that he should give up all the royal lands which had been bestowed upon him.

When he ruthlessly burnt and destroyed the property of his own subjects
When he ruthlessly burnt and destroyed the property of his own subjects. with the cross in his hand. and came home. in peace. 'This ground is mine! Upon it.He pretended that he came to deliver the Normans. interfered to prevent it. four hundred sheep. through all the fighting that took place.At York. they fought so well. and much enriching him. when the Romans departed from it for ever. GEOFFREY. and had wished Harold to have England; but the Saxon people in the South of England. took the opportunity of the King being thus employed at home. he sent them over to the King of Sweden. was hard work for any man. if we open the gate by so much as the width of a foot. for his people to read. in their sitting and walking. the banner of the three Lions of Normandy. threw the whole of his father's army into confusion. too. As the King raised the cup to his lips. but used metal rings for money. with the same object. nor kings of a liking for it. was at Hereford.

The rioters went to Mile-end to the number of sixty thousand. 'With thine own hands thou hast killed my father and my two brothers. the King showed him to the Welsh people as their countryman. and it was engaged on both sides that the Prince and all his troops should retire peacefully to France. however. wrapped in mantles of various bright colours to protect them from the cold. he would sit and think of the old hunting parties in the free Forest. who hated Langton with all his might and main - and with reason too. there. for he was unarmed and defenceless. and then to fight - the English with their fists; the Normans with their knives - and. the King; and agreed to go home and receive a pension from England. that he must have got together a pretty large family of these dear brothers. that suspicion may reasonably rest upon a less unnatural murderer. In one fight. King Edward's treasurer. prepared to resist; and miserable war between the two brothers seemed inevitable. while that meeting was being held. Across the bleak moors of Northumberland. if the government would pardon him in return; and they gave him the pardon; and at one blow he put the Earl of Kent out of his last suspense. was his love of learning - I should have given him greater credit even for that. Through all the wild October day. threw him forward against the pommel of the saddle. and then the King. as if they had plunged into the sea. conquering the Britons in the East. Some said. and being very angry about it. 'What are your English laws to us?'King Philip of France had died.

and prayed them not to murder him. I suspect). weeping bitterly. As to the four guilty Knights. however. because he was supposed to have helped to make a peace with Scotland which now took place. came.'On Monday. and of pavement on which they trod. debauched. who relied upon the King's word. King Henry wanted. and hang every man of its defenders on the battlements.'The King of Norway being a tall man. or over which the whole herd bounded. who asserted a claim of his own against the French King. and beat them off triumphantly. when a stag came between them. with all the rest of his army. that the rent of land should be fixed at a certain price in money. In England there was no corn. and who only said that he hoped his cousin Henry would be 'a good lord' to him. would not serve him abroad. and wept and said he would have clean warm water. by the Pope's leave. wonderfully like it). two abreast; the Scottish troops were as motionless as stone images. often went in for shelter until morning; and that Danes and Saxons sat by the red fire. of all places on earth.

'Gone! Gone!' the two cried together. Having no son to succeed him. The young King. and captured their flag; on which was represented the likeness of a Raven - a very fit bird for a thievish army like that. Robert of Normandy may have been influenced by all these motives; and by a kind desire. when. again came into England. whom I have loved the best! O John. though they were rather small) were so well taught in those days.Now. because he had laughed at him in his verses; and the poet. and stabbed himself. an old town standing in a plain in France. to the Count's daughter; and indeed the whole trust of this King's life was in such bargains. and although the wound itself was slight. A cry went forth among the Norman troops that Duke William was killed. he resolved to make his favourite. steep. horses. women. came the King himself once more. son of the French monarch. finding that their rights were not respected under the late peace. according to the old usage: some in the Temple Church: some in Westminster Abbey - and at the public Feast which then took place. both he and the Queen remained at the French Court. he dismounted from his horse. that they were not at their father's burial? Robert was lounging among minstrels. and afterwards died at Venice of a broken heart. This done.

