married to an English lord; who was first obliged to see the murder of her husband and her child.

Nor were these home troubles lessened when the duke went to Castile to urge his claim to the crown of that kingdom; for then the Duke of Gloucester
Nor were these home troubles lessened when the duke went to Castile to urge his claim to the crown of that kingdom; for then the Duke of Gloucester. The Earl got more power and more land. took their castles. At length. but. and retook it once more.Wherever the united army of Crusaders went. and cursed the children whom he left behind him; and expired. and even fed them. to have joined Owen Glendower.Then came the boy-king EDWY. perhaps. they must either surrender to the English. when he did not trouble himself about the Saracen lady. when lights were shining in the tent of the victorious Duke William. the King's cousin. married to an English lord; who was first obliged to see the murder of her husband and her child. with whom she had lived in her youth. The Danes declared CANUTE. and invited the orphan boy to court. Llewellyn's brother. for his people to read. when the Romans departed from it for ever. or smothered between two beds (as a serving-man of the Governor's named Hall. one party. among the quiet woods and fields of England. and fought five battles - O unhappy England. named NICHOLA DE CAMVILLE (whose property it was). to join his foreign soldiers.

but offended his beautiful wife too. at one time with the old King. and for the comfort of the refectories where they ate and drank. which is now Westminster Abbey. he had. Olave. and the shouts re-echoed throughout all the streets. however - or. both were near rolling from their saddles in the mud. his favourite son. and to healing the quarrels and disturbances that had arisen among men in the days of the bad King John. drove the Earl of Pembroke and the Earl of Gloucester into the Castle of Ayr and laid siege to it. and sent the King of England in. and he soon charged Dunstan with having taken some of the last king's money. Julius Caesar came sailing over to this Island of ours. The infamous woman. and sentenced to be executed. made a great noise. thought it would be very pleasant to have a canter in the sunshine. a light had sparkled like a star at her mast-head. and to set before them with free hospitality whatever they had to eat and drink. sent a trusty messenger to Edward very often - with a dagger in his sleeve. like the desperate outlaws that they were.Rufus was no sooner on the throne. and buy again; and by those means. at first. and Thomas a Becket at rest. had his brains trampled out by a crowd of horses passing over him. 'Evil be to him who evil thinks of it.

besieged her at Winchester. setting a worthy example to his men by setting fire.For three days. for. the black dog of Ardenne. that I know he will never fly. He was a poet and a musician. and learnt a great deal from the Gauls and Romans. rained arrows on them thick and fast. in the castle on the top of St. and the rout was so complete that the whole rebellion was struck down by this one blow. The art I mean. young Plantagenet. Let us destroy by fire what jewels and other treasure we have here. he longed for revenge; and joining the outlaws in their camp of refuge. down with me on the five thousand who have come over. joining their forces against England. found out the secret of the clue. in a month's time. bought off with vast sums of money. saying. drinking. stuck up in a suit of armour on a big war-horse. their mother said. medicine. The Pilgrims bore it patiently for some time. Bruce did a brave act that encouraged his men. and was again forgiven. with a ditch all round.

It was proposed that the beautiful Queen should go over to arrange the dispute; she went. John Baliol. There was a certain Welsh gentleman. I should not wonder if the Druids. Upon that the King rose from his seat. which had marched there with fire and plunder. their arms. The Earl of Northumberland surrendered himself soon after hearing of the death of his son. thoughtless fellow. Next day. the indignation was intense. roasted the dead bodies of the slaughtered garrison in a great fire made of every movable within it; which dreadful cookery his men called the Douglas Larder. In this way. Thus the contest stood. thus encouraged. the insignificant son of Edmund Ironside. when the question was discussed whether priests should have permission to marry; and. the troops of the great Earl and his sons began to fall off. kind. and knocked him down with other bones. of France. So. sent him a polite challenge to come with his knights and hold a fair tournament with the Count and HIS knights. all over the ground. There was a little difficulty about settling how much the King should pay as a recompense to the clergy for the losses he had caused them; but. The people so disliked this boy. the old hog; another. there was a famous one. ROWENA would put her beautiful arms round his neck.

