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malmesbury_n as_o the_o chronicle_n of_o winchester_n and_o other_o record_n then_o seize_v upon_o all_o their_o wealth_n and_o bestow_v their_o land_n and_o monastery_n on_o secular_a and_o marry_a priest_n and_o afflict_v these_o monk_n in_o sundry_a other_o kind_n but_o 356._o henry_n archdeacon_n of_o huntingdon_n a_o ancient_a judicious_a impartial_a old_a historian_n flourish_v in_o the_o year_n 1148â_n mention_n none_o of_o these_o particular_n in_o his_o life_n but_o give_v this_o honourable_a testimony_n of_o his_o government_n thaâ_n it_o be_v both_o prosperous_a flourish_a and_o laudable_a rex_fw-la edwi_n non_fw-la illaudabiliter_fw-la regni_fw-la infulam_fw-la tenuit_fw-la anno_fw-la râgni_fw-la svi_fw-la quiuto_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o principio_fw-la regnum_fw-la ejus_fw-la decentissimè_fw-la âloreret_fw-la prospera_fw-la et_fw-la laetabunda_fw-la exordia_fw-la mors_fw-la immatura_fw-la perrupit_fw-la and_o therefore_o archbibishop_n 54._o parker_n 22._o bishop_n godwin_n 404._o speed_n and_o 430._o other_o conceive_v that_o the_o true_a cause_n why_o the_o mercian_n and_o noâthumbrians_n &_o those_o only_a not_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o subject_n and_o kingdom_n reject_v he_o and_o sât_v up_o his_o brother_n edgar_n who_o lasciviousness_n be_v more_o excessive_a and_o vice_n more_o extorbitant_a in_o some_o degree_n than_o edwin_n which_o yet_o our_o former_a monkish_a historian_n blanch_v or_o excuse_v be_v the_o malice_n of_o dunstan_n and_o odo_n the_o pillar_n and_o oracle_n of_o the_o monkish_a clergy_n who_o stir_v up_o the_o merciaus_fw-la and_o seditious_a rebellious_a northumbrian_n against_o he_o to_z set_z up_z edgar_z in_o his_o stead_n who_o be_v total_o devote_v to_o they_o and_o dunstan_n by_o who_o counsel'_v he_o be_v afterward_o whole_o guide_v and_o build_v no_o less_o than_o 47_o new_a monastery_n for_o the_o monk_n beside_o all_o those_o he_o repair_v intend_v to_o build_v three_o more_o have_v he_o live_v to_o make_v they_o 50_o complete_a and_o likewise_o cast_v out_o the_o secular_a and_o marry_a priest_n out_o of_o all_o monastery_n and_o church_n unless_o they_o will_v become_v monk_n replenish_n all_o monastery_n &_o church_n with_o monk_n alone_o they_o likewise_o inform_v we_o that_o the_o true_a cause_n of_o king_n edwin_n banish_v dunstan_n eject_v the_o monk_n and_o seize_v their_o land_n and_o treasure_n be_v that_o dunstân_o have_v so_o bewitch_v edmund_n edward_n athelstan_n and_o aedred_a his_o predecessor_n with_o the_o love_n of_o monkery_n as_o that_o they_o noâ_n only_o take_v violent_o from_o marry_a priest_n âheir_a live_n to_o erect_v monastery_n but_o also_o lavish_o waste_v much_o oâ_n their_o own_o royal_a treasure_n land_n and_o revenue_n upon_o they_o which_o they_o shall_v have_v rather_o employ_v in_o resist_v the_o common_a enemy_n of_o god_n and_o their_o country_n the_o dane_n whereupon_o edwin_n perceive_v that_o all_o the_o wealth_n of_o the_o land_n be_v creep_v into_o monastery_n not_o only_o refrain_v to_o bestow_v more_o on_o they_o but_o recall_v divers_a of_o those_o prodigal_a gift_n his_o predecessor_n have_v grant_v they_o which_o the_o monk_n refuse_v to_o renâer_n upon_o demand_n he_o seizeâ_n upon_o they_o by_o arm_a officer_n as_o have_v indeed_o cheat_v
