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soon_o after_o marry_v the_o king_n daughter_n edith_n whereby_o he_o have_v the_o better_a opportunity_n to_o betray_v the_o king_n and_o kingdom_n with_o less_o suspicion_n 10._o king_n ethelred_n 1007._o though_o often_o vex_v with_o the_o war_n and_o invasion_n of_o these_o foreign_a enemy_n yet_o he_o have_v a_o care_n to_o make_v good_a law_n for_o the_o benefit_n peace_n and_o safety_n of_o his_o people_n whereupon_o have_v thus_o make_v peace_n with_o the_o dane_n an._n 1007._o he_o summon_v and_o hold_v a_o great_a parliamentary_a council_n at_o aenham_n on_o the_o feast_n of_o easter_n at_o the_o exhortation_n of_o aelfeag_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o wulstan_n archbishop_n of_o york_n who_o together_o with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n â_o and_o all_o the_o noble_n of_o england_n be_v present_a at_o it_o regis_fw-la aethelredi_fw-la edicto_fw-la concrepante_fw-la acciâi_fw-la sunt_fw-la convenire_fw-la where_o they_o all_o ãâ¦ã_z de_fw-fr catholicae_fw-la cultu_fw-la religionis_fw-la reparando_fw-la deque_fw-la etiam_fw-la rei_fw-la statu_fw-la publicae_fw-la reparando_fw-la vel_fw-la consulendo_fw-la plura_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la pauca_fw-la utpote_fw-la divinitus_fw-la âinspirati_fw-la ratiocinando_fw-la sermocinabantur_fw-la in_o this_o council_n they_o debate_v resolve_v on_o divers_a thing_n and_o enact_v many_o wholesome_a law_n and_o edict_n for_o the_o reformation_n and_o settle_v of_o religion_n and_o churchman_n the_o advancement_n of_o god_n worship_n the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n and_o state_n the_o advancement_n of_o civil_a justice_n and_o honesty_n and_o defence_n of_o the_o realm_n by_o land_n and_o sea_n begin_v with_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n and_o the_o church_n in_o the_o first_o place_n which_o you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n some_o law_n whereof_o i_o shall_v here_o transcribe_v be_v very_o pertinent_a to_o my_o subject_n cap._n 5._o sapientes_fw-la decernunt_fw-la ut_fw-la 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perdat_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la opus_fw-la manuum_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-la mercimonium_fw-la ejus_fw-la magno_fw-la comparatum_fw-la pretio_fw-la de_fw-fr quolibet_fw-la autem_fw-la crimine_fw-la acuratius_fw-la decernito_fw-la sententiam_fw-la praebens_fw-la juxta_fw-la factum_fw-la mercedem_fw-la juxta_fw-la meritum_fw-la ita_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ut_fw-la secundum_fw-la divinam_fw-la clementiam_fw-la levis_fw-la sit_fw-la poena_fw-la et_fw-la secundum_fw-la humanam_fw-la fragilitatem_fw-la tolerabilis_fw-la cap._n 9_o nemo_fw-la dehinc_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la servitium_fw-la imponat_fw-la nec_fw-la clientelam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la injuriis_fw-la afficiat_fw-la nec_fw-la ministrum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ejiciat_fw-la inconsulto_fw-la episcopo_fw-la cap._n 21._o veâba_fw-la et_fw-la opâra_fw-la rectè_fw-la cuique_fw-la disponat_fw-la er_fw-mi jusjurandum_fw-la pactamque_fw-la fidem_fw-la cautè_fw-la teneat_fw-la omnem_fw-la etiam_fw-la injustitiam_fw-la è_fw-la patriae_fw-la finibus_fw-la quâ_fw-la poterit_fw-la industriâ_fw-la cuique_fw-la ejiciat_fw-la et_fw-la perjuria_fw-la formidanda_fw-la cap._n 22._o urbium_fw-la oppidorum_fw-la arcium_fw-la atque_fw-la pontium_fw-la instauratio_fw-la sedulo_fw-la fiat_fw-la prout_fw-la opus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la restaurentur_fw-la renoventur_fw-la vallis_fw-la et_fw-la fossis_fw-la muniantur_fw-la et_fw-la circumvallentur_fw-la militaris_fw-la etiam_fw-la et_fw-la navalis_fw-la profectio_fw-la uti_fw-la imperatum_fw-la est_fw-la 9_o ob_fw-la universalem_fw-la utique_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la cap._n 23._o de_fw-fr navali_fw-la expeditione_n sub_fw-la paschate_n cavendum_fw-la etiam_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la celerius_fw-la post_fw-la paschatis_fw-la festum_fw-la navalis_fw-la expeditio_fw-la annuo_fw-la sit_fw-la parata_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la navem_fw-la in_o reipublicae_fw-la expeditionem_fw-la designatum_fw-la vitiaverit_fw-la damnum_fw-la integrè_fw-la restituito_fw-la