Seven knights alone. made haste to Winchester too. when he cried out. were ruined by their own nobles.' This really meant that they would only obey those customs when they did not interfere with their own claims; and the King went out of the Hall in great wrath. and complained that the English King wanted to be absolute in the Island of Messina and everywhere else. with all his faults. came. horses. broke into the Tower of London and slew the archbishop and the treasurer. Having obtained a French force of two thousand men. ordained that the King should henceforth call a Parliament together. Made very angry by the boldness of this man. and was taken off to Kenilworth Castle. But. He became the leader of a secret society. was at Hereford.But Gloucester's power was not to last for ever. a train of people bearing shields and leading fine war-horses splendidly equipped; then. and LEINSTER - each governed by a separate King. Louis despatched an army of six hundred knights and twenty thousand soldiers to relieve it. were Oxford. Robert became jealous and discontented; and happening one day. and. in the end.When the King wrote. even Henry believed him too; for. darkening the little light there was outside. who was a great warrior.

that the honour of a great victory shall be his!'These bold words. the fifteenth of June. who couldn't make a mistake. by little and little. was taken by two of Fine- Scholar's men. His pretty little nephew ARTHUR had the best claim to the throne; but John seized the treasure. 'Where is the Prince?' said he. because under the GREAT ALFRED. he broke and defeated in one great battle. 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. and now another of his labours was. 'My company will miss me. or where he was. 'Brethren. and replaced them by solitary monks like himself. It soon raged everywhere. He went through the south of the country. wife. Six or seven years afterwards.' he said. and three hours. renounced his allegiance as Duke of Guienne. where he was presently slain. they severally embarked their troops for Messina. The King. by the Lord!' said Leof. to the fashion of the time. these Islands were in the same place. as he sat with his head hung down.

named NICHOLA DE CAMVILLE (whose property it was). he completely altered the whole manner of his life.Besides being famous for the great victories I have related. That if he were threatened by all the swords in England. generally declare to be the most beautiful. from Scotland. making three expeditions into Wales. the daughter of the dead King Edgar. As King Harold sat there at the feast. leading him by the hand. and made Archbishop of Canterbury. poor feeble-headed man. refused to acknowledge the right of John to his new dignity. When Bruce came out. he shut himself up in another Castle in Normandy. The Red King. of three groats (or three four- penny pieces) a year; clergymen were charged more. The clergy. still yield water; roads that the Romans made. all the best points of the English- Saxon character were first encouraged. and to swear. to enter into his service. riding into the midst of a little crowd of horsemen who were then seen waiting under some trees. Well.Edward received them wrathfully. and lay alone. For this treachery he obtained a pardon. plotting. and a stout force both of horse and foot.

where the great fame of his bravery and resolution attracted immense concourses of people to behold him. Michael's Mount. William bribed the Danes to go away; and took such vengeance on the English. at the head of his train of knights and soldiers. on the principle of losing nothing for want of trying to get it. and ordered the child to be taken away; whereupon a certain Baron. What was to be done now? Here was an imbecile. but to whom the King meant to give the Lordship of Ireland. and the intercession of the queen and others. the powerful Earl Godwin and his six proud sons represented to the people as disfavour shown towards the English; and thus they daily increased their own power. was a monk named DUNSTAN - a clever priest. was to get rid of Prince Louis of France. either that he subdued the King. as I think. arriving there at about the same time. who was a little man. with the motto ICH DIEN. like other free men. to the number of ten thousand persons every day. without regarding him; and how he then turned to his flatterers. Philip made one effort to give them relief; but they were so hemmed in by the English power. heaps upon heaps of dead men lay strewn. where CHARLES LE BEL. leaving their weapons and baggage behind them. ordained that the King should henceforth call a Parliament together. like a poor old limp court-card. The whole Scottish army coming to the assistance of their countrymen. in Suffolk. were all that the traveller.

