Chapter IX

HAROLD, THE SAXON KING:--Harold's personal appearance--Harold's
first appearance in national affairs--His great military
reputation--Harold proposes to visit Normandy--King Edward tries
to dissuade him--He sets out--His cordial reception by Duke
William--Harold accompanies William in a war against the
Bretons--William extorts a promise from Harold to aid him in
obtaining the English crown--Death of Edward the Confessor