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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: fighting bravely for Henry VI., whose caused he had espoused; his dying words were / have savtd the bird in my breast meaning his faith to his party. The following is a representation of the stone pillar called PEECT'S CROSS. This cross, sculptured with the arms of Percy and Lucy, was erected in memory of Sir Ralph. It stands in a field near the road which runs from Morpeth to Wooler, being the place where tho battle was fought. 1464 (May 15).?Queen Margaret entered Northumberland again, at the head of a very numerous army, which on the aboveday, suffered a total defeat on a plain called the Levels, near Hex- ham. John Neville, marquis of Montacute, afterwards created earl of Northumberland, general of the forces of the house of York, forced the intrenchments of the Lancastrian party, and made a dreadful slaughter. The Ogles and Manners of this county were of the victorious. The Percys, Ross, Nevilles, Tailbois, and Greys, among the vanquished. The unfortunate King Henry rode full speed out of the field. His attendants were many of them taken in the pursuit. The furniture of their horses were of blue velvet; upon one of them was found the high cap of state called abacot, adorned with two rich crowns, which was presented to the victorious Edward at York. His competitors Henry and his queen, and some of their partisans, were abandoned to extreme misery. Single and alone, the queen wandered with her little son in her arms, exposed to dangers till (by the aid of a generous robber) she reached the sea coast and passed over to France, her native land. The duke of Exeter, their friend, became an exile in Burgundy; where, without shoes or stockings, he begged his bread from door to door, The duke of Somerset, the Lords Hungerford and Ross, were executed at Hexham, immediatel...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217858854 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217858856 |
| Weight | 0.70 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.48 In |
| List Price | $28.94 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 212 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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