et_fw-la pacem_fw-la regis_fw-la violatam_fw-la compensato_fw-la si_fw-mi verò_fw-la eam_fw-la ita_fw-la prorsus_fw-la corruperit_fw-la ut_fw-la deinceps_fw-la nihili_fw-la habeatur_fw-la plenam_fw-la luito_fw-la injuriam_fw-la et_fw-la laesam_fw-la praeterea_fw-la majestatem_fw-la so_o one_o translation_n out_o of_o the_o saxon_a copy_n read_v it_o but_o another_o thus_o nave_n per_fw-la singuloâ_n annos_fw-la ob_fw-la patriae_fw-la defensionem_fw-la et_fw-la munitionem_fw-la praeparentur_fw-la poâique_fw-la sacrosanctum_fw-la paâcha_fw-la cum_fw-la cunctis_fw-la utensilibus_fw-la competentibus_fw-la fimul_fw-la congregentur_fw-la qua_fw-la etiam_fw-la poena_fw-la digni_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la navium_fw-la detrimentum_fw-la in_o aliquibus_fw-la perficiunt_fw-la notum_fw-la cunctis_fw-la esse_fw-la cupimus_fw-la quicunque_fw-la aliquam_fw-la ex_fw-la navibus_fw-la per_fw-la quampiam_fw-la inetriam_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la incuriam_fw-la vel_fw-la negligentiam_fw-la corruperit_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la recuperabilis_fw-la sit_fw-la be_v navis_fw-la corruptelam_fw-la vel_fw-la fracturam_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la per_fw-la solidam_fw-la prius_fw-la recuperet_fw-la regique_fw-la deinde_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la pro_fw-la ejuâdem_fw-la munitionis_fw-la fractura_fw-la sibimet_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ritè_fw-la persolvat_fw-la cap._n 24._o de_fw-fr militiam_fw-la deâractante_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la de_fw-fr profectione_n militari_fw-la cui_fw-la rex_fw-la intererit_fw-la sine_fw-la licentia_fw-la se_fw-la substraxerit_fw-la in_fw-la detrimentum_fw-la currat_fw-la omnium_fw-la fortunarum_fw-la these_o three_o last_o law_n most_o clear_o demonstrate_v that_o the_o militia_n and_o military_a affair_n of_o this_o age_n with_o all_o their_o provision_n of_o arm_n ship_n for_o defence_n of_o the_o realm_n by_o land_n and_o sea_n against_o the_o invade_a dane_n and_o other_o enemy_n with_o their_o military_a law_n and_o all_o other_o apurtenance_n thereto_o belong_v be_v order_v and_o settle_v in_o their_o general_n council_n by_o common_a consent_n cap._n 26._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la regis_fw-la insidiabitur_fw-la 8._o svi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la dispendio_fw-la et_fw-la quas_fw-la habet_fw-la rebus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la poenas_fw-la luito_fw-la sin_n negaverit_fw-la et_fw-la purgatione_fw-la qua_fw-la licuerit_fw-la expetierit_fw-la solemniori_fw-la eam_fw-la faciat_fw-la juramento_fw-la vel_fw-la ordalio_n triplici_fw-la juxta_fw-la legem_fw-la anglorum_fw-la et_fw-la in_o danorum_fw-la lege_fw-la prout_fw-la ipsa_fw-la statuit_fw-la cap._n 27._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la christi_fw-la legibus_fw-la sive_fw-la regis_fw-la se_fw-la nefariè_fw-la opposuerit_fw-la capitis_fw-la plectitor_n aestimatione_fw-la vel_fw-la mulctâ_fw-la aliâ_fw-la pro_fw-la delicti_fw-la qualitate_fw-la et_fw-fr si_fw-fr be_v contrarius_fw-la rebellare_fw-la armis_fw-la nititur_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la occiditur_fw-la inultus_fw-la jaceat_fw-la 5._o cap._n 29._o scrutari_fw-la oportet_fw-la diligentius_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la modis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quonam_fw-la pacto_fw-la illud_fw-la ante_fw-la omne_fw-la efferatur_fw-la consilium_fw-la quod_fw-la populo_fw-la habeat_fw-la utilissimum_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la recta_fw-la christi_fw-la religio_fw-la oxime_n provehatur_fw-la injustumque_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la funditus_fw-la extirpetur_fw-la haec_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o rem_fw-la âuerinâ_n totius_fw-la patriae_fw-la ut_fw-la injustitia_fw-la conculcetur_fw-la et_fw-la institia_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la hominibus_fw-la diligatur_fw-la cap._n 32._o ut_fw-la quisquis_fw-la fuerit_fw-la potentior_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la seculo_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la scelera_fw-la evectus_fw-la in_o altiorem_fw-la gradum_fw-la ita_fw-la gravius_fw-la emendabit_fw-la peccata_fw-la sua_fw-la et_fw-la pro_fw-la singulis_fw-la