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vengeance_n pursue_v this_o heinous_a bloody_a treachery_n notwithstanding_o all_o his_o feign_a magnify_a saintship_n and_o work_n of_o charity_n and_o piety_n for_o within_o one_o year_n after_o this_o bloody_a fact_n commit_v both_o queendreda_n offa_n and_o their_o son_n egfrid_n the_o only_a joy_n and_o pride_n of_o his_o parent_n all_o die_v and_o his_o very_a kingdom_n itself_o be_v translate_v from_o the_o mercian_n to_o the_o westsaxon_n who_o he_o â—…quered_v and_o oppress_v o_o that_o all_o man_n of_o blood_n and_o unjust_a invader_n of_o other_o crown_n realm_n possession_n by_o war_n bloodshed_n and_o treachery_n will_v serious_o consider_v this_o precedent_n with_o all_o other_o of_o this_o nature_n both_o at_o home_n and_o abroad_o collect_v to_o their_o hand_n by_o sir_n walter_n raugh_o in_o his_o excellent_a preface_n before_o his_o famous_a history_n of_o the_o world_n about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 797._o 632._o cynwolfe_n or_o kenulph_n 797._o king_n of_o 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abbot_n ingulphus_n record_v that_o during_o the_o siege_n of_o nottingham_n king_n beor_v as_o he_o style_v he_o at_o the_o request_n of_o earl_n algar_n the_o young_a who_o be_v very_o gracious_a with_o he_o and_o the_o other_o king_n causâ_fw-la suae_fw-la nobilis_fw-la militiae_fw-la grant_v a_o charter_n of_o confirmation_n not_o only_o of_o all_o the_o land_n advowsons_n possession_n which_o this_o earl_n with_o 1._o other_o particular_a person_n and_o king_n have_v give_v to_o the_o abbey_n of_o croyland_n but_o likewise_o of_o all_o their_o former_a privilege_n confirm_v all_o their_o land_n marsh_n churohe_n chapel_n manor_n mansion_n cottage_n wood_n land_n meadow_n therein_o specify_v to_o god_n and_o saint_n guthlaâ—_n for_o ever_o libera_n &_o soluta_fw-la &_o emancipata_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la onere_fw-la terreno_fw-la &_o servitio_fw-la seculari_fw-la in_o eleemofynam_n aeternam_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la possidendam_fw-la which_o charter_n have_v this_o memorable_a exordium_n express_v the_o motive_n induce_v this_o king_n to_o grant_v it_o beorredus_fw-la largiente_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la rex_fw-la merciorum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la provinciis_fw-la &_o populis_fw-la earum_fw-la universam_fw-la merciam_fw-la inhabitantibus_fw-la &_o fidem_fw-la catholicam_fw-la
conservantibus_fw-la salutem_fw-la sempiternam_fw-la in_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la jesus_n christo_fw-la quoniam_fw-la peccatis_fw-la nostris_fw-la exigentibus_fw-la manum_fw-la domini_fw-la super_fw-la nos_fw-la extensum_fw-la quotidiè_fw-la cum_fw-la virgâ_fw-la ferreâ_fw-la cernimus_fw-la cervicibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la imminere_fw-la necessarium_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o salubre_fw-la arbitror_fw-la piis_fw-la sanctae_fw-la matris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la precibus_fw-la eleemosynarumque_fw-la liberis_fw-la largitionibus_fw-la iratum_fw-la dominum_fw-la placatum_fw-la reddere_fw-la et_fw-la dignis_fw-la devotionibus_fw-la ejus_fw-la gratiam_fw-la in_o nostris_fw-la necessitatibus_fw-la auxiliariam_fw-la implorare_fw-la ideoque_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la petitionem_fw-la strenui_fw-la comitis_fw-la mihi_fw-la meritoque_fw-la dilectissimi_fw-la concessi_fw-la regio_fw-la chirographo_fw-la meo_fw-la theodoro_n abbati_n croyland_n tam_fw-la donum_fw-la dicti_fw-la comitis_fw-la algari_fw-la quam_fw-la dona_fw-la aliorum_fw-la fidelium_fw-la praeterit_fw-la orum_fw-la ac_fw-la praesentium_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o conclude_v thus_o istud_fw-la regium_fw-la chirographum_fw-la meum_fw-la anno_fw-la incarnationis_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la 868._o calendis_fw-la augusti_fw-la apud_fw-la snothingham_n coram_fw-la fratribus_fw-la &_o amiciss_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la populo_fw-la meo_fw-la in_o obsidione_fw-la paganorum_fw-la congregatis_fw-la sanctae_fw-la crucis_fw-la munimine_fw-la confirmavi_fw-la then_o follow_v the_o subscription_n and_o confirmation_n of_o ceolnoth_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 5_o bishop_n 3_o abbot_n ethelred_n king_n of_o westsaxon_n and_o alfred_n his_o brother_n edmund_z