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this_o great_a council_n what_o land_n he_o give_v to_o the_o monastery_n of_o st._n augustine_n and_o christchurch_n in_o canterbury_n and_o the_o archbishop_n there_o you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o the_o chronicle_n of_o william_n thorne_n col_fw-fr 1775._o and_o evidentiae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la cantuariensis_n col_fw-fr 2203_o 2219._o 776._o king_n offa_n decease_a an._n 797._o his_o son_n egfrid_n 797._o so_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v settle_v in_o his_o father_n kingdom_n imitate_v the_o pious_a footstep_n of_o his_o father_n devout_o confer_v many_o land_n and_o possession_n on_o the_o church_n of_o st._n alban_n and_o confirm_v they_o by_o his_o charter_n anâ_n privilege_n with_o all_o those_o other_o land_n privilege_n and_o royal_a liberty_n which_o his_o father_n have_v confer_v on_o the_o say_a church_n to_o enjoy_v they_o in_o the_o free_a manner_n of_o ejus_fw-la donatio_fw-la ut_fw-la perpetuae_fw-la firmitatis_fw-la robur_n obtineret_fw-la juxta_fw-la 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that_o stand_v in_o his_o way_n whence_o return_v in_o triumph_n he_o set_v upon_o the_o westsaxon_n and_o vanquish_v they_o force_v their_o king_n kenwolf_n to_o fly_v into_o wales_n to_o the_o briton_n for_o aid_n then_o enure_v into_o wales_n rout_v their_o king_n marmodius_n for_o break_v his_o truce_n make_v a_o great_a slaughter_n of_o the_o briton_n &_o after_o ten_o year_n prosperous_a war_n to_o conquer_v other_o return_v victorious_o into_o his_o own_o territory_n after_o his_o return_n thither_o to_o complete_a his_o bloody_a tragedy_n ethelbert_n king_n of_o east-angle_n come_v upon_o solemn_a invitation_n to_o his_o court_n in_o great_a state_n to_o marry_v his_o daughter_n be_v there_o treacherous_o murder_v by_o his_o wife_n quendreda_n solicitation_n and_o practice_n with_o his_o privity_n and_o consent_n who_o cause_v a_o deep_a pit_n to_o be_v dig_v in_o his_o bedchamber_n under_o his_o chair_n of_o state_n or_o bed_n into_o which_o he_o fall_v be_v there_o treacherous_o murder_v and_o his_o head_n âut_v off_o by_o gaymbertus_fw-la who_o present_v it_o all_o bloody_a to_o king_n offa_n who_o to_o colour_v the_o business_n seem_v to_o be_v sorrowful_a âor_a this_o murder_n shut_v himself_o up_o in_o his_o chamber_n
and_o there_o fast_v 8_o day_n space_n but_o then_o send_v a_o great_a army_n into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o this_o murtherea_fw-la prince_n seize_v on_o &_o unite_v it_o to_o his_o own_o empire_n but_o god_n exemplary_a vengeance_n pursue_v this_o heinous_a bloody_a treachery_n notwithstanding_o all_o his_o seigned_a magnify_a saintship_n and_o work_n of_o charity_n and_o piety_n for_o within_o one_o year_n after_o this_o bloody_a fact_n commit_v both_o queendreda_n offa_n and_o their_o son_n egfrid_n the_o only_a joy_n and_o pride_n of_o his_o parent_n all_o die_v and_o his_o very_a kingdom_n itself_o be_v translate_v from_o the_o mercian_n to_o the_o westsaxon_n who_o he_o have_v conquer_v and_o oppress_v o_o that_o all_o man_n of_o blood_n and_o unjust_a invader_n of_o other_o crown_n realm_n possession_n by_o war_n bloodshed_n and_o treachery_n will_v serious_o consider_v this_o precedent_n with_o all_o other_o of_o this_o nature_n both_o at_o home_n and_o abroad_o collect_v to_o their_o hand_n by_o sir_n walter_n raugh_o in_o his_o excellent_a preface_n before_o his_o famous_a history_n of_o the_o world_n about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 797._o 797._o 632._o cynwolfe_n or_o kenulph_n king_n of_o westsaxon_n hold_v a_o council_n wherein_o he_o with_o his_o bishop_n una_fw-la cum_fw-la caterva_fw-la satraparum_fw-la and_o likewise_o with_o a_o great_a company_n of_o his_o noble_n there_o assemble_v write_v a_o letter_n to_o lullus_n bishop_n of_o mentz_n touch_v some_o matter_n of_o religion_n then_o in_o debââe_n 6._o in_o the_o 406._o year_n 798._o 798._o the_o three_o of_o king_n kenulph_n his_o reign_n there_o be_v a_o great_a parliamentary_a synod_n assemat_n pinchamhalch_n wherein_o eanbaldus_n or_o embaldus_fw-la archbishop_n of_o york_n sit_v precedent_n with_o very_a many_o wise_a and_o great_a man_n by_o who_o wisdom_n and_o justice_n the_o kingdom_n of_o northumberland_n be_v then_o much_o advance_v and_o renown_a who_o after_o they_o have_v debate_v many_o thing_n concern_v the_o benefit_n of_o holy_a church_n and_o profit_n of_o all_o the_o province_n of_o the_o people_n of_o northumberland_n the_o observation_n of_o easter_n and_o of_o divine_a and_o secular_a law_n the_o increase_n of_o good_a service_n 6_o and_o the_o honour_n and_o necessity_n of_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n rehearse_v and_o ratify_v the_o faith_n oâ_n the_o 5_o first_o general_n council_n concern_v the_o trinity_n in_o brief_a and_o pithy_a expression_n sit_v now_o to_o be_v revive_v in_o these_o time_n of_o heresy_n and_o blasphemy_n the_o 798._o same_o year_n there_o be_v another_o great_a council_n hold_v at_o âacancâld_n wherein_o kenulph_n king_n of_o mercian_n sit_v precedent_n athelardus_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 17_o other_o bishop_n sundry_a abbot_n archdeacon_n and_o other_o fit_a person_n be_v there_o likewise_o present_a wherein_o by_o the_o command_n of_o popâ_n leo_n it_o be_v decree_v that_o from_o thenceforth_o no_o layman_n shall_v exercise_v dominion_n over_o the_o lord_n inheritance_n and_o church_n but_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v govern_v by_o holy_a canon_n and_o the_o rule_n of_o their_o first_o founder_n and_o possessor_n under_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n and_o that_o christchurch_n in_o canterbury_n 9.10_o shall_v be_v restore_v to_o its_o ancient_a metropolitan_a jurisdiction_n which_o all_o the_o prelate_n and_o abbot_n confirm_v with_o their_o subscription_n and_o this_o year_n this_o king_n consecrate_v the_o church_n of_o winchelcumbe_n endow_v it_o with_o great_a gift_n and_o possession_n in_o a_o kind_n of_o parliamentary_a assembly_n of_o 13_o bishop_n and_o 10_o duke_n where_o he_o manumit_v and_o set_v free_a at_o the_o high_a altar_n edbert_n king_n of_o kent_n surname_v pren_n who_o he_o have_v take_v prisoner_n in_o battle_n moreover_o eanbaldus_n archbishop_n of_o york_n this_o year_n assemble_v a_o synod_n at_o finchale_n most_o likely_a for_o the_o assistance_n of_o eardulfus_n king_n of_o northumberland_n against_o duke_n wadus_fw-la and_o other_o conspirator_n who_o rise_v up_o against_o he_o who_o he_o vanquish_v and_o utter_o rout_v after_o a_o long_a and_o bloody_a battle_n at_o bilingeho_n where_o many_o be_v slay_v on_o both_o side_n which_o history_n matthew_n westminster_n couple_n with_o this_o synod_n an._n 798._o 799._o 2212._o king_n kenulph_n in_o the_o year_n 799._o by_o the_o consent_n of_o his_o bishop_n and_o prince_n at_o the_o request_n of_o athelardus_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n restore_v to_o christ-church_n in_o canterbury_n four_o parcel_n of_o land_n which_o king_n offa_n have_v former_o take_v from_o it_o 10._o and_o give_v to_o his_o servant_n free_a from_o all_o secular_a service_n and_o regal_a tribute_n ratify_v this_o restitution_n by_o his_o charter_n sign_v with_o the_o cross_n that_o it_o may_v remain_v inviolable_a by_o their_o concurrent_a assent_n there_o be_v a_o provincial_a council_n hold_v at_o clovesâo_n or_o 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shall_v be_v restore_v to_o christ-church_n be_v give_v to_o it_o by_o king_n aethelbald_n 6â_n by_o his_o charter_n of_o which_o it_o have_v for_o a_o long_a time_n unjust_o be_v spoil_v notwithstanding_o the_o frequent_a complaint_n make_v by_o archbishop_n bregwin_n and_o jambert_n in_o every_o of_o their_o synod_n in_o hoc_fw-la concilio_n annuente_fw-la ipso_fw-la rege_fw-la athelardus_n recuperavit_fw-la dignitates_fw-la &_o possessioâes_fw-la quas_fw-la offa_n râx_fw-la merciorum_fw-la abstulerat_fw-la jamberto_n write_v gervasius_n after_o which_o the_o archbishop_n in_o this_o council_n make_v this_o exchange_n with_o cynedritha_n than_o abbess_n of_o cotham_n that_o she_o and_o her_o successor_n shall_v enjoy_v all_o the_o land_n and_o nunnery_n of_o cotham_n in_o lieu_n whereof_o she_o shall_v give_v to_o he_o one_o hundred_o and_o ten_o hide_n of_o land_n in_o kent_n lie_v in_o fleot_n tenaham_n and_o creges_fw-la together_o with_o all_o the_o write_n thereto_o belong_v which_o exchange_n be_v make_v before_o confirm_v and_o attest_v by_o this_o noble_a synod_n that_o so_o no_o controversy_n may_v arise_v between_o they_o their_o heir_n and_o successor_n or_o king_n offa_n be_v in_o future_a time_n concern_v the_o same_o but_o that_o they_o may_v peaceable_o enjoy_v they_o without_o interruption_n for_o ever_o and_o moreover_o the_o archbishop_n give_v unto_o cynedrytha_n the_o monastery_n call_v pretanege_v which_o king_n egfâid_v give_v to_o he_o &_o his_o heir_n which_o prove_v the_o great_a council_n and_o synod_n in_o that_o age_n to_o be_v parliament_n and_o that_o they_o judicial_o restore_v land_n unjust_o take_v away_o by_o king_n upon_o complaint_n examination_n anâ_n due_a proof_n make_v thereof_o as_o well_o as_o inquire_v oâ_n error_n and_o abuse_n in_o religion_n in_o âhis_fw-la council_n â_o conceive_v iâ_n be_v that_o 797._o kenulph_n with_o his_o bishop_n duke_n et_fw-la omni_fw-la sub_fw-la nostra_fw-la ditione_n dignatis_fw-la gradu_fw-la count_v and_o ãâã_d letter_n to_o pope_n leo_n the_o three_o promise_v obedience_n to_o his_o command_n reâuestingâ_n that_o the_o ancient_a canon_n may_v be_v observe_v and_o the_o jurisdiction_n and_o power_n of_o the_o see_v of_o canterbury_n which_o king_n ofâa_n and_o pope_n adrian_n have_v diminish_v and_o divide_v ââto_o two_o province_n or_o archbishopric_n may_v be_v restore_v and_o unite_v again_o thereto_o to_o avoid_v scism_n and_o crave_v the_o pope_n answer_n to_o these_o their_o request_n which_o he_o return_v in_o a_o special_a letter_n to_o the_o king_n restore_v to_o athelardus_n and_o his_o successor_n the_o bishopric_n substract_v from_o his_o province_n with_o the_o metropolitan_a jurisdiction_n over_o they_o as_o ample_o as_o before_o 802._o 805._o hereupon_o in_o the_o year_n 802._o or_o thereabouts_o there_o be_v another_o parliamentary_a council_n assemble_v at_o clovesho_n wherein_o the_o archbishopric_n of_o litchfield_n be_v dissoluâd_v the_o see_v of_o canterbury_n restore_v to_o its_o former_a plenary_a metropolitical_a jurisdiction_n according_a to_o pope_n leo_n his_o decree_n by_o the_o advice_n and_o decree_n of_o the_o whole_a council_n which_o command_v in_o the_o
