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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sueno albeit he was of nature very cruell, yet he qualified his diſpleaſure by this humble ſubmiſ|ſion of the Engliſh nobility, in ſuch ſort, that he v|ſed the victorie farre more gently,Vode [...] what conditions Sueno licenced the Engliſhmẽ to liue in their own countrey. than at the firſt he had purpoſed, cõmaũding that the whole Eng|liſh nation ſhould remaine in the countrey, but in ſuch wiſe, as by no meanes they ſhuld preſume to beare any armor or weapõ, but to apply thẽſelues vnto huſbandry, & other ſeruile occupations vnder the gouernment of the Danes, vnto whom they ſhuld reſigne & deliuer al their caſtels, forts, & ſtrõg holds, and taking an oth to be true liege men vnto Sueno as their ſoueraine lord & king: they ſhould bring in (to be deliuered vnto his vſe) al their wea|pon & armor with other munition for the warres, alſo all their golde and ſiluer, aſwell in plate as coyne. If any of the Engliſh men refuſed thus to do, proclamatiõ was made that he ſhould imme|diatly loſe his life as a rebel & a diſobedient perſon.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Engliſh men were brought to ſuch an ex|tremitie, that they were faine to accept theſe con|ditions of peace, for other meane to auoyd preſent death they knew none. And thus was the domi|nion of Englãd cõquered by the Danes, after the Saxons had raigned in the ſame 564. yeares.529. H.B. The miſerie of the Engliſhmẽ vnder the bon|dage of the Danes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Such tyrannie alſo after this was vſed by the Danes, that none of the Engliſh nation was ad|mitted to any office or rule within the realme ey|ther ſpirituall or temporall, but were vtterly re|moued from the ſame, and ſome of them caſt in priſon and dayly put in hazard of their liues.

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