. The London & North-Western Railway . ~ s. W The Grief of a Great King of England and Scotland for centuries, and has hardlyeven yet ceased to rankle in the hearts of the Welshand Irish peoples. There can be no question that Edward was a greatking. The idea of a United Kingdom was itself thesign of a mind seeing far in advance of its time. Unionis strength, and everyone to-dayis aware of the advantages whichhave resulted from the union ofthe various peoples in the BritishIsles under one Government andCrown. But Edward was alsounscrupulous, ruthless, and cruelin the methods he used to bringabo
. The London & North-Western Railway . ~ s. W The Grief of a Great King of England and Scotland for centuries, and has hardlyeven yet ceased to rankle in the hearts of the Welshand Irish peoples. There can be no question that Edward was a greatking. The idea of a United Kingdom was itself thesign of a mind seeing far in advance of its time. Unionis strength, and everyone to-dayis aware of the advantages whichhave resulted from the union ofthe various peoples in the BritishIsles under one Government andCrown. But Edward was alsounscrupulous, ruthless, and cruelin the methods he used to bringabout his desire. Many of thestories whichhavebeen preservedregarding him show this side ofhis character in lurid could in no sense be calleda generous foe. One of the most cruel storiesis that regarding the last risingof the native Princes of }A-7. ii^^ Comvay Castle. For years Edward had been engaged in subduing thebrave and high-spirited little western Princedom,where, till his time, the last of the unsubdued Britonsof the country had cherished their independence. Forlong the indomitable spirit of the race had defied him,but by the building of great castles, like those at Flint, L. & 25 London and North-We stern Railway Conway, and Carnarvon, he at last seemed to haveeffected his purpose, when a strange thing was an old prophecy by the British bard Merlinin the sixth century that when English money becameround the Prince of Wales should be crowned atLondon. It happened just then that a change wasmade in the English coinage which seemed to suit theprophecy, and, inspired by his fiery brother David,the noble Llewellyn raised his standard for a lasteffort to throw off the English yoke. For a time success seemed to be within his himself captured Flint Castle, while thestronghold
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