Excerpt from The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester: With the Two Continuations; Comprising Annals of English History, From the Departure of the Romans to the Reign of Edward I Cologne about the year In two y a rates 0 drew into complete sgcll n at Fulda, and removed ln 1008, still as a recluse, to Menu, where he ended his days; his death being variously assigned to the years 1083 or 1086. This long seclusion afforded him leisure for composing a Chronicle, extending from the creation of the world to the close of his Own life; but which is of comparatively little interest to ourselves, as even the latter portion Of it relates almost entirely to the German empire or the Popedom, and contains only a few short references to events connected with this island. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.