kingof_o east-angle_n 2_o duke_n and_o twelve_o earl_n who_o all_o ratify_v this_o charter_n after_o which_o charter_n confirm_v this_o king_n beor_v render_v special_a thanks_o to_o all_o his_o army_n for_o their_o assistance_n against_o the_o dane_n especial_o to_o the_o bishop_n abbot_n and_o other_o inferior_a ecclesiastical_a person_n for_o their_o voluntary_a assistance_n of_o he_o in_o those_o war_n against_o these_o enemy_n norwithstand_v his_o father_n exemption_n of_o they_o by_o his_o charter_n from_o all_o military_a expedition_n and_o secular_a service_n thus_o record_v by_o 865._o ingulphus_n and_o most_o worthy_a observation_n ego_fw-la beorredus_fw-la rex_fw-la merciorum_fw-la intimo_fw-la animi_fw-la affectu_fw-la totisque_fw-la praecordiis_fw-la gratias_fw-la exolvo_fw-la speciales_fw-la omni_fw-la exercitui_fw-la meo_fw-la maximè_fw-la tamen_fw-la viris_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o abbatibus_fw-la aliis_fw-la etiam_fw-la inferioribus_fw-la status_fw-la &_o dignitatis_fw-la qui_fw-la licèt_fw-la piissimae_fw-la 8._o memoriae_fw-la rex_fw-la quondam_a ethelwulfus_n pater_fw-la meus_fw-la per_fw-la sacratissimam_fw-la chartam_fw-la svam_fw-la â—ab_fw-la omni_fw-la expeditione_n militari_fw-la vos_fw-la liberos_fw-la reddiderit_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omni_fw-la servitio_fw-la saeculari_fw-la penitus_fw-la absolutos_fw-la dignissâ—mâ_fw-la tamen_fw-la miseratione_n super_fw-la oppressiones_fw-la christianae_n plebis_fw-la ecclesiarumque_fw-la &_o monasteriorum_fw-la destructiones_fw-la luctuosas_fw-la benignissimè_fw-la compassi_fw-la contra_fw-la nefandissimos_fw-la paganos_fw-la in_o exercitum_fw-la domini_fw-la prompti_fw-la &_o spontanei_fw-la convenistis_fw-la ut_fw-la tanquam_fw-la martyr_n christi_fw-la cultus_fw-la sanguine_fw-la vestro_fw-la augeatur_fw-la &_o barbarorum_fw-la superstitiosa_fw-la crudelitas_fw-la effugetur_fw-la from_o these_o last_o passage_n it_o be_v apparent_a first_o that_o in_o those_o day_n our_o saxon_a king_n make_v war_n and_o peace_n by_o the_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o their_o noble_n and_o parliamentary_a great_a council_n 2_o that_o in_o case_n of_o common_a invasion_n and_o danger_n by_o foreign_a enemy_n all_o the_o force_n raise_v and_o way_n and_o mean_n to_o resist_v they_o be_v conclude_v on_o by_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o these_o great_a council_n and_o not_o by_o the_o king_n absolute_a power_n 3_o that_o all_o or_o most_o churchman_n and_o their_o church-land_n in_o those_o day_n be_v absolute_o free_v and_o discharge_v from_o all_o military_a expedition_n contribution_n aid_n and_o assistance_n against_o enemy_n by_o express_a charter_n but_o only_o such_o as_o themselves_o voluntary_o and_o free_o contribute_v in_o case_n of_o incumbent_n great_a danger_n and_o necessity_n without_o compulsion_n for_o which_o their_o king_n render_v they_o special_a and_o hearty_a thanks_o acknowledge_v and_o confirm_v these_o their_o immunity_n not_o violate_v they_o upon_o such_o necessity_n as_o this_o notable_a passage_n of_o ingulphus_n atte_v together_o with_o that_o of_o 37._o mat._n west_n an._n 867._o concern_v alstan_n bishop_n of_o sherborne_n a_o man_n of_o very_o great_a power_n and_o counsel_n in_o the_o realm_n contra_fw-la danos_n quoque_fw-la qui_fw-la tunc_fw-la primò_fw-la insulam_fw-la infestabant_fw-la regis_fw-la aethelulfi_n saevitiam_fw-la exacuit_fw-la ipse_fw-la ex_fw-la fisco_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la accipiens_fw-la ipse_fw-la excercitum_fw-la componens_fw-la martiis_fw-la felix_fw-la eventibus_fw-la contra_fw-la host_n bella_fw-la plurima_fw-la constant_a 3._o peregit_fw-la receive_v money_n out_o of_o the_o king_n exchequer_n not_o the_o people_n purse_n or_o conrribution_n to_o manage_v these_o war_n and_o not_o war_a on_o his_o own_o expense_n 4_o that_o the_o noble_n gentry_z and_o people_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v the_o only_a stand_a militia_n in_o that_o age_n to_o defend_v it_o against_o foreign_a enemy_n in_o time_n of_o danger_n or_o actual_a invasion_n when_o they_o march_v out_o of_o their_o own_o counry_n against_o they_o voluntary_o and_o free_o adventure_v their_o life_n for_o defence_n of_o their_o king_n country_n religion_n liberty_n property_n as_o 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dissolve_v their_o rank_n and_o disperse_v themselves_o to_o pursue_v the_o dane_n they_o sudden_o return_v and_o slay_v most_o of_o the_o english_a who_o fight_v gallant_o with_o they_o to_o the_o last_o gasp_n some_o few_o of_o they_o only_o escape_v after_o which_o the_o dane_n march_v to_o the_o abbey_n of_o croyland_n put_v the_o abbot_n with_o all_o the_o monk_n and_o person_n they_o there_o find_v one_o child_n except_v to_o the_o sword_n after_o they_o have_v extreme_o torture_v they_o to_o discover_v where_o their_o treasure_n be_v break_v up_o all_o the_o tomb_n pillage_v and_o burn_v the_o abbey_n with_o all_o the_o edifice_n thereof_o leave_v it_o a_o mere_a ruinous_a heap_n then_o