pace_fw-la brevissima_fw-la pensionem_fw-la 16_o millium_fw-la librarum_fw-la persolvere_fw-la compulsus_fw-la est_fw-la which_o fall_v not_o out_o till_o the_o year_n 994._o as_o himself_o and_o other_o record_n malmesbury_n refer_v it_o to_o the_o tax_n of_o 10_o thousand_o pound_n pay_v by_o he_o to_o the_o dane_n anno_fw-la 991._o in_o this_o year_n 986._o alfric_n duke_n of_o mercian_n son_n of_o duke_n alfere_n be_v banish_v england_n crudeliter_fw-la cruel_o without_o just_a cause_n as_o bromton_n recite_v which_o make_v he_o afterward_o prove_v treacherous_a to_o the_o king_n he_o be_v one_o of_o those_o english_a quos_fw-la nullis_fw-la causis_fw-la extantibâs_fw-la exhaeredabat_fw-la rex_fw-la et_fw-la affecto_fw-la crimine_fw-la opibus_fw-la emungebat_fw-la which_o malmesbury_n tax_v he_o for_o 4._o his_o oppression_n and_o injustice_n be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o his_o miscarriage_n and_o expulsion_n by_o the_o dane_n anno_fw-la 988._o 991._o the_o dane_n invade_v wecedport_n thereupon_o goda_n earl_n of_o devonshire_n grafton_n strenwild_n a_o most_o valiant_a knight_n and_o many_o other_o in_o defence_n of_o their_o native_a country_n and_o liberties_n fight_v with_o they_o and_o be_v slay_v by_o they_o and_o anno_fw-la 891._o brithnoth_v the_o most_o valiant_a duke_n of_o the_o east_n english_a and_o his_o force_n fight_v a_o set_a battle_n with_o the_o invade_a dane_n who_o waste_v ipswich_n and_o the_o part_n adjoin_v in_o which_o battle_n a_o innumerable_a multitude_n be_v slay_v on_o both_o side_n and_o this_o valiant_a duke_n with_o many_o thousand_o of_o the_o english_a in_o defence_n of_o their_o country_n against_o these_o invader_n after_o which_o by_o the_o counsel_n of_o spricius_fw-la syricius_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n duke_n aethelward_n alfric_n and_o other_o noble_n assemble_v no_o doubt_n in_o a_o parliamentary_a 1._o ãâã_d as_o malmesburâ_n his_o deuce_n et_fw-la proceres_fw-la si_fw-la quando_fw-la in_o concilium_fw-la venissent_fw-la pars_fw-la hic_fw-la ãâã_d illud_fw-la ãâ¦ã_z and_o henry_n de_fw-fr kayghton_n his_o proceres_fw-la regni_fw-la si_fw-la quando_fw-la ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la congregati_fw-la etc._n etc._n import_n a_o tribute_n of_o ten_o thousand_o pound_n be_v give_v to_o âhe_n danes_n that_o they_o may_v desist_v from_o their_o frequent_a rapine_n and_o slaughter_n of_o man_n which_o they_o frequent_o exercise_v about_o the_o seacoast_n pacemque_fw-la firmam_fw-la cum_fw-la iis_fw-la tenerent_fw-la and_o may_v hold_v a_o firm_a peace_n with_o they_o some_o of_o our_o historian_n style_v this_o 879._o infaustum_fw-la concilium_fw-la a_o unlucky_a council_n eadmerus_n 1._o give_v this_o verdict_n of_o it_o regis_fw-la desidia_fw-la circum_fw-la circa_fw-la innotuit_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la extevorum_fw-la cupiditas_fw-la opes_fw-la anglorum_fw-la quam_fw-la mortes_fw-la affectans_fw-la hac_fw-la &_o illac_fw-la per_fw-la mare_fw-la terram_fw-la invadere_fw-la &_o primo_fw-la propinquas_fw-la mari_fw-fr villa_n &_o urbes_fw-la deinde_fw-la remotiores_fw-la ae_z demum_fw-la totam_fw-la provinciam_fw-la miserabili_fw-la depopulatione_fw-la devastare_fw-la quibus_fw-la cum_fw-la ille_fw-la nimio_fw-la pavore_fw-la perculsus_fw-la non_fw-la armis_fw-la occurrere_fw-la sed_fw-la data_fw-la pecunia_fw-la pacem_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n petere_fw-la non_fw-la erubuisset_fw-la 9_o ipsi_fw-la suscepto_fw-la pretio_fw-la in_o sua_fw-la revertebantur_fw-la ut_fw-la numero_fw-la suorum_fw-la adaucto_fw-la fortiores_fw-la redirent_fw-la ac_fw-la praemia_fw-la iteratae_fw-la irruptionis_fw-la multiplicata_fw-la reciperent_fw-la unde_fw-la modo_fw-la decem_fw-la millia_fw-la modo_fw-la sedecim_fw-la millia_fw-la modo_fw-la viginti_fw-la quatuor_fw-la millia_fw-la modo_fw-la triginta_fw-la millia_fw-la librarum_fw-la argenti_fw-la consecuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la