pleasure and calamitie
whatsoever, and attending and depending wholly upon him, lived and
died with him in that country.

"Magnus, the third sonne of the King Harold, went with his brothers
into Ireland, and returned with them the first time into England,
and is never after that mentioned amongst them, nor elsewhere,
unlesse (as some conjecture) he be that Magnus, who, seeing the
mutability of humane affaires, became an anchoret, whose epitaph,
pointing to his Danish originall, the learned Clarenciaux
discovered in a little desolate church at Lewes, in Sussex, where,
in the gaping chinks of an arch in the wall, in a rude and over
worne character, certain old imperfect verses were found."

A daughter, whose name is not known, left England with her
brothers, and sought refuge with them in Denmark.

Speed quotes Saxo Grammaticus, who says, "She afterwards married
Waldemar, King of Russia." To this daughter I have given the name
and character assigned to her in the poem.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 90: Part of the abbey remains; but there is no trace of the
tomb, which was of gray marble. That portion of the edifice is entirely
destroyed.]

[Footnote 91: The river Lea, near which the abbey called Waltham Holy
Cross was founded.]

[Footnote 92: There is a quaint epitaph in Speed, describing him as
having been buried in a convent at Lewes. I have so far adhered to
historical tradition, as to represent him under the character and in the
habit of a religious order. The abbey founded by his father seemed more
appropriate than a convent or cell at Lewes. The wife of Harold is not
introduced at the funeral, as she had fled to a convent.]

[Footnote 93: Altered from the real name for the sake of euphony. I have
also taken the liberty of representing the "religious" at Waltham Abbey
as monks, although they were in fact canons.]

[Footnote 94: Spurnhead, at the entrance to the Humber.]

[Footnote 95: Fratres Helenae.]

[Footnote 96: This town and castle have vanished, but the name has often
been recorded in English history.]

[Footnote 97: A comet appeared at the time of Harold's coronation.]

[Footnote 98: Hardrada of Norway had invaded England a short time before
the arrival of William. Harold defeated him with immense slaughter in
the north, and was called from thence to a more desperate and fatal
struggle.]

[Footnote 99: One family on