Note 97 — Chapter VII · FROM THE ELECTION OF EADWARD TO THE BANISHMENT OF GODWINE.[1] 1042–1051.
Reading edition
Vita Eadw. 409. “Multum obloquia perferre, nam non facile prodere, non facile quoque, et in civem sive compatriotum, ut reor, nusquam, ulcisci.” Compare the character of Edward the First,
“Totus Christo traditur Rex noster Edwardus;
Velox est ad veniam, ad vindictam tardus.”
Political Songs (Camd. Soc.), p. 163.