Written for the Susquehanna RegiOer,
RE
T VALLYAN
I.lk T.4.4. , E OE CO•R
Lik e, the pole nprootet t1:1 blast e h .fell ; and
,the wa iih t g 'sighed o'cr his grave. 13a • s we pt ;
for he left no son. Mourn for hitn! 0 mourn for him f
:Oscar sro the Just of his race f" .
, CEIA! , TZR I.
On
O tke south-western point of the • county
• ,q,ifortiwall, there stri,od. in :the sixteenth
, en tury, a fortress, named Trevallyan Castle.
It n'a's an. extremely old fatrie, and . ' :.vr
thereof'now remains. - Its architeettire
forlthemost . part. in.the gothic style, tho'
frequtnt 'additions, made by its successive
• lords, tp add to. its strength and capabilities
fl)t resikting the attacks of an enemy. did not
° ip strictly adliere - tn' the architectural fashion
of the rest of the building, as a fastidious erit
k *mild desire: No record 'remained to
shcff tho:ewt date .atArhieh the castle Was
commenced :. but 'it WaS the prevailing, 'belief
that it Iliad been erected by one i)f the nobles
..+f na t al, as: a sort of fastness td whielt he
'night Convey4or safety, spoils linserti
ly ! olitained. either trona the ocean or by . in
•Nacis :anon ; 66' lands of, his , warlike neigh-.
hors. This AtOhl eman. !tradc-ioil tells ..us, 'was
":sl:fin on_the . b . loody field ofl-Taqings, by the
-
side or his brine, though unit Irtimute prince:.
..4(lrtly stli)s - eriii*lnt - to ttiP. fatal sirife. i w
lobich . the ornians aained possession of
Eng
;ann. live - eastle and: its domains were :liven
a fbilower• .Of the . , conqueror/by Paine F 0. 7 -,
ereux,i Who , added considerably to the ex t.
of the edificii; by buitdin on every •side; .l a
iiiiss4-e-liattheinented wall, and by diggiiig a
moat m three. sides Of it the. one remitiftiner
being ' sufficiently irefended by .a preeiraiee,
••, • •
' whit.h.l though it might, 11v great courage and
prr• asc-n led yet could he main
t' \cram
i n ett by one man against any niiintalf"of the
-.Most fearless lissailants:: 2 ThestfOrtifications,
and artificial, 4tribittel to render
t is fortress One Of the srrongeA in Cornwall,
poSsessor. both feared and respected.
•;The Ilist}if the Evereni family, Sir - Ralph
ifEver,eux. wits slain iii the Holy Land during
ra e second crusade. I By a grant.. from the
tbe..eaStle and estates now:passed into
l ie habits Of Sir Ifiloh Trevallyan., as are-.
card -pa-, utidg services done. in fiattle, and
for wise in the cabinet. Sir . rugh
.-Was Ci.eated an Earl by Richard the Seennd.
AlitliCrto the, fortre , s - had borne the name of
Ciliate:tit Everepx, but was c; hanged by,
ithini taithatefTrcvallyanCastle, in honor of
;his etril thtniir : he 'also. made some additions
H •
to Ota tortitiin ions of the, place. Of its in
ternal accoinniodations it is neelle : s.s. to. say .•
.-t,e-re. than that they partook of the general
Icharater of those at that -period, little regard
tO that polish- and -elegance which
idistiiiimishes - ,latter days. The waves, of the
r,eehni . wash ed. the base :of the rook on :Which
'(.the.f.irtresS Was built:and. about
to the southward waif seen the white ' walls
St: Anne.'..-Ci,tirceift, on the apex ofSt.Mi-
Timer; Mor'ilt. 'There 'were, several other
tiloniu4eries M Cornwall and its neighboring
„
rw
•,•vevon-hire,blit nom. equar A to.this of
St. 4.titte.•l‘.hich eelikated not • only for
the
.fliety .Ort.its nims, bli falso for te•fiches
•v;!rrea•lirv. .
•
Thenaineof the last Earl of TreValiyan,
_the hero ",t• our story, was Ili; hard. lie was
Man of tall stature and dark ec xi
.i nipleon.l
itas fierce. and intractable in his na•ure,i
though Long 'experience had taught hirii some-!
tin* to I istri to the suggestions of prudence..
• .ille*as.lionimrble in ibis vonatiet, yet a • cer
tain raptity of disposition 'did at times ex
hibit ir-ell; btqt his last was a failing of the
time;. Ms features were.. handSmue, but a
'fast] of sternnesk\which the habitually whre,
made him,' at fiat sight, appear a man to be
feart.d rather than lived...
It; was a bright morn no. 'in the/ipring.
the Y that a her:7ld dertihnded
inittznee at the' carefully guarded gate of
• Trei - allyali Castle. The serreseinilhaving with
hiiiiecustonied caution, carefully peered forth
prom a lo;triihole, hid4rufroin' the gate of any
P4Son standing IA flie entrance, dentand
ed from whom the .messenger had Come.—
tile !replied : that he brought letter's of Impor- . .
ignee, front ;the sovereign hiinself, which must
immediately be submitted to the y inspection
of the Earl. (if Trevallyan,, in order that the
King might have his answer :with the short- •
est , postible , delay. . This message hitY)ng.
. been ci'intinutniwted to.his lord, - the seneschal
. orilerd the drawbridge to bey lowered;• and _
the portoullis raid ;• after which the herald
Nl* nd.nlittedittd• VOnducted into a spacious
:•‘..Yri/i lofty hall, lighted at Oh end be large .
arChed windows . of stained glass, which corn- .
roined with the loftiness of the 4apartment
;,tlii.et:c over it, a• gloom •no meanStunpleas
`Skt the opposite :end of the, room -to that
•by whiCh the herald ebtered, was :seated the
poSseiscir Of the fortress, in a thail'iiif dark
oak, upon which were carved the ;arms dis
tinguishing the family; The - Earl was busily
engaged in 'etamining , a cross -bow, which a
page•Wh&. stood near him, had brought; - and
intent was be on his eiceupaion, that he;
hid Cm -gotten tThe triesimge brought • to him .
few minutes befixe by : his senesehal. At .
• short distance- on his right was seated a lady
oilgreat personal beauty, working at an. em
broidery ;frame, this bein g at that
.period, - a
faForite eloPlo yilient of ladies- of high birth.
• The Herald ,had stood viewing - the ..4m . n'e be
fdre him„ for some time, and Jooking
the die tapestry with .. whicir the hall
VjAs hung. He was first. obserted by the
lady, Who . instantly, apprised 11 . 0 companion
•• ,,, rtt - e'pi.*Aelicesit the, courier. The, Knight
the warlike' in trineent he
had bech examining s thepage it attendance,
. and notified to . the herald toacip aeb. - • This
• he did until he reached the Earl. Wheit after
.
lending i bis knee, he preseiited he I ters of
his master, which were enclosed n
Ope a silk, and secured•by a -sea let.. -tring of
dye same material:: The stringr .ivi' g been
n
by thew page's dagger, the Ea 1 Of
iTrevall,• tbtik iron] the envel ape ah .
tter
written•by the baud of the King bin
During its perusll, the lady'
e - yes.to' the earl's fake, and carefully
rized it 4 expression. At first a
Ftiglm
• (Jr the eye brows di,..rfo k To th
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surprtse,o at. the contents of lel
roya
then •a Smile of pleasureiai, Olsen-el
minate his 'swarthy features, and exi•
•that..;my counsels Tare f
and yet 1 deserve not this sarcasni !
