Excerpt from The Modern Part of an Universal History, From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Vol. 29: Compiled From Original Authors But the malcontents foon recovered their fpixitseafter this repulfe, and began a fccond time to make head, though deferted by Harold, who, in a Cowardly manner, had'flcd into Sweden. The approach however of Abfalon, with a, hodyof forces, foon reduced them to order: upon which. He called an afembly, revived feveral laws that had fallen into neglect, obliged the peafants publicly to abjure Ha rold, whom they had proclaimed king, and reftored the former tranquillity of the province. The ma'lcontents would indeed have been more feverely handled by Canute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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