march_v on_o lay_v all_o the_o country_n waste_v before_o they_o with_o fire_n and_o sword_n spare_v neither_o person_n age_n nor_o sex_n they_o cast_v down_o burn_v destroy_v and_o level_v to_o the_o ground_n the_o goodly_a monastery_n of_o bradney_n peterborough_n huntingdon_n ely_n with_o sundry_a other_o murder_v as_o well_o all_o the_o monk_n as_o nun_n therein_o which_o their_o merciless_a sword_n after_o they_o have_v first_o pollute_v they_o to_o avoid_v who_o barbarous_a rape_n 383._o ebba_n abbess_n of_o coldingham_n and_o her_o nun_n by_o her_o example_n and_o persuasion_n cut_v off_o their_o upper_a lip_n and_o nose_n to_o deform_v themselves_o to_o their_o lascivious_a eye_n which_o bloody_a spectacle_n preserve_v their_o chastity_n from_o their_o lust_n but_o not_o their_o monastery_n or_o body_n from_o their_o cruelty_n they_o burn_v they_o and_o their_o nunnery_n to_o ash_n 870._o after_o which_o the_o same_o year_n inguar_n and_o hubba_n march_v 4_o against_o st._n edmund_n who_o in_o the_o year_n 855._o be_v choose_v king_n of_o the_o east-saxons_a ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la regionis_fw-la illius_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la et_fw-la populis_fw-la by_o all_o the_o noble_n and_o people_n of_o that_o realm_n be_v spring_v from_o the_o ancient_a royal_a blood_n of_o the_o saxon_n and_o compel_v to_o take_v the_o government_n on_o he_o much_o against_o his_o will_n be_v then_o but_o 13_o year_n old_a and_o consecrate_a king_n by_o bishop_n humbert_n in_o the_o royal_a town_n call_v bury_v the_o reason_n of_o their_o malice_n to_o this_o king_n as_o some_o of_o our_o historian_n write_v be_v this_o that_o he_o be_v malicious_o accuse_v to_o have_v murder_v the_o it_o father_n lothbroc_n drive_v by_o a_o sudden_a storm_n in_o a_o small_a boat_n into_o england_n as_o he_o be_v hawk_v at_o fowl_n by_o this_o king_n faulkoner_n who_o have_v murder_v himself_o out_o of_o mere_a malice_n be_v by_o judgement_n of_o the_o knight_n and_o lawyer_n banish_v the_o realm_n 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incontinency_n with_o alfgiva_n his_o concubine_n as_o they_o write_v and_o near_o kinswoman_n from_o who_o archbishop_n odo_n divorce_v he_o and_o likewise_o with_o sundry_a other_o concubine_n which_o he_o entertain_v in_o his_o court_n who_o odo_n excommunicate_v and_o banish_v thence_o 2._o his_o indiscreet_a and_o tyrannical_a gvernment_n contrary_a to_o his_o law_n 1._o in_o slight_v 4._o depress_v and_o
periculum_fw-la ducitâ—â—_n in_fw-la itinere_fw-la obvium_fw-la habuerit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habeat_fw-la eripiendi_fw-la eum_fw-la ab_fw-la imminen_n i_fw-it periculo_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la regno_fw-la meo_fw-la the_o old_a charter_n begin_v thus_o in_o nomine_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la quamvis_fw-la decreta_fw-la pontificum_fw-la &_o verba_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la inconvulsis_fw-la ligaminibus_fw-la velut_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la montium_fw-la fixa_fw-la sunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la plerumque_fw-la tempestatibus_fw-la &_o turbinibus_fw-la saecularium_fw-la rerum_fw-la religio_fw-la sanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la maculis_fw-la reproborum_fw-la dissipatur_fw-la ac_fw-la â—…itur_fw-la iccirco_fw-mi profuâ—…_n succedentibus_fw-la posteris_fw-la esse_fw-la decrevimus_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la salubri_fw-la consilio_fw-la et_fw-la communi_fw-la assensu_fw-la definiuntur_fw-la nostris_fw-la literis_fw-la roborata_fw-la firmentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la itaque_fw-la dunstano_fw-la doroberniensi_fw-la at_o que_fw-fr oswaldo_n eboracensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la