PaRT jL SeCT. V. R ARIORUM, 



capitis t€gmina &pius occurrunt, @l)ltaJ^ialm&palm aHfr^ban/i.e. eat 

 Jis awata^ 'valdi wenufla^ qvaw & RegesNorvagiae Hag^um Athelftanum 

 &S. Olaum Canuti hujus cCvx^ovov pomiTcStwkJomm Chron, Norvag,^, m, ^4..^ 

 joi. enarrat, qvi pag. 487 nec ante annum 1049. in Dania & annum 116^. 

 in Norvagia coronatos Reges memorat. In Anglia itag, poft Reges etiam 

 coronatos ex appellatione Anglo-Saxonica coronamfcu diacicmaRcgium no- 

 men antiqvum^t)ncf)dmC obtinuifle,nobis eftperfvafiffimum: Nam etiamfi 

 RcgcmGmlhielmm Conqvseftorem anno lo^y.aliosq^ ante cupi Angliae Re- 

 ges coronatos legimus , attamen dc Gmlhklmo in Chron, JI/IS. Angh-Saxbf^. 

 qvae in BibJiotheca Bodlejana Oxonias exftant , narratur,* Thriva he hk 

 Qynhekne dcgeare fua oft he 'ves onEnglalOnd^ on Eaflronhc hine b^r on U^tncea- 

 flrcy on PentecoBenonVt^eHmmBre on Alid^vintre on Glauceafire.\i. c. Tci* 

 „ qvolibetanno,qvotiesinAngliaerat,geftavitluam Caffideni R.€giani^ 

 „ in fefto Pafcatos portavit eam Winceftriae, in fefto Pentecoftes Weftmona- 

 fterii, adulta vero hjeme Gleauceftrise. Coronatum qvoq^ fuifle Canutmn 

 Ala^num 10 17. ex hiftoriis Anglicis conftat 3 At ciim ex annalibus iisdem il- 

 lucelcat, potentiftimum huncRegem,poft expertam in littoreSuthamptonise 

 maris inoboedientiam^nunqvam poftea fiiftinui fle auream geftare coronam,fcd 

 cam capiti imaginisChrifti crucihxi in fronte lumi altarisinecclefia cathedrali 

 Wintoni^e impofiiilTejid gvodChronographi anno 1028. ieuio^^ fadfeum efle 

 fiipputant,haud incredibile eft, eum,prout in numis apparet,poftea voluifle 

 obtinereandqvum capitis tegumentumregiumiCjwA^ffeif/qvoaprotempori^ 

 luxu vario ex fe genuit varia capitis tegmina illuftna, (qvemadmodum in numi^ 

 feqventibus videre eft,) qvae vel promifcue nomen Kynhelme fbrtita fuerc. 

 Nec minus vero conjfentaneum , Canutum Grandmjum , gentilitatis nomcQ 

 Cnut perp^uo rerinentem, qvi alias Lamhricht baptix^tus crat, (qvemadmo? 

 dum Scholiaftes antiqvus hiflori^z Ecclef. Ad. Bremenjis edit.Andr. yeUeio lib.2. 

 cap. 36 ohkxv^x) mores patrios adamafle^ nec fibi comam vel barbam to% 

 derijpotentiorem jam fadhim, permififle mediis rcffni ^xmis , cuni & S^venoe 

 nem lingulariter barbatum habuerit patrem exinde STl^itot^jTCEg h. e. admorr- 

 iBe feu furcatse barbae ,denominatum. Prseterea capitis & comae inprimis cul- 

 tui feptentrionales Principes&: Primores maxime intentos fuifle hiftorise & 

 poemata patria ubiq, dilaudant. Tritum eft illud in fe^tentrione noftro de 

 Haraldo Rege Norvagiae cognomine J^aaifager^qvod acapillis pulcerrimis 

 ipfi adhaefit, narrantq, hiftoriamGro;^.A^rt;^^.in ejus vita,qvomodo cogiio^ 

 mine illo donatus ht , nimirum eum capillos diu nexos ac implicatoi 

 fub tegmine capitis tenuifle, dum hoftibus debellandis intentus fuerat, illis 

 tandem vid:is , crines folvifle , lavari curafle & explicafle, tuncq^ pulcerrimos 

 &nindos omnibus apparuifle : Heroes enim noftrates ad prselium qvondam 

 capillis fuis compdflimis exeuntes varia generis tegmina capiris induebant, 

 ne pulvere vel pluviis circa humeros fluitantes corrumperentur necimpedir 

 mento eirent. Ita Rex Canuttis, Heros bellicofiflimus , in numis hifce capillo^f 

 fub galeaRegia qvoq, in nodum rotundum fumma cura ad cervic^m religa- 

 tos voluit, ut ab injuria aeris tutos & teftos fervaret in theca & more pa- 

 triofeftis deinde diebu^ elegantiores exporrigerentur, qvemadmodum ex 

 more hodierno comas additirias thecis inlerimus , ut ad cervices depende- 

 ant, & faftum aliqvem pr^beant fingularem. Neq, enim d^&hs capillos 



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