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Show 182 Thefeuenth Booke of stiles offtant front ovtufch , and another in Jo» e: toate.We did alto build.a durch at Atyoone it Citer, wyaei po tobe sahere be obteined the bicorie of king Comumd, amd War 3 sawas prefentat the ballowing 02 confecration therot the fefe is haifea thithagreat multitude of the lo2ds and nobles of mule from realine,both Cnalifhand Danes. Be allo bolpe toitify 1020 imon Dun, bis one bands to remaue the bodie of the bolie ardbityop Cipseaysben the ie ertitor tie. Tbe ¢ TateoetaBhchhienis tntfe quene Emma gaue { Diutdedbe realme teas diutded (as fome write) bp lot bettvir tiorct buito the burch of Ceinchetter , might make the bee the tio bicthzen Parold and Pardicnuite. The 02th any Hares. Holders to wennver at {uch their exceeding and bouns tifull muntficence, Thus di Thetate ofBritaine fonne of King Crute,to fucceed in bis fathers renter, Contronertic baning earle Leofrike , and dinerfe other ofthere: $02 the crofeng ble ment of the nozth parts on their fide.But other of the Englifhnert,and namelie eatle Godtvineearle of ikent,With the chiefelt lords of the Welk parts, co -ceted rather to hauconeof King Cgclreds formes; fhich were in Mormandie, 02 elfe Pardicnute the forne of King Cnute by bis totfe queene* Crna, simon Don, -to the i ich remained in Denmarke: aduanced place. ‘Zhis controucrfic heloinn fuch Wwife, thatthee The realms ro ches ere bebe aayasomoney aaband cate, | : amd the font) part onto + y hin il feactt iceSe atesting vineeine: nit {wipe atwaie the {potofenifl Doing , as fucrlieto the otitinard Gabt of the world he divin Deed; be bad the archbithop of Canturburie Adjelnotus in fingulat reputation, and bfed bis countell in matters oftms the tibole remained onto Yarolo, bicaule bis tio‘ther Pardicnute refuled to come out of Denmarke ! to take the government bpon him. Wut petthe authortitie of earle Godiwitte, to had Thee fhe queene and thetreafure of the realmetn bis he: -- frozdering of things touchingthe ffate of the cont mort inealth onder bin asoncofbis chiefecouncels formesof the quene, till at length be was conftrethed fogiue ouer bishold, andconfornte bimfelfe to certeine time, (profettnig HHune DLeotrike catle portance. He alto highlie fanoured Lrofrtheearle 20 ping, fated the matter a bimfelfe as it were gardian to the pong men, the of Chefter, of Ghetfer,to thatthe fame ILeofttke bate great rule thing Cntes Ions.Diuerlelaiwes and fratutes he made for the golaSweg, uernmentofthe common twealth, partlie agreeable twith thelatves of king Cogar, and other the kings the ffronger part and greater number.) And fo at cording to bisowne liking, andas twas thought to fhould aweere by other, that Cinothus the archbt: Drfor,tere the alfemblie tas holden aboutthee lecton, iJareld twas proclaimed king, and conferra' fhat tere bis predecetloxs, andpartlietemperedacs ted accopding to the maner (as fome tw2ite.) Wut tt im moft expedient ; among the thich there be dts fhop of Canturburie, a maninoued twithall bertae cided temporal, Gaherebp (as maifter Fox hatl noted) it Aparold being elected of thenroble for then bing a uerfethat concernte cautes as toellecclefiatticall as 3° and toifcbome refuled to crotwne shim: and peries,requ 6, eme red the fatd archbitgop that he might be of bint conte thas tocont maiebe gathered , that the gouerrmtent of {pirituall matters did Depend then not bpon the bifhop of Rome , but rather apperteincd bnto the latwfull au oritic of temporall prince,nolefethanmatters teerteueeat Bat of thefelaiveseftatutes enacted by king Cnute,pemap read moze as pefind them fet fozth in the befmeremembrepbokeof mais ffer William Lambert, tbtch fobateferette tue here omit. 4° truftand aflurance, and to them twill 3 ke&epe mp Variance amongeft the peeres of the realme aboutthe rotallfucceffion,the kingdomeis diuided betwixt Harold the baftard Jenne and Hardicnute the lawfullie begottenfon ofking Cnute late deceaffed , Harold hath the torall regiment » the authoritie ofearle Goodwine gardian to the tieenes fonnes,Harold is proclaimed king, why Elnotlius did fovtlie refufe ro confecrate him, why Harold was furnamed Harefoot,he is fuppoled co be a thonmakers fonne, and howit ame to paife that he was countedking Cnutesbaftard ; Alfred challengeththe crowne from Harold, Goodwine (vnder colourof friendlic interteinment) procureth his retinues ve+ ter vndooing,a tithing of the Normansbythe poll , whether Alfced was intereffed in thecrowne, the trecherous Jeter of Harold written in the name of queene Emmato hirtwo fons in Normandie, wherevpon Alfred commeth ouer