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Updated: June 18, 2025
So there was rejoicing in Colchester, for it seemed to the townsfolk that peace had surely come at last, and with it relief from the oppression of the thingmen.
Harold's ambassador returned with his men across the river with Tostig's message, and then in solid array the English Thingmen moved forward to the attack. Had the King of Norway advanced to the end of the bridge a battle would have been impossible, for the English could never have forced their way across. But the kings were equally anxious for a battle.
So now all that seemed to be on hand was to bring back the towns that were yet held by the Danish garrisons, the thingmen, to their rightful king, and to gather a fleet that would watch the coast against the return of Cnut. These things seemed not so hard, and our land would surely soon be secure.
"Well enough, lord earl," I said, "but there is work to be done there yet." "Aha! those thingmen are no babes," he said. "Where is your earl now?" "At Thetford, as they say." "Well, what is this tale that you bring about Cnut?" I told him, and he laughed in his way. "Cnut is but a boy. No such great following would gather to him," he said. "It is not possible."
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