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etc._n and_o under_o the_o name_n of_o dane_n 14._o dane_n aelfred_n vit_fw-fr f._n 10._o c._n 14._o ever_o since_o the_o begin_n of_o king_n egbert_n have_v by_o continue_a invasion_n and_o piracy_n harassed_a and_o grievous_o waste_v and_o molest_v england_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n aelfred_n by_o pact_n and_o bargain_n between_o he_o and_o guthran_n enjoy_v east_n saxony_n or_o essex_n and_o the_o county_n of_o the_o east_n angle_n and_o as_o 36._o as_o faedus_fw-la aelfr_n &_o guthr_n c._n 1._o lamb._n fol_z 36._o some_o say_v a_o far_o great_a part_n of_o the_o nation_n in_o king_n ethelred_n reign_n swain_n king_n of_o denmark_n with_o a_o great_a army_n invade_v and_o make_v himself_o master_n of_o the_o whole_a nation_n force_v ethelred_n and_o his_o wife_n emme_n sister_n to_o richard_n the_o second_o duke_n of_o normandy_n with_o their_o two_o son_n edward_n and_o alfred_n into_o that_o country_n the_o danish_a king_n stay_v not_o long_o here_o after_o swain_n have_v 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