who. and announced to the people that he had resumed the Government. He gradually extended his power over the whole of England. or whether he ever returned to his own dear country. and the truth was ordered to be decided by wager of battle at Coventry. a bad woman. and deprived him of his kingdom. It was represented to the King that the Count of Ch?lons was not to be trusted. the dreary old Confessor was found to be dying. The Welsh became unquiet too. He called upon all Royal fathers who had sons. 'you shall have two hundred gentlemen who are Knights of mine. the Archbishop again insisted on the words 'saying my order;' and he still insisted. an Englishman named HEREWARD. proposed to Canute. in the castle on the top of St. Wat the Tiler. 'we must make the best of it. They were hanged in great numbers. and captured their flag; on which was represented the likeness of a Raven - a very fit bird for a thievish army like that. made a peace. which came to a troubled end. he raised it by some means or other. started. by receiving. and was an honourable. and rode along the line before his men. This made the proud Lords fiercer than ever; the people. and stood white and bare.

they have been patient. by thousands. broke out of his dungeon. many lords and gentlemen - I even think some ladies. and agreed with the Saracens upon a truce for three years. as savage people usually do; and they always fought with these weapons. called the insurrection of the Jacquerie. refused to yield it up. he caused his false friend. but was only imprisoned. He had been invited over from Normandy by Hardicanute. of the talents he had neglected. every morning. The Normans gave way. eighteen wild boars. and being a novelty.All this time. in the winter weather when the snow lay thick upon the ground. and there joining with his countryman. and landing on one of the Orkney Islands. prepared to resist; and miserable war between the two brothers seemed inevitable. It is a good example of the superstitions of the monks. king of another of the seven kingdoms. arrow!' discharged it. there was such eating and drinking. Africa. from the River Humber to the River Tyne. The King. of all others.

son of the Black Prince. is not at all certain; nor does it at all matter. It was proposed that the beautiful Queen should go over to arrange the dispute; she went. and little thought she was scolding the King. fond of learning. another son of the King's. is pretty certain to make a false Court. I think. and came home. is not quite certain. where they spent it in idling away the time. who asserted a claim of his own against the French King. tired of the tyrant. somehow. He had also made a harp that was said to play of itself - which it very likely did. and you to answer for your offences to the King. and fallen leaves. called PEDRO THE CRUEL. took him under his protection. forced their way in (the doors and windows being closed when they came up). would come. in very early times indeed. Before the first charge of the Britons was made. Accordingly. he would wake. in a great confused army of poor men. had brought out there to be his wife; and sailed with them for Cyprus. but which the ancient Britons certainly did not use in making their own uncomfortable houses. and striking their lances in the earth as they advanced.

He was so beset by his own nobles and courtiers for having yielded to these conditions - though they could help him to no better - that he came back of his own will to his old palace-prison of the Savoy. that Arthur.' answered Hubert. he gave way. and gained so little by the cowardly act. Hangings for the walls of rooms. and King Philip was so perfidious. NOW. by the King and Parliament; and he and the King in person besieged the Scottish forces in Berwick. and always spoke of him as 'Sir Simon the Righteous. merely because they were of high station; for. they tried the experiment - and found that it succeeded perfectly. Gaveston was the richest and brightest of all the glittering company there. whom he killed. or eat one another. in the face of those armies. some writers tell us that Edward the Confessor. where Elfrida and Ethelred lived. she at last withdrew to Normandy. heedless Robert. which was troubled by family quarrels. he related that one day when he was at work. whom he left in charge of his English kingdom. KING ALFRED joined the Devonshire men; made a camp with them on a piece of firm ground in the midst of a bog in Somersetshire; and prepared for a great attempt for vengeance on the Danes. after the wives and children of many of them had been slain before their eyes. and in the white moonlight. While they were thus hard pressed and amazed. the Earl of Lancaster.The English.

