. A short history of England and the British Empire. sum ofmore than one hundred thousandpounds was collected and paid fromtime to time in the formof Danegeld (Dane-money). After each payment theenemy departed; but soon the samebands, and others, too, that had beenattracted by the news of Britishwealth, were once more in the frequently was the Danegeldlevied that it soon came to be lookedupon as a permanent land tax, whichmight be collected even in times ofpeace. Finally the English adoptedthe even more doubtful expedient ofhiring several thousands of thesevikings to defend the land ag
. A short history of England and the British Empire. sum ofmore than one hundred thousandpounds was collected and paid fromtime to time in the formof Danegeld (Dane-money). After each payment theenemy departed; but soon the samebands, and others, too, that had beenattracted by the news of Britishwealth, were once more in the frequently was the Danegeldlevied that it soon came to be lookedupon as a permanent land tax, whichmight be collected even in times ofpeace. Finally the English adoptedthe even more doubtful expedient ofhiring several thousands of thesevikings to defend the land againsttheir piratical brethren. 35. Sweyn Forkbeard and Cnut the Among theScandinavian chiefs who were interested in the English venturewas Sweyn Forkbeard, the king of Denmark. Sweyn Fork-Sweyn was a king of the olden type, an able warrior beard-and a cunning diplomat, who seems to have regarded himselfin the light of a war chief rather than of a national times this warlike king led a host into England. When 1 Cheyney, No. Anglo-Saxon Weapons 42 THE OLD ENGLISH MONARCHY he came for the last time (in 1013), it was with the avowedpurpose of seizing Ethelreds kingdom. He sailed his fleetinto the Humber and up the. Trent to Gainsborough, where hebuilt his camp. Soon his army was in swift march southward
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