induce_v this_o king_n to_o grant_v it_o beorredus_fw-la laâgiente_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la rex_fw-la merciorum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la provinciis_fw-la &_o populis_fw-la earum_fw-la universam_fw-la merciam_fw-la inhabitantibus_fw-la &_o fidem_fw-la catholicam_fw-la conservantibus_fw-la salutem_fw-la sempiternam_fw-la in_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la jesus_n christo._n quoniam_fw-la peccatis_fw-la nostris_fw-la exigentibus_fw-la manum_fw-la domini_fw-la super_fw-la nos_fw-la extensum_fw-la quotidiè_fw-la cum_fw-la virgâ_fw-la ferreâ_fw-la cernimus_fw-la cervicibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la imminere_fw-la necessarium_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o salubre_fw-la arbitror_fw-la piis_fw-la sanctae_fw-la matris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la precibus_fw-la eleemosynarumque_fw-la liberis_fw-la largitionibus_fw-la iratum_fw-la dominum_fw-la placatum_fw-la reddere_fw-la et_fw-la dignis_fw-la devotionibus_fw-la ejus_fw-la gratiam_fw-la in_o nostris_fw-la necessitaâibus_fw-la auxiliariam_fw-la imploraâe_fw-la 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brother_n edmund_z king_n of_o east-angle_n 2_o duke_n and_o twelve_o earl_n who_o all_o ratify_v this_o charter_n after_o which_o charter_n confirm_v this_o king_n beor_v render_v special_a thanks_o to_o all_o his_o army_n for_o their_o assistance_n against_o the_o dane_n especial_o to_o the_o bishop_n abbot_n and_o other_o inferior_a ecclesiastical_a person_n for_o their_o voluntary_a assistance_n of_o he_o in_o those_o war_n against_o these_o enemy_n norwithstand_v his_o father_n exemption_n of_o they_o by_o his_o charter_n from_o all_o military_a expedition_n and_o secular_a service_n thus_o record_v by_o 865._o ingulphus_n and_o most_o worthy_a observation_n ego_fw-la beorredus_fw-la rex_fw-la merciorum_fw-la intimo_fw-la animi_fw-la affectu_fw-la totisque_fw-la praecordiis_fw-la gratias_fw-la exolvo_fw-la speciales_fw-la omni_fw-la exercitui_fw-la meo_fw-la maximè_fw-la tamen_fw-la viris_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o abbatibus_fw-la aliis_fw-la etiam_fw-la 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guithfrith_n king_n of_o northumberland_n out_o of_o his_o kingdom_n unite_n it_o to_o his_o own_o realm_n vanquish_v and_o overcome_v howel_n king_n of_o wales_n constantine_n king_n of_o scot_n anlafe_v the_o dane_n and_o other_o in_o a_o set_a battle_n drive_v they_o out_o of_o their_o realm_n and_o force_v they_o to_o submit_v to_o he_o who_o upon_o their_o submission_n know_v the_o chance_n of_o war_n to_o be_v variable_a and_o pity_v the_o case_n of_o these_o downcast_a prince_n restore_v they_o present_o to_o their_o former_a estate_n with_o this_o princely_a speech_n that_o it_o be_v more_o honour_n to_o make_v a_o king_n than_o to_o be_v a_o king_n yet_o these_o petty_a king_n prince_n rebel_a afterward_o &_o side_v with_o anlafe_a against_o he_o be_v all_o rouâed_v by_o athelstanâ_n king_n constantine_n of_o scotland_n with_o five_o more_o of_o these_o king_n 12_o dukes_z and_o most_o of_o their_o army_n slay_v in_o one_o battle_n principal_o by_o the_o valour_n of_o 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better_a administration_n of_o justice_n enact_v sundry_a excellent_a civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a law_n record_v in_o bromt._n lamb._n &_o spelm._n 928._o the_o first_o of_o these_o his_o law_n be_v make_v and_o enact_v in_o the_o famous_a archaton_n âounâil_n of_o grate_o about_o the_o year_n 928_o in_o which_o the_o king_n himself_o wulfehelm_v archbishop_n of_o canteâbury_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o all_o the_o noble_n and_o wiseman_n which_o king_n ethelstan_n can_v assemble_v be_v present_a who_o all_o ordain_v and_o confirm_v these_o law_n in_o this_o great_a council_n as_o the_o last_o chapter_n ãâã_d inform_v we_o in_o âhese_fw-mi word_n 5.6_o totum_fw-la hoc_fw-la institutum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la confirmatum_fw-la in_o magno_fw-la synodo_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n cui_fw-la archiepiâcopââ_n ãâ¦ã_z et_fw-fr omnes_fw-la optimates_fw-la et_fw-la sapientes_fw-la quos_fw-la adelstanus_n rex_fw-la potuit_fw-la congregare_fw-la or_o cumââ_n optimates_fw-la et_fw-la sapientes_fw-la ab_fw-la aetheââtano_fw-la evocate_n frequentissimi_fw-la as_o another_o copy_n render_v itâ_n which_o prove_v that_o all_o the_o member_n of_o this_o council_n be_v summon_v to_o it_o by_o this_o king_n write_v and_o not_o elect_v by_o the_o people_n suffrage_n and_o although_o the_o archbishop_n bishop_n and_o other_o clergy_n man_n be_v the_o chief_a adviser_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a lâws_n make_v in_o this_o council_n as_o this_o prologue_n to_o they_o atte_v ego_fw-la aethelstanus_fw-la rex_fw-la ex_fw-la prudentiâlââelmae_fw-la âlââelmae_z archiepiscopi_fw-la aliorumque_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la et_fw-la servorum_fw-la dei_fw-la consilio_fw-la mando_fw-la yet_o they_o be_v all_o enact_v and_o confirm_v by_o all_o the_o noble_n and_o wiseman_n in_o the_o council_n as_o the_o premise_n evidence_n in_o this_o council_n the_o king_n commandedâ_n by_o his_o law_n all_o his_o officer_n that_o they_o shall_v demand_v and_o exact_v from_o his_o subject_n such_o thing_n and_o duty_n only_o as_o they_o may_v just_o and_o lawful_o receive_v 1._o add_v this_o memorable_a reason_n for_o it_o nunquam_fw-la enim_fw-la erit_fw-la populo_fw-la bene_fw-la consultum_fw-la nec_fw-la digne_fw-fr deo_fw-la conserâabitur_fw-la ubi_fw-la lucrum_fw-la impium_fw-la et_fw-la magis_fw-la falsum_fw-la diligitur_fw-la ideo_fw-la âeâent_fw-la omnes_fw-la amici_fw-la dei_fw-la quoâ_n miquum_fw-la en_fw-fr enervare_fw-la quod_fw-la âustum_fw-la est_fw-la elevare_fw-la non_fw-la paâi_fw-la ut_fw-la prope_a falsum_fw-la et_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la quaestum_fw-la se_fw-la forisfaciant_fw-la homines_fw-la erâââere_fw-la âapientem_fw-la deum_fw-la cui_fw-la displicet_fw-la omnis_fw-la injustitia_fw-la which_o i_o wish_v all_o our_o unrighteous_a covetous_a ââx-maââers_a exciser_n and_o exacter_n will_v now_o serious_o consider_v afâer_v which_o it_o follow_v chrisâianis_fw-la autem_fw-la omnibus_fw-la necesâarium_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la rectum_fw-la diligant_fw-la ut_fw-la iniqua_fw-la condemnent_fw-la et_fw-la saltem_fw-la sacris_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la erecti_fw-la justum_fw-la semper_fw-la erigant_fw-la et_fw-la prava_fw-la deponant_fw-la hinc_fw-la debent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la cum_fw-la saeculi_fw-la judicibus_fw-la interest_n judiciis_fw-la ne_fw-la permittant_fw-la si_fw-la possint_fw-la ut_fw-la illinc_fw-la aliqua_fw-la pravitatum_fw-la germina_fw-la pullulaverint_fw-la and_o to_o avoid_v all_o arbitrary_a proceed_n oppression_n and_o injustice_n in_o all_o thing_n this_o council_n by_o positive_a law_n ascertain_v all_o fine_n amerciament_n imprisonment_n and_o corporal_a punishment_n for_o criminal_a offence_n from_o which_o the_o judge_n may_v not_o vary_v and_o withal_o define_v what_o arm_n every_o man_n shall_v âind_v in_o those_o time_n of_o war_n against_o the_o dane_n and_o other_o enemy_n by_o his_o positive_a law_n lex_fw-la 21._o sax._n 16._o omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la habebit_fw-la duos_fw-la homines_fw-la cum_fw-la bonis_fw-la equis_fw-la de_fw-la omni_fw-la carucâ_fw-la 3._o king_n ethelstane_n after_o this_o council_n at_o grate_o what_o year_n be_v not_o express_v assemble_v several_a other_o parliamentary_a 5._o council_n at_o exeter_n feuresham_n and_o thunderfeld_n wherein_o he_o and_o his_o wiseman_n by_o common_a consent_n confirm_v the_o law_n make_v at_o grate_o alter_v some_o of_o they_o in_o certain_a particular_n and_o add_v some_o new_a law_n unto_o they_o as_o you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o bromâon_n and_o as_o the_o first_o chapter_n and_o this_o prologue_n to_o those_o law_n assure_v we_o 850._o `_o haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la judicia_fw-la quae_fw-la sapientes_fw-la exonâae_fw-la consilio_fw-la adelstani_fw-la regis_fw-la instituerunt_fw-la &_o iterum_fw-la ãâã_d feureshamâ_n â_z et_fw-la tertia_fw-la vice_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldiam_fw-la ubi_fw-la hoc_fw-la definitum_fw-la simul_fw-la et_fw-la confiâmatum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la imprimis_fw-la est_fw-la 6._o ut_fw-la observentur_fw-la omâia_fw-la judicia_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la gratelâyam_n imposita_fw-la fuerint_fw-la praeter_fw-la mercatum_fw-la civitatis_fw-la et_fw-la diei_fw-la dominicae_fw-la the_o cause_n of_o make_v these_o new_a law_n and_o confirm_v the_o old_a be_v a_o complaint_n to_o the_o king_n in_o the_o council_n at_o exeter_n that_o the_o peace_n and_o law_n make_v at_o grateley_n be_v not_o so_o well_o keep_v as_o they_o shall_v be_v and_o that_o thief_n and_o malefactor_n abound_v as_o this_o prologue_n manifest_v 850._o ego_fw-la adelstanus_n rex_fw-la notifico_fw-la vobis_fw-la sicut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la michi_n quod_fw-la pax_fw-la nostra_fw-la pejus_fw-la observata_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la michi_n placet_fw-la vel_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n fuerit_fw-la institutum_fw-la 6._o et_fw-la sapientes_fw-la michi_n dicunt_fw-la quod_fw-la hocdiutius_fw-la pertuli_fw-la quam_fw-la debueram_fw-la nunc_fw-la inveni_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la sapientibus_fw-la qui_fw-la apud_fw-la exoniam_fw-la fuerint_fw-la mecum_fw-la in_o sancto_fw-la natali_n domini_fw-la quod_fw-la parati_fw-la sunt_fw-la omnino_fw-la quando_fw-la velim_fw-la cum_fw-la seipsis_fw-la &_o uxoribus_fw-la &_o pecunia_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la re_fw-la suâ_fw-la ire_n quo_fw-la tunc_fw-la voluero_fw-la nisi_fw-la malefactores_fw-la requiescant_fw-la eo_fw-la tenore_fw-la quo_fw-la nunquam_fw-la deinceps_fw-la in_o patriam_fw-la istam_fw-la redeant_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o the_o council_n of_o feuresham_n in_o kent_n the_o king_n by_o some_o of_o his_o wise-counsellor_n send_v thither_o to_o it_o propound_v some_o thing_n for_o the_o weal_n
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