into En, Jand,the vnfaithfull dealing of Goodwinewith Alfred and his people,teaching thatin truftis treafon, a referuation of cucri¢e tenth Norman,the remanent flaine,the lamentable end of Alfred,and wich what torments he was put to death; Harold banitheth qucene Emma out of England , he dege~ neratethfromhis farher,the (horeume of his solageNs teagan ‘all, The xiitj. Chapter. Marth, Welt, Wil.Malm. Fter that Cnute was ve 3 parted this life, there arofe fe) mud variance amongtt the perres and great lors of the realme about the fucceMon. Ehe Danes md Londoners _ throngt continnall fa: taritic with the Eanes, crated , andteceine at bis hands the regall {cepter crate bing With thecrotwne, hich the ae bad itrbiscm ® ftodic, and to Lhome ttonelte dtd apperteine to in uci Hin theretwith.thearcbtthop flatlie refufedjano -_twith an oth proteften, that he wouldnot confecrate -_anie other foking, fo long as the quanes chilozen lt ted: foy (faith be) Cuute committed them to mp ,, tuere become litetnto'thcm)cleaedWarolothe bate faith and loiall obedience. be fcepter and crofune *? ¥ bere lay dotone vpon the altar, ad nettherdo 7 » penic nordeliucr thent brito pou: but J forbin by the » apoffolike authogttic all the bifhops, that none of » them prefume totake the fame atwate , and peliuer »» themto pou, o2 confecrate pou for king . As for pont (elfe,if poubdarc, pou mate bfurpe that tpich J baue comunitted brite Oodand bis table. '> But abether afterivards the king by one means 50 o2other , canfed the archbithop to crotone bim king, 62 that be twas confecrated of fore otter,be twas ad mitted king of all the Cngltth people, begining bis reigne in the peere of ott Lowdathouland thirtie and = 1o07t*_ fir, in the fourctenth peere of the entpera: Conrad the fecond,in the firt peere of envic the fir, hing of France,and aboutthe fener and tiventitts peere of Malcolme the fecond, king of Scots. This Warold ». .wate for bis great foittnedie,twas furnamed Warclot, Of perio hhome little is tezitten toning bis daings, fauinig me? sree 60 that be is noted to bauc bene an oppzefo: of bis peo pea ple, and (potted twith manie notable vices. Ft twas aa fpoken of diuerfe tn thofe dates , thatthis Parold fas not the fonneof Cuote , but of a Chomaker, 2, .Hied and that bts fupofed mother Clgina, bing Crutes c Meer concubine, to bzing the king further in lowe twith dir, feined that the twas twith chilp; and aboutthe fume that the thould be brought to bed (as the made bir ae count)eanten the fatd (hamakers for to be fecretlte brongdt fitto bir chantber,and then bnitrulic canfed tt tobe reported that the tas delinered,arto the chile & teputed to be the kings fonne. Nani web Jmmediatlic bpon aduertifement badof Crntes beathAlfred the forne of king Egelred , twith Hie faile lanved at Sandwich, meaning to a crown, wderthe Danes. the hiftorieofEngland, trotone,and to obfefite it bp latofullclaimetwithqut 183 of anger of all anndtancethat bp them might be etnefte,ifhe might; ifnot, thento bfeforcebpaivof -procurenagaini him. Wherefaze he caufen a letter bisfriends,and to aflaie thattwaie forthto twinit, if tobe wpitten tn the name of their mother mma, Gorivine fening to recciuehimasafriend, came Alfred as thententatnen, The tenourof which letter tomet him, md.at Cilfordin thenight featon aps here infueth, pointes a number of armed met to fall bpon the Pormmans as thep iwere allepe, and fo tke them The tenour ofa letter forged and fogither with Alfred,t flue the Po2mansbythe poll, 10 in queene Emmas nameto hir fit fuch iwife that nine Were laine , ¢ the tenth refer ted. Wut vet tert thofe that tere referued, femed twofonnes, tobima greater number than be twithed to efcape: {€nt ee Mimatantum nomine. regina filgs Re) Eawardo & Alfredo materna im‘pertit[alutamina.Ditdomini noftri hefellto and againe fithen them as before. Alfred hadbis cies put out, and twas conucied to the Jie of Clie,there hortlie after he dien, Pow Alire ould claime the crotwne tohtnifelfe Zle not: forverelieJcannotbeperfuaded thathe ‘a i regis obitumfeparatim plangimus Ke"on =A (filscharifSimui) dime, dietim mafoasthe elder bother, though diucrs authors haue fo kA magif{queregno hareditatis veltrapriuamint, topittent,{ith Gemeticenlis, ¢ the antho2 of the bake 20 miror quid captetis confily), dum{ciate intermiftalled Encominm Emme , plainlie affirme , that Cv: Stonts veftre dilatione inuafores veftriimperyfietard twas the elder : but it might be, that Alfred be: ri quotidsefoliditate. Isenimince|fanter vicos c fig amanof a ffouter fomad) than bis brother Go: urbes circuit, &fbi ener "cipes muneribus, Ward,inavethis