Difference between revisions of "1011"
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| − | This year sent the king and his council to the army, | + | This year sent the king and his council to the army, and desired peace; promising them both tribute and provisions, on condition that they ceased from plunder. They had now overrun East-Anglia [1], and Essex [2], and Middlesex [3], and Oxfordshire [4], and Cambridgeshire [5], and Hertfordshire [6], and Buckinghamshire [7], and Bedfordshire [8], and half of Huntingdonshire [9], and much of Northamptonshire [10]; and, to the south of the Thames, all [[Kent]], and Sussex, and Hastings, and Surrey, and Berkshire, and Hampshire, and much of Wiltshire. All |
| − | and desired peace; promising them both tribute and provisions, on | + | these disasters befel us through bad counsels; that they would not offer tribute in time, or fight with them; but, when they had done most mischief, then entered they into peace and amity with them. And not the less for all this peace, and amity, and tribute, they went everywhere in troops; plundering, and spoiling, and slaying our miserable people. In this year, |
| − | condition that they ceased from plunder. They had now overrun | + | between the Nativity of St. Mary and Michaelmas, they beset Canterbury, and entered therein through treachery; for Elfmar delivered the city to them, whose life Archbishop Elfeah formerly |
| − | East-Anglia [1], and Essex [2], and Middlesex [3], and | + | saved. And there they seized Archbishop Elfeah, and Elfward the king's steward, and Abbess Leofruna, and Bishop Godwin; and Abbot Elfmar they suffered to go away. And they took therein all |
| − | Oxfordshire [4], and Cambridgeshire [5], and Hertfordshire [6], | + | the men, and husbands, and wives; and it was impossible for any man to say how many they were; and in the city they continued afterwards as long as they would. And, when they had surveyed |
| − | and Buckinghamshire [7], and Bedfordshire [8], and half of | + | all the city, they then returned to their ships, and led the archbishop with them. |
| − | Huntingdonshire [9], and much of Northamptonshire [10]; and, to | ||
| − | the south of the Thames, all [[Kent]], and Sussex, and Hastings, and | ||
| − | Surrey, and Berkshire, and Hampshire, and much of Wiltshire. All | ||
| − | these disasters befel us through bad counsels; that they would | ||
| − | not offer tribute in time, or fight with them; but, when they had | ||
| − | done most mischief, then entered they into peace and amity with | ||
| − | them. And not the less for all this peace, and amity, and | ||
| − | tribute, they went everywhere in troops; plundering, and | ||
| − | spoiling, and slaying our miserable people. In this year, | ||
| − | between the Nativity of St. Mary and Michaelmas, they beset | ||
| − | Canterbury, and entered therein through treachery; for Elfmar | ||
| − | delivered the city to them, whose life Archbishop Elfeah formerly | ||
| − | saved. And there they seized Archbishop Elfeah, and Elfward the | ||
| − | king's steward, and Abbess Leofruna, and Bishop Godwin; and | ||
| − | Abbot Elfmar they suffered to go away. And they took therein all | ||
| − | the men, and husbands, and wives; and it was impossible for any | ||
| − | man to say how many they were; and in the city they continued | ||
| − | afterwards as long as they would. And, when they had surveyed | ||
| − | all the city, they then returned to their ships, and led the | ||
| − | archbishop with them. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
::<poem>Then was a captive | ::<poem>Then was a captive | ||
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and Christendom; -- | and Christendom; -- | ||
there might be seen | there might be seen | ||
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great wretchedness, | great wretchedness, | ||
where oft before | where oft before | ||
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came Christendom, | came Christendom, | ||
and bliss 'fore God | and bliss 'fore God | ||
| − | and 'fore the world.</poem><br> | + | and 'fore the world.</poem> |
| + | <br> | ||
And the archbishop they kept with them until the time when they martyred him.<p> | And the archbishop they kept with them until the time when they martyred him.<p> | ||
(Ingram, p.110-111) | (Ingram, p.110-111) | ||
Revision as of 19:43, 7 March 2007
This year sent the king and his council to the army, and desired peace; promising them both tribute and provisions, on condition that they ceased from plunder. They had now overrun East-Anglia [1], and Essex [2], and Middlesex [3], and Oxfordshire [4], and Cambridgeshire [5], and Hertfordshire [6], and Buckinghamshire [7], and Bedfordshire [8], and half of Huntingdonshire [9], and much of Northamptonshire [10]; and, to the south of the Thames, all Kent, and Sussex, and Hastings, and Surrey, and Berkshire, and Hampshire, and much of Wiltshire. All
these disasters befel us through bad counsels; that they would not offer tribute in time, or fight with them; but, when they had done most mischief, then entered they into peace and amity with them. And not the less for all this peace, and amity, and tribute, they went everywhere in troops; plundering, and spoiling, and slaying our miserable people. In this year,
between the Nativity of St. Mary and Michaelmas, they beset Canterbury, and entered therein through treachery; for Elfmar delivered the city to them, whose life Archbishop Elfeah formerly
saved. And there they seized Archbishop Elfeah, and Elfward the king's steward, and Abbess Leofruna, and Bishop Godwin; and Abbot Elfmar they suffered to go away. And they took therein all
the men, and husbands, and wives; and it was impossible for any man to say how many they were; and in the city they continued afterwards as long as they would. And, when they had surveyed
all the city, they then returned to their ships, and led the archbishop with them.
- <poem>Then was a captive
he who before was
of England head
and Christendom; --
there might be seen
great wretchedness,
where oft before
great bliss was seen,
in the fated city,
whence first to us
came Christendom,
and bliss 'fore God
and 'fore the world.</poem>
And the archbishop they kept with them until the time when they martyred him.
(Ingram, p.110-111)