• ed the-Aetter, and turning to the It
• he said, qThou but
. been faittiful in
the conimands of : ..one. liege - the. Kai
owe thee' thanksr•. take this,” he
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".kgaittl" said the lady risingyand advan
e tig towards him ;".aglin to London, Quid You
~. rarely yiat have been torn from me; enough
ci
a ready ; seek not dear Richard to 'inn - broil
ourself', in •the - . manY. plots and I sehemes
which_ so charaCteriie and disgratia • these
troublesvine times!" - ' .I.
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tizear not," repliedl the Earl; "ii .danger.
,is war ; Igo on nowar like mission '"l
(*titutedl he - handing, : her the !letter, • "this
Will 41ain. all; thou: art too feartbl, Mar
garet; forttle daughter of a Percy r.!
1 . the latlyl took the letter .in her ll'emblitta
land: aria read as follows
"To Mir . .,trusty and *ell-beloved 'Pickard,
' Earl.dr TrevallYan, and tneniber of Our . privy,
, puitcil,.llepry, by the grace 'of. Goo f :king
f thee realms, sendeth greeting. \i- - •
.-- "It was not Well Of thee, • Trevallyan, to
' cave our royall presenee with. suet'* lad( of
espect .as th o u' yhewedst *hen I . we. last
ave audieilee - to- thee; nevertheless tin u . 41 - i
everenee is especially due to 'l's 0 I the
Ord's anointed and•defend.'r of. the frith,
e grant thee tbrgiveness, and : 0/V rentein-.
brance-of thy contumely shall 'lade from.our
mind. .- The-coimsel thou didst, giVe iii•' the,
matter •of the monasteries and religtob . ii.liouse t -; •
has. foUnd faYor - - in our sight ; Midi that we
may further advise with thee .let it's see thee
witithi three days after!thou'.reeeive,-; this
letter;*. And let me tell, thee ' to' beware Of
Norfolk, Toe! he is. thine':i enemy.—lty 1 - 1
"From ourl-royal_ house of-Whitehall, - this
tenth day - of APril,' A..,D., fifteen! -hundred
and thirty tight. ~ - •
.When the lady kid eoi.eluded ht!.r-perusal
of thi'S,epistie;f she further enquirot i t ~r. her
busbatid the import of the several j parts! of
it tbrnot being acetistoined to know- his se
cret plans and: purposes; ?he was' m i nch in the.
dark about the real Meatiiffig Of t.:e King.—
Ifer - imshand,! cont rary* to his want; gaYe her.
an !eiplariatbal„the subject of ; Which we shall
here'Submit to reader.--4n 1'536, henry _
• the Kiafith d6stro3e.*ver:ll , of the - 'le.s....:er - .
no:la:stories in .England, chiefly by thOulvice
• of the r.arl of Trevaliyan and:Thoniaserom-.
well,* - ien at :the. 4unimit of Kingly , faVor.-.
lt wits the strenuous advice 'of the former
*that - the whole of the Monastic establishments
should be destroyed at a. blow, •41 - 1 q; the:r
re'cnues divided; between the: eroWn - and its.
faithful vassals. This advice _was ei t cceOingly
gratefultejllemionarch; ttt he. wit. some
,
of his
_pri vy i,:olitic !
il„: were • earful t bat lit wo'd
be.prlc,ceeding With to . o great 'irripettositv,
and therefore he i fhought. it' prudebt.imerely
to order Conimissioners to eNatnine,-into and
eOnfiScate a few Inf the lesSer-coni.-4 - .: . At
tne 'conference which resulted in - this order,
the. '.Earl_ etlireVallvan. was se c
,agrtmd
and angered:! that-his advice was not Miowed,
-
that he actually forgot that deference . ; which
1 1.116 owed to his Sovereign, and in, cons { elquence
Of this impolitie mid' uncourtier-likeL behav
lin., had lost fai•iii.: with Henry, , This was
the circumstance to which the King's .letter
alluded as the . ", lack. of respect slit)*i in ;the
( i t
roy 7B
al=presence. • -enry+ now foul) an-op
partunity for prosecutingthose pla - 's which
had been reeoMme.ndedby !the .Ear -whom,
.though he had temporarily disgraeedifitn, he
believed to be.tme.of his! most *aqui Suit
jectsi That part of tbe,c . pistletelatieg to the
Duke of NOrfolk, was intended to PO TrAv-
t he
ept
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u h ti him odd new's - . --- Tra cy , ". ". ` - 6 Pro ,-
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.+edek turning to the page, take thik faith
-1 servant of the Kina, whom { 'God long pre
_rye!) 'an see that fie'he well entertained, .
til. he . - be. sped on his jotirne. ; and -.
irk VC. ! 1 01 Walter Fitzalan ' to hie him
.. i - • -. ... i
her forth w ith! " - -•,- ') - -• ,
'.The page - Lind his companion had sc:areely
:unshed, when the lady turned - to hCr cOm
nnioa,! and said, ',Tell me, , Richard, What
hgt missive contained to affect you So !strong- '
v, and AO muse your brim o to d isplay al
.„
ernate shade and simishiner .••• . i . - _
‘” Why should . Ire !tl•to thee, dear Mart
aret,•
.thd, sec' • of° monarchs r returned
he Earl ; 1"-suitnie it that this letter C.llls . Me
ti the capital on the•tiing's.service ; biit'tny I,
bsence will be brief." .-- • I • --_ ,
allyan on his guard against that . iowerful
and wily • n4blenian e who had lOng borne a
secret -dislike to the Earl. - ! ,Thi4 .di, like bad
been recently- discovered by the King!,ll.rongh
some .unguarded expression utteMil by Nor
folk, Which Were immediately reibrted to'
him by. a persOn inimical td 'tlut nobleman.
The hatred sof Norfolk wh,o;was a bigoted pa
pist, part,ly took its rise froth the adViee giv
en by . Trevaliyan :to the- King, chricerning
the destruction of the . .monasteries,. ut more
from the 'foi)owing eircurnstanc.4. more
Duke of Norfolk had sued. furthi;.! hand. of
.
Margaret • Percy, . daughtei- of' th,',. Earl of
Northumberland.' Jie, WaS - acc,eptbd by the
damsel's father; - .but the maidOt was unveil=
ling to trust herself to the protection of -Nor
foll4 because he was a' papist,,` the:' Percy's
ti
having been favorable to the doetri 'es of the
.Reformation,
,`evet since they .ivere eirst pro
midgated •,. and, - in addition to•this,l she could
not bring herself to like his p l erson,. which
*was . under the middle height of ma.ni . and in,
elegantly formed, though: hisi eatmtenanee r
bOre thOmost=unques:tionableritari: , :s of high
- birth and breeding. At this . crisithe Earl
Of - .Treval lyan,..--4ho had - ' beenn - iwith ''''. Don
_. ..... - . .
DderetheWarden ofthe Wester'
on a foray into Scotland,—in reto
Northumherliriid; rode down 'to
castle to renew an acquaintance,
commenced when Henry the Eigh
celebrated journey. into France, an
ference vi'ith Francis the 14Irst:on
of the of-Gold." ' ;
j r . . bIiAPTER. H.
