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credit_v frustrate_v this_o design_n for_o though_o the_o queen_n and_o her_o complice_n out_o of_o their_o transcendent_a malice_n which_o o_o that_o some_o of_o late_a time_n have_v not_o overmuch_o imitate_v inimicitias_fw-la quas_fw-la viventi_fw-la ingesserunt_fw-la in_o mortuum_fw-la protelantes_fw-la sepelierunt_fw-la cum_fw-la sine_fw-la regio_fw-la honore_fw-la apud_fw-la warham_n ut_fw-la sicut_fw-la vitam_fw-la ejus_fw-la extinxerant_fw-la ita_fw-la et_fw-la nomen_fw-la ejus_fw-la extinguerent_fw-la hic_fw-la vero_fw-la compertum_fw-la 8._o est_fw-la contra_fw-la divinam_fw-la providentiam_fw-la non_fw-la sufficere_fw-la praâ—um_fw-la cor_fw-la hominis_fw-la et_fw-la inscrutabile_fw-la quem_fw-la enim_fw-la perfidi_fw-la terris_fw-la abjicerant_fw-la deus_fw-la coelo_fw-la gloriosè_fw-la suscepit_fw-la et_fw-la memoriae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la insignivit_fw-la eum_fw-la dominus_fw-la cujus_fw-la mentionem_fw-la proditores_fw-la obnubulare_fw-la studuerant_fw-la but_o mark_v the_o sad_a sequel_n of_o this_o prodigious_a regicide_n proditione_n gentis_fw-la suae_fw-la perfidae_fw-la thus_o register_v by_o 357._o henry_n huntindon_n a_o impartial_a historian_n ind_n dominus_fw-la iterum_fw-la ad_fw-la iram_fw-la provocatus_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la plus_fw-la solito_fw-la irritatus_fw-la genti_fw-la pessimae_fw-la malum_fw-la inextricabile_fw-la confer_v cogitavit_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la facere_fw-la paraverat_fw-la non_fw-la distulit_fw-la veneruntque_fw-la dani_n et_fw-la operuerunt_fw-la angliam_fw-la quasinubes_fw-la coeli_fw-la to_o which_o 61._o william_n of_o malmsbury_n subjoin_v creditumque_fw-la et_fw-la celebritèr_fw-la vulgatum_fw-la quod_fw-la propter_fw-la elfridae_fw-la in_o edwardum_fw-la insolentiam_fw-la multo_fw-la post_fw-la tempore_fw-la tota_fw-la patria_fw-la servitutem_fw-la infremuisset_fw-la barbaricam_fw-la take_v the_o sum_n of_o his_o reign_n murder_n saintship_n in_o these_o word_n of_o *_o abbot_n ethelred_n translato_fw-la ad_fw-la coelestia_fw-la regna_fw-la regeâ—adgaro_n â—adgaro_z in_fw-la regno_fw-la terreno_fw-la filius_fw-la ejus_fw-la 362._o edwardus_fw-la successit_fw-la qui_fw-la injust_a ab_fw-la impiis_fw-la interfectus_fw-la tum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sanctitatem_fw-la tum_fw-la ob_fw-la mortis_fw-la aâ—â—â—bitatem_fw-la sancti_fw-la nomen_fw-la et_fw-la meritum_fw-la deo_fw-la donante_fw-la promâ—ruit_fw-la be_v afterward_o translate_v to_o shaftsbury_n and_o there_o honourable_o enshrine_v king_n edward_n be_v thus_o treacherous_o murder_v on_o 979._o the_o 17_o day_n of_o april_n anno_fw-la 978._o when_o he_o have_v reign_v only_o 3._o year_n and_o 8._o month_n by_o hereditary_a succession_n thereupon_o on_o the_o 8._o of_o may_v 979._o his_o half-brother_n 46â—_n ethelred_n be_v crown_v king_n at_o kingston_n by_o both_o the_o archbishop_n dunstan_n and_o oswald_n and_o ten_o bishop_n more_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o noble_n much_o against_o dunstan_n will_n and_o although_o ethelred_n so_o much_o lament_v his_o brother_n murder_n be_v then_o but_o a_o child_n of_o ten_o year_n old_a not_o active_a to_o promote_v this_o treacherous_a plot_n and_o so_o detest_a it_o that_o his_o mother_n elfrida_n in_o a_o rage_n whip_v he_o for_o it_o with_o candle_n for_o want_n of_o a_o rod_n which_o make_v he_o abhor_v candle_n all_o his_o life_n yet_o dunstan_n full_a of_o a_o prophetical_a spirit_n at_o the_o very_a time_n of_o his_o