Note 177 — Chapter II · THE REGALIA, OR RIGHTS OF ROYALTY.
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Chron. Sax. 1052. “Ða geáxode Rotberd arcebisceop ⁊ ða Frencisce ðæt, genamon heora hors ⁊ gewendon, sume west tó Pentecostes castele, sume norð tó Rodberhtes castele.” However these were foreigners, a culpable complaisance towards whom is a grievous stain upon Eádweard’s otherwise amiable, though weak, character.