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Show Theflate ofBritaine -«Hi quite out of the realme:: fo that fhe failen ouer to Flanders,there The twas honourable receined of -_-eatle aldinine, and hauing of him boriourable pros uifion affigned bir , the continued there fo? the fpace -of three peeres, till that after the death of Barold,the twas fent for by bit fonne Bardiknought, that face ceeded Warotd tn the kingdome. Pozcouct, Parold proching to the thore,belwas fireightiwates Defcricd made {nal account of bis ubieds, Degencrating Polyder, -‘fromt the noble vertues ofbis father, following bint naeac ro infeww things(ercept ineracing of tributes and pat: Wis father, ments.) ipe caufed inded cight mathes of filuer to HenHune be leniedof eucricport orbauen in England, to the ---reteining of 16 Ships furnithed toith men of inarre, 3 - babi) continued cuce in areadineile to defend the Tein. -coatts from pirats. Zo concludewith this Yarolo, @uovente -dbis {peedie death prouided twellfor bis fame, bicaule icncertiep (ast inas thought) ifbis Ife had beens of long. cons true,themege finuance, bisinfamie ban beetie the greater. ut a Li after be bad reigned foure pecres ,.02 (a8 other ga20 thered) thzee peeres and thee moneths, hedeparted yi sie -out of this tooald at Drford, ¢ was buried at White penton, by bis eninties,tho batten forth to fet bpon him; but percetuingtheir dalft,he bad the tips catt about,and make againe tothe fea; then landing at an offer place, be ment to go the nert twapto bis mother. ‘But earle Godiwine hearingof bis arrinallnct et. Him,recetuedbim into bis afturance,and binding bis this bndera credit toith acozpozall oth,becamebismanandther colour tod snithleading bim outof the bigh wap thatleadethta traphimas -yonnon,be brought him to Wilford, there helongeo penere all the ffrangers,bp a {co2e, adesen,anbd balfe a {core togither in innes,o as but a fet remained about the pong gentleman Alfred to attend dpon bim, Zhere ipas plentie of meat and dDzinke preparedineucric lopging,for the refrefhing of all thecompanic, Ano -_chelker(as {ome fap.)Dtherfap hedtenat@Pencforo WilMaln. Godivine taking bis leaucfothat night departed tm the moneth of ipzill, and was buried at Galett, minfter,tbich Mouldaypeare tobe truc by that thich tobislonging, pomiting thenertmoming tocome againe to giuc bis butifull attendance on alfred. after isrepozted of bis bother Bardiknoughts cru. --«sil dealing, ad great {ite Sheincd totvard bis dead bobdic,as atter tall be {pecificd, : ; ; ‘But bebolb, after thep had filled themfeluesiwity meats and dziviks,and were gone tobed, inthe dean of thenight cantefuc as king iarold bad apoins ted,and entring into cuctie inne,firtt fefsed bpon the belongedosen eaeaes but Stmo2 ch done, thep to' mM, and dained them ° Hardicnute is {ent for into England to seats Pe ecg made kin 1 alteaees te ‘he on¢ of enone on fetters ano manacles,( kerping them fure titt ° eeorwaie _Denmarke by the death of ing and appointed,toB the nert morning . hich being come, thep twere Bireo saith once fast with thet hands boundbebind their C744¢,Hardicnute ss crowned,hefendethfor his mother queene Emma , Normandie ruled. by the bis Pounans backs,anbd deliuered to mot crucl toxmento2s, tho French king, aaronsees ie footer sive et fwete commanded to fpare none but euerie tenth ‘ i is rother Harold,queene Emma Deour. hn becactaadine chtiriein their hands, maitas he came to band bp lot,anp fo thep flue nine eeaie ae eee stfae jw ptetie patchmy - , 4 otemecrs jeniall of a prince nus tr! ice iharpelw neds prince Edward Seman into England, the tithopof Wore cefter accufed and putfiom his{ce for being acceflaric ro the tocdhnetsof gaine they