Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	ambassador_n	king_n	scotland_n	2,962	5	8.7134	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91297	The third part of a seasonable, legal, and historical vindication of the good old fundamental liberties, franchises, rights, laws, government of all English freemen; with a chronological collection of their strenuous defenses, by wars, and otherwise: of all great Parliamentary Councills, synods, and chief laws, charters, proceedings in them; of the publike revolutions of state, with the sins and vices occasioning them; and the exemplary judgements of God upon tyrants, oppressors, perjured perfidious traitors, rebels, regicides, usurpers, during the reigns o [sic] four Saxon and Danish Kings, from the year of our Lord 600. till the coronation of William the Norman, anno 1066. Collected out of our antientest, and best historians, with brief usefull observations on and from them. / By William Prynne esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne.; Seasonable, legall, and historicall vindication and chronologicall collection of the good, old, fundamentall, liberties, franchises, rights, laws of all English freemen. Part 3	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1657 (1657)	Wing P4102; Thomason E905_1; ESTC R207432	279,958	400

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sacris_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la erecti_fw-la justum_fw-la semper_fw-la erigant_fw-la et_fw-la prava_fw-la deponant_fw-la hinc_fw-la debent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la cum_fw-la saeculi_fw-la judicibus_fw-la interest_n judiciis_fw-la ne_fw-la permittant_fw-la si_fw-la possint_fw-la ut_fw-la illinc_fw-la aliqua_fw-la pravitatum_fw-la germina_fw-la pullulaverint_fw-la and_o to_o avoid_v all_o arbitrary_a proceed_n oppression_n and_o injustice_n in_o all_o thing_n this_o council_n by_o positive_a law_n ascertain_v all_o fine_n amerciament_n imprisonment_n and_o corporal_a punishment_n for_o criminal_a offence_n from_o which_o the_o judge_n may_v not_o vary_v and_o withal_o define_v what_o arm_n every_o man_n shall_v find_v in_o those_o time_n of_o war_n against_o the_o dane_n and_o other_o enemy_n by_o his_o positive_a law_n lex_fw-la 21._o sax._n 16._o omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la habebit_fw-la duos_fw-la homines_fw-la cum_fw-la bonis_fw-la ●_o equis_fw-la de_fw-la omni_fw-la carucâ_fw-la king_n ethelstane_n after_o this_o council_n at_o grate_o what_o year_n be_v not_o express_v assemble_v several_a other_o parliamentary_a 5._o council_n at_o exeter_n feuresham_n and_o thunderfeld_n wherein_o he_o and_o his_o wiseman_n by_o common_a consent_n confirm_v the_o law_n make_v at_o grate_o alter_v some_o of_o they_o in_o certain_a particular_n and_o add_v some_o new_a law_n unto_o they_o as_o you_o may_v

to_o defend_v their_o life_n liberty_n and_o estate_n anno_fw-la 994._o swain_n king_n of_o denmark_n and_o anlafe_a 994._o king_n of_o norwey_n with_o 94_o ship_n sail_v up_o to_o london_n besiege_v 461._o and_o fierce_o assault_v the_o city_n think_v to_o take_v it_o but_o the_o citizen_n so_o manful_o defend_v it_o that_o they_o repulse_v the_o dane_n thence_o with_o great_a loss_n who_o thereupon_o turn_v their_o fury_n upon_o the_o county_n of_o essex_n kent_n sussex_n and_o southampton_n so_o greivous_o waste_v they_o with_o fire_n and_o sword_n burn_v the_o village_n and_o slay_v the_o inhabitant_n that_o king_n ethelred_n concilio_n procerum_fw-la suorum_fw-la by_o the_o council_n of_o his_o noble_n assemble_v together_o for_o that_o