991–1001. Invasion of England; Brithnoth the 117 Governor of Essex slain; Treacherous Conduct of Alfric of Mercia; Sweyn and his Ally, Olaf the Son of Trygve, appear in the Thames with a formidable Fleet Their Attack upon London repelled; their 117 dreadful Depredations in Essex, Kent, Sussex, and Hampshire; Money paid them by Ethelred; Olaf visits the Court of the Saxon King, and, having been previously baptized, receives the Rite of Confirmation, and visits the Coast of England no more; Sweyn returns Three Years after, and wastes England without Opposition; Returns to contend with Olaf of Norway; the Danes return, 1001, exact another heavy Ransom, and procure extensive Estates in many Parts of the Kingdom 1001–1003. Massacre of the Danes 118 Cowardly and horrid Manner of it; 118 Sweyn’s terrible Retribution 1003–1009. Sweyn again visits England, 1004 119 But returns in consequence of a Famine 119 caused by the former Depredations; Deplorable Cowardice and Imbecility of the English King and Nobles; Ethelred marries Emma of Normandy; his brutal Conduct to her draws upon him the Hostility of Duke Richard; 1010. Danegelt exacted as an annual Tribute; 120 the Danes possess sixteen English Counties; exact 48,000_l._ for sparing the others; recommence their Atrocities; St. Elphege’s Description of the woful Condition of the Country Their Cruelties in Kent; Destruction of 121 the City and Cathedral of Canterbury; admirable Conduct of St. Elphege; his Martyrdom 1013–1014. In 1013 Sweyn receives the Submission of 122 all England as their Sovereign; Ethelred flees to Normandy; Sweyn dies or is killed one Year after his Elevation; his Character CHAP. II. SWEDEN. A.C. 70-A.D. 1001.