The Susquehanna register. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1854, September 14, 1854, Image 1
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 i, 1 • • 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. 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I: i i • ; -, . _ ' • i t I 1 , II • • ; :I I . . : ,?....: . - .. . i 1:1' : 1:1'i: .' .. LG ~.,,,...... ~ „.. I •.. •1. Yi ~:- '. l - . t., •; :• . ;i• " .: S : ,. , ~.T.-„,-.:1:-...'''- _ . ".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. .. 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 to mm•moimmbi .0..... 1 , tit, '34 , .. . u h ti him odd new's - . --- Tra cy , ". ". ` - 6 Pro ,- 1 g I n g -- „ ' .. '. - .+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— .ia "driolicavd":the suck it an d own ate li'tdo !F. w ` 1, Of tiektteA m=o,e YF.,:114.,"' ,- . - I I •. ‘ , )