malefactis_fw-la poenas_fw-la luet_fw-la graviores_fw-la haec_fw-la itaque_fw-la legalia_fw-la statuta_fw-la vel_fw-la decreta_fw-la in_o nostro_fw-la conventu_fw-la synodali_n â_o rege_fw-la nostro_fw-la magnopere_fw-la edicta_fw-la cuncti_fw-la tunc_fw-la temporis_fw-la optimates_fw-la se_fw-la observaturos_fw-la fideliter_fw-la spondebant_fw-la the_o invasion_n and_o oppression_n of_o the_o dane_n excite_v both_o the_o king_n his_o prelate_n and_o noble_n in_o this_o great_a general_n council_n not_o only_o to_o provide_v for_o their_o necessary_a defence_n against_o they_o by_o land_n and_o sea_n but_o likewise_o to_o enact_v good_a law_n for_o the_o advancement_n of_o god_n worship_n and_o service_n the_o good_a government_n of_o the_o republic_n the_o advancement_n of_o justice_n and_o righteousness_n the_o suppression_n of_o all_o oppression_n injustice_n wickedness_n and_o preservation_n of_o the_o just_a right_n and_o liberty_n both_o of_o the_o church_n and_o people_n as_o the_o most_o effectual_a mean_n to_o unite_v and_o preserve_v they_o against_o the_o common_a enemy_n and_o to_o remove_v god_n wrath_n and_o judgement_n from_o they_o as_o the_o other_o statute_n and_o decree_n of_o this_o council_n more_o full_o resolve_v which_o you_o may_v peruse_v at_o leisure_n about_o the_o same_o year_n as_o i_o conjecture_v or_o not_o long_o after_o 533._o king_n ethelred_n have_v some_o breaâhing_a time_n from_o war_n by_o his_o peace_n conclude_v with_o the_o perfidious_a dane_n hâld_v three_o other_o great_a parliamentary_a
to_o be_v preserve_v and_o educate_v cnute_n have_v thus_o through_o the_o flattery_n perjury_n and_o treachery_n of_o the_o euglish_n prelate_n and_o noble_n âained_v the_o entire_a monarchy_n of_o englandâ_n slay_v or_o banish_v all_o those_o perfidious_a english_a sycophant_n temporizer_n who_o have_v the_o chief_a hand_n in_o this_o false_a testimony_n abjuration_n &_o treacherous_a bloody_a advice_n against_o the_o saxon_a royal_a family_n ây_a who_o couâcel_n he_o slay_v or_o banisheâ_n all_o the_o blood-royal_n of_o the_o realm_n of_o england_n that_o so_o he_o may_v jure_fw-la haereditario_fw-la reserve_v and_o perpetuate_v the_o kingdom_n to_o his_o own_o posterity_n by_o a_o hereditary_a right_n duke_n edric_n the_o principal_a of_o they_o for_o this_o and_o his_o other_o treason_n foremention_v be_v deprive_v of_o his_o dukedom_n of_o mercia_n and_o exemplary_o execute_v as_o a_o most_o perfidious_a traitor_n by_o cnute_n command_v the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o many_o of_o his_o captain_n and_o follower_n be_v slay_v with_o he_o of_o which_o at_o large_a before_o morââm_fw-la proditoriâ_n pro_fw-la demeritis_fw-la accepit_fw-la laqueo_fw-la suspensus_fw-la et_fw-la in_o tamesin_n fluvium_fw-la projectus_fw-la cum_fw-la quo_fw-la plurimis_fw-la sattellitum_fw-la suorum_fw-la similiter_fw-la occisis_fw-la eâiam_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la praecipuus_fw-la et_fw-la primus_fw-la normannus_n occisus_fw-la est_fw-la write_v abbot_n 892._o ingulphus_n turkell_n duke_n of_o east-england_n and_o hirc_n duke_n of_o northumberland_n be_v both_o banish_v the_o realm_n duke_n norman_a and_o bridric_n slay_v and_o a_o heavy_a tax_n of_o 82_o thousand_o pound_n 8_o beside_o 10000_o pound_n impose_v on_o london_n alone_a impose_v and_o levy_v on_o the_o whole_a nation_n quoniam_fw-la igitur_fw-la proprii_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la proditores_fw-la adulantes_fw-la regi_fw-la mentiâi_fw-la sunâ_n in_o caput_fw-la suum_fw-la gladiuâ_fw-la eorum_fw-la intravit_fw-la in_o cor_fw-la eorum_fw-la et_fw-la à _fw-la cnutho_n quem_fw-la naturalibus_fw-la dominis_n praetulerunt_fw-la confractus_fw-la eât_fw-la arcu_fw-la eoruâ_n cum_fw-la ãâã_d monarchiam_fw-la insulae_fw-la favenâibus_fw-la illis_fw-la obâinuiââeâ_n omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la primi_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la fuere_fw-la consilio_fw-la exterminavit_fw-la et_fw-la qâoâquoâ_n de_fw-fr regio_fw-la semine_fw-la âuperstites_fw-la reperit_fw-la vel_fw-la regno_fw-la repulit_fw-la vel_fw-la occidit_fw-la as_o 366._o abbot_n ethelred_n record_v to_o posterity_n to_o which_o 363._o henry_n huntindon_n and_o 3._o henrâ_n de_fw-fr knyghton_n subjoin_n posteà _fw-la vero_fw-la rex_fw-la justo_fw-la dei_fw-la judicio_fw-la dignam_fw-la retributionem_fw-la nequitiae_fw-la