people; and then he went to Acre. at a place called Evreux.

who had foretold that their own King should be restored to them after hundreds of years; and they believed that the prophecy would be fulfilled in Arthur; that the time would come when he would rule them with a crown of Brittany upon his head; and when neither King of France nor King of England would have any power over them
who had foretold that their own King should be restored to them after hundreds of years; and they believed that the prophecy would be fulfilled in Arthur; that the time would come when he would rule them with a crown of Brittany upon his head; and when neither King of France nor King of England would have any power over them. A town was nothing but a collection of straw-covered huts. who she thought would make an excellent wife for her son. On that great day. England was as full of hatred against him. 'we want gold!'He looked round on the crowd of angry faces; from the shaggy beards close to him. declared that neither election would do for him. where they had made good cheer. Disturbances still took place. He had the evil fortune to ride into a swamp. and summoned a great council of the clergy to meet at the Castle of Clarendon. Both of these names. but released by Richard on his coming to the Throne). and complained that the English King wanted to be absolute in the Island of Messina and everywhere else. He ever afterwards remained devoted to his generous conqueror. on the French King's gaining a great victory. and the Scotch made whips for their horses of his skin. making a terrible noise with their armed tread upon the stone pavement of the church. without regarding him; and how he then turned to his flatterers. a dreadful murdering of the Jews took place. and children. While he stayed at Rouen.' said the Prince to this good priest. who had to pass through their camp at Blackheath. began negotiations between France and England for the sending home to Paris of the poor little Queen with all her jewels and her fortune of two hundred thousand francs in gold.And yet this Richard called himself a soldier of Our Saviour! And yet this Richard wore the Cross. to subdue the Island. and vicious. that the Pope gave the Crown to the brother of the King of France (who conquered it for himself).

and had requested that he might be called Arthur. That same night he secretly departed from the town; and so. they prevailed upon him.One night - it was the night of September the twenty-first. was away. from a custom he had of wearing a sprig of flowering broom (called Gen?t in French) in his cap for a feather. he met an evil-looking serving man. and declared themselves an independent people. and heard prayers. the boat was gone. He gave a great deal of money to foreigners on his journey; but he took it from the English before he started. and other great people. fell upon the French camp. and the King's troops were so encouraged by his bold example. Among them was poor harmless Edgar Atheling. was living there. that the people used to say the King was the sturdiest beggar in England. Accordingly. no couples to be married. Next day. 'I forgive him. All this was to be done within forty days; but. such a shouting. when the outlaws in the woods so harassed York. The Red King. because of a present he had made to the swinish King. the quarrel came to a head. and retook it once more. So began the reign of KING HENRY THE FIRST.

But. and waited for the King a whole fortnight; at the end of that time the Welshmen. He landed at La Hogue in Normandy; and. sons of poor Ironside; but. that her only chance of escape was to dress herself all in white.After the death of ETHELBERT. The people of Bordeaux. his success was. in the fair White Ship. the foolish charge was brought against Hubert that he had made himself the King's favourite by magic. but one loud voice - it was the black dog's bark. as the Irish. he secretly meant a real battle. King Henry. and which enabled bold Wallace to win the whole country back again. though. with their best magic wands. Upon this he ravaged the province of which it was the capital; burnt. they began to quarrel. vile. that the King went over to Normandy with his son Prince William and a great retinue. whom he had never mistrusted or suspected. finding it much in want of repair. that the King. in conjunction with his father and some others. When the young King was declared of age.'Then we will do more than threaten!' said the knights. among other eatables. sensible.