land_n and_o sea_n contemn_v desert_a and_o frequent_o betray_v by_o his_o own_o counsellor_n noble_n commander_n soldier_n subject_n force_v out_o of_o the_o realm_n with_o his_o queen_n child_n by_o the_o conquer_a dane_n all_o live_n like_o exile_n in_o foreign_a part_n die_v at_o last_o neither_o lament_v nor_o desire_v some_o of_o his_o son_n after_o his_o death_n be_v treacherous_o murder_v as_o edmund_n ironside_n by_o his_o own_o brother-in-law_n and_o ethâlred_n his_o son-in-law_n duke_n edert_n all_o his_o posterity_n renounce_v by_o the_o english_a and_o the_o dane_n prefer_v before_o they_o banish_v betray_v devote_a to_o ruin_n by_o the_o usurp_a dane_n and_o his_o own_o temporize_a english_a prelate_n and_o noble_n of_o which_o more_o full_o hereafter_o take_v buâ_n this_o brief_a character_n of_o his_o unhappy_a reign_n out_o of_o 10._o william_n of_o malmsbury_n and_o 2._o henry_n de_fw-fr knyghton_n ethelredus_fw-la post_fw-la occisionem_fw-la fratâis_fw-la svi_fw-la edwardi_fw-la in_o regem_fw-la levatus_fw-la 38._o annis_fw-la reguum_fw-la potius_fw-la obsidit_fw-la quam_fw-la rexit_fw-la nam_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la cursus_fw-la saevus_fw-la et_fw-la infaâstus_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_fw-la principio_fw-la miser_n in_o medio_fw-la et_fw-la sine_fw-la turpis_fw-la et_fw-la reprobusâ_n iste_fw-la tenuit_fw-la regnum_fw-la in_fw-la magna_fw-la angustiaâ_n nec_fw-la mirum_fw-la quia_fw-la sic_fw-la felonice_n et_fw-la injust_a intrusus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la rex_fw-la suorum_fw-la perfidia_fw-la ducum_fw-la avito_fw-la ex_fw-la terris_fw-la solio_fw-la et_fw-la opis_fw-la egens_fw-la alienae_n in_o cujus_fw-la manu_fw-la aliorum_fw-la solebat_fw-la salus_fw-la pendere_fw-la e_o normannia_n accercitus_fw-la londoniae_n agebat_fw-la propter_fw-la proditores_fw-la nunquam_fw-la procedens_fw-la ubi_fw-la animam_fw-la laboribus_fw-la et_fw-la miseriis_fw-la natam_fw-la efflavit_fw-la post_fw-la cujus_fw-la mortem_fw-la proceres_fw-la regni_fw-la cum_fw-la clero_fw-la stirpem_fw-la ejus_fw-la abhorrentes_fw-la canutum_fw-la recognoverunt_fw-la regem_fw-la suum_fw-la fore_fw-la all_o which_o calamity_n fall_v upon_o these_o regicide_n traitor_n and_o the_o whole_a english_a nation_n as_o our_o historian_n observe_v for_o the_o murder_n of_o their_o lawful_a sovereign_n and_o have_v we_o not_o all_o now_o just_a cause_n to_o fear_v the_o very_a like_a or_o some_o sore_a judgement_n for_o the_o selfsame_o cry_a sin_n and_o other_o transcendent_a bloody_a traitorous_a violence_n oppression_n of_o all_o kind_n far_o exceed_v this_o and_o all_o oâhers_n in_o former_a age_n but_o to_o proceed_v from_o these_o general_n to_o the_o most_o observable_a particular_n during_o his_o reign_n 980._o anno_fw-la dom._n 980._o be_v the_o second_o year_n of_o king_n ethelreds_n reign_n the_o speed_n dane_n begin_v their_o invasion_n and_o persecution_n of_o the_o english_a waste_v depopulate_v with_o fire_n and_o sword_n southampton_n chester_n the_o isle_n of_o teâeth_n cornwall_n devonshire_n and_o other_o place_n continue_v their_o depredation_n sundry_a year_n after_o till_o they_o become_v lord_n and_o master_n both_o of_o the_o crown_n and_o realm_n all_o our_o historian_n record_v that_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o english_a nation_n especial_o their_o treason_n and_o treachery_n against_o their_o innocent_a murder_a sovereign_n be_v the_o original_a cause_n of_o this_o danish_a invasion_n and_o most_o fatal_a judgement_n to_o which_o bishop_n 64._o lupus_n in_o his_o oration_n subjoin_v these_o other_o sin_n pertinent_a to_o my_o theme_n of_o which_o i_o fear_v our_o nation_n be_v now_o far_o more_o guilty_a than_o their_o ancestor_n in_o that_o age_n ecelesiae_fw-la vastantur_fw-la ordo_fw-la clericalis_fw-la ludibrio_fw-la habetur_fw-la et_fw-la contemptui_fw-la ima_fw-la plebs_fw-la proditorie_a è_fw-la regno_fw-la sumpto_fw-la protio_fw-la venundatur_fw-la 1.4.8_o infant_n ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la incunabilis_fw-la ad_fw-la miseram_fw-la servitutem_fw-la sumpti_fw-la et_fw-la redacti_fw-la sunt_fw-la omnisque_fw-la benignitas_fw-la et_fw-la eleemosyna_fw-la perit_fw-la ipsi_fw-la denique_fw-la liberi_fw-la avita_fw-la libertate_fw-la frui_fw-la et_fw-la in_o servili_fw-la conditione_n constituti_fw-la bonis_fw-la magnis_fw-la partis_fw-la laboribus_fw-la aut_fw-la aliuâdè_fw-la concessiâ_n uti_fw-la prohibentur_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la haec_fw-la gens_fw-la perjuriis_fw-la mendaciis_fw-la juramenti_fw-la fidei_fw-la faederum_fw-la atque_fw-la pignorum_fw-la fractionibus_fw-la crebris_fw-la âomicidio_fw-la turto_fw-la et_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la rempublicam_fw-la lâbefactandam_fw-la summa_fw-la sunt_fw-la proditione_n falso_fw-la atque_fw-la technis_fw-la vaferrimis_fw-la in_o ipsos_fw-la domiâos_fw-la atque_fw-la heros_n multifariam_fw-la deliquit_fw-la cujus_fw-la fuit_fw-la indicium_fw-la edwardi_fw-la regis_fw-la ipsis_fw-la hostibus_fw-la traditio_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o external_a cause_n principal_o invite_v encourage_v the_o dane_n to_o this_o invasion_n as_o 62._o matthâw_n parker_n and_o history_n mr._n fox_n conjecture_n be_v these_o quod_fw-la à _fw-la segnibus_fw-la et_fw-la torpentibu_fw-la monachis_fw-la regni_fw-la facultates_fw-la essent_fw-la absorptae_fw-la auctaque_fw-la indy_n dacorum_n vis_fw-la ab_fw-la anglorum_fw-la sub_fw-la monachis_fw-la redactorum_fw-la ignaviam_fw-la et_fw-la civilia_fw-la orta_fw-la multa_fw-la discrimina_fw-la quae_fw-la daco_n eâferarunt_fw-la victores_fw-la and_o that_o the_o dane_n perceive_v the_o discord_n that_o be_v then_o in_o the_o realm_n and_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o subject_a to_o be_v withdraw_v from_o and_o set_v against_o their_o sovereign_n they_o think_v it_o a_o sufficient_a occasion_n and_o advantage_n to_o forward_o their_o intendment_n and_o omit_v no_o time_n arrive_v on_o the_o coast_n of_o kent_n and_o spoil_v the_o country_n as_o aforesaid_a â_z 982._o about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 982._o one_o lefsi_n buy_v land_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o ily_n of_o adelwold_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n and_o not_o only_o deny_v to_o pay_v for_o they_o but_o likewise_o forcible_o disseise_v the_o bishop_n of_o 3._o manor_n burch_n undeles_fw-la and_o kateringe_n which_o the_o bishop_n recover_v by_o judgement_n of_o the_o earlderman_n and_o thames_n in_o the_o witenagemote_a wittagemiot_n or_o parliamentary_a assembly_n of_o that_o age_n thus_o report_v by_o the_o ancient_a episcopi_fw-la book_n of_o ely_n and_o by_o 693._o mr._n selden_n out_o of_o it_o edicitur_fw-la placitum_fw-la apud_fw-la londoniam_fw-la quâ_n cum_fw-la deuce_n principes_fw-la satrapae_fw-la rethores_fw-la et_fw-la causidici_fw-la ex_fw-la omni_fw-la parte_fw-la confluxerant_fw-la beatus_fw-la aedelwoldus_fw-la praefatum_fw-la lefsium_fw-la in_o jus_o protraxit_fw-la et_fw-la coram_fw-la cunctis_fw-la svam_fw-la causam_fw-la et_fw-la injuriam_fw-la ac_fw-la rapinam_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la leofsius_fw-la intulerat_fw-la sanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ex_fw-la ordine_fw-la patefecit_fw-la qua_fw-la re_fw-la benè_fw-la ac_fw-la apertè_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la discussa_fw-la omnes_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la beato_fw-la aethelwaldo_n per_fw-la judicium_fw-la reddiderunt_fw-la burch_n et_fw-la undeles_fw-la et_fw-la kateringe_n judicaverunt_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la leofsius_fw-la episcopo_fw-la totum_fw-la damnum_fw-la suum_fw-la suâpleret_fw-la et_fw-la inteâpretatur_fw-la mundam_fw-la svam_fw-la redderet_fw-la de_fw-la rapina_fw-la vero_fw-la regis_fw-la forisfacturam_fw-la emendaret_fw-la dato_fw-la pretio_fw-la genealogiae_fw-la suae_fw-la post_fw-la haec_fw-la infra_fw-la octavum_fw-la diem_fw-la convenerunt_fw-la iterum_fw-la ad_fw-la northamtune_n et_fw-fr congregata_fw-la ibi_fw-la tota_fw-la provincia_n sive_fw-la vicecomitatu_fw-la 6_o coram_fw-la cunctis_fw-la iterum_fw-la causam_fw-la supradictam_fw-la patefecerunt_fw-la qua_fw-la paâefacta_fw-la ac_fw-la declarata_fw-la ut_fw-la praejudicata_fw-la erat_fw-la apud_fw-la londoniam_fw-la judicaverunt_fw-la et_fw-la isti_fw-la apud_fw-la northamtune_n quo_fw-la facto_fw-la omnis_fw-la populus_fw-la cum_fw-la jurejurando_fw-la in_o christi_fw-la crâce_fw-la reddiderunt_fw-la episcopo_fw-la quae_fw-la sua_fw-la erant_fw-la scilicet_fw-la burch_n et_fw-la undeles_fw-la et_fw-la kateringe_n by_o which_o precedent_n it_o be_v apparent_a 1._o that_o parliamentary_a council_n in_o that_o age_n hold_v plea_n and_o give_v judgement_n of_o disseisin_n and_o title_n of_o land_n 2._o that_o they_o have_v lawyer_n to_o assist_v they_o and_o plead_v such_o case_n before_o they_o 3._o that_o the_o judgement_n give_v in_o the_o great_a council_n at_o london_n be_v confirm_v recite_v and_o execute_v in_o the_o county-court_n hold_v at_o northampton_n and_o possession_n of_o the_o land_n according_o restore_v to_o the_o bishop_n king_n 144._o ethelred_n be_v incense_v against_o the_o bishop_n 986._o of_o rochester_n anno_fw-la 983._o as_o some_o or_o 986._o as_o other_o compute_v it_o besiege_v the_o city_n of_o rochester_n for_o a_o long_a space_n whereupon_o archbishop_n dunstan_n command_v he_o to_o give_v over_o the_o siege_n lest_o he_o shall_v provoke_v st._n andrew_n patron_n of_o that_o city_n against_o he_o the_o king_n notwithstanding_o continue_v his_o siege_n till_o he_o extort_a one_o hundred_o pound_n from_o the_o bishop_n whereupon_o dunstan_n admire_v at_o his_o covetousness_n send_v he_o this_o message_n because_o thou_o have_v prefer_v silver_n before_o god_n money_n before_o a_o apostle_n covetousness_n before_o i_o the_o evil_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v denounce_v shall_v violent_o come_v upon_o thou_o upon_o which_o matthew_n westminster_n make_v this_o observation_n anno_fw-la 986._o rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la aethelredus_fw-la qui_fw-la prohibente_fw-la beato_fw-la dunstano_fw-la centum_fw-la libras_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la roffeâsi_fw-la extorserat_fw-la pro_fw-la