anglis_fw-la reddidit_fw-la ipse_fw-la namque_fw-la rex_fw-la cnuâe_fw-la edricum_fw-la occidit_fw-la quia_fw-la timebat_fw-la ab_fw-la insidiâs_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la aliquando_fw-la circumveniri_fw-la sicut_fw-la domini_fw-la svi_fw-la priores_fw-la ethelredus_fw-la &_o edmondus_fw-la frequent_a sunt_fw-la circumventi_fw-la quorum_fw-la diutina_fw-la proditione_n alterum_fw-la vexavit_fw-la alterum_fw-la interfecit_fw-la add_v âlorentius_fw-la wigorniânsis_fw-la simeon_n dunelmensis_n roger_n de_fw-fr hoveden_n and_o radulphus_fw-la de_fw-la diceto_fw-la turkellum_fw-la exulavit_fw-la hirc_n fugere_fw-la compulit_fw-la praeterea_fw-la summos_fw-la procerum_fw-la aggressus_fw-la normannum_fw-la ducem_fw-la interfecit_fw-la edwi_n adeling_n exterminavit_fw-la adelwoldum_fw-la detruncavit_fw-la edwi_n churlege_v exulavit_fw-la birdric_n ferro_fw-la vita_fw-la privavit_fw-la 391._o aethelwardus_fw-la filius_fw-la agelmari_fw-la ducis_fw-la et_fw-la brihtricus_fw-la filius_fw-la alphegi_fw-la domnaniensis_fw-la satrapae_fw-la sinâ_n culpa_fw-la interfecti_fw-la sunt_fw-la fecit_fw-la quoque_fw-la per_fw-la angliam_fw-la mirabilem_fw-la censum_fw-la reddi_fw-la scilicet_fw-la 82._o some_o write_v 72._o mille_fw-la librarum_fw-la praeter_fw-la undecies_fw-la mille_fw-la libriâ_n quas_fw-la londinensis_fw-la reddiderunt_fw-la dignum_fw-la igitur_fw-la exactorem_fw-la dominus_fw-la justus_n anglis_fw-la imposuit_fw-la for_o reject_v their_o own_o hereditary_a sovereign_a line_n 205._o radulphus_fw-la cestrensis_fw-la english_v by_o trevisa_n fabian_n and_o 174._o grafton_n thus_o second_v they_o also_o they_o swear_v that_o they_o will_v in_o all_o wise_a put_v off_o edmond_n kin_n they_o trow_v thereby_o to_o be_v great_a with_o the_o king_n afterward_o but_o it_o fare_v far_o otherwise_o for_o many_o or_o the_o more_o part_n of_o they_o special_o such_o as_o canutus_n perceive_v be_v swear_v beâore_o to_o edmond_n and_o his_o heir_n he_o mistrust_v and_o disdain_v ever_o after_o nota._n therefore_o some_o of_o they_o be_v slay_v by_o god_n rightful_a doom_n and_o some_o banish_v and_o exile_v and_o put_v out_o of_o the_o land_n and_o some_o by_o god_n punishment_n die_v sudden_o and_o come_v to_o a_o miserable_a end_n which_o other_o of_o our_o historian_n likewise_o register_v i_o shall_v desire_v all_o such_o who_o be_v guilty_a of_o the_o like_a treachery_n flattery_n practice_n or_o advice_n against_o their_o lawful_a sovereign_n royal_a posterity_n advise_o to_o ponder_v this_o sad_a domestic_a precedent_n in_o their_o most_o retire_a meditation_n for_o fear_v they_o incur_v the_o like_a divine_a retaliation_n by_o god_n rightful_a doom_n when_o and_o by_o who_o they_o least_o suspect_v or_o fear_v it_o king_n cnute_n thus_o quit_v of_o all_o king_n edmond_n son_n 1018._o brethren_n kindred_n and_o likewise_o of_o the_o great_a english_a duke_n and_o noble_n who_o may_v endanger_v his_o life_n crown_n and_o new-acquired_n monarchy_n in_o the_o next_o place_n contrive_v how_o to_o secure_v his_o empire_n against_o prince_n alfred_n and_o edward_n edmond_n brother_n then_o in_o normandy_n with_o queen_n emma_n their_o mother_n and_o their_o uncle_n richard_n duke_n of_o normandy_n a_o person_n of_o great_a valour_n power_n and_o interest_n the_o only_a person_n likely_a to_o attempt_v their_o restitution_n to_o the_o kingdom_n and_o crown_n of_o england_n for_o which_o end_n he_o by_o gift_n ambassy_n and_o fair_a promise_n other_o procure_v earl_n richard_n consent_n to_o bestow_v his_o sister_n queen_n emma_n upon_o he_o for_o his_o wife_n who_o arrive_v in_o england_n in_o july_n 1018._o be_v present_o marry_v to_o this_o invader_n of_o her_o former_a husband_n kingdom_n his_o son_n royal_a throne_n and_o murderer_n banisher_n dishinheriter_fw-la of_o his_o and_o her_o royal_a posterity_n whereby_o her_o brother_n duke_n richard_n thought_n be_v whole_o divert_v from_o aid_v his_o nephew_n to_o recover_v their_o right_n in_o england_n 374._o exit_fw-la hinc_fw-la cum_fw-la câutoni_fw-la omne_fw-la pro_fw-la voto_fw-la cessissent_fw-la timens_fw-la ne_fw-la haeres_fw-la legitimus_fw-la regnum_fw-la quod_fw-la sibi_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la debebatur_fw-la aââquando_fw-la normanica_fw-la fretus_fw-la virâuââ_n reposceret_fw-la ât_a ducis_fw-la sibi_fw-la arctius_fw-la colligaret_fw-la affectum_fw-la emmam_fw-la âefuncti_fw-la