Earl Ulf
King Canute (c. 994–1035) of Denmark, England and Norway, is said to have ordered an earl killed after a disagreement about a chess game. By one account, the king made an illegal move that angered Earl Ulf, who knocked over the board and stormed off, after which the king sent someone to kill him.
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“the bud packed
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stiffly on breaths
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as though impelled
by stirrings within itself.”
—Robert Earl Hayden (1913–1980)