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| | History of the Norman conquest of England |
 | | The younger warriors of the Conquest, Edwin and Morcerf and Waltheof and Hereward, were probably born, but they must still have been in their cradles or in their mothers' arms. |
 | | But, among the leaders of Church and state, Eldred, who lived to place the crown on the head both of Harold and of William, is already a great prelate, abbot of Tewkesbury, soon to succeed Lyfing in the chair of Worcester. |
 | | Tostig must have been on the verge of manhood; Sweyn and Harold were already men, bold and vigorous, ready to march at their father's bidding, and before long to affect the destiny of their country for evil and for good. |
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