Th suit of the Eirl was a deathblow to
the hOpeS of-the , Duke of n i l :rfolic; for'no
sooner did, Margaret Percy and the Earl of
Trevallyan meet, than they be4ar,mutually
enamOred; an&when, the-';Earl quitted the
Castle Ito return to his own rdentesnes, he left
Margaret his plighted bride, It should heal- ,
so 'slated here, fur the perfect elucidation of
our narrative, that Norfolk Was very much
older than Meroret Percy, atid the motives
which impell4him to seek an alliance with
her.did not protxed from a personal regard,.
though her few- illations nod accomplishments
were !well calculawl tco excitPadtniration and
Jove, hut were the offspring of a deep-101 and
subtle policy for 'the unpropitious - proSpects
which at this period met the eyes of the Ro
mau Catholiq on every'sideonade 'din desi
rous of allying -.hintself with iSOITU; powerful
Protestant family, throigh whose influenee he
inrght hope to escape from the ruin.which ap•
peered inpVitable to the nornish Orty, F. The
`Duke of Nocfolk had' been previously married
and shad two sons, who , had.nearly attained
the'age of, manhood. Tlic projected alliance
Vas agreeable* „Northtultherland, ivhO bad
often been a confederate in Jhe
,Scheines : and
plots of the Ste, and lital a perii,al . friend=
ship for`-him..Tra - vally,au was : also,' ado
than tbs. btAyAlsrgifte‘but Met ,pixikiirlars
"THE WILL ,
, OF THE , PEoPLE IS IRE 4 , EGITIMATE - ,SOURCE, AND;
Marshes,
iing into
the. Earl's
Ikhio had
h made his
d held eon
!the "Field
MONTROSE 9 HTIRS
I
,
o thqn - is - :desirable in erstins forrning'a mat } ,
rimotiial COnnekion; and. When. Northunibe
,
land SAW' tte aftachnient ;' Which had sprang• •
up hetween - hiS daughter and - the Earl, he was
induced tO give his consent to their nuptialsi';-
and a few •months, afterWarls their Marriage
was celebrated with Splendor suitable tb.
the high rank of the pArtie - concerned. But
we riniserettien to thelbread of our-story.
• Tke Earl of Trevallian dismissed the her
hld with a letter to the promising his.
early appearance. -No-sooner had he depart
ed, than the Earl gavO: 4ders to 'Walter
Fit-zalan, his esquire,ibo had - by this tithe
'entered the apartment; to prepare-ten men
at-arms to escort bins to voilaof
.llenry.
by breakrif day'on the:: morrow ; and also
to' see that the mstle Was- phicod in a proper •
condition of defence ditring the absence of its
rightful' protectors: Soon after this order
had, beenissued, bustling preparations were /
going -forward in the
,guard room : those ;ad
diers who had the . g,pqd, fottune to be selee
,t
-ed Fitsalan, burnished aWesh_their armor,
and uttered exclamations of joy and satisfac
tion that they were to be freed froth the irk
some. duty of guarding_' theastle-walls, and
to see something which . .n)pronched: nezircr
to the characterof , actiVe ,service. The-nic
troPolis,tob, luta ,its, .eharins for those, who„
-pent up-in a dingy fortres4, longed. fr- a sight
of that
,large city, the) magnificence of which
had 'often been described to them by stroll
- minstrels, a tvejnot get extinet;.though
their " glory was de,Prtina from the ni."
• In The Morning, wken the sun began to east
his level! 'beams uliOh
i the top-most• battle=
Ments, the earl afterthaving taken leave of
the COMitess, stepped forth hito the yard of
the eastre. - He was . arnied at all points ; and
amore inertial figure it. Waisdillicult to be
hold,
.even in, thoße.i:warliVe days. 'llls cs
quire •held his 116rse,i a powerful. black .charg
er, who snorted,*and. pawed the earth in his
impatience. The Knight l inounted hint ;''and
after haring given strict 'i•liarge *to -his sene
schal, Philip tatieey„' to keep' •careful Watch
over the fortress, and after waving his rink - it--
clad arni to a fenntle:whiOppeared at a small
Window above, hint,. rfide 'forward at the
head of .bra‘,.e and ivell appointed escort.
By 'hard riding. he rea4ied. the capital on
the third day of his jonrai.y ; and the 'follow
itit morning was seated in the council of :his
n rii est 'rh er - o 17; 1 1110 the Diike of Nor
-I'.lk, 1110 Earl_ of. Smit halo pbm, Th. , Unts
Cromwell, Belas;es,
and several other. courtiers, and creatures
the m - onarch. Tlie - 'debates, with the•excep
tion of mute sli7hter ma6ers, turned entirely
upon thefurther .e..inliscdtion . of the•monas
teries, which llcnrg had, in his Own .ndial;
determined fipon. agreeably with tile' advice
formerly •gixeli by Earl Trevallyan.
The whole of the privy c Ouch, knowing that
opposition would be fruitless, had only lead
to the irritation of the King, -clitned in with
all his measiirea,' and. agleed to the total sup;
pressiOn of the It*Jrkio establishments
England
.. .
, ..
To Trevallyan Was' intrusted the destruc
tion of.those in Cornwall -and bevon. This
was highly satisfaCtory to the earl, who, in
discharging the King's' - commission;. Would
augment his own poWer and influence besides
adding ermsiderably to his .revenues land es
'
, tates ; and -this wduld*4 - ie, especially the case
with regard to the 7. /IM'Ont,Or - St. John., Which
. .we haVe iireviouSlyjobsLtved,could -be' viewed
;from the battlements of, Trevallyarteastle. •
The day after thPineeting of Henry's privy
-council beheld the: earl 'pa his Mardi towards
hoine. Had it nOt been that the duty was
urgent Whith - ranged him to leave the me
tropolis, gladly would he have remained for
a timO,to.partake-Ofits gaieties and pleasures,
but the sovereignla eonimands 'Were peremt.i
-toty,'lTV he'preijared to give instant atten
tion to their discharge. i Accordingly he. lost
no time in returning to his own castle; .but
he-was not fated 'p::) enjoy so tranquil a: jour
acy homeward as 7 thatiwhich he had actiom-,
plished from 'Cornwall Ito 'London. ;• _ •
The Duke of 11i"orflilk, his enemy, hid ob- !
served ,the smallnessi!if his.retinue, &id de--;
termined that hp IWould not lose •the present,
favorable oppOrttinity Ito obtain hiS revenge
npoa One who-had 'tWice . thwarted his de-,
tires which had lain near his heart ;
and he resolved to intercept his - rival in some:
part where an anthUSh Might be advantage- -
cattily placed. -i : 'i • .' . • ' • •
-- The Earl . of Trevallyan had to pass through
the, woody and. of Dorset,*
and' to surmount lit :hilllof eoasiderable,height,
situated
: in' it atintit iniii-way. • From the.
summit of this C•minence, the 'road' branched
off in two directions '••
: one path being much
more Circuitous than the other, but;.eonsider
ably the safer bt ; Ole two. as there were few
advantages for the SeCretion of troops,' or the
concealment, of banditti, by - whotn the cowl'.
try, was vouch' itifeste4. The ahorter. roar],
on - the contrary,'. presented every fiteility for
assailing any 'party ',by ,Which it might be
traversed. A hrief halt took place at .the
convergence of the.sC"ioads, the esquire dcetn
ing it prudent 4) proeed by„,th•e longer 'and •
safer.one, as evening Iwas now throWing her
dusky mantle titer the:rOtintry, thus inereas
ing•any peril injwhieh they might b4-;pluced;
'but the knight,4earlciss of danger, ; gave ache_
preference
way.: feenc : tO . ,t
p hie , S . hot ter, thoughmoret peril
ous
This point hitvitiO been :decided, they ad
vanced down. the road at a sharp tref ;,, , and
had proceeded .at thi, pace about halfan hour
when they arri'Ved at a part Where the trees
akn _each side ofi the road were of such height
nd profusion .eittoliage as almost to shut out.
very glimpse. in? light: At- this plawithe•
th they were purSuing • was-intersected-I,y
Mailer. one; Which . wound thropgh the.
tM,s, - and was!:SO oerhung' by forest-WoOd
t.ts:to render it 'Twit io. imperceptible. by the
little light remaining. As the Earl's escort
w
. ere passing-this plats,, a number _4 meu-at
.
arms placed there ley the Dukeof ' i lsiorfolk,
rode ! forth tiOnit them With kind criers, andat-*
'tacked them .befoie.:they were,„ aviare of the
Pr4xithitY of any dahger. By this tinforseen.
charge two of 'Op EarPs men Were Slain, and
s third throwa'to the ground t 1 but'lte speech-.
