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And the king, having built a citadel in that citv,which he put under the command of Baldwin,son of earl Gilbert, returned to Winchester, anddispersed his army into their quarters. He washere joined by his wife, Matilda, who had notbefore visited England, and whom he now orderedto be crowned by archbishop Aldred. Soon after,she brought him an accession to his family, bythe birth of a fourth son, whom he named Henry.His three elder sons, Robert, Richard, andWilliam, still resided in Normandy.

But though the king appeared thus fortunateboth in public and domestic life, the discontentsof his English subjects augmented daily ; and theinjuries, committed and suffered on both sides,rendered the quarrel between them and theNormans absolutely incurable. The insolence ofvictorious masters , dispersed throughout thekingdom, seemed intolerable to the natives; andwherever they found the Normans, separate orassembled in small bodies, they secretly set uponthem, and gratified their vengeance by the slaughterof their enemies. But an insurrection in the northdrew thither the general attention , and seemedto threaten more important consequences. 1 dwinand Morcar appeared at the head of this rebellion;and these potent noblemen, before they tookarms, stipulated for foreign succours, from theirnephew Blethin , prince of North Wales, fromMalcolm , king of Scotland , and frorq Sweyn ,king of Denmark. Besides the general discontent,which had seized the Enadish; the two earls wereVol. I. Y

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