The popular history of England; an illustrated history of society and government from the earliest period to our own times . me to the gatesbefore the city. Heboldly entered, with onlysixteen or seventeenpersons, and harangued the worshipful folkswhich were assembled alittle within the gates. The wearied and hungered men were refreshed ;and the next morning marched forward without the slightest Montacute, the brother of Warwick, aUowed them to pass PomfretCastle in safety. The servant of king Edward, who writes this Historicof his arrival, says that though all the kings fellow
The popular history of England; an illustrated history of society and government from the earliest period to our own times . me to the gatesbefore the city. Heboldly entered, with onlysixteen or seventeenpersons, and harangued the worshipful folkswhich were assembled alittle within the gates. The wearied and hungered men were refreshed ;and the next morning marched forward without the slightest Montacute, the brother of Warwick, aUowed them to pass PomfretCastle in safety. The servant of king Edward, who writes this Historicof his arrival, says that though all the kings fellowship at that seasonwere not many in number, yet they were so habiled t and so well-pickedmen, and in their work they had on hand so willed, that it had been righthard to have put them to any distress. Onward they went, past AVake- * We here quote-aBd shall do so in subsequent passages without special ^^^J^f^T^:^^,^^:curious Historic of the Arrival of King Edward by the Camden Sh L the iSt a\^hority for the detaUs of one of the boldest enterprises on record. t Disciplined—made Monk Bar, 164 RECONCILIATION OF EDWARD AND CLARENCE. [1471 tleld and Doncaster, to Xottingliam, and thence to Leicester and , on the 29th of March, Edward rested before Coventry, havingreceived some accession of force on his march. Warwick was in thewalled city, with six or seven thousand men. The deadly enemies werenegotiating for three days, without avail; and then Edward marched to thetown of Warwick, where he was received as king, and so made his pro-clamation from that time forward. The secret compact with Clarence wasnow to be completed. The duke drew towards Edward with four thousandmen; and in a fair field out of Warwick, towards Banbury, tlie two brothersjQet between their two hosts, where was right kind and loving language betwixtvhem two, with perfect accord knit together for ever hereafter. Clarence:;hen endeavoured to mediate bet
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