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<noinclude><pagequality level="3" user="William Maury Morris II" /><div class="pagetext">{{rh||''EDITH OF SCOTLAND.''|111}}
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</noinclude>the judge,
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</noinclude>judge, and the dispute committed for settlement to the power of God and their own good swords. It is a stirring picture of those days of daring and of might, when force took the place of justice, and the deadliest blows were the only convincing arguments. But, though supported by the favor of the king and the display of splendid armor, Ordgar's treachery had its just reward. Virtue triumphed, and vice was punished. Even while treacherously endeavoring (after being once disarmed) to stab the brave Godwine with a knife which he had concealed in his boot, the false Sir Ordgar was overcome, confessed the falsehood of his charge against Edgar the Atheling and Edith his niece, and, as the quaint old record has it, "The strength of his grief and the multitude of his wounds drove out his impious soul."
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and the dispute committed for settlement to the power of God and
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their own good swords. It is a stirring picture of those days of
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daring and of might, when force took the place of justice, and
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the deadliest blows were the only convincing arguments. But,
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though supported by the favor of the king and the display of
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splendid armor, Ordgar's treachery had its just reward. Virtue
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triumphed, and vice was punished. Even while treacherously
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endeavoring (after being once disarmed) to stab the brave Godwine
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with a knife which he had concealed in his boot, the false Sir
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Ordgar was overcome, confessed the falsehood of his charge
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against Edgar the Atheling and Edith his niece, and, as the
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quaint old record has it, "The strength of his grief and the
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multitude of his wounds drove out his impious soul."
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So young Edith was saved; and, as is usually the case with men of
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So young Edith was saved; and, as is usually the case with men of his character, the Red King's humor changed completely. The victorious Godwine received the arms and lands of the dead Ordgar; Edgar the Atheling was raised high in trust and honor; the throne of Scotland, wrested from the Red Donald, was placed once more in the family of King Malcolm, and King William Rufus himself became the guardian and protector of the Princess Edith.
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his character, the Red King's humor changed completely. The
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victorious Godwine received the arms and lands of the dead
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Ordgar; Edgar the Atheling was raised high in trust and honor;
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the throne of Scotland, wrested from the Red Donald, was placed
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once more in the family of King Malcolm, and King William Rufus
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himself became the guardian and protector of the Princess Edith.
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And when, one fatal August day, the Red King was<noinclude>
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And when, one fatal August day, the Red King<noinclude>
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