• ly 'recovered . ' biros& and stood upon .the :de
fensive. The knight! hiinselfhad been Singled
out. by: the '-lender' . (if- the assailants; and was
Only saved frOrn being - .unhorsed by! the start
made by his choger in the very . Moutent of
the onset;: btit - incunediately gaining ' hii bal
ance, be *cried, - What ! treachery. on our
path? :Who . * tho'n, dastard, that', tatkest a
knight so' tinfirlYll .1 - - ..,
..--. . - 1 •--1 - ~•
`1 Ilia assailant replied, in a clear, stern voice,
"Thy . hour hiks true, TreVallyan 1"; and with
out; Ihrther .parley s strnek, thick and 'last, :
heavy: blows ppritt thifi:Etirl, whiehl . tnade his
Air ring,npd l Wokeithe - sUrrOanding'edOes.
Trevallyazidefend4 hiniselt.with'eginilivig
.-Or and. greiflpiesibee. of inintt; -enctitiraged,
4ttotkplialightlasztfully; and tOothW tee
HE HAPEiSEBB:-0
FY SEPT
• o
honors they had il'equired on tunny,, a sangUinl,
ary'field. 6° cried he, to 14.
esquire, "where!tirt-thou d Strike home, am
unmask the traitors - i
As the Ear !hashed these Words,'One Of
.
the Duke - of-N.qfolk's men thrfist.a lance in
to the body of, his, horse ; whioi caused hiii
to miss a btu* which 'he was . , that ;moment
making at his opponent, who instantly avail
ed himself of this rinfmable eire(unstaince, an
returned the strqiie.e with great iolenee ; their spurring forwlifl,lie Seized Treiallyan—wh'd,.
from the effect: of the blow 4 -had "just rl
ceired, and the.iw - Ouild given: his horiO,
was unable .tort+iSt this mode Of atta
him ffoiti his
. saddlc. be r.
his mater, pliserved :tits danger, atid
Iffing himself from. the iljelee, cam e ao
lie, and Ny. vigorously .o.rassing upep
ler' of ttip',euemy,ttill)rded the. Earl
time to recoOg'froth . the etleos of his 14,
~ .
and prepare again fir ;le conWst. This he.
was not long. 'in doing; and 4handonitig his
sword, - Whichluid become much splintered,
he seized a heti,Vy !mace: whitill lay on - the
grouild, and plunged into the thickest' f the i
fight, , shouting ` 4 ,A-Trevallyan I a Trevallvaa!
St: Midi !lir- ItTrevallyan.l.l , - i
-.. His heitvil4w4 with his mace soon Re- ;
gan to treat :i-hi e•rsion. •in tis-ftvor • 2
!fir - i
t
. . , ! • . 1
not only did hey tell on the f4l a wred crests 1
of his enerniesihto his intrepidity inspired
with fresh cpurage. his own itsoldiers, who,
shouting their miar-cry of"Trer,iallyan rf pre,s- 1
ed lhrward, almost as vigorouf3 as they wete
:it 'the comilicpccirient of the fray. The I
moon had . 4 his time ernciged front the
clouds whiebhad,enshrotuled her,.and the'lld,
ditional light I, lie, emitted 'greased the In
.thusiastn :or:At l te Earl's retaihers,:atd cans-
ed a eorrestiondini . vdepreSsi4n itt theiri ad
versaries. - I ` -- s .-: .- ;. 4
The wartt :hopes . of sueCus now ties beoan
~ , 1 ,
to animal e the preast ulTreVallyltu, for tuottgn
several of hi;k t;xten had tidlen,p much greater:
number ~)ftheleuerpy streived the ground- -
The assailan'ts.!seciti , T.that thefrehanee ol7' iie-' ,
'. i ir- f' '- -1 ... , , ! ,
tor.y.,was se?si) ..k , mums ted,t,eenteo to rise
to - withdravidfirn the Strife.; ;and. as they Vet 1
eonsiderabls opi-nihnbered
: the party. of She I
Earl,. be rwr,lritiedi t4rrt :to depart ; 'and! he:
did this the JM ore readily, as he -was ignorhnt
of that Inlrt!oil:tit stwot of the lieountry, and as : l
he had so fewintemnow remaining. Ace(ird
ingly the thilto's s. : oldiers drew oil; wh ilst'
those who tAtutined mastersiof the field k-x
-audited the: shun in order l'to discover by •
Whom they) jitd W
, O 'attack: .d, and , alb; to
u
bind tip a 4 ;1 •ell..aS they ;were able; the ,
Wounds of t iciri braVe comrades. FOr some
titne nothing; !could• be di'coVered • by w . -blich'
to tell the !Ones 4f their entities, until titz,
a bin ibiind it f , word, the hilt i - ,f which Was
richly inlaid hnid- 4eeorateA '}with gold. i This
weapon w:iS iiresqvcd; :amid bY day-light bsth
the Earl and k his ,:sc l uirc, , thou g ht 014 lutd.
seen it by ;i.,40 Side of the P4te of Norfolk lin
London : the Earl thought 4so he had receg 7 ,
nized in thelVOice of tht •C4talier whO first:
'attacked high (thOugh he uttered but the ope:
sentence we have 'recorded) something 1'e....
sembling. tha 'Of]the Duke'; These circuin.!
stances togbt er eimvinced him that the lead-1 .
er of the bah :ibyl which_ hiSilnarchfiad bei*:
ras no other thap the abov. nat . e.:l
When. ,had come .this;
mOc altirtchis determitiatibit
:obstructe(fi:
ed noblerda'
ctonelui:ion.; h
. ' i --- z -•
. .
,;gainit, his enemy—a determitiali:,
estiried only partially to fulfill. II
f the journey WitS 'gained w t ithotit t
More ;., and" . the knightwas 011
wiper arms , by -his 'eolinteSs, to
iVe Liar he ivehunted theperilsi
, yth4. Way; MO that, night upon,.
i d' the Lady _Margaret offer -the;
grateful heartito heaven , for tii 4 i,
oualisafed to ;the object 'of hPiri
.I
i •
I r
;! , ti.tts•rM" itt. • ?1.!.
1 . t:- , -'. . !1'
The Earl, iaceompaniedi hy some :mit* :
comniiss l iOne.rS (rout London, acid escorted kity , ,
a stronglbedi of men; mad, a tour. t hrougb4 ;
out the vim - eOuttiesliff G:4nwall.and joiovoo,,
visitin g theSonasteries, anti religious boa sO r
,The lieeittiottStieSs of theirionlis—their'reir4:l 7
ry and
.I,feasitagkiliejr sensuality of,-ever r _lV
'kind, were repotted with! great exag ,,, erati4o
by the jeon Maisioners ;• Ittl.l by these, and
means Of a. Sirttilar nattirii, Was publle•op4 7
ionenlistjed 6n .the side of the destroyers q
the estahlisl tnepts Whieh jutd, for map) . - 14s
been eonShlt edl the sanctilaries. of t•eligiOtt
and virtue, andlwere, ikreality, the repositb-
of revengt.ta
tioll he Kilt;
" The end'
further aft)l7
ceived with
whose atteri •
undergoii,e,
her
.1: nees,! d
incense cif a
?; N ,,
protection'H
'affections.t!"
