 Again , royal favour fostered jealousy among other courtiers and again Dunstan 's enemies succeeded in their plots . The king was prepared to send Dunstan away . There were then at Cheddar certain envoys from the " Eastern Kingdom " , which probably meant East Anglia . Dunstan implored the envoys to take him with them when they returned to their homes . They agreed to do so , but it never happened . The story is recorded : 
