Godwin, Earl of Wessex Quotes

Godwin of Wessex became one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors. Cnut made Godwin the first Earl of Wessex . Godwin was the father of King Harold Godwinson and of Edith of Wessex, who married in 1045 King Edward the Confessor . Wikipedia

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Godwin, Earl of Wessex Quotes

“Sir king, I have been often accused of harbouring traitorous designs against you, but, as God in heaven is just and true, may this morsel of bread choke me if even in thought I have ever been false to you.”

Godwin, Earl of Wessex

The Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon (trans. Thomas Forester), Book VI
Godwin supposedly said this just before he choked to death on a piece of bread at the table of King Edward "the Confessor", but the story is very doubtful.
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God , Falseness