pace_fw-la brevissima_fw-la pensionem_fw-la 16_o millium_fw-la librarum_fw-la persolvere_fw-la compulsus_fw-la est_fw-la which_o fall_v not_o out_o till_o the_o year_n 994._o as_o himself_o and_o other_o record_n malmesbury_n refer_v it_o to_o the_o tax_n of_o 10_o thousand_o pound_n pay_v by_o he_o to_o the_o dane_n anno_fw-la 991._o in_o this_o year_n 986._o alfric_n duke_n of_o mercian_n son_n of_o duke_n alfere_n be_v banish_v england_n crudeliter_fw-la cruel_o without_o just_a cause_n as_o bromton_n recite_v which_o make_v he_o afterward_o prove_v treacherous_a to_o the_o king_n he_o be_v one_o of_o those_o english_a quos_fw-la nullis_fw-la causis_fw-la extantibâs_fw-la exhaeredabat_fw-la rex_fw-la et_fw-la affecto_fw-la crimine_fw-la opibus_fw-la emungebat_fw-la which_o malmesbury_n tax_v he_o for_o 4._o his_o oppression_n and_o injustice_n be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o his_o miscarriage_n and_o expulsion_n by_o the_o dane_n anno_fw-la 988._o 991._o the_o dane_n invade_v wecedport_n thereupon_o goda_n earl_n of_o devonshire_n grafton_n strenwild_n a_o most_o valiant_a knight_n and_o many_o other_o in_o defence_n of_o their_o native_a country_n and_o liberties_n fight_v with_o they_o and_o be_v slay_v by_o they_o and_o anno_fw-la 891._o brithnoth_v the_o most_o valiant_a duke_n of_o the_o east_n english_a and_o his_o force_n fight_v a_o set_a battle_n with_o the_o invade_a dane_n who_o waste_v ipswich_n and_o the_o part_n adjoin_v in_o which_o battle_n a_o innumerable_a multitude_n be_v slay_v on_o both_o side_n and_o this_o valiant_a duke_n with_o many_o thousand_o of_o the_o english_a in_o defence_n of_o their_o country_n against_o these_o invader_n after_o which_o by_o the_o counsel_n of_o spricius_fw-la syricius_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n duke_n aethelward_n alfric_n and_o other_o noble_n assemble_v no_o doubt_n in_o a_o parliamentary_a 1._o ãâã_d as_o malmesburâ_n his_o deuce_n et_fw-la proceres_fw-la si_fw-la quando_fw-la in_o concilium_fw-la venissent_fw-la pars_fw-la hic_fw-la ãâã_d illud_fw-la ãâ¦ã_z and_o henry_n de_fw-fr kayghton_n his_o proceres_fw-la regni_fw-la si_fw-la quando_fw-la ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la congregati_fw-la etc._n etc._n import_n a_o tribute_n of_o ten_o thousand_o pound_n be_v give_v to_o âhe_n danes_n that_o they_o may_v desist_v from_o their_o frequent_a rapine_n and_o slaughter_n of_o man_n which_o they_o frequent_o exercise_v about_o the_o seacoast_n pacemque_fw-la firmam_fw-la cum_fw-la iis_fw-la tenerent_fw-la and_o may_v hold_v a_o firm_a peace_n with_o they_o some_o of_o our_o historian_n style_v this_o 879._o infaustum_fw-la concilium_fw-la a_o unlucky_a council_n eadmerus_n 1._o give_v this_o verdict_n of_o it_o regis_fw-la desidia_fw-la circum_fw-la circa_fw-la innotuit_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la extevorum_fw-la cupiditas_fw-la opes_fw-la anglorum_fw-la quam_fw-la mortes_fw-la affectans_fw-la hac_fw-la &_o illac_fw-la per_fw-la mare_fw-la terram_fw-la invadere_fw-la &_o primo_fw-la propinquas_fw-la mari_fw-fr villa_n &_o urbes_fw-la deinde_fw-la remotiores_fw-la ae_z demum_fw-la totam_fw-la provinciam_fw-la miserabili_fw-la depopulatione_fw-la devastare_fw-la quibus_fw-la cum_fw-la ille_fw-la nimio_fw-la pavore_fw-la perculsus_fw-la non_fw-la armis_fw-la occurrere_fw-la sed_fw-la data_fw-la pecunia_fw-la pacem_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n petere_fw-la non_fw-la erubuisset_fw-la 9_o ipsi_fw-la suscepto_fw-la pretio_fw-la in_o sua_fw-la revertebantur_fw-la ut_fw-la numero_fw-la suorum_fw-la adaucto_fw-la fortiores_fw-la redirent_fw-la ac_fw-la praemia_fw-la iteratae_fw-la irruptionis_fw-la multiplicata_fw-la reciperent_fw-la unde_fw-la modo_fw-la decem_fw-la millia_fw-la modo_fw-la sedecim_fw-la millia_fw-la modo_fw-la viginti_fw-la quatuor_fw-la millia_fw-la modo_fw-la triginta_fw-la millia_fw-la librarum_fw-la argenti_fw-la consecuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la illis_fw-la largiente_fw-la praefato_fw-la rege_fw-la edelâedo_fw-la et_fw-la gravi_fw-la exactione_n totum_fw-la regnum_fw-la oppriment_fw-la 62._o william_n of_o malmesbury_n pass_v this_o censure_n on_o it_o and_o the_o unhappy_a consequence_n of_o it_o dane_n omnes_fw-la portus_fw-la infestantibus_fw-la &_o levitate_fw-la piratica_fw-la ubique_fw-la infestanâibus_fw-la dum_fw-la nesciretur_fw-la ubi_fw-la eye_n occurrere_fw-la debent_fw-la decretum_fw-la à _fw-la syriaco_fw-it archiepie_n piscopo_fw-it etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la repellerenâur_fw-la argento_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la poâerunt_fw-la ferro_fw-la ita_fw-la decem_fw-la millia_fw-la libraâum_fw-la soluta_fw-la cupiditatem_fw-la danorum_fw-la expâââere_fw-la exemplum_fw-la infamiae_fw-la et_fw-la uiris_fw-la indignnm_fw-la libertatem_fw-la pecunia_fw-la redimere_fw-la quam_fw-la ab_fw-la inuicto_fw-la animo_fw-la nulla_fw-la violentia_fw-la possit_fw-la excutere_fw-la et_fw-la tunc_fw-la quidem_fw-la paâisper_n ab_fw-la incurâbus_fw-la ceââarunt_fw-la mox_fw-la ubi_fw-la vires_fw-la oâio_fw-la resumpserunt_fw-la ad_fw-la superiora_fw-la reâiâum_fw-la tantus_fw-la timor_fw-la anglos_n invaserat_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la de_fw-la resistendo_fw-la cogitarent_fw-la si_fw-mi qui_fw-la antiquae_fw-la glorâae_fw-la memores_fw-la obviare_fw-la &_o ââgna_fw-la colligere_fw-la tentassent_fw-la hostium_fw-la multitudine_fw-la &_o sociorum_fw-la defectione_n destiââebantur_fw-la whereby_o they_o become_v vassal_n and_o tributary_n to_o the_o 203._o insult_a dane_n cujus_fw-la siricii_n consilio_fw-la in_o gestis_fw-la regum_fw-la dixi_fw-la ethelredum_fw-la regem_fw-la animi_fw-la libertatem_fw-la danis_n pretio_fw-la âendicasse_fw-la ut_fw-la eoâuâ_n pacem_fw-la argento_fw-la redimerent_fw-la quod_fw-la ferro_fw-la repellere_fw-la posset_n nisi_fw-la cord_n carâret_fw-la unde_fw-la importabilis_fw-la tributi_fw-la pensio_fw-la imposita_fw-la angliae_fw-la fortunas_fw-la provincialium_fw-la ad_fw-la solum_fw-la usque_fw-la destruxit_fw-la 357._o henry_n huntindon_n and_o the_o 879._o chronicle_n of_o bromton_n pass_v this_o verdict_n against_o and_o deduce_v this_o memorable_a observation_n from_o this_o tribute_n edelredi_fw-la regis_fw-la anno_fw-la 13._o 9_o primo_fw-la statuerunt_fw-la angli_fw-la which_o intimate_v it_o to_o be_v ãâ¦ã_z a_o parliamentary_a council_n concilio_n infausto_fw-la siricii_n archiepiscopi_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la censum_fw-la dacis_fw-la persolverent_fw-la quatenus_fw-la à _fw-la rapinis_fw-la &_o caede_fw-la ãâ¦ã_z âederum_fw-la eye_n decem_fw-la mille_fw-la libras_fw-la hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la malum_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o hodiernum_fw-la diem_fw-la duravit_fw-la et_fw-la diu_fw-la nisi_fw-la dei_fw-la pietas_n subveniat_fw-la durabit_fw-la regibus_fw-la namque_fw-la nostris_fw-la modo_fw-la persolvimus_fw-la ex_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la quod_fw-la dacis_fw-la persolvebatnr_fw-la ex_fw-la ineffabili_fw-la terror_fw-la to_o which_o bromton_n 13._o ranulphus_fw-la censtrensis_fw-la and_o 2._o hânry_n de_fw-fr knyghton_n immediate_o subjoin_v dacis_fw-la tributum_fw-la annuum_fw-la solvunt_fw-la primo_fw-la anno_fw-la 10_o milia_fw-la librarum_fw-la secundo_fw-la anno_fw-la 16_o millia_fw-la librarum_fw-la tertio_fw-la anno_fw-la 20_o millia_fw-la librarum_fw-la quarto_fw-la anno_fw-la 24_o millia_fw-la quinâo_fw-la anno_fw-la 40._o millia_fw-la librarum_fw-la donec_fw-la tandem_fw-la pecunia_fw-la deficiente_fw-la iterum_fw-la tenderent_fw-la ad_fw-la rapinas_fw-la et_fw-la tunc_fw-la norââââbriam_a depraedantesâ_n et_fw-la londoniam_fw-la obsidente_fw-la coegerunt_fw-la regem_fw-la tributum_fw-la dare_v 64._o mat._n parker_n archbishop_n of_o caâterbury_n thus_o censure_v this_o ill_a advice_n of_o his_o predecessor_n siricius_n pacem_fw-la christianis_fw-la ab_fw-la inâidelibus_fw-la dacis_fw-la 10._o librarum_fw-la millibus_fw-la redemit_fw-la ad_fw-la ignominiam_fw-la sane_fw-la peneque_fw-la perniciem_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la 207._o mr._n john_n fox_n inform_v we_o that_o king_n ethelred_n be_v glad_a to_o grant_v the_o dane_n great_a sum_n of_o money_n for_o peacâ_n give_v himself_o to_o poll_n of_o his_o subject_n and_o disinherit_n they_o of_o their_o possession_n and_o cause_v they_o to_o redeem_v the_o same_o agâiâ_n with_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n for_o that_o he_o pay_v great_a tribute_n to_o the_o dane_n yearly_a which_o âas_v calleâ_n danegelt_n 4._o which_o tribute_n so_o increase_v that_o from_o the_o first_o tribute_n of_o 10000_o l._n it_o be_v bring_v at_o last_o in_o process_n of_o 5._o or_o 6._o year_n to_o 40000_o l._n the_o which_o yearly_a tribute_n until_o the_o come_n of_o st._n edward_n and_o after_o be_v levy_v of_o the_o people_n of_o the_o land_n moreover_o for_o lack_v of_o justice_n many_o thief_n rioter_n and_o briber_n be_v in_o the_o land_n with_o much_o misery_n and_o mischief_n to_o which_o sorrow_n moreover_o be_v joyve_v hunger_n and_o penury_n beside_o a_o bloody_a flux_n fever_n mortality_n murrain_n among_o cattle_n etc._n etc._n among_o the_o commons_o insomuch_o that_o every_o one_o of_o they_o be_v constrain_v to_o pick_v and_o steal_v from_o other_o so_o that_o what_o for_o the_o pillage_n of_o the_o dane_n and_o what_o by_o inward_a thief_n and_o briber_n this_o land_n be_v bring_v into_o great_a affliction_n albeit_o the_o great_a cause_n of_o this_o affliction_n as_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o be_v not_o so_o much_o to_o be_v impute_v to_o the_o king_n as_o to_o the_o dissension_n among_o the_o lord_n themselves_o who_o do_v not_o agree_v one_o with_o another_o but_o when_o they_o assemble_v in_o consultation_n together_o either_o they_o do_v draw_v divers_a way_n or_o if_o any_o thing_n be_v agree_v upon_o any_o matter_n of_o peace_n between_o tâe_v party_n soon_o it_o be_v break_v again_o or_o else_o if_o any_o good_a thing_n be_v devise_v for_o the_o prejudice_n of_o the_o enemy_n even_o the_o dane_n be_v warn_v thereof_o by_o some_o of_o the_o same_o council_n 416._o john_n speed_v in_o his_o hist_n of_o great_a britain_n
familiarissimus_fw-la et_fw-la postea_fw-la cum_fw-la cnuto_fw-mi filio_fw-la svo_fw-la conductus_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la quidam_fw-la maximus_fw-la satellitum_fw-la dicti_fw-la ducis_fw-la edrici_fw-la nomine_fw-la normannus_n sanguine_a sum_n clarus_fw-la filius_fw-la videlicet_fw-la comitis_fw-la lefwini_fw-la et_fw-la frater_fw-la leofrici_fw-la nobilis_fw-la comitis_fw-la leicestriae_fw-la dato_fw-la sibi_fw-la prout_fw-la postulabat_fw-la manerio_fw-la de_fw-fr badby_n ad_fw-la terminum_fw-la 100_o annorum_fw-la ille_fw-la dictum_fw-la manerium_fw-la acceptans_fw-la tenere_fw-la de_fw-fr sancto_fw-it guthlaco_fw-it per_fw-la firmam_fw-la in_o grano_fw-la piperis_fw-la per_fw-la annum_fw-la in_o festo_fw-la s._n bartholomaei_fw-la singulis_fw-la annis_fw-la persolvendo_fw-la fideliter_fw-la promittebat_fw-la et_fw-la se_fw-la futurum_fw-la procuratorem_fw-la ac_fw-la protectorem_fw-la monasterii_fw-la contra_fw-la omnes_fw-la adversarios_fw-la confecto_fw-la inde_fw-la chirographo_fw-la obligabat_fw-la valuit_fw-la illud_fw-la monasterio_n aliquanto_fw-la tempore_fw-la scilicet_fw-la omnibus_fw-la diebus_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la by_o which_o passage_n it_o be_v apparent_a what_o tax_n exactionâ_n â_z the_o monastery_n and_o other_o suffer_v both_o from_o king_n ethelred_n his_o captain_n and_o officer_n on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o from_o the_o dane_n on_o the_o other_o side_n and_o how_o they_o be_v enforce_v to_o hire_v and_o bribe_v great_a soldier_n and_o courtier_n by_o lease_n and_o money_n to_o protect_v they_o from_o utter_a ruin_n 416._o johâ_z speed_z affirm_v that_o the_o clergy_n as_o