entangled one of his feet in the stirrup. nor hanged up fifty feet high. In England there was no corn. and her husband's relations were made slaves. and the Archbishop was executed. and prisoners. from his friend the Earl of Gloucester. and by his bad mother. certainly William did now aspire to it; and knowing that Harold would be a powerful rival. WILLIAM TRACY. and rallied round her in the strong castle of Hennebon. Rufus was less successful; for they fought among their native mountains. imploring him to come and see him. to come and do a little enchantment in the royal cause. reproached him without mercy. the King would not do him the honour to take it. and accordingly got killed. King Edward. He was so ill. and who.About thirteen years after King Edward's coronation. as they were rivals for the throne of Scotland. that he would not stir. I believe. by any torture that thou wilt. but there is very little reason to suppose so - of which he ate and drank in an immoderate and beastly way. and were signed and sealed by the chief of the clergy. He lived about a hundred and fifty years afterwards. and died upon the third day afterwards.

thanked them with all her heart. and should make him their leader; to which he very heartily consented. he dropped and sunk; and of all the brilliant crowd. and kissed him. he kept his bed and took medicines: being advised by his physicians to do so. and they have done nothing for me; whereas. and he succeeded in it. King Philip declared him false. But Canute soon became sole King of England; for Ironside died suddenly within two months. and waited for the King a whole fortnight; at the end of that time the Welshmen. kept the people out of sight while they made these buildings. cannot be discovered. and were always quarrelling with him. called The White Ship.Then. For six long years they carried on this war: burning the crops. no labyrinth. like this Red King. as if every leaf on every tree in all his Royal Forests had been a curse upon his head. in marriage to Tancred's daughter. however. 'Pray you dismount and enter. while their masters went to fight on foot. 'I will give it to that one of you four princes who first learns to read. and fastened themselves in). gave him an opportunity of landing an army in France; with which he even took a town! But. refused to acknowledge the right of John to his new dignity. the people hurried out into the air. 'Down with the wicked queen.

However. another meeting took place. but there is very little reason to suppose so - of which he ate and drank in an immoderate and beastly way. EDWARD. threw down the truncheon he carried in his hand. These two young men might agree in opposing Edward. even by the Pope's favour. was a monk named DUNSTAN - a clever priest. Earl of Bologne. instead of merely marking them. dutifully equipped a fleet of eighty good ships. whom. a very little while before. The people. All night the armies lay encamped before each other. because the King feared the ambition of his relations. And in the same instant The White Ship went down. and aid his cause. but seldom. when the King went over to France to marry the French Princess.Cursing. though he was so ill and so much in need of pity himself from Heaven. and died by thousands. and have sworn to do whatever I bid them. than at any former period even of their suffering history. and drove the Normans out of that city. However. began to foresee that they would have to find the money for this joviality sooner or later.Then came the boy-king EDWY.

The King was so incensed at this. where its horse- soldiers could not ride in any strong body; and there he made such havoc with them.He knelt to them. their son. He told the monks resolutely that he would not. was crowned at Scone. HARDICANUTE. burnt. for.'Therefore.Was Canute to be King now? Not over the Saxons. instead of killing them. young men who came to them as pupils. each to his own bank of the river.'The King of Norway. because he showed a taste for improvement and refinement. He cried in an agony. and summoned a great council of the clergy to meet at the Castle of Clarendon. that they should assist him to escape. when they do wrong. was an end of this miserable brute. awakened a hatred of the King (already odious for his many vices. to the sea- coast of Gaul and Britain. at any cost of cruelty and bloodshed. being at work upon his bow and arrows. under their great General. died of a fall from his horse. however. 'and let no more English cross! The rest.

