THE DEATH OF COSPATRICK:--Cospatrick attempts to draw Malcolm from Northumberland--Durham cathedral in disorder--Deposition of the Bishop of Durham--Cospatrick is deprived of the earldom of Northumberland--He goes to Flanders--The clergy enemies to Cospatrick--Cospatrick's pilgrimage to the Holy Land--His illness--Sends to Melrose for the hermits Aldwin and Turgot--Cospatrick's gifts--His death--His son--Burial in Norham church--Norham a memorial of his greatness CHAPTER XXXVI. ATHELING AND HIS ALLIES:--Malcolm Canmore promises to aid Edgar Atheling--Malcolm's inability to do so--Atheling seeks a reconciliation with William--Obtains it--Atheling being suspected, again flies to Scotland--Personal appearance of Edgar Atheling--Atheling seeks allies in Flanders--Is disappointed--Philip of France offers his assistance--Offers Atheling the fortress of Montreuil--Atheling's misfortunes--His fleet lost at sea--Determines to seek peace with William--Joins William at Rouen--His amusements CHAPTER XXXVII. FITZOSBORNE AND DE GAEL:--The marriage at Norwich--William's disapproval thereof--The marriage feast--Signs of a coming storm--The conspiracy--The conspirators apply to Sweyn, king of Denmark, for aid--Roger Fitzosborne raises an army at Hereford--Is stopped at Worcester--Fitzosborne excommunicated--The battle at Worcester--Defeat of Fitzosborne--De Gael raises his standard at Cambridge--Is defeated at Fagadon--De Gael escapes--Flies to Norwich--Goes to Brittany for aid--The Bretons expelled from England--Sweyn's descent on the eastern coast--Fitzosborne refuses William's present at Easter--William's anger CHAPTER XXXVIII. WALTHEOF, SON OF SIWARD:--Tostig usurps the earldom of Northumberland--Waltheof figures as Earl of Huntingdon--Waltheof submits to the Conqueror--He joins the Northumbrians in their insurrection--His share in the death of Comine--Prodigies of valour--Reconciliation with William--Marriage to Judith--Friendship with Vaulcher--Fitzosborne and De Gael try to persuade him to join their conspiracy--Promises secrecy--Is betrayed by his wife--Is confined in Winchester Castle--Sentenced to death--Fearing a riot, Waltheof is privately executed--Judith, Waltheof's wife, is destined for Simon de Senlis--Her dislike to the match--Judith repairs to Croyland--Her death in poverty CHAPTER XXXIX.