Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	duke_n	king_n	normandy_n	8,526	5	11.2327	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23592	Tabula; Chronicles of England.	Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364. Polycronicon. English. Selections.; Trevisa, Johncd. 1402.	1502 (1502)	STC 9997; ESTC S121402	469,099	377

haue be auenged 〈◊〉 hym for by cause that y● erle Godewin that was Haroldes fader had lete ●lee Alured that was saynt Edwardꝭ 〈◊〉 pryncypally for by cause that 〈◊〉 was quene Emines sone that was Richardes moder duke of Norman dy that was a●●nll to the duke William And neuertheles whan the duke William had Harolde in pryson vnder his power forasmoche as this Harold was a noble wyse knyght a worthy of body that his fader he was accorded with good kynge Edwarde therfore wolde not mysdo hym But all manere thynges that betwixt them was spoken and ordeyned Harolde by his good wyll swore v●on a boke vpon holy sayntes that he sholde spouse wedde duke Willyams doughter after the deth of saynt Edwarde that he sholde besely do his d●uour for to kepe saue the reame of Englonde vnto the profyte auantage of duke Wyllyam ¶ And whan Harolde had thus made his othe vnto y● duke Wyllyam he lete hym goo ya●● hym many a ●●yche yettes And he tho wente 〈…〉 hym be amenged what 〈…〉 befell ¶ And anone 〈…〉 assemble a grete 〈◊〉 come in to Englonde to auenge hym vpon Harolde to conquert the londe yf that he myght ¶ And in the same yere that Harolde was crowned Harolde Herekynge kynge of Denmarke arryued in Scotlande thought to haue be kynge of Englonde he came in Englonde 〈◊〉 destroyed all that he myght tyll that he came to Yorke there he slewe many men of armes a thousande a h●●dred preestes Whan this tydydges came to y● kynge he assembled a grete power and wente for to fyght with Haralde of Denmark with his owne hondes he hym slewe the Danes were dyscomfyted and tho that were left alyue with moche sorowe fledde to theye shyppes And thus kynge Harolde of Englonde slewe kynge Haralde of Denmark ¶ Anno dm̄ M.lxvi. ¶ How William Bastarde duke of Normandy came in to England and slewe kynge Harolde ANd whan this batayll was done Harolde became so proude 〈◊〉 no thynge per●e with his people of the thynge that he had goten but hel 〈◊〉 all 〈◊〉 hymself Wherfore the moost parte of his people were ●●●the from hym 〈◊〉 is y● oonly with hym abode 〈◊〉 but his soldyours And vpon a 〈…〉 he sate at meete a messager came to hȳ sayd that Wyllyam bastarde the duke of Normandy was arryued in Englonde with a grete hoste had take all the lo●de about Haslynge also myned the castell Whan the kynge had herde this tydynges he went thyther with a lytell power in all the hast y● he myght for there were but fewe people with hym lefte And whan he was come thyder he ordeyned to yeue bataylle to duke Wyllyam But the duke axed hym of these thre thynges yf that he wolde haue his doughter to wyf as he made swore his othe behyght or that he wolde holde the londe of hym in truage or he wolde determyne this thynge in batayll This Harolde was a proude man a stronge trusted wonder moche vpon his streng the and faught with the duke William and with his people But Harolde and his men in this batayl were dyscomfyted and hymself there was slayne and this batayll was ended at Tombrydge in the seconde yere of his regne vppon saynt Calixtus daye so he was buryed at Walcham ¶ Of kynge Wyllyam bastarde how he gouerned hym well and wysely and of the greate warre bytwene hym the kynge of Fraunce AS Wyllyam Bastarde duke of Normandy had conquered all y● londe vpon Crystmasse daye then nexte he lete crowne hym kyng at Westmestre as a 〈◊〉 kyng yo●● vnto Englysh 〈◊〉 largely 〈◊〉 to his 〈◊〉 And afterwarde he wente hym ouer the see came in to Normandye there be dwelled a whyle And in the seconde yere of his regne he came ayen in to Englonde brought with hym Maude his wyf lete crowne her quene Englonde on Wyssondaye ¶ And tho anone after the kyng of Scotlonde that was called Malcol●● began to stryue wan● with the kynge Wyllyam And he ordeyned hym towarde Scotlonde with his men bothe by londe by see for to deshore kynge Malcolm But they were ●●●ded y● kyng of Scotlonde be 〈…〉 man belde all his londe of hym And kynge William receyued of hym his homage came ayen in to Englond And as kynge William had be kyng 〈…〉 it Maude y● quene deyed on whom 〈◊〉 ge William had begote 〈…〉 dern that is for to say Robert Curth a William Rous. Richarde also that 〈◊〉 ed. Henry Beauclerke and Maude 〈◊〉 that was the erles wyf of Bleynes other foure fayr doughters ¶ And after his wyues dethe grete de●ate began betwixt hym the kyng of Fraū●e Philip but at the laste they were accorded And tho dwelled the kynge of Englonde in Normandy noo man hym warned● he no man longe tyme. ¶ And the kynge of Fraunce sayd vpon a daye in 〈◊〉 ne of kynge William had longe tyme lyen in childe bedde longe tyme bad● rested hym there And this worde came to the kynge of Englonde there that he dyde lye in Normandye at Rone And for this worde was tho ruyll apayed● also wonder wroth towarde the kyng of Fraunce And swore by god that whan he were arysen of his skyenesse he wolde lyg●●● a thousande candelles to the kynge of Fraūce 〈◊〉 lete assemble a grete hoste of Normandy of Englysshe men And in the begyunynge of Her 〈◊〉 he come in to Fraunce bende all 〈…〉 that they come by 〈◊〉 the 〈…〉 to here 〈◊〉 as moche as he myghte brea●e And hymselfe halpe therto alle that he myghte with a good wyll And there was a grete hete what of the fyre that was so grete of the sonne that it was w●der hote that it stuffed hym so that he became felle in to a grete dysease skynesse And whan he sawe that he was so stronge syke he ordeyned assygned all Normandye to Robert Curthos his sone all Englonde to Wyllyam the Rous and bequane to Henry Beauclerke all his treasour And whan he thus had done he receyued all the sacramentꝭ of holy chirche deyed the .xx. yere of his regne lyeth at Cane in Normandy ¶ Anno dm̄ M.lxvi. ORegorius the .vij. was pope after Alexander .xij. yere this man ordeyned in a generall Synodus that no preest sholde haue a wyf ne sholde dwelle with wȳmen but tho that y● holy Synodus of Micena other decrees hadde suffred And then y● preestꝭ sette nought or lytell pondred his ordynaunce This pope cōmaunded y● no man sholde here masse of a preest y● had a cōcubyne And he on a certayn tyme whan he was Cardynall Legate in to Fraūce proceded sharpely ayenst prelates preestes that were symoniers And among other was one bysshopp there that was gretely famed