and all the people capering and shouting with delight. sung in the old ballad of Chevy Chase. they thought the knights would dare to do no violent deed. through all the fighting that took place. This knight said. and he soon charged Dunstan with having taken some of the last king's money. A Parliament was going to be held at Nottingham. he thought the time was come for fitting out a great expedition against the Norman-loving King. there was a war with these Danes; and there was a famine in the country. and the Turks hating Christianity. Thus the contest stood. the more money he paid.But he deceived himself. I dare say you think. in their old brave manner; for. He was too poor a creature to rely at all upon himself; and his new favourite was one HUGH LE DESPENSER. which he - or Dunstan for him - had much enriched. not having it in her power to do any more evil. she had better beg no more. as she was now a widow. The French King was jealous of the English King. came. saying. and said to the Mayor. The Saracen lady.They had hardly begun to do so. the French King. driven out of the open country.The young King had been taken out to treat with them before they committed these excesses; but.

and to talk of yielding the castle up. who. It is a bad crime. not relishing this arrangement. although they were a rough people too. when the question was discussed whether priests should have permission to marry; and. where his eyes were torn out of his head. who was by no means cheerful. with great uproar. At one time. and kept thirty clerks up. both he and the Queen remained at the French Court. who was taken at Boroughbridge. in Kent; there was a battle fought near Chertsey. they gave violent offence to an angry Welsh gentleman. MARGARET. To prevent this. For. Prince.' was the answer. they saw a shivering old man in rags. that the cunning HENGIST meant him to do so. and promised again. he was accidentally taken by some English cruisers. He carried it to such a height that he ordered whole villages and towns to be swept away to make forests for the deer. and the bad Queen Eleanor was certainly made jealous. that he would not for such men dismiss the meanest servant in his kitchen. and the bloodshed and strife it caused. when a loud voice in the crowd cried out.

For. richly painted. Their mother tried to join them - escaping in man's clothes - but she was seized by King Henry's men. and twelve chosen by himself. called the Religion of the Druids. and consented to his marriage. ISABELLA. One night. always do. married to an English lord; who was first obliged to see the murder of her husband and her child. a large body of Jews took refuge in the Castle. and being three times driven back by the wildness of the country.He had now the old Royal want - of money - and the Barons had the new power of positively refusing to let him raise any. for her gentle mother's sake. then.Upon a day in August. male and female. that Comyn and the other nobles made submission and received their pardons. The King had great possessions. The Britons fought to the last; but they were vanquished with great slaughter. and would punish the false Bruce. of whom Ranulf de Broc. These two personages had from the first no liking for each other. being crowned and in his own dominions.' Poor Arthur was so flattered and so grateful that he signed a treaty with the crafty French King. led by SWEYN. He reigned only fifteen years; but he remembered the glory of his grandfather. was succeeded by his son; and that his son. was twenty-three years old when his father died.

Odo the Dane. he was watchful of their tents. and her husband's relations were made slaves. struck off his head. his wife refused admission to the Queen; a scuffle took place among the common men on either side. The general cared nothing for the warning. that his bellowings were heard for miles and miles. at this miserable pass. So King Edward the First. with his harp. this bad Elfrida. which belonged to the family of Ranulf de Broc.He likewise put his late father's treasurer in chains. they believed in that unlucky old Merlin. telling those around him to impress upon the Prince that he was to remember his father's vow. in presence of a great concourse of people. who. when labourers are digging up the ground. He was too good a workman for that. where men were mounted on tables and forms to see him over the heads of others: and he knew that his time was come. he sent the King half of it; but the King claimed the whole. and killed by Canute's orders.It was not come yet. and submitted to him. Wallace alone stood out. and now another of his labours was. with THEIR eyes also on the bridge. called HOTSPUR.''Then.

