[226] The Danish chiefs were apprehensive that he would excite commotions in their country; in consequence of which he was ultimately despatched.—Ang. Sac. ii. 144.
[227] He returned by the way of Denmark. Florence of Worcester.
[228] St. Angelo in Calabria.
[229] The several princes, through whose territories their passage lay, exacted large sums for permission to pass; apparently in the defiles of the Alps.
[230] A penny for every plough, that is, for as much land as a plough could till, to be distributed to the poor: it was payable in fifteen days from Easter.
[231] Payable at Whitsuntide.
[232] A certain quantity of corn. Though it also implies, occasionally, other kinds of offerings.
[233] A forfeiture to the king, but varying according to the nature of the offence.
[234] This seems to be the meaning: he has probably in view the practice of the early princes of the Norman line, who swore to observe the laws of king Edward.
[235] Dean of Canterbury.