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Battle between Henry IV. and Hotspur Fall of Hotspur 

 Battle witnessed by Owen Glendour from the topmost branches of 

 the Tree Return to his Castle in the Vale of Glyndwrdwey Mode 

 of "Warfare Remarks respecting him Dread entertained by the 

 English of his possessing supernatural Powers Anecdote of his 

 early Life Beautiful Scenery of Bethgellert The bard Rhys-Cock 

 Stone on which he used to sit Building of a Church by Henry 

 IV. in commemoration of the Battle in which Hotspur fell Present 

 condition of the Church, and of Glendour's Oak. Page 31. 



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Historical notice of the Monks of St. Mary's at York, who 

 took shelter beneath seven Yew-trees Their sanctity and mode of 

 life Conjectures respecting the state of Britain, when the fraternal 

 Yew-trees first arose from the earth Hardships endured by the 

 recluses The charity of their Abbot to a stranger Splendid 

 Abbey of the Fountain. Page 43. 



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Contrast between the bleached and skeleton-looking Tree, and 

 the lawns and thickets by which it is surrounded History of 

 Howel Sele His Fight with his cousin Owen Glendour His Death, 

 and the inhuming of him within an hollow Oak Search made for 

 the Chieftain by his Vassals "Weary watchings of his "Widow 

 Arrival of Madoc, after many years, at the Castle of the murdered 

 Chieftain Telling of Glendour's Death, and how he had charged 

 him to make known where the body of Howel Sele was concealed 

 Working of the Vassals by torch-light, and the discovery of his 

 Bones. Page 51. 



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Winfield Castle Peverel's Tower Apartment and Tower of 

 Mary, Queen of Scots Ruins, when best seen Heavy Storm 

 during the Night Aspect of Nature in the Morning Old Tree 



