as God him granted.
and him well became;
so that he obtained
the emperor's kinswoman to wife,
and by her, fair
offspring he begot:
she was Agatha hight.
Nor wist we
for which cause
that done was,
that he might not
his kinsman Edward
king behold.
Alas! that was a rueful case
and harmful
for all this nation
that he so soon
his life did end
after that he to Angle-lard came
for the mishap
of this wretched nation.
In the same year died Leofric the earl,[1] on the second before the kalends of October; he was very wise for God and also for the world, which was a blessing to all this nation. He lies at Coventry; and his son Elgar succeeded to his government. And within the year died Ralph, the earl[2] on the 12th before the kalends of January; and he lies at Peterborough. Moreover, bishop Heca died in Sussex, and Agelric was raised to his see.[3] And this year pope Victor died, and Stephen [IX.] was chosen pope.
A. 1057. In this year Edward etheling, king Edmund's son, came hither to land, and soon after died: and his body is buried within St. Paul's minster at London. And pope Victor died, and Stephen [IX.] was chosen pope: he was abbat of Mont-Cassino. And Leofric the earl died, and Elgar his son succeeded to the earldom which the father before held.
A. 1058. This year Elgar, the earl,[4] was banished; but he soon came in again, with violence, through Griffin's[5] aid. And this year came a fleet from Norway: it is tedious to tell how all these matters went. In the same year bishop Aldred[6] consecrated the minster at Gloucester, which himself had raised to the glory of God and of St. Peter; and so he went to Jerusalem with such splendour as none other had displayed before him, and there devoted himself to God: and a worthy gift he also offered at our Lord's tomb; that was a golden chalice of five marks of very wonderful work. In the same year died Pope Stephen [IX.], and Benedics [X.] was appointed pope: he sent a pall to bishop Stigand
