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the_o salt_n flood_n iron_n man_n in_o wooden_a tent_n shall_v here_o arrive_v and_o hence_o the_o saxon_n with_o her_o eaglet_n drive_v etc._n etc._n it_o follow_v in_o the_o history_n hardy_a canutus_n the_o england_n hardy_n canutus_n the_o dane_n crown_v king_n of_o england_n son_n of_o canutus_n and_o emma_n begin_v his_o reign_n over_o england_n in_o the_o year_n of_o grace_n one_o thousand_o forty_o one_o who_o be_v oâ—…_n such_o cruelty_n as_o that_o he_o be_v no_o soon_o settle_v in_o the_o state_n but_o he_o present_o send_v alphricus_fw-la archbishop_n of_o york_n and_o earl_n goodwin_n to_o westminster_n to_o take_v up_o the_o brother_n a_o barbarous_a cruelty_n in_o a_o brother_n body_n of_o his_o dear_a brother_n and_o have_v part_v the_o head_n from_o the_o shoulder_n to_o cast_v they_o into_o the_o river_n thames_n which_o be_v by_o they_o according_o perform_v the_o cause_n thereunto_o move_v be_v for_o rifle_v and_o after_o exile_v his_o mother_n emma_n who_o he_o 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