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Excerpt from Canute the Great: The Cup of Water
IT may be remarked at the outset, that that reader will be least chafed by the historical inversions in these pages who remembers of the period treated simply what he learned as a child. Emma's marriage with Canute, which did not take place till after the death of Edmund, in this work immediately succeeds the partition of the kingdom. Again, by special treaty, Eric and the Danish ships were allowed to winter in the Thames after this division for dramatic purposes Canute is placed in command of his ?eet within sight of London. In justice to Canute it should be added, that not one English writer directly charges him with the murder of King Edmund. It is also due to Edric, earl of Mercia, to admit that there is no distinct evidence that he was the author of the crime. Even on the supposition that he was guilty, a hint of a single chronicler is the only authority for assuming that he chose his young son to be the instrument of his wickedness.
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