adhortantibus_fw-la consentiente_fw-la etiamer_n annuente_fw-la 10._o brithelmo_n fontanensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la et_fw-la primatibus_fw-la ego_fw-la edgar_n divina_fw-la dâ—â—poâ—…one_fw-la rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o conclude_v thus_o acta_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la privilegii_fw-la â—aginâ—_n &_o confirmata_fw-la apud_fw-la londonium_n communi_fw-la concilio_n omnium_fw-la primatum_fw-la meorum_fw-la then_o follow_v the_o subscription_n of_o king_n egar_n alfgina_fw-la his_o mother_n prince_z edward_z kindred_n king_n of_o scot_n mascusius_n the_o chief_a admiral_n both_o the_o archbishop_n 6_o bishop_n 8_o abbot_n 3_o duke_n and_o other_o officer_n which_o charter_n and_o privilege_n at_o the_o king_n request_n be_v ratify_v by_o pope_n john_n the_o 13_o in_o a_o general_a council_n at_o rome_n anno_fw-la dom._n 971._o by_o a_o special_a bull_n that_o they_o may_v remain_v inviolable_a yet_o both_o the_o abbey_n itself_o land_n privilege_n be_v long_o since_o demolish_v dissipate_v annihilate_v such_o be_v the_o mutabiliunity_n of_o all_o sublunary_a thing_n the_o self_n same_o year_n anno_fw-la 970._o 883._o king_n edgar_z by_o his_o charter_n grant_v and_o confirm_v sundry_a land_n and_o privilege_n to_o the_o monastery_n of_o medeshamsted_n former_o demolish_v by_o the_o dane_n which_o bishop_n aethelwold_n have_v repair_v and_o name_v burgh_n perpetual_o exempt_n it_o from_o all_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n yoke_n and_o exaction_n quatenus_fw-la nec_fw-la rex_fw-la nec_fw-la comes_fw-la nec_fw-la episcopus_fw-la praeter_fw-la christianâ—â—atem_fw-la attinentium_fw-la parochiarum_fw-la nec_fw-la vicecome_fw-la nec_fw-la ulla_fw-la alia_fw-la major_a minorve_fw-la persona_fw-la ulla_fw-la dominatione_fw-la occupari_fw-la praesumat_fw-la excepta_fw-la moderata_fw-la expeditione_n &_o pontis_fw-la arcisve_fw-la constructione_n which_o charter_n be_v ratify_v by_o the_o king_n own_o subscription_n both_o the_o archbishop_n sundry_a bishop_n abbot_n duke_n and_o other_o chief_a officer_n and_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n after_o each_o of_o their_o name_n in_o the_o year_n 973._o 426_o king_n edgar_z after_o his_o seven_o 973._o year_n penance_n expire_v on_o the_o feast_n of_o pentecost_n in_o the_o 12_o 30_o year_n of_o his_o age_n be_v solemn_o crown_v and_o consecrate_a king_n and_o wear_v his_o crown_n with_o great_a glory_n at_o akemancester_n alias_o bath_n both_o the_o archbishop_n dunstan_n and_o oswald_n with_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o england_n ac_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la universis_fw-la and_o all_o the_o noble_n be_v there_o preâ—ent_a at_o his_o coronation_n and_o receive_v the_o accustom_a gift_n usual_o give_v to_o the_o noble_n be_v at_o such_o inauguration_n soon_o after_o the_o same_o year_n this_o king_n with_o a_o very_a 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accompany_v he_o in_o other_o barge_n where_o have_v make_v his_o prayer_n they_o all_o row_v he_o thence_o back_o again_o in_o like_a pomp_n to_o his_o royal_a palace_n which_o 974._o when_o he_o have_v enter_v he_o say_v to_o his_o noble_n that_o any_o of_o his_o successor_n may_v then_o say_v he_o be_v king_n of_o england_n when_o with_o so_o many_o king_n follow_v and_o subject_a to_o he_o he_o shall_v enjoy_v the_o prerogative_n of_o the_o like_a pomp_n and_o power_n but_o mr._n fox_n subjoin_v in_o my_o mind_n this_o king_n have_v say_v much_o better_o god_n forbid_v that_o i_o shall_v glory_v in_o any_o thing_n but_o in_o the_o cross_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n 884._o the_o year_n follow_v an._n 974._o certain_a merchant_n come_v from_o york_n arrive_v in_o the_o islle_v of_o thanet_n in_o kent_n where_o they_o be_v present_o take_v by_o the_o islander_n and_o spoil_v of_o all_o their_o good_n which_o king_n edgar_n be_v inform_v of_o be_v so_o far_o incense_v against_o these_o plunderer_n that_o he_o spoil_v they_o of_o all_o their_o 4._o good_n and_o deprive_v some_o of_o they_o of_o their_o life_n which_o huntingdon_n and_o bromton_n thus_o record_v rex_fw-la edgarus_n undecimo_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la jussit_fw-la praedari_fw-la insulam_fw-la tenet_n quia_fw-la jure_fw-la regalia_z spreverant_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la host_n be_v insaniens_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la