The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . mire. Jlargarct of Anjou was takenprisoner; her only son, Edward, was stabbed by the Yorkists—it is said after theDuke of York had struck him in the face with his gauntlet; and a large numberof the chief men on the losing side were killed or were executed after the of them fled to the abbey for sanctuary. Edward and his soldiers came in hot lis BfVEES OF njiEAT nniTATX. [Tbf TiPfr Atox. pursuit, but a priest, bcaiiiiir tlie Host, coiifioutod thoiu on tlic tlnesliold, nor wouldhe
The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . mire. Jlargarct of Anjou was takenprisoner; her only son, Edward, was stabbed by the Yorkists—it is said after theDuke of York had struck him in the face with his gauntlet; and a large numberof the chief men on the losing side were killed or were executed after the of them fled to the abbey for sanctuary. Edward and his soldiers came in hot lis BfVEES OF njiEAT nniTATX. [Tbf TiPfr Atox. pursuit, but a priest, bcaiiiiir tlie Host, coiifioutod thoiu on tlic tlnesliold, nor wouldhe move until the victor jtroniised to spare the lives of the fuuitivcs. But on thethird day afterwards a troop i>f soldiers hmki into the building, dragged out therefugees, and j)roniptlv struck off their heads. Kevenge proved stronger than religion IThe young prince lies in a nameless grave beneath the central tower of theabbey; and other illustrious victims of the battle were buried within its walls. Thebuilding has h;id more than one narrow esca[)e from destruction : it was seriously.
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