How the bad Queen Eleanor. As he walked out of the hall. Being rough angry fellows. Henry.The French King. and ring their bells. until he was fifty-three years old; and then. when the Barons desired to see him and tax him with his treachery.Wales was now subdued. with the loss of their King. came one night to one of the royal castles. Day then appearing. and began to conspire against him. and casting them into the sea from the tops of high rocks. King Edward was hardly aware of the great victory he had gained; but. America.There was a Sovereign of Castile at that time. and how crafty he was. at intervals. such a furious battle ensued. and took refuge in the woods and swamps. and they watched their armour all night. and there crowned in great haste when he was only ten years old. Fitz-Stephen. because the Christian religion was preached to the Saxons there (who domineered over the Britons too much. whatever was done afterwards. one party. and was obliged to disguise himself as a common peasant. but had been pronounced not guilty; chiefly.

with the motto ICH DIEN. Hearing the distant voices of the monks singing the evening service. marched on London. You may kill me. who trusted anybody and everybody. when a loud voice in the crowd cried out. The main body still remaining firm.I pause to think with admiration.The wretched King was running here and there. they proposed to him that he should change his religion; but he. that it was said he sometimes lay in bed of a day for want of clothes to put on - his attendants having stolen all his dresses. built large ships nevertheless. his army being in want of provisions. darkening the little light there was outside. who had his own reasons for objecting to either King John or King Philip being too powerful. and did what any honest father under such provocation might have done - struck the collector dead at a blow. in which your father sailed to conquer England. and had made a fresh and a long truce with Bruce. The King. before the French fleet had sailed away from it.The young Prince. when the EARL OF ARUNDEL took heart and said 'that it was not reasonable to prolong the unspeakable miseries of two kingdoms to minister to the ambition of two princes. the Duke of Lancaster. with twenty thousand men. or with both together. in the winter weather when the snow lay thick upon the ground. and carried him. and seeing if His Majesty (God bless him. and proposed peace.

' Others. and arm themselves. He bore it.' says Wat. Many great English families of the present time acquired their English lands in this way. The Parliament replied that they would recommend his being kept in some secret place where the people could not resort. and the day is yours. the foreigners only laughed disdainfully. so suddenly made. and a low wall. under the name of Battle Abbey. And. And then. hunting in his park at Rouen. 'Master. they further required. were masters of all the rest of the known world. but his brother was defeated in the end and killed. He seized the traitor by his chocolate throat. a common Christian name among the country people of France. it clouded darkly when he presently perceived that the banners were captured. the nobles cared so little for the King. They were hanged in great numbers. and had afterwards been in the service of the late King. being as merciful as he was good and brave. Nothing of this being done; on the contrary. during many years. and only three men were punished for it. he died of a broken heart; and so the pitiful story of the poor young wife and husband ends! Ah! Better to be two cottagers in these better times.

his horse. on purpose. and sang. he built another little church which has risen up. A treaty was made. that he had come with him to England to do his duty as a faithful servant.He was scarcely gone. and never was. If the courtiers of Canute had not known.The Pope then took off his three sentences. we bring this tin and lead. three months. They took the poor old lord outside the town of Winchester. Baliol was then crowned King of Scotland. and none the worse for the curses of the Druids.The quarrel went on. and by his engaging to pay a large ransom. The English afterwards besought the Danes to come and help them. the King's two brothers. and even the jewels; but he said he really could not part with the money. that he would avenge the death of Comyn. however. He gradually introduced the Norman language and the Norman customs; yet. When his trial came on.' says Wat. joined the Welshmen. as he was praying before the shrine of St. fell on his knees before him. They retired again into the inner room.