fold, and fome thep tha a fort,of home pet diuerfe attertwards efcapen, his 4° murtheringof Alfred, his refticution procured by concributi- wlth more bath the foyefatd autyoz ingitten of this matter, declaring further, that Alfren being corny uciedinto the Fle of Clie,bad not onclie bis cies put i ° . ‘ out in moft cruell toffe,but toas allo pacfentlic there on j Earle Goodwinebeing acculed forthe fame trefpaffe exeufeth himfelfe,and iuftificch his caufe by {wearing , butfpediallic by prefenting the king withan ineftimable gift; thecaule why Goodwine purpofed Alfreds death che Englith peoples care aboutthe fucceflion to the crowne ymoonkc Brightwalds murthered. But be fpeaketh not further of the mae net bow be was made aap, fauing that be faith be dreame andviGion touching that matter; Hardicnute poifoned at abridall , his conditions, {peciallic his hofpitalitie,of fobearetty to make long recitall of this matter, bt caufe he till not renetw the mothers gréefe in bear ring it,fith there can be no greater foxretw to the mo- ther than to beare of bit fonnes death. wderthe Danes. O41 third,in the 9 peere of Iencie the firt of that name Shortie atter, Coward king Wardicnutes bro MeWek ofthe Danith regimentin thié land,and thie whentheybeganfirft co inuade the Englih coatts, 3 remember in Caxton tue read,that bis crucl preety toe scr to be opened,tas ing out one end of his bowels 02 guts,ties the fame toa ttake tbic) thop bad (et fatt in the grounn; ther twith needels of tron priching bis bodie , thep caufen The xv. Chapt er. . cet bint to runabout the Make,till be bad twond out all dis intratles, ¢ ended be bis innocentlife,to the great hame ¢ obloquic cfbis cruel aducrfaries. But hbetber he twas thus toxmented o2 not,o2 rather died (as 3 thinke) of the angutth by putting out bis cies, 5° no Doubt but bis death was reuenged by Gods band tn thofe that procured it.iBut tether erie Gootwine Wwas dheofe cauler thereof.in betcateng bimbnder a cloked colour of pretended freendthip,3 cannot fap : oe that be toke bim and Que bis companie, as oa --- cannot thinkeittobetrue,both ne n irbich pe baue beard recited out of the bthat tuzate Encominm Emmeas allotes that it Cutebemigdt neuer be f diredlte chargeo one on be bad matterto aliedgein bis ee holo tootheratfatres of Parole, SinonDun._ eghs Trade atoap bis balfe brother Ab Drive em: te oa mother in laty querne Emmaocf banded. PACT bitriches , amdtberetotth banithey ~ yy Nie, & Bing SARS () SR am eure Va PO realme both Dances ¢ Cnge eas therein be bad the rule and dominion. #02 tbe sucrenesd HHorwegians elected one Magnus, the fonne of D> teaere# lanus tobe thetr king,anb the Danes cholethis Pat' iknongbt, home their tuxiters name Canute the mon Dus -third,tobetheirgouerns:. Xhis wardiknougbt 02 Max We Canute beingabuertifedofthe Death of bis balfe bor ter ther Warolb, andthat the ozs of England bad che: SK fern bint to thetr king,totth all conuenient {peed pre Fe, geet Ot -_ppareda nauie,anb tmbarkinga certetnemamber of mocter'e* muert of tuarre,teke the fea,and bab the twind fo fan & es -_rable fo; bis purpofe, that be arriued bpan the coatt ee of Bent the Mt dap after be fet out of Denmarhe, Srey and hot Without fore fulpicion ofpotfon. Dhis hanced 4+? On the 8 of June at Lambeth aforefatd,there,on the fame daya mariage was folemntsed betiweene the Sipeare by fome writers,that after bis comming a¢ Uet out of Pommandie he remained fill in the got Clapa,and a Wanith lozd alfo called Canute Prudan. Wis bovic tas buried at Wlinchelket bes fives bis fathers.1be twas of nature berie curteons, %.tardtenute fullic and honozablie weleortted and interteined, and Hoxtlie after made returnie backe againe. Ft fhoulo ladie