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Now, let's read and relax.

Find a comfortable spot.

Adjust your volume.

Take a nice, deep breath in.

Let it out slowly.

And off we go.

Tonight, let's continue with a most remarkable history.

We're reading The Ecclesiastical History of England by the Venerable Beed,

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