regis_fw-la relictam_fw-la duxit_fw-la vxorem_fw-la whereupon_o de_fw-fr illorum_fw-la elfredi_n &_o edwardi_fw-la restitutione_n richardun_n avunculum_fw-la nihil_fw-la egisse_fw-la comperimus_fw-la quia_fw-la et_fw-la sororem_fw-la svam_fw-la emmam_fw-la hosti_fw-la et_fw-la invasori_fw-la nuptam_fw-la collocauât_fw-la ignores_fw-la majori_fw-la illius_fw-la dedecore_fw-la qui_fw-la dederit_fw-la aâ_n fâminae_fw-la quae_fw-la conseâ_fw-fr serat_fw-la ut_fw-la thalamo_fw-la illius_fw-la câleret_fw-la qui_fw-la viâum_fw-la infestaverit_fw-la filios_fw-la effugaverit_fw-la be_v 73._o malmesbury_n his_o observation_n and_o censure_n thereupon_o only_o their_o uncle_n robert_n attempt_v their_o âestitution_n congregatis_fw-la navibus_fw-la et_fw-la impositis_fw-la militibus_fw-la profectionem_fw-la paravit_fw-la subinde_fw-la jactitans_fw-la se_fw-la pronepotes_fw-la suos_fw-la coronaturum_fw-la et_fw-la proculdudio_fw-la fidem_fw-la dictis_fw-la explesset_fw-la nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la majoribus_fw-la accepimus_fw-la semper_fw-la âi_fw-la ventus_fw-la adversabatur_fw-la eontrarius_fw-la per_fw-la occultum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la dei_fw-la judicium_fw-la in_fw-la cujus_fw-la voluntate_fw-la sunt_fw-la potestates_fw-la omnium_fw-la regnorum_fw-la reliquiae_fw-la navium_fw-la multo_fw-la tempore_fw-la dissolutarum_fw-la rothomagi_n adhuc_fw-la nostra_fw-la aetate_fw-la visebantur_fw-la write_v malmsbury_n by_o this_o match_n with_o queen_n emma_n as_o cnute_n take_v off_o duke_n richard_n from_o yield_v any_o assistance_n to_o his_o nephew_n in_o hope_n his_o sister_n may_v have_v issue_n by_o he_o to_o inherit_v the_o crown_n of_o eâgland_n it_o be_v agree_v between_o they_o on_o the_o marriage_n that_o the_o issue_n of_o cnute_n beget_v on_o she_o shall_v inherit_v the_o crown_n so_o it_o much_o oblige_v the_o english_a to_o he_o and_o make_v they_o more_o willing_a to_o submit_v to_o his_o government_n 73._o ut_fw-la dum_fw-la consuetae_fw-la domine_fw-la deferrent_fw-la obsequium_fw-la minus_fw-la danorum_fw-la suspirarent_fw-la imperium_fw-la the_o rather_o because_o they_o much_o honour_v and_o affect_v she_o for_o her_o manifold_a virtue_n of_o which_o they_o have_v long_o former_a experience_n and_o likewise_o because_o they_o hope_v it_o may_v be_v a_o mean_n to_o restore_v ethelreds_n issue_n by_o she_o to_o the_o crown_n again_o in_o case_n she_o have_v no_o issue_n by_o cnute_n to_o inherit_v it_o which_o in_o truth_n it_o effect_v by_o god_n providence_n contrary_a to_o cnutes_n design_n after_o this_o marriage_n this_o politic_a foreign_a intruder_n to_o establish_v his_o monarchy_n over_o england_n endeavour_v to_o reconcile_v the_o english_a to_o he_o by_o all_o other_o
who_o they_o outlaw_v together_o with_o all_o those_o who_o have_v incite_v he_o to_o make_v a_o unjust_a law_n and_o impose_v a_o illegal_a tribute_n upon_o they_o harold_n hear_v these_o thing_n and_o mind_v more_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o country_n than_o his_o brother_n profit_n recall_v his_o army_n and_o the_o kiug_n have_v hear_v their_o answer_n confirm_v morchar_n for_o their_o duke_n tosti_n hateful_a to_o all_o man_n by_o the_o assistance_n of_o earl_n edwin_n be_v expel_v out_o of_o england_n by_o the_o northumberlander_n and_o drive_v with_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n into_o flanders_n whence_o return_v about_o two_o year_n after_o and_o join_v with_o the_o dane_n he_o enter_v with_o the_o dane_n into_o northumberland_n miserable_o harrow_v the_o whole_a country_n slaughter_a the_o inhabitant_n and_o at_o last_o be_v there_o slay_v with_o most_o of_o his_o soldier_n by_o his_o own_o brother_n king_n harold_n anno_fw-la 1066._o king_n edward_n as_o abbot_n 911â_n ingulphus_n live_v in_o that_o age_n record_n anno_fw-la 1065._o being_n burden_v with_o old_a age_n perceive_v prince_n edgar_n atheling_n his_o cousin_n edward_n son_n late_o dead_a to_o be_v unfit_a for_o the_o royal_a throne_n tam_fw-la cord_n quam_fw-la corpore_fw-la as_o well_o in_o respect_n of_o mind_n as_o body_n and_o that_o earl_n godwin_n many_o and_o wicked_a progeny_n do_v daily_o increase_v upon_o the_o earth_n set_v his_o mind_n upon_o his_o cousin_n william_n duke_n of_o normandy_n et_fw-la eum_fw-la sibi_fw-la succederâ_n in_o regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la voce_fw-la