But disturbances were preparing for his old age from a new quarter, from whence they were less expected and less tolerable,--from the Normans, his companions in victory, and from his family, which he found not less difficulty in governing than his kingdom.
Burke warns of unexpected disturbances in William's later years from both Normans and his own family.
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