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council_n hold_v at_o a_o place_n call_v fincale_n where_o the_o archbishop_n with_o his_o suffragan_n bishop_n and_o many_o other_o be_v present_a what_o the_o occasion_n of_o it_o be_v appear_v not_o only_o our_o historian_n relate_v that_o osred_a king_n of_o northumberland_n be_v this_o year_n chase_v out_o of_o his_o kingdom_n by_o his_o rebellious_a subject_n when_o he_o have_v reign_v but_o one_o year_n and_o
moribus_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la spectat_fw-la examen_fw-la si_fw-la vivunt_fw-la continenter_fw-la si_fw-la honest_a se_fw-la habent_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la foris_fw-la sunt_fw-la sâ_n in_o divinis_fw-la officiis_fw-la solliciti_fw-la si_fw-la in_o docendo_fw-la populo_fw-la assidui_fw-la si_fw-la victu_fw-la sobrii_fw-la si_fw-la moderati_fw-la habitu_fw-la si_fw-la in_o judiciis_fw-la sunt_fw-la discreti_fw-la etc._n etc._n ego_fw-la constantini_n vos_fw-fr petri_n gladium_fw-la habetis_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la jungamus_fw-la dextras_fw-la gladium_fw-la gladio_fw-la copuâemus_fw-la ut_fw-la ejiciantur_fw-la âextra_fw-la castra_fw-la leprosi_fw-la ut_fw-la purgetur_fw-la sanctuarium_fw-la domini_fw-la et_fw-la ministrent_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la silij_fw-la levi_n etc._n etc._n after_o which_o direct_v his_o speech_n to_o dunstan_n aethelwald_n and_o oswald_n he_o conclude_v thuss_v voâiâistud_fw-la committo_fw-la negotium_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopali_fw-la censura_fw-la et_fw-la authoritate_fw-la regius_fw-la âurpiter_n viventes_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la ejiciantur_fw-la &_o ordinatè_fw-la viventes_fw-la introducantur_fw-la herupon_o there_o be_v a_o decree_n make_v in_o this_o general_n council_n that_o all_o canon_n priest_n deacon_n and_o subdeacon_n shall_v live_v chaste_o that_o be_v 4._o put_v away_o their_o lawful_a wife_n vow_v chastity_n and_o become_v monk_n or_o relinquish_v the_o church_n they_o then_o hold_v the_o execution_n whereof_o be_v commit_v to_o oswald_n and_o ethelwald_n who_o thereupon_o compel_v the_o clergy_n in_o worcester_n winchester_n and_o other_o churcheâ_n to_o become_v monk_n renuentes_fw-la verò_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la beneficio_fw-la spoliarunt_fw-la deprive_v those_o who_o refuse_v of_o all_o their_o benefice_n and_o put_v monk_n into_o they_o qui_fw-la novo_fw-la quidem_fw-la splendore_fw-la universam_fw-la insulam_fw-la illustrarunt_fw-la as_o our_o monkish_a writer_n record_v or_o rather_o novo_fw-la foetore_fw-la contaminarunt_fw-la as_o other_o write_v 868._o john_n bromton_n inform_v we_o that_o after_o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o nun_n of_o ely_n by_o inguar_n and_o hubba_n the_o secular_a priest_n enjoy_v that_o monastery_n one_o hundred_o year_n space_n 4._o who_o king_n edgar_n de_fw-fr concilio_n beati_fw-la dunstani_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la &_o dicti_fw-la eâheâwaldi_n ac_fw-la mâgnatum_fw-la regni_fw-la in_o the_o forementioned_a general_n council_n expulit_fw-la &_o fugavit_fw-la for_o their_o dishonest_a conversation_n bishop_n oswald_z have_v eject_v the_o marry_a secular_a priest_n out_o of_o his_o church_n at_o worcester_n and_o introduce_v monk_n in_o their_o place_n do_v this_o year_n 969._o as_o i_o conjecture_v from_o the_o premise_n not_o 964._o as_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n compute_v it_o 158._o procure_v king_n edgaâ_n by_o the_o counsel_n and_o assent_v of_o his_o prince_n noble_n and_o bishop_n most_o probable_o in_o the_o forementioned_a general_n council_n or_o that_o of_o london_n next_o ensue_v to_o ratify_v this_o their_o ejection_n and_o confirm_v the_o church_n of_o worcester_n with_o all_o the_o land_n 6_o good_n ecclesiastical_a &_o secular_a thing_n thereto_o belong_v to_o the_o monk_n of_o that_o church_n for_o ever_o free_a from_o all_o secular_a service_n and_o exaction_n hard_a or_o easy_a and_o from_o all_o siscal_v duty_n great_a and_o small_a know_v or_o unknown_a as_o well_o of_o the_o king_n or_o prince_n as_o of_o their_o officersâ_n â_z exceptis_fw-la arcis_fw-la &_o pontis_fw-la extructione_fw-la et_fw-la