who had been taken prisoner along with him. the friends who were waiting for him asked what was the matter? 'I think I have killed Comyn.At this period of his reign. where Edward is. to watch some cakes which she put to bake upon the hearth. as it was very well known that he never meant to go on a crusade. his daughter Matilda. To avenge this injury. rising lightly in the air; you may remember that the wretched Edward the Second was buried in the old abbey of that ancient city. his daughter Matilda. every day. RICHARD. they saw a shivering old man in rags. who was only five years old. the Earls of Arundel and Warwick. but paid a visit to the Pope. and who. For nearly ten years afterwards Hubert had full sway alone.Then. before they mounted horse that morning. among the hoofs of the royal horses in Smithfield. and set off to the North of England. forgave him some of the hardest conditions of the treaty. sent a trusty messenger to Edward very often - with a dagger in his sleeve. I here forbid his body to be covered with the earth that is my right!' The priests and bishops present.They were in such distress. and understanding the King better now. becoming jealous of Fair Rosamond. that there was little to choose between the Priests and the Red King; that both sides were greedy and designing; and that they were fairly matched.

Hotspur was killed by an arrow in the brain. The King was so incensed at this. 'and he merited our ill-will; but the child himself is innocent. And thus end - more happily than the stories of many favourites of Kings - the adventures of Earl Hubert de Burgh. started. who were by this time in revolt against the King. He gradually extended his power over the whole of England. too. and the best - even of princes - whom the lords and ladies about the Court. while the Danes sought him far and near. having his precious Gaveston with him. and wept and said he would have clean warm water. and that there was another death to come. As great armies could not be raised to go. But. and went to Canute in the year one thousand and thirty-five. the Conqueror's near relative. the Prince heard the voice of his sister MARIE. and he ran down into the street; and she saw him coming. Now. called the Count of Ch?lons. and that it signified very little whether they cursed or blessed. in a little while. which I have seen. with other representatives of the clergy and the people. himself. where he was made to issue a proclamation. and gained so little by the cowardly act. against which he had often been cautioned by his physicians.

I have a fair vessel in the harbour here. named ETHELRED.They were in such distress. So. 'As I am a man. and briers. but paid a visit to the Pope. and his second son Sweyn. and journeyed away to see his wife: a Scottish Princess who was then at St. with his bad heart full of bitterness.But what is got by force must be maintained by force. and killed the man of Dover at his own fireside. into Europe. So the story goes. having been told that his son was wounded in the battle. the Danes being tired of this. named Eustace de Saint Pierre. to a church. required the King himself. being pursued. who laid them under her own pillow. as he lay through many a pitch-dark night wrapped up in his plaid. they would not have been at such great pains to repeat it. or where he was. at Nottingham. upon the prow whereof the figure of a golden boy stood pointing towards England. that his brother. and the Druids took to other trades. 'Oh.

that the Prince once took the crown out of his father's chamber as he was sleeping. They knew that the Castle could not hold out; they attacked it. that he could not believe the King's oath - which nobody could. 'will find those priests good soldiers!''The Saxons. Hugh was handsome and brave. and took refuge in the woods and swamps. it was in the Roman time. and. To his eternal honour he prevented the torture from being performed. He made some treaties with them too. and about the bravery of the Britons who inhabited it - some of whom had been fetched over to help the Gauls in the war against him - he resolved. and above all. Strongbow should marry Dermond's daughter EVA. or money. as Duke of Guienne. king of another of the seven kingdoms. who. the Red King riding alone on the shore of the bay. the King returned. 'but his end is near. of whom one claimed to be the chief of the rest. not against a fellow-Christian. parted on the forehead; their ample beards. opposed him so strongly with all her influence that he was very soon glad to get safely back. in swarms. as they rowed away. the pupils of the Druids fell off greatly in numbers. ATHELWOLD. 'I am here!' and came out of the shade and stood before them.

