Wessex . d the Earl of Kent, brother ofEdward II. ; and at the beginning of the seventeenthcentury some barbarous executions of priests tookplace. Here also was committed one of the mostheinous of judicial murders, when Dame Alice Lislewas beheaded, after sentence by the brutal Jeffreys, in1685, for her supposed complicity in the Monmouthrebellion. Beautifully placed amidst the chalk hills of Hamp-shire, full of historic memories, and stiU in a measureredolent with the atmosphere of ancient times, Win-chester stands to-day one of the most interesting ofWessex cities, as in Saxon times it was o
Wessex . d the Earl of Kent, brother ofEdward II. ; and at the beginning of the seventeenthcentury some barbarous executions of priests tookplace. Here also was committed one of the mostheinous of judicial murders, when Dame Alice Lislewas beheaded, after sentence by the brutal Jeffreys, in1685, for her supposed complicity in the Monmouthrebellion. Beautifully placed amidst the chalk hills of Hamp-shire, full of historic memories, and stiU in a measureredolent with the atmosphere of ancient times, Win-chester stands to-day one of the most interesting ofWessex cities, as in Saxon times it was one of the mostimportant in the whole of England. Much has beenwritten concerning Winchester and its history, butwords after all prove but imperfect media by which totranslate into actuality the beauty, interest, and senti-ment which permeate an ancient town like this. 230 PINE-WOODS NEAR BOURNEMOUTHScene in Tessofthe DUrbervilles > > I I I > • 1 I • 1 » » > > > a » 1 .» > « ,. CHAPTER X THE FOUR SEASONS IN WESSEX To one who has known Wessex, has lingered lovinglyamid its lanes and valleys, has climbed the steep sidesof natural downs and of British and Roman camps, hasseen early dawn and gorgeous and almost Venetiansunsets gradually illumine or flood the landscape withalmost indescribable beauty, it is difficult indeed todetermine in which of the four seasons of the yearWessex is fairest—in spring, when new life iscoursing through the countryside and there is a fresh-ness of greenery pleasant alike to the eye and theheart ; in summer, when white roads stretch pastbroad fields of ripening corn, the shady coppicesresound with the songs of birds, and the promise ofharvest greets one on every side ; in autumn, whenthe days begin to draw in and shadows to lengthen onmoor and hillside, and the woods and lanes to takeupon themselves the glorious mantle of the dyingyear ; or in winter, when grey mists and temperedsunlight, hoar-frost and sparkling rime, g
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