Note 1520 — Chapter X · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE DEATH OF THE ÆTHELING TO THE DEATH OF THE KING.[1258] 1057–1066. (continued 2)
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Vita Eadw. 418. “Ejus æquivoca sancta Ædgith, de cujus progenie idem Rex Ædwardus descenderat.” The Biographer could hardly have thought that Eadward was a lineal descendant of this virgin saint, his own aunt. But in his rhetoric “progenies,” or any other word, may mean anything.
On the power of Saint Eadgyth to rebuke blasphemers, see vol. i. p. 484.