Githa,the Daughter of a noble man calleo DE tealne,fo that he tas notin Pormandie hen bis $° gentle md liberal , {pectallie in keeping god chere bis conditions balfe brother Wardicnute died, but here in England: inbts boute,to that be twouln haue bis table coueted panerg although other make other report, as after thall bee . Allo( as before pe haue beard) fomte wet Serein peceiued : fo it teas knotone twell {nough fonre tunes adap, ¢furnifhed toith great plentie of ping, mieates and dzinks , withing that bis feruants and all rangers that came to bis palace, might rather ten. Hune. leaue fhan toant, 3t bath bene commonlie tolo,that Englif}men learned of bint their ercefftue gonrs OF whom the tenderlie king ardicnute loud bis bzethzen manodtsing ¢ bimeafurablefillirig of their panches Sone. tn bis daies, that burtt attempt ante fuch iniu- bertuous bfe of fobzictie, fo much néceflarie to all ain Whine,rs the bithop of Cdlozcefter (that pas alfo put iwealthes , and fo conmmendable both in the fight of Gea king atnay of Aifred (as before pe bane heard) ‘were <4 Wardiknouaht the fonne of 1 @.)) Canute by bis i toife queene S nuns, and to make bim that by the death of king Canute, the tate of things twas much altered in thofe countries of bepond the dotone fuddenlietwith the por in bis hand,anb fo pied Matth.Welt. thet came forth of Mormandie to wifithin and bis mother queene Emutta, of tome he twas mot tots tersfeme to meane, that the elver brother Alfred Came ouer at the fame time. But {uerlie thep are ens lihinen agreed to fend for Shing, Ueere ts to be noter, each oftheir armes tino beacelets of golvof +6 nuns ces tneighf,a triple babergion guilt on their babies, with quilt burgencts on their heaps , a fnogd ‘with guilt bilts girded to their waftes, a battell-areatter the maner of the Danes on their left thoulver , a target twithboffes andmails guilt in their left hand, a dart in thetright hand ; and thus to conelude,thep hing of Jfrance,and in the firlt peere of Spagfinlod, ahas Machabeda king of Scotland. Jncontinentlic after bis clfablithmentint the rule of this realme, he were furnithed at all points with armoz and ineas fam@m: fent into Flanders for his mother queene Emma, pon accordinglie,It hath beene fad,that earle Gos Polydor, nintt, rho during the tinte of bir banifhment, hav remai> 1o Wwinemindedto marte his daughter to one of thefe nedthere. Jfor Pozmandie in that feafon was gobjethzen,and percctuing that the eler brother Alfren terned by the French king, bp reafon of the mins twould difdaine to haue bir, thought gwd to nifpatds titie of Duke Clliam, farnamed the baftard. bint, that the other tabing bir fo tuife , Hee might be Moreoner,in tenenge of the trong offered fo nert bette to the crotwne, and fo at length intoyit, quéene Emmaby bir fonne in law Parold , bing as afterfyards cameto pafle, Pardienute did caule Alirike archbithop of Poke Alfo about that time,then the linageof the kings and eatle Oodiwine, twith other noble men to go to of Cngland was in manet ertind , the Englith peas bad cetettmintter , and thereto take bp the bopie ofthe pie tuere much carefull (as bath beene fatd) aboutthe fameiarold, andivithall aypointed , that the bead fucceffton of thofe that fhould infoie the crotune. thereof fhould be ffriken off, and the trunke of itcait 29 Wherebpon as one Wrightiwold a mortke of lat inte the riner of Thames. Which aftertvards being tenburie,that tuas affertward bithop of Winceffer, found bp fifhers , twas taken bp and buried in the 02(a8 fome baue twzitten) of Ctozceffer, fudted of+ churchpard of S. Clement Danes without Lem; tentimes thereon sit chanced that be dDreanted one plebarre atiLondon. Ie committed the over and