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The History of Great Britain, from the First Invasion of It by the Romans
The History of Great Britain from the First Invasion of It by the Romans Author:Robert Henry 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: Pacification. Scotland andWalts for the difinherited, and to oblige the king and prince to keep their promifes, of preferving all the liberties of England ... more »ICX. Henry was greatly alarmed with this new and dangerous infurrection ; and prince Edward arriving from the north with an army, and having joined the king, they directed their march towards, London 1I0. At the approach of the royal army, which was very numerous, the earl of Gloucefter made propofals for an accommodation; and having obtained an indemnity for himfelf, his followers, and the city of London, he laid down his arms, and returned to his duty. The ifle of Ely furrendered on the 25th of July A. D. 1267, by which a period was put to the civil wars and difienfions with which England had been fo long diftradted. This happy event was chiefly owing to the defection of the earl of Gloucefter from the Leiceftrian party, and to the wifdom, valour, and activity of prince Edward. The courts of England and Scotland had now for many years lived in the moft cordial friendfhip with one another, the two royal families being united, by the marriage of king Henry's fifter Joan to Alexander II. king of Scots, and of his daughter Margaret to Alexander III. Even the national antipathy between the two kingdoms was in a great meafure extinguifhed by an 'almoft uninterrupted peace of half a century. The Englifh in this reign did not live in the fame harmony with their neigh- Joo Rymeri Feeders, t. i. p. 41. T. Wykes, p. Si. 110 Chron. Dunft. p. 394, 395. T. Wykes, p. 79. bomshours of WaleSj whofe princes bore with great impatience the fuperiority of the crown of England over them and their country, and made frequent attempts to throw it off. But all thefe attempts were unfucceisful, and ended in frefli fubmiflions to a pow...« less