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Harold (Harold Rex, to you Bayeux scholars), but I can't remember which king he said it of.
eta –– and 0bama would never say it –– hard to deliver such a badass line while bowing.
You got it.
Good man.
HarOld Godwinson was the King of England. His brother Tosti (or Tostig) had rebelled and allied himself to HarAld Hardrada, King of Norway. Harold rushed an army to Stamford Bridge where Tosti and Harald were collecting tribute. They were sunbathing etc and left their heavy arms behind. They did array for battle and a man rode up to Tosti and Harald of Norway. He offered terms. Tosti could lay down arms and would receive the Earldom of Nurthumberland. Tosti asked "and what of my ally, Harald Hardrada?" The man replied "We grant him six feet of ground or as much more as he needs, as he is taller than most men"
Tosti and Harald declined and the rider returned to the Anglo-Saxon lines.
Harald asked Tosti who the man was as he was impressive. Tosti replied that it was his brother Harold Godwinson, the King of England.