attempt , cither forbimlelfe, orin mints>precibusfacit : fed unum e vobisfuper the bebalfe of his bother Goiward,being as then ab: Semallent regnare quai iftius (qui nunc 45 tm fentjand gone into iungarie,ag foe twzite : but o perat ) teners ditione. Vnde rogo unus veftrum 447%¢ velociter &primate veniat , vt Sfalubre a 76 con/ilimm heferid» {chat quopatto hoc nego- ther fap,that as well Goward as Alfred caine over at this tine witha numberof Pommanknights,an menof warreimbarked fn a few Whips, oneliete' (heake with their mother, trhoas then lay at Win. timmguod:volo fiers debeat,perprefentem quoque theffer , abether totake aduife tith fir howto ree seteruncium quidfuper hisfacturi eftis remain foller their right herein this land, o2toaduance dare. Valete cordis met vifcera. their nother Pardicnute, 02 for fome other purpofe, : : out authors do not declare. The fame in Englifh Wutthe lords of therealme that bare their gad inils tuto iarolo, and (though contrarie to right) Ment fo mainteine bint in the elfate, fecmed to be mud) offended with the comming of thefe two bze- J ieSe ae) Mma in name onelie queeneto Shr them, that it fas great danger to fuffer fo manic 45 fentof the other lozds, 02 rather by commandement of Barolo,went fozth, andat Gilford met with Al fred that tas comming towards king Warold to fheake with him, accoringlie as he twas of Warold tequited to do.i5ut now being taken, and bis com: Pante miferablie murthered (as before pe bane ee hirfons Edward andAlfred fen- j HE | deth motherlie greeting.Whileft threw in {neh oder: fo: earle Godtwine perfuaded rangersto enter the realme, as thep had brought Sith them,waAherebpon carle Gadiwine with the at» | esreeso))|| we feparatelie. bewaile the death or ofour fouereigne' lord the' king Cmoft deare fonnes)and whileft youare euerie day more and more depriued from the kingdomeofyourinheritance, I maruell what you doo determine, fith you know bythe delay of your ceaffing to make fomeenterprife , the groundedforce of the v{urper of your kingdomis dailie madethe {tronger.Forinceflant- liche goeth from towne to towne, fromcitie beard)to the number of fir bundzed fpozmans, Al frevbimfelfe was fent into the Gle of Clie, there to 50 to citie,and makeththe lords his friends by rez temaine in the abbeie incuftodte of the monks , bar Hing bis cies put out as fone as he entered firft in- tothe fame Fle. William Malmefburie faith, that Alfred came oner , and twas thus handeled bettwirt he tine of Warolns veath,s the comming inof Yar - Dthers write , that this chanced in his bzoPardicnuts dates, tchich feemeth not to be true: f Bardtennte was knowne to loue bis beeth:en bp Mothers five tw dearelic to bane {uffered anie >a to be tmought againt either ef themin 60 re. $Zhus pe (ee bot writers diffentin this matter, fo the better clearingof the truth touching the thne,3 bane thought gob to (hetw alfa that the au: thezof the fain bake intituled Encomison Emme Wwrte hereof,ubich is as follotweth, aben Warold tas Once etablithen king, be fought meanes how to rip €mumaont of the wap,and that fecretlie, for a8 pet be durfk not attempt ante thing ue bit. She in filence keptbir {elfe quict,loking 2 the end of thefe things.13ut Warold remembzing cl{e, of amalictous purpofe , bp ticked adutte Sountell botw be might get intobis hands and Make alpay the fons of quene Cmma,¢ fo to beout B counterfet Hid) he fent byterteine mesengers fabomed for the letter. fame purpofe into Poxmanbdie, ahere Cowarnany hemightnot othertvifeobtcinett.From Sanvioic) hecameto Canturburie ; and thoptlie afer, earle watds,threats,andpraiers, but they had rather haue oneofyoutoreigne ouer them, than to be kept vnderthe rule ofthis man thatnow go. uerneth them.Wherefore my requeft is, that one ofyou doo come with fpeed, andthat priuilieouertome, that hemay vnderftand my wholefome aduife , and knowin whatfortthis matter oughtto be handled , whichI would haue to go forward, and fee that yefendmee word bythis prefent meffenger what you meane to doo herein, Fare ye wellcuen the bowels ofinyheart. Thefe letters were del{uered tnto fuch as tere mabe p2iuie to the purpofen treafon,tho being fullie inffructed how to deale,went ouer into Pomiandie, and prefenting the letters bnto the pong gentles men, bfedthe matter fo, that they thought verelie that this meflage bad bene fent from their mother, and t20fe againe bp then that brought the letters, that ong of them would not fatle but come ouer bni< to bir accozbding to that fhe bad requefted, and twitty all aqpointed the bay andtime. Zhe meffengers re turning to king Barolo, tnfozymed him bow thep Qt, bay |