Westminster ; and he gave him a pledge upon Christ's book, and also swore, before he would set the crown upon his head, that he would govern this nation as well as any king before him had at the best done, if they would be faithful to him. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - Page 1741909 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Edward Flaherty - 1855 - 440 pages
...William is crowned at Westminster, December 25, by Aldred, archbishop of York0; "and he gave him a pledge upon Christ's Book, and also swore, before he would...govern this nation as well as any king before him had at the best done, if they would be faithful to him. Nevertheless, he laid a tribute on the people very... | |
| William E. Flaherty - 1855 - 448 pages
...William is crowned at Westminster, December 25, by Aldred, archbishop of York0; "and he gave him a pledge upon Christ's Book, and also swore, before he would...this nation as well as any king• before him had at the best done, if they would be faithful to him. Nevertheless, he laid a tribute on the people very... | |
| William Edward Flaherty - 1855 - 456 pages
...William is crowned at Westminster, December 25, by Aldred, archbishop of York"; "and he gave him a pledge upon Christ's Book, and also swore, before he would...govern this nation as well as any king before him had at the best done, if they would be faithful to him. Nevertheless, he laid a tribute on the people very... | |
| John Collingwood Bruce - 1856 - 214 pages
...would set the crown upon his head, he required of him a pledge upon Christ's book, and also swore him, that he would govern this nation as well as any king before him had at the best done, if they would be faithful to him." He never claimed to be the Conqueror of England... | |
| Benjamin Thorpe - 1861 - 350 pages
...he pledged him on * Christ's book, and also swore, before he would set the erown • the Gospels. on his head, that he would govern this nation as well...as any king before him had best done, if they would bo faithful to onward with him, and there made great slaughter of both Norwegians and Flemings : and... | |
| Benjamin Thorpe - 1861 - 352 pages
...he pledged him on * Christ's book, and also swore, before he would set the crown • the Gospels. on his head, that he would govern this nation as well as any kiug before him had best done, if they would be faithful to onward with him, and there mode great slaughter... | |
| 1865 - 540 pages
...Ealdred crowned and consecrated him in Westminster Abbey, that he would be a kind lord to them, and " govern this nation as well as any king before him had best done, if they would be faithful to him." f * This is the text of the Chronicle, as given in Cotton. Tib. B iv. The " hoar apple-tree" where... | |
| 1865 - 538 pages
...Ealdred crowned and consecrated him in Westminster Abbey, that he would be a kind lord to them, and " govern this nation as well as any king before him had best done, if they would be faithful to him."2 But our purpose here has been to write not so much of Harold Godwin's son, or his enemy William,... | |
| William Smith - 1873 - 396 pages
...Eldred would set the crown upon his head, he pledged him on Christ's book (the Gospels); and he swore that he would govern this nation as well as any king...had best done, if they would be faithful to him." Such was the truly English form and spirit in which William received the crown that he claimed as the... | |
| Sir George Webbe Dasent - 1873 - 366 pages
...Ealdred crowned and consecrated him in Westminster Abbey, that he would be a kind lord to them, and " govern this nation as well as any king before him had best done, if they would be faithful to him."* * The following Genealogical Tables, which are for the most part taken from Munch, will serve to show... | |
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