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PROM ENGLISH CHRONICLERS 67<br />

And with pledge and with oaths they confirmed peace, <strong>in</strong><br />

the place which is called Eamot, l on the fourth 2 before the<br />

3<br />

Ides of July, and renounced every k<strong>in</strong>d of idolatry and<br />

;<br />

t<strong>here</strong>after departed <strong>in</strong> peace.<br />

934<br />

ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE, MS. A, S.A. 933, MSS. B, C, D, E, F,<br />

S.A. 934. 4<br />

In <strong>this</strong> year k<strong>in</strong>g Ethelstan went <strong>in</strong>to <strong>Scotland</strong>, with both<br />

a land-force and a ship-force, 5 and ravaged a great part of it.<br />

934<br />

HENRY OF HUNTINGDON, HISTORIA ANGLORUM, p. 159.<br />

And after these th<strong>in</strong>gs 6<br />

k<strong>in</strong>g Ethelstan determ<strong>in</strong>ed to depopulate<br />

the unbeliev<strong>in</strong>g 7<br />

nation of Danes and the faithless<br />

nation of Scots ; and he led a very large army by land and by<br />

sea <strong>in</strong>to Northumbria and <strong>Scotland</strong>. And s<strong>in</strong>ce t<strong>here</strong> was<br />

none to beg<strong>in</strong> to oppose him or to persevere <strong>in</strong> oppos<strong>in</strong>g him he<br />

advanced everyw<strong>here</strong> through the country and raided at his<br />

will, and returned with the bays of triumph.<br />

a place which is called Eamot : they took an oath and concluded a firm<br />

treaty with him."<br />

So also S. of D. and Hoved., who however omit the expulsion of<br />

Aldred.<br />

Cf. W. of M., G.R., i, 142 :<br />

"<br />

And because his noble m<strong>in</strong>d once roused<br />

strove after greater th<strong>in</strong>gs, he compelled Judwal, k<strong>in</strong>g of all the Welsh, and<br />

Constant<strong>in</strong>, k<strong>in</strong>g of the Scots, to leave their thrones (cedere regnis). Nevertheless<br />

not long afterwards, overcome by compassion, he established them<br />

<strong>in</strong> their former rank, to reign under himself ; assert<strong>in</strong>g that it was more<br />

glorious to make a k<strong>in</strong>g than to be a k<strong>in</strong>g."<br />

1<br />

cet Ea motum. Eamotum, F. of W. ; Eamotun, S. of D., Hoved.<br />

W. of M., G.R., i, 147, has Dacor. Dacre is a mile from R. Eamont,<br />

which flows out of Ulleswater. Eamot has also been identified with Emmet<br />

<strong>in</strong> Yorkshire.<br />

2 12th July. So Fl. of W., S. of D., Hoved:<br />

3 This clause must refer to some treaty with the Danes :<br />

confuses different occasions. The renunciation of idolatry<br />

Fl. of W.,<br />

the chronicler<br />

is omitted by<br />

S. of D., Hoved. Cf. however W. of M., G.R., i, 146, supra,<br />

note.<br />

4<br />

Cf. s.a. 934, Fl. of W., i, 131-132 ; S. of D., H.R., ii, 124. Hoved.,<br />

i, 54, s.a. 925.<br />

5 "<br />

With a very powerful naval force, and with no<br />

cavalry." Fl. of W., i, 131.<br />

6 This follows the death of Ethelstan's brother Edw<strong>in</strong>.<br />

small army of<br />

7<br />

perfidam.<br />

8 <strong>in</strong>fidam.

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