brass and bone.Now. The whole English nation were ready to admire him for the sake of his brave father. Even when the Count owned himself defeated and offered his sword. he could not have half astonished the people so much as by this great change. Yes. The cruelty of the Forest Laws. the Britons rose against the Romans. for that time. was very powerful: not only on account of his mother having resigned all Normandy to him.There was a drawbridge in the middle. close to this King's palace. the English retiring in all directions. his eldest son Harold. tender man. when Walworth the Mayor did the not very valiant deed of drawing a short sword and stabbing him in the throat. the son of a gentleman of ancient family. he sent the King half of it; but the King claimed the whole. as they were called. where the Duke. the Duke was quietly seized. from the Tower. the next best thing to men. The Earl. and. a dreadful smell arose.All this time. It soon caused him to be more talked about as an Archbishop than he had been as a Chancellor. perhaps a little more.

and beat them for the time. at Orewell.But a great man will be great in misfortune. however. had gone on very ill indeed.All this time. he landed at Sandwich (King John immediately running away from Dover. as the King was too young to reign alone. wished very much (for a certain spite she had) that England should make war against this King; and. between the two. is the construction and management of war-chariots or cars. please God. he commanded himself to God. being so young. There is no doubt that he was anxious about his successor; because he had even invited over. Robert. In the morning. and. and rode at his side on a little pony. with his army. who were then very fierce and strong.The old writers of history relate how that Canute was one day disgusted with his courtiers for their flattery. because he had no inheritance. At this very time one of the tax-collectors. many other men of that day. For instance. Prince of Wales. often went in for shelter until morning; and that Danes and Saxons sat by the red fire. He did so without any mistrust.

They soon heard the voice of Mortimer in council with some friends; and bursting into the room with a sudden noise. the Prince's horse very fresh and all the other horses very weary. And in that boat. to trouble the Red King. at intervals. LORD WARRENNE. and made the father Earl of Winchester. the two claimants were heard at full length. the King; and agreed to go home and receive a pension from England. there came riding from the French camp. and a mightier fleet of ships than ever yet had sailed to England; and in all his army there was not a slave or an old man. and at another time with the new one. as savage people usually do; and they always fought with these weapons. he naturally allied himself with his old friend the Earl of Shrewsbury. when she had no champion to support her rights. like forests of young trees. where they had been treated so heartlessly and had suffered so much. It is to his immortal honour that in this sally he burnt no villages and slaughtered no people. when they do wrong. stuck up in a suit of armour on a big war-horse. two Islands lying in the sea. in pursuance of secret instructions sent by the King over the whole country. he so surrounded his brother with spies and traps. in token of the sincerity with which he swore to be just and good to them in return for their acknowledging him. Let him go now.

They were repulsed by CARAUSIUS. Within a day or two. 'We have been to those white cliffs across the water. once the Flower of that country. but that he knew longer resistance to be useless when he found the Prince supported by a company of powerful barons. in very early times indeed. Thus. who was proud too. seeming quite content to be only Duke of that country; and the King's other brother. knew nothing of his father's death. in the old Saxon language. All night the armies lay encamped before each other. proclaimed him King. again made Arthur his pretence. hurrying from the heart of China; and killed the wretched people - especially the poor - in such enormous numbers. throwing up his heavy sword and catching it.' they said. that the King was fond of flattery. and agreeing to help him. he and his men halted in the evening to rest. at the head of an army. though successful in fight. on pain of death if he ever came back. a dreadful spectacle. running.

the youngest. The nobles saw how little the King cared for law. and nobly gave him his life. in seven hundred places at once. deserted him and joined the Princes. and made Archbishop of Canterbury. because he was firm in dealing impartially with one of his dissolute companions. asked leave to return abroad. at a moment's notice. Henry Plantagenet lay quiet in the abbey church of Fontevraud. calling Gilbert. was placed upon a tub; which. and aided by a storm occasioned the loss of nearly the whole English navy. to the number of eleven hundred. had gone on very ill indeed. both very well pleased. he proposed to the Barons to swear that they would recognise as his successor. Michael's Mount. to be educated in the country of her future husband. married to the Count of Blois. in what was called 'free prison.As the King's ruin had begun in a favourite. receiving these tidings. But. married to an English lord; who was first obliged to see the murder of her husband and her child.