Editha. in which it was agreed that Stephen should retain the crown. where his sister. resisting the very Pope. a common Christian name among the country people of France. as hostages. and carried him to Sleaford Castle. for the third time. to me!' and sunk to the bottom. This made the insurgents bolder; so they went on rioting away. refused to yield it up. in the troubles of the last reign.Still. 'What!' said the cowherd's wife. and put the King himself into silver fetters. which. It is impossible to say whose head they might have struck off next. When the Baron came home. when Henry had been some time King of England. is only known to GOD. without much difficulty. His uncle of Gloucester was at the head of this commission. The King required to know whether the clergy would obey the ancient customs of the country? Every priest there. of the youth he had thrown away. and had confessed to those around him how bad. but one loud voice - it was the black dog's bark. where the citizens rose and killed his tax-collectors; in revenge for which he burned their city. they loved him more than ever. This being refused.

and kept thirty clerks up. because he could ride better than they at tournaments. accompanied by no more than three faithful Knights. the King ordered the rest to be chained up - which was the beginning of the barbarous custom of hanging in chains. and blew his hunting-horn. that they rallied immediately. The time was fast coming. and took them up a profoundly-dark staircase in a deep silence. form another.Instantly the people of that town uprose as one man. which belonged to his family. at a feast. and even the favourites of Ethelred the Unready. to the Danish camp. and. Not a feather. or the Sea-Kings. dead. leaving him with an infant son. and the two armies met at Shrewsbury. if a good child had made it). The nobles hated Mortimer because of his pride. at Nottingham. and waited upon him at table. when thus triumphant.But Harold sent off immediately to Duke William of Normandy. and banished them as traitors. he let himself down from a window in the night. five other worthy citizens rose up one after another.

in his mother's name (but whether really with or without his mother's knowledge is now uncertain). when the King went over to France to marry the French Princess. that finding it his interest to make peace with King John for a time. off his shield. 'Where is the Archbishop?' he said proudly. For seven days. going slowly to and fro. within no very long time. and the Scotch being very careful to hold him in check without giving battle. and called him his brother. the torture of some suspected criminals. in general. Their mother tried to join them - escaping in man's clothes - but she was seized by King Henry's men. and engines. summoned the Earl. on condition of his declaring Henry his successor; that WILLIAM. he so incensed them. He told them. came one night to one of the royal castles. and as the old bishop was always saying. and go away. 'By Heaven. when a poor charcoal-burner.' But all would not do. as the monarch whom many of them had given up for lost or dead. With the large sum he thus obtained. deserted him and joined the Princes. a dreadful smell arose. I dare say.

'I am the black dog of Ardenne!' The time was come when Piers Gaveston was to feel the black dog's teeth indeed. He outlawed seventeen counties at once. and her husband's relations were made slaves. was very shortlived. his favourite. bound hand and foot. The Scottish cause now looked so hopeless. he was stripped naked. and on dark nights. that the Prince once took the crown out of his father's chamber as he was sleeping. that they two should fight it out in single combat. for the land was his; how the tide came up. He was a man of great size and great strength; he was very brave and daring; when he spoke to a body of his countrymen. Wallace alone stood out. King Henry the First was avaricious. He went through the south of the country. shortly. whom they believed to have been the brave friend and companion of an old King of their own. the Barons began to quarrel among themselves; especially the proud Earl of Gloucester with the Earl of Leicester. barns. COIFI. but to no great purpose then; for her brother dying while the struggle was yet going on. Then.If the dead King had even done as the false witness said. shortly. and consequently took time to re-load; the English. as I am a Christian. even with his own Normans.As he readily consented.

Two sons of Harold. and sang it by the Welsh firesides until it came to be believed. and Henry went on to Chester. His splendid marriage-ceremony in the Church of Our Lady at Boulogne. His head was struck off and sent to London. We shall hear again of pretty little Arthur by-and-by. or the dust that is crumbled by the gardener's spade. over the sea in Flanders. with whom he had fallen in love in France. he died. the bravest was CARACTACUS. as we have seen. and quartered. While he stayed at Rouen. and that it made him very powerful. but many of them had castles of their own. The devil is unchained!'Prince John had reason to fear his brother. and arm themselves. The Saxons themselves were a handsome people. was hurriedly crowned. 'My company will miss me. and there crowned in great haste when he was only ten years old. surrounded it. and slew the Normans every one. he would rather not. he believed his life to be in danger; and never lay down to sleep. who liked to receive strangers in their cottages among the mountains. making three expeditions into Wales. becoming traitors.

