. Owen Glyndwr and the last struggle for Welsh independence, with a brief sketch of Welsh history;. CHAPTER XI LAST YEARS OF OWENS LIFEI4IO-I416 OF the last six years of Owens life, those from1410 to 1416, there is little to be said. Hiscause was hopelessly lost and he had quiteceased to be dangerous, Wales was reconqueredand lay sick, bleeding, and wasted beneath the calmof returning peace. Thousands, it is to be feared,cursed Glyndwr as they looked upon the havocwhich the last decade had wrought. The unsuccess-ful rebel or patriot, call him what you will, has farmore friends among those yet
. Owen Glyndwr and the last struggle for Welsh independence, with a brief sketch of Welsh history;. CHAPTER XI LAST YEARS OF OWENS LIFEI4IO-I416 OF the last six years of Owens life, those from1410 to 1416, there is little to be said. Hiscause was hopelessly lost and he had quiteceased to be dangerous, Wales was reconqueredand lay sick, bleeding, and wasted beneath the calmof returning peace. Thousands, it is to be feared,cursed Glyndwr as they looked upon the havocwhich the last decade had wrought. The unsuccess-ful rebel or patriot, call him what you will, has farmore friends among those yet unborn than amonghis own contemporaries, above all in the actualhour of his failure. Of this failure, too, the Welshwere reminded daily, not only by their wastedcountry and ruined homesteads but by fierce lawsenacted against their race and a renewal on bothsides of that hatred which the previous hundredyears of peace had greatly softened. Men born of Welsh parents on both sides werenow forbidden to purchase land near any of theMarcher towns. They were not permitted to be 300. [1410-1416] Last Years of Owens Life 301 citizens of any borough, nor yet to hold any office,nor carry armour nor any weapon. No Welshmancould bind his child to a trade, nor bring him up toletters, while English men who married Welsh womenwere disfranchised of their liberties. In all suitsbetween Englishmen and Welshmen the judge andjury were to be of the former race, while all Cym-morthau, or gatherings for mutual assistancein harvest or domestic operations, were strictlyforbidden. These laws were kept on the statute books till thereal union of Wales and England in Henry theEighths time, but gradually became a dead letter asthe memory of the first ten bloody years of the cent-ury grew fainter. Glyndwr, however, believed inthe justice of his cause, and if he expressed remorsefor the methods which he had used to uphold it, wehear nothing of such apologies. That he showedthe courage of his convictions in her
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