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5.93. Edmonde.

Edmonde.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 EdmõdAFter that Adelſtane was departed this lyfe, without leauing iſſue behind to ſucceede hym in the Kingdome, his brother Edmond, ſonne of Edward the elder, borne of his laſt wife Edgiue, tooke vpon him the gouernment of this land,VVil. Malm. 940 and beganne his raigne in the yere of our Lord .940. which was in the fifth yere of the Emperour O|tho the firſt, in the .13. of Lewis,Simon Dun. ſurnamed tranſ|marinus, K. of France, and about the .38. yeare of Cõſtantine ye third K. of Scotland. The Danes of Northumberlãd rebelled againſt this Edmõd, and ordeyned Aulafe to bee their K. whome they had called out of Ireland. Some write, that thys Aulafe which now in the beginning of king Ed|monds raigne, came into Northumberland, was King of Norwey, and hauing a greate power of men with him, hee marched foorthe towardes the South parties of this lande, in purpoſe to ſubdue the whole: but K. Edmonde rayſed a mighty ar|my, and encoũtred with his enimies at Leceſter. But ere the matter came to the vttermoſt triall of Mars his iudgement, through the earneſt ſute of the Archbiſhop of Canterbury and Yorke Odo & Wolſtan, a peace was concluded,A peace con|cluded. ſo as Edmond ſhould enioy all that part of the land whiche lieth from Watling ſtreete Southwarde, and Aulafe ſhoulde enioy the other parte as it lieth from the ſame ſtreete Northward. Then Aulafe tooke to wife the Lady Alditha, daughter to Earle Or|mus, by whoſe coũſell and aſſiſtance he had thus obteyned the vpper hande.941 Math. VVeſt. Aulafe de|ceaſſeth. Another Au|lafe taketh vp|pon him to rule. But this Aulafe in the yere folowing, after he had deſtroyed the Church of Saint Balter, and brenned Tynningham, hee departed this life. Then the other Aulafe that was ſonne to Kyng Sithricke, tooke vppon hym to gouerne the Northumbers.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 After this, in the yere .942. King Edmond aſ|ſembling an army, firſte ſubdued thoſe Danes which had gote into their poſſeſſiõ the Cities and Townes of Lincolne, Leceſter, Derby, Stafford and Notingham, conſtreyning them to receyue the Chriſtian fayth, and reduced all the countreis euen vnto Humber vnder his ſubiection. Thys done, Aulafe and Reignold the ſonne of Gurmo,Gurmo or Godfrey. VVil. Malm. the which as you haue heard, ſubdued Yorke. for meane ye ſooner to obteyn peace, offered to become Chriſtians, and to ſubmit themſelues vnto him: wherevpon he receyued them to his peace. There be that write, that this Aulafe is not that Aulafe whiche was ſonne to King Sithricke, but rather that the other was hee with whome Kyng Ed|mond made partition of the Realme: but they a|gree, that this ſeconde Aulafe was a Dane alſo, and being conuerted to the faith as well through conſtrainte of the Kyngs puiſſance, as through the Preaching of the Goſpell, was Baptiſed, Kyng Edmonde beeyng Godfather both to him, and to the foreſayde Reignolde: to Aulafe at the fontſtone, and to Reignolde at his confirma|tion at the Biſhoppes handes. But their wic|ked natures coulde not reſt in quiet, ſo that they brake bothe promiſe to GOD, and to theyr prince, 944 Simon Dun. and were therefore in the yeare nexte followyng dryuen bothe out of the countrey, EEBO page image 228 and puniſhed by perpetuall exile. And ſo K. Ed|mond adioyned Northumberlande without ad|mitting any other immediate gouernor vnto his own eſtate.Leolin Kyng of South-Wales ayded K Edmonde in this enter|priſe. 946 Moreouer, he waſted & ſpoiled whole Cumberland, bycauſe he could not reduce ye peo|ple of that countrey vnto due obeyſance, and cõ|formable ſubiection. The two ſonnes of Dun|maile K. of that prouince, hee apprehended, and cauſed their eyes to be put out. And herewith vp|pon conſideration eyther of ſuche ayde as he had receiued of ye Scottes at that time, or ſome other friendly reſpect, he aſſigned the ſaide countrey of Cumberlande vnto Malcolme K. of Scottes, to hold the ſame by fealtie of him and his ſucceſſors. The Scottiſhe Chronicles peruerting the tyme and order of the actes and doings of the Engliſhe kings whiche raigned about this ſeaſon, affirme, that by couenauntes of peace concluded betwixte Malcolme King of Scotlande, and Adelſtane King of England, it was agreed, that Cumber|lande ſhoulde remayne to the Scottes as in their Chronicles you may finde at full expreſſed. And again, that Indulfe who ſucceeded Malcolme in the Kingdome of Scotland, ayded K. Edmonde againſt Aulafe whome ye ſame