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Heimskringla

by Snorri Sturluson

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79 King Edward’s Death

When spring came Harald rigged his ships and set off; and he and the earl parted with great friendship. Harald sailed over to England to King Edward, but did not return to Valland to fulfill the marriage agreement. Edward was king over England for twenty-three years and died on a bed of sickness in London on the 5th of January, and was buried in Paul’s church. Englishmen call him a saint.

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