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of_o clarence_n and_o his_o heir_n make_v uncapable_a of_o
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goodwin_n repair_v his_o people_n of_o southerie_n and_o kent_n and_o to_o he_o be_v bring_v by_o swain_n his_o dun._n son_n the_o man_n of_o oxford_n somerset_n hereford_n gloucester_z and_o berk-shire_n unto_o who_o harold_n his_o other_o son_n join_v those_o of_o essex_n norfolk_n suffolk_n cambridge_n and_o huntingdon-shire_n so_o that_o his_o host_n be_v exceed_o great_a and_o his_o mind_n thereby_o so_o inflate_v that_o from_o langton_n where_o he_o lay_v he_o send_v a_o bold_a and_o traitorous_a demand_n to_o the_o king_n to_o have_v earl_n eustace_n of_o boulogne_n with_o all_o his_o french_a and_o norman_n that_o keep_v then_o in_o the_o castle_n of_o dover_n to_o be_v deliver_v unto_o he_o and_o his_o son_n which_o be_v as_o good_a reason_n be_v refuse_v the_o battle_n be_v prepare_v and_o bring_v to_o the_o very_a point_n of_o hazard_n and_o ruin_n of_o all_o for_o in_o that_o quarrel_n be_v assemble_v the_o great_a peer_n and_o lord_n of_o the_o land_n the_o king_n love_n sway_v very_o much_o with_o many_o but_o yet_o the_o hatred_n towards_o stranger_n possess_v the_o heart_n of_o more_o the_o beginning_n thus_o doubtful_a and_o the_o end_n like_o to_o prove_v dangerous_a the_o matter_n both_o with_o great_a foresight_n and_o providence_n be_v refer_v unto_o parliament_n to_o be_v hold_v at_o london_n with_o all_o convenient_a haste_n whereunto_o pledge_n be_v both_o give_v and_o receive_v on_o either_o part_n 15_o king_n edward_n strong_o guard_v with_o a_o army_n of_o the_o mercian_n and_o northumbrian_n enter_v london_n and_o goodwin_n with_o his_o son_n in_o warlike_a manner_n come_v into_o southwark_n to_o his_o own_o house_n but_o his_o army_n waver_v and_o as_o bad_a cause_n &_o conscience_n make_v man_n do_v suspect_v the_o worst_a by_o little_a and_o little_o shrink_v away_o from_o he_o which_o know_v to_o the_o king_n he_o present_o pronounce_v sentence_n of_o banishment_n unto_o goodwin_n and_o his_o five_o son_n without_o further_a 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scotland_n upon_o the_o western_a coast_n of_o somerset_n and_o devonshire_n who_o thence_o coast_v about_o the_o point_n of_o cornwall_n join_v their_o fleet_n with_o their_o father_n in_o the_o i_o will_v of_o wight_n dunel_n 17_o against_o they_o king_n edward_n prepare_v &_o himself_o though_o age_a with_o a_o navy_n of_o sixty_o ship_n well_o furnish_v for_o war_n mean_v to_o have_v make_v a_o end_n of_o that_o business_n by_o the_o destruction_n of_o his_o adversary_n but_o the_o navy_n ready_a to_o join_v battle_n god_n take_v the_o cause_n into_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o with_o a_o thick_a fog_n so_o overspread_v the_o sea_n that_o one_o fleet_n can_v not_o thereby_o see_v another_o in_o which_o goodwin_n and_o his_o complice_n by_o contrary_a wind_n be_v drive_v to_o the_o place_n from_o whence_o they_o come_v king_n edward_n still_o in_o jealousy_n of_o goodwin_n return_n rig_v forth_o forty_o tall_a ship_n to_o secure_v the_o sea_n which_o keep_v not_o so_o strong_a a_o watch_n but_o that_o goodwin_n get_v by_o they_o solicit_v the_o people_n of_o kent_n sussex_n and_o surrey_n unto_o his_o aid_n and_o enter_v thamesis_n do_v the_o like_a unto_o they_o in_o london_n who_o accept_v of_o his_o arrivage_n though_o king_n edward_n lay_v there_o so_o that_o without_o disturbance_n his_o navy_n fall_v up_o with_o the_o tide_n through_o the_o south_n arch_n of_o the_o bridge_n &_o a_o mighty_a army_n to_o his_o aid_n muster_v upon_o the_o same_o side_n of_o the_o river_n 18_o the_o nobility_n then_o see_v side_n against_o side_n and_o all_o of_o they_o mere_a english_a ready_a to_o hazard_v their_o blood_n in_o the_o quarrel_n of_o stranger_n wrought_v so_o with_o edward_n and_o goodwin_n that_o they_o come_v unto_o peace_n and_o pledge_n be_v again_o deliver_v for_o the_o performance_n whereof_o wilmot_n the_o son_n of_o earl_n goodwin_n and_o hacun_fw-fr the_o son_n of_o swain_n his_o elder_a be_v send_v
to_o duke_n william_n of_o normandy_n so_o great_a a_o trust_n he_o ever_o repose_v in_o stranger_n this_o swain_n upon_o a_o remorse_n of_o conscience_n dun._n for_o the_o blood_n he_o have_v spill_v and_o especial_o for_o the_o slaughter_n of_o beorne_n his_o cousin_n &_o intercessor_n who_o sue_v to_o the_o king_n for_o his_o peace_n undertake_v a_o pilgrimage_n to_o jerusalem_n and_o in_o his_o return_n die_v in_o licia_n whether_o through_o a_o extremity_n of_o cold_a or_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o saracen_n that_o spoil_v all_o they_o meet_v it_o be_v uncertain_a 19_o goodwin_n now_o restore_v and_o in_o great_a credit_n with_o the_o king_n cast_v the_o eye_n of_o disdain_n upon_o the_o archbishop_n robert_n as_o common_o favourite_n emulate_v each_o other_o and_o himself_o be_v a_o man_n eloquent_a and_o politic_a so_o possess_v the_o king_n both_o against_o he_o and_o his_o norman_n that_o he_o requite_v his_o own_o banishment_n with_o all_o they_o out_o of_o england_n some_o 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