night as be flept inbis ben, that he fatw faint peter gouvernement of things to the bands of bis mother confectate ¢ annoint Coivard the fonne of Cgelred €mma,anod of Godiwinethat tuas erle of Lent.be (as then rematning inerile in Po2mandie) king of leuted afore tribute of bis fubiedts here in England Cngland.And as he fhought,be ofp demand of faint fo papthe fouldiers and mariners of bis naute , as Peter,tho Mould fucced the fain Cotwarn 2 Wheres fir21 thoufand pourtds,¢ 99 pounds,and aftertward bnito anfiver yas mane bp the apoffle 5 Wate thou bnto 32 fhips there fas a paintent made of a rr 3° nocare for (uch matters, for the kingdomte of Cngs fhoufand and 48 pounds. io euerie mariner of bis land is Gods bingdome, Which fucrlie in gad ears hanis he caufeda patment of 8 marks to be made, nett may aypeare by mantic great arguments to be and toeuerte matter 1 2 marks. About the paiment full, true brite fuch as thalltuell confiver the state of ofthis monte great grudge grety among the peas this realme from timeto time, hot there hath bene ple, infomuch that two of bis fernants , thie tere cuer gouernouts ratfen bp to mainteine the mates pointed collectors. in the citie of WHorcetter, the fie of the kingdome, and to reduce the fante to the one named Feader, and the other Lurfkane, were fornter dignitie, thenby anie infortunate niffhap thetefaine. 3nreuenge of hich contempt a great ithath beene-brought trdanger. partof the countrie with the citie teas burnt,and the Wutfo returne now toking Aardienute,after he Eye neath ot ofthe cittsens put to the {potle bp fuch potver of go bad reigned tive pers lacking 10 dates, as be fat at 3 Aarvicnute men of tarre as the king bad fent again the table itta great feat bolven at Lambeth, befell Sim.Duncl. PieEieEneianeppeLeeneseatapes taeBe 50 the hiftorie of England. and fo comming fo 2onbdon, foas foffullie recefuen, modpzoclafinedking, and crotoned of Athelnotus archbithop of Canturbuvie, inthe pere of ourdlo,d 1041, inthe firt peeve of the emperour ipenvie the the mothers five,fo that there toas notante ofthe bs toithmeates ano dzinkes , thereby thep forgatthe cicteoing. Seitmp Tieagaintt them.Crueit is,that as tell earle God. 60 effates anddegrees, fo profitable for all commons a aid fufpected fothe apprehending and mas Sarged bp Warvicnute as culpable inthat matter, tnlomuch that the fata bithop was expelled out of bis icnute : and after twelue moueths {pace tetlozed, by meanesof fuch fummes of, moni¢ %8 be gaue bp twaie of amends. Carle Sadtwine was alto put to bis purgation,bp an oth that be was not guiltie. hid) oth better allomen , bp reafon of fuca prefent due to the king for the redeeming .of bis far Gad Will, hat isto fay, a Chip witha ferne ining therein 80 foulniers,todaring on @od,and all geod mien. Jn this Pardicnute ceafed the rule of the Danes eye enn ot Within this land, twith the perfecution ihich they ban the Danity] executed againt the Criglith nation,fo2 the {pace of rulers. 2s operese moze,that is to fay, eicr fince the tenth peere of Wattinike the king ofCleftfarons, at that time thep fir began to inuade the Crglith coatts, Powbeit (after other's) they thoulb feeme to haue ruley bere but 207 ,rechoning from their beinging (a bp the CAlelOymen in velpite of the Sarons,at hich time.thep firtt began to inhabit here, ahich was 835 of Chritt,3 87 after the commingof the Sarons,any 35 neete complet of the reigne of Egbort, + Qiy, ut a Fe The feuenth Booke of Alfred, with bis bar eaeen number of gentlemen and men of warre, and fic came into Flanvers, where after be had remained a while twith earle Baldtwine,be increated bis retinue twithafeto SBullogners,and pafled over into Cngland , but ap» |