[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.