end_n as_o wigorniensis_n matthew_n westminster_n hoveden_n simeon_n dunelmensis_n and_o other_o write_v send_v ambassador_n to_o they_o promise_v to_o give_v they_o tribute_n and_o wages_n and_o money_n upon_o this_o condition_n that_o they_o shall_v desist_v from_o their_o cruelty_n who_o thereupon_o condescend_v to_o the_o king_n request_n return_v to_o their_o ship_n and_o draw_v all_o their_o army_n together_o unto_o southampton_n winter_v there_o to_o who_o a_o tribute_n of_o sixteen_o thousand_o pound_n be_v give_v 9_o and_o pay_v out_o of_o all_o england_n that_o they_o shall_v cease_v from_o their_o rapine_n and_o ●laughters_n of_o innocent_a person_n after_o this_o agreement_n king_n anlaf_n tepair_v to_o andover_n to_o king_n ethelred_n where_o he_o receive_v baptism_n ethelred_n be_v his_o godfather_n and_o bestow_v great_a gift_n upon_o he_o heteupon_o anlaf_n enter_v into_o a_o league_n with_o he_o promise_v to_o return_v into_o his_o own_o country_n and_o never_o after_o to_o return_v into_o england_n with_o a_o army_n which_o promise_n he_o faithful_o observe_v the_o article_n of_o the_o agreement_n between_o king_n ethelred_n and_o he_o be_v at_o large_a record_v in_o the_o chronicle_n of_o bromton_n col._n 899_o 900._o be_v make_v by_o advice_n of_o all_o his_o wiseman_n assemble_v in_o a_o parliamentary_a council_n a●_n this_o title_n to_o they_o intimate_v haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la verba_fw-la pacis_fw-la et_fw-la prolocutionis_fw-la quas_fw-la ethelredus_fw-la rex_fw-la et_fw-la omnes_fw-la sapientes_fw-la ejus_fw-la cum_fw-la exercitu_fw-la firmaverunt_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la ana●an●_n ●t_a justino_n et_fw-fr gudermundo_n stegiari_fw-la filio_fw-la venit_fw-la the_o article_n of_o the_o peace_n between_o they_o be_v x._o in_o the_o saxon_a but_o xi_o in_o the_o latin_a copy_n the_o perfidious_a other_o dane_n violate_v their_o former_a agreement_n anno_fw-la 997._o come_v with_o a_o great_a fleet_n and_o 999._o army_n into_o the_o mouth_n of_o severn_n waste_v and_o lay_v waste_n and_o desolate_a north-wales_n and_o most_o of_o the_o west_n and_o south_n part_n of_o england_n no_o man_n resist_v they_o gain_v a_o extraordinary_a great_a booty_n and_o wintr_v about_o tavestock_n the_o next_o year_n 998._o they_o enter_v the_o river_n of_o frome_n waste_v and_o spoil_v dorsetshire_n the_o isle_n of_o wight_n and_o sussex_n over_o and_o over_o live_v upon_o their_o spoil_n whereupon_o the_o english_a many_o time_n assemble_v a_o army_n to_o resist_v and_o expel_v they_o but_o so_o often_o as_o they_o be_v about_o to_o give_v they_o battle_n angli_fw-la aut_fw-la insidiis_fw-la aut_fw-la aliquo_fw-la infortunio_fw-la impediti_fw-la terga_fw-la verterunt_fw-la et_fw-la hostibus_fw-la victoriam_fw-la dederunt_fw-la most_o of_o the_o noble_n of_o england_n secret_o favour_v the_o dane_n and_o not_o love_v ethelred_n quia_fw-la alfrida_n mater_fw-la sua_fw-la pro_fw-la ipso_fw-la liberius_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la substituendo_fw-la sanctum_fw-la edwardum_fw-la fratrem_fw-la suum_fw-la dolosè_fw-la extinxerat_fw-la as_o bromton_n and_o other_o attest_v anno_fw-la 999._o the_o danish_a fleet_n enter_v the_o river_n of_o medway_n besiege_v rochester_n and_o waste_v kent_n the_o kentish_a man_n unite_n their_o force_n fight_v a_o sharp_a battle_n with_o they_o wherein_o many_o be_v slay_v on_o both_o side_n but_o the_o dane_n win_v the_o field_n horse_v their_o foot_n on_o the_o horse_n they_o gain_v and_o miserable_o waste_v all_o the_o west_n part_n of_o kent_n which_o