Author: Guillaume le Batard
Cited by
- Paul Kingsnorth (1)
- IN: The Wake (2014) Fiction, British
EPIGRAPH: I have persectuted the natives of England beyond all reason.
Whether gentle or simple I have cruelly oppressed them,
Many I unjustly disinherited; innumberable multitudes
perished through me by famine or the sword.
Having gained the throne of that kingdom by so many crimes,
I dare not leave it to anyone but God.
FROM: deathbed confession, (1087), Confession, UK