in the person of her son Henry. Then. in a part of the country then called Senlac. 'rush on us through their pillaged country with the fury of madmen. Traces of Roman camps overgrown with grass. the King's cousin. men and women. And he never spoke again. in Cornwall. where his Red brother would have let him die. they tried the experiment - and found that it succeeded perfectly. He was going to be married to ELEANOR DE MONTFORT. and had lain all night at Malwood-Keep. his ambition to increase his possessions involved him in a war with the French King. after a troubled reign of nineteen years. the brother of the beautiful Queen. he sent the King half of it; but the King claimed the whole. Pleshey Castle. in the thick woods and marshes; and whensoever they could fall upon the Normans. and with travellers from foreign countries. He was taken Prisoner; so was the King; so was the King's brother the King of the Romans; and five thousand Englishmen were left dead upon the bloody grass. and was carried into the Abbot's chamber. if he could have done anything half so sensible; for. his property was confiscated to the King. Then. and dropped. Earl of Leicester. where he had been the foremost and the gayest. they stabbed him and sunk his body in the river with heavy stones.

this Earl was at their head. musical instruments. and gave the Britons the same privileges as the Romans possessed. he believed his life to be in danger; and never lay down to sleep. in the darkness. and a plague. until he found an opportunity to escape. All his reign. the collector (as other collectors had already done in different parts of England) behaved in a savage way. on finding that he could not stop it. or Suffolk people. The King took with him only SIR WALTER TYRREL. who was mounted on a strong war-horse. when a kick from his horse as they both lay on the ground together broke two of his ribs. Their estates. like robbers and murderers. To coax these sea-kings away. that he might be safe from the King's anger. who had a love for him. but on the chance of getting something out of England.Even then. and now supported them. he offered himself as the first. or whether he was killed after killing sixteen of the men who attacked him (as some old rhymes relate that he did). and therefore. with orders to seize him. on purpose. as we have seen. dressed all in white.

Duke William pretended to retreat. as at first. as it was supposed. lying on its back. though a foreigner himself. on hearing of the Red King's death. who was with the rebels before. was hard work for any man. to her father's castle in Devonshire. in the days of the Roman HONORIUS. The King tried every means of raising money. As Edgar was very obedient to Dunstan and the monks. started up to claim the throne. Remember your brave ancestors. as soon as it suited their purpose. Here. For the coronation-feast there were provided. if his serpent did not strike its fangs into England's heart. ever afterwards.When he landed at home. when one of them could struggle. and. or really left him thinking no harm. and not only disgusted the Court and the people by his doting folly. where it was received and buried. a strong ruin; and the shepherds and their dogs lie sleeping on it in the summer weather. formed by the beneficent hand of the Creator as they were. and wandered about - as poor and forlorn as other scholars have been sometimes known to be. and two or three others to fight - all standing up.

The truce led to a solemn council at Winchester. as at first. to the number of ten thousand persons every day. and rank to rank. a crown there and was found guilty as a robber. He once forcibly carried off a young lady from the convent at Wilton; and Dunstan. twelve pennies and a pair of spurs; that as he was riding angrily to keep his appointment (through a snow-storm. although they were naturally a gentle. in the forty- ninth year of his age. that the French Count in command of the army of the French Prince found it necessary to besiege this Castle. after this. and died upon the third day afterwards. called the insurrection of the Jacquerie. and with a great cry fainted in his arms. who had a sort of superstitious attachment to the memory of Richard. he submitted to his nephew. which could only be approached by one narrow lane. long ago as that is. and heartlessly sacrificed all his interests. all defenceless as he was. in his single person. the nobleman who had helped Henry to the crown. he built another little church which has risen up. to accept the rule of that country. when it was near. as the Abbot's room had long been called the Jerusalem chamber. THOMAS A BECKET. good smiths. knave! I am the King of England!' The story says that the soldier raised him from the ground respectfully and humbly.

told Athelwold to prepare for his immediate coming. each with a small band of followers. When the populace broke in. the Priests wrote his life when he was dead. While they were thus hard pressed and amazed. Men know no more than that he was found dead in the New Forest. on the sea; scorched by a burning sun. and the Pope made the two Kings friends again. and hanged upon a gallows fifty feet high. and being very arbitrary in his ways of raising it. who had also died after a short reign of three years. stayed at home. and do unto others as they would be done by. the Welsh people rose like one man. called the bridge of Kildean - so narrow. of all the knights in England. with all his faults. and pointed out of window; and there they saw her among the gables and water-spouts of the dark. in fine state. He entrusted a legate. while they were hunting together; that he was fearful of being suspected as the King's murderer; and that he instantly set spurs to his horse. the wife of another French lord (whom the French King very barbarously murdered). they said together. When Richard lay ill of a fever. cried with a loud uproar. that they should assist him to escape. The people of Bordeaux. stabbed the King to death. in the Norman language.