king_n ethelred_n be_v informe●_n of_o suorum_fw-la primatum_fw-la consilio_fw-la et_fw-la classem_fw-la et_fw-la pedestrem_fw-la congregavit_fw-la exercitum_fw-la 9_o by_o the_o advice_n of_o his_o noble_n he_o assemble_v a_o navy_n and_o foot_n army_n to_o encounter_v they_o but_o while_o the_o ship_n be_v prepare_v the_o captain_n of_o the_o army_n delay_v from_o day_n to_o day_n their_o begin_a levye_n and_o undertake_n grievous_o vex_v the_o people_n in_o conclusion_n neither_o the_o navy_n nor_o army_n do_v any_o thing_n at_o all_o for_o the_o people_n benefit_n or_o defence_n praeter_fw-la populi_fw-la laborem_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la pe●ditionem_fw-la hostium_fw-la incitationem_fw-la as_o florentius_n wigorniensis_n roger_n hoveden_n and_o other_o observe_v hereupon_o 60._o king_n ethelred_n anno_fw-la 1000_o for_o the_o 1000_o better_a defence_n of_o his_o realm_n resolve_v to_o take_v to_o wife_n emma_n daughter_n of_o richard_n earl_n of_o normandy_n who_o be_v then_o most_o valiant_a and_o formidable_a to_o the_o whole_a realm_n of_o france_n for_o he_o see_v himself_o and_o his_o subject_n very_o much_o weaken_v and_o do_v not_o a_o little_a fear_n their_o future_a overthrow_n hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la dei_fw-la nutu_fw-la factum_fw-la esse_fw-la constat_fw-la ut_fw-la veniret_fw-la contra_fw-la improbos_fw-la malum_fw-la genti_fw-la enim_fw-la anglorum_fw-la quam_fw-la sceleribus_fw-la suis_fw-la exigentibus_fw-la disterminare_fw-la proposuer_fw-mi at_o sicut_fw-la et_fw-la ipsi_fw-la brittones_n peccatis_fw-la accusantibus_fw-la humiliaverant_fw-la dominus_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la duplicem_fw-la contritionem_fw-la proposuit_fw-la et_fw-la quasi_fw-la militares_fw-la insidias_fw-la adhibuit_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ut_fw-la hinc_fw-la dacorum_n persecutione_n saeviente_fw-la illinc_fw-la normannorum_fw-la conjunctione_n accrescente_fw-la si_fw-la ab_fw-la dacorum_n manifesta_fw-la fulminatione_fw-la evaderent_fw-la normannorum_fw-la improvisam_fw-la cum_fw-la fortitudine_fw-la cautelam_fw-la non_fw-la evaderent_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o sequentibus_fw-la apparuit_fw-la cum_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la conjunctione_n regis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la et_fw-la filiae_fw-la ducis_fw-la normannorum_fw-la angliam_fw-la just_a secundum_fw-la jus_o gentium_fw-la normanni_n et_fw-la calumniati_fw-la sunt_fw-la et_fw-la adepti_fw-la sunt_fw-la praedixit_fw-la etiam_fw-la eye_n quidam_fw-la vir_fw-la dei_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la scelerum_fw-la suorum_fw-la immanitate_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la quia_fw-la semper_fw-la caedi_fw-la et_fw-la proditioni_fw-la studuebant_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la quia_fw-la semper_fw-la ebrietati_fw-la et_fw-la negligentiae_fw-la domus_fw-la domini_fw-la dediti_fw-la erant_fw-la eye_v insperatum_fw-la à_fw-la francia_n adventurum_fw-la dominium_fw-la quod_fw-la et_fw-la eorum_fw-la excellentiam_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la deprimeret_fw-la et_fw-la honorem_fw-la sine_fw-la termino_fw-la restitutionis_fw-la eventila●et_fw-la praedixit_fw-la etiam_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la ea_fw-la gens_fw-la solum_fw-la verum_fw-la et_fw-la scottorum_fw-la quos_fw-la vilissimos_fw-la habebant_fw-la else_o ad_fw-la emeritam_fw-la confusionem_fw-la dominaretur_fw-la praedixit_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la