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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 19

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ce in sight: Month by month, until despairing,Forth they sent a warder bearing This frank message—they would flingOpen wide their gates, and bringStraight unto the English king 494 THE SIEGE OF CALAIS. [May, The keys of Calais, if in pityHe would pass from out the city All the people young and… … *f4, IN THE KINGS NAME, OPEN STRAIGHTWAY! Hot with wrath, the king made answer,— Tell your lords that every man, sir,All the people young and old,Nobles, merchants, soldiers bold.All the populace, full told, When returned the Calais warderWith this message, flushed with ardor, With their French…

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