Note 14 — A DISCOURSE concerning the LAWS and GOVERNMENT of ENGLAND.
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Spelman, life of Alfred, b. 2. p. 28. Malmesb. lib. 2. c. 4. A writer in Du Chesne having occasion to mention the first return of duke William to Normandy, after his invasion of England, has the following passage: Attulit quantum ex ditione trium Galliarum vix colligeretur argentum atque aurum: Chari metalli abundantia multipliciter Gallias terra illa [Anglia] vincit. Gest. Gul. Conques. p. 210.