. Harper's young people . ill short, made a madand merry holiday: and at night the houses were illumi-nated, and great 1 ..... tires were lighted ill the streets. All England was wild with 303 : but thehappiesl person in the land was Hichard riantagenet . a boy eleven yearsof age. I ndeeil. it was for this boys sake and in his honorthat all this feasting- and merry making went on. for onthat day youni: Richard was crowned King of England;and in those times a King of England was a much moreimportant person than no\\. because the people had notthen learned to govern themselves, and the King hadp
. Harper's young people . ill short, made a madand merry holiday: and at night the houses were illumi-nated, and great 1 ..... tires were lighted ill the streets. All England was wild with 303 : but thehappiesl person in the land was Hichard riantagenet . a boy eleven yearsof age. I ndeeil. it was for this boys sake and in his honorthat all this feasting- and merry making went on. for onthat day youni: Richard was crowned King of England;and in those times a King of England was a much moreimportant person than no\\. because the people had notthen learned to govern themselves, and the King hadpowers \\hich Knglislimen would not allow any man tohave in our time. Kichard u a> loo \ oiin^ to govern u isely. and so a coun-cil was appointed to help him until he should grow up;but in the mean time he was a real King, boy as lie was,and it is safe to say that he was the happiest hoy in Eng-land on thai .1 illy day when all London took a holiday inIn- I ........ -. But if he had known what this crowning was to lead. THE PARTING BETWEEN KING RICHARD IT AND QUEEN ISABELLA. HARPERS YOUNG PEOPLE. VOLUME IV. to, young Kichard might have been very glad to changeplaces with any bakers or butchers boy in London. Theboy King had some uncles and cousins who were verygreat people, and who gave him no little trouble after awhile. He had wars on his hands, too, and needed a greatdeal more money than the people were willing to givehim, and so when he grew older and took the governmentinto his own hands he found troubles all around him. TheIrish people rebelled frequently; the Scotch were hostile;there was trouble with Spain, because Eichards unclewanted to become King of that country; and there was astanding: war with France. But this was not all. In order to carry on these warsthe King was obliged to have money; and when he or-dered taxes to be collected the common people, led byWat Tyler, rose in rebellion. They inarched into Lon-don, seized the Tower, and put to death the Treasurer
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