backward_o as_o any_o deny_v to_o king_n ethelred_n their_o assistance_n plead_v their_o exempâions_n from_o war_n and_o privilege_n of_o the_o church_n when_o the_o land_n lie_v bleed_v and_o deplore_a for_o help_n and_o scandalize_v all_o his_o other_o proceed_n for_o demand_v their_o aid_n but_o this_o passage_n of_o abbot_n ingulphus_n so_o near_o that_o age_n out_o of_o the_o register_n book_n of_o croyland_n whereof_o he_o be_v abbot_n not_o long_o after_o prove_v they_o pay_v great_a annual_a contribution_n to_o the_o king_n and_o his_o officer_n which_o consume_v all_o their_o money_n plate_n jewel_n chalice_n and_o the_o very_a shrine_n of_o their_o saint_n notwithstanding_o all_o charter_n and_o exemption_n and_o as_o for_o the_o laity_n 10._o william_n of_o malmsbury_n radulphus_fw-la cistrensis_fw-la mr._n fox_n and_o other_o write_v that_o king_n ethelred_n have_v such_o a_o condition_n that_o he_o will_v light_o disinherit_v englishmân_v of_o their_o land_n and_o possession_n 4._o and_o cause_v they_o to_o redeem_v the_o same_o with_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n and_o that_o he_o give_v himself_o to_o poll_n of_o his_o subject_n and_o frame_v trespass_n for_o to_o gain_v their_o money_n and_o good_n for_o that_o he_o pay_v great_a tribute_n to_o the_o dane_n yearly_o whereby_o he_o lose_v the_o affection_n of_o the_o people_n who_o at_o last_o desert_v he_o and_o submit_v themselves_o to_o the_o danish_a invader_n who_o usurp_v the_o sovereign_a power_n and_o force_v he_o out_o of_o england_n with_o his_o queen_n and_o child_n these_o unrighteous_a oppression_n disinherisons_a and_o exaction_n of_o his_o be_v special_o provide_v against_o by_o his_o noble_n prelate_n and_o wiseman_n in_o the_o 903._o council_n of_o aenham_n and_o habam_fw-la forecited_a by_o special_a law_n and_o special_a excellent_a prayer_n and_o humiliation_n prescribe_v to_o be_v make_v to_o god_n to_o protect_v they_o from_o his_o judgement_n and_o the_o invade_v oppress_a bloody_a dane_n worthy_a perusal_n yet_o pretend_a necessity_n and_o war_n lay_v all_o those_o law_n asleep_a in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 1013._o 1013._o the_o very_a next_o after_o the_o englishman_n dear_a purchase_a peace_n which_o the_o perfidious_a gold-thirsty_a dane_n never_o real_o intend_v to_o observe_v king_n swain_n by_o the_o secret_a instigation_n of_o turkel_n the_o dane_n who_o king_n ethelred_n unadvised_o hire_v to_o guard_v he_o with_o his_o danish_a shiâs_n from_o foreign_a invasion_n who_o send_v he_o this_o message_n 69._o angliam_fw-la praeclaram_fw-la esse_fw-la patriam_fw-la &_o opimam_fw-la sed_fw-la regem_fw-la stertere_fw-la illum_fw-la venâre_fw-la vinoque_fw-la studentem_fw-la nihil_fw-la minus_fw-la quam_fw-la bellum_fw-la cogitare_fw-la quapropter_fw-la odiosum_fw-la suis_fw-la ridiculum_fw-la alienis_fw-la deuce_n invidos_fw-la provinciales_fw-la infirmos_fw-la primo_fw-la stridore_fw-la lituorum_fw-la proelâo_fw-la cessuros_fw-la fox_n arrive_v at_o sandwich_n with_o a_o great_a fleet_n and_o army_n of_o dane_n in_o the_o month_n of_o july_n where_o rest_v themselves_o a_o few_o day_n he_o sail_v round_o the_o east_n parâ_n of_o england_n to_o the_o mouth_n of_o humber_n and_o from_o thence_o into_o the_o river_n of_o trent_n to_o gainsborough_n where_o he_o quit_v his_o ship_n intend_v to_o 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laboribus_fw-la infractus_fw-la obiit_fw-la orientalium_fw-la anglorum_fw-la pagi_fw-la cum_fw-la urbibus_fw-la et_fw-la vicis_fw-la à _fw-la praedonibus_fw-la possessi_fw-la rex_fw-la eorum_fw-la sanctus_fw-la edmundus_n ab_fw-la eisdem_fw-la interemptust_fw-la anno_fw-la dominicae_fw-la incarnationis_fw-la 870._o 12_o calendas_fw-la decembris_fw-la temporaneae_fw-la mortis_fw-la compendio_fw-la regnum_fw-la emit_fw-la aeternum_fw-la the_o manner_n of_o king_n edmund_n martyrdom_n 3._o historian_n thus_o relate_v an._n 870._o hinguar_n king_n of_o the_o dane_n invade_v king_n edmund_n realm_n with_o a_o great_a power_n send_v a_o messenger_n to_o king_n edmund_n to_o demand_v the_o half_a of_o his_o treasure_n and_o wealth_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v hold_v his_o realm_n under_o he_o threaten_v otherwise_o to_o waste_v his_o kingdom_n and_o extirpate_v he_o and_o his_o people_n sed_fw-la nimis_fw-la fraudulentèr_fw-la hinguar_n thesauros_fw-la exigebat_fw-la qui_fw-la clementissimi_fw-la regis_fw-la caput_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la pecuntas_fw-la sitiebat_fw-la write_v 370._o matthew_n westminster_n where_o upon_o bishop_n humbeât_n advise_v he_o to_o fly_v ârom_o the_o dane_n who_o approach_v with_o their_o force_n towards_o he_o to_o save_v his_o life_n the_o king_n wisheâ_n will_v to_o god_n that_o i_o may_v preserve_v the_o life_n of_o my_o subject_n for_o who_o i_o desire_v to_o lay_v down_o my_o life_n for_o this_o be_v my_o chief_a wish_n that_o i_o may_v not_o survive_v my_o faithful_a subject_n and_o most_o dear_a friend_n which_o this_o cruâl_a pirate_n have_v thievish_o slay_v neither_o will_v i_o stain_v my_o glory_n by_o slâght_n who_o never_o yet_o sustain_v the_o reproach_n of_o waâre_n the_o heavenly_a king_n also_o be_v my_o witness_n that_o no_o fear_n of_o the_o barbarian_n shall_v separate_v i_o from_o the_o love_n of_o christ_n whether_o live_v or_o dead_a then_o turn_v to_o the_o messenger_n of_o hinguar_n he_o say_v thou_o be_v worthy_a to_o suffer_v the_o punishment_n of_o death_n be_v wât_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o my_o people_n but_o imitate_v the_o example_n of_o my_o christ_n if_o it_o shall_v so_o happen_v i_o be_o not_o afraid_a willing_o to_o die_v for_o they_o return_v therefore_o speedy_o to_o thy_o master_n and_o carry_v my_o answer_n to_o he_o although_o thou_o take_v away_o my_o treasure_n and_o riches_n whiâh_v the_o divine_a clemency_n have_v give_v i_o by_o thy_o power_n yet_o thou_o shall_v never_o subject_v i_o to_o thy_o infidelity_n for_o it_o be_v a_o honest_a thing_n to_o defend_v perpetual_a liberty_n together_o with_o purity_n of_o religion_n for_o which_o also_o if_o there_o be_v need_n we_o think_v it_o not_o unprofitable_a to_o die_v therefore_o as_o thy_o proud_a cruâlây_n have_v begin_v after_o the_o servant_n slaughter_n cut_v thou_o the_o king_n throatâ_n because_o the_o king_n of_o king_n see_v these_o thing_n 8._o will_v translate_v i_o into_o heaven_n there_o to_o reign_v eternal_o the_o messenger_n depart_v the_o king_n command_v his_o soldier_n to_o run_v to_o their_o arm_n aâfirmingâ_n that_o it_o be_v a_o worthy_a thing_n to_o fight_v both_o for_o their_o faith_n and_o country_n nota._n leât_v they_o shall_v prove_v deserver_n of_o their_o realm_n and_o betrayer_n of_o the_o people_n and_o be_v encourage_v by_o bishop_n humbert_n his_o noble_n and_o fellow_n soldier_n he_o march_v against_o the_o enemy_n and_o near_o thedford_n fight_v a_o bloody_a battle_n with_o the_o dane_n from_o morning_n to_o night_n the_o place_n be_v all_o die_v red_a with_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o slay_v aâ_n which_o grievoâââight_a king_n edmund_n be_v much_o grieve_v not_o only_o for_o the_o great_a slaughter_n of_o his_o own_o soldier_n âightâing_v for_o their_o country_n &_o native_a liberty_n &_o the_o faith_n of_o jesus_n christ_n &_o so_o already_o ârouned_v with_o martyrdom_n but_o likewise_o for_o the_o death_n of_o the_o barbarous_a infidel_n send_v down_o to_o hell_n in_o great_a number_n which_o he_o overmuch_o lament_v after_o which_o battle_n retire_v to_o hegelsdun_n with_o his_o force_n that_o be_v leave_v he_o immutable_o resolve_v in_o his_o mind_n never_o to_o fight_v battle_n with_o the_o enemy_n more_o say_v only_o this_o that_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o he_o alone_o shall_v die_v for_o the_o people_n and_o not_o the_o whole_a nation_n perish_v soon_o after_o hinguars_n army_n be_v recrute_v by_o the_o access_n of_o hubba_n to_o
head_n whereupon_o he_o as_o ingulphus_n record_v go_v round_o about_o the_o land_n paucos_fw-la rusticos_fw-la relictos_fw-la excoriavit_fw-la mercatores_fw-la absorbuit_fw-la viduas_fw-la &_o orphanos_n oppressit_fw-la religiosos_fw-la omnes_fw-la tanquam_fw-la conscios_fw-la thesaurorum_fw-la innumeris_fw-la tormentis_fw-la afflixit_fw-la pluck_v oâf_o the_o skin_n of_o the_o few_o countryman_n that_o be_v leave_v swallow_v up_o the_o merchant_n oppress_v the_o widow_n and_o orphan_n and_o afflict_v all_o religious_a person_n 4â_n as_o conscious_a of_o hidden_a treasure_n with_o innumerable_a torment_n whence_o among_o very_o many_o evil_n he_o do_v impopose_v a_o tribute_n of_o a_o thousand_o pound_n uâon_n godric_n the_o venerable_a abbot_n of_o croyland_n and_o his_o miserable_a freer_n he_o almost_o undo_v the_o monastery_n of_o croyland_n for_o no_o man_n after_o that_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o overmuch_a poverty_n of_o the_o place_n will_v come_v to_o conversion_n yea_o 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miserable_o and_o the_o kingdom_n also_o of_o the_o mercian_n at_o this_o very_a time_n king_n alfred_n prevail_v against_o the_o dane_n be_v unite_v to_o the_o kingdom_n oâ_n the_o westsaxon_n and_o remain_v so_o unite_v ever_o after_o when_o it_o have_v continue_v a_o kingdom_n from_o the_o first_o year_n of_o penda_n the_o first_o king_n thereof_o to_o the_o last_o time_n of_o this_o miserable_a viceroy_n ceolwulph_n about_o 230_o year_n of_o which_o kingdom_n 4ââ_n william_n of_o malmesbury_n thus_o conclude_v ita_fw-la principatus_fw-la merciorum_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la tumidam_fw-la gentilis_fw-la viri_fw-la insaniam_fw-la subitó_n efsloruit_n tunc_fw-la per_fw-la miseram_fw-la semiviri_fw-la ignaviam_fw-la omninó_n emarcuit_fw-la anno_fw-la dom._n 875._o though_o speed_v post-date_n its_o period_n in_o the_o year_n 886._o whence_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o unjust_a rapine_n tax_n oppression_n speedy_o &_o sudden_o destroy_v both_o king_n and_o kingdom_n the_o next_o year_n 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by_o they_o all_o he_o flee_v away_o from_o tine_n only_o with_o three_o ship_n and_o soon_o after_o perish_v with_o all_o his_o plunder_v 4._o sacrilegious_a follower_n the_o dane_n elect_v guthr_v king_n in_o his_o stead_n possess_v this_o sedition_n realm_n of_o northumberland_n till_o dispossess_v of_o it_o by_o king_n edmund_n an._n 944._o who_o then_o annex_v it_o to_o his_o kingdom_n our_o noble_a saxon_a king_n 9_o alfred_n the_o first_o anoint_v king_n of_o england_n 877._o as_o glorious_a for_o his_o most_o excellent_a law_n transcendent_a justice_n and_o civil_a government_n as_o for_o his_o martial_a exploit_n victory_n and_o for_o his_o incomparable_a piety_n and_o extraordinary_a bounty_n to_o the_o clergy_n and_o learned_a man_n come_v to_o the_o crown_n anno_fw-la dom._n 87â_n