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divine_a judgement_n and_o vengeance_n have_v thus_o pass_v upon_o he_o say_v to_o those_o who_o stand_v by_o drag_v out_o of_o this_o dog_n this_o traitor_n and_o bury_v he_o in_o the_o high_a way_n for_o he_o be_v unworthy_a of_o christian_a burial_n whereupon_o his_o son_n there_o present_a behold_v this_o spectacle_n draw_v he_o from_o under_o the_o table_n into_o a_o bedchamber_n ubi_fw-la debitum_fw-la proditoris_fw-la sortitus_fw-la est_fw-la sinem_fw-la and_o immediate_o after_o they_o bury_v he_o privy_o in_o the_o old_a monastery_n at_o winchester_n without_o honour_n or_o solemnity_n abbot_n 389._o ingulphus_n thus_o brief_o relate_v the_o story_n of_o this_o his_o death_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1053._o cum_fw-la godwinus_n come_v in_o mensa_fw-la regis_fw-la de_fw-la niece_n svi_fw-la fratris_fw-la impeteretur_fw-la ille_fw-la post_fw-la multa_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la tandem_fw-la per_fw-la buccellam_fw-la deglutiendam_fw-la abjuravit_fw-la &_o buccella_fw-la gustata_fw-la 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receive_v the_o punishment_n of_o her_o cruelty_n who_o be_v report_v to_o buy_v whole_a drove_n of_o slave_n
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devotus_fw-la ideoque_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la directus_fw-la denique_fw-la eo_fw-la regnante_fw-la nullus_fw-la tumultus_fw-la domesticus_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la cito_fw-la comprimeretur_fw-la nullum_fw-la bellum_fw-la forinsecus_fw-la omne_fw-la domi_fw-la forisque_fw-la quieta_fw-la omne_fw-la tranquilla_fw-la quod_fw-la eo_fw-la magis_fw-la stupendum_fw-la quia_fw-la ita_fw-la se_fw-la mansuete_fw-la ageret_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la viles_fw-la homunculos_fw-la verbo_fw-la laedere_fw-la noscet_fw-la nam_fw-la dum_fw-la quadam_fw-la vice_fw-la venatum_fw-la isset_fw-la et_fw-la agrestis_fw-la quidem_fw-la stabulata_fw-la illa_fw-la quibus_fw-la in_o cass_n cervi_fw-la urgentur_fw-la confudisset_fw-la ille_fw-la sua_fw-la nobili_fw-la percitus_fw-la ira_fw-la per_fw-la deum_fw-la inquit_fw-la et_fw-la matrem_fw-la ejus_fw-la tantundem_fw-la tibi_fw-la nocebo_fw-la si_fw-la potero_fw-la egregius_fw-la animus_n quise_z regem_fw-la in_o talibus_fw-la non_fw-la meminisset_fw-la nec_fw-la abjectae_fw-la conditionis_fw-la homini_fw-la se_fw-la posse_fw-la nocere_fw-la putaret_fw-la erat_fw-la interea_fw-la ejus_fw-la apud_fw-la domesticos_fw-la reverentia_fw-la vehemens_fw-la apud_fw-la exteros_fw-la metus_fw-la ingens_fw-la fovebat_fw-la profecto_fw-la ejus_fw-la simplicitatem_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la posset_n timeri_fw-la qui_fw-la nesciret_fw-la irasci_fw-la no_o wonder_v then_o if_o his_o death_n be_v much_o lament_v by_o all_o his_o subject_n 402._o cum_fw-la omnes_fw-la et_fw-la in_o rege_fw-la cernerent_fw-la unde_fw-la gauderent_fw-la et_fw-la in_o se_fw-la sentirent_fw-la unde_fw-la dolerent_fw-la the_o english_a nobility_n be_v much_o trouble_v and_o divide_v in_o their_o mind_n and_o affection_n which_o be_v waver_v touch_v the_o election_n of_o a_o fit_a person_n to_o succeed_v he_o 433._o fluctuabant_fw-la proceres_fw-la regni_fw-la quem_fw-la sibi_fw-la regem_fw-la praeficerent_fw-la et_fw-la rectorem_fw-la many_o of_o they_o favour_v william_n duke_n of_o normandy_n as_o special_o design_v by_o king_n edward_n to_o succeed_v he_o other_o of_o they_o incline_v to_o prince_n edgar_n atheling_n as_o the_o next_o and_o right_a heir_n to_o the_o crown_n cui_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la debebatur_fw-la other_o of_o they_o favour_a harold_n earl_n godwin_n son_n as_o be_v a_o person_n then_o of_o great_a power_n and_o valour_n in_o the_o realm_n 99_o anglia_fw-it dubio_fw-la favore_fw-la nutabat_fw-la cui_fw-la se_fw-la rectori_fw-la committeret_fw-la incerta_fw-la a_o haraldo_n a_o willielmo_n a_o edgaro_n no_o &_o illum_fw-la pro_fw-la genere_fw-la proximum_fw-la regno_fw-la proceribus_fw-la rex_fw-la commendaverat_fw-la harold_n be_v a_o crafty_a subtle_a man_n know_v that_o delay_n be_v hurtful_a to_o those_o who_o be_v prepare_v on_o the_o very_a day_n of_o epiphany_n whereon_o king_n edward_n be_v bury_v have_v the_o command_n of_o all_o the_o militia_n and_o force_n of_o the_o realm_n as_o general_n and_o viceroy_n to_o the_o decease_a 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