The Hermit of Warkworth Author:Thomas Percy Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: NOTES THE HERMIT OP WARKWORTH. (1) Robert Sluart, Duke of Albany. (2) Ralph Neville, first Earl of Westmoreland, who chiefly resided at his two caatlea ... more »of Brancepeth, and Raby, both in the Bishopric of Durham. (3) Joan, Counteaa of Westmoreland, mother of the young lady, was daughter of John of Gaunt, and half-sisler of King Henry IV. 4) Adjoining to the cliff which contains the Chapel of the Hermitage, are the remains of a small building, in which the Hermit dwelt. This consisted of one lower apartment, with a little bedchamber over it, and is now in ruins; whereas the Chapel, cut in the solid rock, is still very entire and perfect. 5) In the little island of Coquet, near Warkworth, are still seen the ruins of a cell, which belonged to the Benedictine monks of Tinemouth-Abbey. (6) This is a Bull's Head, the crest of the Widdrington family. All the figures, Ice. here described are still risible, only somewhat effaced with length of time. 7) Widdrington Castle is about fire miles south of Warkworth. (8) Wark Castle, a fortress belonging to the English, and of great note in ancient times, stood on the southern banks of the rirer Tweed, a little to the east of Tiriotdale, and not far from Kelso. It is now entirely destroyed. 9) King Henry V. Anno 1414. chapter{Section 4THE TWO CAPTAINS. BY THE AUTHOR OP ' UNDINE,' ETC. CHAPTER 1. A Mild summer evening rested on the seashore near the city of Malaga, awakening the guitar of many a cheerful singer, as well from the ships in the harbor, as from the houses in the city and the ornamental garden-dwellings around. These melodious tones emulated the voices of the birds as they greeted the refreshing breezes, and floated from the meadows over this enchanting region. Some troops of infantry were on the...« less