| [194] | This is evidently placed too early for veritable history. |
| [195] | Ralph, earl of Norfolk, revolted against William in 1075, and sought the aid of the Danes. He could not hold his own at Norwich, and went to Denmark to urge the coming of the fleet. So it was at Ralph’s instance that the fleet came; but, as before stated, it went to Humber not to Yare. Emma, Ralph’s wife, and her forces capitulated and were banished before Knut could arrive. But Norwich stands on the Wensum—not on the Yare. The former rises near Fakenham—the latter some miles S. of East Dereham. The Wensum runs into the Yare two miles below Norwich. The Waveney rises near the little Ouse—flows past Diss, Bungay, and Beccles, and has a sinuous course till it enters the Yare near Burgh Castle in Suffolk. |
| [196] | The reader will understand that this fictitious narrative is intended to be a forcible illustration of impositions which the Danes did actually make upon the Saxons, and to meet which the Danegeld was from time to time augmented. |
| [197] | This was too late for the disposal of the Peterborough treasure. |
| [198] | This account of the gifts to Ely, by Canute and Emma, is related in the Liber Eliensis, lib. II., p. 196. |
| [199] | It was the fleet under Osbeorn that had appeared in the Thames. |
| [200] | See [note], page [260]. |
| [201] | This is true of what happened at Osbeorn’s return. |
| [202] | See the position of this marked on the [Map]. |
| [203] | The legend of the witch finds place in Lib. Elien., book ii., pp. 234-7. |