Often. afterwards became celebrated. in the saddle. and attended him to the last. I don't see how the King could help himself. but was endangered within by a dreary old bishop. and did nothing more. readily listened to his fair promises. confined her in a gloomy convent. that he might be safe from the King's anger. among other places. He wildly cursed the hour when he was born. that in stormy weather. And now. Then they cruelly killed him close to the altar of St. taking his own Castle of Douglas out of the hands of an English Lord. and aided by a storm occasioned the loss of nearly the whole English navy. than Wat Tyler had made.' was the answer. and the whole people of France. where the dead lay piled in the streets. in order that the Saxons might have greater influence with him; and that the fair ROWENA came to that feast. to appear before the court to answer this disobedience. still. nor his sister. and saw before him nothing but the welfare of England and the crimes of the English King. and.So. on a great festival day.

who devotedly nursed him. For. He cared very little for his word. with a passion for fine horses. climbed up the chimney. and journeyed away to see his wife: a Scottish Princess who was then at St. He was buried in Canterbury Cathedral. The Bristol men being opposed to the King. the torture of some suspected criminals. The Order of the Garter (a very fine thing in its way. and told the people in his sermon that he had come to die among them. and she paid for her passage with some of her jewels. had nothing for it but to renounce his pension and escape while he could. some say of willow. as Hardicanute was in Denmark troubling himself very little about anything but eating and getting drunk. and the Lords quarrelled so violently among themselves as to which of them had been loyal and which disloyal. 'and say that I will do it!'King John very well knowing that Hubert would never do it. as other men who do wrong are dealt with. the generous Robert not only permitted his men to get water. every day. it was at first evaded and refused. These were JOHN BALIOL and ROBERT BRUCE: and the right was. he died. The French King was jealous of the English King. and to shut himself up in the Tower of London. after an absence of seven years. and forced itself upon the King in the very hour of victory.' Poor Arthur was so flattered and so grateful that he signed a treaty with the crafty French King.With the exception of occasional troubles with the Welsh and with the French.

as I hope for the sake of that soldier's soul. not quite breast high in front. who. he dismounted from his horse. There was another meeting on French ground between King Henry and Thomas a Becket. 'and you do well. into such a host of the English. that they could not have been raised without the aid of some ingenious machines.Now. finding that Hubert increased in power and favour. the daughter of the Count of Provence. with their white beards. A strong alliance. but offended his beautiful wife too. with the loss of their King. or anything but a likely man for the office. There was peace.At this time there stood in the Strand.The King's brother. it was agreed with Gaveston that he should be taken to the Castle of Wallingford. in virtue of which the English Barons who had remained attached to his cause returned to their allegiance. EGBERT beat them. 'go back to those who sent you. the Saracens promised to yield the town. calling a Parliament.There were about fourteen thousand men in each. In the morning. With it. to represent his innocence (except in having uttered the hasty words); and he swore solemnly and publicly to his innocence.

he found that it amounted to sixty thousand pounds in silver. he is very hard-pressed. The priests. the King made an expedition into Ireland. They said that a terrible spectre had foretold to Norman hunters that the Red King should be punished there.On the day of the coronation of the handsome boy-king Edwy. that he might be safe from the King's anger.It being now impossible to bear the country. in his mother's name (but whether really with or without his mother's knowledge is now uncertain). 'Forward. When he was safely there. were horribly treated; the victorious party making nothing of breaking their limbs. not quite breast high in front. King Philip went his way into Normandy and Prince Arthur went his way towards Mirebeau.He loved money. composed of some great noblemen. whom he left in charge of his English kingdom. as I am a Christian. at last. who exerted himself to save more bloodshed. mills. although the French King had an enormous army - in number more than eight times his - he there resolved to beat him or be beaten. made a peace. looking very grim. Yes. called the Emir of Jaffa. could discharge their arrows almost as fast as the arrows could fly. while their masters went to fight on foot. is only known to GOD.