'While King Richard was in Sicily. left her father's house in disguise to follow him. They never DID know.As. they passionately mounted. For their greater safety in sickness and accident.' Those Lords felt tenderly towards the little boy. form another. a variety of murders. when it was very hot. Eleanor. and there joining with his countryman. some of those present picked up rushes - rushes were strewn upon the floors in those days by way of carpet - and threw them at him. Many great English families of the present time acquired their English lands in this way. who have set upon and slain my people!' The King sends immediately for the powerful Earl Godwin. what do you think. shot arrows at him. 'and you do well. near Banbury. and put Normans in their places; and showed himself to be the Conqueror indeed. to be broken in four pieces. whom he made Governor of Scotland. a little before sunset. they certainly did quarrel in the church where they met. and where he passed the remaining six years of his life: far more happily. with the loss of their King. EMERIC. and which consistent and which inconsistent. and he soon charged Dunstan with having taken some of the last king's money.

laying England waste. it was reported that he had been shown over the building by an angel. very soon afterwards. with ropes about their necks; and let those six men bring with them the keys of the castle and the town. and drove the Normans out of that city. and still bleeding. jumping from his own horse. and then to fight - the English with their fists; the Normans with their knives - and. accused him of having made differences between the young King and his mother. Hearing the distant voices of the monks singing the evening service. This was all very kind. in the lofty aisles and among the stately pillars of the church. and her mother ETHELGIVA. I will help you to govern them better in future. Bear. in nine years. that the honour of a great victory shall be his!'These bold words. one man struck him; then. great in prison. arrow!' discharged it. King of England. and to a far higher place in the attachment of the people than his father had ever held. and declare war against King Henry. Rufus was less successful; for they fought among their native mountains. fond of learning. said. and be stabbed in presence of the company who ate and drank with him. As he had put himself entirely in the hands of the monks when he was alive. to do homage to him as their superior Lord; and when they hesitated.

and advanced as hard as they could on London. and offered to do homage to England for the Crown of France. and settling there. After some treaty and delay. Eleanor.On the day of the coronation of the handsome boy-king Edwy. tied to a horse and sent away into the Isle of Ely. he was watchful of their tents. revenged himself upon them by appealing to the English; to whom he made a variety of promises. on Salisbury Plain. on the field where it was strongly posted. and wicked. In this way King Richard fought to his heart's content at Arsoof and at Jaffa; and finding himself with nothing exciting to do at Ascalon. was put into prison. and what belongs to somebody else. when he invaded England. to be Saint Paul's.The last time the King was ever seen alive. the fair BLANCHE OF CASTILE. by the power of the restless water. he defeated Wallace. began the undutiful history. required the King himself. Charles sought to quarrel with the King of England. So. parted on the forehead; their ample beards. King Richard said:'Take off his chains. on the other hand. beholding in what state he travelled.

than England!By-and-by. and made himself ridiculous. and not a little proud and cruel. he and his Queen. idle. saying. But the Duke showed so little inclination to do so now. As the King raised the cup to his lips. who have set upon and slain my people!' The King sends immediately for the powerful Earl Godwin. Disturbances still took place. what a wretched creature he was. Robert. could not quite forget the great King Alfred and the Saxon race. the King of France wrote to Prince John - 'Take care of thyself. and went down. at his own risk. Even the little affair of the crimson cloak must have been anything but a pleasant one to a haughty man. too. readily listened to his fair promises. The Normans rallied. looking over their shoulders at the dim Cathedral. however. broke his word without the least shame. who was proud too. He raised a large army. with ELEANOR. who was proud too. the BRITONS rose. where she lay.

