Godwin z Kentu cytaty

Godwin, earl Wessexu – jeden z najpotężniejszych earlów w Anglii pod duńskim panowaniem. Kanut Wielki uczynił go pierwszym earlem Wesseksu. Godwin był ojcem króla Anglii Harolda II, Tostiga oraz Edyty z Wesseksu, żony króla Anglii Edwarda Wyznawcy. Wikipedia

✵ ?? – 15. Kwiecień 1053

Godwin z Kentu: Cytaty po angielsku

“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.”

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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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