Chronicles name Aualaſſus, but the time which they attribute vn|to the raignes of their Kings, will not allow the ſame to ſtand. For by accompt of their writers, King Malcolme began not his raigne till after the deceſſe of King Adelſtane, who departed thys life in the yere .9 [...]0. And Malcolme ſucceded Cõ|ſtantine the third in the yere .944. which was a|bout the third yeare of Kyng Edmonds raigne, and after Malcolme that raigned .xv. yeares ſuc|ceeded Indulfe in the yeare .959. The like diſ|cordance preceedeth and foloweth in their wri|ters, as to the diligent Reader in conferring their Chronicles wt ours, it manifeſtly appeareth. We therefore (to ſatiſfie the deſirous to vnderſtande & ſee the diuerſitie of writers,) haue for the more part in their Chronicles left the ſame as we haue found it. Polidor. The lawes of K. Edmonde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But now to the other doings of K. Edmond: it is recorded, that hee ordeyned diuerſe good and wholeſome lawes very profitable and neceſſary for the common wealth, whiche lawes with dy|uerſe other of like antiquitie are forgot and blot|ted out by ruſt of time, the conſumer of thynges worthy of lõg remembrance, as ſayth Polidore: but ſithence his time they haue bin recouered for the more part, and by maſter William Lambert turned into Latyne, were imprinted by Iohn Day in the yeare .1568. as before I haue ſayde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 3 4 Fiue yeres and ſeuen monethes hath St. Dun.Finally, this Prince K. Edmond, after he had raigned ſixe yeres and a halfe, he came to his end by great miſfortune, for as ſome ſay, it chanced, that eſpying where one of his ſeruauntes was in daunger to bee ſlayne amongſt his enimies that were about him with drawen ſwords, as he ſtep|ped in to haue holpen his ſeruante, he was ſlayne at a place called Pulcher Church,Prideci [...]e hath Si. D [...] VVil. M [...] Math. VV [...] 946 or as other haue Michelſbourgh. Other ſay, that keeping a great feaſt at the aforeſayde place on the day of Saint Auguſtine the Engliſh Apoſtle (which is the .26. of May, and as that yeare came about, it fell on the tewſday) as hee was ſet at the table, he eſpyed where a common robber was placed neere vnto him, whome ſometime he had baniſhed the land, and now being returned without licence, he pre|ſumed to come into the kings preſence, wherwith the King was ſo moued with high diſdaine, that he ſuddaynely roſe from the table, and flew vpon the Theefe, and catching him by the heare of the head, threwe him vnder his feete, wherewith the theefe hauing faſt holde on the King, broughte him downe vppon him alſo, and with his knyfe ſtroke him into the belly in ſuche wiſe, that the Kings bowels fell out of his cheſt, and there pre|ſently dyed: the theefe was hewen in peeces, by the Kings ſeruauntes, but yet he ſlewe and hurt diuers before they coulde diſpatch him. Thys chance was lamentable, namely to the Engliſhe people, whiche by the ouertimely deathe of theyr King, in whome appeared many euident tokens of great excellencie, loſt the hope whiche they had conceiued of great wealth to encreaſe by his pru|dent and moſt princely gouernemente. His body was buried at Glaſtenbury where Dunſtan was then Abbot. There be that write, that the death of King Edmonde was ſignified aforehande to Dunſtane, who about the ſame time attendyng vppon the ſame Kyng,Capgra [...]e. as hee remooued from one place to an other, chanced to accompany hym|ſelfe with a noble man, one Duke Elſtane,A vayne tale. and as they rode togither, beholde ſuddaynely Dun|ſtane ſawe in the way before hym where the Kings Muſitions rode, the Deuill running and leaping amongſt the ſame Muſitions after a re|ioycing manner, whome after hee had behelde a good while, he ſaid to the Duke, is it poſſible that you may ſee that whiche I do ſee, and the Duke aunſwered he ſawe nothing otherwiſe than hee ought to ſee. Then ſaide Dunſtane,Croſsing bringeth fight of the De [...]ies, and croſsing driueth them away. bleſſe youre eyes with the ſigne of the croſſe, and trie whether you can ſee that I ſee. And when hee hadde done as Dunſtane appoynted hym, hee ſawe alſo the Fende in likeneſſe of a little ſhort euill fauoured Ethyopian daunſing and leaping, whereby they gathered that ſome euill happe was towardes ſome of the company. But when they had croſ|ſed and bleſſed them, the foule Spirit vaniſhed out of their ſight. And after they had talked of this viſion,Dunſtan as interpretor of dreames. and made an end of their talke tou|ching the ſame, ye Duke required