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 palace anU t|)c parliament afe. 



Condition of the ruined Palace Hiding-place for solitary birds 



The owl, jackdaw, and crow Once a place of great note Its 

 style of building How guarded By whom inhabited Withdraw- 

 ing of King John from Clipstone Palace to London Its lonely 

 appearance when thus deserted Rumours respecting an Interdict 



Miserable state of the Country No Burials allowed in Churches, 

 nor Marriages within the walls Bells and Images taken down and 

 laid upon the ground A Wedding Party Appearance of Clipstone 

 Palace when King Edward I. succeeds to the Throne Improved 

 condition of the Country Notice of the lesser Barons and Bur- 

 gesses Style of Building much improved Wise Policy of Edward 



Notice of a fine young Oak growing in Clipstone Park Parties 

 made beneath its shade in the days of John Again in those of 

 Edward Grave Company sitting there Why convened. Page 135. 



&uuuU ^Tillages in tfre jfiffo dForegt. 



Desolating of the New Forest Distress of the Inhabitants 

 War declared with France Departure of the King for Normandy 

 Wretched condition of Maine Burning of Nantes Illness of Wil- 

 liam Bequests to his two Sons Their unnatural Conduct Hi* 

 Death Poetry Neglect of his Remains Interruption to his Fune- 

 ral Hunting Party, convened by William Rufus, in Malwood-Keep 



Arrival of a Monk with ill tidings from Gloucester Accidental 

 Death of the King His remains found by a Charcoal-burner, and 

 carried to Winchester Interment. Page 151. 



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Ancient condition of the Country First emerging of one of the old 

 Trees from its Acorn cradle Conjectures as to the People who inha- 

 bited Britain at the time Stages of vegetation in all Trees alike 

 Contrast between the small beginning, and the grandeur of a full-grown 

 Tree Notice of the Forest that covered the greatest part of Mid- 

 dlesex Settlement of Llyn-Din, or the Town on the Lake, called 

 Londinium by the Romans Draining of the Marshes, and cutting 

 down of the Forest, embanking of the River and surrounding the 

 City with a Wall Gradual progress of Civilization Increase of the 

 City Falling to decay of the old Roman Road that passed through 

 a portion of Hyde-Park Contrast between the Past and Present. 

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