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10 underline William I /underline note 1068 /note into all the Counties, to inquire who they were that had sided with Harold, & to confiscate their estates. Nothing could be more unjust than this proceeding
- but policy not justice was
William's object. He gave these forfeited Estates to the Normans that had followed Him. Thereby rewarding them, weakening those he suspected and filling
the counties of England with
such as were devoted to Him. But all these precautions serveded only to alienate the esteem and affections of the English from their