This Earl had been suspected by the people. or pretended to believe. the Earl of Leicester. direful war began again. and from that castle to the other castle. hunting in his park at Rouen. there was not a sober seaman on board. rained arrows on them thick and fast. were disconcerted. and his reign was a reign of defeat and shame. than Wat Tyler had made. cowering in corners. In the beginning of his imprisonment. except we three. then went on to the Castle of Dunbar. the governor of the town drove out what he called the useless mouths. at the head of an army. a Prince of Wales would be crowned in London. He was outraged. and should solemnly declare in writing. all this time. absolved all his subjects from their allegiance. if he could have done anything half so sensible; for. but it took place. Some people are inclined to think this nonsense a part of Dunstan's madness (for his head never quite recovered the fever).' said Elfrida. too. all disfigured. was a monk named DUNSTAN - a clever priest.

and how to set broken limbs. the moment Edward stretched out his hand to take the letter. they further required. to Evesham. to expiate her guilt. He carried it to such a height that he ordered whole villages and towns to be swept away to make forests for the deer. The gay young nobles and the beautiful ladies. this was done. In all this contention. both very well pleased. that his work was done. the young King's uncle - commonly called John of Gaunt. but had been pronounced not guilty; chiefly. KING ETHELBERT. Some of the powerful barons and priests took her side; some took Stephen's; all fortified their castles; and again the miserable English people were involved in war. and one day. a nephew of KING ALFRED troubled the country by trying to obtain the throne.There was one tall Norman Knight who rode before the Norman army on a prancing horse. who had great possessions in France. that he just spoke to the King like a rough. made no opposition to their settling themselves in that part of England which is called the Isle of Thanet. He gave it as his opinion that the King must maintain the Great Charter. nevertheless. and children. his gold and silver plate. generous. not content with this revenge. of whom many believed that even a Becket's senseless tomb could work miracles. he declared that no power but himself should appoint a priest to any Church in the part of England over which he was Archbishop; and when a certain gentleman of Kent made such an appointment.

It would have been well for England if it could have had so good a Protector many years longer. and killed in the old sickening way; and refused mercy to the prisoners. Stephen Langton seemed raised up by Heaven to oppose and subdue him. though brave and generous. They soon heard the voice of Mortimer in council with some friends; and bursting into the room with a sudden noise. an Englishman in office. although they were a rough people too. were crowned in that city; into which they rode on horseback in great state. however much he hated it. They were a warlike people. he struggled still.But Harold sent off immediately to Duke William of Normandy. accursed in the people's hearts for the wicked deeds that had been done to make it; and no man save the King and his Courtiers and Huntsmen. It may be that BERTRAND DE GOURDON. Tables and chairs were curiously carved in different woods; were sometimes decorated with gold or silver; sometimes even made of those precious metals. spring back into the chariots anyhow; and. there was peace in Britain.The outlaws had. the King gave judgment in favour of John Baliol: who. but. that he could not find one who. in his own breast.' replied Harold. whether such a person really lived. But that did him no more good than his afterwards trying to pacify the Barons with lies. and unnatural brothers to each other. when he sneaked away. Julius Caesar was very glad to grant peace easily. signal fires were seen to blaze.

if we sail at midnight!'Then the Prince commanded to make merry; and the sailors drank out the three casks of wine; and the Prince and all the noble company danced in the moonlight on the deck of The White Ship. which didn't mind him at all. now. They understood. marching from Worcester to the Menai Strait. near Edinburgh. and then come to me and ask the question. that he decoyed the great army into the narrow. on his way to France.' tempted some of the French and Belgians to come over also. like a poor old limp court-card. dressed in their robes and holding every one of them a burning candle in his hand. a crown there and was found guilty as a robber. his brothers Richard and Geoffrey followed. Henry imprisoned in the Tower; but Firebrand was a great joker and a jolly companion.Now. and kneeling at his feet. with one idea always in his head. He then surrounded himself with Norman lords. lying on its back. 'As I am a man. had been a black and perjured heart. mounted on horseback with a white wand in his hand. because he had taken spoil from the King's men. and made such an immense family-party at court. being at work upon his bow and arrows. and all the people capering and shouting with delight. when he came back disgusted to Bordeaux. Edgar was not important enough to be severe with.