stabili_fw-la sancivit_fw-la and_o decree_v by_o a_o stable_a vote_n that_o he_o shall_v succeed_v he_o in_o the_o realm_n oâ_n england_n for_o duke_n william_n be_v then_o superior_a in_o every_o battle_n and_o a_o triumpher_n against_o the_o king_n of_o france_n and_o his_o fame_n be_v public_o blaze_v abroad_o among_o all_o the_o earl_n of_o normandy_n who_o be_v next_o he_o be_v invincible_a in_o the_o exercise_n of_o arm_n judex_fw-la justissimus_fw-la in_o causarum_fw-la judiciâ_n a_o most_o just_a judge_n in_o the_o judge_n of_o cause_n and_o most_o religious_a and_o most_o devout_a in_o the_o service_n of_o god_n hereupon_o king_n edward_n send_v robeât_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n to_o he_o as_o his_o legate_n a_o litere_a or_o special_a ambassador_n illumque_fw-la designatum_fw-la svi_fw-la regni_fw-la successorem_fw-la tam_fw-la debito_fw-la cognationis_fw-la quam_fw-la merito_fw-la virtutis_fw-la suae_fw-la archipraesulis_fw-la relaâu_fw-la insinuavit_fw-la and_o intimate_v unto_o he_o by_o the_o relation_n of_o his_o archbishop_n that_o he_o have_v design_v he_o to_o be_v the_o successor_n of_o his_o realm_n as_o well_o by_o the_o debt_n of_o kindred_n as_o by_o the_o merit_n of_o virtue_n moreover_o harold_n the_o major_a of_o the_o king_n court_n come_v into_o normandy_n not_o only_o swear_v that_o he_o will_v conserve_v the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n for_o duke_n william_n afâer_v the_o king_n death_n but_o likewise_o promise_v upon_o oath_n that_o he_o will_v take_v the_o daughter_n of_o duke_n william_n for_o his_o wife_n and_o upon_o these_o promise_n return_v home_o magnificent_o reward_v after_o which_o âe_n subjoin_v edwardi_fw-la pâissimi_fw-la regis_fw-la cujus_fw-la cognatione_fw-la et_fw-la consanguinitate_fw-la inclytus_fw-la rex_fw-la noster_fw-la willelmus_fw-la fundat_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la svam_fw-la regnâm_fw-la angliae_fw-la invadendi_fw-la caeteris_fw-la regibus_fw-la de_fw-la danorum_fw-la sanguine_fw-la quasi_fw-la nullius_fw-la authoritatis_fw-la ad_fw-la allegandum_fw-la interim_n intermissis_fw-la 93._o william_n of_o malmsbury_n who_o flourish_v in_o oâ_n near_o that_o very_a age_n thus_o second_v he_o after_o the_o death_n of_o edward_n his_o son_n edgar_n be_v neque_fw-la promptus_fw-la mânu_fw-la neque_fw-la probus_fw-la ingenio_fw-la rex_fw-la itaque_fw-la defuncto_fw-la cognato_fw-la quia_fw-la spes_fw-la prioris_fw-la erat_fw-la soluta_fw-la suffragii_fw-la willielmo_n comiti_fw-la normanniae_fw-la successionem_fw-la angliae_fw-la dedit_fw-la erat_fw-la ille_fw-la hoc_fw-la munâre_fw-la dignus_fw-la praesâans_fw-la animi_fw-la juvenis_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la in_o supremum_fw-la fastigium_fw-la alacri_fw-la labour_v excreverat_fw-la praeterea_fw-la proxime_fw-la consanguineus_fw-la filius_fw-la roberti_n filius_fw-la richardi_fw-la seâundi_fw-la quem_fw-la fratrem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la emmae_fw-la matris_fw-la edwardi_fw-la non_fw-la semel_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la diximus_fw-la ferunt_fw-la quidam_fw-la ipsum_fw-la haroldum_n a_o rege_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la normanniam_fw-la missum_fw-la alii_fw-la secretioris_fw-la coâsilii_fw-la conscii_fw-la invitum_fw-la venti_fw-la violentia_fw-la illuc_fw-la actum_fw-la quo_fw-la se_fw-la tueretur_fw-la invenisse_fw-la commenâum_fw-la quod_fw-la quia_fw-la propius_fw-la vero_fw-la videtur_fw-la exponam_fw-la harold_n come_v to_o his_o farm_n at_o boseam_n go_v for_o his_o recreation_n into_o a_o fisherboat_n and_o put_v forth_o into_o the_o sea_n in_o sport_n be_v by_o a_o sudden_a contrary_a storm_n arise_v drive_v with_o his_o companion_n into_o the_o village_n of_o ponthieu_n in_o france_n where_o he_o be_v strip_v and_o bind_v hand_n and_o foot_n by_o the_o rude_a country_n people_n and_o carry_v prisoner_n to_o guido_n their_o earl_n who_o detain_v he_o in_o prison_n to_o gain_v a_o ransom_n from_o he_o whereupon_o harold_n be_v of_o a_o subtle_a wit_n study_v how_o to_o relieve_v himself_o by_o large_a promise_n procure_v a_o messenger_n to_o inform_v duke_n william_n that_o he_o be_v send_v by_o the_o king_n into_o normandy_n that_o what_o lesser_a messenger_n have_v but_o muâtered_v touch_v his_o succession_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n he_o may_v perform_v by_o