in_o the_o year_n 873_o 874_o and_o sundry_a year_n follow_v by_o common_a consent_n of_o his_o wise_a man_n command_v long_a ship_n and_o galley_n to_o be_v build_v throughout_o the_o realm_n and_o furnish_v with_o mariner_n to_o guard_v the_o sea_n and_o eucounter_v the_o danish_a ship_n and_o pirate_n which_o than_o infest_a and_o waste_v the_o realm_n from_o time_n to_o time_n who_o force_n he_o often_o encounter_v as_o well_o by_o sea_n as_o by_o land_n with_o various_a success_n at_o last_o have_v obtain_v the_o monarchy_n of_o all_o england_n and_o receive_v their_o homage_n and_o oath_n of_o fealty_n to_o he_o he_o appoint_v special_a guardian_n to_o guard_v the_o sea_n and_o sea-cost_n in_o all_o place_n whereby_o he_o very_o much_o free_v the_o land_n from_o the_o dane_n devastâtions_n abouâ_n the_o year_n 887._o 887._o even_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o war_n when_o law_n use_v to_o be_v silent_a he_o compile_v a_o body_n of_o ecclesiastical_a and_o canon_n law_n out_o of_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n and_o tâe_v law_n which_o his_o pious_a predecessor_n ina_n ofâa_n and_o ethelbert_n have_v religious_o make_v and_o observe_v antiquate_v some_o of_o they_o retain_v reform_v other_o of_o they_o and_o add_v some_o new_a law_n of_o his_o own_o by_o the_o advice_n and_o counsel_n of_o his_o wiseman_n &_o of_o the_o most_o prudent_a of_o his_o subject_n the_o observation_n of_o which_o law_n be_v enjoin_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o they_o 6._o all_o wherein_o certain_a fine_n and_o penalty_n be_v prescribe_v for_o most_o particular_a offence_n which_o may_v not_o be_v alter_v or_o excee_v among_o other_o law_n as_o 347._o andrew_n horn_n and_o other_o record_v this_o king_n and_o his_o wiseman_n ordain_v that_o a_o parliament_n twice_o every_o year_n and_o often_o in_o time_n of_o peace_n shall_v be_v call_v together_o at_o london_n that_o therein_o they_o may_v make_v law_n and_o ordinance_n to_o keep_v the_o people_n of_o god_n from_o sin_n that_o they_o may_v live_v in_o peacâ_n and_o receive_v right_a and_o justice_n by_o certain_a custom_n and_o holy_a judgement_n and_o not_o be_v rule_v in_o a_o arbitrary_a manner_n but_o by_o stable_n know_v law_n 6â_n and_o it_o be_v then_o agree_v that_o the_o king_n shall_v have_v the_o sovereignty_n of_o all_o the_o land_n unto_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o sea_n environ_v the_o land_n as_o belong_v of_o right_a to_o the_o sovereign_a jurisdiction_n of_o the_o crown_n this_o king_n 1777._o by_o appoint_v hundred_o and_o tithing_n throughout_o the_o realm_n with_o constable_n and_o tithe_n man_n who_o be_v to_o take_v surety_n or_o pledge_n for_o the_o good_a behaviour_n of_o all_o within_o their_o jurisdiction_n or_o else_o the_o hundred_o to_o answer_v all_o offence_n &_o injury_n therein_o commit_v both_o to_o the_o party_n and_o king_n cause_v such_o a_o general_a peace_n throughout_o the_o realm_n and_o such_o security_n from_o robber_n and_o plunderer_n even_o in_o those_o time_n of_o war_n that_o he_o will_v hang_v up_o golden_a bracelet_n in_o the_o highway_n and_o none_o dare_v touch_v they_o and_o a_o girâ_n may_v have_v travel_v safe_o lade_v with_o gold_n from_o one_o end_n of_o the_o realm_n to_o the_o other_o without_o any_o violence_n 326.327_o matthew_n westminster_n and_o florence_n of_o worcester_n record_n that_o he_o spend_v a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o time_n in_o compoââtione_n leâum_fw-la quibus_fw-la milvorum_fw-la rapacitatem_fw-la reprimeretur_fw-la &_o ââmplex_fw-la ãâ¦ã_z and_o among_o many_o other_o memorable_a act_n of_o his_o justice_n as_o he_o frequent_o examine_v the_o judgement_n and_o proceed_n of_o his_o judge_n and_o justice_n severe_o check_v they_o when_o they_o give_v any_o illegal_a judgement_n against_o law_n and_o right_n mere_o out_o of_o ignorance_n of_o which_o they_o be_v to_o purge_v themselves_o by_o oath_n that_o they_o can_v judge_v no_o better_o so_o he_o severe_o punish_v they_o when_o they_o thus_o offend_v out_o of_o corruption_n partiality_n and_o malice_n 301._o andrew_n horâ_n in_o his_o mirror_n of_o justice_n record_n that_o he_o hang_v up_o no_o less_o than_o 44_o of_o his_o judge_n and_o justice_n 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and_o other_o officer_n nor_o burden_v with_o unjust_a exaction_n or_o contribution_n yea_o by_o his_o large_a aâmes_n and_o giââs_v he_o âent_v to_o romeâ_n â_z 1_o he_o procure_v the_o english_a school_n to_o be_v free_v from_o all_o tax_n and_o tribute_n by_o the_o pope_n special_a bull._n and_o we_o never_o read_v he_o impose_v the_o least_o public_a tax_n upon_o his_o subject_n during_o all_o his_o war_n and_o exigence_n by_o his_o own_o regal_a power_n upon_o any_o pretext_n of_o public_a necessity_n danger_n defence_n or_o safety_n of_o the_o realm_n against_o the_o numerous_a invade_v plunder_v danish_a force_n both_o by_o sea_n and_o land_n which_o our_o late_a and_o present_a egyptian_a tax-master_n may_v do_v well_o to_o consider_v 894._o 23._o in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 894._o this_o king_n alfred_n and_o guthurn_n the_o dane_n give_v to_o the_o church_n of_o st._n cuthbert_n in_o durham_n all_o the_o land_n between_o weor_n and_o tyne_n for_o a_o perpetual_a 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esse_fw-la fidelis_fw-la domino_fw-la svo_fw-la 7._o sine_fw-la omni_fw-la controversiâ_fw-la &_o seditione_n in_o manifesto_fw-la in_fw-la occulto_fw-la in_fw-la amando_fw-la quod_fw-la amabit_fw-la nolendo_fw-la quod_fw-la noluit_fw-la et_fw-la antequam_fw-la juramentum_fw-la hoc_fw-la dabitur_fw-la ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la concelet_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o fratre_fw-la vel_fw-la proximo_fw-la svo_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o extraneo_fw-la cap._n 2._o vult_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la ubi_fw-la fur_n pro_fw-la certo_fw-la cognoscetur_fw-la tweâfhindi_n et_fw-fr twifhindi_n that_o be_v meâ_n of_o 600_o or_o 200_o s._n land_n by_o the_o year_n consocientur_fw-la et_fw-la exuperent_fw-la eum_fw-la vivum_fw-la vel_fw-la mortuum_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la quod_fw-la poterunt_fw-la ât_a qui_fw-la aliquem_fw-la eorum_fw-la infaidiabit_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o eâ_fw-la quaestione_fw-la fuerint_fw-la sit_fw-la inimicus_fw-la regis_fw-la et_fw-la omnium_fw-la amicorum_fw-la ipsius_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la 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soon_o after_o marry_v the_o king_n daughter_n edith_n whereby_o he_o have_v the_o better_a opportunity_n to_o betray_v the_o king_n and_o kingdom_n with_o less_o suspicion_n 10._o king_n ethelred_n 1007._o though_o often_o vex_v with_o the_o war_n and_o invasion_n of_o these_o foreign_a enemy_n yet_o he_o have_v a_o care_n to_o make_v good_a law_n for_o the_o benefit_n peace_n and_o safety_n of_o his_o people_n whereupon_o have_v thus_o make_v peace_n with_o the_o dane_n an._n 1007._o he_o summon_v and_o hold_v a_o great_a parliamentary_a council_n at_o aenham_n on_o the_o feast_n of_o easter_n at_o the_o exhortation_n of_o aelfeag_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o wulstan_n archbishop_n of_o york_n who_o together_o with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n â_o and_o all_o the_o noble_n of_o england_n be_v present_a at_o it_o regis_fw-la aethelredi_fw-la edicto_fw-la concrepante_fw-la acciâi_fw-la sunt_fw-la convenire_fw-la where_o they_o all_o ãâ¦ã_z de_fw-fr catholicae_fw-la cultu_fw-la religionis_fw-la reparando_fw-la deque_fw-la etiam_fw-la rei_fw-la statu_fw-la publicae_fw-la reparando_fw-la vel_fw-la consulendo_fw-la plura_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la pauca_fw-la utpote_fw-la divinitus_fw-la âinspirati_fw-la ratiocinando_fw-la sermocinabantur_fw-la in_o this_o council_n they_o debate_v resolve_v on_o divers_a thing_n and_o enact_v many_o wholesome_a law_n and_o edict_n for_o the_o reformation_n and_o settle_v of_o religion_n and_o churchman_n the_o advancement_n of_o god_n worship_n the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n and_o state_n the_o advancement_n of_o civil_a justice_n and_o honesty_n and_o defence_n of_o the_o realm_n by_o land_n and_o sea_n begin_v with_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n and_o the_o church_n in_o the_o first_o place_n which_o you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n some_o law_n whereof_o i_o shall_v here_o transcribe_v be_v very_o pertinent_a to_o my_o subject_n cap._n 5._o sapientes_fw-la decernunt_fw-la ut_fw-la leges_fw-la quique_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la eâ_n hominibus_fw-la aequas_fw-la ââatuant_fw-la et_fw-la tueantur_fw-la 5._o iniquas_fw-la autem_fw-la omnino_fw-la deleant_fw-la justitiam_fw-la pauperi_fw-la atque_fw-la diviti_fw-la pari_fw-la exhibentes_fw-la lance_n et_fw-la pacem_fw-la insuper_fw-la et_fw-la concordiam_fw-la piè_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la seculo_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la hominibus_fw-la retinentes_fw-la cap._n 6._o sapientes_fw-la etiam_fw-la decernunt_fw-la ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la christianum_fw-la et_fw-la inâontem_fw-la pretio_fw-la tradat_fw-la extra_fw-la patriam_fw-la praesertim_fw-la in_o pagani_n alicujus_fw-la servitium_fw-la cap._n 7._o sapientes_fw-la etiam_fw-la decernunt_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la delicto_fw-la modico_fw-la nemo_fw-la christianum_fw-la morti_fw-la adjudicet_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o misericordia_fw-la potius_fw-la leges_fw-la administret_fw-la ad_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la populi_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la modico_fw-la eum_fw-la perdat_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la opus_fw-la manuum_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-la mercimonium_fw-la ejus_fw-la magno_fw-la comparatum_fw-la pretio_fw-la de_fw-fr quolibet_fw-la autem_fw-la crimine_fw-la acuratius_fw-la decernito_fw-la sententiam_fw-la praebens_fw-la juxta_fw-la factum_fw-la mercedem_fw-la juxta_fw-la meritum_fw-la ita_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ut_fw-la secundum_fw-la divinam_fw-la clementiam_fw-la levis_fw-la sit_fw-la poena_fw-la et_fw-la secundum_fw-la humanam_fw-la fragilitatem_fw-la tolerabilis_fw-la cap._n 9_o nemo_fw-la dehinc_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la servitium_fw-la imponat_fw-la nec_fw-la clientelam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la injuriis_fw-la afficiat_fw-la nec_fw-la ministrum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ejiciat_fw-la inconsulto_fw-la episcopo_fw-la cap._n 21._o veâba_fw-la et_fw-la opâra_fw-la rectè_fw-la