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| + | covetous, and raised money by all manner [[note]] 1067 [[/note]] | ||
| + | of exactions. Among others he restored that | ||
| + | Odious Tax called Dane - gelt, which had | ||
| + | been abolished by Edward the Confessor. | ||
| + | This Tax was by the Kings orders | ||
| + | levied with all imaginable rigor; | ||
| + | & caused universal murmurings & | ||
| + | complaints, which sowring the Kings | ||
| + | mind made him look upon the English | ||
| + | as so many Revels, & they on their | ||
| + | side consider [[addition]] i [[/addition]] d him in the odious light | ||
| + | of a Conqueror and of a tyrant. | ||
| + | William being under a necessity | ||
| + | of raising money for the payment of | ||
| + | his debts, he sent commissioners | ||
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9 underline William I /underline covetous, and raised money by all manner note 1067 /note of exactions. Among others he restored that Odious Tax called Dane - gelt, which had been abolished by Edward the Confessor. This Tax was by the Kings orders levied with all imaginable rigor; & caused universal murmurings & complaints, which sowring the Kings mind made him look upon the English as so many Revels, & they on their side consider addition i /addition d him in the odious light of a Conqueror and of a tyrant. William being under a necessity of raising money for the payment of his debts, he sent commissioners
