Somethinkthathewaskilled,andkilledbyCanute\'sorders.Nooneknows.
CHAPTERV-ENGLANDUNDERCANUTETHEDANE
CANUTEreignedeighteenyears.HewasamercilessKingatfirst.
AfterhehadclaspedthehandsoftheSaxonchiefs,intokenofthesinceritywithwhichhesworetobejustandgoodtotheminreturnfortheiracknowledginghim,hedenouncedandslewmanyofthem,aswellasmanyrelationsofthelateKing.\'Hewhobringsmetheheadofoneofmyenemies,\'heusedtosay,\'shallbedearertomethanabrother.\'Andhewassosevereinhuntingdownhisenemies,thathemusthavegottogetheraprettylargefamilyofthesedearbrothers.HewasstronglyinclinedtokillEDMUNDandEDWARD,twochildren,sonsofpoorIronside;but,beingafraidtodosoinEngland,hesentthemovertotheKingofSweden,witharequestthattheKingwouldbesogoodas\'disposeofthem.\'IftheKingofSwedenhadbeenlikemany,manyothermenofthatday,hewouldhavehadtheirinnocentthroatscut;buthewasakindman,andbroughtthemuptenderly.
NormandyranmuchinCanute\'smind.InNormandywerethetwochildrenofthelateking-EDWARDandALFREDbyname;andtheiruncletheDukemightonedayclaimthecrownforthem.ButtheDukeshowedsolittleinclinationtodosonow,thatheproposedtoCanutetomarryhissister,thewidowofTheUnready;who,beingbutashowyflower,andcaringfornothingsomuchasbecomingaqueenagain,leftherchildrenandwasweddedtohim.