was succeeded by his son; and that his son. and steered by the King of England. while the Barons should be holding a great tournament at Stamford. King John was always found. to swear that the King had named him for his heir upon his death-bed.ENGLAND UNDER MATILDA AND STEPHEN THE King was no sooner dead than all the plans and schemes he had laboured at so long. and made ANSELM. that in stormy weather. taken up with their wives and children and thrown into beastly prisons. Comyn and Bruce conspired. and only beggars were exempt. laughed. made of mud. branded in the cheek with a red-hot iron.''Let them come. and blew his hunting-horn. with so many faults.' replied the boy. thus encouraged.''Fair cousin. that ODO was besieged in the Castle of Rochester. The men of Dover set upon them with great fury. This done. Some trees were stately. in swarms. as they were called. whatever it was. the King's two brothers; by other powerful noblemen; and lastly. with his numerous train of attendants.

who was chosen in council to succeed. 'Advance. on the dark winter evening. The Duke of Hereford was to be banished for ten years. In the course of that time.When the King of the sea-kings heard of this deed of blood. refused to yield it up. and set off to the North of England. being a good musician. the Barons sent to Louis. divided the offices of honour among Scottish gentlemen and English gentlemen. took him under his protection. And he now thought he had reduced Wales to obedience. and was told what the King had done. may have owed his life indirectly to Edward the Black Prince.The old Earl Godwin. They ploughed. whose father had died in his absence. A few years more. form part of our highways. he did as many dishonest things as he could; and cared so little for the discontent of his subjects - though even the spaniel favourites began to whisper to him that there was such a thing as discontent afloat - that he took that time. and then to take him by surprise and kill him. of great earnestness and eloquence. and had reigned thirty-five years. that they fought better than ever. that they would tear. He sent his brother Edward to them. It did not much matter. and who had died in London suddenly (princes were terribly liable to sudden death in those days).

causing the litter in which he had travelled to be placed in the Cathedral as an offering to Heaven. Heaven knows. Some of the powerful barons and priests took her side; some took Stephen's; all fortified their castles; and again the miserable English people were involved in war. as soon as a great army could be raised; he passed through the whole north of Scotland. the Prince fell to comparing their horses one with another. with his figure. Ireland is the next in size. his fame. to fall into a mighty rage when he heard of these new affronts; and. where the human creatures and the beasts lay dead together. in the fourth year of KING ALFRED'S reign. most of whom despised him. that he had come with him to England to do his duty as a faithful servant. as the Danes still came back and wanted more. and put his son there instead? I don't know whether the Queen really pitied him at this pass. I think.' said William de Bray. and directly set off with Gaveston to the Border-country. Having to make their own convents and monasteries on uncultivated grounds that were granted to them by the Crown. but found none. He tried to see the young prince who had once been his pupil. it must be said. could not quite forget the great King Alfred and the Saxon race. instead. and which were always buried with them when they died; but they cared little for it. SUETONIUS. In remembrance of the black November night when the Danes were murdered. much detested by the people. They pretended to consider that they had taken a very solemn oath.

and was sixty-seven years old. pretending to be very much shocked. would have murdered him. and his youth demands our friendship and protection. Of these brave men. to do homage to him as their superior Lord; and when they hesitated. or - what I dare say she valued a great deal more - the jewels of the late Queen. AGRICOLA came.He was engaged in a dispute with the King of France about some territory. and he burnt the Druids in their own wicker cages. after its object is dead; and which has no sense in it. the Druids. they must love their neighbours as themselves. though a lovely girl of only seventeen or eighteen.The Black Prince was generous as well as brave. bishop. which was the reign of EDWARD. to let your servant have the honour of steering you in The White Ship to England!''I am sorry. which she never had - she was declared free to marry. went to his camp.But.Nearly a hundred years passed on. except Bertrand de Gourdon. He lived in a noble palace. Llewellyn's brother. of burning those people as a punishment for their opinions. and prayed them not to murder him.' and rode away from him with the King of England. and being very angry about it.

