. The camp of refuge;. at Aldreth. 17. Herewards visit in disguise to Williams camp. — 18. The burning of the witch. The burning of the witch. 19. Treason of the Ely monks. Treason of the Ely monks. 20. Hereward kills his famous mare. — 21. Escape from the fens intoBruneswald. 22. Capture of Abbot Thorold. Capture of Abbot Thorold. 23. Torfrida enters Crowland Monastery. — 24. Fight with Sir Letwold. — 25. Marriage with Alf truda. Marriage with Alftruda. 26. Hereward comes in to the Hereward comes in to King king. William. 27. Slaying of Hereward by several knights. — 28. — Hereward dies in pe
. The camp of refuge;. at Aldreth. 17. Herewards visit in disguise to Williams camp. — 18. The burning of the witch. The burning of the witch. 19. Treason of the Ely monks. Treason of the Ely monks. 20. Hereward kills his famous mare. — 21. Escape from the fens intoBruneswald. 22. Capture of Abbot Thorold. Capture of Abbot Thorold. 23. Torfrida enters Crowland Monastery. — 24. Fight with Sir Letwold. — 25. Marriage with Alf truda. Marriage with Alftruda. 26. Hereward comes in to the Hereward comes in to King king. William. 27. Slaying of Hereward by several knights. — 28. — Hereward dies in peace. The events which are common to both stories donot follow each other in the same order in each marriage with Alftruda occurs early inMacfarlanes story, and is his only marriage; it occurslate in Kingsleys story, and is his second and un-wise marriage. The capture of Thorold occurs latein Kingsleys story and early in Macfarlanes this question of the sequence of events aside, it. [from dugdales History oflmbanking] INTRODUCTION liii will be seen that Macfarlanes story is less crowdedwith detail than Kingsleys. These being the events of this memorable episodeof English history, the next point to consider is thepart of the country where they occurred. The landof the fens is not now what it was, but fortunatelythere is preserved to us a very good account of theoperations which changed fens into fertile fields, widelakes into rivers and water courses—^fenland, in fact,into modern Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, andLincolnshire. To Dugdales History of Imbanking thehistorian owes a great debt, for it is possible with itshelp to get back to the condition of things whichpreceded the great drainage schemes of the seven-teenth century. By comparing the three maps ofCeltic, Roman, and Saxon Britain, which Mr. Pearsongives in his Historical Maps of England, it will be seenhow the great fen district, which stretched from theWash more than sixty mil
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