-1 - ,
ries of what remnant ofleitining had leseaped
the ravages of war,,
and th'e silent, tln u
fgh ndt
less sure inroads of tune; •,#. • 1'
It wo4ld lbe .uperfluotis': to dWell at length
on this portion 'pf Englih history' ; it is siif:
ficient to say, that , it destruction complete,*
nearly Eio, took;:place of; , the monasteries In
England, t 0..! the grftt joy of the''itifr, Mid
...,, t
those who -lad been. forttniateenou 'li to !lie elected' eon) tnitisioners in ; this great Inatiotud ,
undertak ingi' The Earl, Of Trevallyan, in :4s
pecial, etirkthed„ , his eoffer4 and angrnentedhis
lands in a high degree; land 'featly were the
VOWS of ve igeance registered against him
moblcini?n
,no secretly`.,hated , the grovving
doctrines o ' the liefortmition---and by Obe
more than•the Duke of Norfolk, who had to
recently b .en roiled, in iiii attempt I raj - crush
his adver -y. i
1
• * 1 di
Shortly, i subticquent te
at
event, cons! ,T
-able changes took place at court, Which caus
ed the,ladVersaries of Trevallyan te indti ge
ca,
the hope, that 'their vengeance might, soon be
amply' gr Stilled: Henry VIII., though' he
promoted the doctrines of ProtestMtistn, et
hated Silent! iti his heart :! chis opposition .to_ the
Pope did riot: proceed frqrn any religious ;fox
tive, tint 1 inei•ely from; 'llw i arted _vanity and
exaspei•atO .pride; and: he encouraged ••-",the
doctrines !!test oppcmd by the Pok ntA be
cause be /...onsidered then), in themelved in-,
trinsicallyi auprior, but tfutt by fostering them
he gave t 1 greatest shtick to the r•ti.a
ower of
Il
the .Ruin Yk Pontiff in ' England. fhus -,
the tyran 1
ti t
Henry,, by the Providence of dot!,
made the" { nstrument in, introducink,ithe gi'"eat
est blesiimg which mankind,has eni led since
the protniflgation of Christianity in Pale,stine,'
by-thus teaching and Mysterious'dth Oft the,
1:1
Saviour. l How inscrutable, are the. -ways of
th‘.2-Orrinlpotent I ".Hoeadeth princes away
spoiled, ad Overthrow4th the. tni,yhty 1 :
,
Ane tn
th r circustatu:e:,which increasedilett
ry's lieu] . love for the Popish faith,.wa4 his
atta[intent for Catharine"Tioward,l*e to
the Ake of; Norfolk ; Having r movedhlif
~lI
fort er wife,enry tillotised this lady 'aatnl
as s
1 1
q 4. w ii,'papist, her, aseendenc . over hnu
hod ' n gnnti to thnse of kit ,t) situ per
sua.. tin. The in i fluenee which the Protestant
A.re Oaf s op Craniner,, had posi ssednVer
the :in of his prince s now nsidel•ably:
w . ien ; ;and, at one. period el en ' Ilk's, life,
w ,91 anger. in he. revolotio sof . courts,
til
4 w ti - eojOy the - greatest, de ee Of. l hing.
'and - who hivii riven the ' eet,.gero
4.0
E THE TRUE END OF POV,ERNMENT2'
14;.18``4.
1 ,
e ally fall the most rapidly. This' was ex.'
e " 'Plified ha' a'remarkable 'Manner in, the ease
o 1 (Cardinal Wolsey ; and 1 iihough • Cranmer
fir a' time escaped with' his life, and again was
~ f,! I
:I , ''.
even admitted to' the fitvor.of the King, a sub
-1 • •
s %bent' reign beheld- hi4Writhing ,in the
4thes,.a viaitit •df religiouS perSecution—a
i tartyr for his faith and for' his God.! •
.The mind •of 'Henry heing thus steeled
gainst the remOnstrance'Sl •of his limiest.
'friends, the ProteStants, he -issued several'
l e
4Oginasszof the ROMish faith,lwWch every die
wok to receive
,under paitilOf being carried Ith
ti 4 stake.' These were prOMUlgated with it
verity relentless, as th. obtain "air' thein
lie designation of the "bleOdystatutes;" and
iliire were soon TnO' less. ttlan. five hundred,
Pei Sons in prison for contradicting. the'doe
letres they contained. When these 111:1Vi3
W4re first published, the •Earl"of Tres-44mi
vr'k.S'at his own Castle in - ,
i , rnu all. lle had
*n there some time, la*Otise of the.dis-
Tt'*!e of his party, with the'King. No 51:i,0n
...0,4
eri did -he receive theseldogmai,
,than j! he
swore by St. Michael-40 ; !Popish oattlis•Were
, .., - ,
Crmtinually in the
. ritouthi, of Protestant.lsol
pirsthat he Would ittit !I Obey one lettO of
that", should his disobedience post him his '
;lice; and . he •b i tterly upbraided Ithe Jnonarch, -
lia whose service he hg Often . spilled 1 his
!blood and lavished his treaSnres; ' . I
1 ,
;.[ llis majesty soon ileArif of the violent iion
1. .
(I'net and bitter expressions of the Earl ;.land
regardlesS of all his pastlServices and lOyal
Onduet, sonutioned . .the irritated noble Man
AO -appear before hini in Eondon, to renounce
Ills errors, \
or suffer
011 the11penaltv . denounced.•
..
1/k:st:those . 'who presumed to oppose t the
,savereign'S oPinions:. The; Earl prudently
"Oxi - insed himself, Under-the plea of ill-health,-
front obeying' this mandate, but sentla're
4,nonstranee to the Kina, 'Setting lbrth his nu
i i terous services-'-that King,.'
had shed . his
. blood
tbr him in various' ;engagements; that he
had frequently advanced large . sums of iron
fey toitint in moment's "Ors lurgent necessity,
:especially at. :his - -meeting ,with Finds the
;First on the plains of-Pietardy ; that he had
erved ' against the Scotch-'these and several
lather chiimsi.upon the Consideration 'of the
;King were urged; and the'remonSfranee eon
'eluded' with 'au assertion tit tho atrl's. ri ,, ht.
Ito sprivate jtidgment,, in ;till things in , which
:loyalty and Obedience. te(the . just commands
Of the , sovereign were ; ; ilOt concerned. SU
tlir from 'appeasing the •King's.-Wrath, this add
.led fuel to the flame. liv this time the Mike
`of -No rfolk ,;(who turd,- b l y Making use. of his
! . .. ,
illeCe S arts,•rilitied one Of his enemies, Thom
'irks Crornwell, Who had been the, King's' favor,
t•-•
!ire.? had inr4iitiated hills-ilf with the man.
.
aryl, and lard been ma •e i Governin% of the
Tower:of L 4 union and`buirmander-in-chiefof
thelitrees. 1 This .'nobliqnair inflamed-. the ati
oir of ;the ;King still rror. C against the Ear!, .
and by , working upon the Weak points
.of his
character,' persuaded 14 to issue commands
fur the . inimediate seiture of Trevellyan's
••' 4 f
yersOn,: ana the complete 'destruction of his'
eastle.., NO sooner 'did !the Duke of Nerfolk
extort Henrys• consent(, to this severe meas
ure; than he' himself sei, out with an army .of
four-thousand choice troOps, many . ..of ! them
Mereeparisl in the ciay; of England, and
therefore eS likely to spare in the work of
devfeaatio which was. 'is() I § ook to . take place.
