Syllabus . - then read the following historical essay : XTbe ]£itirpation of tbe Iknlgbts Now it came to pass in those days that a great evil spread abroad among the people ; forthey that were lazy and given to stealth, and full of falsehood and deceit, mounted themselvesupon horses and rode fearlessly forth to the injury ofthe people and to the shame of their rulers. And a rmnorwent abroad that, because of the apathy of the rulers, andof the ease with which thej might be imposed upon, thisevil had become very great. So the people came togetherand declared war against the Knights. Now the rule
Syllabus . - then read the following historical essay : XTbe ]£itirpation of tbe Iknlgbts Now it came to pass in those days that a great evil spread abroad among the people ; forthey that were lazy and given to stealth, and full of falsehood and deceit, mounted themselvesupon horses and rode fearlessly forth to the injury ofthe people and to the shame of their rulers. And a rmnorwent abroad that, because of the apathy of the rulers, andof the ease with which thej might be imposed upon, thisevil had become very great. So the people came togetherand declared war against the Knights. Now the rulers began to awake from their slumber,and as one arousing from deep sleep oft times does foolishthings, so the rulers made much sport for the people, foreach boasted that in his province there were no Knights. 242. 1Literari2 Then there was division, for those who had been for a longtime rulers accused those whohad recently come into authority with having wrought this evil ; but they answered that theKnights had honey-combed the most ancient provinces, and the people, knowing that therewere knights in all the provinces, laughed mightily. Now, war was waged with great spirit; and the rulers, having captured two knights in thelower provinces, brought them before the joint assembly for sanctioning the will of the rulers,and the assembly decreed that they should go into banishment; and thej went. Then the people said to their rulers: Give the government into our hands and we willmake a court, and purge away this iniquitj-. Now, when the day came that the court should be elected, behold the knights conspiredtogether to elect men to their own pleasing. But the Twelve who had managed the warmarshaled the people, and the knights were overthrown. Then the land had rest. Mr. Webster inquired of the essayi
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