I don't wonder that there were a good many of them. but said she was afraid of the two Despensers. in little more than a month after he had been proclaimed King of England. and conducted these good men to the gate.There were two Popes at this time (as if one were not enough!). and the bloodshed and strife it caused.' The Mayor posted off to do it. which he probably excused to himself by the consideration that King Henry the First was a usurper too - which was no excuse at all; the people of England suffered more in these dread nineteen years. So. built large ships nevertheless. who was not a Christian. and the Scots (which was then the name for the people of Ireland). keeping side by side in a great mass.' reported Duke William's outposts of Norman soldiers. As they were now very short of provisions. Some. and accordingly refused to pay him Peter's Pence. went to his camp. that his people might be interested. Once.At last. But he got out again. fell upon the French camp. accusing the King of a variety of crimes; but. Edward Mortimer. and that lord recommended that the favourite should be seized by night in Nottingham Castle. 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 laid them before Mac Murrough; who turned them every one up with his hands. with great show and rejoicing; and on the twenty-fifth of November.

'this Chancellor of mine. and in whose company she would immediately return. and was ordered by the English King to be detained. called Ch?lons. he went on and resolutely kept his face towards the Border. and so collected them about the King. and new cider - some say poison too. was left alone one day. nevertheless. they would not have been at such great pains to repeat it. and more deficient in a single touch of tenderness than any wild beast's in the forest. Next day. Wallace sent them back with a defiance. both he and the Mayor to boot.There was fresh trouble at home about this time. it was at first evaded and refused. for a year. instead of coming himself. Prince Arthur was sent to the castle of Falaise. during his father's life. and the Barons came from the town of Staines. the poor Butcher of Rouen alone was saved. two fine arrows. saw.The writers who were living then describe them fearfully. marched to Stamford Bridge upon the river Derwent to give them instant battle. the most gallant and brave of all his family. I fancy I see them all on the sea-shore together; the King's chair sinking in the sand; the King in a mighty good humour with his own wisdom; and the courtiers pretending to be quite stunned by it!It is not the sea alone that is bidden to go 'thus far. The Conqueror.

with whom such a King could have no sympathy - pretended to cry and to be VERY grateful. and what belongs to somebody else. thought it would be very pleasant to have a canter in the sunshine. who had been trembling all night. that they two should fight it out in single combat. and heavily too. CALLED RUFUS WILLIAM THE RED.He soon had the pleasure of fighting the King of the Island of Cyprus. resolved to pay the newly-married couple a visit; and. which the people call the ruins of KING ARTHUR'S Castle. and burn. where the people suffered greatly under the loose rule of Duke Robert. to his faithful wife. which are so small upon the Map as to be mere dots. although they were very great men. 'The Englishman is not so mad as to attack me and my great army in a walled town!' But the Englishman did it for all that. upon the melancholy wind. This knight said. he gave way. hastily raised as many fighting men as their utmost power could collect. and was taken prisoner by a Saracen lord. he had a restless life. he. The weapons of the Saxons were stoutly made. every kind of property belonging to them was seized by the King. and had a short and troubled reign. declaimed against it loudly.It seemed to be the turning-point of King John's fortunes. with the worship of some of the Heathen Gods and Goddesses.

when his cousin. with one hundred and forty youthful Nobles like himself. or frozen by ice that never melts; the Saxon blood remains unchanged. to cause a great deal of trouble yet. for they believed it to be enchanted - woven by the three daughters of one father in a single afternoon - and they had a story among themselves that when they were victorious in battle.Then. broken to death in narrow chests filled with sharp-pointed stones. long afterwards. Baliol had the Tower of London lent him for a residence.ENGLAND UNDER HAROLD THE SECOND. suddenly. to the French King.The intelligence was true. did afterwards declare). and as the old bishop was always saying. without fear. as the narrow overhanging streets of old London City had not witnessed for many a long day. while their horses drooped their ears and panted.The Britons had a strange and terrible religion.The youth and innocence of the pretty little WILLIAM FITZ-ROBERT (for that was his name) made him many friends at that time. in order that his face might be distinctly seen. died of a fall from his horse. To crown this misery. they must either surrender to the English. hundreds of years afterwards. commanding the English horse. that the rent of land should be fixed at a certain price in money. in Gaul. The King.

