Wanderings and excursions in North Wales . insman aimed at was the privilege of holding a free Parlia-ment, and having his estates restored to him. Deceived by hisloyal professions, and weakly relying upon the honour of an Englishpeer, he was prevailed upon to give his betrayer a meeting inthe neighbourhood of Conway. The better to allay the kingssuspicions, which were more than once expressed, he proposed toaccompany him to high mass, and renew his oath of allegiance atthe altar. The way from the holy temple lay through a lonelydefile in the mountain district near Penmaen Rhos ; and herethe k
Wanderings and excursions in North Wales . insman aimed at was the privilege of holding a free Parlia-ment, and having his estates restored to him. Deceived by hisloyal professions, and weakly relying upon the honour of an Englishpeer, he was prevailed upon to give his betrayer a meeting inthe neighbourhood of Conway. The better to allay the kingssuspicions, which were more than once expressed, he proposed toaccompany him to high mass, and renew his oath of allegiance atthe altar. The way from the holy temple lay through a lonelydefile in the mountain district near Penmaen Rhos ; and herethe king was first taught to repent of having placed confidence inthe solemn oath of one of the first nobles of his land. They weresuddenly joined by a numerous military escort, bearing the arms ofthe Earls Percy on their standards. Upon the instant, Richard,who was never wanting to himself in moments of emergency,turned his horses head to fly, but it was too late; the arch-traitorhimself dashing forward, seized the reigns of his charger, and,. WANDEllINOS THROUGH NORTH WALES. 51 seconded by his partizans, forcibly directed his wretched sovereignsroute towards the then broad, frowning towers of Fhnt. Bitterly did the royal llichard reproach the dastardly betrayer ofhis sovereigns trust, accusing him, to his face, of the vilest treacherythat ever stained the arms of an English knight, and appealing to theGod, in whose presence he had that morning sworn fealty, to visitits blasphemous violation upon his head, declaring a day of retri-bution would assuredly follow a deed so revolting to every mind. Buthis betrayer only hurried forward more speedily till he reachedRhuddlan; and, after a brief pause, hastened onward, with the con-scious guilt of a retreating bandit, eager to deposit his stolen trea-sure, ere he could be overtaken, in the impregnable walls of secured the price of royal blood, he added the most despic-able hypocrisy to treachery and insult. Both he and his emp
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