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tioned under Krolf Krake, (king of Den- 
matk, who died A.D. 552.) But at laft 
one Thrum, probably Trond, who had 
the day before heen confirmed by the 
Archbifhop, ran up, moved by compaflion, 
and gave hima blow en the head with his 
axe, which brought him dead to the 
ground. He was thea near fixty years of 
age. Someof them were afhamed of this 
horrid deed, and probably the more fo, as 
many of them were already Chriftians by 
name, A quarrel therefore arofe among 
them, when fome'were for delivering up 
his body for honourable interment, others 
for throwing it into the Thames ; they 
even met in arms : a miracle is faid towards 
evening to have gained over the Heathen 
party ; but iray:more probable, as Brom- 
ten, and even Ofbern, adds, that the citi- 
zens of London bought his-bo!y with a great 
fum of money. It was accordingly-the next 
morning brought to London, and with 
great folemnity interred in the church of 
St. Paul, whence it was removed to Can- 
terbury eleven years after. On the place 
in Greenwich where he was killed, a 
church was confecrated ‘to his honour, 
which, according to the account of Wolk 
mann, has been rebuilt ia later times, and 
is {ill cailed by his name.* 
The REMOVAL of the BODY of ST. EL- 
PHEG from LONDON?9 CANTERBURY. 
(Tranflated from suHM’s HISTORY of 
DENMARK, WU. 3., p. 578,_/€q.) 
IN the year 1023, Canute, in purfuance 
of a promife which he had made during 
the war, caufed the remains of St. Elpheg 
to be removed from London to Canterbu- 
ry, which was pei formed in the following 
manner. He fernt for Ethelnoth, the 
arcnbifhop of Canterbury, to come to, 
him to London, where accordingly the 
* Elpheg, while Bifhop of Winchefter, 
had been one of the principal inftruments in 
mediating a feparate peace (A D. 995.) be- 
tween Ethelred li. and Olave, afterwards 
king of Norway, (he was furnamed Trygve- 
fon, and was a different perfon from S$t.Olave, 
who mounted the throne of Norway fixteen 
years after the death of the former;) the 
confequence of which was, that Sweyn, de- 
ferted by Olave, who had hitherte. been his 
ally inthe war, was compelled for the pre- 
fent.to give up his enterprife on England, and, 
return home. As Archbithop of Canterbury, 
he had exerted himlelf with great activity, 
both to make refiftance to the Danes, and to 
makeé'converts of thera. To thefe caufes the 
author in fome ‘part attributes.the cruelty 
with which ke was treated, 
Removal of the Body of St. Elpheg to Canterbury. 
215 
latter appeared on the 30th of May, and 
was ordered by the King to repair to St. 
Paul’s, and there await his farther plea- 
fure. The King, who was at that time 
bathing, inftantly left the bath, and, put~ 
ting C" only a mantle, and a pair of fan- 
dals on his feet, haftened to the Archbi- 
fhop, having in the mean time ordered his 
guards (who were called in Danith bou/e- 
ecarls, the much-renowned Thinemen, the 
whole body of whom was ‘called Thinglith' 
or Thingmannalid, and which probably 
coniited moftly of Danes,) to take pofle(- 
fion of the gates of the city, as aifo of the 
bridge and the banks of theriver, thatthe 
citizens of Londen might make no impedi- 
ment tothe removal of the body of Sr. El-’ 
pheg. Then entering the church, the 
King.ordered the door to be fhut, em- 
braced the Archbifhop, and kifled him, 
faying, “* Behold the day which the Lord 
has made, that the precious remains of the 
Lord Elphege may ‘be’reinoved from. their 
temporary lodgings to the houfe of his 
archiepifcopal feat.” Fhe Archbifhop 
was firock with fear, ‘and. remonfrated 
with the King for not having previoufly 
fignified to him his intention, that he 
might have come with a great retinue, 
and not be murdered in the mid# of this 
populous city. Neverthelefs he conform< 
ed to the will of the King; and as it was’ 
requifite m thofe times that miracles 
fhould be wrought on fuch an cccafion, fe 
it alfo then happened; for though the 
ftone had with difficulty been drawn te 
the grave by many yokes of oxen, yet it 
was nowremoved by only two monks, one 
whom, by name Godric, has himfelf re- 
lated the circumftance to Ofbern, the au- 
thor of this account. Canute, looking 
into the grave, and difcovering the body 
of the holy maa in an entire ftate, ex- 
claimed, with tears, “* Moft holy father, 
fweet beyond all {weetnefs ; most bleffed 
father, precious above all the treafures of 
the world, have mercy on this finner ; and- 
do not let my former unworthinels, nor 
the cruelty of my forefathers againft thee, 
thou rightecus and good! becomé an ob." 
ftacie to me. I confefs that thou art the 
powerful friend uf the eternal Kinc, and 
IT will look wpon thee as my intercefior, as 
long as ‘I am fo live hereafter. 
eternal falvation, and déign to go with us, 
to beftow preat joy on thy children” 
Thus Canute fpoke, no doubt more from 
olrcy than from perfua fon however; inv 
p p ’ 
the courfe of time he turnéd a true Anplo- 
Saxon king. 
ipecis, fhews that he was but ill infirutted 
Be. An 
Deliver’ 
me, deliver’ all, thylelf delivered by an? 
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