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EARLY HISTORY OF BRIGHTON. 25
own : they were some of the bravest men among; the seamen and inha-bitants, and mounted on their fleet horses, they were ready at a moment's call, when danger was apprehended."
" Many years after this, during the war between Henry VIII. and Louis XII., the French appeared on the coast, with the intention of burning Brighton. Soon, however, the beacons were lighted; and the people seeing them, far and near, came together in such numbers, that the French thought it best to take themselves off without putting their cruel plan into execution. Queen Elizabeth afterwards granted some money to the town of Brighton, with which land was purchased, and a building
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