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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 edition. Excerpt: ...I. Speak the truth. Beaumont. Your gracious majesty, what I can tell Is liker fable; but the noble knight, The prisoner, will acknowledge all I say: Much of it honours him.--To Ayr he came One day, disguised, with hat down, cloak pulled up. There as he paced the street, Lord Percy's man Seized on some fish a burgher just had bought; Whereat, Sir William, like a smouldering fire, Flared up to burn the foot whose thoughtless kick Had tortured it to flame. In speechless rage He grasped the caitiff's throat and smote him dead. About two score well harnessed Englishmen, With whom I was, did straight environ him. Against a wall he bore which seemed to be Rather upheld by him than him unholding, And reaped us down like corn. He did, my lords. He multiplied his strokes so that he seemed To multiply himself; there did appear Opposed to every soldier there, a Wallace. Without or helm or mail, in summer-weed, Grass-green, flowered red with blood, he fought us all, Till one that bit the dust writhed near enough To pierce him in the leg and then he fell. Yet even so he might have won away; But as he rose he fetched a blow at me, Which I eluding, down his breaking brand Upon the causeway struck; and in his eyes A light went out, when his up-lifted hand Showed but the hilt. In faith I pitied him. I pitied him, and bore him to the tower. There in a filthy dungeon he expired Of festering wounds and food that swine refused, Ere they had settled what death was his due. Edward I. But he is here alive? Beaumont. Pardon, dread lord; He seemed at that time dead: the West mourned for him: His aged nurse bought his corrupting corpse To bury it decently in hallowed ground.--Well, after that a while, in Lanark-town, I waited in the High Street on the judge, Lord Ormesby, ...
| ISBN-13 | 9781151345257 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1151345253 |
| Weight | 0.30 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.20 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 82 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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