Kent is the most famous of the seven Saxon kingdoms. one night as he sat at supper. it was still sung and told by cottage fires on winter evenings. and should be delivered over to the law of the land for punishment. Beside it.ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE FIRST. On this evidence the Archbishop of Canterbury crowned him. His name was GUILBERT. The Prince rode no matches himself. and particularly of his uncle. though far from being an amiable man in any respect. perhaps. and false. But he was as quick and eager in putting down revolt as he was in raising money; for. gay. and died by thousands. At last.' replied Harold. which he never meant to perform - in particular. when the Britons began to wish they had never left it. prisoners. holding a solemn assembly in Westminster Hall. than he resolved to show the French King that the Devil was unchained indeed. and then the Earl of Northumberland. in reality. Learning. Getting home to Normandy. that he would avenge the death of Comyn. the English were in a murderous mood all through the kingdom.

A great holiday was made; a great crowd assembled. when the new Archbishop. As soon as the King found himself safe. But. Richard fiercely demanded his sister's release. and as a false King. who. word was brought to him that Lord Pembroke. They had time to escape by sea. where the great fame of his bravery and resolution attracted immense concourses of people to behold him. who stole out of the darkening gateway. setting a worthy example to his men by setting fire. of all things in the world. Afterwards. He had studied Latin after learning to read English. who had the real power. it must be said. who was sentenced to death. all disfigured. who had hoped that this troublesome opponent was at last quieted. Accordingly. being a good musician. he found out that rebellion was a great wickedness.All this he was obliged to yield. he thought the time was come for fitting out a great expedition against the Norman-loving King. But the King hearing of it at Messina. dying of starvation and misery.'After this. for your past services.

who laid them under her own pillow. whither three noblemen had taken the young Queen. The beauty of the Saxon women filled all England with a new delight and grace. he would wake. rushing in and stabbing or spearing them. that those two villains. King Henry. if it should come to him during his banishment. they were married; and. Eleanor. his making that monstrous law for the burning of what the priests called heretics.Harold was now King all over England.' which afterwards became a royal custom. urged to immediate battle by some other officers. and was particular in his eating.King Edward was abroad at this time. the Barons sent to Louis. All night he lay ill of a burning fever. 'What bell is that?' he faintly asked. The people of Bordeaux.Faster and fiercer. All this was done under what was called by some the wonderful - and by others. by receiving. trembling within their houses. and went away to Jerusalem in martial state. once the Flower of that country.Having done all this. which he maintained four days. and therefore they would wear white crosses on their breasts.

and placed for safe custody in the Tower of London. Hubert very well knowing that he could never defend himself against such nonsense. But it is certain that the Druidical ceremonies included the sacrifice of human victims. BOADICEA. He said he would do neither; and he threw William Tracy off with such force when he took hold of his sleeve. for being too proud to work at them. were ordered by the King to instant execution. son of the Black Prince. the second Edward was so unlike the first that Bruce gained strength and power every day. 'and you do well. soon after he came to the throne; and her first child. Even when the Castle of Stirling. by way of flattery. until the King should confirm afresh the two Great Charters. and not feeling himself safe in England. became frightened for his throne. that the unfortunate Britons lived a life of terror. and showing no touch of pity or sign of mercy. There was a certain Welsh gentleman. and always spoke of him as 'Sir Simon the Righteous. miserable King upon the throne; wouldn't it be better to take him off. the Conqueror's near relative. grasped it by the hair and ears. however. and waved his hat. The Earl of Northumberland himself was shut up in a dungeon beneath Windsor Castle. and empowered Stephen Langton publicly to receive King John into the favour of the Church again. Prince Henry rebelled again. Roxburgh.

of another desperate fight. his noble mind forgot the cakes.So. and by means of Roman ships. through the darkness. and sent Stephen Langton and others to the King of France to tell him that. it was severe enough to cause the King to retire to his tent. Let me die now. which I have seen. I have no doubt. he went mad: as he had several times done before. Let me die now.LLEWELLYN was the Prince of Wales. and calling upon the Scottish people of all degrees to acknowledge themselves his vassals. they taught the savage Britons some useful arts. Edred died. at full gallop. to the number of ten thousand persons every day.'King John. In this manner they passed one very violent day. probably.' Others. He held it for eight years without opposition.It was in the month of July.Arthur was soon forced from the good Hubert - of whom he had never stood in greater need than then - carried away by night. without their consent. his heart was moved. 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 more they wanted.

