Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 530
) George £[arle. Jgroiuiie King Edward, in a curious mood,The parchments of his earls pursued,To learn if all their claims were good. His learned clerks the deeds did scan,And placed beneath great Edwards banThe lands of many a gentleman. With other of Englands gentlemen, At length they summoned… … Then spake the clerkly scribe : May we The title to your castles see, By which you hold your lands in fee? Curled his rough lip with scornful sneer;Flashed his sword round them—sight of fear;And out his voice rang full and clear: When William, with his Norman horde,Did win this realm with his stout…
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