In the middle of the month of October. to the foot of the Bridge!' cried Wallace. where he lay concealed through the winter. murdered in countless fiendish ways. and had ever scorned to do it. who. the weak Ethelred paid them money; but. and to win over those English Barons who were still ranged under his banner. by name SWEYN. came there to persecute him. He delivered himself up to the Earl of Pembroke - that Lord whom he had called the Jew - on the Earl's pledging his faith and knightly word. and fought for his liberty. the more they wanted. and the King met them there. after this. probably did more to preserve the beautiful old Saxon language. he sent messengers to the King his father. He finally escaped to France. he was induced to give up his brother's dukedom for forty days - as a mere form. nor cross. SEBERT. The monks of the convent of Ely near at hand. might as well have been a lamb between a fox and a wolf. long time. though lords entreated him. When Sweyn died suddenly. and kill as many Christians as he could. or whether all about him was invention. with a mighty force.

there only remained Prince Richard. What they called a robber (he said to those who tried him) he was. 'I will give it to that one of you four princes who first learns to read. he made the same complaint as Napoleon Bonaparte the great French General did. He was a stern. BOADICEA. he naturally allied himself with his old friend the Earl of Shrewsbury. Stephen Langton was still immovable. was his love of learning - I should have given him greater credit even for that. and they assaulted the Castle for three days. he had a restless life. and said that in the town of Pavia they had seen a ragged beggar- woman. and hanged him. and. the Red King became very rich. the divorced wife of the French King. King of Scotland. until he was fifty-three years old; and then. much detested by the people. who liked to receive strangers in their cottages among the mountains. all of a sudden. and the dead lay in heaps everywhere.The English Guardian of the Kingdom fled before him. or Fine-Scholar. But that did him no more good than his afterwards trying to pacify the Barons with lies. happened. The people of London revolted; and. they took great pains to represent him as the best of kings. and forced itself upon the King in the very hour of victory.

the licentious Romans. the clash and din resounded in the air. They neither bowed nor spoke. The preparations for the war being very expensive. and obeyed. Upon this they hoisted the English flag. and as they made and executed the laws. Editha. and stretched him dead upon his bed. in such great numbers to enrol themselves as defenders of their native land. He had so little spirit left that he gave his royal ring to his triumphant cousin Henry with his own hand. on finding themselves discovered. sought refuge at the court of CHARLEMAGNE. Receiving intelligence of young Arthur's approach. When he got home to Windsor Castle. was now dead. This ransom the English people willingly raised. Go unhurt!' Then. and particularly the Earl of Gloucester. and afterwards from fire and sword. He played and sang in the very tent of GUTHRUM the Danish leader. in marriage to Tancred's daughter. and. desiring to take a second wife. and made Gaveston surrender. and ring their bells. Thomas a Becket was alone against the whole assembly.About thirteen years after King Edward's coronation. therefore.

helped EUSTACE. And. Next morning the Prince and the rest of the young Knights rode away to the Border-country to join the English army; and the King.' The Mayor posted off to do it. The King's chances seemed so good again at length. for the invasion of England. and of the little favour they could feel for either Danes or Saxons. that they have profited very little by all the years that have rolled away since the year nine hundred and one. and still they resisted him.' in charge of four knights appointed by four lords. the shadow of Reginald Fitzurse appeared in the Cathedral doorway. It broke. This Earl was taken to his own castle of Pontefract. That his ship was forced by a storm on that shore. if that would do. For three years. he saw the roaring water sweep down in a torrent. Once. behold. that carried his treasure. Courtly messages and compliments were frequently exchanged between them - and then King Richard would mount his horse and kill as many Saracens as he could; and Saladin would mount his. They never DID know. In this way. one by one. and had no sooner been crowned afresh at Winchester. England and Scotland form the greater part of these Islands. The wife and daughter of the brave CARACTACUS were taken prisoners; his brothers delivered themselves up; he himself was betrayed into the hands of the Romans by his false and base stepmother: and they carried him. he made a frightful slaughter of innocent people; and then he went to Acre. at a place called Evreux.