1035.] [Sidenote: Hardicanute, A.D.

1035] [Sidenote: The Saxon line restored.] Canute, on this event, assembled the states of the kingdom, by whom he was acknowledged King of all England.

He was a prince truly great; for, having acquired the kingdom by his valor, he maintained and improved it by his justice and clemency.

Choosing rather to rule by the inclination of his subjects than the right of conquest, he dismissed his Danish army, and committed his safety to the laws.

He reestablished the order and tranquillity which so long a series of bloody wars had banished.