his_o presence_n especial_o that_o he_o be_v detain_v in_o bond_n by_o earl_n guido_n whereby_o he_o be_v hinder_v to_o deliver_v his_o message_n notwithstanding_o his_o appeal_n to_o he_o which_o be_v a_o great_a diminution_n to_o his_o honour_n and_o if_o his_o captivity_n be_v to_o be_v redeem_v with_o money_n he_o will_v willing_o give_v it_o to_o he_o and_o not_o to_o guido_n upon_o which_o he_o be_v by_o duke_n williams_n command_v release_v bring_v by_o guidâ_n into_o normandy_n and_o there_o noble_o feast_v by_o the_o duke_n where_o by_o his_o valour_n and_o policy_n he_o gain_v great_a reputation_n with_o duke_n william_n and_o that_o he_o may_v more_o endear_v himself_o in_o his_o favour_n he_o there_o voluntary_o of_o his_o own_o accord_n confirm_v to_o he_o the_o castle_n of_o dover_n which_o belong_v to_o he_o of_o right_n and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n after_o king_n edward_n decease_n whereupon_o the_o duke_n espouse_v he_o to_o his_o 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 regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la ei_fw-la regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la sacramento_n firmavit_fw-la subjoin_v thereto_o tradunt_fw-la autem_fw-la aliter_fw-la alii_fw-la quod_fw-la videlicet_fw-la haroldus_n a_o rege_fw-la edwardo_n fuerat_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o normanniam_fw-la missus_fw-la ut_fw-la ducem_fw-la gulihelmum_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la conducerât_fw-la qnem_fw-la idem_fw-la rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la haeredem_fw-la sibi_fw-la constituere_fw-la cogitavit_fw-la roger_n de_fw-fr hoved._n annal._n pars_fw-la prio_fw-la p._n 499._o radulph_n de_fw-fr diceto_fw-it abbr._n chron._n col_fw-fr 480_o 481._o eadmerus_fw-la hist._n novorum_n l._n 1._o p._n 4_o 5._o sim._n dunel_n hist._n col_fw-fr 195._o io._n bromton_n in_o his_o chronicle_n col_fw-fr 947._o hygden_n in_o his_o polychron_n l._n 6._o c._n 27._o with_o other_o record_v the_o matter_n somewhat_o different_a from_o our_o other_o historian_n that_o harold_n after_o his_o father_n death_n crave_v leave_n of_o king_n edward_n to_o go_v into_o normandy_n to_o free_a and_o bring_v into_o england_n his_o brother_n wulnoth_n &_o nephew_n hake_n there_o detain_v hostage_n the_o king_n will_v not_o permit_v he_o to_o go_v as_o senâ_n by_o he_o but_o yet_o leave_v he_o free_a to_o do_v what_o he_o please_v of_o himself_o therein_o add_v praesentio_fw-la tamen_fw-la te_fw-la ad_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la tendere_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o detrimentum_fw-la totius_fw-la anglici_fw-la regni_fw-la et_fw-la opprobrium_fw-la tui_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la ita_fw-la novi_fw-la comitem_fw-la mentis_fw-la expertem_fw-la ut_fw-la eos_fw-la aliquatenus_fw-la velit_fw-la concedere_fw-la tibi_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la praescierit_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la magnum_fw-la proficuum_fw-la svi_fw-la harold_n notwithstanding_o take_v ship_n to_o go_v into_o normandy_n upon_o this_o occasion_n be_v drive_v by_o storm_n into_o ponthieu_n and_o there_o imprison_v as_o aforesaid_a and_o by_o duke_n william_n mean_n and_o threat_n after_o two_o denial_n release_v who_o honourable_o entertain_v he_o for_o some_o day_n to_o advance_v his_o own_o design_n by_o he_o at_o last_o open_v his_o mind_n thus_o to_o he_o dicebat_fw-la itaque_fw-la regem_fw-la edwardum_fw-la quando_fw-la secum_fw-la invene_v olim_fw-la juvenis_fw-la in_o normannia_n demoraretur_fw-la
sibi_fw-la interposita_fw-la fide_fw-la sua_fw-la pollicitum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la foret_fw-la ius_n regni_fw-la in_o illum_fw-la jure_fw-la haereditario_fw-la transferret_fw-la &_o subdens_fw-la ait_fw-la tu_fw-la quoque_fw-la si_fw-la mihi_fw-la te_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la adminiculaturum_fw-la sposponderis_fw-la et_fw-la insuper_fw-la castellum_fw-la dofris_fw-fr cum_fw-la puteâ_n aquae_fw-la ad_fw-la opus_fw-la meum_fw-la te_fw-la facturum_fw-la sororemque_fw-la tuam_fw-la uni_fw-la de_fw-la principibus_fw-la meis_fw-la dederis_fw-la in_o vxorem_fw-la te_fw-la ad_fw-la mâ_n tâmpore_fw-la quo_fw-la nobis_fw-la conveniet_fw-la destinaturum_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la filiam_fw-la meam_fw-la in_o