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 CHAPTER VII.

THE NORMAN CONQUEST.

DEATH OF HAROLD.

1. As soon as the Duke of Normandy knew that Edward the Confessor was dead, and Harold made king, he called his friends together, and promised to bestow lands and honors in England on all who would assist him to win the crown; which, he said, was his by right, and that Harold was an usurper.