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one day it is my hope
that all kingdoms will become one
united under one god all that remains
of england is wessex the birth
of an england the idea of a single
kingdom
called england has to begin
here you are a great warrior
patriot we're a war you are a saxon who
was also a daily
the very embodiment of the england that
must emerge
i request that you enter my service my
first act as king will be to offer the
danes a piece
they will thank you spineless then i
must convince them otherwise what we
must do is hold
the peace war cannot always be the
answer
war is how a man takes his wealth it is
the land and trade that makes it
and for the land and trade to flourish
there must be peace decisions are made
and consequences follow it is the way
our task is to deal with the present our
garden is heaven
we ask you to find favor with your
devoted
servant alfred bless him with courage
strength and wisdom alfred
though he may be afflicted by pain he's
as strong a man as you will find
he's also as clever a man as you will
find never leave his side
amen his strength
i believe comes from his faith
god has tested you lord he's put you
into the fire as a smith woody steel
and like the steel you have a mad
stronger
i want it known and i want them to know
that god alfred and the elder men of
wessex are watching
the day of reckoning will come
we shall confront them and we shall
defeat them in the name of god and the
england yet to be it seems never to be
about what i would wish to do it is
about what i must
do a day
we make the pagans wish they had never
heard of wessex
today we fight for whistles
we shall make the ground red with their
blood
we shall strip them of what they have
planned
we shall make them fly out
all in the name of god yet i am relying
upon the strength of a heathen
do you trust him holy
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i do not
i cannot
he's watching you utrid he's watching
how you behave he's judging you as a
lord
he has no right to judge he's a king
i'm not an enemy of the king even if
that were true
what you are is the most dangerous ally
archer
how can you serve a man who doesn't see
the value oh he sees it
just god won't allow him to embrace it i
find it annoying that he will not grow
he insists upon clinging to these
ancient beliefs he is a sword i would
rather wield than face but he is not
godly and never shall be
you tread your advice may well be sound
but how am i to trust it
why can't you accept me i've been
nothing but truthful to you
why am i always being put to the test i
do not show your king the respect that
is due
because you utred of wherever you do not
see me as your king
you do not see my god as your god how am
i to trust you
you tell half truths keep secrets and
you refuse to accept the existence of
the one true
god you serve your king reluctantly but
i serve lord i do not know you
you are a sinner and a heathen and i
i have lost my patience with you you
will do as i ask
no lord i will not i gave you glory
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i gave you the freedom to worship your
god and still you treat me no better
than a hound
i should kill you then do it like the
heath in your arm will always be do you
think i am afraid
how can i serve a man who doesn't trust
me you will be
quiet to whom i have given so much
have i not given enough lord all you can
see is how i'm different
i look at you and i see a dane
i see in him as his party
never doubt it every decision i make is
for my country
you are god's king
lord your faith is one that will grow
stronger
you tread will return yes you will
return which is why you hope and pray
perhaps that lutheran will return
alfred waits for your return
my son will lead him it pains me greatly
to say it
but it is true what will you do edward
will need
edward will need a sword a warrior at
his side he has to stay up here
who's godfield he will need utrecht
you need a man who knows not only how to
fight but when to fight because the
fighting will
all that outfit's continue for is
crumbling you who said cannot be
dragged into the shadows
you must become the light
what has changed since i took the crown
danes still raid and slaughter continues
and will continue until the day i die
and beyond what has been my purpose
your purpose lord is that you are god's
king
what you have done is laid the
foundation for a great and godly country
nothing has changed
no task is complete and after i am gone
what then what you have begun will
continue
it is the chronicle of wessex it will
include my life as king
it will not be written that alfred did
stand on utreed's shoulders
many times but i know it to be true
thank you lord for correcting your
mistake
i should have closed my eyes and rattled
at heaven's gate some time
ago you will not see another summer but
your name will live on
you will be remembered as the first last
and only king of all saxons it was the
hope
of this meeting that has kept me alive i
am indebted
wessex is indebted to true
lord of beverly not
a man i have never understood
but without him i would not die again
lord king
lord walk dear dread
are you here is my sickness utread
you will walk and you will get up onto
your horse i wish to tell you that i
will remain in winchester until edward
is crowned king
i swear what is he doing
he's standing still lately
he is for england
my england
you're alfred i am you were bonded him
and die
you were utred he was the man that i
could never be
who did i wish to be he was a man that i
loved
and despised but it was never less than
an honor to serve him
was my king i loved you lol king
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heaven shall be your reward thank you
very good
and i pray that one day we shall meet
again
one day father i hope that my path will
eventually lead north to berlin
destiny destiny lord now believe i'm
needed here
i will follow edward rex
you must save and protect our children
for me there can be no other country but
england
no other wife but elsewhere
what you have begun shall continue i am
ready to do my duty i will do my utmost
lord
our children will build in england for
wessex
and for my king i swear as ruler you
will have
impossible decisions to make i know i've
made mistakes in some of my choices
i was blind not to see that you were the
right person to rule mercier
and for that i'm
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is sorry for me
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together i believe we can achieve our
father's dream of the united land
you