Roger and earl Waltheof, and many bishops and abbots ; and they took counsel how to expel king William from his kingdom. And this speedily became known to the king, who was in Normandy, and immediately the king returned to England, and took Waltheof, and Roger, who was his own kinsman, and threw them into prison. As to the rest who were present at the wedding, he 'deferred his determination. The same year, on Easter day, the above-named king William gave his daughter Cecilia to be dedicated to the service of God with devout solemnity in the church at Feschamp. Also king William cursed his eon Robert, because he had often provoked him to anger, and in' the bitterness of his soul he drove him from his sight and presence. And Robert at the end of his life found out undeniably how great was the effect of the paternal malediction, when having become blind, he was exposed to the hatred and persecution of his brothers, and so died miserably in prison. Λ general Earthquake in England. A.D . 1076. On the twenty-seventh' day of March the earth trembled, and a general earthquake took place all over England, and a Ijeavy frost and great abundance of ice continued from the beginning of November to the middle of April. This year, duke Waltheof was beheaded. This is the thirteenth year of the first cycle of nineteen years, after the repetition of the great year of Dionysius, two of which have now elapsed since the passion of our Lord. The monastic orders revived in England, owing to the example and doctrine of archbishop Lanfranc. A.D. 1077. On Palm Sunday, which fell on the sixteenth of April, a star appeared about six o'clock, while the sky was quite clear. This year, Lauzo, the prior of Saint Paneras, came into England, and Paul, a monk of Cadomum, a nephew of archbishop Lanfranc, was created abbot of Saint Alban's. And by his means, with the assistance of Lanfranc, the whole monastic order in England was again brought into a flourishing state. Likewise the abbot Paul himself enriched his church with ample possessions and many privileges. The emperor is excommunicatedfor disobedience. A.D. 1078. A violent quarrel arose between pope Gregory and the emperor Henry. At last the emperor was excom