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who fell thus with his brothers-in-arms ; and mounds 

 still mark the places where the dead were buried. 

 The memory of this great battle has recently been 

 revived, for in 1897 its anniversary was celebrated, 

 and wreaths and crosses of evergreens were laid upon 

 the monument and the tumuli. 



XXVII 



The Second Battle of Newbury Avas fought on 

 Sunday, October 27, 1644. The thickest part of it 

 raged round Speen, on the Bath Road, and in the 

 gardens of Shaw House. This house, one of the finest 

 mansions in Berkshire, was built by Thomas Dolman, 

 clothier, in 1581. He was evidently something of a 

 scholar, and worldly wise as well, for he knew that his 

 riches and his grand mansion would rouse envious talk. 

 Accordingly he caused Latin and Greek inscriptions to 

 be carved over the entrance, which, Englished, run — 



'• Let uo envious man euter here." 



And— 



" The toothless man envies the teeth of those who eat, and the 

 mole despises the eyes of the roe." 



It is quite obvious that Thomas Dolman had been a 

 great deal criticized locally, and that the iron of that 

 criticism had entered his soul. 



His son became Sir Thomas Dolman, and it was 

 his descendant, Sir John Dolman, who garrisoned 

 the house and entertained King Charles here on the 

 nidit before the second battle. A hole is still shown 



