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Considering the avowed purpose of his work, which is rather hortatory than historical, we are fortunate indeed to be given so much first-hand information by this embittered preacher.
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J N L Myres, in R G Collingwood and J N L Myres Roman Britain and the English Settlements (1937) p. 329

 
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