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A.D. 1002 The king gave an order to slay all the Danes that were in England. This was accordingly done on the Mass-day of St Brice, because it was told the king that they would beshrew him of his life, and afterwards all his council, and then have his kingdom without any resistance.

– The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle