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.

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.

History of Latin Christianity. By HENRY HART MILMAN, D.D.
6 vols. 8vo. London, 1857.

Second Edition.

49 Vol. I. P. 422.

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

49 Vol. III. p. 103.

49 Vol. III. p. 104.

London, 1844-1845.
49b Vol. III. p. 126.

London, 1853.

Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH'S History of England. 2 vols. 8vo.

LATIMER'S Sermons. London, 1584.

53 p. 74.

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

London: Longman & Co.

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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