coronation_n tell_v he_o that_o he_o and_o his_o posterity_n together_o with_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n shall_v suffer_v grievous_a tribulation_n all_o his_o reign_n use_v these_o word_n then_o unto_o he_o because_o thou_o have_v aspire_v to_o the_o kingdom_n by_o the_o death_n of_o thy_o brother_n who_o thy_o mother_n murder_v therefore_o hear_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n thus_o say_v the_o lord_n the_o sword_n and_o blood_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o thy_o house_n nor_o from_o the_o nation_n but_o shall_v rage_v against_o thou_o all_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o life_n slay_v thy_o séed_n vutil_o thy_o kingdom_n shall_v be_v translate_v to_o another_o realm_n and_o nation_n who_o custom_n and_o language_n that_o nation_n over_o which_o thou_o reign_v know_v not_o cue_n eoâ—_n in_o ultimâ—m_fw-la redâ—gat_fw-la seruâ—tutem_fw-la who_o shalâ—_n reduce_v they_o into_o the_o extreme_a bondage_n for_o conspire_v with_o thy_o ignominious_a mother_n against_o the_o blood_n of_o thy_o brother_n neither_o shaâ—_n thy_o fin_n nor_o the_o sin_n of_o thy_o mother_n nor_o the_o sin_n of_o those_o who_o be_v privy_a to_o her_o wicked_a counsel_n that_o they_o may_v stretch_v â—ut_v a_o hand_n against_o the_o lord_n anoint_v to_o slay_v he_o be_v expiate_v but_o by_o a_o long_a revenge_n 8._o and_o much_o effusion_n of_o blood_n which_o according_o come_v to_o pass_n and_o let_v all_o other_o who_o it_o concern_v most_o near_o with_o our_o whole_a english_a nation_n now_o serious_o remind_v it_o this_o prophecy_n be_v present_o after_o second_v with_o a_o prodigious_a cloud_n spread_v and_o see_v over_o all_o england_n sundry_a night_n which_o appear_v sometime_o bloody_a other_o time_n fiery_a and_o then_o change_v itself_o into_o divers_a sort_n of_o flashing_n and_o colour_n vanish_v about_o the_o morning_n the_o very_a next_o year_n follow_v the_o barbarous_a dane_n invade_v england_n burn_v sonthampton_n kill_v and_o carry_v away_o
prisoner_n almost_o all_o the_o inhabitant_n thereof_o after_o which_o they_o inse_v and_o waste_v the_o isle_n of_o ten_v and_o city_n of_o west-chester_n invade_v england_n every_o year_n with_o new_a force_n till_o they_o have_v lay_v the_o whole_a kingdom_n desolate_a expel_v king_n ethelred_n with_o his_o queen_n and_o child_n into_o foreign_a patt_n and_o possess_v themselves_o both_o of_o the_o crown_n and_o realm_n as_o absolute_a sovereign_n and_o here_o before_o i_o proceed_v further_o i_o can_v but_o take_v special_a notice_n of_o god_n admirable_a retaliate_a justice_n inflict_v upon_o some_o of_o our_o saxon_a usurp_v regicide_n and_o their_o posterity_n worthy_a our_o sad_a contemplation_n life_n king_n edgar_z as_o i_o touch_v before_o injurious_o usurp_v upon_o his_o elder_a brother_n king_n edwin_n and_o by_o force_n of_o arm_n deprive_v he_o of_o half_a his_o crown_n and_o kingdom_n at_o first_o and_o of_o his_o whole_a realm_n if_o not_o life_n too_o at_o last_o 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dethrone_v king_n edward_n who_o he_o stab_v to_o death_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n as_o malmesbury_n record_v though_o to_o expiate_v this_o crime_n he_o soon_o after_o honourable_o translate_v his_o corpse_n from_o warham_n to_o shafisbury-minster_n yet_o by_o god_n avenge_a wrath_n about_o a_o year_n after_o his_o whole_a body_n be_v eat_v up_o of_o louse_n and_o worm_n so_o that_o he_o die_v most_o miserable_o queen_n alfrida_n the_o chief_a plotter_n of_o this_o murder_n soon_o after_o the_o fact_n