cuique_fw-la disponat_fw-la er_fw-mi jusjurandum_fw-la pactamque_fw-la fidem_fw-la cautè_fw-la teneat_fw-la omnem_fw-la etiam_fw-la injustitiam_fw-la è_fw-la patriae_fw-la finibus_fw-la quâ_fw-la poterit_fw-la industriâ_fw-la cuique_fw-la ejiciat_fw-la et_fw-la perjuria_fw-la formidanda_fw-la cap._n 22._o urbium_fw-la oppidorum_fw-la arcium_fw-la atque_fw-la pontium_fw-la instauratio_fw-la sedulo_fw-la fiat_fw-la prout_fw-la opus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la restaurentur_fw-la renoventur_fw-la vallis_fw-la et_fw-la fossis_fw-la muniantur_fw-la et_fw-la circumvallentur_fw-la militaris_fw-la etiam_fw-la et_fw-la navalis_fw-la profectio_fw-la uti_fw-la imperatum_fw-la est_fw-la 9_o ob_fw-la universalem_fw-la utique_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la cap._n 23._o de_fw-fr navali_fw-la expeditione_n sub_fw-la paschate_n cavendum_fw-la etiam_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la celerius_fw-la post_fw-la paschatis_fw-la festum_fw-la navalis_fw-la expeditio_fw-la annuo_fw-la sit_fw-la parata_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la navem_fw-la in_o reipublicae_fw-la expeditionem_fw-la designatum_fw-la vitiaverit_fw-la damnum_fw-la integrè_fw-la restituito_fw-la et_fw-la pacem_fw-la regis_fw-la violatam_fw-la compensato_fw-la si_fw-mi verò_fw-la eam_fw-la ita_fw-la prorsus_fw-la corruperit_fw-la ut_fw-la deinceps_fw-la nihili_fw-la habeatur_fw-la plenam_fw-la luito_fw-la injuriam_fw-la et_fw-la laesam_fw-la praeterea_fw-la majestatem_fw-la so_o one_o translation_n out_o of_o the_o saxon_a copy_n read_v it_o but_o another_o thus_o nave_n per_fw-la singuloâ_n annos_fw-la ob_fw-la patriae_fw-la defensionem_fw-la et_fw-la munitionem_fw-la praeparentur_fw-la poâique_fw-la sacrosanctum_fw-la paâcha_fw-la cum_fw-la cunctis_fw-la utensilibus_fw-la competentibus_fw-la fimul_fw-la congregentur_fw-la qua_fw-la etiam_fw-la poena_fw-la digni_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la navium_fw-la detrimentum_fw-la in_o aliquibus_fw-la perficiunt_fw-la notum_fw-la cunctis_fw-la esse_fw-la cupimus_fw-la quicunque_fw-la aliquam_fw-la ex_fw-la navibus_fw-la per_fw-la quampiam_fw-la inetriam_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la incuriam_fw-la vel_fw-la negligentiam_fw-la corruperit_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la recuperabilis_fw-la sit_fw-la be_v navis_fw-la corruptelam_fw-la vel_fw-la fracturam_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la per_fw-la solidam_fw-la prius_fw-la recuperet_fw-la regique_fw-la deinde_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la pro_fw-la ejuâdem_fw-la munitionis_fw-la fractura_fw-la sibimet_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ritè_fw-la persolvat_fw-la cap._n 24._o de_fw-fr militiam_fw-la deâractante_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la de_fw-fr profectione_n militari_fw-la cui_fw-la rex_fw-la intererit_fw-la sine_fw-la licentia_fw-la se_fw-la substraxerit_fw-la in_fw-la detrimentum_fw-la currat_fw-la omnium_fw-la fortunarum_fw-la these_o three_o last_o law_n most_o clear_o demonstrate_v that_o the_o militia_n and_o military_a affair_n of_o this_o age_n with_o all_o their_o provision_n of_o arm_n ship_n for_o defence_n of_o the_o realm_n by_o land_n and_o sea_n against_o the_o invade_a dane_n and_o other_o enemy_n with_o their_o military_a law_n and_o all_o other_o apurtenance_n thereto_o belong_v be_v order_v and_o settle_v in_o their_o general_n council_n by_o common_a consent_n cap._n 26._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la regis_fw-la insidiabitur_fw-la 8._o svi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la dispendio_fw-la et_fw-la quas_fw-la habet_fw-la rebus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la poenas_fw-la luito_fw-la sin_n negaverit_fw-la et_fw-la purgatione_fw-la qua_fw-la licuerit_fw-la expetierit_fw-la solemniori_fw-la eam_fw-la faciat_fw-la juramento_fw-la vel_fw-la ordalio_n triplici_fw-la juxta_fw-la legem_fw-la anglorum_fw-la et_fw-la in_o danorum_fw-la lege_fw-la prout_fw-la ipsa_fw-la statuit_fw-la cap._n 27._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la christi_fw-la legibus_fw-la sive_fw-la regis_fw-la se_fw-la nefariè_fw-la opposuerit_fw-la capitis_fw-la plectitor_n aestimatione_fw-la vel_fw-la mulctâ_fw-la aliâ_fw-la pro_fw-la delicti_fw-la qualitate_fw-la et_fw-fr si_fw-fr be_v contrarius_fw-la rebellare_fw-la armis_fw-la nititur_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la occiditur_fw-la inultus_fw-la jaceat_fw-la 5._o cap._n 29._o scrutari_fw-la oportet_fw-la diligentius_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la modis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quonam_fw-la pacto_fw-la illud_fw-la ante_fw-la omne_fw-la efferatur_fw-la consilium_fw-la quod_fw-la populo_fw-la habeat_fw-la utilissimum_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la recta_fw-la christi_fw-la religio_fw-la oxime_n provehatur_fw-la injustumque_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la funditus_fw-la extirpetur_fw-la haec_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o rem_fw-la âuerinâ_n totius_fw-la patriae_fw-la ut_fw-la injustitia_fw-la conculcetur_fw-la et_fw-la institia_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la hominibus_fw-la diligatur_fw-la cap._n 32._o ut_fw-la quisquis_fw-la fuerit_fw-la potentior_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la seculo_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la scelera_fw-la evectus_fw-la in_o altiorem_fw-la gradum_fw-la ita_fw-la gravius_fw-la emendabit_fw-la peccata_fw-la sua_fw-la et_fw-la pro_fw-la singulis_fw-la malefactis_fw-la poenas_fw-la luet_fw-la graviores_fw-la haec_fw-la itaque_fw-la legalia_fw-la statuta_fw-la vel_fw-la decreta_fw-la in_o nostro_fw-la 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from_o they_o as_o the_o other_o statute_n and_o decree_n of_o this_o council_n more_o full_o resolve_v which_o you_o may_v peruse_v at_o leisure_n about_o the_o same_o year_n as_o i_o conjecture_v or_o not_o long_o after_o 533._o king_n ethelred_n have_v some_o breaâhing_a time_n from_o war_n by_o his_o peace_n conclude_v with_o the_o perfidious_a dane_n hâld_v three_o other_o great_a parliamentary_a
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abbas_n de_fw-fr peibec_n ac_fw-la monachi_fw-la svi_fw-la nequiter_fw-la &_o crudâliter_fw-la ejecâi_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la nunquam_fw-la alicui_fw-la veniat_fw-la damnum_fw-la solum_fw-la cum_fw-la itaque_fw-la abbas_n wulgatus_fw-la &_o conventus_fw-la suus_fw-la monachi_fw-la scilâcet_fw-la &c_n &c_n sic_fw-la de_fw-la monasterio_n destituti_fw-la vagabundi_fw-la &_o in_fw-la proximo_fw-la dispergendi_fw-la in_o âmnem_fw-la ventum_fw-la pro_fw-la extrâma_fw-la miseria_fw-la fluââuarent_fw-la misertus_fw-la eorum_fw-la piissimus_fw-la râx_fw-la edwardus_fw-la omnes_fw-la in_o svam_fw-la curiam_fw-la suscepit_fw-la &_o uâquequo_fw-la eye_v provideret_fw-la svam_fw-la capellam_fw-la ac_fw-la aulam_fw-la quotiâie_fw-la frequentare_fw-la imperavit_fw-la the_o abbot_n of_o croyland_n die_v soon_o after_o and_o his_o pastoral_a staff_n by_o which_o he_o be_v invest_v be_v present_v by_o the_o prior_n and_o two_o monk_n to_o king_n edward_n the_o king_n thereupon_o immediate_o invest_v wulgatus_n in_o the_o regiment_n of_o the_o monastery_n of_o croyland_n by_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o pastoral_n staff_n unto_o he_o second_v with_o his_o charter_n of_o donation_n without_o any_o election_n by_o the_o covent_n inter_fw-la praecipua_fw-la monasteria_fw-la tunc_fw-la magno_fw-la nomine_fw-la praedicabatur_fw-la croilandia_n tot_fw-la &_o tanta_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la danicae_fw-la tribulationis_fw-la in_o regis_fw-la curiam_fw-la semper_fw-la manu_fw-la promptissima_fw-la effuderat_fw-la donaria_fw-la et_fw-la tributa_fw-la a_o multis_fw-la itaque_fw-la annis_fw-la retroactis_fw-la nulla_fw-la electio_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la erat_fw-la mere_a libera_n et_fw-fr canonica_n sed_fw-la omnes_fw-la dignitates_fw-la tam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quam_fw-la abbatum_fw-la per_fw-la annulum_fw-la et_fw-la baculum_fw-la râgis_fw-la curia_fw-la pro_fw-la sua_fw-la complacentia_fw-la conferebat_fw-la these_o proceed_n and_o judgement_n against_o the_o abbot_n &_o monk_n of_o s._n pega_n and_o peikirk_n 79.80_o be_v the_o occasion_n as_o i_o conceive_v of_o this_o passage_n in_o william_n of_o malmesb._n touch_v king_n edward_n reign_n fuerunt_fw-la tamin_z nonnulla_fw-la quae_fw-la gloriam_fw-la tempoâum_fw-la deturbarent_fw-la monasteria_fw-la tunc_fw-la monachis_fw-la viduata_fw-la prava_fw-la judicia_fw-la a_fw-la pravis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la commissa_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la harum_fw-la rerum_fw-la invidiam_fw-la amatores_fw-la ipsum_fw-la ita_fw-la extenuare_fw-la conantur_fw-la monasteriorum_fw-la destructio_fw-la perversitas_fw-la judiciorum_fw-la non_fw-la ejus_fw-la scientia_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la godwini_fw-la filiorumque_fw-la ejus_fw-la sunt_fw-la commissa_fw-la violântiam_fw-la qui_fw-la regis_fw-la indulgentiam_fw-la videbanâ_n postea_fw-la tâmen_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la delata_fw-la acriter_fw-la eorum_fw-la exilio_fw-la vindicata_fw-la to_o which_o may_v be_v refer_v that_o story_n of_o walter_n mapaeus_n in_o mr._n cambdens_fw-la britannia_fw-la p._n 374.375_o of_o earl_n godwin_n thrust_v the_o abbess_n of_o berkley_n and_o her_o nun_n out_o of_o the_o monastery_n of_o berkley_n which_o he_o beg_v of_o king_n edward_n by_o this_o wile_n he_o cause_v a_o young_a nephew_n of_o his_o feign_a himself_o sick_a to_o lie_v so_o long_o in_o the_o nunnery_n tâll_v he_o leave_v the_o abbess_n and_o all_o her_o nun_n great_a with_o child_n and_o then_o complain_v of_o &_o prove_v this_o their_o incontinency_n before_o the_o king_n eject_v the_o abbess_n and_o nun_n and_o gain_v the_o nunnery_n and_o manor_n of_o berkley_n to_o himself_o worth_a 500l_o revenue_n together_o with_o this_o 307._o godwin_n cheat_v the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n of_o his_o manor_n of_o boseam_n in_o sussex_n by_o a_o wily_a word-trap_n and_o equivocation_n record_v by_o the_o same_o author_n king_n edward_n 1049._o anno_fw-la 1049._o be_v so_o deep_o affect_v and_o ravish_v with_o god_n extraordinary_a mercy_n towards_o he_o 416._o in_o preserve_v he_o like_o another_o joash_n from_o the_o cruelty_n of_o the_o bloody_a dane_n and_o restore_v he_o beyond_o expectation_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n without_o his_o seek_n or_o the_o least_o effusion_n of_o blood_n after_o sundry_a year_n dispossession_n by_o the_o danish_a intruder_n that_o thereupon_o he_o vow_v a_o solemn_a pilgrimage_n to_o