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But Edwy had given way he was young and burst into a passionate fit of weeping, his royal dignity all forgotten. "Give him time! give him time, father!" said they all. "One day; he must then submit, or I must do my duty; I have no choice none," replied the archbishop. And the council sadly broke up; but Athelwold sought a private interview with Elgiva.
He did not see in the gathering darkness the traces of emotion visible on poor Elfric's countenance, and he began in his usual careless way "How are you, Elfric, my boy; glad Lent is nearly over? What a dismal time that wretched monk preached this morning!" "Edwy, I am utterly miserable: I must tell all; I cannot live like this any longer."
So he prayed earnestly every day for his brother, and many a supplication on his behalf arose from the altar of St. Wilfred. Time will show whether they were lost. Edwy, King of England, and Elgiva, his queen, gave a great feast at their royal palace in London, a month after the events recorded in our last chapter; and a numerous company had assembled to do honour to their hospitality.
First, you have not given the Church of God peace, or preserved her from molestation, but have yourself ravaged her lands, and even slain her servants with the sword; one, specially honoured of God, you sought to slay, sending that wicked man, who has been called by fire to his judgment, to execute your impious will." "That holy fox Dunstan! Would Redwald had slain him!" muttered Edwy.
It is out of our power to describe the scene which followed, the fiery words of Edwy, the stern yet quiet rejoinders of the churchmen, the tears of the mother and daughter; but it is well known how the scene ended.
During the reign of this prince, Dunstan disposed of all ecclesiastical affairs, and even of the treasures of the kingdom, at his pleasure. But Edred filled the throne only nine years, and was succeeded by Edwy at the early age of seventeen, who is said to have been endowed with every grace of form, and the utmost firmness and intrepidity of spirit.
"Yes," said Edwy, "but it has been a jolly evening, only poor Elfric has been ill, having of course weakened himself by fasting." Redwald smiled such a scornful smile, and muttered some words to himself. Yet it did not seem as if he were altogether displeased at the state in which he saw Elfric. It may be added that Edwy was but little better.
He was appointed by Dunstan, just then on the point of leaving England to escape the rage of the wicked and unhappy Edwy, and continued to exercise the authority until the year 975, the year in which our lamented king, Edgar the Magnanimous, departed to his heavenly rest, with whose decease peace and prosperity seemed likewise to depart.
The warrior upon whose advice Edwy had been told to depend had fallen: he was left to his own resources.
He here found everything in confusion by the death of the King, who expired after an unhappy and inglorious reign of thirty-five years . He left two sons by his first marriage, Edmund, who succeeded him, and Edwy, whom Canute afterward murdered. His two sons by the second marriage, Alfred and Edward, were, immediately upon Ethelred's death, conveyed into Normandy by Queen Emma.
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