be_v strike_v with_o such_o horror_n of_o conscience_n for_o this_o bloody_a regicide_n that_o to_o pacify_v the_o pang_n thereof_o and_o expiate_v the_o guilt_n of_o his_o cry_a blood_n she_o build_v two_o monastery_n at_o almesbury_n and_o warwel_o and_o cast_v off_o her_o royal_a robe_n and_o state_n enter_v into_o the_o late_a of_o they_o where_o she_o afflict_v herself_o with_o sackcloth_n fast_v weep_a and_o severe_a penance_n unto_o the_o day_n of_o her_o death_n bewail_v this_o bloody_a crime_n all_o the_o remainder_n of_o her_o life_n the_o whole_a english_a nation_n who_o be_v either_o consenter_n to_o or_o overgreat_a conniver_n at_o their_o sovereign_n murder_n which_o they_o never_o public_o question_v nor_o revenge_v be_v not_o only_o strike_v consume_v with_o all_o sort_n of_o plague_n and_o strange_a disease_n but_o incessant_o invade_v oppress_v spoil_v captivate_v conquer_v murderated_a and_o almost_o quite_o extirpate_v by_o the_o barbarous_a dane_n who_o usurp_v the_o sovereignty_n over_o they_o for_o three_o generation_n be_v make_v a_o spectacle_n of_o divine_a justice_n both_o to_o angel_n and_o man._n as_o for_o king_n ethelred_n himself_o though_o then_o a_o infant_n he_o purchase_v nothing_o else_o by_o his_o brother_n blood_n but_o a_o crown_n of_o thorn_n and_o care_n live_v in_o perpetual_a war_n care_n fear_n want_n distress_n be_v cross_v in_o all_o his_o design_n war_n by_o land_n and_o sea_n contemn_v desert_a and_o frequent_o betray_v by_o his_o own_o counsellor_n noble_n commander_n soldier_n subject_n force_v out_o of_o the_o realm_n with_o his_o queen_n child_n by_o the_o conquer_a dane_n all_o live_n like_o exile_n in_o foreign_a part_n die_v at_o last_o neither_o lament_v nor_o desire_v some_o of_o his_o son_n after_o his_o death_n be_v treacherous_o murder_v as_o edmund_n ironside_n by_o his_o own_o brother-in-law_n and_o ethelred_n his_o son-in-law_n duke_n edert_n all_o his_o posterity_n renounce_v by_o the_o english_a and_o the_o dane_n prefer_v before_o they_o banish_v betray_v devote_a to_o ruin_n by_o the_o usurp_a dane_n and_o his_o own_o temporize_a english_a prelate_n and_o noble_n of_o which_o more_o full_o hereafter_o take_v but_o this_o brief_a character_n of_o his_o unhappy_a reign_n out_o of_o 10._o william_n of_o malmsbury_n and_o 2._o henry_n de_fw-fr knyghton_n ethelredus_fw-la post_fw-la occisionem_fw-la fratris_fw-la svi_fw-la edwardi_fw-la in_o regem_fw-la levatus_fw-la 38._o annis_fw-la reguum_fw-la potius_fw-la obsidit_fw-la quam_fw-la rexit_fw-la nam_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la cursus_fw-la saevus_fw-la et_fw-la infaustus_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_fw-la principio_fw-la miser_n in_o medio_fw-la et_fw-la sine_fw-la turpis_fw-la et_fw-la reprobus_fw-la iste_fw-la tenuit_fw-la regnum_fw-la in_fw-la magna_fw-la angustia_fw-la nes_fw-la mirum_fw-la quia_fw-la sic_fw-la felonice_n et_fw-la injust_a intrusus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la rex_fw-la suorum_fw-la per_fw-la fidia_fw-la ducum_fw-la avito_fw-la ex_fw-la terris_fw-la solio_fw-la et_fw-la opis_fw-la egens_fw-la alienae_n in_o cujus_fw-la manu_fw-la aliorum_fw-la solebat_fw-la salus_fw-la pendere_fw-la e_o normannia_n accercitus_fw-la londoniae_n agebat_fw-la propter_fw-la proditores_fw-la nunquam_fw-la procedens_fw-la ubi_fw-la animam_fw-la laboribus_fw-la et_fw-la miseriis_fw-la natam_fw-la efflavit_fw-la post_fw-la cujus_fw-la mortem_fw-la proceres_fw-la regni_fw-la cum_fw-la clero_fw-la stirpem_fw-la ejus_fw-la abhorrentes_fw-la canutum_fw-la recognoverunt_fw-la regem_fw-la suum_fw-la