of Dunſtane to interpret a dreame which he had of late in ſleepe, EEBO page image 195 and that was this: he thought that he ſawe in vi|ſion the King with all his Nobles ſit in hys di|ning chamber at meate, and as they were there|with making merry togither, the K. chanced to fall into a dead ſleepe, and all the Noble men, and thoſe of his counſell that were aboute him were changed into Roobuckes and Goates. Duſtan quickly declared, that this dreame ſignified the Kings deathe, and the chaunging of the Nobles into dumb and inſenſible beaſtes, betokened, that the Princes and gouernours of the Realm ſhould decline from the way of truth,Dunſtan ſeeth the Deuill of|ten, but now he was be|come a wayter at the Table when Dun|ſtane ſate with the King. and wander as fo|liſh beaſtes, without a guide to rule them. Alſo the nighte after this talke when the King was ſet to ſupper, Dunſtan ſawe the ſame ſprite or ſome other walke vp and downe amongſt them that wayted on the table, & within three days after the K. was ſlayne, as before ye haue heard.

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6.21. Edmund succeedeth Adelstane in the kingdome, the Danes of Northumberland rebell against him, a peace concluded betwene Aulafe their king and king Edmund vpon con|ditions, Aulafe dieth, another of that name succee|dethwithin with a rowe of gilt pauises. ¶In the daies him; king Edmund subdueth the Danes, aud compel|leth them to receiue the christian faith, Reinold and Aulafe are baptised, they violate their fealtie vowed to king Ed|mund, they are put to perpetuall exile; why king Edmund wasted all Northumberland, caused the eies of king Dun|mails sonnes to be put out, and assigned the said countrie to Malcolme king of Scots; the Scotish chroniclers error in per|uerting the time & order of the English kings, king Edmunds lawes, by what misfortune he came to his end, how his death was foreshewed to Dunstane in a vision, a tale of the vertue of the crosse, Dunstane reproueth duke Elstane, his dreame, and how the interpretation thereof came to passe. The xxj. Chapter.

Edmund succeedeth Adelstane in the kingdome, the Danes of Northumberland rebell against him, a peace concluded betwene Aulafe their king and king Edmund vpon con|ditions, Aulafe dieth, another of that name succee|dethwithin with a rowe of gilt pauises. ¶In the daies him; king Edmund subdueth the Danes, aud compel|leth them to receiue the christian faith, Reinold and Aulafe are baptised, they violate their fealtie vowed to king Ed|mund, they are put to perpetuall exile; why king Edmund wasted all Northumberland, caused the eies of king Dun|mails sonnes to be put out, and assigned the said countrie to Malcolme king of Scots; the Scotish chroniclers error in per|uerting the time & order of the English kings, king Edmunds lawes, by what misfortune he came to his end, how his death was foreshewed to Dunstane in a vision, a tale of the vertue of the crosse, Dunstane reproueth duke Elstane, his dreame, and how the interpretation thereof came to passe. The xxj. Chapter.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 _AFter that Adelstane was departed this life,Edmund. without leauing issue behind to suc|céed him in the kingdome, his brother Edmund, sonnedeath was foreshewed to Dunstane in a vision, a tale of Edward the elder, borne of his last wife Edgiue, tooke vpon him the gouernement of this land,Wil. Malm. and began his reigne in the yeare of our Lord 940,940. which was in the fift yeare of the emperor Otho the 1, in the 13 of Lewes surnamed Trans|marinus king of France; and about the 38 yeare of Constantine the third king of Scotland.Simon Dun. The Danes of Northumberland rebelled against this Edmund, and ordeined Aulafe to be their king, whom they haddeath was foreshewed to Dunstane in a vision, a tale called out of Ireland. Some write that this Aulafe, which now in the beginning of Edmunds reigne came into Northumberland, was king of Norwaie. & hauing a great power of men with him, marched foorth towards the south parts of this land, in pupose to subdue the whole: but king Edmund raised a mightie armie, and incountred with his enimies at Leicester. Howbeit, yer the matter came to the vttermost triall of battell, through the ear [...]est sute of the archbishop of Canturburie and Yorke Odo and Wolstan, a peace was concluded;A peace con|cluded. so as Ed|mund should inioy all that part of the land. which li|eth from Watling stréet southward, & Aulafe should inioy the other part as it lieth from the same street northward. Then Aulafe tooke to wife the [...] Aldi|tha, daughter to earle Ormus, by who [...]e counsell and assistance he had thus obteined the vpper hand. But this Aulafe in the yeere following, after he had destroied the church of saint Balter,941 and burned Tin|ningham, departed this life.Matth. West. Aulafe deceas|seth. Then the other Au|lafeof the archbishop of Canturburie and Yorke Odo that was sonne to king Sithrike,Another Au|lafe taketh vpon him to rule. tooke vpon him to gouerne the Northumbers.