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And every day fresh companies of the great folk of the land came in, till the town was full of thanes and ladies and their trains, gathered to see and hear what had come from beyond the seas. There were bustards in droves on these heaths, and roe deer to be found easily enough by those who had skill to seek them in the right places.
Harold and his thanes sat apart discussing the position, their conclusion being very similar to that arrived at by Wulf. Chivalry had but slight influence as yet in the West of Europe. Kings and princes cared little as to the means by which they attained an end.
So far as we can judge by the style of the Saxon laws, none but the thanes, or nobility, were considered as necessary constituent parts of this assembly, at least whilst it acted deliberatively.
"Yes; but it can't be left in the hands of one officer," Wulf said warmly, "unless all give their aid willingly to carry out his plans." "Well, you need not be angry about it, Wulf. There will be time enough for that when you get to be grand chamberlain. You know what the Saxon thanes are how ease-loving, and averse to trouble themselves with aught save the chase.
And when they came he went away quickly, and gave orders for the safe keeping of the princess, lest she should try to fly, or to get any message to Ragnar or other of the Norfolk thanes. Now he must go through with this marriage, for he had shown himself too plainly, and never would the princess trust him again.
I think that we had forgotten the old days of trouble with them. Yet I hear that in Kent the new faith, as it seems to us, is being taught, and that the king looks on it with favour. It may be that here it will come also. For your sake I will listen if a teacher comes to me." The thanes thought little of this boon, and they all answered that it was freely granted.
There are not enough of you to help me; there are enough to betray me to suspicion. Go your ways, good friends. Save yourselves. We will meet again before many weeks to strike a blow for our country. But the time is not yet." History speaks not from the depths of that woodland whither Alfred had fled with his thanes.
Two or three were skilled in music, and these taught and conducted the choir, while two acted as teachers to youths, the sons of thanes and others, who, moved by the ardour with which their earl advocated learning, intrusted their sons to the monks for education. Then when the day's work was done, and vespers sung in the chapel, the monks gathered in the refectory.
For this purpose they made a great supper, to which they invited all the chief thanes; and, among the rest, with marks of particular respect, Banquo and his son Fleance were invited. The way by which Banquo was to pass to the palace at night, was beset by murderers appointed by Macbeth, who stabbed Banquo; but in the scuffle Fleance escaped.
"Ay, ay," he growled; "I cannot keep my voice quiet." Neot laughed, and then turned to me and held out his hand for the king's letter, which I gave him. He ran his eyes over the writing very quickly, and then said: "Here is nothing private; shall I read aloud?" But the thanes fell to talking quickly, and I nodded. "Alfred the king to his cousin Ranald Vemundsson, greeting.
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