. The camp of refuge;. lf by flight, in case he hadno mind to make his peace; he yielded to those, hispersuasions, because he had often accompanied him inhis military adventures, and been faithful to him; andthereupon presently betook himself to those his shipswhich he had to guard the isle into a large and spaciousmeer, called Wide, not far from Welle (this beingthe seventh year of their so holding of the same isleagainst the king) ; and sailed thither, in regard therewere free passages out of it. And there resolving tostay a while, employed some of his soldiers towardsSoham, to plunder and p
. The camp of refuge;. lf by flight, in case he hadno mind to make his peace; he yielded to those, hispersuasions, because he had often accompanied him inhis military adventures, and been faithful to him; andthereupon presently betook himself to those his shipswhich he had to guard the isle into a large and spaciousmeer, called Wide, not far from Welle (this beingthe seventh year of their so holding of the same isleagainst the king) ; and sailed thither, in regard therewere free passages out of it. And there resolving tostay a while, employed some of his soldiers towardsSoham, to plunder and pillage the country; to whomhe sent out scouts to bring them back to him, lestthey should be taken. Which scouts, finding them ina little island, called Stuntney, thought them to betheir enemies; and therefore two of them ( and Broher) got amongst the reeds; andwith their swords each shaved the others crown,expecting thereby to find the more favour beingtaken; but at length discovering that they were all of. <l & o INTRODUCTION xlix a side they went away together, and soon got to theirmaster, who had not been long in the said meer, butthat the country people and kings soldiers so besetthem, that being forced to flee, he killed his ownhorse, lest any mean fellow should boast that he hadtaken him. And so getting away into Bruneswaldand the great woods of Northamptonshire, he verymuch wasted the country thereabouts. Leaving Sir William Dugdales narrative at thispoint, the last act of Hereward in connection withthe Camp of Refuge is too important not to quote inthe words of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. It shows himunconquered to the last. Whatever legend may do insuggesting that he made his peace with the Conqueror,history leaves him the unconquerable hero. Andthus all the outlaws went and surrendered to theking; these were Bishop ^gelwine and Earl Morkereand all who were with them, except Hereward only,and all who could flee away with him. And he boldlyled them out, a
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