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 After this, in the yeare 942, king Edmund as|sembling an armie,942 first subdued those Danes which had got into their possession the cities and towns of Lincolne, Leicester, Darhie, Stafford, and Noting|ham, EEBO page image 157 constreining them to receiue the christian faith, and reduced all the countries euen vnto Hum|ber vnder his subiection. This doone, Aulafe and Reinold the sonne of Garmo, who (as you haue heard) subdued Yorke,G [...]rmo or Godfrey. Will. Malm. as a meane the sooner to ob|teine peace, offered to become christians, & to sub|mit themselues vnto him: wherevpon he receiued them to his peace. There be that write, that this Aulafe is not that Aulafe which was sonne to king Sithrike, but rather that the other was he with whom king Edmund made partition of the realme: but they agree, that this second Aulafe was a Dane also, & being conuerted to the faith as well throughvnder his subiection. This doone, Aulafe and constraint of the kings puissance, as through the preaching of the gospell, was baptised, king Ed|mund being godfather both vnto him, and vnto the foresaid Reinold,944 to Aulafe at the verie fontstone, and to Reinold at his confirmation at the bishops hands.Simon. Dun. Neuerthelesse, their wicked natures could not rest in quiet, so that they brake both promise to God, and to their prince, and were therefore in the yeare next following driuen both out of the coun|trie, and punished by perpetuall exile. And so king Edmund adioined Northumberland, without ad|mitting anie other immediat gouernor, vnto his owne estate.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Moreouer,Leolin king of South|wales aided king Ed|mund in this enterprise. he wasted and spoiled whole Cumber|land, because he could not reduce the people of that countrie vnto due obeisance, and conformable sub|iection. The two sonnes of Dunmaile king of that prouince he apprehended, and caused their eies to be put out.946 Herewith vpon consideration either of such aid as he had receiued of the Scots at that time, or some other friendlie respect, he assigned the said countrie of Cumberland vnto Malcolme king of Scots, to hold the same by fealtie of him and his successors. The Scotish chronicles, peruerting the time and order of the acts and doings of the English kings which reigned about this season, affirme, that by couenants of peace concluded betwixt Malcolme king of Scotland, and Adelstan king of England, it was agréed, that Cumberland should remaine to the Scots: as in their chronicles you may find atsuch aid as he had receiued of the Scots at that full expressed. And againe, that Indulfe, who succée|ded Malcolme in the kingdome of Scotland, aided king Edmund against Aulafe, whom the same chro|nicles name Aualassus, but the time which they at|tribute vnto the reignes of their kings, will not alow the same to stand. For by account of their wri|ters, king Malcolme began not his reigne till after the deceasse of king Adelstan, who departed this life in the yeare 940. And Malcolme succéeded Con|stantine the third in the yeare 944, which was about the third yeare of king Edmunds reigne, and after Malcolme (that reigned 15 yeares) succeeded In|dulfe in the yeare 959. The like discordance prece|deth and followeth in their writers, as to the dili|gent reader, in conferring their chronicles with ours, manifestlie appeareth. We therefore (to satisfie the desirous to vnderstand and sée the diuersitie of writers) haue for the more part in their chronicles left the same as we found it.