We 'pas aver - the time employed in the
march of ' 'his body oft Men, and • shall place
ourselVp's •ith them before Treyallyan castle,.
will6llAm Iformally Invested, according' to
the milita y • ,usage.of that . period.. Nor had
the Duke Opfined his ,'iperations to, the land:
Upon the osoin of :the glassy waters of the
bay t*th south-east cif the fortress lay two,
ships Of • tattle, ready qt- frustrate_ any at
temp(th Earl mightrbe disposed to make
to escape y sea, and remain abroad until the
storm 'of . cyst displea4ire . should have blown
.t.
over. il B t no thoughe,ofescapti•eter entered
into his ind.. He saw Ails •eneiny betbre
hitt); and is .soul Ivastthrillir4wirliAnter to
sec hiM basking in ttel . beains Of kingly'favor,
and Madthe instrument fin' the - cons,urnm
tion o' h s own ruin. 1 . He, knew that itt•ta
he
ti
forthe6n rig struggle he must sooner or later
fall ta) - t he hugged tit his breast the thought
of W.iirre Mee—vengeance on la : treacherous
who'e . d ~.
foe a , not met him openly, but - had
1 1
under \ rnirfedl ; im hv the b4sest artS and mean- •
. - -. I f
est trencher,'.; anti the hope o i fimee - ting, hiM
; . •
in confli4 once more altnost indemnified him
for' his itOmi, aching rijin.i The 'Duke of Nor
folk, On his Dart knew that' in the 'approach
ing struggle he niuStineur considerable dan
ger; butt a ticaeherons' man, he was
brave as alion, and ''shunned Irk, but: rather
sought aheircounter with his r•ivalt he was of
that temperhmeut of*liial inwhich boldness
and 'galling are always ;tinder, the command
of the Cholest and, Most calcUlating w6rldly•
cunning? :Here, he hi a natural advantage
oVerTr4va!yam, whO, we hare - before;':re
rnarked,iw s rash, brit Openj :
and candid
I
Such ware . he feelings Of bOth - parties before
crisis a out to ensue.' 1 1, •
i
' ; • curatry.a-tv.. 1 • --
. llnwlta Bled is t 4 Well of finnan life; who.
has skill su cient to unravell it'! This mo
ment., Man is on the pinnacle of splendor-- .,
the next ti ids him immerse d in gloom and
diarkpoac,
, Now he , careers along like some
noble, ship with het' canvass Iswelling to the -
ausPlei - Ons breezes ctf heaven=-then like. her
when the : orrn aris e s %it& she. is en,gulplied
in,-the bo ling billeWs,: . he b; overtaken by:.
ealutnify; , nd awafl4wed up_ ht the Whiilprol
of ;. despai ~. So with 'Trey Ilyan.. - Ile had
been -bolo' ed by his' severe' n—his ambition
had ;'• b4n fStimulated by t•opetity.-----higti'
hopes and ofty aspitiatiOns ha entwined them
selves are nd `his heaft—_, and, fur a.,time, he
had!!Seetned - to forgOt thfit the tide which had
Il i
floWe(tsofasi, mold ebb. quickly. - But
now his 4Vereigns patro was withdrawn.
, -L-Ins' ambition Wastilitiitna ed to despair, ih
• thel ; ealeible of` adVO,t'sity-L4he hopesl‘as
.pirattinua, liwhieh,'had ' warm .d - his. heart ad •
fled, and J r :eft it chilled and Withered--and the .
fatal ttutli had been feettllel to. him, that the
reflnk t of I . ls : fortunthad iia only' cent meneed,
.44 wits liuriTing bitnidowu ,the durk - it_ream:
• Orhorieleps ruin; ri 1 .. ••1 .. • - ' .
• ~ Bull to iesultie out' riarratijve.. The . numbers
of tint_lut gnnist .ttoops 'welre widely.dissimi- -
lar, the stle' contained rather more than :a:
.hUndipi : ei-af4troata,l' and ilfcy'or'Sixty cross. •
lintV.iiiti - ..• . - ,1- :.. I . I 1 .• •'-.- -- .. - ,
.1, Mann s were raised akund the ovule,. and '
i ts ,
hairiirsi ere i etented, froth . Mind which the
arches ight,sepureiy' se+ forth their dead
ly shaft
.. No artple7 ;
,inith
e ' modern sense
of ttiO« id 'Was uhed, - it 14, li
,- tiOng..ooific.iii-i
~ ir
to ':fiunil use itt . that tint and - ' Being 'of a.
cunibro and uniiiiidy :d iptioni .. ..oat iev
i
.eral'On i ea.(of:cast,ing,.). , e atones, to heat .
in do 1 ,40 d. to: Mahe h. , ea iatke*tiia t ;
~*erel'e ployed.. - . ; - 1 .' 1..., 1 1 •-•.-, :,. --•' , • ''.
Tor . bre tlait4, 'Mizell eireri attempt yeas
,_
•baMdp, .-. i 11•-•srUm$11ad;ibeeti'Macht - ot.the
'1 1 ... b ; c , - •
most furious nattire, and' often_ in the deadof
nightwouldthe fiercest attacks be n - 4elf•p--
on the lines cff the assailants, sometimes with
great danger- to "the duke himself, who fear
lessly exposed his perSt - ni whenever peril wits
to be found. • Frequently was : the "moat pas,
sod, and sealing-ladders fixed to the Wails, but .
to be thrown down again - by the el,•er vigilant
defenders.: At, length "the .duke wearied .by
the length of the siege, :And obstinacy-of
-the
defence, resolved to•make a'grandniglit sat. ,
•
tal*. . ' • . .
; ,
• 'hie night selected was dark and rainy; vi
pleat gusts f•wind tore. among, The tents,
threatening o drive . them into the . sea ; and
nearly all e. camp -fires ' W•ere extinguished:,
gusts f
two or three - daysVevions,n° attach
had been made on the.fortress, and few ,sol
diers had shown themsehhes before the Avalls,-.
so that the - Nitiege4 were lulled -into. the !be
lief. that eitherthe enterprise was about to
be abandoned, or That.' fi•esii instructions had:
arrived from -The monarch, to.
_offer terms
of pacification • at any hate they -did . liot„I ex-,
pect that on- scLiark anight they slionld be as
sailed.._;: Accordingly the duke, in the do id of
The night . had:passed the moat in severidpla s •
ces,,under cover of the darkness., before .he
was observed by the sentinels,.wla) were; too
intent upon sheltering themselves front, the
war of the elements, ..to perform the r e i daty, to
-Which 'they were appointed.. When . : the," im
portapt discovery' was made, an alarm was
instantly given, and as many:soldiers as were
able, thronged to the walls aioegaii to
pour
down scalding pitch and boilipg:•water, to east
• large masses of rock,. and to shoot-cross-bow
shafts among the adVaneing Toe. .. '
To all appearances the,attach . was,directed
entirely to..one quarter . , which 'Consequently
brought the mass of the defenders • to ; that
point. But this was merely a ruse de guerre
of the duke's ; for whilst the otherpart of the
wall was nearly, defenceless, a seleet . , !band_ of
the boldest of hi's Knell had gained a footing 1
upon the, very battlements. • Some were litirL.
ed down into the moat; and were. drowned,
the weight of their - armour .rendering. it im
possible aft - them to save theinselves by . Swin.
ming: . Others no sooner reached the inside of
the battlements, than they . were put to the.
sword. !But °Wings to the very small number
deft: . .l/411.n i s that rartionlar spat_ 'a: ?cm . , men
gained sufficient room . to.: defend. themselves,
anddreve•back those who. held-the rainpart -
This success gave tia to more men tommmt,
,and ecane.to their succor ; 'which being done,:
much more ground was gained 'from •the . ye 7 ..