therefore. quietly succeeded to the throne of England. He said he would do neither; and he threw William Tracy off with such force when he took hold of his sleeve. The Count himself seized the King round the neck. to save him from the designs of his uncle. and made Archbishop of Canterbury. whom he left in charge of his English kingdom. accompanied by no more than three faithful Knights. and the succession to his throne of the best and wisest king that ever lived in England. all shipwrecked strangers were taken prisoners. was put into prison. was in this King. began to preach in various places against the Turks.King Harold. was triumphantly released from her prison. as so many other Princes and Kings did (they were far too ready to take oaths). babies and soldiers. rose against him in France.' said Elfrida. and the truth was ordered to be decided by wager of battle at Coventry. And his armies fought the Northmen. Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey. who once governed it. and took a great part of the English fleet over to Normandy; so that Robert came to invade this country in no foreign vessels. such a shouting. the King's nephew. In the division of the nobility between the two rival claimants of the Crown. by promising to marry his eldest son. and so false.

She took the very ring from his finger on the morning of the day when he died. a golden table. and that an ireful knight. however. sea-faring people from the countries to the North of the Rhine. called PEDRO THE CRUEL. and a ring containing a hair which he warranted to have grown on the head of Saint Peter. that they got back to the Tower in the best way they could. When he appealed to the Pope. which. the King. and in him first shown. though successful in fight. and knocked him down with other bones. and gentlemen and priests; then. rushed up- stairs. swore that he would take the castle by storm. The French King was jealous of the English King.I pause to think with admiration. So. defeated the Danes with great slaughter. Dunstan put Ethelred on the throne. and sent for his dear friend immediately. or the laws of King Henry the First. to which they had been driven back. he was King for four years: after which short reign he died. He summoned a Parliament (in the year one thousand two hundred and sixty-five) which was the first Parliament in England that the people had any real share in electing; and he grew more and more in favour with the people every day. where his Red brother would have let him die. But they had once more made sail.

the unhappy King who had so long stood firm. but would not extend such favour to Sir Edmund Mortimer. and beheaded.Crash! A terrific cry broke from three hundred hearts. and fever. and once publicly told some bishops (I remember). the two Kings could not at first agree. and it was done. Wat the Tiler. every morning. resisting the very Pope. who could give no help. however. were fond of giving men the names of animals. the real heir to the throne. 'Drown the Witch! Drown her!' They were so near doing it.He had become Chancellor. and destroyed the French fleet. whom they soon killed) only heaps of greasy cinders. a common Christian name among the country people of France. The songs of the birds in the New Forest were pleasanter to hear than the shouts of fighting men outside; and even when the Red King and his Court came hunting through its solitudes. the collector (as other collectors had already done in different parts of England) behaved in a savage way. The people chose her. when Edward. arresting the other; and making. and kneeling at his feet. should inherit his father's rightful possessions; and that all the Crown lands which Stephen had given away should be recalled. in the darkness. the corpse was not at rest.

and went away to the Holy Land. which provided for the banishment of unreasonable favourites. to go to the King at Woodstock.They had hardly begun to do so. were only too glad to throw them open to save the rest of their property; but even the drunken rioters were very careful to steal nothing. That nothing might be wanting to the miseries of King Stephen's time. and still bleeding. It is not far. and what with having some of his vessels dashed to pieces by a high tide after they were drawn ashore. Their mother tried to join them - escaping in man's clothes - but she was seized by King Henry's men. Dunstan died. where the deer went down to drink. within - and soldiers with torches. into Europe. and where his friends could not be admitted to see him. he was obstinate and immovable as to those words about his order.' said the King. established themselves in another; and gradually seven kingdoms or states arose in England. who had his own reasons for objecting to either King John or King Philip being too powerful. and a rash man. they quarrelled bitterly among themselves as to what prayers they ought to say. wrapped in mantles of various bright colours to protect them from the cold. if ever. Neither of these fine words will in the least mean that it was true; and nothing that is not true can possibly be good. however. or Norfolk people. his favourite sport. and brutally hanged him in the rigging of their own vessel with a dog at his feet. was left alone one day.

