clip from edric the wild * 1 last tales of mercia 1 : emma the queen ( back to table of contents ) * and this year , fourteen nights before the mass of st. andrew , it was advised the king , that he and earl leofric and earl godwin and earl siward with their retinue , should ride from gloucester to winchester unawares upon the lady [ emma ] ; and they deprived her of all the treasures that she had ; which were immense ; because she was formerly very hard upon the king her son , and did less for him than he wished before he was king , and also since ...