166 Bunting at 



" The red king lies in Malwood Keep. 

 To drive the deer o'er lawn and steep, 



He's bound him with the morn ; 

 His steeds are swift, his hounds are good, 



The like in covert or high wood, 

 "Were never cheered with horn." W. STEWART ROSE. 



Barons and men-at-arms were assembled in Malwood- 

 Keep, at the invitation of William Rufus, who proposed 

 to hold a chase, and to follow the red-deer over the wide 

 hunting-grounds, where once stood the pleasant homes, 

 which his father had rendered desolate. Prince Henry 

 was there also, and he who passed at nightfall might 

 have heard loud shouts of revelry resounding from the 

 castle, while the bright light which streamed from the 

 windows, gave a strange effect to the giant shadows, which 

 the tall trees of the dark forest cast on the greensward. 

 A loud cry was heard that night which awakened all who 

 slept, and caused them to start in terror from their beds ; 

 it came from the king's chamber, whose voice resounding 

 through the castle, loudly invoked the blessed Virgin, 

 and called in great fear for lights to be brought imme- 

 diately. He told those who hastened to his assistance 

 that he had seen a hideous vision, and he enjoined 

 them to pass the night at his bed-side, and to divert him 

 with pleasant converse, lest being left alone, the vision 

 should appear again. At length the morning began to 

 dawn, and the forest which had looked so gloomy at 

 nightfall was gloriously lighted up with the bright 

 beams of an August sun ; no strange mysterious-looking 

 shadows caused the passer-by to feel afraid ; but instead 