rome_n there_o to_o render_v humble_a thanks_o and_o gift_n to_o god_n for_o this_o signal_n mercy_n for_o diligent_o have_v prepare_v great_a sum_n of_o money_n to_o defray_v his_o expense_n with_o many_o rich_a present_n he_o assemble_v all_o the_o noble_n and_o prelate_n of_o the_o realm_n in_o a_o parliamentary_a council_n acquaint_v they_o with_o this_o his_o vow_n and_o intend_a pilgrimage_n and_o crave_v their_o advice_n how_o the_o realm_n may_v be_v just_o govern_v preserve_v in_o peace_n and_o defend_v in_o his_o absence_n till_o his_o return_n from_o rome_n 5.6.9_o upon_o which_o the_o noble_n after_o serious_a consultation_n consider_v the_o great_a inconvenience_n and_o peril_n that_o may_v beâall_v the_o kingdom_n by_o his_o absence_n be_v but_o new_o settle_v and_o the_o manifold_a danger_n that_o may_v happen_v to_o he_o in_o so_o long_a a_o journey_n and_o what_o new_a trouble_n and_o mishap_n may_v befall_v the_o realm_n if_o he_o shall_v miscarry_v in_o the_o way_n have_v no_o issue_n will_v by_o no_o mean_n permit_v he_o to_o undertake_v this_o pilgrimage_n but_o dissuade_v hâm_n from_o it_o and_o by_o common_a consent_n at_o last_o agree_v to_o send_v solemn_a ambassador_n from_o the_o king_n and_o they_o to_o the_o popâ_n to_o represent_v the_o inconvenience_n and_o peril_n that_o may_v befall_v the_o realm_n by_o his_o absence_n from_o it_o and_o thereupon_o to_o procure_v a_o dispensation_n from_o this_o his_o vow_n and_o pilgrimage_n which_o the_o ambassador_n according_o represent_v the_o pope_n thereupon_o dispense_v with_o the_o king_n vow_n upoâ_n this_o condition_n and_o firm_a injunction_n that_o the_o king_n shall_v distribute_v to_o the_o poor_a all_o the_o expense_n he_o have_v provide_v for_o his_o journey_n and_o shall_v eiâher_o build_v a_o new_a or_o repair_v a_o old_a monastery_n in_o honour_n of_o s._n peter_n the_o prince_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o endow_v it_o with_o sufficient_a revenue_n to_o maintain_v the_o monk_n confirm_v by_o his_o apostolical_a authority_n all_o the_o land_n or_o revenue_n which_o the_o king_n or_o any_o other_o shall_v confer_v upon_o that_o monastery_n and_o whatever_o privilege_n he_o will_v think_v fit_a to_o grant_v thereunto_o pertain_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o denounce_v a_o eternal_a malediction_n against_o the_o infringer_n of_o they_o the_o ambassador_n return_v with_o this_o dispensation_n st._n peter_n reveal_v to_o one_o vlsin_n a_o monk_n and_o anchorite_n that_o his_o will_n be_v that_o the_o place_n call_v westminster_n then_o lie_v ruinous_a shall_v be_v restore_v which_o vision_n when_o he_o have_v relate_v to_o the_o king_n and_o his_o council_n rex_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la consilio_fw-la the_o king_n by_o the_o advice_n of_o the_o whole_a realmâ_n assemble_v in_o a_o parliamentary_a council_n rebuilt_a the_o foresay_a place_n and_o endow_v and_o enlarge_v it_o with_o very_o ample_a possession_n rent_n and_o liberty_n the_o passage_n of_o this_o story_n be_v very_o memorable_a and_o pertinent_a to_o my_o discourse_n i_o shall_v present_v you_o with_o they_o at_o large_a in_o the_o word_n of_o abbot_n ailred_n who_o thus_o record_v they_o etc._n succedentibus_fw-la prosperis_fw-la rex_fw-la beatus_fw-la nequâquam_fw-la svi_fw-la sponsionis_fw-la est_fw-la oblitus_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o die_fw-la bonorum_fw-la immemor_fw-la âuit_fw-la malorum_fw-la sed_fw-la cogitans_fw-la &_o recogitans_fw-la quanta_fw-la sibi_fw-la fecerit_fw-la dominus_fw-la 5.6.9_o qui_fw-la ditavit_fw-la egenum_fw-la sublimavit_fw-la humilem_fw-la inglorium_fw-la coronavit_fw-la parat_fw-la reddere_fw-la vota_fw-la quae_fw-la distrinxerunt_fw-la labia_fw-la ejus_fw-la parat_fw-la sumptus_fw-la separat_fw-la donaria_fw-la vocatisque_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la primatibus_fw-la habuit_fw-la cum_fw-la eye_n hujusmodi_fw-la vel_fw-la de_fw-fr statu_fw-la regni_fw-la vel_fw-la de_fw-fr sua_fw-la peregrinatione_fw-la sermonem_fw-la benedictus_fw-la dius_n qui_fw-la magnificavit_fw-la misericârdiam_fw-la svam_fw-la facere_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la qui_fw-la visitavit_fw-la in_o virga_fw-la iniquitates_fw-la nostras_fw-la &_o in_o verberibus_fw-la peccata_fw-la nostra_fw-la pietatem_fw-la svam_fw-la non_fw-la amovit_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la ecce_fw-la quomodo_fw-la deposuit_fw-la potentes_fw-la &_o exaltavit_fw-la humiles_fw-la quomodo_fw-la esurienâes_fw-la implevit_fw-la bonis_fw-la &_o divites_fw-la
sancti_fw-la petri_n apostolorum_fw-la principis_fw-la aut_fw-la novum_fw-la construas_fw-la aut_fw-la vetustum_fw-la augeas_fw-la &_o emândes_n &_o sufficientiam_fw-la victualium_fw-la fratribus_fw-la de_fw-la tuis_fw-la redditibus_fw-la constituas_fw-la quatenus_fw-la dum_fw-la illi_fw-la assidus_fw-la inibi_fw-la deum_fw-la laudaverint_fw-la &_o sanctis_fw-la angeatur_fw-la gloria_fw-la &_o tibi_fw-la indulgântia_fw-la cui_fw-la loco_fw-la quicquid_fw-la contulâris_fw-la uâl_fw-la collatum_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la conâeretur_fw-la ut_fw-la ratum_fw-la sit_fw-la apostolica_fw-la authoritate_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la semper_fw-la habitatio_fw-la monachorum_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o nulli_fw-la laiâae_fw-la persoâae_fw-la nisi_fw-la regi_fw-la subdatur_fw-la et_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la privilegia_fw-la ibi_fw-la constituere_fw-la volueris_fw-la ad_fw-la honorem_fw-la dâi_fw-la pertinentia_fw-la concedimus_fw-la &_o robustissima_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la confirmamus_fw-la &_o infractores_fw-la eorum_fw-la aeterna_fw-la maledictione_n dampnamus_fw-la after_o which_o abbot_n ailred_n at_o large_a relate_v the_o vision_n of_o the_o anchorite_n in_o worcester-shire_n and_o s._n peter_n command_n to_o he_o therein_o to_o eminent_a king_n edward_n in_o discharge_n of_o his_o vow_n to_o repair_v and_o endow_v the_o abbey_n of_o westminster_n which_o he_o signify_v in_o a_o letter_n send_v by_o he_o to_o the_o king_n deliver_v and_o read_v in_o the_o council_n the_o very_a same_o day_n the_o pope_n letter_n be_v read_v ea_fw-la igitur_fw-la die_fw-la loco_fw-la coâen_fw-la ân_fw-la eodem_fw-la concilio_n quo_fw-la legati_fw-la redeuntes_fw-la abâurbâ_n apostolicum_fw-la retulere_fw-la mandatum_fw-la epistola_fw-la etiam_fw-la viri_fw-la dei_fw-la regi_fw-la praesentata_fw-la profertur_fw-la in_o medium_n lectoque_fw-la sancti_fw-la papae_fw-la leonis_fw-la rescripto_fw-la loco_fw-la sequenti_fw-la bâati_fw-la sânis_fw-la apices_fw-la recitanâur_fw-la etc._n etc._n tunc_fw-la rex_fw-la laetus_fw-la &_o alacer_fw-la 386.387.388_o ut_fw-la ei_fw-la suerat_fw-la constitutum_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la quâm_fw-la in_o peregrinationis_fw-la suae_fw-la solatium_fw-la procuraverat_fw-la disper_v sit_v &_o dedit_fw-la pâuperibus_fw-la operique_fw-la injuncto_fw-la intendens_fw-la animum_fw-la thesauros_fw-la âffudit_fw-la when_o he_o have_v full_o rebuilt_a and_o finish_v this_o monastery_n he_o send_v aeldâed_v archb._n of_o york_n guiso_n bishop_n of_o wells_n and_o walter_n bish._n of_o herefoâd_n again_o to_o rome_n to_o pope_n nicholas_n with_o a_o letter_n and_o peter_n penny_n and_o royal_a present_n desire_v his_o absolution_n from_o his_o former_a vow_n and_o confirmation_n of_o the_o liberty_n and_o privilege_n of_o the_o abbey_n of_o westminster_n and_o the_o land_n confer_v on_o it_o who_o thereupon_o grant_v to_o this_o abbey_n vâ_n amplius_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la râgiae_fw-la constitutionis_fw-la &_o consecrationis_fw-la locus_fw-la sâ_n atque_fw-la râposiâorium_fw-la regâlium_fw-la insignium_fw-la &_o habitatio_fw-la peâpâtua_fw-la monâchorum_fw-la qui_fw-la nulli_fw-la omnino_fw-la personae_fw-la nisi_fw-la regi_fw-la subdântur_fw-la habeantqu_fw-la potâstatem_fw-la secundum_fw-la regulam_fw-la saâcti_fw-la benedicti_fw-la per_fw-la successores_fw-la eligâre_fw-la idoneos_fw-la abbates_n etc._n etc._n absolve_v and_o exempt_n the_o abbey_n froâ_n all_o episcopal_a service_n exaction_n dominion_n &_o jurisdictiâ_n ratify_v all_o their_o land_n and_o â_z denounce_v a_o perpetual_a anathema_n against_o the_o invader_n diminishersâ_n disperser_n or_o seller_n of_o they_o with_o judas_z the_o traitor_n close_v his_o bull_n and_o letter_n thus_o vobis_fw-la vero_fw-la &_o pâstââiâ_n uâstris_fw-la regibus_fw-la committimus_fw-la advocationem_fw-la &_o tuiti_fw-la nem_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la loci_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la ut_fw-la vice_fw-la nostra_fw-la cum_fw-la concilio_n episcoporum_fw-la et_fw-la abbatum_fw-la constituas_fw-la ubique_fw-la quae_fw-la justa_n sunt_fw-la scientes_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la vos_fw-la recepturos_fw-la dignam_fw-la mârcedâm_fw-la abeo_fw-la cujus_fw-la regnum_fw-la &_o imperium_fw-la non_fw-la dâsinât_fw-la nec_fw-la minuâtur_fw-la iâ_n seculum_fw-la the_o king_n and_o pope_n letter_n be_v at_o large_a record_v by_o aisled_n who_o add_v lectis_fw-la igitur_fw-la aâostolicae_fw-la majâstatis_fw-la apicibus_fw-la exultavit_fw-la in_o gaudio_fw-la rex_fw-la beatissimus_fw-la omnique_fw-la solicituâine_fw-la quam_fw-la ex_fw-la voti_fw-la obligation_n contraâârat_fw-la exuitur_fw-la cunctaque_fw-la regni_fw-la negotia_fw-la ducibus_fw-la proceribusqâe_fw-la committens_fw-la totum_fw-la se_fw-la div_o nis_fw-la mancipabat_fw-la ob_v quiâs_n 637._o k._n edw_n after_o these_o two_o embassy_n to_o româ_n 5.10_o by_o three_o several_a charter_n wherein_o he_o recite_v these_o embassy_n the_o pope_n letter_n in_o answer_n to_o they_o 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gentem_fw-la anglorum_fw-la &_o ipsos_fw-la tam_fw-la â_fw-la suis_fw-la quam_fw-la ab_fw-la extraneis_fw-la concitata_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la penè_fw-la periclitata_fw-la sit_fw-la haereditaria_fw-la regum_fw-la successio_fw-la magnum_fw-la que_fw-la interstitium_fw-la inter_fw-la fratrem_fw-la meum_fw-la edmundum_n qui_fw-la patri_fw-la meo_fw-la mortuo_fw-la successit_fw-la meque_fw-la habitum_fw-la sit_fw-la invadentibus_fw-la regnum_fw-la swegeno_n &_o cnutho_n filio_fw-la ejus_fw-la regibus_fw-la danoâum_fw-la ac_fw-la filiis_fw-la ipsius_fw-la cnuthi_fw-la haroldo_n &_o harde-cnutho_a à _fw-la quibus_fw-la &_o alter_fw-la meus_fw-la frater_fw-la alfredus_fw-la crudeliter_fw-la est_fw-la occisus_fw-la solusque_fw-la sicut_fw-la joas_n occisionem_fw-la otholiae_fw-la sic_fw-la ego_fw-la crudelitatem_fw-la eorum_fw-la evasi_fw-la tandem_fw-la respectu_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la dei_fw-la post_z plures_fw-la annos_fw-la ego_fw-la edwardus_fw-la ad_fw-la paternum_n solum_fw-la 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