The history of the Norman conquest of England, its causes and its results, Volume 2 (of 6)

Note 1138 — Chapter IX · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE RETURN OF GODWINE TO THE DEATH OF EADWARD THE ÆTHELING.[921] 1052–1057. (continued 2)

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Vita Eadw. 409. “Propter eamdem regiæ stirpis uxorem suam omnium abdicans voluptatem, cœlebs moderatiùs corporis et oris sui prudenter regere consuetudinem.” On this singular use of the word cœlebs, see Appendix B.

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