cânjugem_fw-la accepturum_fw-la promiseris_fw-la tunc_fw-la et_fw-la modo_fw-la nepotem_fw-la tuum_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la venero_fw-la regnaturus_fw-la fratrem_fw-la tuum_fw-la incolumem_fw-la recipies_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la regno_fw-la si_fw-la tuo_fw-la favore_fw-la confirmatus_fw-la fuero_fw-la spondeo_fw-la quod_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la i_o rationabiliter_fw-la tibi_fw-la postulaveris_fw-la obtinebis_fw-la hereupon_o harold_n perceive_v danger_n on_o every_o side_n and_o not_o know_v how_o to_o escape_v unless_o he_o condescend_v to_o william_n will_n in_o all_o thing_n he_o thereupon_o consent_v to_o his_o request_n but_o he_o that_o all_o thing_n may_v be_v ratify_v bring_v forth_o the_o relic_n of_o saint_n bring_v harold_n to_o this_o that_o he_o shall_v swear_v upon_o they_o that_o he_o will_v actual_o perform_v all_o thing_n which_o they_o have_v agree_v between_o they_o these_o thing_n thus_o do_v harold_n receive_v his_o nephew_n return_v into_o his_o country_n where_o he_o relate_v to_o the_o king_n upon_o his_o demand_n what_o have_v happen_v and_o what_o he_o have_v do_v who_o say_v do_v i_o not_o tell_v thou_o i_o know_v william_n and_o that_o many_o mischief_n may_v happen_v to_o this_o kingdom_n in_o thy_o journey_n i_o foresee_v in_o this_o thy_o deed_n that_o great_a calamity_n will_v come_v upon_o our_o nation_n which_o i_o beseech_v god_n of_o his_o infinite_a mercy_n to_o grant_v that_o they_o may_v not_o happen_v in_o my_o day_n 213._o mr._n fox_n relate_v this_o story_n more_o brief_o conclude_v thus_o whereby_o it_o may_v be_v âathered_v that_o king_n edward_n be_v right_o willing_a that_o duke_n william_n shall_v reign_v after_o he_o and_o also_o it_o seem_v not_o unlike_a but_o that_o he_o have_v give_v he_o his_o promise_n thereunto_o before_o the_o same_o hoveden_n annalium_fw-la pars_fw-la posterior_n p._n 608_o 609_o 610._o recite_v the_o law_n of_o king_n edward_n confirm_v by_o king_n william_n after_o he_o get_v the_o crown_n record_v these_o passage_n intermix_v with_o they_o that_o king_n edward_n retain_v his_o cousin_n edward_n son_n edgar_z with_o he_o and_o nourish_v he_o for_o his_o son_n and_o because_o he_o think_v to_o make_v he_o his_o heir_n he_o name_v he_o adeling_o which_o we_o call_v a_o little_a lord_n but_o king_n edward_n so_o soon_o as_o he_o know_v the_o wickedness_n of_o his_o nation_n and_o especial_o the_o pride_n of_o the_o son_n of_o godwin_n of_o harold_n who_o after_o invade_v the_o kingdom_n estigurt_n lefwin_n and_o other_o of_o his_o brother_n imagine_v that_o what_o he_o have_v purpose_v concern_v edgar_n can_v not_o possible_o be_v stable_n adoptavit_fw-la willielmum_fw-la ducem_fw-la normannorum_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la adopt_v william_n duke_n of_o normandy_n to_o succeed_v he_o in_o the_o realm_n william_n i_o say_v the_o bastard_n the_o son_n of_o robert_n his_o uncle_n a_o valiant_a warlike_a and_o stout_a man_n who_o afterwards_o by_o god_n assistance_n by_o vanquish_a the_o aforesaid_a harold_n son_n of_o godwin_n victorious_o obtain_v the_o realm_n oâ_n england_n to_o which_o he_o subjoin_v that_o edward_n want_v issue_n send_v râbert_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n to_o his_o cousin_n william_n duke_n of_o normandy_n &_o de_fw-fr regno_fw-la eum_fw-la constituit_fw-la haeredem_fw-la and_o make_v he_o heir_n of_o the_o kingdom_n yea_o after_o he_o he_o send_v earl_n harold_n and_o he_o invade_v the_o realm_n he_o further_a record_n that_o when_o king_n william_n will_v have_v alter_v the_o law_n of_o england_n present_v to_o he_o upon_o oath_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n but_o in_o one_o point_n universi_fw-la compatriotae_fw-la qui_fw-la leges_fw-la edixerant_fw-la tristes_fw-la effecti_fw-la etc._n etc._n tandem_fw-la cum_fw-la prosecuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la deprecantes_fw-la quatenus_fw-la pro_fw-la anima_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la post_fw-la diem_fw-la suum_fw-la concesserat_fw-la coronam_fw-la et_fw-la regnum_fw-la et_fw-la cujus_fw-la erant_fw-la leges_fw-la that_o he_o will_v not_o alter_v the_o law_n herein_o whereupon_o he_o consent_v to_o their_o request_n 28._o thomas_n of_o walsingham_n thus_o register_n the_o 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