varium_fw-la adeò_fw-la seculum_fw-la creandum_fw-la ut_fw-la varietas_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o mentibus_fw-la hominum_fw-la latebat_fw-la et_fw-la in_o actibus_fw-la patebat_fw-la multimo_fw-la da_fw-la variatione_fw-la vestium_fw-la et_fw-la indumentorum_fw-la designaretur_fw-la hac_fw-la igitur_fw-la providentia_fw-la cum_fw-la legatoriis_fw-la ad_fw-la ducem_fw-la normannorum_fw-la missis_fw-la rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la suae_fw-la petitionis_fw-la concessionem_fw-la obtinuisset_fw-la statuto_fw-la tempore_fw-la tanto_fw-la digno_fw-la ministerio_fw-la ad_fw-la dominam_fw-la svam_fw-la recipiendam_fw-la et_fw-la adducendam_fw-la proceres_fw-la anglorum_fw-la mittuntur_fw-la in_o normanniam_fw-la quae_fw-la longo_fw-la et_fw-la digno_fw-la regibus_fw-la apparatu_fw-la dirigentur_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la thus_o henry_n archdeacon_n of_o huntindon_n radulphus_fw-la cistrensis_fw-la bromton_n and_o other_o out_o of_o they_o urite_v of_o this_o norman_a match_n as_o the_o groundwork_n of_o translate_n the_o government_n in_o succeed_a time_n from_o the_o saxon_n to_o the_o norman_n for_o the_o saxon_n sin_n forenamed_a this_o same_o year_n the_o danish_a fleet_n sail_v into_o normandy_n 1000_o and_o pillage_n it_o king_n ethelred_n hear_v of_o it_o march_v with_o a_o great_a army_n into_o cumberland_n and_o the_o northern_a parr_n which_o have_v revolt_v to_o the_o dane_n and_o where_o their_o great_a colony_n be_v where_o he_o vanquish_v the_o dane_n in_o a_o great_a battle_n and_o waste_v pillage_v most_o of_o all_o the_o country_n which_o do_v he_o commandcd_v his_o navy_n to_o sail_v round_o about_o the_o north_n part_n of_o wales_n and_o to_o meet_v he_o at_o a_o appoint_a place_n which_o by_o reason_n of_o cross_a wind_n they_o can_v not_o do_v yet_o they_o waste_v and_o take_v the_o isle_n of_o man_n which_o success_n somewhat_o raise_v and_o encourage_v the_o deject_a spirit_n of_o the_o english_a and_o increase_v the_o king_n reputation_n with_o they_o in_o the_o year_n 1001._o daniel_n the_o danish_a fleet_n return_v 1002._o from_o normandy_n enter_v the_o river_n of_o exit_fw-la and_o besiege_a exeter_n which_o the_o citizen_n manful_o defend_v repulse_v

melius_fw-la nescivit_fw-la lex_fw-la 36._o qui_fw-la aliquem_fw-la accusare_fw-la praesumat_fw-la unde_fw-la pecunia_fw-la vel_fw-la commodo_fw-la pejor_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o denique_fw-la mendacium_fw-la pernoscatur_fw-la linguam_fw-la svam_fw-la perdat_fw-la vel_fw-la weregildo_n redimatur_fw-la lex_fw-la 37._o nemo_fw-la regem_fw-la requiret_fw-la de_fw-la justitia_fw-la facienda_fw-la dum_fw-la ei_fw-la rectum_fw-la offertur_fw-la in_o hundredo_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o requiratur_fw-la hundredum_fw-la secundum_fw-la witam_n sicut_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la lex_fw-la 38._o et_fw-la habeatur_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la ter_z burgimotus_fw-la &_o scyremotus_fw-la bis_fw-la nisi_fw-la saepius_fw-la sit_fw-la necesse_fw-la et_fw-la inter_fw-la sit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la et_fw-la aldermannus_n et_fw-la doceant_fw-la ibi_fw-la dei_fw-la rectum_fw-la et_fw-la seculi_fw-la lex_fw-la 59_o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr in_o aliquo_fw-la tempore_fw-la concessa_fw-la injustitia_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la injustitia_fw-la est_fw-la festis_fw-la diebus_fw-la et_fw-la sanctificatis_fw-la locis_fw-la propensius_fw-la