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c hap. much celebrated in Normandy; and even duringiv. this violent revolution , every disorder or opprelllonlos? - met with rigorous punishment His army inparticular was governed with severe discipline;and notwithstanding the insolence of victory,care was taken to give as little offence as possibleto the jealousy of the vanquished. The kingappeared solicitous to unite in an amicable mannerthe Normans and the English, by intermarriages andalliances ; and all his new subjects who approachedhis person were received with affability and regard.No signs of suspicion appeared, not even towardsEdgar Atheling, the heir of the ancient royalfamily, whom William confirmed in the honoursof earl of Oxford, conferred on him by Harold ,and whom he affected to treat with the highestkindness, as nephew to the Confessor, his greatfriend and benefactor. Though he confiscatedthe estates of Harold, and of those who hadsought in the battle of Hastings on the fide ofthat prince, whom Ee represented as an usurper,he seemed willing to admit of every plausibleexcuse for past opposition to his pretensions, andhe received many into favour, who had carriedarms against him. He confirmed the libertiesand immunities of London and the other cities ofEngland; and appeared desirous of replacingevery thing on ancient establishments. In biswhole administration, he bore the semblance ofthe lawful prince, not of the conqueror; and the

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