Windsor castle . nd takes the cattle, And makes milch-kine yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous and dreadful manner. So speaks Mistress Page in opening her plansfor the discomfiture of Falstaff. It is said that ayeoman hanged himself on a tree for fear of theking after hunting in the Forest without leave. Thetree was cursed, and a ghostly stag haunted theplace and butted at the tree and breathed smoke andfire as it tore the roots. There was also a storythat Heme was a keeper and went mad after beinggored by a stag. He tied a pair of antlers upon hishead, ran naked through the Fore
Windsor castle . nd takes the cattle, And makes milch-kine yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous and dreadful manner. So speaks Mistress Page in opening her plansfor the discomfiture of Falstaff. It is said that ayeoman hanged himself on a tree for fear of theking after hunting in the Forest without leave. Thetree was cursed, and a ghostly stag haunted theplace and butted at the tree and breathed smoke andfire as it tore the roots. There was also a storythat Heme was a keeper and went mad after beinggored by a stag. He tied a pair of antlers upon hishead, ran naked through the Forest, and hangedhimself on the tree, near Shakespeares Oak inthe Home Park, which was called Hemes Oak forcenturies, and was blown down in 1863, or, accordingto another opinion, cut down by George III. QueenVictoria planted the oak which marks the site ofthe legendary tree. In Elizabeths reign the first systematic plantingwas begun by Lord Burleigh. Thirteen acres nearCranbourne Tower were sown with oaks which were. fc I X
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