 | Sir James Henry Ramsay - 1898 - 608 pages
...He denies that any promise was given at this time. 462 EXILES [AD 1051 upheaven, as if he wielded of the King and all England ; and his sons were earls...King's darlings (!), and his daughter to the King bewedded and bewifed.'1 Thus we can well believe the family panegyrist when he tells us that Godwine... | |
 | Thomas Hodgkin - 1906 - 568 pages
...man had said beforehand that so it should happen, inasmuch as he was so high uplifted that he ruled the king and all England, and his sons were earls and the king's darlings, and his daughter [now sent to a nunnery] was wedded and married to the king". CHAP. Soon after the expulsion of Godwine... | |
 | Thomas Hodgkin - 1906 - 568 pages
...man had said beforehand that so it should happen, inasmuch as he was so high uplifted that he ruled the king and all England, and his sons were earls and the king's darlings, and his daughter [now sent to a nunnery] was wedded and married to the king". CHAP. Soon after the expulsion of Godwine... | |
 | 1909 - 346 pages
...before had said that it would so happen ; for he had erewhile been exalted to that degree as if he ruled the king and all England ; and his sons were earls and the king's darlings, and his daughter wedded and married to the king; she was brought to Wherwell and committed to the charge of the abbess.... | |
 | Derek Baker - 1995 - 278 pages
...them that it could happen, because he [Godwin] had been exalted so high even to the point of ruling the king and all England, and his sons were earls and the king's favourites, and his daughter was married to the king. iii. And Godwin landed with Harold and as many... | |
 | Gale R. Owen-Crocker - 2005 - 228 pages
...told them that it should turn out thus, because he was formerly so very much raised up, as if he ruled the king and all England; and his sons were earls and the king's favourites; and his daughter was married and espoused to the king.18 Firstly then, let us turn to the... | |
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... as if he ruled the king and all England ; and his sons were earls and the king's darlings, and his daughter wedded and united to the king: she was brought to Wherwell, and they delivered her to the abbess. 