rex_fw-la malo_fw-la mala_fw-la puniens_fw-la the_o same_o year_n as_o 28._o malmesbury_n etc._n ingulphus_n and_o 489._o other_o write_v king_n edgar_z by_o his_o regal_a charter_n cause_v the_o secular_a priest_n to_o be_v remove_v out_o of_o the_o monastery_n of_o malmesbury_n and_o introduce_v monk_n in_o their_o place_n restore_v to_o they_o the_o land_n and_o possession_n of_o the_o monastery_n which_o the_o secular_a priest_n former_o enjoy_v and_o have_v lease_v 〈◊〉_d &_o that_o upon_o a_o full_a hear_n before_o the_o wiseman_n bishop_n &_o other_o in_o his_o presence_n most_o 6_o likely_a in_o a_o parliamentary_a council_n as_o this_o clause_n in_o his_o charter_n intimate_v haec_fw-la a_o praedictis_fw-la accommodata_fw-la clericis_fw-la a_o contensioso_n possessa_fw-la est_fw-la edebnoto_fw-la sed_fw-la superstitiosa_fw-la subtilique_fw-la ejus_fw-la disceptatione_n asapientibns_fw-la meis_fw-la audita_fw-la et_fw-la conflictatione_fw-la illius_fw-la mendosa_fw-la ab_fw-la eisdem_fw-la i_o praesente_fw-la convicta_fw-la monasteriali_fw-la a_o i_o reaâ—_n â—a_o est_fw-la usui_fw-la if_o the_o council_n of_o winchester_n hereafter_o cite_v anno_fw-la 975._o be_v hold_v in_o king_n edgar_n life_n time_n as_o 491._o some_o affirm_v most_o probable_o this_o debate_n here_o mention_v touch_v these_o land_n be_v hold_v in_o and_o before_o that_o council_n and_o this_o charter_n therein_o make_v and_o ratify_v with_o the_o subscription_n of_o the_o king_n archbishop_n bishop_n abbot_n and_o duke_n thereto_o annex_v according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o that_o age_n although_o king_n other_o edgar_n in_o his_o young_a day_n be_v subject_a to_o many_o vice_n and_o commit_v some_o injurious_a tyrannical_a act_n record_v by_o malmesbury_n fox_n speed_n and_o other_o yet_o repent_v of_o these_o his_o youthful_a lustful_a vice_n he_o prove_v such_o a_o just_a and_o prudent_a king_n that_o other_o our_o historian_n of_o elder_n and_o late_a age_n give_v these_o large_a encomium_n of_o his_o justice_n prudence_n piety_n virtue_n and_o politic_a government_n worthy_a perpetual_a memory_n and_o imitation_n so_o excellent_a be_v he_o in_o justice_n so_o sharp_a be_v he_o in_o correction_n of_o vice_n as_o well_o in_o his_o magistrate_n officer_n and_o other_o subject_n that_o never_o before_o his_o day_n be_v less_o felony_n by_o robber_n nor_o less_o extortion_n or_o bribery_n by_o false_a officer_n such_o as_o be_v wicked_a he_o keep_v under_o they_o that_o be_v rebel_n he_o repulse_v the_o godly_a he_o maintain_v and_o the_o just_a and_o modest_a he_o love_v the_o learned_a and_o virtuous_a he_o encourage_v he_o will_v suffer_v no_o man_n of_o what_o degree_n or_o quality_n soever_o he_o be_v to_o elude_v or_o violate_v his_o law_n without_o condign_a punishment_n in_o his_o time_n there_o be_v neither_o any_o private_a pilferer_n nor_o public_a thief_n but_o he_o that_o in_o steal_v other_o man_n good_n will_v venture_v and_o suffer_v as_o he_o be_v sure_a the_o loss_n of_o his_o own_o good_n and_o
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unto_o his_o father_n the_o two_o archbishop_n dunstan_n and_o oswald_n with_o all_o the_o bishop_n abbot_n and_o clergy_n of_o the_o monkish_a faction_n hold_v their_o new-gotten_a state_n dangerous_a and_o their_o foot_n unsure_a if_o in_o the_o nonage_n of_o the_o king_n their_o opposite_n shall_v rule_v all_o under_o he_o as_o they_o imagine_v they_o will_v if_o ethlred_n be_v elect_v by_o they_o thereupon_o abet_v the_o title_n of_o edward_n as_o altogether_o wrought_v to_o their_o mould_n and_o tread_v in_o his_o father_n footstep_n lawful_o beget_v in_o the_o nuptial_a bed_n of_o queen_n ethelfleda_n right_a heir_n to_o his_o father_n and_o by_o he_o design_v to_o succeed_v he_o their_o claim_n thus_o band_v among_o the_o noble_n duustan_n 8._o and_o oâ—…_n foresee_v the_o danger_n prudent_o assembâ—…_n all_o the_o bishop_n abbot_n and_o noble_n together_o in_o a_o great_a council_n to_o debate_v their_o right_n and_o settle_v the_o title_n where_o archbishop_n dunstan_n as_o some_o write_v come_v in_o with_o his_o cross_n and_o banner_n dum_fw-la consecrationis_fw-la ejus_fw-la tempore_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la patriae_fw-la optimates_fw-la resistere_fw-la voluissent_fw-la not_o stay_v for_o further_a debate_v the_o jure_fw-la present_v prince_n edward_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la for_o their_o