. The royal families of England, Scotland, and Wales : with their descendants, sovereigns and subjects . whichleft the real question as undecided as ever. Henry had now arrived at the end of his career. While hewas hunting near St. Denis le Froment, he was seized with anacute fever, of which he died in seven days, having bequeathed hislands on both sides of the sea to his daughter Matilda, and herheirs for ever. For ever ! a fine phrase from the lips of poormortality! But it is really absurd to see how man, whose utmostlimits seldom exceeds fourscore, presumes in his blind arro-gance to dictat
. The royal families of England, Scotland, and Wales : with their descendants, sovereigns and subjects . whichleft the real question as undecided as ever. Henry had now arrived at the end of his career. While hewas hunting near St. Denis le Froment, he was seized with anacute fever, of which he died in seven days, having bequeathed hislands on both sides of the sea to his daughter Matilda, and herheirs for ever. For ever ! a fine phrase from the lips of poormortality! But it is really absurd to see how man, whose utmostlimits seldom exceeds fourscore, presumes in his blind arro-gance to dictate to unborn ages, prescribing rights to the very landof which his own mouldering ashes have long since ceased tohave any visible occupation. The bowels of the deceased monarch were deposited in thechurch of St. Mary, at Rouen, which had been founded by hismother, while his body was conveyed to England, and interredin the Abbey of Reading. W V f- ^f^f J* «)T- tT* V • ^T- «Tr. ,;• y^». -,X» ^T* ijf •Jr -> J •» T-* J^^X ^.f iX* V/* ■jJ ^r iT* r* -jT^ v »lU ^r li-f v.*- nX* Vr nl filr.
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