975 - Revision history

EpicHistorian at 02:40, 23 April 2008

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EpicHistorian at 02:39, 23 April 2008

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EpicHistorian at 18:10, 8 February 2007

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EpicHistorian at 18:09, 8 February 2007

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::Here ended
::his earthly dreams
::Edgar, of Angles king;
::chose him other light,
::serene and lovely,
::spurning this frail abode,
::a life that mortals
::here call lean
::he quitted with disdain.
::July the month,
::by all agreed
::in this our land,
::whoever were
::in chronic lore
::correctly taught;
::the day the eighth,
::when Edgar young,
::rewarder of heroes,
::his life -- his throne resigned.
::Edward his son,
::unwaxen child,
::of earls the prince,
::succeeded then
::to England's throne.
::Of royal race
::ten nights before
::departed hence
::Cyneward the good
::prelate of manners mild.
::Well known to me
::in Mercia then,
::how low on earth
::God's glory fell
::on every side:
::chaced from the land,
::his servants fled,
::their wisdom scorned;
::much grief to him
::whose bosom glow'd
::with fervent love
::of great Creation's Lord!
::Neglected then
::the God of wonders,
::victor of victors,
::monarch of heaven,
::his laws by man transgressed!
::Then too was driv'n
::Oslac beloved
::an exile far
::from his native land
::over the rolling waves,
::over the ganet-bath,
::over the water-throng,
::the abode of the whale,
::fair-hair'd hero,
::wise and eloquent,
::of home bereft!
::Then too was seen,
::high in the heavens,
::the star on his station,
::that far and wide
::wise men call
::lovers of truth
::and heav'nly lore
::"cometa" by name.
::Widely was spread
::God's vengeance then
::throughout the land,
::and famine scour'd the hills.
::May heaven's guardian,
::the glory of angels,
::avert these ills,
::and give us bliss again;
::that bliss to all
::abundance yields
::from earth's choice fruits,
::throughout this happy isle.</poem>
(Ingram, p.96-98)

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-<p>::Here ended
+<p><poem>::Here ended
 ::his earthly dreams
 ::Edgar, of Angles king;
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 ::abundance yields
 ::from earth's choice fruits,
-::throughout this happy isle.</p>
+::throughout this happy isle.</poem></p>
 <p>(Ingram, p.96-98)</p>
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-<p>The clerics of the Old Minster relinquished a large country estate which was yielding them good food-rents in order to obtain a plot of only two acres inside the city.</p>
+<p>The clerics of the Old Minster relinquished a large country estate which was yielding them good food-rents in order to obtain a plot of only two acres inside the city of Winchester.</p>
 (Lacey, p.88)