'Winer& of the earl. '''Opportunity had Also
been given fdy The planting of a greaternurn
, ber of ladders, and streams of fresh Men. be
gan to gain a .Istand. - lAttention .. was now
draWn by .The tremendous
.din caused -by_the
strife- on'-- , this ..part, .of the' • walls; and
I all . the Earl's Sokliers being•aronsed and-,full
armed', the combat began to rage - With -re
:doubled fury. - ' '
.1 ~ • • \., •
. -
• .
But no bra Very Could, - avail againSt•the ad- I
vantage (rained by the IFing's troops. ••. Trev-. 1
Allyan dr7d Fitzalan seated to be almot '
übi
quitous. Wherever the tumult raged :most'
.fiercely, -there. Werethey to he found encour
aging their men and shouting theieWar-crykif
"Trevallyan-s-Trevallyan for the ; honor of.
Cornwall 1" I
'
. The incessant batte r r ing at the Iperteplits
also began. to; Make imPression ' for the chains
.which secured . the disitil- . bridge had . been shat
tered -into piecehy large fragmentSof rock..
(
thrown at iheni y a h uoe, eatapult,:• on; the
other - aide
• oOlie moat.' : 'At last - the .
,portcul
lis, and -great part 'of -The arch - which - *thin-.
'edit, came whin
,witka crash. ivhichwas: sac
wally deafening. Here the tail - turried.—
He was armed with. a., battle axe, so: heavy
that it would loon 'have..-fatigued a leis - -ner
vous arm than his own, but he seemed - to.
wield it_ like a sapling,'. as he dashed into the
very miclst of the mealy, levelling sotne at .
every blOw and clearing'li . space around - him.
Cciuld his, fate live depended upon 'MS oWn
arm, victory had -been'his; but nUmbers,pre
•vail;d. -
-" To the hall—back I to the hall'f” - Cried he
.to his retainers ao he steadilyretreated; "fol
. low me, soldiers Ha;hilve !- tiost•thOu seek.
thy deathrand.he struck down anadventur
ous roan-at-arms ,whet pressed too "closely Up-.
on-him„itetreating farther, his course was
arrested by 'ii stream . of his oira - nitin' 'hying
from-the battlements, : Which were now , Com;•,
.pletely in the possession of. the enemy, - who
had alsoforced their. way :into the very heart
of the castle. ,
_Seeing their leader calmly act - 7 .
ing On the detensiVe, the' fugitives rathed, and
again faced the foe: ‘‘!.Are the -,battlements
takenl" , cried, the Earl--sare- the enemy in
the e
. nsu .
eI ' • - ' ! .
, . .
t.cTis too true,".replied an old warrior, be- -
smeared with blood and dust - at • the_same
time sinking do* - n, at- the Earl's feet from the
effects Of a -mortal wound" in the . ,throat by an
arrow. " W_alter Fitzaltn has • retired into
the inner turf
.of‘the castle With. Omit - - 0-
ty men, to protect the, cOtitits."l
. .,
. These Were. the . last Words heever uttered ;
. ;
for - the enemy at:that:moment:Made a fierce
Onset on the .earl's party, -and he was. tram
pled.'to death under their_ feet.,, l• 1.• : .
...,
"Treiallyan and vengeance! . St.iMichael
for •Iroallvan l .. God: and- St. Michael !"
ohoat?ci. tha ' Eartati he V•eklled.the ,eneinie,'s
attack:. " What - Norfolk l'is, it thou V' be
f 4 1'40,r exclaimed, as by the fbekering light
cast by a single- torch, he -distinguished the
crest of-the duke in the foremost milk of. his
.sOldierS; 1-" -is -it thoul- and thiiikest thou
again to escape . Me . li . 'Have-- at 'thee,' thou
fill-se and - graven spirit ; thou :treacherous . cal.-
tiff,. thou disgrace . to. Chivalry ! Godand St.
MiChael for Trevallyanl -defiance aitil diShon--
,or to Norkik—'furiousjhere. he. ni*le'ii. rious
• blow - at the duke with his hatile-aie • Which.
was parried by - a sithilar i though lighter i*alf,
ot'i the - shaft orwhich 'Was shii,tered .:14 the
bleiv. ; Seizing another from a soldier near
hina the duke instantly • returned-. the stroke
saying in his clear, Cold voice:: j • .`. Thy efforts
L are ,vain, pfoud earil Theis sdared high,
' butl will clip thy pinions - ; once 1-haverailet
.-,- . now thou art in. nly_pqwq.- .'Thillt of Mar,
garef Percy z.-- . think 'Of - -- - L-- . ...'!. - brit. the -sew
ten. Was left -Unfinished, the total Acing
at. -ek to the• 'gttitut'd• and alts was; darkness.
... -'
impossible Would 'it 'be:talequilietY to 'de ,
ier b
ten. was
-horrible 'din -and:inn-mit which took
place:, -. Men grappiedwitk•one..anothi3r i‘ not
:liitOW.ing wl ‘ ietlier it Was, With friend; or foe.—
.P. 1 4; s - were struck! Upon' the; ,N - VallS"- or the .
. etlipty '- air..i - - T 6.1 war cry Of "Tio'allvtia_
4. . mivill 2=--God "tor - :TrevaltZan I.• dod -
tin . Co
~.
.the.
• • 1 ,, -
stn St Michael fdr •brave "• Earl were.,..:
• • Mingled. with ",Norfolk k fori - Ning 'i Henry- 7 ,z . ..
„. . . \.
Destfuction to th(i!trOtoir . while, ixe,4 up.
in inexplibable aild, - dreadtn) confusion; . ,,. oaths.
' 'find .iinrifectitiOin(Of 1060 'tinti tury,.. 444.'
t,* groans of the 4 - yintiuld4.tiXtlielhotiors
itthirral.. -- .'• Oboe :did . Tievnliyart-' think ."hn
iliiiiird .the elestv*sist--,I 4 WAt Vet - Hi#4,
.
WHOLE NUMOR,A.S4IO
-•.-. • , • ~
saying; 'as . hOincited, is troops -4o prow; ' , their:-
ineniies.inti? the' castle.- -
..... "Tress -wtorti,#e - •
Men ften bezaretstOl.theniah'who-bribOi' e: --
thelhead - offTrevallyan ', 1. , - s - -- - -, s • •--
r!
• "'Dastard—craven—i-False- perjured - - vit .',
-7-have I Irhet thee ' - a4ain-7' frantically - , sho
.t...-
ed the earl. -
." Oh that: heavcn ~4 W Ould .iiiilii.i3
'thee where I could- grasp .thee in the.atrule . :
of ;• death l Death) with. -! revenge on Tit
would be 4weet-!" - 'and he: - struck` - furio li-- ,
il rli
forivard in kite darkniid:his- - alias. went era,li- .. .
ing atricingmass-ofMen. ' ''. ,-i .. :1-: - . 1'..:. • -
The as s tHants were.now_gaining a manifr: ~
I ti
adv,antage, and bearing the Aefenderi of -; lie-'
castledOw-a .- succeSsion . ' of parrdwr.-'windittirl .
'passages, -hic k -celthed :, and 're-echoed- to
ser.cains al d . shoutsiof battle; : At length the:
IspaciouS it.'ll, in whch
,the 'earl had received :.
. the .King7s :mesSetqrer in,-the 'e ottineiivement
of our. st o y, was ained, and the disrldi:
•.
gaVe - way . l o a, light almOst . -brilliant,' caniied '-
by the. torehes-hun around - the Walls, ortieltr •
. tl i r. the attendants f the 4-..otintesii,•-wle--4aoi.