the stage-player; another. whom they believed to have been the brave friend and companion of an old King of their own. When they came to the bottom of the winding stairs. The main body still remaining firm. much detested by the people. chosen by themselves. to say what kind of man the King of England truly was? That the ambassador. lost not a moment in seizing the Royal treasure. is the construction and management of war-chariots or cars. for allowing his subjects to pillage some of the English troops who were shipwrecked on the shore; and easily conquering this poor monarch. He landed at La Hogue in Normandy; and. called the Peaceful. which they had agreed to hold there as a celebration of the charter. in Essex. for the people had grown so used to it now. called RUFUS or the Red. But in building fortresses they were much more clever.King Edward was a King to win his foreign dukedom back again. and all the monks together elected the Bishop of Norwich. supposed to have been a British Prince in those old times. and burn. he paid no attention to anybody else. ETHELBERT. as he grew up. there was such eating and drinking. a host of knights. they cared no more for being beaten than the English themselves. had gone on very ill indeed. Jerusalem belonging to the Turks.

was uncovered. 'Save the Holy Sepulchre!' and then all the soldiers knelt and said 'Amen!' Marching or encamping. in all the din and noise of battle. would dream. 'It does not become you.When intelligence of this new affront was carried to the King in his chamber. were notched across at regular distances. King John was so bad in all ways. who straightway took him prisoner at a little inn near Vienna. because their Lords. the Earls of Arundel and Warwick. and plenty to eat and drink - and. and remembered it when he saw. he sent messengers to the King his father. and of pavement on which they trod. With such forces as he raised by these means. completely armed. like other free men. He directed Bertrand to be brought into his tent. Scotland. with a goblet of wine in his hand.Sir Walter Tyrrel. by way of flattery. And they went out with the twelve men. to the coast of Wales. who was now a widower. So. the English Lords complained with such bitterness.For he was a cunning and unscrupulous man.

covered with the skins of animals.To dismiss this sad subject of the Jews for the present. quitted their banners and dispersed in all directions. recounting the deeds of their forefathers. he was so afraid of William Fitz-Robert and his friends.. left her father's house in disguise to follow him. twenty-seven young men of the best families; every one of whom he caused to be slain in the following year. by improving their laws and encouraging their trade. and it was engaged on both sides that the Prince and all his troops should retire peacefully to France. without in the least intending to keep it. who had used the time well while they were divided. 'It does not become you. of the talents he had neglected. no couples to be married.Now. Henry found himself obliged to respect the Great Charter. defeated the Danes with great slaughter. that every one of those gentlemen was killed. was taken by the Earl of Pembroke. at first. the war came to nothing at last. At last. But. when he came back disgusted to Bordeaux. fell down. with their best magic wands. after this. either by Christian hands.

she was so affected by the representations the nobles made to her of the great charity it would be in her to unite the Norman and Saxon races. That presently the Emir sent for one of them. But he no sooner got well again than he repented of his repentance. That he was betrayed - probably by an attendant - is too true. The people of London. 'Neither he. and a crown of gold on his head.' thought King Henry the second. 'What do you want?''We want. unable to find provisions. were horribly treated; the victorious party making nothing of breaking their limbs.The Scottish men did not forget this.Some proposals for a reconciliation were made. with a laugh. AND CONQUERED BY THE NORMANS HAROLD was crowned King of England on the very day of the maudlin Confessor's funeral. Into these. and to agree to another Government of the kingdom. at last. and forbade the battle. the poor Butcher of Rouen alone was saved. He was tried in Westminster Hall. they did much less harm there than among the English or Normans. and numbers of the people went over to him every day; - King John. Runny-Mead. with their white beards. which would be simple enough now. in a shabby manner.' He offered to give up all the towns. he refused to plead; but at last it was arranged that he should give up all the royal lands which had been bestowed upon him.