interdicta_fw-la semperque_fw-la sicui_fw-la homo_fw-la potentior_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la majoris_fw-la ordinis_fw-la sic_fw-la debet_fw-la solertius_fw-la pro_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la seculo_fw-la quod_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la emenda●e_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la gratam_fw-mi emendationem_fw-la sedulo_fw-la per_fw-la quiramus_fw-la de_fw-la scripture_n sanctis_fw-la et_fw-la secularem_fw-la juxta_fw-la legem_fw-la seculi_fw-la lex_fw-la 83._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la de_fw-la morte_fw-la regis_fw-la vel_fw-la domini_fw-la svi_fw-la quoquo_fw-la modo_fw-la traectaverit_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la et_fw-la omnium_fw-la quae_fw-la habebit_fw-la 8._o nisi_fw-la triplici_fw-la judicio_fw-la se_fw-la purget_fw-la lex_fw-la 91._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la burgbotam_fw-la vel_fw-la brigbotam_fw-la 1._o burgi_fw-la vel_fw-la pontis_fw-la refectionem_fw-la vel_fw-la firdfare_n 1._o in_o exercitum_fw-la ire_n supersedeat_fw-la emendet_fw-la hoc_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la c._n xx_o s._n in_o anglorum_fw-la laga_fw-la in_o denelaga_n sicut_fw-la lex_fw-la stetit_fw-la antea_fw-la vel_fw-la ita_fw-la se_fw-la adlegiet_fw-la nominentur_fw-la ei_fw-la 14._o et_fw-la acquirat_fw-la ex_fw-la eye_v 11._o lex_fw-la 96._o haec_fw-la est_fw-la alleviatio_fw-la quam_fw-la omni_fw-la populo_fw-la meo_fw-la praevidere_fw-la volo_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la nimis_fw-la omnino_fw-la fuerant_fw-la aggravati_fw-la praecipio_fw-la praepositis_fw-la meis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o proprio_fw-la meo_fw-la lucrentur_fw-la et_fw-la inde_fw-la mihi_fw-la serviant_fw-la et_fw-la nemo_fw-la cogatur_fw-la ad_fw-la firmae_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la aliquid_fw-la dare_v nisi_fw-la sponte_fw-la sua_fw-la velit_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la aliquem_fw-la inde_fw-la gravabit_fw-la werae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la lex_fw-la 97._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la vita_fw-la decedat_fw-la sine_fw-la distributione_n rerum_fw-la suarum_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la incustodiam_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la improvisam_fw-la non_fw-la usurpet_fw-la dominus_fw-la ejus_fw-la de_fw-la pecunia_fw-la nisi_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la justam_fw-la relevationem_fw-la pertinet_fw-la quae_fw-la anglicè_fw-la voco_fw-la hereget_fw-la sed_fw-la sit_fw-la secundum_fw-la dictionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la ipsa_fw-la pecunia_fw-la recte_fw-la divisa_fw-la uxori_fw-la pveris_fw-la et_fw-la propinquis_fw-la unicuique_fw-la secundum_fw-la modum_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la et_fw-la sint_fw-la relevationes_fw-la ità_fw-la minutae_fw-la sicut_fw-la modus_fw-la est_fw-la comitis_fw-la sicut_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la octo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quatuor_fw-la sellati_fw-la quatuor_fw-la insellati_fw-la et_fw-la galeae_fw-la quatuor_fw-la et_fw-la loricae_fw-la quatuor_fw-la cum_fw-la octo_fw-la lanceis_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scutis_fw-la et_fw-la gladii_fw-la quatuor_fw-la et_fw-la cc._o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la postea_fw-la thayni_n regis_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la proximus_fw-la