NOTES.

The following list of references is not given as a list of original authorities, but solely as a reference to the authors whom I have quoted, and on whom I have relied. I have given them, partly to enable those who wish, to verify the quotations, and test the accuracy of the narrative, and partly as a guide to those who may desire to study the subject more fully.

Histoire des Français. Par SISMONDE DE SISMONDI. 31 vols. 8vo. Paris 1823. ' Vol. VI. p. 3, et. seq.

TYRRELL'S History of England. Folio, 1700.

ROGER OF WENDOVER. (Bohn's Edit.)

1 Vol. II. p. 260. note (quotation from 35 Vol. II. p. 404.

Matthew Paris.)

386. note (quotation from 37
Matthew Paris.)

38

(quotation from Matthew Paris.)

The History of English Poetry from the close of the 11th to the commencement of the 18th century. By T. WARTON, B.D. 4 vols. 8vo. London, 1824.

45 Vol. II. p. 117 (note).

Blackstone. Edited by HENRY JOHN STEPHEN, Serjeant-at-Law. 4 vols. 8vo. London, 1841-1845.

46 Vol. II. p. 546.

Second Edition.

47 Vol. II. p. 570.]

History of Latin Christianity. By HENRY HART MILMAN, D.D.
6 vols. 8vo. London, 1857.
48 Vol. I. p. 422.

LINGARD'S History of England. 13 vols. fcp. 8vo.

London, 1844-1845.

Some Account of Domestic Architecture in England, from the Conquest to the end of the 13th Century. By T. HUDSON TURNER. 8vo. Oxford, 1851.

LECTURE FOURTH

A.D. 1272-1307.

THE REIGN OF EDWARD THE FIRST.

Introductory Remarks. - Picture of the State of England in the 13th
Century. Early Events in the reign of EDWARD THE FIRST.

Wars with Wales. - Edward directs his Attention to improving the
Condition of England. - War with Wales begins again. — Affairs of
Scotland. Wars with France. - Wars with Scotland. - Continua-
tion of War with France, and English Affairs arising therefrom.
The Scotch resist the Dominion of the English.- Death of Edward.—
His Wives and Children.

Introductory Remarks.

between

the characters of

Edward

the First the Third.

and Henry

The King, whose history I am now about to relate, Edward I. was a man of quite another stamp from his father A.D. 1272. Henry the Third. The one was weak and yielding; a Contrast man to be loved, although deceitful; of elegant tastes and habits; and, of a decidedly pious frame of mind. The other was strong and stern; of quick feelings and powerful intellect; bold and active; fond of field sports; somewhat of a tyrant, and sometimes faithless, it must be owned; but yet, in the main, noble and just. He was a conqueror, whose conquests, not only gave greater strength to England, but bettered the conquered; and lastly, he was a King, in whose reign law and justice made forward strides.

In person, he was tall and broad-chested; his hair Edward's was flaxen in his youth, became brown in his man

personal

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