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&_o ibi_fw-la gratias_fw-la agere_fw-la pro_fw-la collatis_fw-la beneficiis_fw-la king_n edward_n in_o the_o year_n 1051._o release_v the_o english_a 1051._o from_o the_o heavy_a tribute_n or_o danegeld_n which_o florentius_n wigorniensis_n and_o simeon_n dunelmensis_n thus_o express_v rex_fw-la edvardus_fw-la absolvit_fw-la anglos_n a_fw-la gravi_fw-la vectigali_fw-la 38._o 1._o anno_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la pater_fw-la ejus_fw-la rex_fw-la athelredus_fw-la danicos_fw-la solidarios_fw-la solvi_fw-la mandavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la eye_v pater_fw-la suus_fw-la propter_fw-la danicos_fw-la solidarios_fw-la imposuerat_fw-la as_o 943._o brompton_n render_v it_o in_o another_o place_n roger_n the_o hunedon_n annalium_fw-la pars_fw-la 1._o p._n 441._o rodolphus_n de_fw-fr diceto_fw-la abbreviatione_fw-la chronicorum_fw-la col_fw-fr 145._o use_v the_o same_o word_n ailredus_fw-la abbas_n rievallis_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o miraculis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la confessoris_fw-la col._n 383._o thus_o relate_v it_o insuper_fw-la &_o tributum_fw-la illud_fw-la gravissimum_fw-la quod_fw-la tempore_fw-la patris_fw-la svi_fw-la primo_fw-la classi_fw-la danicae_fw-la pendebatur_fw-la postmodum_fw-la vero_fw-la fisco_fw-la regio_fw-la annis_n singulis_fw-la inferebatur_fw-la regius_fw-la liberalitate_fw-la remisit_fw-la et_fw-la ab_fw-la onere_fw-la hoc_fw-la importabili_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la angliam_fw-la absolvit_fw-la vnde_fw-la sancto_fw-la huic_fw-la regi_fw-la non_fw-la inconuenienter_fw-la aptatur_fw-la quod_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la beatus_fw-la vir_fw-la qui_fw-la inventus_fw-la sine_fw-la macula_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la post_fw-la aurum_fw-la non_fw-la abiit_fw-la nec_fw-la speravit_fw-la in_o pecuniae_fw-la the_o sauris_fw-la post_fw-la aurum_fw-la non_fw-la abiit_fw-la quod_fw-la potius_fw-la dispersit_fw-la nec_fw-la speravit_fw-la in_o the_o sauris_fw-la quos_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la opere_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la minuit_fw-la quam_fw-la consumpsit_fw-la 418._o matthew_n westminster_n record_v it_o in_o these_o word_n anno_fw-la gratiae_fw-la 1051._o rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la a_fw-la vectigali_fw-la gravissimo_fw-la anglos_n absolvit_fw-la quod_fw-la patre_fw-la vivente_fw-la danicis_n stipendiariis_fw-la triginto_fw-la octo_fw-la millia_fw-la librarum_fw-la solvi_fw-la consuevit_fw-la henry_n de_fw-fr knighton_n de_fw-fr eventibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 9_o fol._n 233._o 1_o and_o higden_n in_o his_o polychronicon_n lib._n 6._o c._n 24._o f._n 254._o thus_o relate_v it_o rex_fw-la edvardus_fw-la absolvit_fw-la anglos_n a_o gravi_fw-la tributo_fw-la quod_fw-la paâ—ur_fw-la ejus_fw-la ethelredus_fw-la danicis_n solidariis_fw-la solvi_fw-la fecerat_fw-la &_o jam_fw-la per_fw-la 40._o annos_fw-la duraverat_fw-la which_o fabian_n in_o his_o chronicle_n part_v 8._o c._n 210._o p._n 282._o graston_n in_o his_o chronicle_n p._n 170._o speed_z in_o his_o history_n p._n 410._o holinshead_n and_o other_o thus_o express_v this_o king_n enward_o discharge_v english_a man_n of_o the_o great_a and_o most_o heavy_a tribute_n call_v danegeld_v which_o his_o father_n ethelred_n have_v make_v they_o pay_v to_o the_o soldier_n of_o denmark_n and_o have_v then_o dure_v 40._o year_n so_o that_o after_o that_o day_n it_o be_v no_o more_o gather_v abbot_n juguphus_fw-la historiae_fw-la pag._n 897._o thus_o record_v it_o more_o at_o large_a eodem_fw-la etiam_fw-la anno_fw-la 1051._o cum_fw-la terra_fw-la non_fw-la daret_fw-la solitâ_fw-la fertilitate_fw-la fructus_fw-la suos_fw-la sed_fw-la fames_fw-la plurimos_fw-la habitatores_fw-la devoraret_fw-la in_fw-la tantum_fw-la ut_fw-la bladuum_fw-la carentia_fw-la &_o panis_fw-la inopia_fw-la multa_fw-la hominum_fw-la millia_fw-la morierentur_fw-la miserecordiâ_fw-la motus_fw-la super_fw-la populum_fw-la piâ—ssimus_fw-la rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la tributum_fw-la gravistmum_fw-la quod_fw-la danigelo_n dicebatur_fw-la omni_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la relaxavit_fw-la 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