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LoAdorA NewYorK: 
 
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He lands on the shores of Kent. 
 
And they first introduced the Order of the Bath to the 
 attention of the Ancient Britons. 
 
A pleasing Christmas custom was introduced in a 
 simple little Christian way under the mistletoe in the 
 last days of the Druids. 
 
 The Druidic bards inspired the people with courage, 
 and chanted strains of frolic at the festive board. 
 
Shabby betrayal of Caractacus, the British Chief, by 
 his stepmother Cartismandua, Queen of the Brigantes. 
 
 Made captive, he is loaded with chains and brought in 
 triumph to Rome, on a visit to the Emperor Claudius. 
 
Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni, fights her last battle on 
 Hampstead Heath, slaying seventy thousand Romans. 
 
A.D. 70. 
 
 Instead of the native mantle, 
 the Britons now dressed in 
 the graceful Roman toga, with 
 other suitable adornments. 
 
 And with much pride the 
 British youths, clad in Roman 
 armour, marched with the 
 Roman legions to the wars. 
 
 A.D. 70. 
 
 Roman gardening also, of cabbages, onions, apples and 
 roses, brought moments of pride to the British amateur. 
 
Afflicted with gout, old and infirm, the Roman Emperor 
 Severus leads his army against the Caledonians. 
 
 Carausius, the first Count of the Saxon shore, manned 
 ships of war with pirates, swept the seas, and usurped 
 the Roman Government. 
 
During the reign of the Roman Emperor Constantius 
 the arts of peace were cultivated in Britain. 
 
 A.D. 307. 
 
 Constantine reluctantly accepts the purple robe of 
 imperial power from the Roman army at York. 
 
The Sea Kings were men of great size, with blue eyes, 
 ruddy complexion and yellow hair ; men of sword, 
 mace, spear and axe. 
 
 The beautiful Rowena, daughter of Hengist, the Saxon 
 King, presents a bowl of wine to Vortigern, Duke of 
 
 Cornwall. 
 
Saying sweetly: "Good King wass-heil !" at which Vor- 
 tigern is much moved, and greets her with a kiss. Hengist 
 and Horsa chuckle, and Vortigern marries the maid. 
 
 Ambrosius Aurelius, Vortigern is compelled to fly to 
 the woods in Wales, where he builds a castle. 
 
A.D. 467. 
 
 Which proved an evil trap, for within its walls bold 
 Vortigern and the fair Rowena were burnt by Ambrosius 
 
 Aurelius. 
 
 Saxon Invasion. 
 
 A.D. 477. 
 
 Ella and his three sons Cymen, 
 Wlenking, and Cissa come to Britain in three ships. 
 
When the Saxons came to Britain they 
 worshipped idols. 
 
A.D. 477. 
 
 To which they prayed for success in war and peace. 
 
 Alfred competes with his brothers, and wins a lovely 
 picture-book by reciting its poems to his mother. 
 
A.D. 870. 
 
 When about to invade East Anglia, Juguar and Hubba, 
 the Danish Chiefs, were blown ashore at Berwick-on- 
 
 Tweed. 
 
 such, that gold might be hung by the roadside and no 
 thief would dare to touch. 
 
A.D. 875. 
 
 King Alfred made a war-ship, and cruising round the 
 southern shores he met seven tall ships. He captured 
 one, and the others fled. This was the first English 
 victory at sea. 
 
 At Chippenham, during his Christmas dinner, King 
 Alfred, surprised by the Danes, was forced to fly to 
 the thickets of Selwood Forest. 
 
A.D. 879. 
 
 Disguised as a tramp, King Alfred is compelled to seek 
 work from Denewulfe, the neat-herd. 
 
 King Alfred gets a sore ear from the neat-herd's wife 
 for allowing the cakes to burn. 
 
Ethelred the Unready saves his kingdom by paying 
 great sums of gold to Sweyn, the Norse-invader. 
 
Trial by jury of twelve was first instituted in this reign, 
 when jury packing was also resorted to as a whole- 
 some check. 
 
 By challenging the tide at Southampton King Canute 
 proved to his courtiers what knaves they were. 
 
It was a foolish experiment that might have cost him 
 his life, but for a timely pick-a-pack on a brave 
 
 coastguard. 
 
 King Canute in a fit of passion killed a soldier, and, in 
 remorse, he laid aside his crown and sceptre, praying 
 of the band that sentence should be passed on him. 
 All were silent, whereupon he fined himself ninefold. 
 
Canute left his crown to Hardicanute, but Harold 
 Harefoot seized it without delay. 
 
 Hardicanute succeeds to the throne, and dies in a 
 drinking-bout in Lambeth, at the marriage feast of 
 Cytha, daughter of Osgood Clapa. 
 
A.D. 1042 
 
 And is the first monarch of England who touches for 
 the "King's Evil." 
 
William the Conqueror spies out the land of Britain. 
 
 At which the Saxons wear worried looks. 
 
A,D. 1067. 
 
 King William the first plants the New Forest, and by 
 his curfew bell puts out all fires and lights at eight 
 
 o'clock. 
 
 So Dorothy must darken the fire with the couvre-feu, 
 and all good chicks must off to bed till to-morrow, 
 when I may show more Comic Snapshots from 
 English History. 
 
 Good-night. 
 
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