. An English history with illustrations and maps/ by Symes ; adapted for use in Canadian elementary schools by George M. Wrong. exact the last penalty, but his Queen Philippaon her knees besought him to spare the captives lives, and atthe last he did so, since, as he said to the queen, You makesuch request of me that I cannot deny you. The burgherswere saved, but Calais was turned into an English town, andremained English f(jr 200 years. Edwards son, called from the colour of his armour TheBlack Prince, won at Poitiers in 1356 anothergreat victory, the last in the war. Again theEnglish ar


. An English history with illustrations and maps/ by Symes ; adapted for use in Canadian elementary schools by George M. Wrong. exact the last penalty, but his Queen Philippaon her knees besought him to spare the captives lives, and atthe last he did so, since, as he said to the queen, You makesuch request of me that I cannot deny you. The burgherswere saved, but Calais was turned into an English town, andremained English f(jr 200 years. Edwards son, called from the colour of his armour TheBlack Prince, won at Poitiers in 1356 anothergreat victory, the last in the war. Again theEnglish archers shot down the French knightswho this time fought on foot, but were forced toadvance towards theirwaiting foes over brokenground and, with theirheavy armour, were ableto move only English carried offKing John of France toEngland as a prisonerof war and held himfor ransom. Both sideswere now tired of theconflict, and in 1360they agreed to theTi-eaty of Bretigny bywhich, while Edwardgave up his claim tothe French throne, he kept Calais and held his province ofA(pntaine free from any feudal obligation to The Black Prince. d8 AN ENGLISH HISTORY Wliile the wai was going (m, England and France wereThe Black alike stricken by a fearful plague, known as Death. the Black Death, which carried off half the population. The desolation was appalling. Coming across sea,the plague attacked the seapoiis first. In Bristol, we aretold, almost the whole strength of the town died—struck,as it were, by sudden death. The fear of death affected allclasses. The usual tasks were left undone. Sheep and cattlewent wandering over fields and through crops, and there wasno one to go and drive or gather them, so that the numbeiScannot be reckoned which perished in every district for lack ofherdsmen ; for there was such a lack of servants that no manknew what to do. Many crops perished in the fields for wantof some one to gather them. . The Scots, hearing of thecruel pestilence of


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