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    "verified_text": "flodden, or flodden field, near the village of branxton, in northumberland, england (10 m. n.w. of wooler), the scene of a famous battle fought on the 9th of september 1513 between the english and the scots. on the 22nd of august a great scottish army under king james iv. had crossed the border. for the moment the earl of surrey (who in king henry viii.'s absence was charged with the defence of the realm) had no organized force in the north of england, but james wasted much precious time among the border castles, and when surrey appeared at wooler, with an army equal in strength to his own, which was now greatly weakened by privations and desertion, he had not advanced beyond ford castle. the english commander promptly sent in a challenge to a pitched battle, which the king, in spite of the advice of his most trusted counsellors, accepted. on the 6th of september, however, he left ford and took up a strong position facing south, on flodden edge. surrey's reproaches for the alleged breach of faith, and a second challenge to fight on millfield plain were this time disregarded. the english commander, thus foiled, executed a daring and skilful march round the enemy's flank, and on the 9th drew up for battle in rear of the hostile army. it is evident that surrey was confident of victory, for he placed his own army, not less than the enemy, in a position where defeat would involve utter ruin. on his appearance the scots hastily changed front and took post on branxton hill, facing north. the battle began at 4 p.m. surrey's archers and cannon soon gained the upper hand, and the scots, unable quietly to endure their losses, rushed to close quarters. their left wing drove the english back, but lord dacre's reserve corps restored the fight on this side. in all other parts of the field, save where james and surrey were personally opposed, the english gradually gained ground. the king's corps was then attacked by surrey in front, and by sir edward stanley in flank. as the scots were forced back, a part of dacre's force closed upon the other flank, and finally dacre himself, boldly neglecting an almost intact scottish division in front of him, charged in upon the rear of king james's corps. surrounded and attacked on all sides, this, the remnant of the invading army, was doomed. the circle of spearmen around the king grew less and less, and in the end james and a few of his nobles were alone left standing. soon they too died, fighting to the last man. among the ten thousand scottish dead were all the leading men in the kingdom of scotland, and there was no family of importance that had not lost a member in this great disaster. the \"king's stone,\" said to mark the spot where james was killed, is at some distance from the actual battlefield. \"sybil's well,\" in scott's _marmion_, is imaginary. flodoard (894-966), french chronicler, was born at epernay, and educated at reims in the cathedral school which had been established by archbishop fulcon (822-900). as canon of reims, and favourite of the archbishops herivaeus (d. 922) and seulfus (d. 925), he occupied while still young an important position at the archiepiscopal court, but was twice deprived of his benefices by heribert, count of vermandois, on account of his steady opposition to the election of the count's infant son to the archbishopric. upon the final triumph of archbishop artold in 947, flodoard became for a time his chief adviser, but withdrew to a monastery in 952, and spent the remaining years of his life in literary and devotional work. his history of the cathedral church at reims (_historia remensis ecclesiae_) is one of the most remarkable productions of the 10th century. flodoard had been given charge of the episcopal archives, and constructed his history out of the original texts, which he generally reproduces in full; the documents for the period of hincmar being especially valuable. the _annales_ which flodoard wrote year by year from 919 to 966 are doubly important, by reason of the author's honesty and the central position of reims in european affairs in his time. flodoard's poetical works are of hardly less historical interest. the long poem celebrating the triumph of christ and his saints was called forth by the favour shown him by pope leo vii., during whose pontificate he visited rome, and he devotes fourteen books to the history of the popes. flodoard's works were published in full by j.p. migne (_patrologia latina_, vol. 135); a modern edition of the _annales_ is the one edited by p. lauer (paris, 1906). for bibliography see a. molinier, _sources de l'histoire de france_ (no. 932). floe (of uncertain derivation; cf. norse _flo_, layer, level plain), a sheet of floating ice detached from the main body of polar ice. it is of less extent than the field of \"pack\" ice, which is a compacted mass of greater depth drifting frequently under the influence of deep currents, while the floating floe is driven by the wind.",
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