illis_fw-la largiente_fw-la praefato_fw-la rege_fw-la edelâedo_fw-la et_fw-la gravi_fw-la exactione_n totum_fw-la regnum_fw-la oppriment_fw-la 62._o william_n of_o malmesbury_n pass_v this_o censure_n on_o it_o and_o the_o unhappy_a consequence_n of_o it_o dane_n omnes_fw-la portus_fw-la infestantibus_fw-la &_o levitate_fw-la piratica_fw-la ubique_fw-la infestanâibus_fw-la dum_fw-la nesciretur_fw-la ubi_fw-la eye_n occurrere_fw-la debent_fw-la decretum_fw-la à _fw-la syriaco_fw-it archiepie_n piscopo_fw-it etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la repellerenâur_fw-la argento_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la poâerunt_fw-la ferro_fw-la ita_fw-la decem_fw-la millia_fw-la libraâum_fw-la soluta_fw-la cupiditatem_fw-la danorum_fw-la expâââere_fw-la exemplum_fw-la infamiae_fw-la et_fw-la uiris_fw-la indignnm_fw-la libertatem_fw-la pecunia_fw-la redimere_fw-la quam_fw-la ab_fw-la inuicto_fw-la animo_fw-la nulla_fw-la violentia_fw-la possit_fw-la excutere_fw-la et_fw-la tunc_fw-la quidem_fw-la paâisper_n ab_fw-la incurâbus_fw-la ceââarunt_fw-la mox_fw-la ubi_fw-la vires_fw-la oâio_fw-la resumpserunt_fw-la ad_fw-la superiora_fw-la reâiâum_fw-la tantus_fw-la timor_fw-la anglos_n invaserat_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la de_fw-la resistendo_fw-la cogitarent_fw-la si_fw-mi qui_fw-la antiquae_fw-la glorâae_fw-la memores_fw-la obviare_fw-la &_o ââgna_fw-la colligere_fw-la tentassent_fw-la hostium_fw-la multitudine_fw-la &_o sociorum_fw-la defectione_n destiââebantur_fw-la whereby_o they_o become_v vassal_n and_o tributary_n to_o the_o 203._o insult_a dane_n cujus_fw-la siricii_n consilio_fw-la in_o gestis_fw-la regum_fw-la dixi_fw-la ethelredum_fw-la regem_fw-la animi_fw-la libertatem_fw-la danis_n pretio_fw-la âendicasse_fw-la ut_fw-la eoâuâ_n pacem_fw-la argento_fw-la redimerent_fw-la quod_fw-la ferro_fw-la repellere_fw-la posset_n nisi_fw-la cord_n carâret_fw-la unde_fw-la importabilis_fw-la tributi_fw-la pensio_fw-la imposita_fw-la angliae_fw-la fortunas_fw-la provincialium_fw-la ad_fw-la solum_fw-la usque_fw-la destruxit_fw-la 357._o henry_n huntindon_n and_o the_o 879._o chronicle_n of_o bromton_n pass_v this_o verdict_n against_o and_o deduce_v this_o memorable_a observation_n from_o this_o tribute_n edelredi_fw-la regis_fw-la anno_fw-la 13._o 9_o primo_fw-la statuerunt_fw-la angli_fw-la which_o intimate_v it_o to_o be_v ãâ¦ã_z a_o parliamentary_a council_n concilio_n infausto_fw-la siricii_n archiepiscopi_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la censum_fw-la dacis_fw-la persolverent_fw-la quatenus_fw-la à _fw-la rapinis_fw-la &_o caede_fw-la ãâ¦ã_z âederum_fw-la eye_n decem_fw-la mille_fw-la libras_fw-la hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la malum_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o hodiernum_fw-la diem_fw-la duravit_fw-la et_fw-la diu_fw-la nisi_fw-la dei_fw-la pietas_n subveniat_fw-la durabit_fw-la regibus_fw-la namque_fw-la nostris_fw-la modo_fw-la persolvimus_fw-la ex_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la quod_fw-la dacis_fw-la persolvebatnr_fw-la ex_fw-la ineffabili_fw-la terror_fw-la to_o which_o bromton_n 13._o ranulphus_fw-la censtrensis_fw-la and_o 2._o hânry_n de_fw-fr knyghton_n immediate_o subjoin_v dacis_fw-la tributum_fw-la annuum_fw-la solvunt_fw-la primo_fw-la anno_fw-la 10_o milia_fw-la librarum_fw-la secundo_fw-la anno_fw-la 16_o millia_fw-la librarum_fw-la tertio_fw-la anno_fw-la 20_o millia_fw-la librarum_fw-la quarto_fw-la anno_fw-la 24_o millia_fw-la quinâo_fw-la anno_fw-la 40._o millia_fw-la librarum_fw-la donec_fw-la tandem_fw-la pecunia_fw-la deficiente_fw-la iterum_fw-la tenderent_fw-la ad_fw-la rapinas_fw-la