expeditione_n cântra_fw-la hoestem_fw-la and_o that_o by_o the_o special_a charter_n call_v oswald_n law_n subscribe_v by_o the_o king_n queen_n both_o the_o archbishop_n and_o 3_o duke_n anglic._n king_n edgar_z 970._o anno_fw-la 970._o or_o 971._o in_o the_o 12_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n hold_v another_o parliamentary_a council_n at_o london_n where_o himself_o his_o mother_n alfgina_fw-la prince_n edward_n his_o son_n kined_a king_n of_o scot_n mascusius_n his_o admiral_n both_o the_o ahchbishop_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o all_o the_o noble_n and_o great_a man_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v present_a by_o his_o charter_n make_v in_o and_o raâified_v by_o this_o council_n this_o king_n grant_v and_o confirm_v many_o and_o very_o magnificent_a privilege_n to_o the_o monastery_n of_o glastonbury_n communi_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la principumque_fw-la concilio_fw-la et_fw-la generali_fw-la assensu_fw-la pontificum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la optimatumque_fw-la suorum_fw-la exempt_n the_o monastery_n and_o monk_n thereof_o not_o only_o from_o all_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n but_o likewise_o all_o their_o land_n from_o all_o tribute_n and_o exchequer_n business_n for_o ever_o grant_v they_o socam_fw-la &_o sacam_fw-la etc._n etc._n toll_n &_o teâmeâ_n ita_fw-la libere_fw-la et_fw-la quiet_a sicut_fw-la ego_fw-la habeo_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la meo_fw-la eanââm_fw-la quoque_fw-la libertatem_fw-la &_o poâestatem_fw-la quam_fw-la ego_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la mea_fw-la habeo_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o demittendo_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o punienâo_fw-la &_o in_o quibuslibet_fw-la omnino_fw-la negotiis_fw-la abbas_n &_o monachi_fw-la praefati_fw-la monasterii_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la sua_fw-la habeant_fw-la and_o which_o be_v a_o privilege_n beyond_o all_o precedent_n si_fw-mi autem_fw-la abbas_n vel_fw-la quilibet_fw-la monachus_n loci_fw-la illius_fw-la latronem_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la suspendium_fw-la vel_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la mortis_fw-la periculum_fw-la ducitââ_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 imminenâi_fw-la 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 sixa_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 âumpitur_fw-la iccirco_fw-mi prosutu_fw-la un_fw-fr succedenââbus_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 âirmentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la iâaque_fw-la dunstano_fw-la doroberniensi_fw-la atque_fw-la oswaldo_n eboracensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la adhortantibus_fw-la 10._o consentiente_fw-la eâiam_fw-la eâ_n annuente_fw-la brithelmo_n fontanensi_fw-la eâiscopo_n câterisque_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la et_fw-la primatibus_fw-la ego_fw-la edgaâ_n divina_fw-la diâpoâââione_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 âaâina_fw-la &_o confirmaâa_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 âhe_n subscription_n of_o king_n egar_n aâfgina_n 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 muâabiliunity_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 christianitatem_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 occupare_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 973._o in_o the_o year_n 973._o 12_o king_n edgar_z after_o his_o seven_o year_n penance_n expire_v on_o the_o feast_n of_o penâecost_n in_o the_o 30âh_a year_n of_o his_o age_n be_v solemn_o crown_v and_o consecrate_a king_n â_o 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 preâent_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 great_a fleet_n and_o army_n sail_v round_o about_o the_o northern_a part_n of_o england_n come_v to_o westchester_n where_o his_o eight_o tributary_n king_n or_o viceroy_n namely_o kyne_v king_n of_o scot_n malcome_n king_n of_o cumberland_n marcus_n king_n of_o man_n and_o many_o other_o land_n and_o the_o other_o 5_o
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 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