lawful_a king_n as_o his_o father_n have_v declare_v he_o at_o his_o death_n upon_o which_o the_o major_a part_n of_o the_o council_n be_v clergyman_n elect_v anoint_a and_o consecrate_a edward_n for_o their_o king_n quibusdam_fw-la optimatum_fw-la murmurantibus_fw-la some_o of_o the_o noble_n of_o the_o contrary_a party_n murmur_v at_o it_o especial_o queen_n elfrida_n who_o think_v to_o advance_v her_o young_a son_n to_o the_o throne_n that_o so_o she_o may_v rule_v all_o thing_n and_o reign_v under_o the_o colour_n of_o his_o name_n as_o dunstan_n and_o the_o monkish_a clergy_n do_v under_o the_o colour_n of_o king_n edward_n who_o counsel_n and_o admonition_n he_o diligent_o follow_v in_o all_o thing_n and_o judgement_n act_v by_o he_o during_o the_o interregnum_fw-la and_o band_v of_o these_o two_o party_n about_o the_o right_n of_o the_o crown_n and_o immediate_o after_o edward_n coronation_n 205._o there_o arise_v great_a controversy_n tumult_n and_o civil_a war_n between_o the_o monkish_a clergy_n and_o marry_v secular_a priest_n and_o the_o noble_n side_v with_o both_o party_n the_o marieâ—_n priest_n present_o upon_o edgar_n death_n complain_v to_o queen_n elfrida_n elfere_n and_o the_o noble_n that_o they_o be_v unjust_o expel_v out_o of_o their_o church_n by_o the_o monk_n and_o their_o prevail_a party_n allege_v that_o it_o will_v be_v a_o very_a great_a and_o miserable_a dishonour_n to_o the_o nation_n and_o shame_n to_o they_o ut_fw-la novus_fw-la advena_fw-la veteres_fw-la colonos_fw-la migrare_fw-la compelleret_fw-la hoc_fw-la nec_fw-la deo_fw-la gratum_fw-la putari_fw-la qui_fw-la veterum_fw-la habitationem_fw-la concessiâ—…eâ—_n nec_fw-la alicui_fw-la probo_fw-la homini_fw-la qui_fw-la sibi_fw-la idem_fw-la timere_fw-la possit_fw-la quod_fw-la aliis_fw-la praejudicio_fw-la accedisse_fw-la cerneret_fw-la hereupon_o many_o clamour_n and_o tumult_n arise_v among_o the_o people_n they_o go_v to_o archbishop_n dunstan_n praecipue_fw-la proceribus_fw-la ut_fw-la laicorum_fw-la est_fw-la succlamantibus_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o especial_o to_o the_o noble_n as_o the_o manner_n of_o layman_n be_v cry_v out_o unto_o they_o that_o the_o secular_a clergy_n be_v prejudge_v and_o suffer_v unjust_o be_v expel_v their_o 〈◊〉_d posession_n without_o cause_n that_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v more_o mild_o 4._o deal_v with_o and_o restore_v to_o their_o right_n dunstan_n give_v a_o deaf_a ear_n to_o these_o their_o just_a complaint_n many_o of_o the_o prince_n and_o noble_n thereupon_o in_o a_o tumultuous_a manner_n expulse_v the_o abbot_n and_o monk_n out_o of_o the_o monastery_n wherein_o king_n edgar_n have_v place_v they_o and_o bring_v in_o the_o marry_a clerk_n with_o their_o wife_n in_o their_o place_n as_o at_o first_o among_o other_o alfere_o earl_n of_o mercia_n gather_v great_a force_n and_o use_v much_o insolence_n overturn_v almost_o all_o the_o monastery_n king_n edgar_n and_o bishop_n ethelwold_n have_v build_v in_o the_o province_n of_o mercia_n quorundam_fw-la potentum_fw-la assensu_fw-la â—t_a factione_n place_v marry_v priest_n in_o they_o this_o they_o do_v magnis_fw-la occaecati_fw-la muneribus_fw-la by_o the_o marry_a clergy_n as_o hoveden_n simeon_n dunelmensis_n florentius_n wigorniensis_n and_o our_o monkish_a historian_n asâ—ert_v to_o which_o 204._o abbot_n ingulphus_n subjoin_v cujus_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la sancta_fw-la simplicitate_fw-la et_fw-la innocentia_fw-la tà m_fw-la abusa_fw-la est_fw-la factio_fw-la tyrannorum_fw-la peâ—_n reginae_fw-la favorem_fw-la et_fw-la potentiam_fw-la praecipue_fw-la roborata_fw-la 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different_a in_o their_o opinion_n from_o other_o in_o do_v just_a judgement_n herein_o for_o some_o say_v that_o godwin_n be_v never_o oblige_v to_o the_o king_n so_o bromton_n to_o alfred_n write_v caxton_n by_o homage_n service_n or_o fealty_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v not_o his_o traitor_n and_o that_o he_o have_v not_o slay_v alfred_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n but_o other_o say_v quod_fw-la comes_fw-la nec_fw-la baro_n nec_fw-la aliquis_fw-la regi_fw-la subditus_fw-la bellum_fw-la contra_fw-la regem_fw-la in_o appellatione_fw-la sua_fw-la de_fw-fr lege_fw-la potest_fw-la vadiare_fw-la that_o neither_o the_o earl_n nor_o any_o baron_n nor_o any_o subject_a to_o the_o king_n can_v by_o the_o law_n wage_v battle_n