et_fw-la tunc_fw-la norââââbriam_a depraedantesâ_n et_fw-la londoniam_fw-la obsidente_fw-la coegerunt_fw-la regem_fw-la tributum_fw-la dare_v 64._o mat._n parker_n archbishop_n of_o caâterbury_n thus_o censure_v this_o ill_a advice_n of_o his_o predecessor_n siricius_n pacem_fw-la christianis_fw-la ab_fw-la inâidelibus_fw-la dacis_fw-la 10._o librarum_fw-la millibus_fw-la redemit_fw-la ad_fw-la ignominiam_fw-la sane_fw-la peneque_fw-la perniciem_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la 207._o mr._n john_n fox_n inform_v we_o that_o king_n ethelred_n be_v glad_a to_o grant_v the_o dane_n great_a sum_n of_o money_n for_o peacâ_n give_v himself_o to_o poll_n of_o his_o subject_n and_o disinherit_n they_o of_o their_o possession_n and_o cause_v they_o to_o redeem_v the_o same_o agâiâ_n with_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n for_o that_o he_o pay_v great_a tribute_n to_o the_o dane_n yearly_a which_o âas_v calleâ_n danegelt_n 4._o which_o tribute_n so_o increase_v that_o from_o the_o first_o tribute_n of_o 10000_o l._n it_o be_v bring_v at_o last_o in_o process_n of_o 5._o or_o 6._o year_n to_o 40000_o l._n the_o which_o yearly_a tribute_n until_o the_o come_n of_o st._n edward_n and_o after_o be_v levy_v of_o the_o people_n of_o the_o land_n moreover_o for_o lack_v of_o justice_n many_o thief_n rioter_n and_o briber_n be_v in_o the_o land_n with_o much_o misery_n and_o mischief_n to_o which_o sorrow_n moreover_o be_v joyve_v hunger_n and_o penury_n beside_o a_o bloody_a flux_n fever_n mortality_n murrain_n among_o cattle_n etc._n etc._n among_o the_o commons_o insomuch_o that_o every_o one_o of_o they_o be_v constrain_v to_o pick_v and_o steal_v from_o other_o so_o that_o what_o for_o the_o pillage_n of_o the_o dane_n and_o what_o by_o inward_a thief_n and_o briber_n this_o land_n be_v bring_v into_o great_a affliction_n albeit_o the_o great_a cause_n of_o this_o affliction_n as_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o be_v not_o so_o much_o to_o be_v impute_v to_o the_o king_n as_o to_o the_o dissension_n among_o the_o lord_n themselves_o who_o do_v not_o agree_v one_o with_o another_o but_o when_o they_o assemble_v in_o consultation_n together_o either_o they_o do_v draw_v divers_a way_n or_o if_o any_o thing_n be_v agree_v upon_o any_o matter_n of_o peace_n between_o tâe_v party_n soon_o it_o be_v break_v again_o or_o else_o if_o any_o good_a thing_n be_v devise_v for_o the_o prejudice_n of_o the_o enemy_n even_o the_o dane_n be_v warn_v thereof_o by_o some_o of_o the_o same_o council_n 416._o john_n speed_v in_o his_o hist_n of_o great_a britain_n
civibus_fw-la magna_fw-la open_a conantibus_fw-la dum_fw-la unusqââsque_fw-la sudââes_fw-la suos_fw-la principi_fw-la ostento_fw-la et_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la pulchrum_fw-la putaret_fw-la emori_fw-la hostium_fw-la pars_fw-la prostrata_fw-la pars_fw-la in_o flumine_fw-la thamesi_n necuta_fw-la hereupon_o swain_n despair_v to_o take_v the_o city_n march_v with_o his_o tear_a shatter_a army_n first_o to_o wallingford_n plunder_v and_o demolish_n all_o thing_n they_o meet_v with_o in_o their_o wayâ_n after_o âheir_a wont_a manner_n and_o at_o last_o they_o come_v to_o bath_n where_o ethelmere_n earl_n of_o the_o west_n country_n with_o all_o his_o people_n come_v and_o submit_v to_o he_o give_v he_o hostage_n for_o their_o loyalty_n have_v thus_o finish_v all_o thing_n according_a to_o his_o desire_n he_o return_v with_o his_o hostage_n to_o his_o navy_n be_v both_o call_v and_o repute_a king_n by_o all_o the_o people_n of_o england_n london_n except_v si_fw-la rex_fw-la jure_fw-la 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