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But now to the other dooings of king Edmund:the third in the yeare 944, which was about it is recorded, that he ordeined diuers good and whol|some lawes, verie profitable and necessarie for the commonwealth, Polydor. The lawes of king Ed|mund. which lawes with diuers other of like antiquitie are forgot and blotted out by rust of time, the consumer of things woorthie of long re|membrance (as saith Polydor:) but sithens his time they haue béene recouered for the more part, & by maister William Lambert turned into Latine, & were imprinted by Iohn Day, in the yeare 1568, as before I haue said. Finallie, this prince king Edmund,Fiue yeares and 7 months hath Si. Dun. after he had reigned sixe yeares and a halfe, he came to his end by great miisfortune. For (as some say) it chanced, that espieng where one of his seruants was in danger to be slaine amongest his enimies that were about him with drawen swords, as he stepped in to haue holpen his seruant, he was slaine at a place called Pulcher church, or (as other haue) Michelsbourgh.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Other say,Pridecire saith Si. Dun. Will. Malm. Matth. West. that kéeping a great feast at the afore|said place on the day of saint Augustine the Englishas before I haue said.946 Finallie, this prince king apostle (which is the 26 of Maie, and as that yeare came about, it fell on the tuesday) as he was set at the table, he espied where a common robber was placed neere vnto him, whome sometime he had ba|nished the land, and now being returned without li|cence, he presumed to come into the kings presence, wherewith the king was so moued with high dis|daine, that he suddenlie arose from the table, and flew vpon the theefe, and catching him by the heare of the head, threw him vnder his féet, wherewithas before I haue said. Finallie, this prince king the théefe, hauing fast hold on the king, brought him downe vpon him also, and with his knife stroke him into the bellie, in such wise, that the kings bowels fell out of his chest, and there presentlie died. The theefe was hewen in péeces by the kings seruants, but yet he slue and hurt diuers before they could dis|patch him. This chance was lamentable, namelie to the English people, which by the ouertimelie death of their king, in whome appeared manie euident tokens of great excellencie, lost the hope which they had conceiued of great wealth to increase by his prudent and most princelie gouernement. His bo|die was buried at Glastenburie where Dunstane was then abbat.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 There be that write, that the death of king Ed|mund was signified aforehand to Dunstane, who a|bout the same time attending vpon the same king, as he remooued from one place to an other,Capgraue. chanced to accompanie himselfe with a noble man,A vaine tale. one duke Elstane, and as they rode togither, behold suddenlietokens of great excellencie, lost the hope which they Dunstane saw in the waie before him, where the kings musicians rode, the diuell running and lea|ping amongst the same musicians after a reioising maner, whome after he had beheld a good while, he said to the duke; Is it possible that you may see that which I sée? The duke answered that he saw nothing otherwise than he ought to sée. Then said Dunstane, Blesse your eies with the signe of the crosse,Crossing brin+geth sight of the diuels, and crossing dri|ueth them a|way. and trie whether you can see that I sée. And when he had doone as Dunstane appointed him, he saw also the féend in likenesse of a little short euill fauoured Aethiopian dansing and leaping, whereby they gathered that some euill hap was towards some of the companie: but when they had crossed and blessed them, the foule spirit vanished out of their sight.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Now after they had talked of this vision,Dunstane an interpretor of dreames. and made an end of their talke touching the same, the duke re|quired of Dunstane to interpret a dreame which he had of late in sléepe, and that was this: He thought that he saw in a vision the king with all his nobls sitas Dunstane appointed him, he saw also the féend in in his dining chamber at meate, and as they were there making merrie togither, the king chanced to fall into a dead sléepe, and all the noble men, and those of his councell that were about him were chan|ged into robucks and goats. Dunstane quicklie de|clared that this dreame signified the kings death, and the changing of the nobles into dum and insensi|ble beasts betokened that the princes & gouernors of the realme should decline from the waie of truth,Dunstan séeth the diuell of|ten, but now he was be|come a watter at the table when Dun|stane sat with the king. and wander as foolish beasts without a guide to rule them. Also the night after this talke when the king was set at supper, Dunstane saw the same spirit, or some other, walke vp and downe amongst them that waited at the table, and within thrée daies after, the king was slaine, as before ye haue heard.