against_o the_o king_n in_o his_o appeal_n but_o ought_v whole_o to_o but_o himself_o in_o his_o mercy_n and_o to_o offer_v he_o competent_a amends_o then_o leofric_n earl_n of_o chester_n or_o coventry_n as_o caxton_n a_o good_a man_n towards_o god_n and_o the_o world_n 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dissuade_v he_o from_o it_o he_o will_v send_v no_o ship_n to_o he_o magnus_n furnish_v with_o a_o great_a navy_n fight_v with_o swain_n and_o after_o a_o great_a slaughter_n on_o both_o side_n expel_v he_o out_o of_o denmark_n reign_v in_o it_o and_o compel_v the_o dane_n to_o pay_v he_o a_o great_a tribute_n 9_o harold_n harvager_n king_n of_o norwey_n anno_fw-la 1048._o send_v ambassador_n to_o king_n edward_n offering_z peace_n and_o 1048._o friendship_n to_o he_o which_o he_o embrace_v also_o swain_n king_n of_o denmark_n send_v other_o ambassador_n to_o he_o this_o year_n request_v a_o naval_a assistance_n of_o ship_n from_o he_o but_o although_o earl_n godwin_n be_v willing_a that_o at_o least_o fifty_o ship_n shall_v be_v send_v he_o yet_o none_o be_v send_v because_o earl_n leofric_n omnisque_fw-la populus_fw-la uno_n over_o contradixerunt_fw-la and_o all_o the_o people_n contradict_v it_o with_o one_o voice_n 296._o abbot_n ingulphus_n record_v that_o wulgat_v abbot_n of_o s._n pega_n who_o abbey_n be_v quite_o destroy_v and_o burn_v to_o the_o ground_n by_o the_o dane_n have_v a_o long_a suit_n in_o the_o king_n court_n with_o three_o abbot_n of_o burgh_n concern_v the_o seat_n of_o his_o abbey_n especial_o with_o abbot_n leofric_n with_o who_o he_o most_o strong_o contend_v sed_fw-la regis_fw-la curia_fw-la nimium_fw-la fav_fw-mi â—nte_fw-la potentiori_fw-la &_o contra_fw-la pauperem_fw-la sententiante_fw-la tandem_fw-la sedem_fw-la monasterii_fw-la svi_fw-la perdidit_fw-la tanta_fw-la fuit_fw-la abbatis_fw-la leofrici_fw-la pecunia_fw-la tanta_fw-la comitis_fw-la 5._o godwini_fw-la potentia_fw-la which_o he_o thus_o repeat_v hillo_o in_o tempore_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la pater_fw-la wulgatus_fw-la abbas_n pegelandiae_fw-la diutissimam_fw-la calumniam_fw-la passus_fw-la ab_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la burgi_n elfrico_fw-la arwino_fw-la &_o leofrico_n abbatiae_fw-la suae_fw-la sedem_fw-la amittens_fw-la tandem_fw-la succubuit_fw-la &_o proh_o negas_fw-la 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s._n pega_n and_o to_o the_o monk_n there_o serve_v god_n whence_o by_o consequence_n he_o allege_v that_o see_v abbot_n wulgat_v and_o his_o monk_n do_v not_o serve_v god_n and_o s._n pega_n from_o that_o time_n forward_o in_o that_o place_n where_o the_o old_a monastery_n stand_v that_o they_o ought_v not_o from_o henceforth_o to_o enjoy_v the_o say_a manor_n acceptatum_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la a_fw-la regis_fw-la justitiario_n et_fw-la confestim_fw-la adjudicatum_fw-la est_fw-la dictum_fw-la manerium_fw-la de_fw-la northburt_n cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la suis_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la praedicto_fw-la militi_fw-la fernoto_fw-la &_o tanquam_fw-la jus_o suum_fw-la haereditarium_fw-la de_fw-la monachis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la pegae_n alienatum_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la &_o sublatum_fw-la quod_fw-la tum_fw-la per_fw-la universum_fw-la regnum_fw-la citius_fw-la fuisset_fw-la cognitum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la abbatum_fw-la de_fw-fr peikirk_n prius_fw-la amisisse_fw-la monasterium_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o consequenter_fw-la mantrium_n ad_fw-la monasterium_fw-la quondam_a pertinens_fw-la similiter_fw-la edmerus_fw-la mile_n &_o dominus_fw-la de_fw-la holbrok_n calumniam_fw-la movet_fw-la contra_fw-la eundem_fw-la abbatem_fw-la &_o monachos_fw-la suos_fw-la de_fw-la manerio_fw-la svo_fw-la de_fw-la maksey_n &_o horsingus_fw-la de_fw-fr wathe_fw-mi calumniatus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la maneriâ—_n svo_fw-la de_fw-fr badingâ—on_n &_o siwardus_fw-la comes_fw-la de_fw-la maneâ—io_fw-la svo_fw-la de_fw-fr bernack_n &_o hugolonus_fw-la thesaurarius_fw-la de_fw-la manerio_fw-la de_fw-fr helieston_n &_o alii_fw-la plures_fw-la de_fw-la aliis_fw-la mane_n iis_fw-la dicto_fw-la monasterio_n dudum_fw-la pertinentibu_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la eadem_fw-la ratione_fw-la in_o dicta_fw-la causa_fw-la contra_fw-la