Aunt Mary was then obliged quickly to tell, how that piece of bread choked the ambitious man, who so wickedly exclaimed that he hoped the next morsel might be his last, if he had ever intended any ill against his king.
"Are not those dangerous sands off the coast of Kent supposed to mark the possessions of this designing earl?" asked Edward.
"Yes, my love, and therefore I contend that the name should be spelt with but one o, thus restoring it to its purer Saxon form."
1. Death of Edmund. A.D. 948.
2. Welsh tribute.
3. Death of Edward the Martyr. A.D. 979.
4. Canute. A.D. 1017.
5. Harold. A.D. 1035.
6. Death of Earl Godwin. A.D. 1041.