fore_fw-la all_o which_o calamity_n fall_v upon_o these_o regicide_n traitor_n and_o the_o whole_a english_a nation_n as_o our_o historian_n observe_v for_o the_o murder_n of_o their_o lawful_a sovereign_n and_o have_v we_o not_o all_o now_o just_a cause_n to_o fear_v the_o very_a like_a or_o some_o sore_a judgement_n for_o the_o selfsame_o cry_a sin_n and_o other_o transcendent_a bloody_a traitorous_a violence_n oppression_n of_o all_o kind_n far_o exceed_v this_o and_o all_o other_o in_o former_a age_n but_o to_o proceed_v from_o these_o general_n to_o the_o most_o observable_a particular_n during_o his_o reign_n anno_fw-la dom._n 980._o be_v the_o second_o year_n of_o king_n ethelreds_n 980._o reign_n the_o speed_n dane_n begin_v their_o invasion_n and_o persecution_n of_o the_o english_a waste_v depopulate_v with_o fire_n and_o sword_n southampton_n chester_n the_o isle_n of_o ten_v cornwall_n devonshire_n and_o other_o place_n continue_v their_o depredation_n sundry_a year_n after_o till_o they_o become_v lord_n and_o master_n both_o of_o the_o crown_n and_o realm_n all_o our_o historian_n record_v that_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o english_a nation_n especial_o their_o treason_n and_o treachery_n against_o their_o innocent_a murder_a sovereign_n be_v the_o original_a cause_n of_o this_o danish_a invasion_n and_o most_o fatal_a judgement_n to_o which_o bishop_n 64._o lupus_n in_o his_o oration_n subjoin_v these_o other_o sin_n pertinent_a to_o my_o theme_n of_o which_o i_o fear_v our_o nation_n be_v now_o fart_n more_o guilty_a than_o their_o ancestor_n in_o that_o age_n ecclesiae_fw-la vastantur_fw-la ordo_fw-la clericalis_fw-la ludibrio_fw-la habetur_fw-la et_fw-la contemptui_fw-la ima_fw-la plebs_fw-la proditorie_a è_fw-la regno_fw-la sumpto_fw-la pretio_fw-la venundatur_fw-la infant_n ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la incunabilis_fw-la ad_fw-la miseram_fw-la 8._o servitutem_fw-la sumpti_fw-la et_fw-la redacti_fw-la sunt_fw-la omnisque_fw-la benignitas_fw-la et_fw-la eleemosyna_fw-la perit_fw-la ipsi_fw-la denique_fw-la liberi_fw-la avita_fw-la libertate_fw-la frui_fw-la et_fw-la in_o servili_fw-la conditione_n constituti_fw-la bonis_fw-la magnis_fw-la partis_fw-la laboribus_fw-la aut_fw-la aliundè_fw-la concessis_fw-la uti_fw-la prohibentur_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la haec_fw-la gens_fw-la perjuriis_fw-la mendaciis_fw-la juramenti_fw-la fidei_fw-la faederum_fw-la atque_fw-la pignorum_fw-la fractionibus_fw-la crebris_fw-la homicidio_fw-la turto_fw-la et_fw-la quae_fw-la â—d_a rempublicam_fw-la labefactandam_fw-la summa_fw-la sunt_fw-la proditione_n falso_fw-la atque_fw-la technis_fw-la vaferrimis_fw-la in_o ipsos_fw-la domivos_fw-la atque_fw-la heros_n multifariam_fw-la deliquit_fw-la cujus_fw-la fuit_fw-la indicium_fw-la edwardi_fw-la regis_fw-la ipsis_fw-la hostibus_fw-la traditio_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o external_a cause_n principal_o invite_v encourage_v the_o dane_n to_o this_o invasion_n as_o 62_o matthew_n parker_n and_o history_n mr._n fox_n conjecture_n be_v these_o quod_fw-la à _fw-la segnibus_fw-la et_fw-la torpentibu_fw-la monachis_fw-la regni_fw-la facultates_fw-la essent_fw-la absorptae_fw-la auctaque_fw-la indy_n dacorum_n vis_fw-la ab_fw-la anglorum_fw-la sub_fw-la monachis_fw-la redactorum_fw-la ignaviam_fw-la et_fw-la civilia_fw-la orta_fw-la multa_fw-la discrimina_fw-la quae_fw-la daco_n efferarunt_fw-la victores_fw-la and_o that_o the_o dane_n perceive_v the_o discord_n that_o be_v then_o in_o the_o
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