'etak . en herself to t, is apartment for refuge.,' -
'Bhe and lher Waiting • women • stood at ',the
tbrther end, surrounded by . some.otthe eiiiini
ietainersJ . whe with Fitzalan. at. their Thead, .
was deferiding her :gait-ISt - the royal soldiery.
'Frevallyait - - entering - in the throng,, Saivhite -.
,state of affairs . at ,!a • glance, and.. bidding,. his
men stand limn B,l7iitist' those Ario.. wasStri . :-
wing to, enter pelimell. .With them - int-4 th e .
.
hall,. rushed throe h the band- Of4lo. entitnyr i
who 'surrounded - the defenders of the 'countess ; ..
1 1
and -e lasrng . her, all blOckdy as , he. was ,
_ in MS;
. . .
arins,'St ove to c.4fOrt, her in :, that - htin`iitie-.
dire distress, .. She threW herself upon hi6f
breast,fand, - bite 4 doge pursued h ,onie-,.
.laird of trey, Seethed 'ta'netietherearid Seek;
protecti n, ..- --4 . - - . ... ,-....
" Itfaikaaret r- - lit ran the warriOr, i n; a'*Oice ,
.. . ~.. r:. . -
of, d readiul earner ness,..and witli . a )oO,It 4f
deep affection. - ",Margaret,heloved, the time
' has cOiie When we must •phrt,—and that fo.r=
ever. '. . lready do our foes-possessthe4stli ? .
Soon.wi 11. thy husband lie as the elod - of *le
l ir.
valley:. ;God above knciws'hciw . 4 . grieve ...for
_ . .
..
having . ' brought On . thee this . untimely] fate.,.
l‘rdy ht pardon the'; for I Shall: soon be' in
his nreaeuee." j - ..- . -'• -,1 - : ~ - f , _ - • '. , .
Th . - noise of the unchecked strife -,.: aroutit'.i.
now. aroused hitnrfrorti-these..tender_ and sol-;
cant thoughts, and he Was, - Otte:ring.W4 " , lagi: .
.fareweil to the fair - :l3eing whoth Ike : clasped
in-liis arms, but she clung to-hinkt,he th.6i.e,".
- c' 0 Richard.!" said she ; '" ritv.:•ffrst, ntiy_on-i .
ly . lov ; forsake me not ; surer they will not.
slay tl ee.;••th4 Will not harm - tlitie—nor sep - -'
crate ns,.Richard I .'" -:-..; : . . r • !•• • - .
The, last word, was almost . inaudible ;• for•
overcome by the Ikon& of . "separation, She
sank htsensible in his 'arms. - The knight rais . ..
ell his visor_anc, bent doWn to his wife's lips;.
and tip he •rzOsce his • head thosewho: - -.gazed
upon ' i bis fine tae never had C,rased•from - theli,
FneniOry the Mingled look of unuttetable deti . -:, ,
pair 4,Athe 4 rt-felt. affection which it . disPlisr.'
I.& Pnee more did.he. bend this
.loOk.nrion: .
-her r. once more did he press ihose,;blOodlei, 4 '.
1,. —mi . one . s i blitary, 'scalding . tear :-.' felt.' tip.
on r ! • 1- •• • , . ',..'. .-- :-. '
, -
ihtili: .
At this crisis Noifolk praised . . into c .
cle, and seized ITri;vallyaiii by. the arm, cry
ing; r Earl, thou - art my prisoner : yield thee
in the King's name, rescue - Or no - rescue r..
- . Had the_ w hole castle fallen in•cnie mass
crunibling•inins, it coUld'nOt 'hive created a
tnoreentire c*tte in ;die Earl.: *V - atteti
dant received his :Wife .' ; as she • fell from hi 4
embrace.
~Hey
,instantly:_grappledwitt
~.thii.
Duke, and being a stronger_man.thante,filr
ly lifted him from the • ground;.and :Idled;
'him into the midst of ' his own • troops ;. and
• weiLiwasit for; him that his 'fall Was' broken
, .
ere l he reached;the ground; or he had never
returned fronr, the ruin and devastation. he
had 'caused. As' it, was", he crashed upon ..
the Stone pavethetit. ivifti such violence .as
to break his arm and mutilate it by the in-
.
dentation of ' ,his armor: His; men closed
retina him; and the Earl, "again raising ‘hisi
baffle alve,
_Nine - Wed the conflict, A gigaiiiiii
manat.arms now - singled out'rrevallyan hop-
int - , tp scare; the reward promised for - Ins:,
e , ., .
head by Noi-folk.` The soldiers on each side
ceasgd from fighting, as if hy, common Cot:-
sent,l to view the struggle between the Earl
'and= the huge trooper.. Both being armed with
similar;weapons, the combat became a specta
cle of the deepest interest. At one time the :-
Earl seemed have the 'advantage, having • •
mere agility than his opponent; bigthis was '
counterbalanced- . fly the 'coolness M
of the all
et-arms, wholappeared to 'wish to tire out his
more aptive. advernry. At length the 'gall,
making a feint to strike his enemy on the
left ,side of his helmet, 'suddenly - recOi , ering _.
`his blow, struck hiin on the right and shiver
ed 11 to atoms. ' He struck a'gain atthe troop
-ergs aead, and although the blow' was parried
tt cansed him t 0 reel withdizziness ; stePping
'ilia', a few paces, the next blow.of the Earl,
which otherwise would have finished the En
counter was met by no resistance; indbefore
lid could strike again, the trooper had--;Closed '
The floor,being slippery with blood, t 4 he
steel clad foot of the Earl slipped, and both'.'
fell to : the.,ground, the clash of their' armor
resonndiiig through - :the.:castle.'"-Herp,, th
two!rolled 4 - .t The Earls wfeapon being Opt of
his hands,)us antagonitt had a great -advan
tage over 'IA, being'arracd 'with a mispee..
corde,nrdagger of m e rcy, with which he struck - •
several times at his foe; wherever an inter.
sticef in his !.armor permitted. TreVallyan,
feeling his - death-pang_ Upon' him, with his lett
hand seized his adversares throat,' Whiektini
bloW of his battle-axe which had shiVered the
hehiae.t, had; feft expesed. Here he; clutched
with the foroeity of 'a tiger, while 'with his - ,
rernaining strength he stretched forth his right
hand and - "reached his lopt Weapon ;"and taking
it by the, middle of the shaft., . he elevated it
fbrAn instant over the titehead of his ,antagl .
oniSt•-:-then down it exttneresistless. is a thun
)
detinlit, fritetailfig into pieces the skult:6l the
n ii - at arnia:' ' He himself; exhausted by' the
fu ' of thelblow, looke'd for a moinent_Stead
il at the rtiike of No - rfolk, - (w14,,• stood at
edistance.of a Tew - Yards; • supported by
twl soldiers,) and. gasped forth slowly, and
fail t4y.' ." Norfolk, gully not thy_victory by
shedding further blood-- 7 sparealt innocent
wentin---Or may the curse of thelaa earl of •
TrevallYan cleave to thee' told:thy , ho u s4.—
.4
1 4 argaret., 1 ? he 'added .turning ;his eyes' to='
Wards that. part ot the hail 'where he had left'
he',-Ln't farewell:•--ive shall meet again-I.:God_
shi'Pld thee, 4targ-y
4 1 0 .014 remainder or
the word was lost in . tile - ilittle of - cleathi---,
Thgsixiiislied , the, brave and high-srant
though preuCand intractable Richard :fir,
ail` ani the last era priniely.honse, a.=,, yfacii 7 ,
fiee to the enmity - ers -mahclons and -4rin-.
-
eipled courtier and the iiiibridl4paiitotts of
a tkrutall ~ Yrant• •
I.o***
Tt i$ 11601—
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