Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ...the deep-laid iniquity of the snare into which he had suffered himself to fall thus easily, rendered the young king insensible for a moment to the smart of his wounds; but fully aware of the desperation of his situation, he struck the rowels into the sides.of his mettled gray, and the good steed, as if e-qually conscious of his master's peril, with one gallant bound broke through the murderous circle, and dashed across the plain with the speed of an arrow just discharged from the bow, and presently distanced the pursuit of the traitors, who continued to trace the course the wounded king had taken by the red life-drops that tracked his path through the forest. The Saxrm phrase for drinking health, from which expression that once general custom was derived, which means, " Wish health," or " I wish your health." The last sound that fell on Edward's ear was the piercing cry of a child in mingled grief and terror, --it was the voice of his brother Ethelred, who, on beholding the barbarous deed from a window of the castle, filled the air with his shrieks and lamentations. The assurances of his guilty mother, that it was for his sake, and to make him a king, that the crime had been perpetrated, instead of consoling him, increased his distress to such a passionate degree, that thp queen, who considered his tears a reproach to herself, becoming infuriated at what she styled his unseasonable sorrow, threw herself upon him, and beat him in so violent a manner that it was for some time a matter of doubt to those about her whether she had not slain her own son in the ungovernable transport of her rage, --that son, for whose advancement she had the moment previous caused so deadly a crime to be perpetrated in her very presence. The unfortunate Edward...