sit_fw-la quatuor_fw-la equi_fw-la duo_fw-la sellati_fw-la et_fw-la duo_fw-la insellati_fw-la et_fw-la duo_fw-la gladii_fw-la et_fw-la quatuor_fw-la lanceae_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scuta_fw-la et_fw-la galea_fw-la cum_fw-la loricasua_fw-la et_fw-la 50._o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la et_fw-la mediocris_fw-la thayni_n equus_fw-la cum_fw-la apparatu_fw-la svo_fw-la et_fw-la arma_fw-la sua_fw-la vel_fw-la suum_fw-la halsfang_n in_o westsaxia_n in_fw-la mircenis_fw-la ij_o l._n in_fw-it estanglia_fw-it ij_o l._n et_fw-la si_fw-la notus_fw-la sit_fw-la regi_fw-la equi_fw-la duo_fw-la unus_fw-la cum_fw-la sella_fw-la et_fw-la alius_fw-la sine_fw-la sella_fw-la et_fw-la unus_fw-la gladius_fw-la et_fw-la dvae_fw-la lanceae_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scuta_fw-la et_fw-la 50_o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la minus_fw-la potest_fw-la det_fw-la dvas_fw-la libras_fw-la lex_fw-la 104._o et_fw-la qui_fw-la fugiat_fw-la à_fw-la domino_fw-la vel_fw-la socio_fw-la svo_fw-la pro_fw-la timiditate_fw-la in_o expeditione_n navali_fw-la vel_fw-la terrestri_fw-la perdat_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la 9_o suum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la svam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la vitam_fw-la et_fw-la manus_fw-la mittat_fw-la dominus_fw-la ad_fw-la terram_fw-la quam_fw-la ei_fw-la antea_fw-la dederat_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la terram_fw-la haereditariam_fw-la habeat_fw-la ipsa_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la regis_fw-la transeat_fw-la lex_fw-la 105._o et_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la ante_fw-la dominum_fw-la suum_fw-la ceciderit_fw-la s●t_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la sit_fw-la alibi_fw-la sint_fw-la relevatitone_n condonatae_fw-la et_fw-la habeant_fw-la haeredes_fw-la ejus_fw-la terram_fw-la sicut_fw-la et_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la svam_fw-la et_fw-la rectè_fw-la dividant_a inter_fw-la se_fw-la lex_fw-la 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daughter_n adeliza_n than_o a_o child_n and_o bestow_v her_o whole_a ample_a portion_n upon_o harold_n and_o then_o honourable_o dismiss_v he_o 426._o matthew_n westminster_n anno_fw-la 1057._o relate_v this_o story_n of_o harold_n drive_v into_o ponthieu_n by_o storm_n against_o his_o will_n as_o happen_v in_o that_o year_n and_o that_o to_o ingratiate_v himself_o with_o duke_n william_n post_fw-la mortem_fw-la

superbia_fw-la elatus_fw-la jam_fw-la factus_fw-la de_fw-la rege_fw-la tyrannus_n rex_fw-la haroldus_n in_o multis_fw-la patrisan_n temerarius_fw-la suit_n et_fw-la indiscretus_fw-la in_o praesumptione_n ancipiti_fw-la nimis_fw-la suae_fw-la invictae_fw-la confidens_fw-la fortitudini_fw-la laudis_fw-la cupidus_fw-la et_fw-la thesauri_fw-la promiss●rum_fw-la immemor_fw-la arridente_fw-la prosperitate_fw-la unde_fw-la ipsis_fw-la anglis_fw-la quibus_fw-la praeerat_fw-la etiam_fw-la consanguineis_fw-la se_fw-la praebuerat_fw-la odiosum_fw-la victoriamque_fw-la cum_fw-la illi_fw-la dominus_fw-la exercituum_fw-la et_fw-la deus_fw-la ultionum_fw-la concesserat_fw-la non_fw-la deo_fw-la sed_fw-la sibi_fw-la suaeque_fw-la ascripsit_fw-la strenuitati_fw-la quod_fw-la recenti_fw-la experientia_fw-la fuerat_fw-la comprobatum_fw-la cum_fw-la a_o noricis_n evictis_fw-la superbus_n spoliisque_fw-la omnium_fw-la retentis_fw-la quae_fw-la aliis_fw-la promissa_fw-la debebantur_fw-la ad_fw-la 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