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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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The History and Antiquities of Dorset by Hutchins 1774 is in The History and Antiquities of Dorset by Hutchins.
On Ridge Hill, the middlemost of the three, is a Cromlech, the only one in this county. The common People call it Hell Stoneq, and have a tradition, that the devil flung it from Portland Pike, a N. point of that island full in view, as he was diverting himself at quoits. There are many vaft ftones in this kingdom, called by the same name from the Saxon word Helian, to cover or conceal; Whence our word Hellier for a tiler. The Hebrew word Sheol, and the Greek Hades, the grave, answers to this derivation, it being the common covering, or concealment of the race of mankind. This Cromlech consists of nine upright stones, or supporters, about three feet broad, and six high above ground, and an horizontal one which is oval: its long diameter, 10 feet 6 inches; its short one 6 feet, and it is about 2 feet thick at the N. and S. ends, and 1 foot 8 inches at the E. and W. ends. These supporters are not of equal length; the highest are on the S. so that it must have dipped towards the N. They are now almost all thrown down on the S. and it leans only on one at the N. which was done by the shepherds, to shelter themselves from the weather, from the S. W. quarter, for which purpose they have dug a hole under it. Its original position was from N. W. to S. E. All these stones are rough, as drawn out of the quarry, except the under part of the horizontal one, which seems roughly chizeled. This monument stands on a tumulus, and on the N. W. Is a terras or avenue 60 feet long leading to it, 30 feet broad at one end, and 10 at the other. To the E. is a small barrow, but no other nearer than on the top of Blagdon.