monachos_fw-la obtinuerunt_fw-la &_o tam_fw-la de_fw-la maneriis_fw-la quam_fw-la de_fw-fr monasteris_n svo_fw-la dictus_fw-la abbas_n de_fw-fr peibec_n ac_fw-la monachi_fw-la svi_fw-la nequiter_fw-la &_o crudâ—liter_fw-la ejecti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la nunquam_fw-la alicui_fw-la veniat_fw-la damnum_fw-la solum_fw-la cum_fw-la itaque_fw-la abbas_n wulgatus_fw-la &_o conventus_fw-la suus_fw-la monachi_fw-la scilicet_fw-la etc._n etc._n sic_fw-la de_fw-la monasterio_n destituti_fw-la vagabundi_fw-la &_o in_fw-la proximo_fw-la dispergendi_fw-la in_o omnem_fw-la ventum_fw-la pro_fw-la extremâ—_n miseria_fw-la fluctuarent_fw-la misertus_fw-la eorum_fw-la piissimus_fw-la râ—…x_fw-la edwardus_fw-la omnes_fw-la in_o svam_fw-la curiam_fw-la suscepit_fw-la &_o usquequo_fw-la eye_v provideret_fw-la svam_fw-la capellam_fw-la ac_fw-la aulam_fw-la quotidie_fw-la frequentare_fw-la imperavit_fw-la the_o abbot_n of_o croyland_n die_v soon_o after_o and_o his_o pastoral_a staff_n by_o which_o he_o be_v invest_v be_v present_v by_o the_o prior_n and_o two_o monk_n to_o king_n edward_n the_o king_n thereupon_o immediate_o invest_v wulgatus_n in_o the_o regiment_n of_o the_o monastery_n of_o croyland_n by_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o pastoral_n staff_n unto_o he_o second_v with_o his_o charter_n of_o donation_n without_o any_o election_n by_o the_o covent_n inter_fw-la praecipua_fw-la monasteria_fw-la tunc_fw-la magno_fw-la nomine_fw-la praedicabatur_fw-la croilandia_n tot_fw-la &_o tanta_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la danicae_fw-la tribulationis_fw-la in_o regis_fw-la curiam_fw-la semper_fw-la manu_fw-la promptissima_fw-la effuderat_fw-la donaria_fw-la et_fw-la tributa_fw-la a_o multis_fw-la itaque_fw-la annis_fw-la retroactis_fw-la nulla_fw-la electio_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la erat_fw-la mere_a libera_n et_fw-fr canonica_n sed_fw-la omnes_fw-la dignitates_fw-la tam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quam_fw-la abbatum_fw-la per_fw-la annulum_fw-la et_fw-la baculum_fw-la regis_fw-la curia_fw-la pro_fw-la sua_fw-la complacentia_fw-la conferebat_fw-la these_o proceed_n and_o judgement_n against_o the_o abbot_n &_o 〈◊〉_d monk_n of_o s._n pega_n and_o peikirk_n be_v the_o occasion_n as_o i_o conceive_v of_o this_o passage_n in_o william_n of_o malmesb._n touch_v king_n edward_n reign_n fuerunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la nonnulla_fw-la quae_fw-la gloriam_fw-la temporum_fw-la deturbarent_fw-la monasteri_fw-la tunc_fw-la monachis_fw-la viduata_fw-la prava_fw-la judicia_fw-la a_fw-la pravis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la commissa_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la harum_fw-la rerum_fw-la invidiam_fw-la amatores_fw-la ipsum_fw-la ita_fw-la extenuare_fw-la conantur_fw-la monasteriorum_fw-la destructio_fw-la perversitas_fw-la judiciorum_fw-la non_fw-la ejus_fw-la scientia_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la godwini_fw-la filiorumque_fw-la ejus_fw-la sunt_fw-la commissa_fw-la violentiam_fw-la qui_fw-la regis_fw-la indulgentiam_fw-la videbant_fw-la postea_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la delata_fw-la acriter_fw-la eorum_fw-la exilio_fw-la vindicata_fw-la to_o which_o may_v be_v refer_v that_o story_n of_o walter_n mapaeus_n in_o mr._n cambdens_fw-la britannia_fw-la p._n 374._o 375._o of_o earl_n godwin_n thrust_v the_o abbess_n of_o berkley_n and_o her_o nun_n out_o of_o the_o monastery_n of_o berkley_n which_o he_o beg_v of_o king_n edward_n by_o this_o wile_n he_o cause_v a_o young_a nephew_n of_o his_o feign_a himself_o sick_a to_o lie_v so_o long_o in_o the_o nunnery_n till_o he_o leave_v the_o abbess_n and_o all_o her_o nun_n great_a with_o child_n and_o then_o complain_v of_o &_o prove_v this_o their_o incontinency_n before_o the_o king_n eject_v the_o abbess_n and_o nun_n and_o gain_v the_o nunnery_n and_o manor_n of_o berkley_n to_o himself_o worth_a 500l_o revenue_n together_o with_o this_o 307._o godwin_n cheat_v the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n of_o his_o manor_n of_o boseam_n in_o sussex_n by_o a_o wily_a word-trap_n and_o equivocation_n record_v by_o the_o same_o author_n king_n edward_n anno_fw-la 1049._o be_v so_o deep_o affect_v 1049._o and_o ravish_v with_o god_n extraordinary_a mercy_n towards_o 416._o he_o in_o preserve_v he_o like_o another_o 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