAP. VI. _Of Athelstan, the son of Edward._ [A.D. 924-940.] 128 CHAP. VII. _Of kings Edmund, Edred, and Edwy._ [A.D. 940-955.] 141 CHAP. VIII. _Of king Edgar, son of king Edmund._ [A.D. 959-975.] 147 CHAP. IX. _Of St. Edward king and martyr the son of Edgar._ [A.D. 975-978.] 162 CHAP. X. _Of king Ethelred and king Edmund._ [A.D. 979-1017.] 165 CHAP. XI. _Of king Canute._ [A.D. 1017-1031.] 196 CHAP. XII. _Of king Harold and Hardecanute._ [A.D. 1036-1042.] 205 CHAP. XIII. _Of St. Edward, son of king Ethelred._ [A.D. 1042-1066.] 213 BOOK III. PREFACE. 258 BOOK IV. PREFACE. 325 CHAP. I. _Of William the Second._ [A.D. 1087-1100.] 327 CHAP. II. _The Expedition to Jerusalem._ [A.D. 1095-1105.] 355 BOOK V. PREFACE. 424 THE MODERN HISTORY. PREFACE, ADDRESSED TO ROBERT, EARL OF GLOUCESTER. 480 BOOK I. 481 BOOK II. 498 BOOK III. 513 INDEX. 536 FOOTNOTES. Transcriber’s Notes. THE AUTHOR’S EPISTLE TO ROBERT, EARL OF GLOUCESTER,[11] SON OF KING HENRY.