Qui cum se omnia quae posset, huic tali pro mercede beneficii daturum esse responderet, adiecit ille: Quid si etiam regem te futurum exstinctis hostibus in veritate promittat, ita ut non solum omnes tuos progenitores, sed et omnes qui ante te reges in gente Anglorum fuerant, potestate transcendas?
And when Edwin answered that he would give all that he possibly could to such an one for reward of so good a tum, this man added moreover: What if beside this he do truly warrant you that ye shall be a king and all your enemies destroyed, yea and that in such sort that you shall not only excel all your ancestors, but also pass in power all the kings who had reigned before you in the English nation?
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