Penances were removable by the performance of acts of charity and benevolence.
345.

_Alfred_.
-- --'pain narrows not his cares.' [Sonnet XXVI.l.

10.] Through the whole of his life, Alfred was subject to grievous maladies.
346.

_Crown and Cowl_.
'Woe to the Crown that doth the Cowl obey.' [Sonnet XXXIX.

l.1.] The violent measures carried on under the influence of Dunstan, for strengthening the Benedictine Order, were a leading cause of the second series of Danish invasions.